NEW YEAR'S GREETINGS TO ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS, GUARDIANS AND SOCIAL WORKERS

I WISH YOU ALL A VERY HAPPY, PROSPEROUS AND SUCCESSFUL NEW YEAR.

PLEASE REMEMBER THE GRADES THE STUDENTS EARNED ARE THE MEASURE OF THE PRODUCT DELIVERED TO THE TEACHER.

Periods 1 and 3, World Literature:

1. Late papers will not be accepted.

2. Papers turned in without being vetted by Spell Check and Grammar Check will be returned ungraded and counted as fails. Papers submitted by email should be sent as Word attachments so that you may use use Spell Check and Grammar Check.

3. We will use the textbook for World Literature.

4. You will be expected to finish an Accelerated Reader and take the test in the Library every three weeks. Read only those Accelerated Readers on Mrs. Campbell's Blog. Her list is titled "The 101 Books and Plays to Be Read before Going to College." These tests will be and integral part of your work and grades.

5. You will be expected to check my blog each day for updates and information to prepare you for surprise tests.

6. There will be in-class essays on the textual materials.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Please reexamine the packet on The International Phonetic Alphabet I gave you before Christmas. Most major dictionaries use this system as the pronunciation guide.

2. Please continue with your Accelerated Readers and the concomitant testing in the Library.

3. Complying with the wishes of my AP professor, we will spend some time with current events. I plan to organize debates around the news items.

4. We will use the Bedford Reader.

5. Late papers will not be accepted and an "F" will be entered in the grade book.

6. Papers turned in not having been vetted by Spell Check and Grammar Check will not be accepted and an "F" will be entered the grade book. Papers submitted by email must be sent as Word attachments so that you can use Spell Check and Grammar Check.

7. You will receive a packet of information on Grimm's Law and Verner's Law. We will discuss the interrelationships of Indo-European languages.

8. You will be expected to read my blog daily for updates and information for surprise tests.

9. We will continue with Greek and Latin roots.

10. Of course, there will be in-class essays.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. We will continue to use the textbook.

2. The Accelerated Readers will become an integral part of your grade. Please read the books and plays on Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays one should read before going to college. The list is on her blog.

3. Many of you have done a good job on "The Crucible."

4. You will be expected to read my blog every day for updates and information on surprise tests and dictations.

5. There will be in-class essays.

6. Papers sent by email must be sent as Word attachments so that you can use Spell Check and Grammar Check. Papers turned in without the use of Spell Check and Grammar Check will not be accepted and entered as fails.


QUI IACET IN TERRA NON HABET UNDE CADET!

MESSAGE TO ALL STUDENTS, PARENTS, AND GURARDIANS FOR THE CHRISTMAS HOLLIDAYS

MARRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL OF YOU. I WISH YOU A VERY HAPPY AND PROSPEROUS NEW YEAR, AS WELL.

PLEASE SPEND SOME TIME WITH YOUR ACCELERATED READERS. IF YOU HAVE NOT HAD A CHANCE TO CHECK OUT A BOOK FROM OUR LIBRARY, YOU WILL BE ABLE TO FIND THE BOOKS ON MRS. CAMPBELL'S 101 BOOKS AND PLAYS TO BE READ BEFORE ENTERING COLLEGE AT LOCAL LIBRARIES AND BOOKSTORES. PLEASE ENCOURAGE YOUR BROTHERS AND SISTERS TO START WORKING ON THE LIST NOW.

DEAR PARENTS AND GUARDIANS,

PLEASE ENSURE THAT YOUR CHILDREN HAVE A TIME AND A PLACE TO READ. WITH YOUR HELP, WE CAN IMPROVE THE STUDENTS GRADES AND TEST SCORES. READING IS OF PRIME IMPORTANCE IN THE PROCESS OF LEARNING.

THANK YOU FOR ALL THE HELP YOU GIVE OUR STUDENTS.

SINCERELY,

R. MELLING

AGENDAS FOR PERIODS 1 AND 6 FOR DECEMBER 20, 2007

Period 1, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. The deadline has passed for all late work.

2. Read my previous blogs for information on how to prepare for the final exam.


Period 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. The deadline has passed for all late work.

2. Read my previous blogs for information on how to prepare for the final exam.

AGENDAS FOR PERIODS 2 AND 5 FOR DECEMBER 19, 2007

Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. I need your Rogerian essays and Toulmin essays. Now!

2. This is exam day. Please see my previous blog for instructions on what to study.


Period 5, American Literature/Composition:

1. Today, December 19, 2007 is exam day. Study my previous blogs for instructions on what to study.

2. Turn in any late work.

AGENDA FOR PERIOD 3 FOR DECEMBER 18, 2007

Period 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. I need all late work if I am not to average it into your grade as a zero.


2. Today is exam day. See my previous blog for study instructions.

FINAL EXAMINATION INFORMATION FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THE WEEK OF DECEMBER 17, 2007

ALL CLASS WILL WRITE FINAL EXAMS AS STATED ON PREVIOUS BLOGS.

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

You will write a seven-paragraph essay explaining why your senior project topic is important or of benefit to society.

Paragraph 1: This is the introduction. It must contain your thesis statement, but no proofs. It should have at least four sentences.

Paragraph 2: This is your first proof with support sentences.

Paragraph 3: This is your second proof with support sentences.

Paragraph 4: This is your third proof with support sentences.

Paragraph 5: The counter-claim: In this paragraph, you state the counter-claim that your topic is of little or no importance or of little or no benefit to society and give evidence supporting that position.

Paragraph 6: The rebuttal: In this paragraph, you will defeat the counter-claim with evidence from your research.

Paragraph 7: This is your conclusion. Restate your thesis statement and briefly restate the proofs form paragraphs 2, 3, and 4. Finish with a strong sentence showing the reader you know what you are talking about.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Please review figures of speech.

2. You will write a Rogerian essay in which you state the pros and cons of separating goal-oriented students from those who are not goal-oriented. On the prompt, I will give you some suggestions you may use in your essay to support each side of the controversy. Also, I will offer some possible compromises. Some of the compromises I offer may be considered "jumping through the horns of a dilemma," but, in any case, I will allow you to use them. Please select one compromise only, or you may choose one of your own making.

3. Please make sure I have your Toulmin essays on hybrid cars. Please use the form suggested by The Owl of Purdue.


Periods 5 and 6 American Literature/Composition:

1. Be prepared to write on "The Crucible." You will compare the film and the play we have just read. Please consider the atmosphere, costumes, camera work, use of dialect, acting, setting, and changes the director made in the film. You may use other points of comparison you discover.

2. Please review the figures of speech in the back of your textbook.

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2007

SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR ALL CLASSES:

ALL CLASSES WILL HAVE A FINAL EXAM. PLEASE READ THE STUDY INSTRUCTIONS FOR YOUR COURSE.


Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Restudy all your notes, research, notes from your 20 hours of community service and anything else you may have learned from the process of presenting your project.

2. Prepare yourself to write a seven-paragraph essay on your project using the information above. The thesis statement will be "'the name of your project' is valuable to society."

3. Your copies of Pages 380 to 402 in Writer's Choice must be turned in by Wednesday, December 19, 2007.

4. Take your Accelerated Reader test as soon as possible.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Restudy the figures of speech.

2. Be prepared to write a Rogerian essay on the topic "Goal-oriented students and non-goal-oriented students should be in separate classes."

3. Be prepared to identify figures of speech in selected textual materials. You will need to explain what they mean and why the author uses them.

4. Finish "The Crucible."

5. If you have finished your new Accelerated Reader, please take the test in the Library.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Restudy the figures of speech.

2. Be prepared to write about the analogy created by Arthur Miller: witches/Salem equals Communists/Hollywood.

3. Be prepared to correct the grammar, spelling and capitalization in selections from our previous dictations. They will be written with errors on your test pamphlet.

4. Be prepared to identify figures of speech in passages from the texts we have read.
You will be asked to explain what they mean and why the author uses them.

5. Take your Accelerated Reader test as soon as possible.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. This is the DROP-DEAD day for your research papers. You must give me your paper today or email it to me today. No exceptions.

2. I need your copies of Pages 380 to 402 of Writer's Choice by December 19, 2007.

3. Take your Accelerated Reader test by December 19, 2007.

4. There will be a final exam.

5. Choose a new Accelerated Reader from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays to be read before going to college.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Your Toulmin essays are owing today. No late papers!

2. For those of you who have not turned in your Rogerian essays, Today is the last day; I will score them at a discounted grade.

3. Continue to study the Greek roots.

4. Read the information on The International Phonetic Alphabet.

5. Take your Accelerated Reader tests as soon as possible.

6. Choose a new Accelerated Reader from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays to be read before going to college.

7. There will be a final exam.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continue Act III of The Crucible.

2. Take your Accelerated Read tests as soon as possible.

3. Grammar-in-context dictation assignment from the text of The Crucible.

4. Choose a new Accelerated Reader from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays to be read before going to college.

5 There will be a final exam.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 13, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Friday, December 14, 2007 is the DROP-DEAD date for your research papers. You may give them to me personally or email them.

2. For those of you who have been reading an Accelerated Reader from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays you should have read before entering college, please take the AR test in our Library as soon as possible. You must tell Mr. Lee that you are in my senior class for him to test you and give me your score.

3. You will have a final exam.

4. Please continue to copy Pages 380 to 402 in Writer's Choice.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Thank you for your sparkling performance during the administrative visit.

2. I need those Toulmin essays on hybrid cars by Friday, December 14, 2007. This is a DROP-DEAD date.

3. If you still owe a Rogerian essay on The Catcher in the Rye, Bless me, Ultima, and Huck Finn, please get it in by Friday, December 14, 2007. You may email it or give it to me on Friday. This is a DROP-DEAD date.

