Wednesday - 2.17.10

Today we are starting the period by discussing "In Another Country" and "A Rose for Emily". Students will be turning in their questions over "A Rose for Emily". We will then read "A Worn Path" together. Tonight for homework, students should view the video on "A Worn Path" and answer the questions posted in a comment. Please follow the directions for leaving a comment to receive credit.

We have had a lot of work for the modernism unit, and the grades break down as follows:

• Benjamin Button - 20
• In Another Country - 10
• A Rose for Emily - 20
• A Worn Path - 10
• A Worn Path Video Comment - 10
• The Lovesong of J. Alfred Prufrock - 20
• Modernism Test Review - 10

Tuesday - 2.16.10

Today I was not at school due to illness, so the students had a substitute. They read "A Rose for Emily" together and answered questions about the story. We will discuss the story and turn in the questions when I return on Wednesday.

Monday - 2.15.10

Students finished up the questions for Benjamin Button today, and turned them in before leaving. We also read In Another Country by Earnest Hemingway in the Reader's Companion. Students answered the questions as we read.

Today students also selected their LA class for next year. If you were absent today, or have additional questions that were not asked in class, please see or email me.

Friday - 2.12.10

Today we began the period with Vocab Quiz #7. Students also handed in their work for this unit. After the quiz students completed the questions on Benjamin Button. We also began our discussion of how this piece ties in with Modernism. We will finish this discussion on Monday.

Thursday - 2.11.10

We finished reading Benjamin Button today, and students received questions to answer on the story. They will have time in class tomorrow to finish the questions.

Reminder - Vocab Quiz 7 tomorrow!

Wednesday - 2.10.10

We started Unit 5, Modernism today. We took notes on Modernism to begin the period. These were guided notes, and students received a handout with blanks in the notes for them to complete. Much of the notes on Modernism were review, as we already covered much of the background while reading Great Gatsby.

We also started reading a second piece by F. Scott Fitzgerald today - Benjamin Button. This is a short story written during the modernist time period. We will complete the story tomorrow.

Tuesday - 2.9.10

Today was the Unit 4 Realism Test! It lasted the entire period. If you were absent today, please make arrangements to make-up the test after school.

Monday - 2.8.10

We used today's class to review for the Unit 4 Realism test. Students spent the first half of the period going over a review sheet, using their textbooks and notes from the unit. The second half of the class we played some realism bingo. Students were given bingo cards with different realism terms, and then I called out the definitions and they had to figure out which word they the definition went with on their card.

Scrabble Tournament

On March 1st NEHS will be hosting a Scrabble Tournament to benefit Relay for Life and the NEHS Senior Scholarship. There will be a cash prize for the winner of the tournament. Click on the flyer below to view in a larger size!

Friday - 2.5.10

Today we finished the Dunbar and Douglass questions from yesterday and turned them in. We then talked about annotation, and students practice it with "Story of an Hour" by Kate Copin. The test was moved to Tuesday to give us Monday to review. The soldier journals will be scored while students take the Realism test.

Updated Calendar

Above is the updated calendar for February. Please make adjustments for the new dates. Click on the image to view larger.

Thursday - 2.4.10

Students began the period by writing their Soldier Journal #5. They then read the following excerpts in the literature book:

• Paul Laurence Dunbar (pg. 656)
• "We Wear the Mask" (pg. 660)
• Fredrick Douglass (pg. 494)
• "My Bondage and My Freedom" (pg. 497)
• "Douglass" pg. 659

Students answered questions over these selections, and then we disucssed the answers.

Wednesday - 2.3.10

Today we read started the period by going over the Gettysburg Address. After that students read The Outcasts of Poker Flat. We talked about how the piece represented regionalism. Students also wrote the Soldier Journal #4.

Tuesday - 2.2.10

Today students completed the second SAT practice timed writing. We also completed the 3rd Soldier Journal. We read together background on Abraham Lincoln and then read "The Gettysburg Address". Students completed questions on this in class.

Monday - 2.1.10

We began the period by watching a short 15 minute film on "The Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge". Students then completed Soldier Journal #3. Students then read "An Episode of War" and answered questions as they read.