Good day, sirs.  In 121 English, you received your Article of the Week and a short essay assignment dealing with one of the larger themes of the novel.  The first draft is due on Wednesday, as it will be peer edited on that day.  In our English 9 class, we woked on identifying your views regarding the most important scene from The Merchant of Venice, we reviewed some of your assignments so that you gained an even clearer understanding of the rubrics used (it's all practice for the game, right?), then you completed the first question of your test.  We'll continue with that tomorrow.