Friday, Sept. 5

AP 11:  Complete Multiple Choice assignment for Monday.  Get your copy of the Scarlet Letter.

9H:  Complete poem comparison assignment for Monday.  Make sure you have your independent reading book for next week.

HOTEL:  Look through your poetry packet and begin preparing for Memory Anthology.

Question of the Day:  Do you prefer Spartan surroundings or opulent ones?  Explain.

Thursday, Sept. 4

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Wednesday, Sept. 3

Homework: 

1.  Get parent letter signed and bring it to class tomorrow.

2.  Look through syllabus.

3.  Get an independent reading book.  11AP:  Click here to see the Scarlet Letter.  We will be reading chapters 1-18.

Questions of the Day: 

1.  If an ad said that 9 out of 10 pseudoscientists endorsed a product, would you buy it?  Why or why not? 

2.  In what type of class would you study etymology?  Explain.

Scarlet Letter Link

Use this link to copy off the text of the Scarlet Letter.

The Endangered Semicolon?

Another semicolon article.

Semicolon Controversy

National Punctuation Day is in September.  It seems that the apostrophe and the Semicolon are becoming topics of great controversy.

The Dog Days of August

Here’s an article from Slate Magazine that look at the down-side of August.

Shakespeare’s Amazing Syntax

Here’s a fascinating article about how neuroscientists are trying to figure out what make Shakespeare so special.

The Story of Writing

Here is a brief story about the invention of writing.  It shows the seemingly universal skepticism concerning new technology.

June 19

Summer is Here.

Summer reading:  An interesting article on the impact of the internet on reading.