Enjoy your break with your friends and family!

Today in class, we went over your reading guide, discussed gerunds (materials under the grammar section of the website), and talked about the CMC Vocabulary List 3. We’ll have a quiz over gerunds and the vocabulary (as well as review of past vocab words and grammar) on Monday.

Also, please complete the 7th reading guide for Monday (cmc-reading-guide-7).

One more day to go!

Students took their vocabulary and grammar quiz today in class. Here are those results:

The average grade was an 87.

Homework (due tomorrow) is to finish the CMC Reading Guide 6.

Also – no lunch tutorials tomorrow (Tuesday). Sorry, guys – my father is bringing me some shelves for the classroom, and I’d like to eat lunch with him.

Students wrote their expository essays over revenge today. If you for some reason did not finish, please get me your essay before the Thanksgiving break.

Reading Guide 6 (cmc-reading-guide-6) is due on Tuesday.

Today we discussed the expository essay on revenge that you will write for a major grade tomorrow in class. If you were absent, please come get a paper copy of the rubric from me.

The big issue is whether or not to have a full week at Thanksgiving (which would mean a slightly later start to summer break). Vote here!

I hope students had a nice early release day! 🙂

In class, we discussed Reading Guide 4 and appositives (please see the grammar section of the website for materials).

Homework – due Friday – is the next reading guide (cmc-reading-guide-5

Today in class, we discussed RG 3, the questions about “The Cask of Amontillado,” and the CMC Vocabulary List 2. Please make sure to have Reading Guide 4 for tomorrow!

Students took their vocabulary and grammar quiz today. Here’s a breakdown of those scores:

Homework for tonight and tomorrow is CMC Reading Guide 4 (cmc-reading-guide-4) – that will be due on Wednesday.

Please remember that we are coming up on the end of our canned protein competition! Please see if you are able to contribute a little to help make someone else’s holiday a bit better.

We started today with a discussion of CMC Reading Guide 2. CMC Reading Guide 3 is your homework (cmc-reading-guide-3) and is due on Monday. Also on Monday, you will take your CMC Vocab 1 and prepositional phrases quiz. Please remember what I told you – that these words are a little harder, and if you were able to get by without studying in the past, you might want to really consider if you are prepared.

With the remainder of time today, students read the famous Edgar Allen Poe short story, “The Cask of Amontillado,” and students answered some multiple choice questions (the-cask-of-amontillado-reading-quiz and the-cask-of-amontillado-story).

Enjoy this beautiful weather over the weekend! 🙂

Today we began with a discussion of Reading Guide 1. Please make sure that you have Reading Guide 2 (cmc-reading-guide-2) ready to go for tomorrow. We also went over prepositional phrases (see the materials in the grammar section of the website) and the first CMC vocabulary list (see the materials under the vocab section).