4. Please continue to study the Greek roots on your own. We will get to Latin roots as soon as possible.

5. Your next Accelerated Reader test is Tuesday, December 18, 2007.

6. You will have a final exam.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Finish Act II and begin Act III of "The Crucible."

2. Grammar-in-context selections from "The Crucible" for dictation tomorrow.

3. Continue reading your Accelerated Readers from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays to be read before going to college.

4. Continue to review figures of speech found in the back of your textbook.

5. You will have a final exam.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 12, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Friday, December 14, 2007 is the DROP-DEAD date for your research papers. I must have time to read each one carefully.

2. Please continue with your classwork in Writer's Choice,Pages 380 to 402. These pages illustrate all the errors in grammar I found in your essays and the research papers I have corrected so far. Simply copy the poorly written sentences and the corrections given by the authors. Turn these pages into me by next Wednesday for check off. I will return them to you so that you will have them in your files at home for your next English class or for college.

3. Contrary to popular opinion, the semester is not finished. You will have a final exam. Please bring your materials every day.

4. When you have finished your Accelerated Reader, let me know so that I may arrange testing.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Your Toulmin essays on hybrid cars will be collected on Friday, December 14, 2007.

2. Continue reading your Accelerated Reader #2. Remember to take the test.

3. More Greek roots: Lesson VI.

4. Continue to review figures of speech.

5. Review your notes on logical argumentation.

6. Do all these items in preparation for the final exam.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continue taking parts in "The Crucible."

2. Review the figures of speech in the back of your text book.

3. Be prepared to correct uncapitalized, unpunctuated and misspelled dictations you have been tested on before.

4. Review all the literature we have read since July.

5. Do all these items in preparation for the final exam.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR DECEMBER 11, 20007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Your semester is not finished. You will copy Pages 380 to 402 in Writer's Choice.

2. Make sure I have research papers by December 14, 2007.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Continue working on your Toulmin essay.

2. Study Greek roots, Lessons IV, and V.

3. Review your figures of speech.

4. Continue reading on your Accelerated Reader #2.



Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:


1. Act II "The Crucible."

2. Continue reading your Accelerated Readers.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 10,2007

SORRY I COULD NOT BE WITH YOU ON FRIDAY. I WAS RECOVERING FROM THE SENIOR PROJECT.

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Continue the assignment I left for you on Friday. Pages 380 to 402. Copy the problem sentences and their solutions. This is a wrap-up of the errors I found in your essays and research papers.

2. For those of you who have not finished you research papers, please turn them in or email them by Friday, December 14, 2007.

3. By now you should have selected an Accelerated Reader. Please take the test by December 20, 2007.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Work on you Toulmin essays.

2. Review figures of speech.

3. Discuss Greek roots Lessons 4 and 5.

4. Continue reading Accelerated Reader #2


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Comlposition:

1. Continue taking parts in "The Crucible."

2. Continue reading Accelerated Reader #@

3. Write a summary of Act I of "The Crucible."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Writer's Choice grammar lessons based on errors found in your essays and research papers.

2. Discussion of Accelerated Reader assignments.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Review of the Toulmin essay assignment.

2. Distribution of the Bedford Reader, if available

3. Review of figures of speech.



Periods 5 and 6, American Literature and Composition:

1. Time to read in peace. Accelerated Readers.

2. "The Crucible"

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 6, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Grammar work in Writer's Choice on problems discovered in your essays and in the rough drafts of your research papers.

2. Discussion of Accelerated Reader assignments from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays to be read before entering college.

3. If available, we will discuss the scores of your presentations.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Finish discussion of the Toulmin essay form

2. Review of simple syllogisms.

3. Review of genus and differentia definitions.

4. Individual scoring of the last two Rogerian essays.

5. Pages 4 and 5 of Greek roots, pending the repair of our copy machines.

6. Continue reading your second Accelerated Reader from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays to be read before entering college.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible."

2. Continued discussion of the analogy presented in "The Crucible."

3. Students should be on their second Accelerated Reader from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays to be read before entering college.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 5, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Thanks again to all of you who presented yesterday.

2. Please finish your research papers.

3. I have provided you with Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays that one should read before entering college. Please check out an Accelerated Read from the books on that list. Do not choose an abridged or watered-down version. Read the book or play and then take the Accelerated Reader test on that book or play before we have our Christmas Vacation. Mr. Lee in the Library will help you with this assignment.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Scoring of the last Rogerian essay.

2. Deconstructing instructions set 3 for the Toulmin essay.

3. Continued reading and testing of your Accelerated Readers.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition

1. Close reading of "The Crucible."

2. Students take parts in "The Crucible."

3. Continued discussion of the historical relevance of the play.

4. Discussion of essay based on "The Crucible."

5. Continued reading and testing of your Accelerated Readers.

SPECIAL THANKS TO ALL WHO PRESENTED THEIR SENIOR PROJECTS

YESTERDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2007 WAS THE DAY FOR THE SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS THAT YOU HAVE BEEN WORKING ON SINCE JULY. I WISH TO THANK ALL OF YOU FOR YOUR WORK AND YOUR COOPERATION WITH ME IN GETTING THE WORK DONE. I AM SORRY THAT I COULD NOT BE WITH YOU ALL DURING YOUR PRESENTATIONS. I WAS TRULY IMPRESSED BY YOUR ATTIRE, AS WELL.

THE ONLY THING LEFT TO DO IS THE FINAL RESEARCH PAPER. MANY OF YOU HAVE ALREADY TURNED THEM IN AND I HAVE SCORED THEM.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Report directly to your assigned presentation rooms when classes are dismissed. Do not plan to show up at the listed time of your presentation. If someone is absent ahead of you, you will be called in their stead.

2. See my previous blog for a special message to you.

3. Remember not to turn your back to the audience to read your Power Point slides.

4. Use note cards as reminders as to what you wish to say.

5. Maintain eye contact with your audience.

6. Dress appropriately.

7. Avoid slang in your presentations.

8. Maintain good posture.

9. Smile! Remember that you are not at a funeral.


Period 2, Honors English 11Th using the AP Curriculum:

1. Individual scoring of the Rogerian essays.

2. Discussion of Set #2 of Toulmin instructions from Owl of Purdue.

3. Issuance of Page 4 of Greek roots.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible."

2. Students act out the parts of "The Crucible."

3. Essay preparation for "The Crucible."

SPECIAL MESSAGE TO SENIOR COMPOSITION/SENIOR PROJECT CLASSES

TOMORROW,TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2007 IS THE DATE FOR YOUR PRESENTATIONS. TRADITIONALLY ONE SAYS, "GOOD LUCK," BUT SINCE WE ARE IN HOLLYWOOD, WE MUST GO BY THE EXPRESSION THAT THEATER PEOPLE USE. IT IS "BREAK A LEG" AS SAYING,"GOOD LUCK" IS THOUGHT TO PRODUCE BAD LUCK. SO HERE IT IS: BREAK A LEG.

TUUM EST!

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. If you have not yet let me look over your research paper, please send it to me or bring it to me by December 3, 2007. I would like to see it before you do your presentation just to avoid major errors in content. I will not score it until the appointed date.

2. Your will give your presentations tomorrow. You must appear at your assigned room at 2:00 PM.

3. Please continue reading the Accelerated Reader text you have chosen from Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books to be read before going to college.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Continued individual scoring of your Rogerian essays.

2. Deconstruction of the second set of instructions for the Toulmin essay.

3. Continue reading your second Accelerated Reader text.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:


1. Close reading of "The Crucible."

2. Students take parts in the play.

3. Be sure to take your Accelerated Reader test tomorrow.

4. Choose your next Accelerated Reader text.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Please give me or email me your research papers so that I may edit them before your presentations to be given on Tuesday, December 4, 2007.

2. If you are satisfied with your research papers, I will score them.

3. Please continue to read the Accelerated Reader texts on Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books and plays to be read before entering college.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. I will continue to score your Rogerian essays individually.

2. You will deconstruct the second set of instructions on the Toulmin essay.

3. Continue to read your Accelerated Readers.

4. Please go to the HHS Library web site every day to read the news on the honest web sites listed on the Library Page.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible."

2. Students will act out the parts of "The Crucible."

3. Please please continue to read the Accelerated Readers.

4. Take the Accelerated Reader test on the book you are reading by Tuesday, December 4, 2007.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 29, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Please give me or email me your research papers by Friday, November 30, 2007 so that I may guide you in your presentations. I am not grading them unless you have finished them and I have helped you with your rough drafts. Let me know if the product (paper) that you give or send me is your finished product. Remember to include internal documentation and work cited page.

2. Please continue reading an unabridged version of the books or plays from Mrs. Campbell's 101 books one must read before going to college. The ones I have crossed out on the list do not have an Accelerated Reader test. Do not choose one on the list that has been crossed out. I will set the date for Mr. Lee to administer the test for you.

3. You Power Point Presentations will be given on Tuesday, December 4, 2007. There are no make-ups.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Please bring you copy of sheet #1 together with the deconstruction of the Toulmin essay instructions that I asked you to write for homework.

2. Continued individual scoring of your Rogerian essays.

3. I will pass out the second set of Toulmin essay instructions. You will begin deconstructing these while I am scoring Rogerian essays.

4. On your own, check the HHS Library web site for the important news of the day. Some examples of what may show up on the AP tests are: the global warming controversy, gang violence, illegal immigration, the secularization of American society, world response to religious terrorism, environmentally safe energy production, the failure of American public education, and nuclear proliferation.

