Tuesday Oct 4

So .. we chatted a little bit about the quiz we will have on the novel on Thursday. I did give a brief oral outline - that there would be two parts. Part One would be short answer questions, and Part Two would be straight out of the homework and things that we do in class.

We are a little behind where I wanted to be in the novel. We read to page 142 today ... it was a bit of a slog, as we are all expecting the next events when the characters get to the arena.

We ended at the point where the author alludes to Titus Andronicus, a play by William Shakespeare. Clearly, this is not a play I would ever teach to Grade Nines, but you might want to reconsider the idea that "Shakespeare is boring" after taking a peek at Act five of this play. Just saying.

We also got Ch 9 questions 2 and 3 as well as Ch 10 question 2 for homework.

On to tomorrow!