Monday, December 12, 2022

  English 12 Block 1:

  • 🎄🎄Bring some cans for the Christmas food drive!🤶🤶
  • The essay is due on Monday by 4:00 pm. Send it to me via "Share". Don't forget to follow the checklist I handed out.
    • You can review the essay as a whole here.
  • We are starting The Great Gatsby!
    • Read Chp. 1 of The Great Gatsby for Tuesday.
    • You can download the free epub version of The Great Gatsby here. (Right click and hit Save link as...). Then, open it up in a free epub reader like Frieda. Most of these free apps have a read-aloud function.
    • Alternatively, you can read use an online audio book version here.

    English 9 Block 2:

    • Test alert: The parts of the sentence test will be on Tuesday, December 13.
    • Did you miss today's Animal Farm 2 test? If so, see me ASAP.
      • Finish reading Chapter 10 of Animal Farm. Complete the 2nd study guide. You'll hand it in tomorrow.
      • Study the notes on:
        • propaganda;
        • the changes to the 7 commandments;
        • "Decoding the Allegory";
        • T-chart on the similarities and differences between the movie and novel versions of Animal Farm. 


    English 11 Block 3:     
    • Read Chp. 12 of October Sky. 
      • The 2nd October Sky test (Chps. 7-11) was on Monday, Dec. 12. Did you miss it? See me ASAP!
        • Finish the Part 2 study guide (including the theme notes on the back) and study the vocabulary!
      • If you're interested, why not try an epub version of the novel? Download it here and open it in any free epub app. 
    • Test alert! We wrote the Confusing Words test on Fri., Dec. 9. Did you miss it? See me ASAP!

    English 11 Block 4 (Day 2): 
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