Wednesday, December 18, 2019

English 10 Blocks 1/2: Homework for Thursday
  • Don't forget about Friday's spelling quiz!
    • 1. precocious 
    • 2. primordial 
    • 3. privilege 
    • 4. profligate 
    • 5. prognosticate 
    • 6. propensity 
    • 7. prosaic
    • 8. protegĂ© 
    • 9. provincial 
    • 10. provocative 
    • 11. prudent 
    • 12. punitive 
    • 13. recalcitrant 
    • 14. reconciliation 
    • 15. repetition
  • Read to p. 100 of Fahrenheit 451 and finish the first side of the Part 2 study guide.
    • Want to read an .epub version of Fahrenheit 451 on an ipad or phone? Right click here and save a free epub version of the novel.
  • Did you miss the third vocabulary quiz?
    • Make sure you are familiar with the words and their definitions from the 9th to 12th spelling lists.
  • Did you miss Monday's short quiz on Part 1?


English 12 Block 3: Homework for Thursday
  • Read Chp. 5 of The Great Gatsby and start the Chp. 5 question notes. They'll be due Friday.
  • Be ready for the 2nd vocabulary test on Friday.
  • Did you miss the first The Great Gatsby exam on Monday? It covers Chps. 1-3. Study your notes!
    • Consider the following issues:
      • How does the novel (so far) resemble Fitzgerald's life?
      • How are the wealthy in this novel different from the rest of us?
      • How do the settings in the first three chapters help describe American society in the 1920's?
      • ***Challenge: Complete this online crossword puzzle for Chps. 1-3!
    • 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.
  • Here are the rest of the deadlines for the TGG tests and quizzes:

    English 12 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Thursday
    • For six marks, complete the quotation finding exercise I handed out today. Find three quotes for each of the two essay topics chosen.
    • Did you miss the short story test?