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= Announcements = **31 May: This week is a busy one! Let's finish out the year right! Today and tomorrow are your last days of class. __ALL work needs to be turned in before exams.__ Your first period exam is Thursday at 810a. Your English EOC is Friday at 810a. A couple of tips to remember...** = Mr. Luciano wishes all of you good luck on your EOC. Wish all of you have a safe and happy summer. = = = = = ** 23 May: This week we finish the year with some End of Course practice. Your writing folders are due Friday, as are your outside reading book projects. Remember the deadline for late/missing work has passed, so everything is due when it's assigned. Nothing will be taken late! **  **16 May: This week we finish our unit on //Lord of the Flies//. As the novel ends, there are some pretty horrific events that occur. As you read, try and think if this could really happen. Are children that cruel? Looking at the picture below (from one of the movie versions of the book) do these kids look like murderers? How responsible do you think the boys are for what they do?** **9 May:** **Don't forget- Community service is due this Friday!** **This week we continue with //Lord of the Flies//. I think a lot of you who thought you'd like to be in the boys' situation have changed your mind by now! Do you think these events could happen in real life? Think of all the news stories about bullying, it's not as far fetched as you might think.** @https://www.evernote.com/shard/s89/sh/83c6bcf2-000d-4ba7-96cd-c44614fa8059/f302479fbc5af947a08044bdce798ae2
 * **Wear layers of clothing, I have no control over the temperature of the room.**
 * **Bring #2 pencils, an eraser and a highlighter for the test.**
 * **Take your time- you have 4 hours to finish, take advantage of it!**
 * **Read each question and each answer choice carefully. The test makers love to put an answer that sort of sounds right as an early answer choice when the REAL answer is further down.**
 * **Read passages out loud to yourself (but not really- you know what I mean :-) so you can make the right correction.**
 * **Good luck- you guys can do this!**

**2 May: This week we expand our fiction unit by reading the novel //Lord of the Flies.// This book is about a bunch of British school boys whose plane crashes and they become stranded on a tropical island. Based on the cover art below, make a prediction about the book.** **18 April:﻿ This week we finish out unit on short stories. Make sure you know your fiction terms (see video below if you need help) and can identify the works we've read.** media type="custom" key="9117492" media type="custom" key="9028534" 14 March: This week we start Goal 4 that deals with communication and how to effectively evaluate and analyze it. To this end, we'll be reading and viewing //Romeo and Juliet// as well as researching the play so that you can see what effective communication is.
 * 11 April: This week we continue Goal 5 but move onto short stories, which we'll read the next two weeks. Each story focuses on a different set of literary elements, so make sure that you learn your definitions! Below is a short video to help you with reviewing the literary terms. **
 * 4 April: I hope everyone enjoyed the long weekend! This week we start our genre unit, which is our longest one. During this unit, we'll study epics, short stories and we'll read //Lord of the Flies// as our class novel. **
 * This week we cover epics by reading //The Odyssey.// It's one of the first adventure stories ever written and covers Odysseus as he tried to get home after the Trojan War. **
 * 28 March: This week you'll compare two balcony scenes from //Romeo and Juliet,// plan your own staging; present your drama projects, present your memorizations of the Act I Prologue and take your Goal 4 assessment. **
 * 28 March: This week you'll compare two balcony scenes from //Romeo and Juliet,// plan your own staging; present your drama projects, present your memorizations of the Act I Prologue and take your Goal 4 assessment. **
 * 21 March: This week we'll view //Romeo and Juliet// and you'll make comparisons to the play and the experience of watching it performed versus reading it. **


 * 7 March: This week we finish Goal 3, you will have your assessment on Friday, and your notebooks are due. Some of you turned in blank or barely worked in notebooks last time. The interactive notebooks are 25% of your grade and should be an easy 100 every time that you turn it in. Please see me during Intervention during the week if you feel like you need help. **

**5 February:** This week we finish our Goal 1 unit. We will review on Thursday (__BE SURE TO STUDY!)__ and you will have your assessment on Friday. You will also turn in your notebook then. Welcome Voki [] Welcome to Ms. Shimmy's Freshman English Class. On this page, you will find announcements for class, reminders of due dates and other information I think is important for you to know. Be sure to check back frequently. For class this week, the first things you'll need are your materials: a 5 subject spiral notebook (preferably with pockets). I also suggest, although it's not required, that you have a highlighter and a set of colored markers, they will make it easier for you to keep up with your interactive notebook.
 * 28 February: This week we start Goal 3. It focuses on a different types of non fiction. A couple of reminders:**
 * **Your interactive notebooks are 25% of your grade. It should be an easy 100 every time you turn it in. Please check the Interactive Notebook page if you're confused, or see me during Intervention if you need help. If you have below a 77 on your notebook, you will be assigned Intervention to learn how to set your notebooks up correctly.**
 * **You get missing task lists every Friday. You don't have homework on the weekends, so you should use this time to get caught up on missing work. You can also see me anytime during Intervention during the week.**
 * **We are halfway through the marking period. The deadline for late work will come up fast, so please don't leave this until the last minute, as you will also have projects due at the end of the marking period.**
 * __19 February:__ This week we finish our Informational unit. Your assessment will be on Friday. We will look at the different types of informational materials and how you read them.**