Juniors - Tuesday, February 24, 2009

Today after our warm up, we briefly discussed the reflection and response assignment that was due today. Before handing it in, we completed an in-class activity that required you to have an "index card conversation" with a small group. To view the activity, please click here. Basically, this was a way for you to get together with some other students and discuss your findings, as well as your reactions to the article, and record your comments on an index card. This was a graded assignment, but if you have an excused absence for today you will be excused from this activity. Those of you with unexcused absences will not be able to make up these points. For homework, please read to page 169 in the novel. We will be reviewing and going over the last few chapters in class on block day.

Please note: I truly appreciate those of you who worked hard on this assignment, turned it in on time, and put forth a considerable amount of effort. Based on what I have seen so far from those of you who turned it in, I am impressed. I greatly appreciate your continual hard work and diligence in my class, and you know who you are! Thank you for being a great addition to our class!! =)

For those of you who chose not to turn in this assignment today, I will not be accepting these late as you had a week to do it and I warned you ahead of time. I am continually frustrated with the lack of effort and participation from you (and you know who you are) as well as the frequent lateness or lack of completion of class assignments. This hurts your grade big time, most importantly, and it also negatively affects your classmates (especially if I have to arrange plans or activities to account for most of you not doing the work, like today during 8th hour). There is a reason why I pour a lot of work, time, and effort into our class website - for you. The website and the unit calendars are there for you as a resource and to help you stay on top of what is going on in our class, and despite this, I still get a bunch of excuses, late work, incomplete activities or assignments, and a lot of slacking. Unfortunately for many of you, this missing assignment is going to result in a big dent in your grade.