A Few Thoughts on the End of Q1

Phew, I have been working diligently to return The Namesake essays to you, so my updates on the blog have been lagging this week. Remember that writing is a process that requires much of you in terms of thinking and doing. Commit to the process - brainstorming, prewriting, drafting and revising - and you will improve your skills. We are not born writers; we must become writers.

I will have all of the make-up work that you have submitted (and there has been lots of this) due to illness, posted to Edline by the end of the week.

Here are the final assessments that will be part of your Quarter 1 grade. All are scheduled for Thursday, November 5:

The Road Final Reading Quiz (20 points)
Vocab Quiz (All Road and Transformation Vocabulary) (20 points)
Notebook Check (20 points)

Looking to the end of the week, we will be leaving the post-apocalyptic 21st century and voyaging back to the eighth century B.C. to travel with Greek war hero Odysseus as he sets sail for home in Ithaca, after ten years of fighting in the Trojan War. In the ten years that it takes him to reach home, he must battle monsters and gods, face down temptresses, and ward off supernatural forces of epic proportions. All the while, his home is being ravaged by suitors in hot pursuit of Odysseus' earthly possession and his wife Penelope. And you thought high school was tough?

Stay tuned...