Hellooo, peeps!  In class today, you handed in your Article of the Week and a VERY edited essay (if you didn't, you joined me for a lovely PB and J during homework lunch).  We then enjoyed some SSR, and reviewed (or re-learned) how to properly punctuate with apostrophes.  We'll do a little more practice with that tomorrow.  No homework tonight.  Have a good one!

Hiya! Today, we completed a sample Warm-Up for our Four Days of Christmas Literacy, then we finished our evaluation of the ELPA exemplar, and took a look at the rationales.  From there, we tackled the "their/they're/there" dilemma.  Please complete the page with 14 examples on it for homework.  Have a great night!

Helloooooo!  In class today, you received your Article of the Week for tomorrow (or a MacLean's magazine - your choice), entered your mock ELPA data into Senteo (Congrats!  Most of you scored higher than you did in September!), and we reviewed the comma splice/run-on page together.  Your Article of the Week is due tomorrow.  Thanks!

Hiya!  Today, we checked our map-reading skills, and periods two and six handed in their "Born or Made That Way" assignment (periods two and three handed in theirs yesterday).  We then used one of your intros to complete an outline form...which could potentially be developed into an essay.  If you didn't complete the outline in class, please do so for tomorrow.  Have a great night!

Hello, folks!  Today, we had a discussion about symbolism and irony, and took a peek at what being a GOOD wife actually entails...at least in 1955. From there, you were given an assignment that is due on TUESDAY, DECEMBER 7.  You are to determine whether or not you believe the narrator was born or made into what she became.

Hey!  In class today, we took at a look at the qualities (and even the appearance!) of people we think are "reliable".  We then read a poem, Richard Cory, by Edwin Arlington Robinson, and tied that in with a literary definition of unreliable narrator.  From there, we began reading a short stoy by Charlotte Perkins Gilman called The Yellow Wallpaper.  We'll also be making character notes throughout our reading, to enhance our understanding of unreliable narrator and to prepare us for the character analysis you will be completing at the end of our reading. PERIOD 1:  You have your Article of the Week due tomorrow. PERIODS 1, 2, 3, 6:  You have your two INCREDIBLE introductory paragraphs due tomorrow, including your planning, edited drafts, and completed (by two people) rubrics.  They were assigned last Thursday, AND you had a little class time, too, so don't complain... Thanks!

Hi there!  Today, we quickly reviewed the pie chart of responsibility from yesterday, added a couple of new terms, then began reading The Monkey's Paw, focusing on setting.  Only period two has homework - your paragraph assignment.