4. Today is the deadline for you to take your first Accelerated Reader test. Take it and choose a new book from Mrs. Campbell's list. The second test must be taken three weeks from today, Thursday November 29, 2007.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible."

2. Students will act out the parts of the play covered by the close reading.

3. Continue to read your Accelerated Readers from Mrs. Campbell's list. You must take the first test in the Library by December 4, 2007.

INFORMATION FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 28, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Please continue to let me help you with your research papers. I must have them by Friday, November 30, 2007 if you wish to have me proofread them before your presentations.

2. Presentation assignment rooms will be issued on Friday, November 30 2007.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Continued individual scoring of the Rogerian essays.

2. Please check the news online each day.

3. Pending the ending of Rogerian scoring, you will deconstruct the instructions for the Toulmin essay.

4. Accelerated Reader tests must be taken by Thursday, November 29,2007.

5. Please choose a new text from Mrs. Campbell's list.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible" with emphasis on emotional content and historical significance.

2. Student acting of "The Crucible."

3. Continue to read you Accelerated Reader texts. The test must be taken by Tuesday, two weeks from now.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 27, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. See the previous Blog: Today is the deadline for the preliminary essays. I must have your research papers by Friday, November 30, 2007.

2. Please bring your research papers to me for correction and advice.

3. Those of you who are going on to college or may, in the future, wish to go to college should begin reading as many of the books and plays on Mrs. Campbell's list of 101 books to be read before going to college. If you lost the paper I gave you, go to her blog on the HHS Home web site.

4. Mr. Goldyn will be collecting the LCD projector, so you must find another venue to practice your presentations.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Continued individual scoring of your Rogerian essays.

2. Bring your Accelerated text to class to read. I will not brook talking during the class.

3. Students must take the Accelerated Reader tests by Thursday, November 29, 2007. Mr. Lee will submit the grades to me on that date.

4. Time permitting, you will begin to deconstruct the instructions on the writing of the Toulmine essay. You will also examine examples of such essays.




Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible."

2. Students will take parts in "The Crucible," with emphasis on the emotional content of the play.

3. Students will continue reading the Accelerated Reader texts in preparation for the tests in two weeks time.

MESSAGE FOR SENIOR COMPOSITION/SENIOR PROJECT CLASSES

TODAY IS THE DROP-DEAD DATE FOR THE SIX PRELIMINARY ESSAYS THAT HAVE BEEN OWING SINCE JULY. I WILL ACCEPT THEM BY EMAIL IF YOU SEND THEM TODAY. THE MAXIMUM GRADE FOR THESE LATE PAPERS IS D.

I MUST HAVE YOUR RESEARCH PAPERS BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, SO THAT I MAY APPROVE THEM BEFORE YOU GIVE YOUR PRESENTATIONS ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2007.

TUUM EST!

SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR ALL CLASSES

DEAR STUDENTS, I HAVE PASSED OUT COPIES OF MRS. CAMPBELL'S LIST OF THE 101 BOOKS AND PLAYS THAT SHOULD BE READ BEFORE ENTERING COLLEGE OR UNIVERSITY. PLEASE READ AS MANY AS YOU CAN.

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. If you were not present or have lost your copy of the 101 books and plays, please let me know.

2. I know you have a lot of work to do on your research papers,and presentations, not to mention the work you must do for other classes, so I am not requiring that you take the Accelerated Reader Tests at this time. You may do so if you wish, making sure that you do not choose an abridged or watered down version of these classic pieces of literature.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. The deadline for your first Accelerated Reader test is coming up. DO NOT MISS IT!

2, Please start your next book, making sure it is not abridged or watered-down. Take the test as soon as possible.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. You have two more weeks to take your first Accelerated Reader test. Please take it.

2. As soon as you have taken the Accelerated Reader test for your book, choose another one, making sure not to pick an abridged or watered-down version.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007

MESSAGE TO ALL STUDENTS: I WISH YOU A GREAT THANKSGIVING. PLEASE SAVE SOME TIME TO WORK ON ASSIGNMENTS THAT ARE STILL OWING.

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Project/Senior Composition:

1. Monday, November 26, 2007 is the DROP DEAD DATE for all essays.

2. Friday, November 30, 2007 is the DROP DEAD DATE for research papers.

3. If you were absent November 21, 2007 or failed to enter your name on Mr. William Goldyn's Senior Project Presentation List, Please put a note in his mailbox in the Main Office on Monday, November 26, 2007 telling him your name, the subject of your project and any special equipment you need for your presentation. You may also email your information to Mr. Goldyn at wgoldyn@lausd.net

4. Continue to practice your presentations.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Continued individual grading of your Rogerian essays.

2. Pending discovery of the rubric for your King Lear AP released essay, you will score your classmates essays.

3. Time permitting, introduction of the Toulmine essay.

4. Issuance of The Bedford Reader, if available.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible" with emphasis on the historical and emotional content of the play.

2. Student acting of the play reflecting the proper intonation,enunciation, and emotion of each speech.

HABAI ITA SWE!

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 21, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

REPETITION OF YESTERDAY' SPECIAL MESSAGE: ALL ESSAYS MUST BE HANDED IN BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007 IF YOU WISH TO GET CREDIT FOR DOING THEM. THIS IS THE DROP DEAD DATE.

I MUST HAVE YOUR RESEARCH PAPERS BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007 SO THAT I MAY CHECK THEM BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATIONS ON DECEMBER 4, 2007.

AS WE DO NOT HAVE THE LAP TOP FOR POWER POINT PRACTICE, PLEASE SEEK OTHER VENUES FOR PRACTICE.

1. CONTINUE TO BRING ME YOUR WORK FOR CORRECTION.

2. ENLIST THE HELP OF ANYONE TO LISTEN TO YOUR PRESENTATIONS.


Period 2, English 11 using the AP Curriculum:


1. Student scoring of the Lear essay.

2. Issuance of The Bedford Reader, if delivered.

3. Discussion of your Rogerian essays.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible."

2. Acting of "The Crucible."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR TUESDAY, NOVEMBER 20, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

SPECIAL REMINDER FOR ALL SENIORS: ALL ESSAYS, MANY OF WHICH HAVE BEEN OWING FOR MORE THAN FOUR MONTHS, MUST BE TURNED IN OR EMAILED BY MONDAY, NOVEMBER 26, 2007. THIS IS THE DROP DEAD DATE.

YOUR RESEARCH PAPERS MUST BE COMPLETED AND HANDED IN OR EMAILED BY FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 30, 2007 SO THAT I MAY REVIEW THEM BEFORE YOUR PRESENTATIONS.

OWING TO THE FACT THAT WE DO NOT HAVE THE FACILITY TO PRACTICE YOUR POWER POINT PRESENTATIONS IN CLASS, PLEASE TAKE EVERY OPPORTUNITY TO PRACTICE THEM IN OTHER VENUES.

1. Finally, some of your are bringing your work to me so that I may help you. The drop dead dates are coming fast upon you. If you fail to deliver, I cannot rescue you.

2. Please bring all your corrected essays to me so that I may put them in the portfolios.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Owing to the fact that none of you has read King Lear, I will give a short synopsis of the plot line so that you may better write the AP released essay on that play by Shakespeare. You may wish to go on line tonight to seek out further information on that play. This AP essay is an example illustrating my point that the writers of the tests expect you to have read many pieces of literature that your teachers have not yet assigned.

2. AP practice essay on King Lear.

3. Issuance of The Bedford Reader, time and availability permitting.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Classes will meet in the Library for Accelerated Reader orientation.

2. Students will select books from Mrs. Campbell's College Required Reading List.

3. On Wednesday we will meet in the class room, as usual.

LAISSEZ LES BONS TEMPS ROULET!

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 19, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. I am continuing to try to locate a lap top so that you can practice your presentations using Power Point.

2. Continue to email your long-overdue essays to me.

3. Bring or send your rough drafts of the research paper so that I may help you with them.

4. Time is running out. The presentations will be given on December 4, 2007. THERE IS NO MAKE UP.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Collection of the Rogerian essay.

2. Distribution of The Bedford Reader.

3. More AP test practice.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Crucible" with emphasis on the emotional and historical content.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 16, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

SPECIAL MESSAGE: I WAS NOTIFIED THIS MORNING (THURSDAY) THAT NO LAP TOP COMPUTERS ARE AVAILABLE FOR OUR CLASS ROOM. THIS BEING THE CASE, I URGE YOU TO SEEK OUT VENUES WHERE THE EQUIPMENT IS AVAILABLE. THIS IS CRITICAL.

1. Continue to submit essays that are owing. These are very, very late and grade reductions the result. Please submit these to my email address to avoid misplacement.

2. Please bring me your rough drafts of the research paper. I will help you with them.

3. Your presentations will be delivered on December 4, 2007. There is one shot only. If you do not present, you fail.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. I will accept your Rogerian essay via email. It will be part of you final mark for the semester.

2. Timed AP Released 2007 Essay #3 (40 minutes only)

3. Student scoring of Essay #3 using the AP rubric for that essay.

4. Class discussion of the essay.

5. Distribution of The Bedford Reader , if available.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued work with "The Crucible."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 15, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

NOVEMBER 30, 2007 IS THE DEADLINE FOR THE RESEARCH PAPER. THE PAPERS ARE A MINIMUM OF SEVEN PAGES. NO PAPER--NO PASS!

PLEASE PRACTICE YOU PRESENTATIONS AT EVERY OPPORTUNITY.


