Assignment Update

Here is the assignment update for Americn Lit. B

Tuesday, November 23= Chapter 19 and finish work for folder collection
Monday, November 29=Scarlet Letter Chapters 20&21
Tuesday, November 30= Scarlet Letter Chapters 23&24
Wednesday, December 1= Enrichment activities
Thursday, December 2= Exam Day 1, Writing Portion
Friday, December 3= Exam Day 2, Reading Portion

Monday 11-22

Monday we read chapters 17 & 18 of The Scarlet Letter.  Folder Collection is Tuesday!

Thursday, November 18

Finish reading chapters 14& 15
Finish Vocabulary
Start Review questions
Read "The Devil and Tom Walker," page 258 in the literature book.  Online at The Devil and Tom Walker

Blog Post #4

Ignominy.  This word is used many times in The Scarlet Letter.  Most recently in our reading, the word shows up on page 151..."half maddened by this ignominy."  For your blog post today, write one paragraph that explains the meaning of Ignominy and why they word keeps showing up in this story.  Give two examples. 

Monday

Today we will continue our reading of The Scarlet Letter. 

Friday, November 12

For Friday, read chapter 12 and finish the vocabulary and questions. 

Thursday, November 11

Today is a work day.  Finish the writing assignment from yesterday and then work on the vocabulary for chapters 10-13 and the study questions. 

Wednesday, Chapter 11 and Writing Assignment

On Wednesday, we read Chapter 11 and worked on the letter writing assignment.  The letter writing assignment is a letter to Governor Bellingham discussing Hester's punishment.  The letter must be 5 paragraphs.

Friday and Monday

Friday we read Chapter 6 and finished the vocab and the questions.  There was also a Folder collection.  On Monday, we took a quiz over chapters 1-6 and then skipped ahead to chapter 9 and read that as a class. 

Wednesday, November 3

Today we need to read chapter four and five.  After you finish chapter four, finish your questions and vocabulary for chapters 1-4.  When you are done with that, move on to reading chapter 5. 

Tuesday, November 2

At this point, you should have finished reading Chapter 2 and the vocabulary and questions for 1 and 2.  You should also have completed your first blog post for the Scarlet Letter.  After the warm up today, we will read chapter 3.  Make sure that you have notes for each chapter!