After our discussion of “Without Wood” today, we talked about our next part of speech” conjunctions. That lesson and its notes are under the “Grammar” tab. Your quiz on Monday will cover prepositions, conjunctions, interjections (which we will discuss tomorrow), and review grammar material.

Homework for tonight was the next short story from JLC (The Joy Luck Club Reading Guide 12).

Students wrote their rhetorical analysis essays in class today. If you were absent, please come make this up on Friday during lunch.

Homework for tonight is the next story in JLC (The Joy Luck Club Reading Guide 11).

After our discussion of “Rice Husband” from JLC, we completed a lesson on prepositions (please see the “Grammar” section of the website for those materials). Homework for tonight is the next story (The Joy Luck Club Reading Guide 10).

Today students took their vocabulary and grammar quizzes. Here’s what those scores look like, overall:

I told you about the in-class essay we will be writing on Wednesday (Rhetorical Analysis of The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother – Essay Instructions). Please make sure that you bring your (charged) laptop on this date.

Homework for tonight is the ninth story of JLC (The Joy Luck Club Reading Guide 9).

Well, happy early weekend! I know it’s going to be tough to go three days without English class! 😉

Here’s the game plan for how we’re going to adjust –

1. There will be no new grammar for your quiz on Monday – however, there might be some grammar review questions. The quiz will still cover vocabulary.
2. I would like for you to complete the practice session of Vocabulary.com to prepare for the quiz.
3. Homework is the next chapter in JLC – here is that reading guide: The Joy Luck Club Reading Guide 8
4. We’ll do our extra credit film, Girl Rising, next Friday instead of this one. Here’s the trailer for that:

After our discussion of Ying-ying and Lena’s last chapter, we finished up JLC Vocabulary List 3. With the remaining time, I asked students to begin reading a modern text that gives some insight into the novel – “Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” (The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother). This is not for homework – I will give you time in class tomorrow to finish this. What is for homework is the next chapter (The Joy Luck Club Reading Guide 7).

Happy Hallowed-E’en!

We talked about JLC and vocabulary today. Homework is the next reading guide (The Joy Luck Club Reading Guide 6).