American Lit. for March 21-25

Post date: Mar 21, 2016 1:41:23 AM

Here's an overview of the week ahead:

    • Vocabulary is back! Please find your books and get ready to resume our work in the Sadlier-Oxford Vocabulary Workshop book, picking back up with unit 6. We will ask you to complete vocabulary homework per our usual schedule:

Monday--Choosing the Right Word

Tuesday--Synonyms and Antonyms

Wednesday--Completing the Sentence

Thursday--Study for unit 6 vocabulary quiz on Friday.

Here are links to Quizlets for the week's words, to help you review and study:

https://quizlet.com/141910/vocabulary-level-f-unit-6-flash-cards/

https://quizlet.com/1466725/sadlier-oxford-level-f-unit-6-synonyms-and-antonyms-flash-cards/

  • We will begin reading, discussing, and viewing John Steinbeck's novel Of Mice and Men this week and should finish it before spring break. You will be asked to read some of the book outside of class. Here is a link to the text of the book, in case you need it.

http://www.westfieldschoolsheffield.org.uk/media/faculty-english/Steinbeck,%20John%20-%20Of%20Mice%20and%20Men.pdf

And here is a link to audio of the book if you'd like to listen to it as you read:

http://thefredeffect.com/audio-classics-library/of-mice-and-men/