Tuesday, April 27

10th Grade: Read chapters 14 and 15 in Frankenstein and answer questions. These are due Thursday!

11th Grade: Finish the narrative we were working on in class. This must one page, doublespaced, and typed!

12th Grade: Work on outline for "What it Means to Be Human" essay. This is due Thursday!

Monday, April 26

10th Grade: Finish questions for Chapter 12 and read Chapter 13. There will be a quiz tomorrow!!


11th Grade: Finish questions on 676. Answer questions 1-7 (except #4)


12th Grade: Come up with thesis and loose outline for final essay

Wednesday, April 21

10th Grade: No homework

11th Grade: No homework

12th Grade: Finish questions on "The Wife of Bath." Brief quiz tomorrow!

Friday, April 16th

10th Grade: Read Chapter 6 of Frankenstein. There will be a short quiz on Monday!

11th Grade: No homework

12th Grade: No homework- Eufaula Tales are due next Friday!!!!

Thursday, April 15

10th Grade: If you did not finish your questions from chapter 4 and 5 in class, then you must finish for homework. Don't forget to study for vocabulary quiz tomorrow!!

11th Grade: Study for vocabulary quiz!


12th Grade: If you do not finish the questions for "Chaucer's England," please finish for homework.

Thursday, April 1

***ALL CLASSES- Novel Assignment #3 (Media Performance Project) is due on Monday. This has been on the calender for a loooonnnnngggg time! Please be prepared to present in class! I will have a CD player available for those of you who need it.

Tuesday, March 30

Welcome Back! I hope everyone had a fun and relaxing Spring Break!

10th Grade: No homework tonight. Tomorrow we will be in the computer lab, finishing our persuasive letter. If you have not finished your rough draft, that needs to be completely finished by tomorrow. We will only have time to put finishing touches and write a works cited page!

11th Grade: Write a paragraph about whether or not you feel that Frederick Douglas succeeded in writing a persuasive slave narrative, based on his purpose and objectivity. Use the handout we worked on in class. You will be graded based on specific evidence that use to support your opinion.

12th Grade: Read lines 19-80. Take notes as you read and make a list of the knight's characteristics.

**ALL CLASSES- Your novel assignment will be due on Monday. I will give Thursday after our vocab. quiz to work on it in class!

Tuesday, March 9

10th Grade: Finish outline for persuasive letter


11th Grade: No homework


12th Grade: No homework

***ALL CLASSES- The title and author of your novel assignment is due this Friday, March 12th! Novel Assignment #3 will be due on Monday, April 5th!

**Shakespeare Festival on Thursday! Please be at school before 7:30, dress appropriately, and bring money for lunch afterward!

Friday, March 5

10th Grade: Ten notecards due on Monday!!


11th Grade: Finish rough draft of research paper


12th Grade: Think Piece due on Monday

Thursday, March 4

10th Grade: Finish five notecards! If you are finished with your first five, you may begin on your second five, which we will be due on Monday. The second set should be research on the opposite side of your opinion of the issue.

11th Grade: Your research paper rough draft is due on Monday. Students had time in class to work on it today. The rough draft must be typed. Don't forget to study for your vocabulary quiz!


12th Grade: Finish your character map if you did not finish in class. Don't forget to study for your vocabulary quiz!

**ALL CLASSES- Deadline for money and permission slip for the Shakespeare Festival is due tomorrow!!! Don't forget!!

Wednesday, March 3

10th Grade: Three completed research notecards due tomorrow!!! We will continue working on research tomorrow!

11th Grade: No homework!


12th: Think Piece on "Poetry is Dead"- due FRIDAY! This must be typed and doublespaced!

***ALL CLASSES: Permission slips and money are due by this Friday (March 5) for Hamlet at ASF!

Have a great day!

Monday, March 1

Happy 1st day of March! Our quote of the month:

"People demand freedom of speech for compensation for freedom of thought which they seldom use." Soren Kierkegaard

Five points of extra credit to those who post their thoughts about this quote in the comments section of this blog post!!!

