October 30 homework

All - Memorize ONE of the poems you chose from poetryoutloud.org and be ready to recite it before your classmates on Thursday, Nov. 5 (English 9B will need to be ready by Wednesday, Nov. 4).

October 29 homework

All - Do Latin I-4D. Prepare for Latin roots quiz tomorrow. If you need to, catch up reading and answering study questions. Reader's journal due.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - If you haven't yet presented an idea for our yearbook cover, be prepared to do so.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 28 homework

All - Do Latin I-4C. Midterm tomorrow; think about prompt.

Grade 9 - Read Book III of the Iliad and answer study questions 3 and 4 only.

Grade 10 - Read the "opening signals" of Canterbury Tales (lines 1-42), and answer study question 1 only.

Grade 11 - Read The Autobiography of Ben Franklin, pp. 1-4, and answer study questions 1 and 2.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - If you haven't yet presented an idea for our yearbook cover, be prepared to do so.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 27 homework

All - Do Latin I-4B. Look over and begin to think about your Midterm prompt. Type up Thursday essays as you get them back. Edit them as you type and store in Google Documents. You're creating a portfolio of your work (Essay 3 on).

Grade 9 - Finish reading Book II of the Iliad (you may skip the catalog of ships on pp. 21-27) and answer study questions.

Grade 10 - Read the Chaucer handout, highlighting or underlining important points on the front of the sheet. On the back, choose a character from Canterbury Tales that interests you.

Grade 11 - Read Anne Bradstreet's "To My Dear and Loving Husband," and the excerpt from Phillis Wheatley's "To the Right Honourable William, Earl of Darmouth" in 101 Great American Poems. Copy them both into your reader's journal and respond.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - If you haven't yet presented an idea for our yearbook cover, be prepared to do so.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 26 homework

All - Do Latin I-4A. Look over and begin to think about your Midterm prompt. Type up Thursday essays as you get them back. Edit them as you type and store in Google Documents. You're creating a portfolio of your work (Essay 3 on).

Grade 9 - Read Book II of the Iliad to page20 and begin answering your study questions.

Grade 10 - No additional homework.

Grade 11 - Finish reading Hawthorne's "Young Goodman Brown," and answer the study questions in your reader's journal.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - If you haven't yet presented an idea for our yearbook cover, be prepared to do so.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 23 homework

All - Have a great weekend.

Grade 9 - Make sure you understand what's going on in Book I of the Iliad.

Grade 10 - Review "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

Grade 11 - Read Chap. XXIV in The Scarlet Letter and finish the study questions.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 22 homework

All - Do Latin I-3D. Study for your quiz tomorrow! Choose three poems to memorize from poetryoutloud.org, one of which should have been written before 1900. Write down the titles and authors. Storage notebooks and reader's journals are due.

October 21 homework

All - Do Latin I-3C. Choose three poems to memorize from poetryoutloud.org, one of which should have been written before 1900. Write down the titles and authors. Storage notebooks and reader's journals are due Friday.

Grade 9 - Finish reading Book I of the Iliad. Give one sentence answers to your study questions.

Grade 10 - Complete the "bob-and-wheel" handout related to "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

Grade 11 - Read Chap. XXIII in The Scarlet Letter. Write answers to study questions 1-4 in your reader's journal.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 20 homework

All - Do Latin I-3B. Choose three poems to memorize from poetryoutloud.org, one of which should have been written before 1900. Write down the titles and authors. Storage notebooks and reader's journals are due Friday.

Grade 9 - Read and respond to pages 1-6 in the Iliad.

Grade 10 - Finish reading and responding to "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

Grade 11 - Read Chap. XXI-XXII in The Scarlet Letter. Write answers to study questions 6-10 in your reader's journal.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 19 homework

All - Do Latin I-3A. Choose three poems to memorize from poetryoutloud.org, one of which should have been written before 1900. Write down the titles and authors. Storage notebooks and reader's journals are due Friday.

Grade 9 - No reading.

Grade 10 - Read and respond to pages 3-10 of "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight."

Grade 11 - Begin reading Chap. XXI in The Scarlet Letter. Write answers to study questions 1-5 in your reader's journal.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 16 homework

All - Have a good weekend!

Grade 9 - Read the Job handout. In one well-written paragraph, explain who Homer was.

