Wednesday, March 13, 2019

English 12 Block 1: Homework for Thursday
  • Read William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily" for tomorrow's quiz!
  • Study your Powerpoint notes on irony, conflict, plot, characters, point of view, didactic writing, theme and symbolism. Missing any notes? Try my old online notes here.
  • Did you write the quiz for Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls"?
  • Did you write the quiz for Leo Tolstoy's "How much land does a man need?"

English 9 Block 2: Homework for Thursday
  • Finish all four sets of notes for the newspaper project.
  • Did you complete your essay on the following essay question: "What is courage?"?

English 11 Block 3: 
Homework for Thursday
  • Re-read "Wordsmith" and "The Gold Mountain Coat".
  • Did you miss the short story test?
    • Study your Powerpoint notes on irony, conflict, plot, characters, point of view, theme and symbolism. Missing any notes? Try my old online notes here.
    • Make sure you know the main plot, characters, point of view and themes of the following stories: "Gentlemen", "Hollyhocks", "Headlines", "Rifles", "Painted Door" and "Motive". 
  • Did you write the subject-verb agreement test? If not, read over your notes and take a look at the notes here and here.

English 9 Linear: Homework for Friday
  • Read Chp. 13 of Tomorrow, When The War Began.
  • Start work on the Part 3 study guide.
  • Be ready for the sentence error test on Friday!
  • The 2nd TWTWB test (Chps. 7-10) was last week. Did you miss it?
    • Finish your study guide and study your vocab!
    • Read your notes on "Point of View","Plot" and "Conflict".