Students used the remainder of the period to finish their websites.

HOMEWORK:  Finish the websites and study for the quiz on the third Act of Henry V.

We looked at the most recent Swine Flu articles from the Boston Herald and Lowell Sun.  We also looked at the Sun article about the impending layoffs in the Tyngsborough school system.

HOMEWORK:  Articles due tomorrow.

We finished reviewing the vocab exercises and continued with the first chapter of The Great Gatsby.  I also returned the personal essays.

HOMEWORK:  Review vocabulary words for tomorrow’s quiz.  Revisions of personal essays are due on Monday.

We talked about graduation speeches today.  They have to write a graduation speech and deliver it to the class.  Here is the rubric for the assignment.

Following that, we watched the second act of My Fair Lady.

HOMEWORK:  Work on novel paper and speech.

We talked about graduation speeches today.  They have to write a graduation speech and deliver it to the class.  Here is the rubric for the assignment.  The speech will be due on Thursday, May 7.

After that, we reviewed Act III of Henry V in preparation for the quiz on Friday.

HOMEWORK:  Quiz on Act III on Friday, website due on Friday.

We reviewed some articles on the projector including a great one on a student who is a regionally ranked motocross rider.

HOMEWORK:  Articles due on Friday.

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We reviewed the answers from the “Completing the Sentences” exercise from Vocab unit 12.

After that we read the biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald from the textbook and took notes on his life.  Following that, we began reading the first chapter of The Great Gatsby.

HOMEWORK:  Study vocabulary words.

We held a poetry reading “al fresco” today.  We found a shady spot outside and read poems by Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, Maya Angelou, Eddie Vedder and others.  Students commented briefly about their chosen poems.  Overall, an excellent class.  Freshmen orientation speeches were due today.

HOMEWORK:  Continue reading the novel and working on the paper.

Students used the time to work on their web sites.

HOMEWORK:  Web sites due on Friday.

We shared story generator ideas and declared our story topics for Friday’s deadline.

HOMEWORK:  Articles due on Friday, May 1.