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Now that things are back on track, please check weekly for events that are happening in all of Mrs. D's English classes. Week of Sept. 24-28 - BANNED BOOK WEEK Monday - Periods 1,4,5,7 -wrap up summary/response writing for our final assessment in October. Students will then begin a new unit involving diversity and tolerance. We will be reading Watson's Go to Birmingham, 1963 for the next couple of weeks. Please check with you students that they are up on their readings. Tuesday/Wed - discussion of the video Eyes on the Prize about the Civil Rights movement. Wed - begin reading Watson's Thurs - spelling quiz #3 Friday - read and discuss Periods 2-3 - Monday - begin discussion of censorship and societal issues of today. They will be answering journal questions. Tuesday - Friday - Begin reading and discussing Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury Thursday - spelling quiz. If you have any questions, please email me at the school. Mrs. D

Exciting things are happening now that we are getting 'down to business'! Students received a spelling list of commonly misspelled words. They will have a quiz on that list on Sept. 12. Check with your students to see if they are studying. We are beginning a new unit with all classes - Flowers for Algernon. Students have been given opportunities in class to find out what type of personality they have, how they handle frustrating situations and they have been 'playing' games. Check with them to find out more about these activities. Periods 2-3 have a paper on Watson's Go to Birmingham due on Monday, Sept. 10. We will be on Flowers for Algernon for about two weeks. All of the reading will be done in class, but there will be some assignments connected with this reading. I will keep everyone posted as to when they are due. Contact me at the school if you have questions.