World (1st): You have a vocab quiz tomorrow. Words are on your class page.

HWorld (2nd): Vocab quiz tomorrow, words are on your class page. In addition, tomorrow is your Reading Response workday-bring your texts. You may bring laptops as well.

Eng 9 (3rd): No vocab this week, as you had a test on Monday. We’ll continue with active and passive voice tomorrow.

AP Lit (4th): MWDS is due at the beginning of class TOMORROW. Remember, you need to bring me the file so that I can print it as a 4 page booklet.

Am (5th): Vocab tomorrow, list on class page.

Brit (6th): No quiz tomorrow, but we will begin the analysis of the poem v. the film versions of Beowulf.

Sidenote: I apologize for the lack of updates yesterday, as I was out sick.

Good luck to the FPCA softball team! They play a doubleheader today.

World (1st): Finish grammar sentences if you didn’t complete them in class.

HWorld (2nd): No homework tonight, but remember that your A Long Way Gone responses are due next Wednesday. I’ll post the guidelines to the class page ASAP.

Eng 9 (3rd): If you did not finish your “Mouse” questions in class, you need to finish them over the weekend. Your first test will be this Tuesday. I’ll post a study guide on the blog this weekend, but you should review your notes over “The Cask of Amontillado”, “The Mouse”, and “The Necklace.”

AP Lit (4th): Your MWDS is due Sept. 3rd. It would be wise to get together with your group during lunch or break this week and discuss the MWDS.

Enjoy your weekend!

Many apologies for the very late update. Hopefully this is better late than never.

World (1st): Your first test is tomorrow.

HWorld (2nd): Your first test is tomorrow.

Eng 9 (3rd): Your literary terms quiz is tomorrow.

AP Lit (4th): Tomorrow is your last MWDS workday. Be prepared to work.

Am (5th): None.

Brit (6th): None.

Anne Bradstreet had 8 children during her lifetime.

Beowulf contains 3,182 lines.

Something to remember: It is widely debated whether the famous Excalibur is actually the sword which Arthur pulls out of the stone. Some stories present Arthur receiving the sword at a later date.

World (1st): Your test is Friday. Pay special attention to the quotes we’ve discussed in class.

HWorld (2nd): Your test is Friday. Pay special attention to the quotes we’ve discussed in class. In addition, be sure to bring your copy of Gilgamesh with you to class on Friday, as you can use it during the short response portion of the test.

Eng 9 (3rd): No homework tonight, but be sure you have your “Mouse” in class tomorrow.Your quiz over literary terms is on Friday.

AP Lit (4th): We WILL finish the Blackberry poem tomorrow. Be sure to be prepared to work on your MWDS in class on Friday. This is the LAST in-class workday, so you may need to arrange to meet with your group at other times. Let me know before lunch if you need a pass to come inside and work.

Amer (5th): Your test is tomorrow. Be sure to bring your book to class to use during the short response portion of the test.

Brit (6th): Your test is tomorrow. (Note: remember what I mentioned to you in class about your textbook tomorrow…hint, hint.)

I have posted your literary terms guide on your class page. Remember, your quiz on Friday is over the following terms from the guide: setting, irony, foreshadowing, characterization, plot, exposition, conflict, falling action, climax, resolution, dynamic character, static character, cause and effect, dramatic irony, situational irony. Be sure that you know the meanings of the terms AND you can identify examples of the devices.

Today’s work:

World (1st): You have a test on Friday. Begin studying now.

HWorld (2nd): You have a test on Friday. Begin studying now.

Eng 9 (3rd): Read “The Mouse”. Expect a reading response tomorrow.

AP Lit (4th): Scan the syllable count for each line in the first stanza of “Blackberry-Picking”. You MUST write down the count next to each line.

US (5th): You have a test on Thursday. Begin studying now.

Brit (6th): If you did not do so in class, complete your Beowulf questions. In addition, you have a test on Thursday.

Sidenote: Congratulations to the FPCA Cross-Country team, who did a great job in their first meet yesterday!

-smallden