On Tuesday you will have a quiz on "The Gift of the Magi" and "The Necklace." You should have your study guides at home to use as you prepare, but be sure to bring them back to class on Tuesday for a grade. If you don't have your textbook at home, check the web site entries over the past few days for links to the two stories.
You will also have a notebook check on Tuesday, so be sure to bring everything you need to class with you.
Enjoy your holiday!

IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON FRIDAY, EMAIL YOUR PERSONAL NARRATIVE TO MRS. McCORD IMMEDIATELY: mccordl1@fultonschools.org.

You have lots to do over this lovely 3-day weekend:
--1. Gather together all the components of your portfolio [annotated copies of "The Chase," "Indian Education" (your timed writing) and "Me Talk Pretty One Day"; notes on the student presentation that began the unit, Equiano, Smith, Bradford, and Orwell; your multiple choice samples on the Kiowah grandmother and the desperate fate of the English language; and anything else that you generated in response to the material in Unit 1]. On Tuesday you will write a brief reflection on the components of the unit and their relationship to our overarching concept of the difference between appearance and reality.
--2. Use the materials from your portfolio to prepare for a seminar on Tuesday in which we discuss these questions:
*****How is our understanding of culture and society constructed through and by language?
*****How did the expectations of the "New World" conflict with reality?
*****How do our personal experiences shape our view of others, and how does the language we use influence that interaction?
(Yes, my perceptive scholars, those are the Essential Questions of the unit.)
PSAT Wednesday followed by student presentations on Unit 2!
Enjoy your holiday.