Please finish Chapter 17, Lessons 1-4  for Friday. Everyone did very well Friday with divided quotations. Great job! For composition: We began Lesson 3, “The Fox and the Grapes” in class.  This week, complete variations 1, the outline, and the paraphrases.

Complete chapter 16 including the assignment on page 276. For composition write a rough draft for lesson 2, “The Ant and the Grasshopper.” Revise and edit your rough draft and prepare a final copy to turn in on Friday.

We are on chapter 14 this week. Lesson 1, reference 43 deals with complex sentences with common subordinating conjunctions. Try to memorize the partial list of subordinating conjunctions that is given in ref. 43. Don’t forget vocabulary list #2 (be sure to continue to review past vocabulary list), practice sentences, exercises for chapter 14, and the test. For composition we started lesson 2 in CC. You should finish variations:  part 1 & part 2. Also, complete the outline. To help get you started, here are the three main points: I.  The Grasshopper A. B. C. D. 1. 2. II. Dialogue A. 1. 2. B. 1. 2. C. 1. 2. D.…

I hope you had a fantastic Thanksgiving week! This week, finish chapter 13 lessons, including everything but lesson 5’s writing assignment. Don’t forget to review your vocabulary for all chapters. Composition:  Complete paraphrase #1 as written on page 12. For paraphrase #2, reduce the parable to the main points but retell the story in reverse order. Be prepared to turn in your final draft based on paraphrase #1.