Link for state testing practice: 

http://www.oaks.k12.or.us/portal/students/

Be in school Tuesday, 19 November, for State Reading Test

Tue, 12 Nov:  finish JFK speech - graphic organizer and discuss; new terms - diction
HOMEWORK:  final author paper due Thur 14 Nov - include outline, draft indicating revision, and copy of the novel's first paragraphs you used to write paper

Thur, 14 Nov:  FINAL PAPER DUE; 2nd novel assignment; Writing Work sample in class - write a final draft from the timed write on certainty and doubt
HOMEWORK:   read MLK's "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" in Language of Composition p. 260 for Mon 1/18 -- SOAP + review Questions on Rhetoric and Style on p. 274-75 ; finish 2nd novel and notes by Mon, 6 Jan