1. Continue to bring me your work for correction and email your essays and and research paper to me.

2. The counselors will be visiting to program you for next semester.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:


1. Classroom AP Released Essay #3 written in class (40 minutes)

2. Be sure your Rogerian essay is ready to hand in on Friday, November 16, 2007. It will be two pages double-spaced. I will cut the grade one letter for every day that it is late.

3. Talking continues to be a problem in this class. College level behavior is a prerequisite for attendance in this class.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Parts will be assigned for "The Crucible."

2. Review of background for the play.

3. Instruction on emotional tone of play.

4. Students take parts in the play.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 14, 2007

THERE WERE NO CLASSES ON MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, SO PLEASE KNOW THE ASSIGNMENTS FOR MONDAY WERE FOR TUESDAY.

MANY THANKS TO THOSE OF YOU WHO ATTENDED THE PERFORMING ARTS MAGNET'S PRODUCTION OF "THE IMAGINARY INVALID." I WAS PRIVILEGED TO SEE IT ON FRIDAY AND SATURDAY. I ASK THAT YOU CONTINUE TO ATTEND THE MAGNET'S PRODUCTIONS. YOUR SUPPORT IS VALUED.

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Please continue to bring your work for me to correct. I need the essays that have been owing for months now. No essays-no pass! Please email anything you finish. Emailing precludes the possibility of lost work and saves paper. You should be well along with your research papers. I need to help you with these, so email them to me and bring your rough drafts to class.

2. Mr. Martinez has promised a lap top so that you may practice your presentations using power point.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Using the AP Rubric for Released Essay 2, score the essay you wrote in class today. Make corrections following the rubric. Rewrite the paper in ink or on the computer. Bring your original and your rewrite to class tomorrow. You will score each other's papers according to the rubric.

2. Time permitting, you will write Released Essay 3.

3. Your Rogerian essay will be collected Friday, November 16, 2007.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:


1. Discussion of the Accelerated Reader Program.

2. Historical background for "The Crucible." Students will take Cornell Notes. Review of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

3. Students will work in groups on "The Crucible."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 12, 2007

A MESSAGE FOR ALL CLASSES: OWING TO PHABAO NIGHT, I WAS ABLE TO SEE ONLY THE 6TH PERIOD PRESENTATION OF "THE WOULD-BE INVALID" ALSO CALLED "THE IMAGINARY INVALID." I URGE YOU TO SEE THE FULL PRODUCTION TONIGHT, SATURDAY NIGHT, OR SUNDAY AFTERNOON. PLEASE SEE MY PREVIOUS BLOGS FOR INSTRUCTIONS.

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Continue to bring your work to me for correction.

2. Submit you very much overdue essays to my email address.

3. Go to see the play.


Period 2, Honors English 11Th using the AP Curriculum:

1. Continuing work on scoring the released AP synthesis essay on advertising. Please bring your copies of the prompt and the rubric.

2. Begin deconstructing the prompt for the second released AP test essay.

3. Please have your Rogerian essay ready by to hand in on November 16, 2007. Remember: double-spaced New Times Roman.

4. Go to see the play.

5. Instead of watching re-runs on TV, please read your Accelerated Reader texts for the college-bound.

6. Remember: I expect college decorum in our class room.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continue Pacing Plan work.

2. Dictation test.

3. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

EX NIHIL, NIHIL FIT!

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 9, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Students attending a paid performance of "The Would-be Invalid," also known as "The Imaginary Invalid," will receive extra credit by bringing me a ticket stub and writing a reasonable critique of the performance. Do not tell me about the play itself, but tell me how well it was performed. You will need to write the names of the actors and the actresses, the parts they played, describe the scenery, costumes, and show that the performers achieved the desired effect of producing a slap-stick comedy. For many of you, this may be an opportunity to push that F to a D. As blogged earlier, the performances are by our Performing Arts Magnet students, at 7:00 PM tonight, Thursday, November 8, Friday, November, 9 and Saturday, November 10. There is a 2:00 PM performance on Sunday. The performances are in our auditorium and tickets are $10 for students and $13 for adults.

2. Unfortunately, many of you are chatting away your class time while I am there to help you with you research papers and oral presentations. Time is running out. I will not write your papers for you, nor can I give your Power Point presentations for you.

3. Please email you overdue essays and research paper rough drafts to me so that I will have time to read them to give you credit. I must have all overdue essays by November 16, 2007. You have had several months to write these.

TUUM EST!

Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Please see the instructions for Periods 1 and 2 for the assignment on "The Would-be Invalid." Your critiques; however, will be graded on an A,B,C,D,F basis using a rubric derived from the AP essay rubrics.

2. I am assuming that you all have finished reading Huck Finn and are hard at work on your Rogerian essay. I will collect it on Friday, November 16, 2007.

3. Now that you have chosen an Accelerated Reader, please take the test within three weeks and immediately select a second book and read it.

4. Scoring of the AP essay you wrote on Tuesday of this week.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature and Composition:

1. Continue writing your essays on "The Devil and Tom Walker."

2. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

3. Continued work on the Pacing Plan.


HABAI ITA SWE!

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, NOVEMBER 8, 2007, A MINIMUM DAY

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Counselor visit.

2. Guided help with the final research paper.

3. Review of the materials on "The Would-be Invalid" ("The Imaginary Invalid").


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Student scoring of the released 2007 synthesis essay on advertising written in class yesterday using the 9 Point AP Rubric.

2. Discussion of the results.

3. Review of materials on "The Would-be Invalid" (The Imaginary Invalid).


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Guided essay writing of the compare/contrast essay on the types of evil found in "The Devil and Tom Walker."

2. Review of the materials on "The Would-be Invalid" ("The Imaginary Invalid").

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, NOVEMBER 7, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Continuing guided help with final research paper. Please do some work on it so that I can give you assistance with it. Do not leave all the work to the last week; I cannot write your papers for you.

2. Please submit all rough drafts of your research papers and finished essays to my email address.

3. "The Would-be Invalid," sometimes titled, "The Imaginary Invalid" will be presented by our Performing Arts Magnet this week. The performances are Thursday, Friday and Saturday evenings at 7:00 PM and on Sunday at 2:00 in the afternoon.

4. Students attending the play, producing a ticket stub, and writing a critique of the performance will receive extra credit. The critique is not a summary of the play, but an examination of how well it was performed, who the actors and actresses were, the timing, the scenery, the costumes , the high points and the low points.


Period 2. Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Students will write the released AP essay on advertising. 40 Minute time limit.

2. Using the AP Rubric for this essay, students will score their classmates papers.

3. See Periods 1 and 3 for information on "The Would-be Invalid."


Periods 4 and 5, American Literature/Composition:

1. Grammar-in-context dictation passages will be assigned.

2. Students will write an in-class essay on "The Devil and Tom Walker." The essay will compare and contrast the evil exhibited by the Devil and that of Tom and his wife. The topic sentence will be: A comparison of the the kinds of evil in the story, "The Devil and Tom Walker."

3. See Periods 1 and 3 for information on "The Would-be Invalid."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR NOVEMBER 6, 2007

TO ALL STUDENTS WHO FOLLOWED MS. ADSIT'S INSTRUCTIONS: THANK YOU!

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Now that both Ms. Adsit and I have given you instruction on the graphic organizers for research papers in your textbook, Please begin to work in earnest on your papers. Be prepared to bring your papers to me with the outline you have chosen. If the two outlines in your text book do not seem to fit your topic, please go online to the Owl of Purdue for further examples of outlines.

2. I will be forced to give further written assignments in Writer's Choice if you continue to chat instead of work during the class period. I cannot write your papers for you.

3. Please email me your rough drafts as soon as you can. All papers handed in must be submitted to my email address, as well. This is to avoid any chance of your saying I lost your paper.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. I wish to thank Ms. Adsit for starting you on your Rogerian essays. You may find it useful to read the Spark Notes on all three novels you are writing about. Barns and Noble has them.

2. You will continue deconstructing the AP Rubric for this year's released essay on advertising. I hope you can write this essay in class on Wednesday.

3. Upon finishing the essay you have written, you will be asked to score your classmates essays using the AP Rubric established for that essay.

4. We will continue to deconstruct prompts and rubrics for released AP Tests.

5. On Thursday, we will meet in the Library. Mr. Lee will explain the Accelerated Reader Progrm so that you may read and take tests on foreign works that may appear on your AP test. The list on Ms. Campbell's website will be the guide for your reading. To her list of books that should be read before entering college, I have added The Tale of Genjiby Madam Murasaki(The world's oldest novel) and The Art of Warby Sun Shi(my Chinese spelling may be incorrect).

6. Your homework will be 1. Finish one book and take the Accelerated Reader test every three weeks.

2. Continue to work on your Rogerian essay I will need it in two weeks.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Devil and Tom Walker."

2. Grammar-in-context dictation assingmment from "The Devil and Tom Walker."

3. Continued textual assignments from the Pacing Plan.




























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AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, NOVEMBER 5, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Using Writer's Choice, continue working on research paper outlines and thesis statements. Textbook Pages 326 to 329.

2. Individual guidance on outlines and thesis statements.

3. Continued work on "The Would-be Invalid."


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Deconstruction of the 9 Point AP Rubric for the Essay you will write on advertising.

2. Review of the materials I passed out on Moliere's "The Would-be Invalid."


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Continued close reading of "The Devil and Tom Walker."

2. Assignment of "grammar in context" dictation passages from "The Devil and Tom Walker."

3. Continued work on Moliere's "The Would-be Invalid."

AGENDAS FOR FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, NOVEMBER 2, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Guided help with final research paper.

2. Voluntary practice of speeches.

3. Continued work on the play, "The Would-be Invalid," a production of the Performing Arts Magnet. Students presenting a ticket stub and a reasonable critique of the performance will receive extra credit.


