Welcome! February 14th, 2017 Tuesday Do Now Get your folder from the front crate and find your seat Begin working on your Daily Edit paragraph. Once the bell rings, you will have five minutes to find all 10 mistakes in today’s paragraph. Remember: Do Now's are INDEPENDENT and QUIET exercises. Thank you 

Tuesday February 14, 2017 Mark Twains The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn was first published in the United States in February 1885. The novel follows Huck and Jim on there journey down the mississippi river. Both characters flea the fictional town of St. Petersburg for very different reasons. Huck leaves because he's guardian wants to sivilize him. Jim runs a way to escape the torments of slavery. Along the way Huck and Jim meet a host of colorful characters and come to forge a lasting friend ship.

ACT English Practice Test Trade your packet from yesterday with a partner and grab a colored writing utensil Write your name at the bottom of your partner’s paper Reminder: Circle or X-out the number of any question your partner gets wrong, and make sure you circle the correct option. We’re going to go over the first section, or the first fifteen questions of the practice test from yesterday. Make sure at the end of our review that you give your partner a total out of fifteen at the end of the section. 

CASTING CALL! Act 1, Scene 5 Parts: Horatio Hamlet Ghost Marcellus

Hamlet: Character Journal As you read Hamlet, you will find that the events of the play affect the lives of all of the characters, not just Hamlet. To give you an opportunity to explore the reactions of the characters, you will pretend to be one of the characters listed on your assignment sheet. For this assignment, you will write the personal diary of a single character throughout Act 1. Your diary needs to: Summarize the major events of Act 1 Describe your character’s perspective, including thoughts and feelings toward other characters and the events of Act 1 At least three ½ page journal entries spaced throughout Act 1