Week of 12/19 through 12/23

Reminder: Friday 12/23 is on a half-day (minimum day) schedule. Have a good vacation everyone!



Period 1:

Scarlet Letter symbolism project due Monday.

The Crucible Quotation analyses due Wednesday.

Reading "Why I Wrote The Crucible" by Arthur Miller and preparing for the in-class essay that students will complete the day we return from vacation.

Online text of "Why I Wrote The Crucible": http://www.plosin.com/beatbegins/archive/MillerCrucible.htm

Students will also be reading The House on Mango Street over the vacation and need to track quotations that they feel are important and emerging/larger themes within the book.




Period 3:

Printout of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn essay due Monday.

Beginning the novel Ellen Foster on Monday. Students should expect reading outside of class as homework.

Chapters 1 and 2 due Tuesday (with A. T-chart summary, B. Answers the questions, C. Own inquiry question)


Chapters 3 and 4 are due Thursday (with A. T-chart summary, B. Answers the questions, C. Own inquiry question)

Chapters 5-8 and worksheet due after vacation, Tuesday Jan. 4.




Period 5:

Final draft of Cause/effect research essay due Monday.

Beginning Definition writing unit.




Period 6:

Revising Cause/effect research essay.

Final draft due Wednesday Jan. 4, in print and on turnitin.com by 10:40 am. No late work, no plagiarism. Both will result in a zero on the assignment.




Period 7:

The Crucible Quotation analyses due Wednesday.

Reading "Why I Wrote The Crucible" by Arthur Miller and preparing for the in-class essay that students will complete the day we return from vacation.

Online text of "Why I Wrote The Crucible": http://www.plosin.com/beatbegins/archive/MillerCrucible.htm

Students will also be reading The House on Mango Street over the vacation and need to track quotations that they feel are important and emerging/larger themes within the book.