Class Assignments -- Available Online!

All assignment names listed below are hyperlinks, meaning that you can click them, view them, and print them.

Materials for The Glass Menagerie:

How to Submit your TGM Character Journals to Turnitin.com -- This PowerPoint might help you!

TGM Discussion Questions -- You needed to answer these for a fishbowl discussion in class on Wednesday, 2/3 (Period 3) or Thursday, 2/4 (Period 4).

Tennessee Williams:  Wounded Genius -- We watched this film in preparation for our study of The Glass Menagerie.  This link is for the first section; click the YouTube links to the right for the other four parts of the film (they are in 10-minute increments).

TGM Character Journals -- This is your newest Major Assignment.

Materials for the ITW Personal Narrative Essay:

Practice Descriptive Writing -- Completed in class on Wednesday, 12/9 (P3) and Thursday, 12/10 (P4).

Essay Planning Sheet -- This counts as your "pre-write" for the essay; it's due Friday, 12/11.

Essay Handout -- This describes the requirements for the essay, which is due Friday, 12/18.

Essay RUBRIC -- This needs to be handed in with your essay on Friday, 12/18.

Examples of Strong Writing from 2004-2005 -- Sample student paragraphs!

Examples of Strong Writing from 2005-2006 -- More sample student paragraphs!

Materials for Into the Wild:

ITW Vocabulary List #3 DEFINITIONS -- Quiz was Friday, 11/20.

ITW Vocabulary List #2 DEFINITIONS -- Quiz was Monday, 11/9 (Period 3) and Tuesday, 11/10 (Period 4)!

ITW Vocabulary List #1 DEFINITIONS -- Quiz was Monday, 10/26 (Period 3) and Tuesday, 10/27 (Period 4)!

ITW Lit Circle Role Sheets -- In case you misplace yours and need to print new ones...  J

ITW Review Questions:  Chapters 1-4 -- Completed in class during the week of 10/12.

Death of an Innocent -- John Krakauer's original article from Outside Magazine (January 1993) documenting the death of Chris McCandless. 

To Build a Fire -- We read this short story in class on Friday, 10/2.  If you missed class, you need to read the story on your own.

Random Materials of Interest:

Dear Ms. Clothier -- This was assigned on the first day of class and due during our second meeting.

Student Writing Contests -- Are you the next Kate Chopin or John Steinbeck?  

Teen Tix -- Do you enjoy music, dance, theatre, or art?  Want to purchase tickets to any of these activities for $5?  

Link to EWHS Career Center -- Click on "Calendar of Events" in the left column for current college visits!

7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens (by Sean Covey)