Period 2, English 11Th Honors using the AP Curriculum.

1. Begin deconstruction of the 9 Point Rubric used by the College Board for the AP released essay on advertising.

2. Continued work on the play, "The Would-be Invalid," a production of the Performing Arts Magnet. Students presenting a ticket stub and a reasonable critique of the performance will receive extra credit.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition

1. Close reading, annotation, and discussion of the "The Devil and Tom Walker."

2. Continued work on the play, "The Would-be Invalid," a production of the Performing Arts Magnet. Students presenting a ticket stub and a reasonable critique of the performance will receive extra credit.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR NOVEMBER 1, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Continue work on final essay.

2. Practice of 8 minute speeches in preparation for judging. (voluntary, at this point)

3. Introduction of Moliere's "The Would Be Invalid." Students attending a paid performance will receive extra credit if they bring a ticket stub and write a reasonable critique of the play.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Students will continue studying how to deconstruct AP essay prompts.

2. Continued work on Moliere's "The Would Be Invalid." Students attending a paid performance will receive extra credit if they bring a ticket stub and write a reasonable critique of the play.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. The summary of "The Devil and Tom Walker" will be collected at the beginning of the period. Homework done in class is not acceptable.

2. Introduction of Moliere's "The Would Be Invalid." Students attending a paid performance will receive extra credit if they bring a ticket stub and write a reasonable critique of the play.

INFORMATION FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007

OWING TO THE ISSUANCE OF WILLIAMS APPROVED TEXTBOOKS, TUESDAY'S AGENDAS WILL BE EFFECTIVE ON WEDNESDAY, OCTOBER 31, 2007.

AP TEXTBOOKS WILL BE ISSUED AFTER ALL WILLIAMS TEXTBOOKS HAVE BEEN DELIVERED BY THE BOOK ROOM.

INFORMATION FOR ALL CLASSES FOR OCTOBER 30, 2007

WELCOME BACK TO SCHOOL.

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Composition:

1. Since I did not receive any of your rough drafts by email during the two-month break, I will have to take class time to help you with your final 8 to 12 page essays.

2 Your homework for Tuesday October 30, 2007 is to have an introduction ready for me to read. You will have to determine the thrust of your thesis statement. It may be to explain a problem, pose a solution to a problem, tell the "why" of a problem, describe an occupation or activity. There are other possibilities, as well.

3. If I have read and given you credit for your introduction, you will start working on the body. Remember to work in your research and 20 hours of experience into the body of the essay.

4. We will have an activity concerning the up-coming Performing Arts Magnet play, "The Would Be Invalid" by Moliere.


Period 2, Honors English 11 using the AP Curriculum:

1. You will continue the work of learning to decipher AP test prompts.

2. We will spend some time on the up-coming production by the Performing Arts Magnet, "The Would Be Invalid" by Moliere.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature and Composition:

1. Students will review essay writing prompts.

2. Grammar in context dictation will be assigned and annotated for tomorrow's test.

3. Students will explore The Preforming Arts Magnet's up-coming play, "The Would Be Invalid."


PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM!

SPECIAL MESSAGE TO SENIOR PROJECT STUDENTS

DEAR STUDENTS,

I HAVE MADE A CORRECTION TO YESTERDAY'S BLOG: TO FIND A NEW PROJECT GO TO dosomething.org

INFORMATION FOR ALL CLASSES DURING "B" TRACK BREAK

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Project/Senior Composition:

1. FOR THOSE OF YOU WHOSE SENIOR PROJECT HAS CRASHED AND BURNED: You may save yourselves by going the web cite dosomething.org

2. Again, for those of you still searching for a mentor, you will find a list of safe, reliable agencies who can provide you with a mentor. You will find the list on our library web cite

3. Most of you should have your 20 hours of service signed by your mentor.

4. I have asked you to email your rough drafts of your final 8 to 12 page paper so that I can help you with them. None of you has responded. Please allow me to help you before it is too late.

5. Kudos to those of you who are taking the LACC courses, especially speech.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP curriculum:

1. You should have finished Huck Finn by now. I encourage you to research it and do the same for Bless, Me Ultima and Catcher in the Rye so that you can write and intelligent, coherent Rogerian essay.

2. You should continue to do outside reading of other serious authors. Please see my previous Blogs for some suggestions.



Periods 5 and 6, American Literature and Composition:

1. Since you have seen your grades, you must know that you have a lot of work to do.

2. On you own, the best suggestion I can give you is read, read and read some more.

VACATION MESSAGE FOR ALL CLASSES

I HOPE ALL OF YOU ARE ENJOYING YOU TWO MONTHS OFF FROM SCHOOL. ALL OF YOU SHOULD BE READING, READING, READING.

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:



1. Please find a mentor. If you have not found one yet, the Library Web Cite has a link for you.

2. Please complete your 20 hours service under the supervision of your mentor.

3. To those of you attending the LACC speech class: THANKS.

4. To those of you not attending the speech class, please practice in front of anyone who will listen. Practice in front of a mirror. Time you speeches. Remember eye contact, posture, hands, projecting your voice, enthusiasm, and be sure you look like you KNOW what you are talking about.

5. If you have problems, you have my email number.

6. As I told you before the break, you may send your rough drafts of you final 8 to 12 page essays to me. Remember to use Spell Check and Grammar Check. I will correct them and answer your emails.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. "Homeless" by Anna Quindlen is available on line. This information comes to you through the courtesy of your classmate, GG. The Blog will not let me list the Web Cite.

2. You will write an in-class essay on "Silent Dancing" a few days after our return.

3. There will be an in-class essay on "Homeless," as well.

4. You will do the Rogerian essay we settled on before the break: The three novels should be banned owing to language--Banning the novels would not only keep serious literature out of every one's hands, it would violate free speech. The compromise might then be: The novels should be kept out of the hands of children in elementary and middle schools.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Now that you have seen your grades, I hope you will take the class more seriously.

2. You will work on essay writing based on the pacing plan upon our return.

3. The figures of speech you studied before the break must be learned. You can find them on line.

4. I expect you to be doing independent reading during the break. Look at previous Blogs for suggestions.


DICTUM SAPIENTI SAT EST!

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 27, 2007

NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS;

THE EMAIL ADDRESS I ESTABLISHED FOR YOU IS AVAILABLE FOR YOUR USE DURING OUR OFF-TIME.

Period 1, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Congratulations to all of you who took part in the field trip to "Habitat."

2. All those who did not have a chance to practice their Compare/Contrast speeches will have and opportunity today, Monday, August 27, 2007.

3. This will not be a day off. I will have work for you to do. Obviously, it will be counted on the next Progress Report.

4. If you do not have your pack of papers, for your Senior Project 20 hours, please ask me for one.

5. Use my email to contact me for questions or to submit your rough drafts for your 8 to 12 page essay.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:


1. Greek roots test 3 tomorrow, Tuesday, August 28, 2007. Obviously, it will count on the next progress report.

2. If my scanner cooperates, I will have photocopies of "Silent Dancing" for you to annotate as we do close reading.

3. Review of figures of speech, rhetorical devices, and logical fallacies. Please bring your handouts.

4. Review of Greek roots, Lessons 1,2, and 3.

5. Read my Blog from time to time for hints and help with Huck Finn.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Come prepared to write a one page monograph (Opinion Paper) on Jonathan Edward's "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God." I will reread the sermon since you no longer have our text books.

2. During your off-time please use my email for any questions you have on the outside literature you are reading. Suggested reading: Animal Farm, The Great Gatsby,

War of the Worlds

, Catcher in the Rye,
Bless Me, Ultima, and the "Harry Potter" books. Although, War of the Worlds and the "Harry Potter" books are not written by Americans, they are well-worth your time.

3. I will be Blogging from time to time, so please check it.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 24, 2007

NOTICE TO ALL STUDENTS:

MY EMAIL WILL BE OPEN TO YOU DURING THE BREAK. ALL STUDENTS MAY SEEK HELP WITH WITH ANY LITERATURE THEY ARE READING. SENIORS MAY SEND QUESTIONS ABOUT THEIR FINAL 8 TO 12 PAGE ESSAYS AND MAY SUBMIT ROUGH DRAFTS FOR MY PERUSAL, CORRECTIONS, AND COMMENTS.

PLEASE ENJOY YOUR TIME OFF, BUT READ, READ, READ!!!!

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Project/Senior Composition:

1. Please return all textbooks today, Friday, August 24, 2007.

2. Compare/Contrast speech practice continues.

3. Cause/Effect essays will be collected on August 27; either hand them in or email them if you are absent. They will count on the next Progress Report.

4. Make sure you have a photocopy of the Senior Project pages prepared by Mr. Garcia. You will need these pages to work on your project during your off-track time.

5. Again, email questions and rough drafts.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Please return all books today. Friday, August 24, 2007.

2. Greek roots test #3

3. Close reading of "Silent Dancing"

4. Please check my Blog from time to time during our off-track period for information on Huck Finn.

5. Please check my Blog, also, for off-track study suggestions.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:


1. Please return all books today, Friday, August 24, 2007.

2. Continued work with "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

3. In class essay on "Sinners."

4. Please check my Blog during our off-track time for study suggestions.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 23, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Please continue to email essay rough drafts, late homework and late essays. I shall submit the grades this week. The weekend will be too late.

2. The Cause/Effect essay will be counted in the next grading period.

3. Please continue to practice your Compare/Contrast speeches on your own time tonight.

4. Practice speeches begin today, Thursday, August 23, 2007. Do not embarrass yourselves in front of your peers and the adults who are giving up their time to assist you in becoming accustomed to speaking in front of an audience.

