Middle School Reading: "The Most Dangerous Game"

Hello all,

I hope you enjoy reading our short story for this week. Here's the link:

"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell

Have fun - and remember to print the story out so that you can bring it to class! :-)

~Mrs. Stewart

Girls' Literature:"The Yellow Wallpaper"

Ladies,

Here is the link to the short story we're reading for next week.

"The Yellow Wallpaper" by Charlotte Perkins Gilman

Remember, your homework assignment for this week is as follows:

Make a list of ten adjectives you think are significant in the narrator's description of the wallpaper.  

For each adjective you list, answer the following questions: 

What connotations does the word have (positive or negative, pleasant or gross, beautiful or ugly)?  

What do we learn about the narrator from her choice of this word?

Enjoy!

Girls' Literature: "A New-England Nun"

Ladies,

Have a marvelous spring break! Here is the short story I'd like you to read over the next two weeks.

"A New-England Nun" by Mary Wilkins Freeman

Remember to print the story out so you can bring it to class!

When you're done reading, answer the following questions in 4-5 sentence paragraphs to turn in for homework.

1. What is your reaction to Louisa Ellis? Do you like her, hate her, or have mixed feelings? Why?
2. Do you think Louisa made the right decision concerning her marriage to Joe? Why or why not?
3. Continue Louisa's story. What happens to her in the next few weeks? In the next ten years? On her deathbed?

Girls' Literature: "Goblin Market" by Christina Rosetti

Ladies,

Here's your poem for this week:

"Goblin Market" by Christina Rosetti

I hope you enjoy this very interesting poem. Remember to print it out so that you can bring it to class!

~Mrs. Stewart