10th Grade: Vocabulary definitions and sentences

11th Grade: Vocabulary definitions and sentences
**The Great Gatsby test on Wednesday! Completed study guide = extra credit toward the test

12th: Vocabulary definitions and sentences
**Test on Victorian poetry on Wednesday

***ALL CLASSES- Don't forget to bring your permission slips and money for Shakespeare Festival. DUE by FRIDAY, March 5!!!

Thursday, February 25

10th Grade: No homework! No vocabulary this week!


11th Grade: No homework! Remember your outline is due on MONDAY and it must be typed! Vocabulary quiz has also been postponed to Monday. Exam on The Great Gatsby will be on WEDNESDAY!


12th Grade: Finish your two journals on our two poem presentations. Vocabulary quiz will be postponed until MONDAY. Exam on Victorian poetry will be on WEDNESDAY!


***ALL CLASSES- Don't forget to turn in your permission slip and money for Shakespeare Festival. I must have this by March 5!!!!

Wednesday, February 25

10th Grade: Study for American Gothic exam- TOMORROW!!! Students have a study guide!!!

11th Grade: Answer Chpt. 9 Questions
*Outline is due on Monday, March 1
*Gatsby exam will be on Wednesday, March 3

12th Grade: Complete two journals from today's poetry presentations.
*Victorian poetry exam will be on Wednesday, March 3

Speech: Remember we will be performing our commercials tomorrow. You must use at least two examples of propaganda!

****ALL CLASSES- I will be sending home permission slips tomorrow for our upcoming trip to the Alabama Shakespeare Festival on March 11th. They will be due on March 5th!

Monday, February 19

10th grade: Finish rewriting the ending to one of the gothic short stories we have read in class. Students were given some time in class to work on this.

*Unit test on gothic short stories will be on Thursday!

11th grade: Definitions and sentences for vocabulary:

Quixotic
Raucous
Rebuff
Rebuke
Recipricol
Relegate
Relie
Replenish
Reprehensible
Reprove
Rescind
Resilient
Respite
Resplendent
Robust

*Also, your outline for the research paper will be due on Friday!

12th grade: Definitions and sentences for vocabulary and ONE poetry journal!

Thursday, February 18

10th grade: Please study for your vocab. quiz! That's it...we have an assembly first period tomorrow, though we'll probably have time afterward to take the quiz.


11th grade: Please study for your vocab. quiz! Bring your notecards to class; we will be working on our outlines.


12th grade: Finish your journal on either, "Growing Old" or "Sonnet 43." Please study for your vocabulary quiz!

Wednesday, February 17

Good luck at the game tonight, Lady Chiefs!!!

10th grade: Finish questions 1-8 on the story, "The Life You Save May be Your Own." There was no time in class to begin this assignment, so all questions should be completed at home.


11th: Read and annotate chapter 8


12th: No homework. Journals finished in class.

Tuesday, February 16

Welcome back from a four day, action packed weekend! Hope you enjoyed the snow!

10th grade: Definitions and sentences. Here are the words:
Gaunt- adj.
Ominous- adj.
Desolate- adj.
Placid- adj.
Sultry- adj.
Rue-v.
Expanse- n.
Varied- adj.
Sullen- adj.
Guffawing- adj.

Vocabulary quiz will be on Friday!!!

11th Grade: Definitions and sentences for vocabulary and Chapter 7 questions (we may start these in class). Here are your vocab. words:
Pivotal-adj.
Placate-v.
Plausible-adj.
Poignant- adj.
Polemic- n.
Precept- n.
Preclude- v.
Pretentious- adj.
Prolific- adj.
Prosaic- adj.
Provincial- adj.
Prudent- adj.
Quaint- adj.
Quell- v.
Quintessential- adj.

12th Grade: Vocabulary sentences- I gave you definitions in class. Finish the two journals for the poetry presentations today. They are due tomorrow!

