Enforcement of Homework Policy: Please review the postings on this blog and on your class contract-I will NOT accept any past-due assignments NOR will you have the opportunity to complete any past-due assignments during 37 1/2 minutes!

Regents Essay Examination Booklets Due By the End of the school day on Tuesday, 29 November NOT on 1 December! Parents-Please Note: Your child has had over three weeks to complete this "HOMEWORK" Assignment. (Click on the link-download-print-and submit to Diedrich immediately!)

Schedule for Week of 28 November:
Monday, 28 November: Immediately upon entering the classroom, you will turn in the writing assignment described in an earlier post (see below). I will NOT accept any excuses for why you were unable to complete this assignment. You will have a "multiple choice" quiz on the assigned reading-The Masque of the Red Death (10 questions/7 minutes).
After the quiz, we will discuss the story and then begin discussing and analyzing Poe's Annabel Lee.

Tuesday, 29 November: We will continue the discussion of Annabel Lee and then review the writing of a Critical Lens Essay in preparation for the Poe Unit Test on Thursday, 1 December. (Click-on link and review vidio/power-oint posted below.)

Wednesday, 30 November: E Band-SAT Vocabulary Test List 10 and Paragraph/Quotation #11/F Band will have the SAT Vocabulary Test on Friday and will turn in the paragraph on that day as well.

Thursday, 1 December: POE UNIT TEST-A Critical Lens Essay (You may NOT use any resource material, but I do recommend that you review each text read prior to Thursday)

Friday, 2 December: F Band-SAT Vocabulary Test/Turn-in Paragraph Assignment.

Dear Parents: Please discuss this issue with your child. Too many students have been copying homework assignments from each other and "rather openly" cheating on our weekly SAT Vocabulary Tests.

Thank you...

WONDERFUL NEWS! Diedrich would like you to have something to do over the Thanksgiving break, rather than annoying your siblings and parents. You are to read The Masque of the Red Death (text) and audio .

"My goodness! Did you actually think that Diedrich would only desire that you simply read the text of this story?" He posted the power points (videos) to assist you with the two-three page reader response that you will submit on Monday, 28 November-as you enter his classroom.

Your "focus" is on the identification of the "Classical Elements of American Gothic Literature." Refer to the ppt posted below and to the ppt with the same title of the story. You must not only cite specific specific textual details from the story, but you must also "engage" in
an analysis of those details-in other words- why is The Masque of the Red Death considered "Gothic." Have Fun!