Here you will find my weekly calendar as well as additional homework assignments each week. Useful rubrics and websites will also be posted to help students with their course work.

Course Overview

Block Calendar (updated 2/01/12)

The Catcher in the Rye

Students will be reading the above novel throughout January and February.  They will be expected to keep up with the reading schedule, keep a journal for each chapter, and complete a graphic organizer for the novel as a whole.  See the the three links below for specifics:

• Reading schedule
• Graphic organizer
• Journal assignment

The Elements of an Essay PowerPoint

Writing How-To Sheet

Extra Credit

Grammar Study Sheets

• parts of speech
• parts of the sentence
• phrases
• clauses