First Week of April

Here we are-- back from break and running hard!
Here's what we've been up to this week:


Tuesday
Wednesday
Quiz
Thursday
Friday is an organized discussion based on the notes you take Thursday-- Don';t forget them!
Mrs. Eddy

Break it!

I hope you have a wonderful Spring Break and enjoy every minute of it! Reminders:

Think about and work on your semester project, but there are no other assignments for the break time-- Scrapbook requirements

The Things They Carried

These Writing Tasks Should be DONE:
If you were absent on the day we did them in class, you can bring them in on the first day you return from Spring Break, but no more extensions, at all, absolutely, we need to move on.
Writing for "Rainy River"
Critical Read/Writing for "The Things They Carried"
Writing for "How to Tell a True War Story"
Have a blast!
Mrs. Eddy

Lots of Stuff to do!

We started The Things They Carried, by Tim O'Brien, this week, and we got a schedule ready for the semester project Here are some useful links:
Semester Project Pieces and Deadlines Check out all these dates and write them somewhere where you will not forget!
Literary Scrapbook Option
Project Proposal - DUE MONDAY
Critical Reading practice and writing assignment: First chapter of TTTC
Second Write: "Rainy River" chapter
Homework: Finish reading through "Rainy River" ( through page 61) by Monday.

Cuckoo Final Tasks

Well,
Here is the lowdown on the final learning tasks for this text:
Group Discussion/Lesson on Tragedy as a literary term-- did this in class on Friday.
Final Essay Assignment-- started Friday-- check the link for due dates
Graphic Organizers-- GOBS of graphic organizers you can use if you want to for an outline
Character Chart-- should be finished--use for the essay and discussion-- turn in later.
Vocabulary-- finish by the end of class on Tuesday-- we go to computers on Monday and Tuesday

Please don't worry about the semester project we talked about yesterday, but be sure just to THINK about it-- look at magazines and books and see what it is you might like to read (literary scrapbook project) or to write (publish a book).

Things to remember/finish

Finish the book by the time class starts on Thursday, Feb. 27th.
Finish your character chart by Friday, Feb. 28th
Final Reading test on Friday, Feb. 28th.
Vocabulary Assignment due: Next week-- stay tuned for exact day.

Busy Week-- Lots of Cuckoo!

Reading: Please finish with Part Three by Monday, Feb., 24th.
Writing about The Lobotomist-- due Feb. 19th
Reading Quiz #1-- due Feb. 20th
IN class thinking/writing with POEM from Feb. 20th work
Reading Quiz #2-- see Mrs. Eddy if you missed this quiz (given on Friday, Feb. 21st)
Vocabulary-- due after we finish the book next week-- probably by Friday, but maybe extended to Monday.
Permission to View the Film: I will hand out permission slips next week in the hopes that we will have time to see the film-- made right here is Salem!
See you on Monday

Reciting done--time to read!

Please be sure to read tonight-- to page 40 in One Flew Over the Cuckoo's Nest, by Ken Kesey.
Tomorrow we will discuss things/quiz a bit/ start working with vocabulary and get the scoop on current events at Oregon State Hospital. Oh-- don't forget we need to talk about our unreliable narrator and what that means about everything!
See you Wednesday!
Mrs. E