**************Reassessment Opportunities*********************

2nd and 4th block:  summer reading– read a novel from the following list and take the alternate assignment on or before December 4th. 

4th Block only:  short story test reassessment– If you would like to re-take the short story unit test, you must turn in the Reassessment Contract by Friday 10/2.

2nd Block– A days (Mon., Wed., Fri.)

SAT vocabulary:  10 new words this week; quiz over 40 words next Thursday.

TKAM literary analysis essay: Outline of body paragraphs due Monday.  We’ll be discussing how to write the essay, including quoting and using transitions.  The rough draft is due on Friday.

Tea Party Project: Rescheduled for Wed. 9/30.

4th Block

No vocabulary this week.

Quoting activity 1-4 due Monday. We’ll discuss how to format a Works Cited page for the literary analysis paper.  The rough draft of the essay is due Wednesday.  Complete Peer Editing and turn in correctly formatted final copy on  Friday.

Tea Party project: rescheduled for Tuesday.

We’ll begin a poetry unit this week.  We’ll also start on our next novel.  Get a copy of The House on Mango Street by Sandra Cisneros.