Week of 1/30 through 2/3

Period 1:

Vignette draft due Monday. Final draft for vignettes due Thursday.

Review the student generated essay prompts for The House on Mango Street. Choose one and write a well developed essay for this prompt. Final draft for this due Wednesday 2/8.

Thornton Wilder Writing Competition submissions for Prose and Poetry due by February 3 through email or mail. See website for details: http://www.hamdenlibrary.org/tw_competition

Shakespeare Speaking competition sign-ups by February 3 (sign-up sheet on Ms. Chevan's office door room 102)



Period 3:

Discussion of Salem webquest Monday and introductory information on Puritans and our next book, the play The Crucible.

http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/

Half page written response to anticipation statements for The Crucible due Thursday.

Beginning reading the play in class Friday.




Period 5:

First essay due Wednesday 2/1.

Beginning unit on Narrative writing.



Period 6:

First essay due Tuesday 1/31.

Beginning unit on Narrative writing.



Period 7:

Vignette draft due Monday. Final draft for vignettes due Thursday.

Review the student generated essay prompts for The House on Mango Street. Choose one and write a well developed essay for this prompt. Final draft for this due Tuesday 2/7.


Thornton Wilder Writing Competition submissions for Prose and Poetry due by February 3 through email or mail. See website for details: http://www.hamdenlibrary.org/tw_competition

Shakespeare Speaking competition sign-ups by February 3 (sign-up sheet on Ms. Chevan's office door room 102)