Summer Reading Review: Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet

Monday 26 August 2013 for Periods 1, 2, 5, & 6 and Tuesday 27 August 2013 for Period 7

After prayer Mr. Stone reviewed a portion of the syllabus and collected the signature sheet from students. Students should have had their parents/guardians read the English I syllabus and sign it over the weekend. To allow for parents being out of town, students may turn in the signature sheet by Thursday for full credit.

Students received a hard copy of the review sheet for the summer reading, Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet. Mr. Stone noted one error in the copy that he passed out in class: Ethel Chen is Henry's wife and not his mother. (This error has been corrected on the version available in the right-hand column of this blog.)

Journal Entry #1: Did you like or dislike Hotel on the Corner of Bitter and Sweet? Explain why. (Students who have not finished reading the book should write about why they have not read the book.)

Homework: Finish the journal entry if not completed in class and study for the test summer reading test to be taken on Thursday.

Following the rule of thumb for assigning homework--two minutes per grade level achieved--ninth-grade students should spend about twenty minutes a night studying for English I.