Week of Feb. 26 - March 2

Period 1:
*Finished Zines for Progress
*Finished reading the Great Gatsby

Period 2 & 5:
*Reviewed for FSA Writing exam
*Period 5 students took the FSA test on Thursday
*Period 2 read the Ovid Poem "Pyramus and Thisbe" and wrote an opinion piece
*All students should be working on memorizing their monologues for next week

Period 3,4,6:
*Turned in original satires
*Reviewed common grammar errors (using noredink program)
*Annotated "Plastic Pink Flamingo" rhetorical passage
*Practice passages for the SAT
*Introduction to the World Energy Game
*First Membean assessment for March was available on Friday, March 2nd

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