//www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ Class Name: 7th ENG III Instructor(s): Airrin Metz en-us SchoolSitePro //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem12240697 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ Classwork:
- Read and discuss Countee Cullen's "Incident" and "Yet Do I Marvel"
- Read and discuss "If We Must Die"
- Zora Neale Hurtson "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" 

Homework:
- Quiz tomorrow on Modernism poetry and the Harlem Renaissance 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Take Quiz 

Homework:
- None :)  

Wednesday
Classwork:
- In-class writing assignment 
- Add to resume 

Homework:
- None :) 

Thursday
Classwork:
- Give exam study guide / announce exemptions 

Homework:
- Work on study guide 

Friday
Classwork:
- Work on study guide / review for exam 

Homework:
- study study study!! Spend lots of time preparing for your exams. Eat a good breakfast the morning of. 
It's been a great year with you guys! I will miss you so much next year!!! Have a great summer! 

EXAM SCHEDULE:
Monday: 1st & 5th
Tuesday: 3 & 6 
Wednesday: 4 & 7
]]> Mon, 11 May 2026 13:03:39 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem12970683 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ Classwork:
- Vocab unit 15 quiz (last one!!) 
- WC Williams notes and read and discuss "The Dance"
- Ezra Pound notes and read and discuss "River Merchant's Wife. . ."

Homework:
- Author notes for T.S. Eliot 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Discuss Eliot and read and analyze "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Homework:
- Questions in class 

Wednesday
Classwork:
- Watch a video on the Harlem Renaissance 
- Worksheet to go along with video 
- Discuss Langston Hughes 
- Read "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "I, Too" annotate and discuss both and their relation to Black Americans' lives during the Harlem Renaissance

Homework:
- Given in class 

Thursday
Classwork:
- Bio notes for Claude McKay 
- Read and discuss "If We Must Die" and "Incident" 
- Bio notes for Zora Neale Hurston 
- Read and discuss "How it Feels to be Colored Me"

Homework:
- Given in class 

Friday
No class - class day 

Major test for the Modernism poetry and Harlem Renaissance will be MONDAY, May 11!
]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:59:27 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem12970684 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ Classwork:
- Vocab unit 15 quiz (last one!!) 
- WC Williams notes and read and discuss "The Dance"
- Ezra Pound notes and read and discuss "River Merchant's Wife. . ."

Homework:
- Author notes for T.S. Eliot 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Discuss Eliot and read and analyze "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Homework:
- Questions in class 

Wednesday
Classwork:
- Watch a video on the Harlem Renaissance 
- Worksheet to go along with video 
- Discuss Langston Hughes 
- Read "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "I, Too" annotate and discuss both and their relation to Black Americans' lives during the Harlem Renaissance

Homework:
- Given in class 

Thursday
Classwork:
- Bio notes for Claude McKay 
- Read and discuss "If We Must Die" and "Incident" 
- Bio notes for Zora Neale Hurston 
- Read and discuss "How it Feels to be Colored Me"

Homework:
- Given in class 

Friday
No class - class day 

Major test for the Modernism poetry and Harlem Renaissance will be MONDAY, May 11!
]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:59:27 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem12970705 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ Classwork:
- Vocab unit 15 quiz (last one!!) 
- WC Williams notes and read and discuss "The Dance"
- Ezra Pound notes and read and discuss "River Merchant's Wife. . ."

Homework:
- Author notes for T.S. Eliot 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Discuss Eliot and read and analyze "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock"

Homework:
- Questions in class 

Wednesday
Classwork:
- Watch a video on the Harlem Renaissance 
- Worksheet to go along with video 
- Discuss Langston Hughes 
- Read "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" and "I, Too" annotate and discuss both and their relation to Black Americans' lives during the Harlem Renaissance

Homework:
- Given in class 

Thursday
Classwork:
- Bio notes for Claude McKay 
- Read and discuss "If We Must Die" and "Incident" 
- Bio notes for Zora Neale Hurston 
- Read and discuss "How it Feels to be Colored Me"

Homework:
- Given in class 

Friday
No class - class day 

Major test for the Modernism poetry and Harlem Renaissance will be MONDAY, May 11!
]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:59:28 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem11746506 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ Classwork:
- Discuss plan for Vocab 12 (lots of failures!!) 
- Go over "The Yellow Wallpaper" questions 

Homework:
- Major test tomorrow 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Major test 

Homework:


Wednesday
Classwork:
- Modernism history notes from book (hand-written) 

Homework:
- Finish history notes 

Thursday
Classwork:
- History lecture with handout 
- William Faulkner notes 
- Read "the Bear" and take notes 

Homework:
- Finish reading "The Bear" 

Friday
Classwork:
- Discussion questions for "the Bear" 

Homework:
Vocab quiz Monday on units 13 & 14
]]> Mon, 20 Apr 2026 10:02:59 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem11530729 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ Classwork:
- Vocab unit 12 quiz 
- Review for major test tomorrow 

Homework:
- Major test tomorrow 
- Twain project due Wednesday 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Take major test 
- Work on Twain project 

Homework:
- Twain project due tomorrow 

Wednesday
Classwork:
- Turn in Twain project 
- Realism and Naturalism history notes lecture 
- Discuss Stephen Crane 
- Read and analyze "War is Kind"

