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Seniors
While you are working on your revisions, I've given you some ACT assignments in preparation for the test this weekend. Please turn in the answers for the English section tomorrow. Transfer the answers from the booklet to a piece of paper, and grade yourself. Put your raw score and scale at the top.

The ACT mentioned in class can be found at the Test Prep section of the ACT site.

Sophomores
We are talking about Arthurian literature this week, including "Sir Gawain and the Green Knight" and Le Morte D'Arthur by Sir Thomas Malory. Read the Gawain poem for class tomorrow, and we will do some homework in class. We'll talk about Death of Arthur on Thursday, and your exam is on MONDAY.

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