Monday-

• “Birds” compare/contrast writing assignments are due.
• SAT vocabulary #5:  write sentences for Thursday; quiz, Friday.
• quiz over ”The Necklace” by Guy de Maupassant that you read on Friday.
• “benchmark” quiz– over short stories
• House on Mango Street research part 2: you’ll be given a critical essay over the novel– read it, cite the source information, and write an annotated bibliography.  This is due on Wednesday, 2/11.

Tuesday- Read Edgar Allan Poe’s “The Cask of Amontillado.”  If you are out on Tuesday, follow the following link to a podcast audio of the story.  When you get to the site, click on “Play in Popup” and hit the play button:  http://wordplaytheatre.com/audio2/?p=3

Also, here’s the Powerpoint of the background information of the story, Poe’s life, and vocabulary associated with the story, “the Cask of Amontillado.”

Wednesday– Read “The Scarlet Ibis”

Thursday– review for test; background of To Kill A Mockingbird.  You’ll get a reading schedule (see the TKAM page.)

Friday–

• short story test
• vocab 5 quiz