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Seniors
We are writing tomorrow in class, so bring your USB thumb drives! You should be working on annotating your sources - highlighting them for content and working out an outline. We will finish up on Friday and print the final draft, which will include a works cited page. Don't forget to start asking people about an interview.

Sophomores
Read p45-51 and answer #1-5 on p51. We will have a quiz on the poem on Friday. We will have an exam on the Anglo-Saxon period, including Beowulf and other poems, next Wednesday.

Honors students have an assignment due on Monday -- reading and summarizing an article on the Staffordshire Hoard. Your summary should be around 250 words and formatted according to MLA. Summaries may include quotes, but only when the wording is unique to the author. Use the following for instructions regarding summaries (from the University of Washington): How to Write a Summary.

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