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.