Thursday, March 6, 2014

Thursday, March 6

Sorry for the lag in blog entries this week.  We are having Internet issues at school.

AP Language and Composition
Students continued working on their research project in class today.

Homework:  Students need to continue working on their research project.  The hand-written letter and the typed biography page are both due on Monday, March 10.  They also need to study for the Word of the Day quiz, which will be given on Monday, March 10.

Pre-AP English 9 (1st)
Today, we studied the subtle nuances of capitalization.  Afterwards, we began analyzing Nancy Mairs' essay "On Being a Cripple."

Homework:  Students need to study for the Word of the Day quiz that will be given tomorrow.

Pre-AP English 9 (5th)
In today's class, we continued studying classical archetypes.  We read through the Biblical account of "The Fall" and "The Journey to the Promised Land" and began to relate the components of those stories to Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men.

Homework:  Students need to study for the Word of the Day quiz that will be given tomorrow.  They also need to read pages 1-65 in Of Mice and Men by Monday, March 10.

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