Thursday, 11/01/12

Composition
1. VPP7 exercise II (and spelling quiz makeups).
2. Finish the final draft of your opinion essay. Use your rough draft and peer reviewed rubric to guide you.
3. Finish the "Monkey's Paw" questions.

English H I
1.VPP7 exercises IV & V (and spelling quiz makeups)
2. Read "The Landlady" by Roald Dahl and answer the questions below:
1. Where is Billy coming from, and what is he trying to find in the town of Bath?
2. What are three things Billy sees that attracts him to the Bed and Breakfast place?
3. What is the first strange thing Billy notices about the landlady?
4. What is another strange thing that the landlady says or does (CD)?
5. Billy thinks he recognizes the names of the two young men in the guest book (Mulholland and Temple). Where does he think he remembers them from?
6. How does the landlady say the two young men were alike?
7. Where does the landlady say the two young men still are? What happened to the landlady’s pets?
8. What does the tea taste like?
9. What do you think will happen to Billy Weaver?
10. Copy two lines (CDs) of foreshadowing from the story.

English H II
1. VPP7 exercise V.
2. Read The Odyssey books XVI-XVII and do the study guide questions.
3. Work on the Odyssey stuff:
-Map (due Monday)
-Essay (due Thursday, 11/08)
Prompt: What heroic traits did the Greeks value? How is this evidenced in the various classic literature we have read so far in class? You must useThe Odyssey along with at least two other examples of classic Greek literature. 
-Project (due Thursday, 11/15)