Homework - 2/22/11

Did anyone notice that if you divide the day and the month you end up getting the year?  Crazy...

English I:

Next class you have two major things to be ready for.  First, your movie reviews of A Separate Peace are due.  Please make sure that you are following the guidelines that I gave you on the assignment sheet.  Your first paragraph should provide a hook and then a clear thesis statement which presents your opinion on the film and why.  Your second paragraph should be a review of the main moments in the film.  The final paragraph is where you will speak to your thesis - showing me that scene or element which made or broke the film for you.  Remember that you will need to keep everything on one page!

Also, next class you will have your Wordskills 2 Exam.  Pay close attention to your prefixes!!!  Knowing those prefixes will be key to being successful on the exam.  Remember that you may see some information from lesson one - it would be a good idea to go back and review the last unit too.

On Thursday we will spend some time in the library getting started on our poetry project for the nine weeks.  You may want to come to class with some change to make photocopies in the library.

English III:

Today was another very successful inside/outside circle discussion.  A vast majority of you were participating in the circle discussion and I think that we were able to hit on a lot of major topics in the book.  You may want to continue to consider and think about these ideas as we prepare for the exam on this book next week.  For tonight, you will want to spend a lot of time working on your websites.  Get your information uploaded and in the right place.  Make sure that everyone in the group is pulling his/her weight.  Tomorrow we will have about thirty minutes at the beginning of the period to meet and discuss as groups - I've gotten us a set of laptops from the library - but if you'd like to bring your own, you are more than welcome to do so.

Also, tomorrow, don't forget that I'll be checking annotations across the whole novel.  Spend some time tonight getting those ready for me.

I think that'll do it.  Tomorrow's Wednesday - halfway to Friday!