Week of April 2, 2018
11th Academic English
This week you took vocabulary quiz #13 and began work on vocabulary list #14 on Monday.  You turned in reading response #13 on Monday also.  These were the last two grades for the 3rd quarter.  Thankfully, we are moving into the fourth quarter on Thursday.  We will begin a new unit based on the novel Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck.  You will begin reading this novel and working on the first of two study guides on Wednesday.  This work will continue through the end of the week.

12th Academic English
This week you took vocabulary quiz #13 and began work on vocabulary list #14 on Monday.  Tuesday you read and annotated "Ode to a Nightingale" and "Ode to the West Wind."  Wednesday we will begin work with selections from Frankenstein and will continue that work into Thursday.  On Friday we will discuss these three pieces of literature and will begin work with "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner."  Fourth and, for you, last quarter begins on Thursday.  Make sure you wrap up your high school career strongly!

SAT Prep
Monday you finished work with a practice SAT reading test.  Tuesday and Wednesday we discussed both the positives and negatives of this quarter course, how it helped you prepare for taking the SAT and what you took away from our studies.  Thursday a new group of students will begin this course.  We will discuss editing and revising techniques, then will complete units one through five in the Editing and Revising workbook.