Speech: Your presentations were supposed to be today, but are postponed until tomorrow because of the many absences! Be ready tomorrow!

***ALL CLASSES- Remember to begin thinking about your choice for the THIRD novel assignment. Your book choice will be due at the end of this month!! The third novel assignment will be due Monday, April 5th!!!

Have a great day!

Thursday, February 11

10th Grade: No homework! Enjoy your weekend!

11th Grade: Your 2nd set of 15 notecards are due on Tuesday, February 16! Make sure that you have all of your sources: 2 books, 1 or 2 internet sites, and a magazine or journal article. Other sources might be a personal interview or a televised documentary. I can show you how to cite those sources later.

*Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby with chapter questions will be due on Wednesday, February 17. You will be quizzed on that chapter as well!

12th Grade: No homework! Work on your poetry projects. Courtney and Brian will present!

Good luck on Monday, ladies!!! Enjoy your looooooooooooonggg weekend!!!

Wednesday, February 10

10th Grade: Study for vocabulary quiz tomorrow by completing worksheet given in class! Please also finish questions 1-8 on "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" by tomorrow, if you have not turned them in already. Only Cody, Bobby, Kathryn, Colten, Tray, and Page have turned them in, so everyone else- GET ON IT!

11th Grade: Your next set of notecards (15) will be due on Tuesday, February 16. Also, you will need to read Chapters 7 and 8 by Wednesday of next week and complete the questions.

12th Grade: Please write choose two of the poems discussed in class today and write a journal for them. This will be due tomorrow.

Speech: I am giving you until Tuesday to finish preparing for your speeches. Tomorrow we will watch examples of demonstration speeches and score them according to the rubrics handed out in class.

Have a good day, everyone!

Wednesday, February 3

10th grade: Answer questions 1-9 on p. 525 in your textbook on the story, "A Rose for Emily" by William Faulkner. We did not have any time in class to complete these questions.

*LATE PASS opportunity: I will give a late pass to the student who can answer the following question: What happened to William Faulkner in 1949?

11th grade: On-going assignment: Chapters 5 and 6 must be read by Tuesday, February 9. Questions and annotations for those chapters will be due on that day as well. We will also have a quiz on chapters 5 and 6 on that day. Because of the tournaments, our vocabulary quiz will be postponed until Monday, February 8! Good luck, ladies!

12th grade: Please work on your poetry presentations. Vocabulary quiz on Friday will be postponed until Monday due to the basketball tournaments! Good luck, ladies!!!!

Tuesday, February 2

Happy Groundhog's Day! ...And congratulations to both boys and girls on last night's wins! Go Chiefs!!

So here's the story:

10th Grade: No homework- we ran out of time to read in class today. We will work on the story, "A Rose for Emily" tomorrow.

11th Grade: Choose your essential question for the research project. We will meet in the computer lab tomorrow for the first 30 minutes of class so that you can research your topic.

12th Grade: Read and annotate, "Crossing the Bar" on page 851 in your textbook. Write a journal for this poem as well. I am going to model for you how to teach your lesson tomorrow using this poem.

Speech: We will begin working on our "How To" speeches tomorrow.

Have a wonderful day!!!!

Monday, February 1

I hope everyone had a restful weekend! We're going to ease into this week with a little vocabulary:

10th Grade: Vocabulary definitions and sentences. Be ready to present your "Fall in the House of Usher" quotes and pictures tomorrow!

11th Grade: Vocabulary definitions and sentences. No reading assignment tonight! Catch up if you're behind!

12th Grade: Vocabulary definitions and sentences. Write your journal for the poem, "Ulysses."

Speech: Class discussion today. We will begin working on our "How To" speeches tomorrow!

Girls and boys basketball players: Have a wonderful last regular season game!!! See you tomorrow!

Friday, January 29

10th Grade: No homework. We were in the Honors Day assembly 1st period today. Vocabulary quiz will be on Monday!

