In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow; responses for Wenke piece are due tomorrow (see page numbers from last week's blog)
Units Four-Six Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today (see page numbers from last week's blog); test is scheduled for Wednesday
Literary terms 61-70 are covered in class with test scheduled later this week
Begin returning The Great Gatsby books to class today
Read Introduction and Prologue of Invisible Man
Tuesday
Winter break homework assignment; Invisible Man Chapters One-Fifteen talking points (three per chapter) are due Monday, January 9 for class discussion first week back (see Friday listing for more details)
Literary terms 61-70 continue in class; test is scheduled for Friday
Wednesday
An in-class essay is scheduled for tomorrow
Writer's Choice assignment and textbook is required in class
Unit Four-Six Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled today
Thursday
An in-class timed writing is scheduled for today
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned and due after winter break
Friday
Winter break homework is discussed in detail with due dates announced:
Synthesis Essay due January 9 at 11:59 P.M. on turnitin.com web site; link will be provided for students by end of week
Read Invisible Man Chapters One-Fifteen, marking three talking points per chapter for specific examples of the motif chosen for the end-of-book essay
Literary terms 61-70 test is scheduled for today
