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Monday January 23
Contemporary Composition textbooks due in class all week for winter break work review (Pages 71-78)
Sentence combining grammar assignment (Pages 25-26) is due today in class (Noun Clauses II-Quotations)
Literary terms 71-80 (nonfiction-plot) test is scheduled in class
Tuesday January 24 (Shortened Day Schedule)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 81-90 test is scheduled (soliloquy-totalitarian)
Grammar assignment (Verbal Phrases as Nouns-Descripting Writing I) due tomorrow in class
Wednesday January 25
Anthologies due in class for next set of literary terms (81-90 poetry-rhyme)
Grammar assignment is due today in class
Thursday January 26
LA Times Letter to the Editor #7 is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; access the LA Times site at http://www.nieonline.com/latimes/login.cfm (access paper with class username and password)
Drop, Cover & Hold Earthquake Drill is scheduled during Period Two
AP Blitz for AP English Literature is scheduled in Room 420 with Ms. Tobenkin, Ms. Bridges and Mr. Auriemmo; students should meet at lunch if interested in AP English Literature for next year
Friday January 27
The Great Gatsby (Chapters One-Three) class discussion continues from last week (dialectical journals will be returned to students)
The Great Gatsby (Chapters Four-Six) (two dialectical journals per chapter) are due next Friday, February 3 for class discussion
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Library dates April 17-21 for Salem Witch Hunt vs. 1950's Red Scare research paper (students will meet each day in the school library)
