Wednesday, May 16, 2018

English 12 (S2) Blocks 2/4Homework for Thursday
  • Finish your question notes on Chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby. The notes are due Thursday at the beginning of class.
    • Interested in an epub version of The Great Gatsby? Right click here and choose Save Link As. Then import it into any epub reader or epub phone app.
  • Did you miss last Monday's first test on The Great Gatsby
    • Study your Powerpoint notes and the notes on Fitzgerald's life.
      • Focus, in particular, on setting, the lifestyle of the wealthy, Fitzgerald's life and the contrasts of the first three chapters in the novel.

English 10 Block 3Homework for Thursday
    • Complete the third paragraph for Thursday.
    • Be ready for Spelling #12!
      • 1. optimistic
      • 2. pacifist
      • 3. patronizing 
      • 4. paucity
      • 5. penchant
      • 6. peripheral  
      • 7. perseverance
      • 8. pervasive
      • 9. petulant
      • 10. pious
      • 11. placid
      • 12. platitude
      • 13. plethora 
      • 14. poignant
      • 15. polemical
    • Did you write the punctuation test on Wednesday?
    • Did you finish the paragraph on our second topic?
      • Should 16 year-olds be allowed to smoke?

        English 12 Linear Block 1: Homework for Tuesday
        • Finish your paragraph on "The Pigeon, Icarus".
          • Include two or three properly blended quotations.
          • Cite each quotation using the simple MLA system: "..." (line 5).
        • Did you finish the short story exam paragraph?