Miss Leslie Kirtsey
English II CP
NOTICE: Students who are absent for ANY reason must make up ALL work that was missed due to their absence. Students have the same number of days to make up work as days they were absent. So, if a student was out for two days, then all make up work must be completed within two days. It is the student's responsibility to copy missed notes and to ask for any other make up work assignments upon returning to class.
READING
We have just finished the quiz on "The Masque of the Red Death" and will begin reviewing for the unit assessment on short stories. This assessment will count twice. After this, students will move on to the elements of drama and will begin reading Julius Caesar.
WRITING AND GRAMMAR
Students have just completed the descriptive and narrative writing portfolios and will begin working on expository writing next week. Students will learn the components of the five paragraph essay and will write a variety of expository essays. From there, we will begin learning the research process and students will conduct research on great leaders in the library November 18-20.
VOCABULARY
We are currently studying Latin root words.
LITERATURE CIRCLES
Students are finishing up Monster and will take the final test on the book soon. The next literature circle book students will read is A Separate Peace.
"Don't tell me the moon is shining; show me the glint of light on broken glass." --Anton Chekhov
