A Monday with no school

Don't you love three day weekends? I do.

My family spent yesterday at the State Fair. We had a great time, but I was (and still am) tired. I not only reached 100% on my Bowflex Boost (which tells me how much walking I do during the day), but I ended the day at 223%.

And the Cowboys won! Woohoo! The St. Louis Cardinals won their game last night as well, so it was a perfect day.

Remember to have A Separate Peace finished. Have your annotations completed and ready to turn in tomorrow.

You took home your IRWINs so you could share what you've been doing with your parents. Be sure to get their signature on the table of contents AND BRING THE IRWIN BACK TOMORROW!!! Remind your friends to do the same.

This will be week 8 of the school year. We're closing in on the end of the first quarter. That means the first report cards of the year. Are your grades where you want them to be?

I hope you're having a great weekend. See you tomorrow.

A Separate Peace

Here's a schedule for your reading responsibilities:

By the time you get to class on...

• Tuesday, October 7 - You should have read to the end of chapter 9 (w/annotations).
• Wednesday, October 8 - You should have read to the end of chapter 10 (w/annotations).
• Tuesday, October 14 - You should have finished the book (w/annotations).

On Wednesday (tomorrow), I will tell you to finish the book, but you will have until after the weekend before you are held accountable.

There still may be a quiz over chapters 1-10, so be prepared.

6-week Assessment

Tomorrow (Friday) we will take our 6-week assessment for the 1st Quarter. Rumor has it that it will be a couple of poems with maybe 10 questions. I doubt they will use poems we have already read, but that's not a problem for us. Use your TPCASTT process to analyze the poems. That will help you understand it. Whatever you do, don't rush through it and assume you have figured it out. You'll need to study the poems closely.

In the meantime, I am not assigning additional reading for tonight. You should be through chapter 7 of A Separate Peace by now. You will be assigned to read and annotate chapter 8 over the weekend.