The Great Gatsby: Listen to it on line as you read along!

BE ADVISED: I AM NO LONGER ACCEPTING ANY PAST-DUE CLASS CONTRACTS! THESE WERE DUE THE FIRST-WEEK OF SCHOOL! DO NOT ATTEMPT TO TURN THEM IN! THE FIRST-MARKING PERIOD HAS NOW TERMINATED! NO EXCUSES!

Please remember to bring The Streetcar... to class on Tuesday, 22 October in exchange for our next reading, The Great Gatsby...

SAT Vocabulary Quiz: Thursday, 24 October. No Cheating-there is too much of it going-on-if I observe any individual committing this act- he/she will have to take the remaining quizzes after school-for the remainder of the school-year! (Believe it or not-this is even happening after-school in Room 404...)

How to Write a Reaction Paper or Reader Response
("Borrowed" from an introductory English class at the University of Texas)

Please Note: Too many students simply provided a "summary" for each of the texts cited in their Summer Reading Critical Lens Essay. Recall the criteria listed with the "critical lens"? ("Avoid PLOT summary...") We will work to remedy this during the course of the semester in preparation for the English Regents Examination in January.