Routines & Procedures
When you enter the classroom, check this location to see if there any materials for the lesson.
The table in the back of the room.
These types of assessments have a direct impact on your grade (so you should definitely NOT procrastinate on them!).
Formatives and Summatives
The L in PEEL stands for this.
Link
The country where Mr. Duffy was a Peace Corps Volunteer
Kazakhstan
Writer of "A Tale of Two Cities" and "A Christmas Carole"
Charles Dickens
Your Summer reading paragraph is due on this date.
September 3
Allow this amount of time to pass before asking your teacher if an assignment has been graded.
At least 1-2 weeks
These types of supportive verbs are always there to lend you a hand and modify the tense or condition of a verb.
Helping verbs
What country has been Ms. Avila's favorite to travel to?
Spain
The top-grossing box office movie in the USA in 2025
Zootopia 2
(also accept "The Minecraft Movie" and "Lilo and Stitch")
True or False: Snacks are allowed in class.
True
For homework, you will always need to study either LGR (Latin & Greek Roots) or this on a biweekly basis.
Grammar
Which signpost describes when a character realizes something they had not known previously?
Aha! Moment
What sport does Ms. Avila love to watch, and what sport did she use to play?
Soccer
One of the two countries in the world that start with the letter "F"
Fiji or Finland
Ask this person for a pencil if you forgot yours.
Classmate or Mr. Duffy
Lang and Lit 7 includes this number of units, not including Grammar and LGR.
Six
This type of figurative language compares two things using "like" or "as."
Simile
This is the greatest pop music duo of all time.
Wham!
This person wrote "To Kill a Mockingbird"
Harper Lee
This is the appropriate receptacle for your trash in the classroom.
The trashcan. (NOT inside your desk!)
Individualized feedback on assessments will not be given if your assignment is this.
Late
The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind takes place in this African country.
Malawi
The name of Mr. Duffy's cat
Lucy
Singer Stefani Germanotta is better known by this name.
Lady Gaga