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Getty Villa Museum field trip slips must be submitted by Wednesday, February 24; students who do not submit a trip slip by that date will not make the trip. Lunch tickets dated March 1 should be submitted when they are available. Students should write names on the tickets and submit to teacher to assure a lunch is prepared for them. The pre-brief of the trip is scheduled for Monday, March 1 in the cafeteria; after the pre-brief students will board their respective bus with teacher and chaperone.
The Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition is administered on Wednesday and Thursday of this week. Multiple choice practice for the assessment is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday.
Holt Grammar assignments will be made in class this week with accompanying assignments from English Workshop textbooks.
Act V of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is completed by week's end. The persuasive essay on Antony's funeral speech is due online on Tuesday, March 8. Use no contractions and no first or second-person pronouns when writing; gomyaccess.com features many devices such as spell check and my editor to assure an error-free essay and a high score. Rubric for this essay is available online at the web site by clicking the link to resources.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One-Nine test is scheduled for Friday, February 26. Students should study all nine units in preparation for this cumulative test.
