CATCH-UP MODE

First, new reading pages have been on the board this week, but I don't think they've officially made it into the blog.  So here they are---more or less the "second third" to get you about two-thirds of the way through your book.
In all cases, by Wednesday you should be THROUGH the following chapters:
Frankenstein -- Chapter 16
Jane Eyre -- Chapter 20
Pride and Prejudice -- Chapter 34
Brave New World -- Section X (Ten)
Grendel -- Chapter 7
The Curious Incident of the
   Dog in the Night-Time -- Ch. 173 (p. 126)

TODAY IN CLASS

• The background reports (varied subjects depending on book) were collected. 
• More time to read/study for tomorrow's quiz. 
• People who felt thoroughly read for tomorrow were encouraged to start making some vocabulary lists; you will have a more formal assignment before the last group discussion that will involve some vocabulary work.  (We're not interested in technical words--such as the math/physics concepts in Curious Incident or the largely made-up technical vocabulary for BNW; you could think of the target as either "SAT words" or other vocab that you think many seniors wouldn't know, though they seem to be "ordinary words" in some of the works you are reading.)

FOR TOMORROW
A quiz, obviously tailor-made for each work--that will cover up through the reading.  It will count as assessment points, not "daily work."  Expect a combo of multiple choice, quote ID, some short answer (up to a sentence or two), possibly the kind of true/false in which you have to provide the correct info for false statements.