September 28

Vocabulary Test

Here's this week's vocabulary list:  Vocabulary

Today we will read chapters 20 and 21 in Huck Finn.  These are a couple of fun chapters in the book, so enjoy!

Friday is movie

September 19, 2012

Today we will start the period studying commas and past tense.

Sentence corrections

You are to correct the sentence that you find on the overhead.  We will start the period this way most days this semester, and you are to keep these sentence corrections in your notebook so that you can hand them in on Friday, October 5th.

Then we will read chapter 12 from Huckleberry Finn.

After you have finished this chapter, your assignment will be to select one of the 12 chapters we have studied thus far and write your own quiz questions for the class.  I will create a test based on the questions that you and 5th period come up with and you will be tested on these chapters tomorrow (20 points).

Write 3 Questions (and answers)
Writing good short answer questions:

• Recall questions--try to test things that are important, such as "What does Huck say 'ruined Jim' for a servant?"
• Identify the speaker of the quote--who said what?  Again, focus on important ideas in the book
• T/F
• Any other question--be sure that the question tests an important idea

September 17th

You will have a vocabulary quiz on Friday (like we do every week).  Remember, you get +1 extra credit if you make your own flash cards and bring them on Friday.  I do this every week of the year.  Do it!
Huck Finn Vocabulary

Read chapter 8 and 9 in class.

*Note: whenever you're absent, check the blog at home to see what we did and do your homework

Monday, September 17th

You will have a vocabulary test on Friday

September 12, 2012

Huckleberry Finn audio tape link
Mark Twain's Hannible Misouri Prezi presentation

September 11, 2012

Today we will make flashcards of our 13 vocabulary words and share them.
Vocabulary test Friday
Vocabulary, Huckleberry Finn
Quiz over chapter 1
Homework=read chapter 2.  Quiz tomorrow

September 10, 2012

Journal Writing Assignment

What is the best assignment you have ever had in school over the years?  This might be a project you did, or it might be something that was done in a day.  Anything goes. 
Explain why you liked that assignment.

5 sentences minimum

Welcome to American Lit/Sophomore English

I think that this year will quite a bit of fun for all of us.  We will do a lot of writing in here in preparation for the OAKS Writing Test, which you have to pass to graduate  :~ /

I promise that I'll try my hardest to make the writing relevant so that you won't say, "Man, I'm never going to use any of this stuff I'm learning later in life."  You will be writing throughout your lives--writing resumes, letters to co-workers, love letters (heh, heh), and countless other things.  No one will ever know your great thoughts if you can't express them.  In this class you will learn to express them.

So, the year begins! 

The first thing I'd like you to do is to go to  the "Handouts" tab, open the syllabus, and print it.  Then read it, sign it, and have your parent or guardian sign it.  Detach the part at the bottom (keep the rest) and bring it to class by Friday.  Thanks!