HW DUE MON. 9/10

9III 2nd:

DUE MON. 9/10: 
Complete JOURNAL #8 in your portfolio:
--FULL DRAFT PERSONAL LETTER TO 'SENIOR SELF'
Think about asking yourself about:

--social skills hopes?

--academics/honors you hope to attain?

--big dreams/plans  for the next four years?

--class election outcomes?

--senior superlatives?

--college options?

--driving privileges?

*Next week we will visit the computer lab and type this letter formally (as well as our 'List of 25 Words to Describe Me'); I will keep them and get them back to you your SENIOR YEAR FOR YOU TO READ! :-)

**MONDAY WE WILL ALSO CONTINUE OUR GREAT DISCUSSION FROM CLASS FRIDAY ON RAND'S PHILOSOPHIES AND YOUR RESPONSES



9th 3rd/4th:

DUE MON. 9/10:
FROM CLASS FRIDAY, Take the following TEN pairs/triples of homonyms/commonly misused words and CREATE SENTENCES that use and SHOW THE CORRECT MEANING OF EACH ONE!  
**Use the definitions you should have written down in class Friday from Write for College to guide you:

--THERE, THEIR, THEY'RE
--METAL, MEDAL
--LOOSE, LOSE
--PRINCIPAL, PRINCIPLE
--ITS, IT'S
--EXCEPT, ACCEPT
--AFFECT, EFFECT
--CAPITAL, CAPITOL
--FURTHER, FARTHER
--**THEN, THAN
--**GOOD, WELL

*******AND...CONGRATULATIONS IF YOU LOOKED AT THIS BLOG OVER THE WEEKEND!!! AS YOU SEE ABOVE, THERE ARE TWO SETS OF WORDS THAT HAVE ** STARS BESIDE THEM. NOW:
 
1) for 3rd block, LOOK UP AND CORRECTLY COMPLETE a set of sentences for 'THEN/THAN' to receive TEN BONUS POINTS ON YOUR NEXT QUIZ!!

2) for 4th block, LOOK UP AND CORRECTLY COMPLETE a set of sentences for 'GOOD/WELL' to receive TEN BONUS POINTS ON YOUR NEXT QUIZ!!