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Today we completed a number of things: 1) students read an article about an archaeological excavation of the grave sites of suspected vampires and answered multiple choice questions about it (please come get a paper copy), 2) took your “universal screener” reading exam on the Hub, and 3) completed pre-writing for your body paragraphs for your essay.

On Tuesday, we had a lesson on composing a strong thesis. We used this handout (1 – Thesis), and students began thinking about this prompt (Revenge Essay Prompt – 2017).

Homework was to complete Vocabulary.com for “The Black Count.”

Welcome back! We’re doing a few things to finish up our study of the Count of Monte Cristo this week. Today we began with a chapter from a biography of Alexandre Dumas’s father. (Please come pick up a paper copy of that.) Also, if you have not yet returned your CMC book, please bring it back as soon as you can.

Speaking of books, next week we will be starting Dracula. I explained the (slight dilemma) that we have — the books that the school purchased to lend to students don’t make the page numbers on the resources that we will be using. If you choose to check out a book, I don’t think it will be too much of a hassle, but since the book is so inexpensive and because it’s a more challenging text (which you might want to annotate), I am going to recommend that you purchase a copy. Here is the link to get it from Amazon, or you can bring $5 to school to order one. If you are getting one from Half Price Books or B&N or some other book store, please make sure that it is the DOVER THRIFT EDITION.