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CONGRATULATIONS TO ENGLISH 9 !!!! 100% PASSING THE EXIT EXAM. WAY TO GO SUPER-STARS!!! |
Homework Policy- Homework is due the day after it is assigned. I allow one grace day for late homework. After that, 10% is lost for each additional day of missing work. I will accept homework at anytime during the marking period, but obviously it begins to be worth very little.
BRAINBUSTERS
Try to solve the following riddles. If you can't, you will have to see Mrs. Palmer for the answers.
- How can you throw a ball as hard as you can and have it come back to you, even if it doesn't hit anything, there is nothing attached to it, and no one else catches or throws it?
- Two students are sitting on opposite sides of the same desk. There is nothing in between them but the desk. Why can't they see each other?
- There are only two T's in Timothy Tuttle. True or false?
AUTHOR OF THE WEEK
(1832- 1888)
A prolific author of books for American girls, Louisa May Alcott is best remembered for Little Women, one of the 270 published works by the Pennsylvania-born woman. This endearing novel captured forever the period's ideals and values of middle class domestic life. The book has appeared continuously in print since its first serial publication in 1868-70.
The popular novel drew largely upon her personal experiences. The second of four daughters, Alcott began her writing to support her perpetually impoverished family. Her strong and loving mother was a significant force in her life. "I think she is a very brave, good woman," Alcott wrote of her mother. "And my dream is to have a lovely, quiet home for her, with no debts or troubles to burden her."
9th Grade English
- We are all very proud of passing our exit test. 100% of the class passed; therefore, we are no longer a standards-based class, but a regular 9th grade English class.
- Currently we are studying a science fiction story called "Awakenings". We will be trying our hand at our own science fiction next.
- We also have been reading the newpaper twice a week, so be sure to ask us about current events.
- Don't forget that we have testing every Friday. Make sure to study!!
11th Grade English
- We are just fininshing up the unit on the Civil War. Soon we will begin to read A Catcher in the Rye. I know that they do not follow chronologically, but that is the order in which the books are available.
- Don't forget that we have testing every Friday, as well as SSR. Bring your books to enjoy an hour of relaxing reading.