SPRING BREAK!!!!!

Enjoy your time off to relax and rejuvinate---we will be on the final stretch when you return to school on April 12.

If you have not done so already, be sure to finish The Count of Monte Cristo and all the study guide questions from chapter 54 to the end of the book. These must be turned in on the first day back to class. Also, you should have turned in SMB chapter 12: High School, the Early Years before the end of the school day on Thursday, April 1 (no foolin'!).

Enjoy your time off! See you on the 12th!

Is it spring break yet? =)

Here is what you can expect in English class this week:

Monday (C day): Senior Memory Book chapter 11 "I'm Really in Love This Time, Mom"
Mondego worksheet and study guides for ch. 45-53 due.

Tuesday (A day): Reading day -- chapters 54-61

Wednesday (B day): Reading day -- chapters 54-61 (blocks 2 and 6)
Vocabulary quiz over lesson 26 (block 7) *SMB chapter 11 due*

Thursday (C day): Vocabulary quiz over lesson 26 *SMB chapter 11 due *

Friday (A day): More Count of Monte Cristo ... TBD

Keep reading!! The goal is to finish The Count of Monte Cristo before spring break. If time allows, we will watch the movie before break and have the test when we return to school. If you have questions or don't understand something in the novel, please ask for help! ;)

Hang on---Spring Break is almost here!! =)

Just a few important details for the week:

Wednesday (St. Patrick's Day!) : Vocab quiz for lesson 25. Lesson 26 assigned and due your next class day.

Thursday (A day) and Friday (B day): Count of Monte Cristo character motivation/skeletons in the closet graphic organizer. This activity will be done in class and is the beginning of our review of the novel. This handout will help you organize important information about character motivation for Dantes/Count and his enemies. Save this in your folder for later use. We will be adding information to it over the next couple weeks.

Friday (block 7) and Monday (all blocks): Senior Memory Book chapter 11, "I'm Really in Love This Time, Mom" -- due the end of the week (3/26).

ACT week!

I hope you are enjoying your day off...as I am here administering the ACT to the junior class. You sure got a nice, sunny day. It's a great day, in fact, to sit by a sunny window and read The Count of Monte Cristo!! =)

As far as The Count is concerned...since we are on the subject...you should read chapters 32-44 (that's through page 322) by Monday, March 15. We will have reading time on Friday, March 12.

Don't forget that chapter 10 of your SMB is due either Wednesday or Thursday of this week (depending on what day you have Senior English class). We will do two more chapters before spring break! That will leave three for April and May. Whew. The end of the year is fast approaching!!

Keep reading!! See you in class....

Next week will be a weird week schedule-wise....but here is what you can expect to do the next several days in Senior English:

Vocabulary quiz for lesson 22 is Friday (blocks 1, 5, 7, 8) or Monday (blocks 2, 6). You should continue reading The Count, chapters 32-36. I will collect the study guides for these chapters (and more!) the end of next week.

Senior Memory Book chapter 10 (Favorite movies, TV shows, etc.) is due next week Wednesday (blocks 1, 5, 6, 8) or Thursday (blocks 2, 7). These are the testing days....so all eight classes will meet once over the course of the two days. Friday is a regular "C" day.

Also, for those of you looking for another resource to study the characters from The Count, try this site: www.en.wikipedia.org/wiki/The_Count_of_Monte_Cristo.

March Madness!

Spring is coming! (I promise---it has to right? Just ignore the snow piles!) =)

This week's schedule is as follows:

The Count of Monte Cristo quiz through chapter 31 is on Tuesday (blocks 1, 5, 7, 8) or Wednesday (blocks 2, 6). Study guides for chapters 26-31 are due the same day as your quiz.

Vocabulary Lesson 23 quizzes are Friday (blocks 1, 5, 7, 8) or Monday, March 8 (blocks 2, 6).

We will continue reading Count this week, and you should be working on your next Senior Memory Book chapter, chapter 10 (Let's Go Out to the Movies!).

Have a great week!