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American Lit homework: Week of Sept. 24

Monday:

Tuesday: GHSWT tomorrow

Wednesday:

Thursday:

Friday:

9th homework: Week of 9/24

Monday: Idioms 4 practice 1-10

Tuesday: Finish Odyssey questions 1-7

Wednesday: Due tomorrow: Odyssey questions and idiom review

Thursday:

Friday:

10th lit homework: Week of 9/24

Monday: Read "Text of Propostion 187" and "Legal Alien" from "No Speak English" handout

Tuesday: Finish "No Speak English" handout--Summarize Times magazine article, complete Venn diagram of Gold Mountain poems (circles showing similar/different), Indicate voices from Health Anthology of Literature article

Wednesday:

Thursday: Finish "Stranger in Germany"; study for tomorrow's idiom quiz

Friday:

American Lit: Homework week of 9/17

Monday: GHSWT practice tomorrow

Tuesday:

Wednesday: Puritanism test Monday

Thursday: Reading log 3 due tomorrow; Extra credit click: Download crucible_extra_credit.doc

Friday: Review for Puritanism test Monday Download puritans_test_review.doc

9th Lit: Homework Week of 9/17

Monday: Finish Homer journal from webquest; study for idiom quiz (tomorrow); work on short story project (due Friday)

Tuesday: Short story project due Friday

Wednesday: Short story project due Friday

Thursday: Short story project due tomorrow

Friday: Write an epitath about yourself (example: Patient Ms. Foster)

10th lit: Homework week of 9/17

Monday: Finish interview (final draft due tomorrow); Idiom quiz Friday

Tuesday: Work on short story project (rough draft due Thursday); idiom quiz Friday

Wednesday: Short story rough draft due tomorrow; idiom quiz Friday

Thursday: Finish "No Speak English"-circle imagery, underline and identify voices, put a star next to things you can relate to; idiom quiz tomorrow

Friday: Work on short story final draft (due Thursday)Click here

Need an editing sheet? Download short_story_peer_editing_sheet.doc

Want to see how you will be graded? Download short_story_rubric.doc

9th lit Webquest 9/17

Click the link below to start your webquest. The Homer journal is due today.

Click here

Congratulations 9th lit!!

The average score on the short story test increased 36 percentage points from the average score on the short story pre-test. Everyone's score increased. I am so proud of you all!

Way to go!!

American Lit: Homework week of 9/10

Monday: Work on project (due Thursday)

Tuesday: Work on project (due Thursday)

Wednesday: Finish project (due tomorrow)

Thursday: Finish reading log 2 (due tomorrow)

Friday: None

9th lit: Homework week of 9/10

Monday: None

Tuesday: Study for Thursday's short story test; work on short story project (due 9/21)

Wednesday: Study for Thursday's short story test; work on short story project (due 9/21)

Thursday: Work on short story project (due 9/21)

Friday: Work on short story project (due 9/21)