Week of 2/6 through 2/10

Period 1:

Working on essay for The House on Mango Street. Essay due Thursday (turnitin.com by 11:59pm).

Transitioning into our next book, Ethan Frome.

Etext of Ethan Frome here: https://americanliterature.com/author/edith-wharton/book/ethan-frome/summary

Upcoming due dates:

Foreword and Ch. 1: Tuesday 2/14

Ch. 2-3: Wednesday 2/15

Ch. 4-6: Wednesday 2/22

Ch. 7-8: Thursday 2/23 (we will be having a graded discussion on this date with this (and prior) reading involved)

Ch. 9-Afterword: Friday 2/24

Period 3:

Reading The Crucible. Work on character profile chart for Act 1. Use specific details from the text to support your observations (especially from the given page numbers).

Salem webquest website (for make-ups): http://www.nationalgeographic.com/features/97/salem/


Period 5:

Working on Narrative Writing unit. Reading "Spelling Yiffniff," "Fish Cheeks," and "On Compassion" and student sample essays.

Worksheet for "Fish Cheeks" questions/analysis due Tuesday.

Topic for Narrative due Friday.

Rough draft due Tuesday (print out for class before class)




Period 6:

Working on Narrative Writing unit. Reading "Spelling Yiffniff," "Fish Cheeks," and "On Compassion" and student sample essays.

Worksheet analyzing "Fish Cheeks" and "Spelling Yiffniff" due Tuesday.

Topic for Narrative essay due Wednesday.

Rough Draft of Narrative due Monday (print out for class before class)




Period 7:

Working on essay for The House on Mango Street. Essay due Thursday  (turnitin.com by 11:59pm).

Transitioning into our next book, Ethan Frome.

Etext of Ethan Frome here: https://americanliterature.com/author/edith-wharton/book/ethan-frome/summary


Upcoming due dates:

Foreword and Ch. 1: Monday 2/13

Ch. 2-3: Wednesday 2/15

Ch. 4-6: Friday 2/17

Ch. 7-8: Thursday 2/23 (we will be having a graded discussion on this date with this (and prior) reading involved)

Ch. 9-Afterword: Friday 2/24