Practice 40 minutes essay due Monday, 12/3 and VOTING

Here is the slideshow we looked at today in class explaining the importance of prompt prediction questions and addressing the concept of audience.

And here is the passage you will be writing your practice essay on. Remember, your 40 minute timer needs to include your reading time, not just your writing time.

Remember, you will need to be finished reading The Scarlet Letter for Wednesday, 12/5. Will there be a happy ending? Will Hester and Dimmesdale live happily ever after? Will Pearl become a witch? Finish your reading to find out!

And, one more thing! Thanks to Zach, we now have a google form available here for our Emerson voting. You need to use your salkeiz email address, so only one vote per person.

Declaration of Sentiments

Read it here!

Thoreau Reading due Wednesday, 11/28

Yes, I know you're already reading the Scarlet Letter, but Thoreau is awesome! Let's read him too.

Red Book: "Civil Disobedience" (290) and Walden (282-288).

Assignments over break.

Due Monday 11/26


Research Emerson quotations online and select 5 that you really enjoy. Copy and paste the quotations into a document and format it so that you have a pretty readable font-size (around 20). Cut out each quotation individually, and bring them with you to class. Try to verify your quotation on multiple sites so you make sure it is an authentic Emerson quotation.

We will be doing a class activity with these quotations, so make sure to get this done so you don't feel left out.

Due Thursday 11/29

Complete your Scarlet Letter reading through chapter 17 and continue to add to your vocabulary assignment. Be prepared to discuss chapters 8-17 on this day.

Due Thursday/Friday

Please read the two short excerpts from Emerson in your red book: "Nature" and "Self-Reliance" for Thursday.


You will need to read Chapters 2(?)-6 of The Scarlet Letter for Friday, 11/16. You are going to skip the chapter "The Custom House" and begin with the chapter "The Prison Door". (The reason I put a question mark after chapter two is that I'm not sure how all editions number their chapters. The last chapter that we are reading for Friday is "Pearl")

Please keep track of vocabulary words that are new to you as you are doing your reading. You will need to demonstrate your new vocab acquisition during the week of December 10th. The method of showing your new vocab is up to you: you may choose to make a list with definitions, flash cards, a quizlet, post-it notes in your book--whatever works best for your brain.

Due Tuesday

Please read Poe's "The Fall of the House of Usher" for Tuesday. This text is available in your red book, but if you've forgotten your red book, the text is available online if you ask Google.

You may want to begin reading The Scarlet Letter for Friday and gathering your new vocabulary. Remember, we are starting with chapter 2 "The Market Place" and skipping the chapter called the "Custom House."

Jackson Letter assigment

The longer version of Jackson's letter is available here.

The Jackson assignment is available here.

Review Kahoot

Available here.

Lots of Information!

Grammar Retake Procedure:

1. Print out and complete the practice exercises available on the left menu bar here. Bring these to me after school.

2. Review your original grammar quiz.

3. Schedule a time for your retake no later than 11/16


Colonial Authors Paper:

Please upload a digital copy to Turnitin by Sunday, November 4th at 10:00 pm. Bring a printed copy to class on Monday, 11/5.

The "Connecting the Dots and Conclusion" slideshow is available here.

The editing slideshow is available here.

The MLA slideshow is available here.

Unit 1 Test Information

And the Unit 1 study guide is available here!