We finished watching The Pentagon Papers and discussed how the film demonstrates the most important role of journalism in a free society.  Articles were due today.

HOMEWORK:  Story Generators due 6/5.

Cover of The Great Gatsby

I distributed a new list of vocabulary words today.  Students looked up the definitions in the dictionary.

I also gave students time to read Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby in preparation for Monday’s quiz.

HOMEWORK:  Read Chapter 7 and prepare for the quiz.

Cover of The Graduate

We heard three more speeches today, and then continued watching The Graduate.

HOMEWORK:  Senior Writing Assignments due tomorrow.

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We began watching Casablanca today.

HOMEWORK:  Senior Writing Assignments due tomorrow.

Students worked on articles or stringbooks  today.

HOMEWORK:  Articles due on Friday.

We continued listening to The Great Gatsby on audio, finishing chapter 6 and moving into chapter 7.

HOMEWORK:  Continue working on research paper.

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We continued with Graduation Speeches today.

We also began watching The Graduate.

HOMEWORK:  Senior Writing Assignments are due on Wednesday.

We continued with speeches today.

HOMEWORK:  Senior Writing Assignments are due on Wednesday.

We continued working on layout.  We are almost done!

HOMEWORK:  Story Generators are due tomorrow.

We took the quiz on Chapters 3-5 in The Great Gatsby.

Students took the remainder of the period to work on the research paper.

HOMEWORK:  Continue working on the research paper.