Monday, February 28, 2011

American Lit continued "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" and were assigned 1-9 on page 685.

British Lit continued their work on paraphrasing "Elegy Written..." and were given the review questions 1-4 and 6-7 at the end of the selection for homework.

Friday, February 25, 2011

American Lit took their grammar quiz dealing with commas, colons, and semicolons. Then, they began "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" by Bret Harte. No homework this weekend.

British Lit covered the worksheet dealing with Boswell's account "The Life of Samuel Johnson." Next, it read "Elegy Written in a Country Church-yard" by Thomas Gray. Homework is to paraphrase stanzas 23-32.

Wednesday and Thursday, February 23-24, 2011

American Lit has been presenting their Great Gatsby projects. Homework on Wednesday: "The Notorious Jumping Frog..." worksheet. Grammar quiz on Friday.

British Lit finished "The Dictionary of Samuel Johnson" and begun "The Life of Samuel Johnson."

Tuesday, February 19, 2011

American Lit listened to "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain. Projects DUE TOMORROW.

British Lit got back the AQWF tests and turned in the Golden Age of Satire Essay. Next, they listened to a brief lecture on the development of standard English and began Samuel Johnson's "Dictionary of the English Language." Vocab 9 Test tomorrow.

Monday, February 18, 2011

American Lit went over the extra credit assignment (posted on edline) and outlined unit 4.

British Lit finished "Candide" in the textbook and began a worksheet finding examples of different types of humor in "Candide."

Friday, February 18, 2011

American Lit took the vocab 9 test today. Next, we discussed the "Questions of the Times" on page 616-17. Finally, some of the classes started to outline unit 4. Homework: FINISH YOUR RESEARCH for the presentation.

British Lit worked on a writing assignment from page 657 which dealt with the Golden Age of Satire. This assignment is due on Tuesday, typed. Then, we began to read "Candide" by Voltaire.

Thursday, February 17 2011

American Lit took the Great Gatsby test today. Tomorrow, they will take the vocab 9 test.

British Lit took the AQWF test today. "The Rape of Lock" questions, p.607 1-8 and 10, will be due tomorrow.

Wednesday, February 16 2011

American Lit reviewed for the Gatsby test on Thursday; then, they covered semicolons and colons in a small packet. Finally, they were allowed to convene with their Gatsby Project group to divvy up the work.

British Lit reviewed for the AQWF Test on Thursday and then continued and finished "The Rape of Lock." They began to do the review questions 1-8 and 10.

Tuesday, February 15, 2011

American Lit received instructions regarding the 1920's presentation due NEXT WEDNESDAY. Groups will be assigned tomorrow. Next, the students watched several scenes from The Great Gatsby and noted 5 differences between the book and the movie. This sheet was turned in.

British Lit took a last reading quiz on AQWF and had their p.620 1-7 HW checked. Then, they got background on Neoclassicism and Pope, and began "The Rape of Lock."

Monday, February 14 2011

American Lit took the vocab 9 quiz and finished (or nearly finished) our discussion of The Great Gatsby. The test for The Great Gatsby will be on Thursday.

British Lit took the vocab 9 quiz. Next, they finished their All Quiet on the Western Front study guides. Finally, they worked on the review questions for "A Modest Proposal," p. 620, 1-7. These are for homework. The AQWF test will be Thursday.

Thursday, February 10 2011

American Lit reviewed for the ACT writing section today, receiving an ACT packet and discussing sample prompts and essay. Homework: Finish Gatsby and study for the vocab 9 quiz.

British Lit finished "A Modest Proposal" and completed the worksheet, "An Interview with Jonathon Swift." Homework: study for the vocab 9 quiz.

Tuesday, February 8 2011

Today, American lit finished and reviewed their comma packets. Next, they began reviewing for the ACT writing section. Homework: GG ch. 8.

British Lit took a reading quiz on chapters 6-10 and reviewed the worksheet for "The Spectator." They began to discuss "satire." Homework: finish chapter 10 and be ready to have the Samuel Pepys and Joseph Addison worksheets checked.

Monday, February 7 2011

American Lit had their vocab 9 HW checked today while they continued working on their comma packets. They discussed chapters 5 and 6 and were assigned chapter 7 for homework. They will have a vocab 9 quiz on Thursday.

British Lit answered study guide questions for chapter 9 of AQWF. Next, they read "The Spectator" (588-593) and answered the worksheet questions. Homework: pages 231-252 (first half of chapter 10) from AQWF. They will have a vocab 9 quiz on Thursday.

Thursday, February 3 2011

American Lit discussed chapter 5 of GG. Homework: read chapter 6 of GG.

British Lit discussed chapter 8 of AQWF and began a worksheet on "The Diary of Samuel Pepys."

**The make up day was moved to Friday**

**Vocab 9 HW will be checked on Friday**

Wednesday, February 2 2011

American Lit received their Civil War Lit tests back, then took a reading quiz on chapters 3-4 of The Great Gatsby. Then, they discussed chapter 4. Homework: read chapter 5 and complete vocab 9 exercises.

British Lit discussed chapter 7 of AQWF and finished "The Diary of Samuel Pepys." Homework: read chapter 8 of AQWF and complete vocab 9 exercises.

TOMORROW IS MAKE-UP DAY.

Monday-Tuesday January 31-February 1, 2011

Mr. Carruth was out on Monday. American Lit reviewed Vocab 9 and began the exercises. They then continued The Great Gatsby. British Lit also reviewed Vocab 9 and continued All Quiet on the Western Front. 


On Tuesday, American Lit read vocab 9 definitions and then discussed chapter 3 of GG. Homework: Chapter 4.

British Lit reviewed the note-taking worksheet for Unit 3 and then began "The Diary of Samuel Pepys." Homework: finish chapter 7 of All Quiet on the Western Front.