Homework:
- Metz may assign questions in class  
- Vocab 13 quiz Monday

Thursday
Classwork:
- EA Robinson notes 
- Read and discuss "Richard Cory" and "Mininver Cheevy" 
- Discuss Dunbar 

Homework:
- Read and take notes on Dunbar's "Douglass" 

Friday
Classwork:
- Charlotte Perkins Gillman notes 
- Read "The Yellow Wallpaper" (handout for short story given in class) 
- Pass out reading comprehension questions 

Homework:
- Vocab 13 quiz Monday
- Realism and Naturalism major test Tuesday (the 21st) 
]]> Fri, 10 Apr 2026 13:03:31 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem12970675 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ - Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday (14th) 
- Twain project due Wednesday (15th) 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Finish Walt Whitman poems 
*"Reconciliation" & "Beat! Beat! Drums!" 
- Mark Twain bio video 

Homework:
- Take author notes for Twain 
- Vocab unit 12 quiz Monday 
- Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday 

Wednesday
Classwork:
- Read "The Notorious Jumping Frog. . ." in class 
- Assign and discuss project for short story (due Wednesday the 15th)

Homework:
- Finish short story if necessary (take good notes!) 

Thursday
Classwork:
- In-class questions for "Notorious Jumping Frog. . ." (grade!) 

Homework:
- Twain project due next Wednesday! 

Friday
Classwork:
- Ambrose Bierce notes 
- Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" 
- Questions assigned in class

Homework:
- Vocab unit 12 quiz Monday (13th) 
- Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday (14th) 
- Twain project due Wednesday (15th) 
]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:59:27 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem12970676 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ - Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday (14th) 
- Twain project due Wednesday (15th) 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Finish Walt Whitman poems 
*"Reconciliation" & "Beat! Beat! Drums!" 
- Mark Twain bio video 

Homework:
- Take author notes for Twain 
- Vocab unit 12 quiz Monday 
- Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday 

Wednesday
Classwork:
- Read "The Notorious Jumping Frog. . ." in class 
- Assign and discuss project for short story (due Wednesday the 15th)

Homework:
- Finish short story if necessary (take good notes!) 

Thursday
Classwork:
- In-class questions for "Notorious Jumping Frog. . ." (grade!) 

Homework:
- Twain project due next Wednesday! 

Friday
Classwork:
- Ambrose Bierce notes 
- Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" 
- Questions assigned in class

Homework:
- Vocab unit 12 quiz Monday (13th) 
- Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday (14th) 
- Twain project due Wednesday (15th) 
]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:59:27 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem12970693 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ - Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday (14th) 
- Twain project due Wednesday (15th) 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Finish Walt Whitman poems 
*"Reconciliation" & "Beat! Beat! Drums!" 
- Mark Twain bio video 

Homework:
- Take author notes for Twain 
- Vocab unit 12 quiz Monday 
- Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday 

Wednesday
Classwork:
- Read "The Notorious Jumping Frog. . ." in class 
- Assign and discuss project for short story (due Wednesday the 15th)

Homework:
- Finish short story if necessary (take good notes!) 

Thursday
Classwork:
- In-class questions for "Notorious Jumping Frog. . ." (grade!) 

Homework:
- Twain project due next Wednesday! 

Friday
Classwork:
- Ambrose Bierce notes 
- Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" 
- Questions assigned in class

Homework:
- Vocab unit 12 quiz Monday (13th) 
- Major test for "House Divided and Restored" Tuesday (14th) 
- Twain project due Wednesday (15th) 
]]> Tue, 21 Jul 2026 12:59:27 PDT //www.pillowacademy.com/homeworkItem12970677 //www.pillowacademy.com/apps/classes/1061331/assignments/ Classwork:
- Vocab unit 11 quiz 
- Walt Whitman author notes while others finish quiz 
- History notes lecture 

Homework:
- Finish Whitman author notes 
- Second round of research paper final drafts due Thursday on Turn It In by 9:30 am and in class 

Tuesday
Classwork:
- Discuss Walt Whitman 
- Begin reading Whitman poems: (we will not make it through all of them today - that's okay!) 
"I Hear America Singing"
"Song of Myself"
"A Noiseless Patient Spider"
"Beat! Beat! Drums!" 
"Reconciliation" 

Homework:
- Metz will assign based off of how far we get in class! 

Wednesday - (Metz may be out for Easter parties)
Classwork:
- Plan A (if Metz is in class): Continue with Whitman poems 
- Plan B (if Metz is NOT in class): Frederick Douglass video posted below; take author notes; read "My Bondage and My Freedom"; take notes while reading; answer "For Study and Discussion" questions 1 and 2 in complete sentences on a separate piece of paper; finish for homework what you do not finish in class 
(Working on research paper in class is NOT an option) 

Homework:
- Second round of research paper final drafts due Thursday on Turn It In by 9:30 am and in class 

Thursday
Classwork:
- Round two of research paper final drafts due 
- Plan A (if Metz was in class yesterday): Frederick Douglass (so, the work from plan B yesterday) 
- Plan B: (if Metz was NOT in class yesterday): Finish Whitman discussion; move on to discuss reading from class yesterday 

Homework:
- This major test will be Tuesday the 14th

Friday
NO SCHOOL 

"For our sake he made him to be sin who knew no sin, so that in him we might become the righteousness of God."
- 2 Corinthians 5:21
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