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).

After our discussion of last night’s reading, we listened to a podcast (listening guide: lore-podcast; listen here) about the history of vampire legends. Students continued to work on their theses. Homework for the weekend is to read Chapter 8 (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-8).

We had a nice viewing party for Nosferatu this afternoon (and a big thanks to the parent who donated the popcorn and the water – how sweet! the students enjoyed it!)

In class, we talked about the elements of a strong thesis and students began drafting one in response to a prompt about self-sacrifice (please come get paper copies if you need them). We’ll work on that essay over the course of the next week or so, and it will count for a major grade.

Homework for tonight is to read Chapter 7, the story of the ill-fated Demeter (dracula-reading-guide-chapter-7).