Wonderful News! Everyone will be given a "second" chance to improve his/her score on a test for The Cask of Amontillado on Monday, 14 November. Diedrich does not have "ice water running through his veins"-if he did- he would enter every failing grade on jupitergrades for the quiz you took on Monday-most students scored in the range of "o to 60%"-two students did pass-imagine what your low score would do to your average...

You had ample time to read this story on-line-I even posted one with an audio-so you would be able to follow along! Yet, you did not do the reading-so now I am considering an extensive assignment for each reading that you do at home to make certain that you do indeed do the reading. No one is to blame but yourself. In two years, you will be sitting in a college classroom-now is the time to develop survival skills you will need for academic success. Why wait until the last minute to complete an assignment?

A WARNING ABOUT MONDAY'S QUIZ: Make sure you do a "close reading" of the story-perhaps, even read it twice!!! "I wonder why Diedrich is giving us this warning?"