Today students took their quiz over the fourth Dracula vocabulary list and different sentence structures. Homework is to read the article “The Zoophagus Maniac,” answer the questions, and consider how it relates to Chapter 18 (skim over Chapter 17 – you don’t have to do anything with it). the-zoophagous-maniac and dracula-reading-guide-chapter-18

After discussing the previous night’s reading, we read a poem called “La Belle Dame Sans Merci” and answered questions. (la-belle-dame-sans-merci) Homework: dracula-reading-guide-chapter-16).

After our discussion of the novel, students had the rest of the period to finish their essays (which are due at the beginning of class tomorrow).

Homework for tonight is Chapter 15 (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-15).

Today we discussed the rising action of Lucy’s transformation, reviewed different types of sentence structures, and continued to work on your essays about altruism. Homework is Chapter 14 (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-14).

After our discussion of the novel, we started work on an essay about altruism (for a major grade; altruism-essay-prompt; altruism-essay-rubric; revenge-essay-counterargument-handout).

In terms of the schedule, I am going to slightly amend what I told 1st and 6th period:

-Tomorrow (Wednesday) we will quickly talk about Dracula, quickly talk about our next grammar objective, and then students will have the rest of class to write.

-On Thursday, we will quickly talk about Dracula and then students will have the rest of class to write.

-The essay will be due at the beginning of class on Friday.

Homework for tonight is to read Chapter 13 (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-13).

After discussing Dracula’s latest attacks on Lucy, students took their grammar and vocabulary quiz. Here is that distribution:

Homework for tonight is Chapter 12 (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-12).

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After our discussion of the novel, we talked about independent and dependent clauses (which will be on your quiz on Monday). Homework was the reading guide for Chapter 11 (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-11).

After our discussion of the novel, we spent the rest of class looking at the Dracula Vocabulary 3 list. Homework was the next reading guide (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-10).

Flood day!

Today students took their grammar and vocabulary quiz. Homework for tonight is the next reading guide (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-9).