5. Continue working on your Cause/Effect essays. My email will be available while we are off-track.

6. As I have suggested before, it is not too soon to be planning for and researching on your final 8 to 12 Page final essay.

7. Most of you have not turned in your consent forms and mentor forms to me. If you have given them to another teacher, that is fine.

8. No one has asked me to organize a Power Point refresher class, so may I assume that no one needs it?


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Since most of you are now reading my Blog, I shall no longer award points for printing it out.

2. Please email late essays by the end of this week; missing essays earn an "F."

3. Continued close reading and annotation of "Silent Dancing." We will be looking for figures of speech, examining word choice and syntax, as well as exploring the meaning of the text.

4. Continue to study and learn Greek roots, Lesson 3.

5. Standard vocabulary quiz, Page 976, Column 2 (This may be a review.)

6. Continue to read Huck Finn.

7. Several student came to class on Wednesday without their books. This is unacceptable and I shall be forced to cut your grade if it happens again.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:


1. You must email or hand in all late work by the end of this week. I must turn in the grades.

3. Close reading, annotation, and discussion of "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God."

4. Dictation assignment from "Sinners."

5. Figures of speech test, Page 973.

6. Standard vocabulary test, Page 978, Column 1.

7. New figures of speech assignment, Page 974.

8. New standard vocabulary assignment, Page 978, Column 2


Veni, vidi, vici.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 22, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Attendance and tardiness continue to plague my efforts to help you graduate.

2. I shall continue to read and correct your rough drafts on a one-on-one basis.

3. You may email papers and homework to the address I have established for you.

4. Continue to practice your Compare/Contrast speeches in groups, in front of friends, in front of family, and in front of the mirror.

5. Compare/Contrast speeches will be heard on Thursday and Friday this week.

6. Grades are to be submitted next week. If you owe essays, your grade will be "F."


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:


1. Greek roots Lesson 2 quiz. Learn all forms!

2. Collection of the "Orientation" essay.

3. Close reading, annotation, and discussion of "Silent Dancing."

4. Continue to read and annotate Huck Finn.

5. Standard vocabulary assignment for quiz tomorrow.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:


1. Dictation

2. Figures of speech test, Page 972.

3. Standard vocabulary test, Page 977, Column 2.

4. Continued collection of essays owing.

5. "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" textual assignment.

6. New figures of speech assignment, Page 973.

7. New standard vocabulary assignment Page 978, Column 1.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 21, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Collection of homework Page 623, Exercises 1 and 2 in Writer's Choice.

2. For Period 1, Owing to yesterday's fire drill, I will continue to discuss the three styles of writing your Cause/Effect essay. I will call you up one by one to help you begin your Cause/Effect essay.

For Period 3, I will call you up one by one to help you begin your Cause/Effect essay.

3. No Homework for Wednesday, August 22, 2007.

4. Please return your consent forms and your mentor forms.

5. If you are having trouble finding a mentor, Mr. Lee is developing a list of reliable and safe agencies who can provide a mentor for you.

6. If you need a refresher course on Power Point, let me know so that I can make arrangements for you training.

7. Compare/Contrast practice speeches will be given on Thursday and Friday.

8. You may email your essays, homework, and questions to me.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum;

1. Continued work on your "Orientation" essay.

2. Discussion of Greek roots, Lesson 3.

3. Greek roots Lesson 2 quiz tomorrow. I expect you to know all the forms.

4. Close reading of "Silent Dancing" with annotations for figures of speech, word choice, syntax, and grammar.

5. Standard vocabulary assignment for test tomorrow.

6. Maintain you notes on "Silent Dancing" for information for an essay to be written later.

7. Continue reading Huck Finn.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. New grammar-in-context dictation assignments: #1: Page 283, Column 1, Starting ...And so it was...to ...into the vase. #2: Page 283, Column 2 Starting... In truth they had...to...efferveced away.

3. Figures of speech assignment.

4. Standard vocabulary assignment.

5. Collection of essay on "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."























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SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR SENIOR PROJECT STUDENTS, SUNDAY, AUGUST 19, 2OO7

DEAR STUDENTS,

AS I TOLD YOU ON FRIDAY, I HAVE ESTABLISHED AN EMAIL ADDRESS JUST FOR YOU. YOU HAD ASKED ME FOR MY ADDRESS AND I HAVE GIVEN IT. THOSE OF YOU WHO COULD NOT PRINT YOUR COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAYS IN THE LIBRARY, IN OUR CLASS ROOM, OR OTHER VENUES WERE TOLD YOU COULD EMAIL THEM. I HAVE RECEIVED NONE.

YOU MAY ALSO USE MY EMAIL FOR QUESTIONS, CORRECTION OF ROUGH DRAFTS, AND SUBMITTING HOMEWORK. I HOPE THIS WILL TAKE SOME PRESSURE OFF THE OTHER TEACHERS OF SENIOR PROJECT. MR. GARCIA GAVE YOU A FORM TO FILL OUT AND HAVE YOUR PARENT OR GUARDIAN SIGN. YOU MAY GIVE THAT TO ME, IF YOU WISH.

AS TO THE COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAYS I HAVE READ SO FAR, THEY ARE MUCH BETTER. PLEASE CONTINUE TO USE SPELL CHECK AND GRAMMAR CHECK. THOSE RED WORDS AND LITTLE GREEN LINES ARE NOT THERE TO CELEBRATE CHRISTMAS--THEY ARE TELLING YOU THERE IS A PROBLEM WITH SPELLING OR GRAMMAR.

FURTHER, I AM PLEASED WITH HOW MUCH I AM LEARNING FROM YOUR PAPERS. SOME OF YOU HAVE REALLY RESEARCHED YOUR TOPIC. PLEASE REMEMBER INTERNAL DOCUMENTATION AND WORK CITED PAGE. WHEN YOU FAIL TO CITE YOUR SOURCES, I HAVE TO CUT YOUR GRADE.

UNFORTUNATELY, THERE ARE STILL SOME STUDENTS WHO HAVE GIVEN ME NO WORK OR ARE FAR BEHIND ON THEIR ESSAYS. THIS MESTER IS ALMOST ENDED; I WILL HAVE TO USE THE GRADES I HAVE. I WILL NOT MANUFACTURE A PASSING GRADE JUST BECAUSE WE HAVE GOOD RAPPORT. THERE WILL BE NO "DEUS EX MACHINA" (LOOK IT UP!--YES, THERE IS A LATIN DICTIONARY ON THE HHS LIBRARY WEB SITE). \

R. MELLING

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 20, 2007

Period 1, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Collection of Exercises 1, 2, and 3 on Pages 571 and 574 in Writer's Choice.

2. I will call you up one-by-on to examine your prewrites and introductions for your Cause/Effect essays. If you have written more, I will help with that, as well.

3. Homework: Study Pages 572 and 573. Write Exercises 2 and 3 in complete sentences.

4. Return your Senior Project Consent Forms to Mr. Garcia or to me.

5. Focus on finding a mentor. We are still working on a list of safe and reliable agencies who have people willing to spend time with you in person, by phone or email.

6. Please inform me if you need a refresher course on Power Point so that I may make arrangements with Mr. Lee in the Library or with a computer teacher.

7. It is not too soon to begin planning you final project paper of 8 to 12 pages.

8. Compare-Contrast speech practice will take place on Thursday and Friday. Please be prepared. Several adults will be giving up their free time to hear and evaluate your presentations.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Greek roots test 2. Please learn all the variant forms for each root.

2. Quick oral review of figures of speech.

3. I shall return the rough drafts of your "Orientation" essay. You will finish them and print them out double-spaced, New Times Roman using MLA Style.

4. Thanks to Ms. Cavalli, we now have the college-level dictionaries. They are to remain in the class room.

5. Be sure you have read "Silent Dancing" and "Homeless" in the Bedford Reader. Remember to annotate in your notebook as you read. Your notes will help you with your next essays.

6. Be prepared for more work on roots.

7. We will continue with standard vocabulary quizzes. I shall assign the pages on Monday, August 20, 2007.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. See Friday's Agenda for Monday, August 20Th's Agenda.

2. Finish your Essay on "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."

3. New assignment in the American Literature book.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 17, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

DEAR STUDENTS,

ATTENDANCE, TARDINESS, LACK OF WORK ETHIC, IPODS, AND OTHER TOYS CONTINUE TO INTERFERE WITH MY ATTEMPTS TO HELP YOU.

I HAVE DEVOTED TWO FULL DAYS TO GIVING YOU ONE-ON-ONE (INDIVIDUAL) HELP. ONLY A FEW OF YOU HAD WORK READY FOR ME TO HELP YOU WITH. I HAD ASKED THOSE OF YOU WHO HAD NOTHING FOR ME TO CORRECT TO BRING SOMETHING FOR ME TO READ TODAY. VERY FEW BOTHERED.

AGAIN, HOMEWORK IS TO BE DONE AT HOME--THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED HOMEWORK. IT APPEARS THAT I MUST GIVE GRAMMAR ASSIGNMENTS DURING CLASS TIME, AS WELL AS FOR HOMEWORK. I PREFER TO DO GRAMMAR-IN-CONTEXT; THAT IS, YOUR ESSAY WORK. GRAMMAR IN ISOLATION IS NOT SO VERY EFFECTIVE AS WHEN I CAN CORRECT YOUR WORK WHILE YOU ARE WATCHING.

NOW FOR THE ASSIGNMENTS:

1. I will collect your Compare/Contrast essays on Friday, August 17, 2007.

2. Homework (to be done at home): Study Pages 571,572,573, and write out Exercises 1, 2, and 3 on Pages 571 and 574 in complete sentences.

