• If the $35 for the field trip is not in on Monday, it's overdue.  Please bring it in before Thanksgiving break.

•    Only one exclamation point allowed in the paper.
•    If you have used information from another source, enclose the quotation in quotes and credit the source by inserting the short website behind the information in parentheses.  Example:

"It is by turns aloof and affectionate, serene and savage, endearing and exasperating. Despite its mercurial nature, however, the house cat is the most popular pet in the world" (www.scientific american.com).

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• Tomorrow is the spelling test for The Troublesome Words: all those homophones. The entire list is on this site under the Handouts tab.
• The first payment of $35 for our April field trip is due a week from today.  Checks made out to The Town of Granby may come in starting this week, but are due no later than Monday, 11/23.  Thanks!

Tuesday, November 17

• Choose your topic for the expository essay and plan your essay through the thesis statement, then prewriting.  They're due on Thursday.

Wednesday, November 18

• Prewriting for the expository essay is due tomorrow.
• English extra help is tomorrow after school until 3 p.m.
• Field trip payments of $35 are due no later than Monday, 11/23.

Thursday, November 19

• Summaries of TATS chapters 17-19 are due for Monday, 11/23.
• We'll be in the computer lab tomorrow working on the first drafts of the expository essays.  Bring your flash drive so you can transfer your work back and forth.

Friday, November 20

• Summaries of TATS chapters 17-19 are due for Monday, 11/23.
• The $35 payment for the April field trip to New York City is due on Monday.  Checks must be made out to The Town of Granby.