Today in class, we talked about prepositions (prepositions) and handed out a review for the final (2010 Fall Final Exam Review). Please make sure that you have completed your reading guide for tomorrow.

On Monday students wrote their final exam essays. The next reading guide (CMC Reading Guide 9) is due on Wednesday.

We used today in class to clear up misunderstandings about the complicated plot and the characters of The Count of Monte Cristo! Students also finished their written responses to “The Cask of Amontillado.” Homework for the weekend is 1) to finish the next reading guide (CMC Reading Guide 8) and 2) to prepare for your final exam essay on Monday.

Today we talked about your final exam essay (Fall 2019 Pre-AP ELA 1 Essay Prompt), which you will write on Monday during class. You can bring that paper with you so long as it doesn’t have a rough draft written on it. The essay is worth 50% of your final exam grade, so please prepare!

We also went over the last CMC vocabulary list — we won’t have a quiz over those words, but you will see them on your final exam.

Today students are reading and listening to a famous Edgar Allen Poe short story with some strong thematic connections to The Count of Monte Cristo, “The Cask of Amontillado.”Click here for the audio.

The next CMC reading guide (CMC Reading Guide 7) is due Friday.

Today we talked about conjunctions — here are those notes (Conjunctions). Please remember to finish your reading guide for The Count of Monte Cristo tomorrow — I am giving you advance notice that there will be a reading check.

Welcome back! After our vocabulary quiz, students had a chance to get started on reading the next section of CMC (CMC Reading Guide 6) — that homework is due on Wednesday, and there is a good chance that there will be a reading check, so please make sure that you are reading carefully.

Happy Thanksgiving Break! 🙂

Today we considered a reinterpretation of of The Count of Monte Cristo through visual media. Homework for over the break is the next CMC reading guide (CMC Reading Guide 5)

Please also remember to study for your vocabulary quiz!

Today we worked on talking about CMC Vocabulary List 2 — please make sure that you study that in preparation for your quiz the Monday that we return!

Please take these two surveys:

1. a reflection on your vocabulary quiz from Monday (scores are now in Gradespeed)
2. a survey about what kinds of study abroad opportunities you would be interested in

We spent all of the rest of class today discussing The Count of Monte Cristo. Homework — due Friday — is the next reading guide (CMC Reading Guide 4).