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!