Today we reviewed the course procedures and policies.  We also looked at the class website and were introduced to the blog.  We interviewed members of the class and shared our results with the class.

Tomorrow we start our study of A Midsummer Night's Dream.

Today we reviewed the course procedures and my classroom website.  I also introduced the class to the blog.  We start our Definition Essay tomorrow.

Today we finished reading the third Act of The Crucible.
We worked on, and went over the study guide for Act 3.

We also went over our Greek/Latin root words for the week:
1. contra / counter against, opposite contradict, counteract, contrary
2. dif / dis / dys away, badly different, disperse, disallow, dysfunction, dyslexia
3. mal badly, poorly malice, malpractice, malfunction
4. poin / pung / punc pierce punch, impugn, poignant, pun, puncture, point, pungent
5. pseudo false pseudonym, pseudoscience
6. sol / soli one, alone desolate, isolated, solitary, solitaire

Today we took our 3rd Greek and Latin root words quiz.  We also got 3/4 through the 3rd act of The Crucible.

No homework this weekend.