Your English 10 teacher will question you on Joseph Campbell-perhaps, to determine whether or not your English 9 teacher introduced him to you. Everyone will enthusiastically respond that your favorite teacher-Diedrich-or perhaps-you will not even remember his name-did indeed to do this-AND in fact-he even administered a QUIZ over the content of this presentation... (TBA)

NOTE: This presentation-as well as what follows-will prepare you for our reading of The Odyssey-an "epic" read by all throughout the world-a  literary work you will remember for decades...
Also, not that I have deliberately included information that is redundant-you will soon discover the why...

Watch The Odyssey (Sorry, this is only a presentation, providing you with essential background information...)

                        View this introductory power-point-you may OR may not be quizzed on its contents...

Schedule for Week of 7 April:

Just a Reminder (even though no one needs to be reminded): You were directed to read Bambara's Raymond's Run for Monday, 7 April. Be prepared for a QUIZ-by now you should be fully aware of the routine...

We will not engage in a Socratic Seminar for The Bet until Tuesday, 8 April. I would first like to read over your "reaction/reflection" homework assignment that you will turn-in on Monday, 7 April.

Just in case you neglected to bring your short story anthology home (even though Diedrich directed you to do so), here is the link for a pdf of the story:

Raymond's Run

Schedule for Week of 31 March:
You are required to bring your Short Story Anthology to class EVERYDAY! Failure to do so will result in a "0" for entering 404 unprepared-without this assigned text. Do NOT ask me for permission to go to your locker to retrieve it-permission to do so will be denied! 

We will continue with the short story unit.

On Monday, 31 March you will "randomly" be assigned to a "collaborative" learning group to work on critical thinking questions for The Lottery. You must complete ALL of the questions prior to the end of the BAND.

On Tuesday, 1 April-you may OR may not be administered a QUIZ for The Lottery.

Specific readings will be announced on Monday-as well as-the related HOMEWORK assignments that will be due this week.

Schedule for Week of 24 March

Just a reminder: You must read A Piece of Steak in preparation for Monday's class (3/24) Just in case you neglected to bring your anthology home, click on the title for this selection.
You may desire to listen to the story as you read along in your text: https://librivox.org/short-story-collection-vol-041-by-various/


Remind your folks about the Parent/Teacher Conferences on Thursday and Friday of this week.

Our Short Story Unit Begins...
Just in case you neglect to bring your short story anthology home to complete a homework assignment and/or you prefer to annotate/mark-up the text, I have included the following links to many of the stories that are part of our unit for study:


http://americanliterature.com/100-great-short-stories
http://www.classicshorts.com/
http://www.springwood-h.schools.nsw.edu.au/library/resources/e-resources/short-stories

Please read "The Fever Tree" on page 122 in your Short Story Anthology for Wednesday, 19 March. (You may or may NOT have a QUIZ on this short story.)

SAT Vocabulary QUIZ List 17 on Thursday, 20 March.