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Make-Up Work

FOR MONDAY

Freshmen need to learn the Prologue to Romeo & Juliet and begin reading Act II.

Juniors need to
  1. Read from Life on the Mississippi (669-75)
  2. Answer questions #1-5 on 676
  3. Read "The Notorious Jumping Frog..."
  4. Answer questions #1-5 on 685
  5. Read Chapters 1-3 in Adventures of Huckleberry Finn
We'll start discussing Huck Finn on Monday...

Seniors need to
  1. Review Act II of Macbeth
  2. Answer questions #1-7 on 333
  3. Read Act III
  4. Complete "reading check" on 351
  5. Answer questions #1-8 on 351
World Geography students need to
  1. Review Ch 18
  2. Read Ch 19
  3. We'll have an open book test on Ch 18 in class on Monday.
  4. I'll hand out worksheets on Ch 19 in class

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