We discussed and reviewed all the WWI poems in preparation for the quiz on Monday.

HOMEWORK: Prepare for vocab and WWI poetry quiz on Monday.

Students received the words for Vocabulary Unit 5. They also received copies of Joseph Heller’s Catch-22.

Students also received the poems for the World War I unit. We read the poems and broke into partners to answer the questions which followed.

HOMEWORK: Begin reading Catch-22. The first 120 pages are due on 11/30.  Study for vocabulary quiz on Monday

Students took the quiz on Vocabulary Unit 4.

They also received a copy of Ernest Hemingway’s “Soldier’s Home” to read.

HOMEWORK: Finish reading the story and complete the questions which follow.

We had the class debates today. I was very impressed.

HOMEWORK: Study for Vocabulary Quiz on Monday.

We continued with debate preparation today. Debates begin on Thursday.

HOMEWORK: Finish debate preparation.

We began working on class debates today. Click here for the assignment and resolutions.

HOMEWORK: Continue working on debate preparation.

We worked with our essay tests from Friday, underlining thesis statements, details and explanations.

HOMEWORK: Finish comma work on college application essays.

Students took the test on A Tale of Two Cities.

HOMEWORK:  Work on comma identification in your essay.

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Please click here for the work assigned for all classes.

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Students took vocabulary quiz.

Following that, I presented a lesson on how to take essay tests, and we began to discuss A Tale of Two Cities as a whole. Some of the key words we suggested included: corruption, revenge, revolution, poverty, loyalty, sacrifice, love, duty, class system, deception, justice, honor/dishonor, character in crisis. What kind of themes can we make from these key words?

HOMEWORK: Prepare for the test.