3. Classwork to be collected at the end of the period: Study Page 599, Then write out Exercises 1 and 2 on Page 600 in complete sentences.

4. Begin planning your Cause/Effect essay.

5. Let me know if you need a refresher course in Power Point so that I can schedule you with Mr. Lee or a computer teacher.

6. Start organizing you final essay of eight to twelve pages.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

Dear Students,

Sadly, after Mr. Carmicle's visit and talk with you, several came to class, leaving the Bedford Readerat home or in the locker. This is unacceptable.

When I asked you to read, you stumbled over words in the text. Again, the Library website has dictionaries on line.

These are not college-level behaviors.

1. Test on Greek roots. Learn all the forms to earn a good score. Knowing one form is not enough.

2. Continued work on "Orientation," "Silent Dancing," and "Homeless."

3. New roots assignment.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature and Composition:

1. Dictation Page 279

2. Period 5, Standard vocabulary test Page 977, Column 1
Period 5, Standard vocabulary test Page 977, Column 2

3. Figures of speech quiz, page 970

4. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

5. New figures of speech assignment, Page 970.

6. New vocabulary assignment: Period 5: Page 977, Column 2.
Period 6: Page 978, Column 1.

7. Finish work on "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 16, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:


1. Collection of homework: Pages 648-649, Exercises 1 and 2. Remember: Homework is done at home, not during class time.

2. Attendance and tardiness continue as problems. We are calling home.

3. I will continue to call you up one-by-one to help you with your Compare/Contrast essays. They will be collected on Friday, August 17, 2007.

4. There will be no homework assignment for Friday, but there will be one to be collected on Monday, August 20, 2007, AT THE BEGINNING OF THE PERIOD.

5. Compare/Contrast practice speeches will be given on Thursday and Friday, August 23, and 24. Remember: The adults have been giving low scores, your peers, as well.

6. Cause and Effect essays will be collected on August 28,2007. It is time to start planning them.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Quick oral review of figures of speech.

2. I hope today is the day you receive your college-level dictionaries. I have pushed all the buttons to make it happen.

3. Please bring your Bedford Reader. You should have read "Orientation," "Silent Dancing," and "Homeless." Remember, as you read, to annotate, clarify, ask questions, look for figures of speech, and predict.

4. Greek roots test 2 on Friday, August 17, 2007.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Dictation

2. Standard vocabulary quiz, Page 976, Column 2

3. Figures of speech quiz, Page 970.

4. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

5. Standard vocabulary assignment, Page 977, Column 1.

6. New figures of speech assignment, Page 970

7. Continued close reading of "Dr. Heideggar's Experiment."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 15, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

Period 1: Today Mrs. Campbell spoke to you of the importance of passing this class. She reminded you, also, of the necessity of correcting your grammar and spelling on your essays before you turn them in. Spell Check and Grammar Check are available to you. Please use them.

Period 3: Mrs. Campbell will be giving you the same messages soon.

Now for the assignments:

1. Very few students are turning in the homework. None of you can afford deductions from your grades. Look at you Progress Report again.

2. New homework assignment: Study Pages 647 and 648 and write out Exercises 1 and 2 on Pages 648 and 649. Homework is done at home, not during class time!

3. You have today only to solicit my help on your Compare/Contrast essays. I will collect them tomorrow. Late papers will see a deduction in grade.

4. You must practice your Compare/Contrast speeches. The adults who came to hear your speeches graded you much lower than I did, so did your peers! The judges will not be so very kind as I.

5. You will give your Compare/Contrast speeches next Thursday and Friday.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using AP Curriculum:

1. Review of Greek roots. Test on Lesson 2 on Friday.

2. Review of rhetorical divices. Bring your handouts.

3. Bring your Bedford Reader for work on "Homeless", "Silent Dancing", and "Orientation."

4. Introduction of any new figures of speech found in the textual materials.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Dictation

2. Standard vocabulary test, Page 976, Column 1

3. Figures of speech quiz (review) Pages 968-969.

4. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

5. New standard vocabulary assignment, Page 976, Column 2.

6. New figures of speech assignment, Page 970.

7. Continued close reading of "Dr. Heideggar's Experiment with annotations for figures of speech, word choice, syntax, grammar, punctuatin and root words.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 14, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Owing to severe absence, tardiness, and non-commission of assignments, we are calling parents and guardians to inform them of the situation. In first period, only four students had their homework done. In third period, no one had done the homework. Senior Composition/Senior Project is a requirement for graduation. Students ignore essay deadlines, do not prepare speeches, and do not do homework. If this continues, many will fail to graduate.

2. Collection of Monday's homework, Pages 360 and 361 in Writer's Choice.

3. Collection of Today's homework, Pages 533,534,535 with written Exercises 4 and 5 on Page 536.

4. Guided work on the Compare/Contrast essay. This essay will be collected on Friday. You have the form. I will be there to help.

5. If students fail to work on their essays during classtime, another much-needed grammar assignment will be given as class work.

6. The Compare/Contrast speeches will be given next week on Thursday and Friday.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Figures of speech oral review.

2. We are still expecting the college level dictionaries. I will make a standard vocabulary assignment on words to be tested tomorrow.

3. Bring your Bedford Reader for work on "Orientation" by Daniel Orozco, "Homeless" by Ann Quinlan, and "Silent Dancing" by Judith Ortiz Cofer.

4. Brainstorming on you Rogerian thesis statement for the essay.

5. Review of Greek roots assigned thus far.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition

1. Dictation

2. Figures of Speech quiz on Pages 968-969. This is a review!

3. Standard vocabulary quiz on Page 976, Column 1.

4. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

5. Standard vocabulary assignment: Page 976, Column 2

4. Contiued close reading of "Dr. Heideggar's Experiment" with annotations for figures of speech, word choice, grammar, syntax, punctuation and root words.

MESSAGE TO ALL PARENTS, GUARDIANS, FAMILY MEMBERS, FACULTY AND STAFF

FIRSTLY, I WISH TO THANK ALL PARENTS, SIBLINGS AND GUARDIANS WHO CAME TO OUR OPEN HOUSE. AT THAT TIME, I EXPLAINED HOW TO ACCESS THE BLOG. THOSE MANY WHO WERE UNABLE TO DO SO SHOULD BECOME AWARE THAT THEIR STUDENTS' ASSIGNMENTS ARE WRITTEN DAILY ON THIS BLOG.IT WOULD HELP GREATLY IF THOSE OF YOU WHO WERE ABLE TO ATTEND OPEN HOUSE, WOULD SPREAD THE WORD TO OTHER PARENTS AND GUARDIANS.

EQUALLY, I WOULD LIKE TO ASK ALL FACULTY AND STAFF TO REENFORCE THE READING OF MY DAILY BLOG BY THE STUDENTS WHOM WE SHARE.

THANKING YOU ALL IN ADVANCE,

BOB MELLING

SPECIAL MESSAGE FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007 FOR FIFTH AND SIXTH PERIODS

SORRY! SORRY!

I DID NOT FORGET YOU ON FRIDAY. I RAN OUT OF TIME FOURTH PERIOD WHEN I ENTERED THE BLOG.

HERE ARE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS FOR MONDAY'S CLASS:

1. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment from the text of Dr. Heideggar's Experiment: Page 276: #1 Mr. Gascoigne was a ruined polititian, a man of evil fame, or at least had been so till time had buried him from the knowledge of the present generation, and made him obscure instead of infamous. #2 As for the Widow Wycherly, tradition tells us that she was a great beauty in her day; but, for a long while past, she had lived in deep seclusion, on acount of certain scandalous stories which had prejudiced the gentry of the town against her.

These lines should be copied out by you, annotated for grammar, syntax, cognates, context clues for unknown words, word choice, figures of speech, subject/verb agreement and pronoun reference. I shall select one of them for you dictation on Tuesday, August 14, 2007, a shortened day.

2. Standard vocabulary assignment: Page 976, Columm 1. This is a review, but owing to the poor scores the first time around, (What figure of speech is that?), I am reassigning it for testing on Tuesday. I expect you to know how to spell the words and use them correctly and appropriatly in an original sentence.

3. Figures of speech assignment: Review Pages 968 and 969 for a quiz on Tuesday.

4. Continued close reading, annotation and discussion of "Dr. Heideggar's Experiment."

5. This is a shortened day, and owing to that fact, I may not have time to repeat these assignments during class time. You are required to read my Blog every day. The Blog is available on any computer with Internet access. Go to , click on Blogs at the top of the page, scroll down to R. Melling, click on R. Melling. There you will find my daily Blog.

6. Some students have the habit of dropping in when and if they feel like it. I have reported this situation to the counselors and coordinator.


NOLI IRRITARE LEONES!

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 13, 2007

Periods 1 ans 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Collection of Pages 360 and 361, Exercises A and B in Writer's Choice.

2. Guided work on the Compare/Contrast essay.

3. New Grammar assignment in Writer's Choice.

4. Please submit the name of your mentor.

5. Continue planning you final 8 to 12 page paper on your project.

6. All papers submitted must be double-spaced New Times Roman. Use Spell Check and eliminate the green lines under the typing before printing and giving them to me.

7. Continue practicing public speaking in front of friends, family, and the mirror. Time your speech.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Figures of speech oral review.

2. Greek roots oral review.

3. Students will read Daniel Orozco's "Orientation", Page 324; Ann Quinlan's "Homeless", Page 200; and Judith Ortiz Cofer's "Silent Dancing", Page 162 in the Bedford Reader.

