Greetings Seniors!
And welcome back from the weekend. I hope you are all well rested and ready to learn.
This is a B week, so we will meet only twice. On Monday, we will discuss briefly my expectations for your Lord of the Flies essays. Remember, you are to upload your final paper to my moodle no later than Friday.
After discussing your paper guidelines, including the Kiss of Death rules that apply, we will review lesson 4 in your vocabulary workbooks. The quiz for this lesson will be on Thursday.
Thursday after your quiz, we will begin our study of British Literature. You will need textbooks for this. Our first foray into this literature will be a look at the earliest known work of English literature, Beowulf. I will show you some samples of old English writing. I also have an in-depth presentation on the history of the time period on which you will be tested. So pay careful attention.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Friday, August 26, 2011
Monday, August 22, 2011
APEnglish (APE) 12: Aug. 22-26
Greetings APEs!
I hope you had a restful weekend. We have tons to do this week, so I'll forgo the chit-chat and get right to the tasks that lie ahead for this week.
You should have already either turned in or uploaded your Major Works Data Sheets for your summer reading. If you were a late arrival to my class, you may still upload these without penalty. If you have known about them since last year when I visited Ms. Elliott's class to show you the assignment, you may still turn them in with a late penalty.
This week we will complete the HtRLLaP discussion and write our first analytical essay. The essay assignment is in the HtRLLaP book. This will be a take-home assignment, so it will be subject to the Kiss of Death. I will explain this in class, but you may check the link on my sidebar for more information.
Should we finish these tasks and still have time, be prepared for a short-story marathon/boot camp. We will read several stories for discussion in each class for the two weeks ahead, then write an analytical essay.
And of course, we will look at a poem each day from the Poetry Out Loud web site. Poetry recitation is the last week of September.
Don't forget to study your B and C words for a vocabulary quiz on Friday.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
I hope you had a restful weekend. We have tons to do this week, so I'll forgo the chit-chat and get right to the tasks that lie ahead for this week.
You should have already either turned in or uploaded your Major Works Data Sheets for your summer reading. If you were a late arrival to my class, you may still upload these without penalty. If you have known about them since last year when I visited Ms. Elliott's class to show you the assignment, you may still turn them in with a late penalty.
This week we will complete the HtRLLaP discussion and write our first analytical essay. The essay assignment is in the HtRLLaP book. This will be a take-home assignment, so it will be subject to the Kiss of Death. I will explain this in class, but you may check the link on my sidebar for more information.
Should we finish these tasks and still have time, be prepared for a short-story marathon/boot camp. We will read several stories for discussion in each class for the two weeks ahead, then write an analytical essay.
And of course, we will look at a poem each day from the Poetry Out Loud web site. Poetry recitation is the last week of September.
Don't forget to study your B and C words for a vocabulary quiz on Friday.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Pre_APEnglish 10, Aug. 22-26
Greetings Sophomores!
Week three is upon us! We have so much to do and so little time. I'll get straight to the lessons:
This week you will have a quiz on vocabulary lesson 2. Be sure to STUDY. These are tough words. Your quiz will be on your last day of class for the week.
You will also get back your diagnostic essays, and we will do an activity with them using highlighters. If you don't have any yet, try to get some by class time. We will use yellow, blue and green.
Your essays, as I previously stated, were diagnostic, and will count only as a classwork grade. However, your revisions of your essays will be graded as essays, which are a more substantial part of your grade, so be sure to complete them on time! I have placed an upload link on my moodle.
We will also delve into The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. I have books for in class. Here is a link for your use at home. It has a handy side-by-side text.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Week three is upon us! We have so much to do and so little time. I'll get straight to the lessons:
This week you will have a quiz on vocabulary lesson 2. Be sure to STUDY. These are tough words. Your quiz will be on your last day of class for the week.
You will also get back your diagnostic essays, and we will do an activity with them using highlighters. If you don't have any yet, try to get some by class time. We will use yellow, blue and green.
Your essays, as I previously stated, were diagnostic, and will count only as a classwork grade. However, your revisions of your essays will be graded as essays, which are a more substantial part of your grade, so be sure to complete them on time! I have placed an upload link on my moodle.
We will also delve into The Tragedy of Julius Caesar. I have books for in class. Here is a link for your use at home. It has a handy side-by-side text.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Friday, August 19, 2011
English 12: Aug. 22-26
Greetings Seniors!
Another week has rapidly passed, and we are well on our way towards graduation! It's difficult to believe that we are already on week three!
This is an A week, so we will meet three time, and luckily, we have plenty to do to fill those classes:
One Monday we will review vocabulary lesson three. Be sure to bring your workbooks.
We will finish our overview presentation on LotF and begin our in-depth discussion of the text. I hope you all will have finished reading before class on Monday.
On Wednesday, we will wrap up our discussion and watch a documentary on the book that should give you a better understanding of the themes Golding was attempting to address.
Thursday, you will have a quiz on vocabulary lesson three, and I will give you the details of your essay assignment on LofF. I will also explain to you my grading system and what it means to get a Kiss of Death on a paper.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Another week has rapidly passed, and we are well on our way towards graduation! It's difficult to believe that we are already on week three!
This is an A week, so we will meet three time, and luckily, we have plenty to do to fill those classes:
One Monday we will review vocabulary lesson three. Be sure to bring your workbooks.
We will finish our overview presentation on LotF and begin our in-depth discussion of the text. I hope you all will have finished reading before class on Monday.
On Wednesday, we will wrap up our discussion and watch a documentary on the book that should give you a better understanding of the themes Golding was attempting to address.
Thursday, you will have a quiz on vocabulary lesson three, and I will give you the details of your essay assignment on LofF. I will also explain to you my grading system and what it means to get a Kiss of Death on a paper.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
English 10: Aug. 22-26
Greetings Sophomores,
Time is passing swiftly, and we must work hard if we are to accomplish all the tasks that lie before us. I have confidence that we will make great strides this year in perfecting our grammar and writing skills and in reading and analyzing literature. To that end, I have planned the following for the coming week:
On Tuesday, we will review our vocabulary lesson three for a quiz on Thursday.
We will complete a short diagnostic essay so that I can determine the writing skills you already possess.
We will also begin a grammar review of the parts of a sentence.
On Thursday, we will take a vocabulary quiz on lesson three.
Then we will continue our study of the parts of a sentence. Expect a test on this information next week.
You should bring your textbook on Thursday. We will begin looking at the earliest recorded American Literature, Native American mythology.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
Time is passing swiftly, and we must work hard if we are to accomplish all the tasks that lie before us. I have confidence that we will make great strides this year in perfecting our grammar and writing skills and in reading and analyzing literature. To that end, I have planned the following for the coming week:
On Tuesday, we will review our vocabulary lesson three for a quiz on Thursday.
We will complete a short diagnostic essay so that I can determine the writing skills you already possess.
We will also begin a grammar review of the parts of a sentence.
On Thursday, we will take a vocabulary quiz on lesson three.
Then we will continue our study of the parts of a sentence. Expect a test on this information next week.
You should bring your textbook on Thursday. We will begin looking at the earliest recorded American Literature, Native American mythology.
See you in class!
Mrs. SO
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