Friday, May 3, 2013

Week of May 6, 2013
11th Academic English
On Monday we'll begin work with John Steinbeck's novel, Of Mice and Men.  You will have some class time to begin reading this novel and to work on the study guide for the novel.  On Thursday of this week you'll take Vocabulary Quiz #17--the last vocabulary quiz for the school year!!  You'll also hand in Summary #15 on Thursday.  On Friday you will take a quiz on the first study guide for Of Mice and Men.

12th Academic English
This week we'll continue our look at British literature from the Modern and Postmodern eras.  You'll outline biographical information about both D.H. Lawrence and Graham Greene, found on p. 1174 in the literature anthology.  We'll read together and discuss "The Rocking Horse Winner," p. 1176+ and "A Shocking Accident," p. 1190+.  On Thursday you will take the last vocabulary quiz of your Academic English career, Vocabulary Quiz #17!!  Can Graduation be far away if you are on the last vocabulary quiz?!?!?  Don't forget to continue work on the Character Analysis project, due on Thursday, May 16th.  If you finish the project early, please hand it in.