Journal Help??

I'm doing a check of your journals tomorrow during class while you finish the last of that tone paper for me.  Can someone be a doll and post the six or so entries(maybe less?) that we should have as of Thursday?  5/6 has one additional entry from Tuesday.  Journals should start on 11/6 I think.

Worried??

In case you're neurotic, or simply just worried at this point, I wanted to let you know that I have emailed everyone back who sent me an essay...all from my nifty new iPad : ). Joe Rock does get it right sometimes.....

I'm searching my files now for your tragedy notes--they should be posted on the side ASAP.

Your essay

Your essay is due on Friday by 11:59 PM.  You should email it me, as an attachment, to emailmrsrock@gmail.com.

I will put an essay in MLA format on the side of this page.  Please remember that your essay must be double-spaced, follow the MLA format, and have 1" margins.

Oedipus, Shmedipus

Here is the link to the Oedipus study guide:  Here

Remember, it's extra credit, so don't feel pressure to finish it.

Here is a full-text version of the play if you need it, : here.

Please study your tragedy notes and the basic plot of the play, including character names, to prepare for Tuesday's test.  It will be a series of short answer questions.

Our change of plans

Here's how this week and next week will break down:

Today: Peer edit
Friday:  Read some more Oedipus; HW: Study Vocab. and get journal together

Monday:  Cumulative Vocabulary Test.  KNOW at least 30 of the 50 words you have been given so far.  Journals will be graded in class.

Tuesday:  Oedipus--finish?  Study guides distributed.

Wednesday:  Finish Oedipus and work on Study Guide.

OFF FOR A LONG WEEKEND

However, you should be working on your final draft of your essay, which will be due on Friday, November 9th by 11:59PM.  Please email it to emailmrsrock@gmail.com  and I will send you a confirmation.  Each day you are late results in ten points from your final grade.

All of the above assignments, except the journal, will be part of your 2nd marking period grades.

School's Out...

Already?

October?  A day off?  Unplanned?  Geez--it's going to be a long year.

Since our plans for next week are already messed up, let me tell you this much:  our vocabulary cumulative will STILL HAPPEN ON FRIDAY!  All of the words are on the side of this page, so if you get bored this weekend...get your study on: )

Rough drafts will be peer-edited on Thursday.  I'm hoping Wednesday is still a regular school day, because I need to wear my costume; we'll probably read Oedipus that day.

Journals will be due Thursday and Friday, with grades closing on Friday.  I won't be able to update journal topics unless someone here helps me.  Is there anyone willing to post all the journal topics in a comment on this post?  If so, thanks in advance.  Love you.

Enjoy your long weekend, and stay safe: )

Old Vocabulary Quiz

English I Honors

Mrs. Rock

Directions:  Read the following sentences, and fill in each blank with a word from the bank below.  Remember, it may be necessary to change the word ending. (5 pts. each)

malevolent        delineate           pundit               breach              intrigue

lethargic            arduous            banal                enrapture          waive

1.  It was quite an opening week of school; the insane heat kept my students in a suspended state of ________________________.

2.  Although the NFL has a clearly ______________________ morality clause, it must have escaped Michael Vick as he spent his off-seasons in Hotlanta abusing Pit Bulls and raking in cash.

3.  There are many Oakcrest High School students that tell tales of Mrs. Rock’s _________________, including the infamous student-loses-finger incident; however, her current students still believe she is all love.

4.  When Hannah became the first female professional alligator wrestler, she felt a surge of pride that she had __________________ the gender barrier.

5.  If there is one thing on Earth that consistently ____________________ my cat, Tommy, it’s the sight of my cockatiel, Lelu, landing on the kitchen floor just inches from his whiskers.

6.  I know I should rely on CNN or ABC, but my cable news __________________ of choice is Jon Stewart.

7.  As he encountered Mr. Reina in his office, Carmen ____________________ his right for parental guidance in favor of a reduced number of detention for the year.

8.  Because I hold a special place in my blackened heart for Brit-Brit, I watched ______________________ as she bombed in the first two seconds of the VMA’s.

9.  Mrs. Rock suspected that Kelsey was involved in a bit of _______________ with Hilary Rosenberg, especially when she found them both giggling by the tires of her bike.

10.  As a teacher, I’m supposed to say things like, “follow your dreams,” but I think that coming from me it would sound quite ____________________.