"Magi" quiz

For the "Gift of the Magi" quiz, make sure you know the following:

• Vocabulary from the story
• Characters, setting, conflict, point of view of the story
• Allusion: the Bible is alluded to in the story
• Irony: the story is an example of SITUATIONAL IRONY because the outcome is the opposite of what is expect to happen
• Symbols: Della's hair and Jim's watch are example of symbolism (those objects symbolize the love and affection the couple has for one another)

Book Projects and Spelling Bee

READING: Book projects are due on Friday, January 4, 2013.  Laptops are not allowed to go home over the holiday break, so if you want to work on your book project then you can use your home computer or do a story board.  If you use your home computer, you should use googledocs so you can access your project from any computer.

SPELLING BEE: Congratulations to Cassie Riley and Angela Haith, who will represent our team at the school spelling bee in January.  Please check out www.spellingbee.com to get some helpful study hints.

The Gift of the Magi

READING:
This week we will be reading a short story called "The Gift of the Magi".  This story is by O. Henry, which was a pen name used by William Sydney Porter *that will be a bonus question on the quiz next week*
Your quiz will be about questions from the story, irony, and the vocabulary

ENGLISH:
Students are working on a compare/contrast essay between two animals of their choice.  This will be due on Thursday, Dec. 20

New Trimester!

READING:
Since this is a new trimester, your reading logs will count as follows:
No signature=80...you may bring it in up to 2 days late to get credit (100 on the second day, 90 on the third)

We are watching "Tom Sawyer" on Monday and Tuesday this week.  Keep in mind the scenes that are different from the book.

You will have a book project due on FRIDAY, JANUARY 4.  I'm telling you NOW so you have time to read a book and do the project.  Keep in mind LAPTOPS DO NOT GO HOME OVER THE HOLIDAY BREAK, so if you want to do a Keynote, you'll have to do it in Google Docs.  You may also do a story board or a written/typed report.

ENGLISH:
There is a vocabulary quiz tomorrow over the following words: bond, clangor, diffident, ecstasy, effect, enlist, enthusiast, frantic, prime, touching

There is an adjective worksheet packet that will be given on Tuesday.  If it's not done in class it must be done for homework. 

We will have 2 guest speakers coming to class on Thursday.  My friends, Casey and Erin Shea, are visiting from Pittsburgh, PA and they both work for a t.v. station.  Please be respectful as they talk with you and make sure you ask them questions.  They're both looking forward to coming in and sharing what they do with you.