October 29 - November 2

This week marks the beginning of Unit 3 (Romanticism) in American Literature.  Last Friday, the students took their Unit 2 exam and you can check your child's score on Parent Connect.  On Monday, the students read the introduction to Romanticism and they took a quiz on the reading today.  Those grades are also posted on Parent Connect.

Tomorrow we will be finishing the story "The Devil and Tom Walker" in class and the students will be expected to provide an example of imagery, foreshadowing, symbol, and irony from the story.  Later in the week we will be studying the poetry of Edgar Allan Poe.

The Words of the Day for this week are:  assimilate, reciprocate, cryptic, bemused, and conjecture.  Please encourage your child to use these words in order to earn extra credit in the class.

Have a great week and if you have any questions, please contact me at derickson@d220.org.