We concluded our Southern Gothic short story unit by analyzing Faulkner's " A Rose For Emily". Bobby demonstrated impressive skill in locating textual support for the story's grotesque gothic elements, and foreshadowing techniques . We then reviewed the story's contrast of the Old South and the rise of the New South and discussed how the story is a monument to a past that was both grand and disturbing. Bobby's homework was complete and responsive and included vocabulary definitions and reading comprehension questions. We continue to make additions to the virtual notebook based on class discussion, and I reviewed how the notebook could be used as a study guide. In that regard, we will have a practice test on Thursday based on class notes so that Bobby can get in the habit of studying for an English test in advance and using his class notes as a source. We will be starting the Southern Gothic novel,"To Kill A Mockingbird" tomorrow. For homework, I assigned vocabulary from the first two chapters of the novel.