And away we go!

I am very excited to start the school year. To the right, you will find the syllabus as well as a few "handouts" that explain items mentioned in the syllabus.

Please remember to acquire a journal by next Tuesday (Day 1) or Wednesday (Day 2), whichever day you have class. It must be clothbound, and can be just a plain composition notebook.

During the first class, I mentioned that each section is competing for the glorious English Ten Cup. Just as each house at Hogwarts is named after a great witch or wizard, I have named each section after a great American writer. Each of these authors has been writing since our school was founded; there is one novelist, one poet, one short story writer, and one playwright. Although I have assigned a name for each section, if someone in your section can name one of the four "founders," your section will not only earn its first points of the year, but it will also carry that founder's name. Three of the sections will have their chance to guess on Wednesday and Thursday; the section that met first block on Day 1 will have their chance on Friday.