Tuesday

1. Take PSAT practice (25 min)
2.Hopefully you finished the Scarlet Letter. It's a must read, I think, to understand the human condition. We'll discuss that this week. Test next Tuesday (since we don't have school Friday).
3. In groups of 3-4, write down 6 more significant quotes from the novel (ch 18- end). With these quotes you will now have 12. You may write all quotes on one sheet of paper with all names at the top (same sheet as first 6 quotes.)
4. Vocabulary. Quiz Thursday.

Homework for Wednesday night: Read Young Goodman Brown
Print out the story if possible. Here's the link: Young Goodman Brown
As you read, think in terms of similarities between this story and The Scarlet Letter. You will begin the period writing a short comparison of the two works. Tomorrow we will discuss it. Before we discuss the story, you will have a short reading comprehension quiz over the story. Typically, students don't get "A's" on this quiz--most likely because they either don't really read it or because they just pass their eyes over the words and don't think about what they read. To be a strong reader you need to:
1. Look up words and terms you don't know. Most students don't do this.
2. Read without distractions. About half of students don't do this.
3. Read fairly slowly, stopping quite often to reflect. About half of students don't do this.
4. Look for themes and ideas in general. About half of students don't do this.
5. Pay attention to dialog with a mind toward key ideas of the author.
6. Chat with friends about what you read. That's what Facebook is really for, isn't it?  ;~}
Hardly any students do this. Maybe we should start up a FB group or Google circle