Happy early release day! In class today we talked about The Rape of Nanking, and we took our practice vocab quiz. Please remember that on Monday your quiz will be over adjectives, adverbs, and JLC List #1.

Today we looked at Iris Chang’s The Rape of Nanking in preparation for beginning The Joy Luck Club next week (The Rape of Nanking ReadingRhetorical Analysis of The Rape of Nanking).

A couple of announcements:

1. No after-school movie on Friday!
2. We’re beginning The Joy Luck Club on Monday; I would recommend seeing if you can get a copy from Half Priced Books. The school has some copies to check out, but I’m not sure if we will have enough for everyone.

In class today, we talked about “The Battle Hymn of the Tiger Mother” and did a lesson on adjectives and adverbs (see the grammar section of the website).

Two important announcements:

• Please go to the SCC on Tuesday, October 9 instead of our classroom — we’re going to hear a presentation about scholarships to study abroad.
• We will be starting The Joy Luck Club on Monday, October 15. We have some books to check out, but I don’t know that we have enough for everyone. If you would like to get your own copy, you can order it here, go to a local bookstore (there should be plenty at Half Price Books), or bring $14 to the school to order one.

In class today we continued to work on our essays. Please make sure that you have finished NoRedInk by this Friday.

We finished our notes over verbs today in class (see the Grammar section of the website) and then we watched this short video:

After that, students chose groups for their essays over the Odyssey (The Odyssey – Group Essay on Theme). You must give me a paper copy of this on Monday!

Today in class you will be writing a short essay. Click here to submit your response. If you are absent, please come make this up Tuesday during lunch (I will be absent on Friday).

After you are finished, please begin your new assignment on NoRedInk.com (due Friday).