Homework Due Tuesday, May 6

Complete questions for "Thelyphon's Story" from The Golden Ass (or "The Fortunate Donkey").

Homework Due Thursday, April 24

In your composition book, in a paragraph or more:

Describe everything in "Big Two-Hearted River" that could be there, or should be there, or was there before, or might've been there.

Homework Due Wednesday, April 23

Read "Big Two-Hearted River" part II and answer questions in your composition book

Homework Due Tuesday, April 22

Read Part I of "Big Two-Hearted River" and answer questions in composition book.

Homework Due Wednesday, April 16

Answer questions for "The Hit Man" in composition book.

Homework Due Wednesday, March 26

Come up with three possible essay exam topics using tales and songs from the list of everything we've read during this unit.

Homework for the week of March 17-21

Students should be working on their Folk Tale Final Drafts. We will be addressing common errors in class this week. Final drafts are due Monday, March 24. Final drafts should be neat and reasonably error-free. They may be typed, but it is not required. Please do not type your son's final draft for him--it is a bad habit to get into; he must learn to do his own writing/typing. He has plenty of time. He should be chipping away at it this week, as there is no other English Homework. Skip lines (write on every other line) or use double-spacing on final drafts.

Homework Due Thursday, March 12

Read "The Wicked Stepmother" and answer questions in your composition book. Also answer this question: What are the main differences between this story and "The Juniper Tree"?

Homework Due Wednesday, March 12

Read "Tam Lin" and answer questions in your composition book.

Weekend Homework? Maybe... March 8-9

Work on writing your Folk Tale; rough drafts are due at the end of class monday, and we will have about 45 minutes to work on it during that class period.

Homework Due Thursday, March 5

Read "Mr. Fox" and answer stock questions in your composition book, plus this: what is the "it was only a dream" in "Mr. Fox"?

Homework Due Wednesday, March 5

Answer the following question in your composition book:

Do you think the young soldier in "The Plains of Waterloo" is Willie Smith (or Reilly), or is impersonating him; why do you think so (based on the lyrics)?

Homework Due Tuesday, March 4

Read "The Three Little Gnomes in the Forest" and answer stock questions in composition books.

Homework Due Monday, March 3

Read "The True Bride" and, in your composition books, answer stock questions plus these: How do the screen and text versions of the story differ? Which did you prefer, and why?

Homework Due Thursday, February 28

Read "The Robber Bridegroom" and answer stock questions in composition books.

Homework Due Wednesday, February 27

Answer the stock questions about the song "The Outlandish Knight"

Homework Due Tuesday, February 26

Read "The Frog King" and answer questions in your composition book.

Homework Due Thursday, February 7

If you did not finish your final draft of your first letter, finish it!

Homework Due Tuesday, Feb. 5

Write 2nd letter rough draft--at least 3 paragraphs.
BRING STAMPS, ENVELOPES AND ADDRESSES!

Homework Due Thursday, January 31

Complete first draft of first letter--at least three paragraphs. The content is most important; we will work on the format later. Write the drafts in your journals or on notebook paper. Do not waste a piece of stationary on a first draft!

Homework Due Wednesday, January 30

Get "Letter" letter signed by parents. Work on personal letterhead.

Homework Due Monday, January 21

Read the next 20 pages in The Lightning Thief

Homework Due Monday, January 14

In your journal, write a paragraph describing Mr. D.

Read the next 20 pages in The Lightning Thief

Homework Due Friday January 11

Read the next 20 pages in The Lightning Thief

We're reading the Lightning Thief

During this unit--January and February 2008--we're reading The Lightning Thief by Rick Riordan. Reading schedule will be determined presently and posted here. In the meantime, please have a look at the book yourselves, parents, and encourage your son to read.