river oaks [english]

Seniors Your Profile Essays are due Tuesday , but your book essay has been moved to Wednesday because of baseball and tennis. Your letters are due then, as well. And don't forget to bring your materials for the memory book to work on in class. Juniors Please finish Part Two of Nineteen Eighty-Four and questions for Tuesday . Sophomores Please have Part One of Fahrenheit 451 read by Wednesday . We will be discussing the book in class all week.

Seniors Your typed rough draft of the "Profile" essay is due tomorrow. We will have a peer review day.  Also, please remember the following deadlines: In-Class AP Reading Essay - Tuesday, May 1st  Final draft of "Profile" essay  - due Tuesday, May 1st Letter to Future Self (in self-addressed envelope) - due Wednesday, May 2nd Memory Book assignment - due Friday, May 4th Juniors Read Part Two of 1984 and complete questions for homework credit (see if you don't have them). Questions are due on Monday. Expect a quiz. Sophomores Read "A Noiseless Flash" (Hersey) tonight, and bring your copy of Fahrenheit 451 to class tomorrow.

Read 1072-74 & 1088-93, and answer the following questions on 1093 for homework credit: comp check and #3-6. Remember to purchase a copy of Fahrenheit 451 by this Friday.

Sophomores  Please purchase a copy of Fahrenheit 451 if you have not already. We will read some selections from the textbook first and then begin the novel this weekend. Juniors Continue to read Part Two of Nineteen Eighty-Four . We are having a comprehension quiz on Monday.

As noted in class, the assessment essay for your dual enrollment course is a profile of a fellow student. Below is the assignment as it appears on ULM's Moodle site for Freshman Composition (with additions by me): Interviews will take place on Thursday, April 26th Rough Draft due on Friday, April 27th Final Draft due on Tuesday, May 1st Our upcoming essay will strengthen your writing skills while building a sense of community in our classroom. On our interview day, I will put you into groups, and you will interview one group member. Your goal is to write a profile of your interviewee. In that profile, you will show readers what is unique/special/meaningful about this person. You will also give a good sense of his or her personality/body language/attitude/etc. We will look at several examples of profile writing in class. You might also look at newspaper and magazine articles that introduce semi-famous people (up-and-coming actors, college athletes, newly drafted a...

Seniors Make sure you have turned in BOTH essays - the revision and the in-class analysis. Have a good weekend. Juniors Read the rest of Part One of Nineteen Eighty-Four . Get a copy of the questions and answer them this weekend for 20 points - pass/fail - won't count against you. Reading and going over those questions will prepare you for a quiz on Monday. Sophomores Finish Old Man and the Sea this weekend. We will have a test on the book and the vocabulary on Tuesday.

Seniors First, you should be working on your revision, due Friday with original attached. Second, remember to bring both annotated articles to class tomorrow. We will create thesis statements and outlines in class and, if you bring them, we can also look at your revised drafts. Juniors Read through Chapter V of Section One in 1984 . Be prepared for a reading quiz. Sophomores Be prepared for a quiz on the first two sections of readings in Old Man and the Sea . Continue reading to p84.

Juniors Homework is optional for the remainder of the year.  It will not count against you; however, if you do it, it WILL raise your grade. Your choice. Bring your copy of 1984 to class tomorrow. Sophomores Read through p28 in Old Man and The Sea for tomorrow. Expect a reading reading quiz every day this week. I will pass out vocabulary tomorrow in class. Seniors Your revision is due on Friday. You must attach the handwritten original to pass.  We will continue to prepare for the AP this week. No books necessary.

Seniors Finish AP Test #5 for tomorrow and turn in the answers on a separate sheet of paper for homework credit.  We will continue to go over the answers in class. Juniors Tomorrow we will be preparing for the ACT on the 14th. Please have both the English and the Reading sections completed when you come to class.  Remember too that over the break you need to purchase a copy of Orwell's 1984 . Sophomores I will be introducing Old Man and The Sea tomorrow in class, as well as giving some general information and advice about the ACT. Come back from the break with your book.

Seniors I will pass out in-class essays tomorrow in class to be revised by Thursday.  We will also go over the answers for AP test #4, and I will pass out AP test #5. Juniors Read the section on T.S. Eliot (p1060-74), and we will discuss tomorrow in class. Also, work through the ACT English and Reading practice tests to be discussed in class over the course of this next week. Exam on  Wednesday . Sophomores Questions on "Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" due Exam on Wednesday ACT prep on Thursday