Grade 10 - In one well-written page, explain who Chaucer was and what he is remembered for today.

Grade 11 - Bring your version of a class creed to school on Monday.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 15 homework

All - Do Latin 2D. Study for quizzes tomorrow. Reader's Journals are due. Type up Essays 3 and 4 in Google Documents (or email to me) by tomorrow.

Grade 9 - No additional homework.

Grade 10 - No additional homework.

Grade 11 - Read Chaps XVIII - XX in The Scarlet Letter and write the answers to the study questions in your reader's journal.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - Submit ideas for yearbook cover.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 14 homework

All - Do Latin 2C. Type up Essays 3 and 4 in Google Documents (or email to me) by Friday.

Grade 9 - No additional homework.

Grade 10 - Finishing reading and responding to the excerpts from King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy.

Grade 11 - Read Chaps XVIII - XX in The Scarlet Letter and write the answers to the study questions in your reader's journal (due Friday).

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - Submit ideas for yearbook cover by Friday.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 13 homework

All - Do Latin 2B. Type up Essays 3 and 4 in Google Documents (or email to me) by Friday.

Grade 9 - Read the handout, "The Death of Gilgamesh." Respond in your reader's journal.

Grade 10 - Read and respond to the excerpts from King Alfred's translation of Boethius' Consolation of Philosophy (to page 126.)

Grade 11 - Read Chaps XVIII - XX in The Scarlet Letter and write the answers to the study questions in your reader's journal (due Friday).

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 12 homework

All - Type up Essays 3 and 4 in Google Documents (or email to me) by Friday. Do Latin 2A.

Grade 9 - Read the Gilgamesh handout, "The Return." Respond in your reader's journal.

Grade 10 - Read the Boethius handout. Write one page, front and back, double-spaced in your reader's journal, explaining who Boethius is and how he's known today.

Grade 11 - Read Chaps XVIII - XX in Scarlet Letter and write the answers to the study questions in your reader's journal (due Friday).

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 9 homework

All - Have a great weekend!

Grade 9 - Read the Gilgamesh handout, "The Story of the Flood." In your reader's journal, compare this account with that of the one in Genesis.

Grade 10 - No homework.

Grade 11 - Read Chaps XVIII - XX in Scarlet Letter and write the answers to the study questions in your reader's journal (due Friday).Type up Essay 3 in Google Documents if you have a Gmail acct, otherwise email the file to me.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 8 homework

All - Latin quiz tomorrow.

Grade 9 - Read and respond to the Gilgamesh handout, "The Search for Everlasting Life." Your reader's journal is due tomorrow.

Grade 10 - Beowulf reader's journal due.

Grade 11 - Scarlet Letter study questions on Chap XVI and XVII in your reader's journal are due tomorrow.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 7 homework

All - Latin 1D vocabulary sheet. Quiz Friday: vocab, lit terms, grammar

Grade 9 - Read the Gilgamesh handout, "The Death of Enkidu." In your reader's journal, answer study question 9.

Grade 10 - In your reader's journal, write one example from Beowulf of alliteration, compounding, kenning and formula (epithet). Cite the page numbers where the examples are found. Your reader's journals are due Friday.

Grade 11 - Read Chaps XVI and XVII in The Scarlet Letter and answer the study questions in complete sentences and/or well-crafted paragraphs . Due Friday.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 6 homework

All - Latin 1C vocabulary sheet. Quiz Friday: vocab, lit terms, grammar

Grade 9 - Read the Gilgamesh handout 3.

Grade 10 - Make sure your reading journal for Beowulf is up to date.

Grade 11 - By Friday Read Chaps XVI and XVII in The Scarlet Letter and answer the study questions in complete sentences/well-crafted paragraphs .

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.

October 5 homework

All - Latin 1B vocabulary sheet. Quiz Friday: vocab, lit term, grammar

Grade 9 - Finish reading the Gilgamesh handout 2. Answer study question 5 in one well-crafted paragraph: Why is it important for Gilgamesh and Enkidu to kill Humbaba?

Grade 10 - Finish reading and responding to Beowulf.

Grade 11 - Read Chapter XVI and Chap XVII in The Scarlet Letter and answer the study questions in complete sentences/well-crafted paragraphs by Friday.

Creative Writing - No homework.

Publications - No homework.

Typing/handwriting - Practice.