Juniors: Gatsby Test on Friday!

Freshmen: Poetry Test on Monday! 5th period poetry will take place on 12/18/09. 7th period will perform poems on Tues 12/22/09. Both groups should turn in a 2nd draft of their best poems on Thursday 12/17.

Journalism: post an editorial to our on-line newspaper by Wed 12/23/09.

Juniors: "Yellow Wallpaper" essay due on turnitin.com by Tues 12/1

Freshmen: Animal Farm essay due in class on Tues 12/1

Journalism: Post your article to our journalism website by Tues 12/1

Homework due Monday 11/23:
Juniors: Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" by CP Gilman (p 1-18). Also, bring in 2 typed copies of your best poem, one with your name, one without.

Freshman:
7th period: Read & analyze Ch 9-10 of Animal Farm
5th period: complete the Animal Farm review sheet

Animal Farm test for both Freshman sections will take place on Wed 11/25

Journalism: Article for our on-line newspaper must be up by Tues 12/1

Freshmen:
7th period: read & analyze Ch 4 for Fri, Ch 5 for Mon.
5th period: read & analyze Ch 3-4 for Mon.

Juniors: Bring in all your bad 1st draft poems.

Juniors: Poetry test tomorrow Thurs 11/12!

Freshmen:
5th period -- read & analyze Ch 1 of Animal Farm for Wed 11/11, Ch 2 for Thurs 11/12
7th period -- read & analyze Ch 2-3 of Animal Farm for Thurs 11/12

Freshmen: Create a "Homerbook" page for a character from The Odyssey. Per5 due Thurs 10/29. Per 7 du Fri 10/30.

Juniors: Watch all the videos in my Emily Dickinson playlist on Youtube: www.youtube.com/user/mnolanporter ; also, bring in a copy of the poem you will be performing this week! Performances are Thurs for per1 & Fri for per8

Journalism: Final draft of your interview article.

Journalism: Due Mon 10/26 -- final draft of you interview article. READ your article back to your source over the weekend. Type it up. Include the phone # or e-mail for your source for fact checking.

Juniors: Read the poems in the Emily Dickinson packet. Pick a poem to be performed in class on Thurs Oct 29.

Juniors: Read the last set of Whitman poems for Mon 10/19: A Clear Midnight, The Learned Astronomer, A Noiseless Patient Spider & On The Beach at Night.

Journalism: Due Tues 10/20 -- First draft of you interview article.

Homework due Fri 10/9
Journalism: Bring in your script of interview questions.
Juniors: Read the next section of Song of Myself & watch Mr. Ross read on youtube.
Freshmen: Read to the end of the Trojan War packet (the story of the Trojan Horse)

Homework due Tues 10/13
Freshmen: Type up your Summer reading essay, make corrections & improvements, bring it in with your original handwritten essay.

Juniors: Follow the reading schedule handed out in class for Leaves of Grass by Walt Whitman. Don't forget to view the accompanying youtube videos. Part one -- I Hear America Singing & the beginning of Song of Myself.

Freshmen: For Friday 10/8 -- read p 190-200 re: The Heroes of the Trojan War.

Homework due Tues 10/6:
Juniors: retype your summer reading essays, make at least 1 improvement/correction
5th period Freshmen: read The Heroes of the Trojan War p 185-190.

Homework due Wed 10/7:
Journalism: bring in your Pitch for your interview article

7th period freshmen: answer the rest of the questions on the Dweck article re: Mind-set

Juniors: Find the short story "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce on-line, read & answer the 5 questions on the handout.

Freshmen:
7th period -- quiz on literary terms & "Most Dangerous Game" tomorrow.

Homework due Wed 9/30: 5th period freshmen -- answer the questions regarding the Dweck article.

Juniors: Edgar Allan Poe essay due on Turnitin.com by midnight on Thursday Oct 1

Homework due Friday 9/25:

5th period Freshmen: Study the literary terms & Most Dangerous Game for Friday's quiz

7th period Freshmen: Answer the 15 questions at the end of Most Dangerous Game, p. 84

5th period Freshmen:  answer the 15 questions about Most Dangerous Game on p. 84

Freshmen: Write a letter to yourself as per handout. 5th period, due Fri 9/18. 7th period, due Thurs 9/17.

Turnitin.com info for my juniors:

1st period class id: 2872693
8th period class id: 2872713

password for both classes: porter

Please make every effort to submit your work through turnitin.com; however, in the event of catastrophic computer failure, I will accept written work in class tomorrow.

Juniors -- Due Monday 9/14 -- Write a paragraph in response to "Young Goodman Brown" by Hawthorne. Post it on turnitin.com.

Fresmen -- Answer the questions re: the Skube article, "Read is a 4 letter word"

Juniors
Due Thurs 9/10 -- Read "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Be prepared for a quiz on this short story tomorrow.

Welcome back! This is the place for Mr. Porter's students to check on their homework assignments.

Freshman & Junior English classes: You have 2 homework assignments due next class meeting.

1. Answer Mr. Porter's letter.
2. 3 pages of notes on your summer reading book.

Freshmen -- Vocab unit 1 due next class: Tues for Per 5 & Wed for Per 7

Homework due upon return from the long Presidents' Day Weekend:

Juniors: Essay re: Am I my brother's keeper? -- Analyzing Of Mice & Men and the story of Cain & Abel

Freshmen: read through Chapter 7 of the Kite Runner. Be prepared to take a quiz on Ch 1-7 upon your return.