English 10 Blocks 1/2: Homework for Friday

• Be ready for Friday's spelling quiz!
• 1. meticulous 
• 2. mitigate
• 3. mollify  
• 4. moribund 
• 5. mundane 
• 6. nebulous  
• 7. necessary  
• 8. noticeable  
• 9. obsequious
• 10. obstinate 
• 11. occasionally  
• 12. occurred  
• 13. oligarchy  
• 14. onerous  
• 15.   orthodox
• Did you miss the Acts 4 and 5 test?
• Read the play to the end;
• complete the Acts 4 and 5 study guide. Careful! The quotes aren't in order!
• Feel free to use the No Fear Shakespeare site for Romeo and Juliet.
• Did you miss the recent punctuation test? See me soon!
• Commas
• Commas 2
• Apostrophes
• Apostrophes 2
• Semicolons
• Colons
• More on colons and semicolons

English 12 Block 3: Homework for Friday

• The first Gatsby exam is on Monday, Dec. 16.
• Have you handed in your essay? Complete the hand written/printed rough copy AND the typed and edited good copy. Print out the good copy and staple it to the top of the rough copy. The writing process will be complete!
• Topic:
• A) Compare and contrast “Grandmother’s Victory” and “Riding the Hyphen”.
• You can use the following:
• an outline; have both outlines ready to go!
• your "quotes" assignment; write out two quotes for each of the four essays. 
• One quote should focus on what the author says, and the other quote should focus on how it's being said. 
• Blend AND cite all eight quotations.

English 12 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Monday

• A multiple choice test is coming on Monday for short story concepts!

• Review these notes on...
• didactic writing.
• irony
• plot
• plot techniques
• conflict
• theme
• symbolism
• point of view
• characters
• Also, review the main themes, characters, events and symbols of your short stories.
• Did you miss the quiz on William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily"? Be ready for a fill-in-the-blank quiz.