11th Grade: Read chapter 4 and annotate for the theme of "the decay of the American dream"

12th Grade: Bring two different poems from the Victorian era on Monday

Thursday, January 30

10th Grade: Finish your novel assignment! Since we have our Honors Day tomorrow during 1st period, your vocabulary quiz will be on Monday.

11th Grade: Finish your novel assignment. Vocabulary quiz #2 will be tomorrow. Also, chapter 2 and 3 questions for The Great Gatsby are due tomorrow!

12th Grade: Study for vocabulary quiz. Be ready to tell me your choice for the Poetry Professor project on Monday!

Wednesday, January 27

10th Grade: Finish reading the story, "Fall in the House of Usher," and finish answering the questions provided in the packet I gave you on Monday.

11th Grade: Begin reading Chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby and answer questions for Chapter 2 and 3. This will be due on Friday.

12th Grade: Read "In Memorium" on page 849 and answer questions 1-4.

**** 10th and 11th Grade only: Individual Novel Assignment #2 is due on FRIDAY!!!

Monday, January 25

10th Grade: Vocabulary definitions and sentences. Remember that Individual Novel Assignment #2 is due on FRIDAY, January 29!

11th Grade: Vocabulary definitions and sentences. Remember that Individual Novel Assignment #2 is due on FRIDAY, January 29!

12th Grade: Vocabulary definitions and sentences. Finish poem explication if you have not already.

Have a great week!

Friday, January 22

10th Grade: Please remember to study for your vocabulary quiz on Monday! Also, work on your Independent Novel Assignment over the weekend; it is due next Friday!

11th Grade: For Monday, please finish Chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby and answer chapter questions on a separate sheet of paper, in complete sentences. Also, don't forget that there will be a vocabulary quiz- study! Your Independent Novel Assignment is due next Friday!

12th Grade: No homework this weekend...the calm before the storm:)

Have a safe and relaxing weekend!

Thursday, January 21

10th Grade: Your portfolio is due tomorrow!!! Remember it must typed and doublespaced, with a readable, size 10-12 font!

11th Grade: Your portfolio is due tomorrow!!! Remember it must typed and doublespaced, with a readable, size 10-12 font!

Also, if you have not purchased a copy of The Great Gatsby, you will need to check out a copy from the library. You MUST have this in class tomorrow. You will be receiving points JUST for bringing your book to class.

12th Grade: Critical Writing Novel Assignment due tomorrow! Also, don't forget to study for your vocabulary quiz!

See you tomorrow!

Wednesday, January 20

Next semester is upon us and we have lots to do! There are a few date changes for a few assignments, so please read carefully!

10th Grade: Homework tonight is to work on your portfolio assignment- DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 22! Individual Novel Assignment #2 will not be due until FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, so that gives you an extra week to complete it. I will try to keep homework to a minimum until these two assignments have been turned in.

11th Grade: Homework tonight is to work on your portfolio assignment- DUE FRIDAY, JANUARY 22! Individual Novel Assignment #2 will not be due until FRIDAY, JANUARY 29, so that gives you an extra week to complete it. I will try to keep homework to a minimum until these two assignments have been turned in.

12th Grade: Homework for tonight is to work on your individual novel assignment. This will be due ON FRIDAY, JANUARY 22. There are no changes for this class!

**ALL CLASSES: You will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday!

10th Grade: IF we have school tomorrow, please be ready to take your final exam! Go over your study guide tonight!! If we do not have school tomorrow, your final exam will be on Monday.

11th Grade: Continue working on your study guides. Our final exam is on Tuesday. If school is cancelled tomorrow, your exam will be on Wednesday!

Also, if you did not order a copy of The Great Gatsby you will need to have your copy in class on Wednesday, January 13!

12th Grade: Continue working on your study guides. Our final exam is on Tuesday. If school is cancelled tomorrow, your exam will be on Wednesday!

***ALL CLASSES: Please remember that your novel assignment #2 (critical writing) is due on Friday, January 22!