Sunday, October 26, 2008

Syllabus 10/27 to 10/31

Happy Halloween!!
Don't forget your costumes on Friday!
$5 donation at main entrance...
Wait until you see Ms. G's costume :)


Monday
In class:
· Due: “want vs. need” sheet and journal.
· In class: Term 1 evaluation
HOMEWORK:
§ Finish evaluation
§ Due Thursday: Quickie Test: Romanticism/Transcendentalism

Tuesday
In class:
· Due: Evaluation
· BRING LITERATURE BOOKS TO CLASS
· Pass out Their Eyes were Watching God (TEWWG)
· Poetry: Longfellow/Holmes/Whitman/Dickenson
HOMEWORK:
§ Due Tomorrow: Finish classwork assignment of selected poems and questions.

Wednesday
In class:
§ Due: Classwork: selected poems and questions
§ BRING LITERATURE BOOK TO CLASS!!

§ Background information on Edgar Allen Poe
§ Read Annabel Lee and El Dorado
HOMEWORK:
· Due tomorrow: In Literature Books read: “The Fall of the House of Usher”
· Study for Quiz!


Thursday
In class:
· Romanticism/Transcendentalism Test! (First test for term 2)
· Review “House of Usher”
HOMEWORK:
· Due Tomorrow: “House of Usher" Questions pg 246 #1-10

Friday
In class:
· Due: "House of Usher" Questions
· History of Halloween Slideshow
· HAPPY HALLOWEEN! Prizes for dressing up!
HOMEWORK:
· Due Monday: Read/mark up article;
· Bring Literature Books to class: American Dialects/Vernacular
· Due Tuesday: Bring TEWWG book to class for background information on author and novel.

Fun Fact:Halloween is Ms. Gentile's FAVORITE holiday...