4. More roots are coming

5. Continue reading, annotating, questioning, clarifying, summarizing, and predicting Huck Finn for homework. Remember: It is not bad if your predictions are incorrect, you still have done the critical thinking.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 10, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Owing to the evaluations provided by the adults in attendance, as well as those provided by your peers, a Compare/Contrast speech WILL be required. Since I will not be able to return your essays on the day I collect them, you must maintain a hard copy, a copy on your hard drive, floppy, disc, or flash drive. Again, use Spell Check and eliminate all the green lines given you on Word. Major errors in syntax, word choice, spelling, subject/verb agreement,and noun/pronoun agreement continue. There are endless run-on sentences.

2. The above grammar problems must be worked on. For this reason, I am requiring you to take Writer's Choice home over the weekend (Yes, over the weekend). You will study Pages 356, 357, 358, and 359. You will write Exercises A and B on Pages 360 and 361. The papers will be collected on Monday. No excuses!

3. We will dicuss the Compare/Contrast essay forms given you by Ms. Multani. I will help you with these.

4. You should be continuing research on your major paper and preparations for your Power Point presentation.

5. Attendance and tardiness continue to be a problem.

6. Some students have turned in no work to this point.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using AP Curriculum:

1. Quick figures of speech oral review.

2. Quiz on Greek roots

3. Discussion of farm fertility rictuals. Remember? I asked you to research this in connection with Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

4. Discussion/braistorming of possible controversial issues in connection with Bless Me, Ultima, , Catcher in the Rye, and Huck Finn. for your Rogerian essays.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

As you may have noticed, I am no longer using Margaret George's The Memoirs of Cleopatra for your grammar-in-context dictations. This is owing to Ms. George's use of easy English words. This fact precludes (Look it up!) my delving (Look it up!) into Greek and Latin roots that you need to know to decode unknown words in our textual materials. From now on I shall use dictations from the selections in our Pacing Plan.

1. Dictation

2. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

3. Standard vocabulary assignment

4. Close reading, annotation, and discussion of "Dr. Heideggar's Experiment." This lesson is to teach you how to read, annotate, summarize, clarify, question, and predict as you read. Even if you prediction proves to be incorrect, you have done a lot of critical thinking.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 9, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. You will give your definition speeches today. I expect you to practice with your friends, family, and in front of a mirror. Time yourself. Expect a number of adults to hear your speech in class.

2. As I mentioned on yesterday's Blog, the Compare-Contrast essay will be collected next Friday, August 17, 2007. You will use the essay form Ms. Multani has provided you. I have copies for those not in her classes. Please use Spell Check and clear all green lines on your screen before you print. Reworking your grammar is a nightmare for me.

3. Based on the Compare-Contrast essay forms, begin planning your speeches for next week.

4. Again, we will provide a list of reliable and safe agencies from whom you may seek a mentor.

5. Please begin planning your 8 to 12 page final essay.

6. If you are not familiar with Power Point, start learning now. It is a requirement for the presentation.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Quick oral review of figures of speech.

2. Finish discussion of Rogerian Argument.

3. Close reading, annotation, and discussion of "The Lottery"

4. Revisit to rhetorical devices and logical fallacies.

5. Continue reading Huck Finn.

6. Puzzle out how to create a Rogerian thesis statement for your essay. This will require class discussion, as well.

7. Should our college-level dictionaries arrive, there will be vocabulary assignments.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition

1. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

2. Reassignment of vocabulary test words.

2. Close reading of "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR WEDNESDAY, AUGUST 8, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. A reprieve: Ms. Multani will present her classes with a special form to help you write your Compare/Contrast essay. This will allow you one more week to complete these essays; however, these forms will require your close study. If you are not in her class, I will help you with these forms.

2. Group practice of your definition speeches. Be aware that I have invited many adults to your Thursday and Friday presentations.

3. For those of you having trouble finding a professional mentor, The Senior Project Team is in the process of developing a list of reliable and safe agencies. If you have already chosen a mentor, please inform me who it is so that I may clear him or her with The Senior Project Team. The reason for this caution is not only for the reliability of the mentor you have chosen, but, also, for your safety.

4. Remember: Use Spell Check and remove the green lines on all papers before you print. This will allow me more time to focus on your ideas rather than grammar and spelling.

5. Based on the many grammar errors in your essays, we will continue the grammar assignments in Writer's Choice. Run-on sentences are frequent on your papers in spite of the work Mr. Rolland did with you. Long sentence are hard to punctuate correctly. Take care using them until you are comfortable with English punctuation.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Short oral review of figures of speech.

2. Complete reading, annotation, and discussion of the Carl Rogers materials on the Rogerian Essay handout.

3. Analysis of the Rogerian essay example. You will use this form to write the major essay of this term on the three novels selected by Dr. Fuller: Bless Me, Ultima, Catcher in the Rye, and Huck Finn.

4. Until we receive the college-level dictionaries, you will continue to be responsible for the standard vocabulary in the textbook.

5. Continued close reading, annotation, and discussion of "The Lottery." You should have preread this story and looked up unknown words in the text. The HHS Library website will help you. The college-level dictionary you will receive is another heavy book.

6. Please remember: My job is to prepare you for the AP test; college-level behavior is a prerequiste. I should not have to waste class time on discipline.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature and Composition:


1. Owing to the shortened day yesterday, there will be no testing today.

2. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

3. Standard vocabulary assignment.

4. Close reading, annotation, and discussion of "Dr. Heideggar's Experiment" focusing on foreshadowing.

MESSAGE TO ALL FACULTY AND STAFF

DEAR COLLEAGUES,

IN AN EFFORT TO CONDITION AND ACCUSTOM MY SENIOR PROJECT STUDENTS TO SPEAKING IN PUBLIC, PARTICULARLY TO ADULTS, I AM INVITING ALL THOSE WHO CAN FREE THEMSELVES DURING FIRST AND/OR THIRD PERIODS ON THURSDAYS AND FRIDAYS TO COME TO CLASSROOM 312. THIS WEEK'S SPEECHES ARE ON THE DEFINITION OF THEIR TOPIC FOR SENIOR PROJECT.

THIS IS AN OPEN INVITATION: THE NEXT SPEECHES WILL BE THE COMPARE/CONTRAST SPEECH. THEY WILL BE GIVEN THE WEEK OF THE 13TH.

THANKING YOU IN ADVANCE,

BOB MELLING

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR TUESDAY, AUGUST 7, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Students will continue to prepare their definion speeches to be delivered starting Thursday, August 9, 2007

2. Students will prepare their Compare/Contrast essays for collection on Friday. Please use "Spell Check" and correct any thing underlined in green.

3. Students will begin working on their 8 to 12 page final papers on their senior projects. Do not wait until December.

4. Please secure a mentor for your project.

5. Please make arrangements for you twenty-hour community service.



Period 2, English 11Th Honors using AP Curriculum:

1. Students will be responsible for learning the Greek Roots issued on Monday August 6, 2007 for a test on Friday, August 10, 2007.

2. The quizzes scheduled for Monday, August 6Th will be given today.

3. Deus volens, the college level dictionaries will be issued today.

4. Continued close reading of "The Lottery." Students will take notes!

5. Students will continue reading Huck Finn for homework, take notes as they read, asking themselves questions, and predicting.

6. Handouts on Rogerian essays will be issued.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Dictation

2. New grammar-in-context dictation assignment.

3. New figures of speech assignment.

4. New vocabulary assignment.

5. Continued close reading, annotation, and discussion of "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR MONDAY, AUGUST 6, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Students will have their last opportunity for the College Application Essay speeches.

2. Students will prepare their definition speeches.

3. Students will work on the rough draft of their Compare-Contrast Essays.

4. The Compare and Contrast Essay will be collected on Friday, August 10, 2007.

5. Students will begin research for the Senior Project Essay.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Figures of speech test, Page 974. Although you have studied and, I hope, mastered these literary tools, I will be introducing more of them as you encounter them in the textual materials. I fully expect them to become a permanent part of your working vocabulary.

2. Standard vocabulary test, Page 976, Column 1.

3. New standard vocabulary assignment, Page 976, Column 2.

4. Continued close reading, annotation, and discussion of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

5. Continued reading of Huck Finnfor homework.

6. Students will begin preparing for their major essay on Bless Me, Ultima, Catcher in the Rye, and Huck Finn.


Periods 5 and 6, American Literature/Composition:

1. Standard vocabulary test, Page 977, Column 2

2. New grammar in contex dictation assignment.

3. Figure of speech assignment: Oral review of figures of speech studied thus far.

4. Figure of speech test on pages studied to this point.

5. Close reading, annotation, and discussion of "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment"

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR FRIDAY, AUGUST 3, 2007

NOTE FOR ALL CLASSES: OWING TO POOR ATTENDANCE ON ESSAY DUE DATES AND THE HELTER-SKELTER TURNING IN OF LATE WORK, PLEASE KEEP COPIES OF ALL ASSIGNMENTS, EITHER ON DISC, FLOPPY, OR FLASH DRIVE. I WILL NO LONGER HOLD MYSELF RESPONSIBLE FOR STUDENTS' ERRATIC ATTITUDE TOWARD ASSIGNMENTS. LATE PAPERS WILL RECEIVE LOWERED GRADES.

ALL ESSAYS, MONOGRAPHS, REPORTS, AND OTHER TYPED ASSIGNMENTS MUST BE DOUBLE-SPACED NEW TIMES ROMAN.


Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Definition essays will be collected today.

2. College Application Essay speeches will continue. Remember: eye contact, posture, hands, quality of presentation, length of presentation and voice projection are scored on a rubric of 6.

3. Students should be preparing for the Definition Essay speech. This will be a two-minute speech. You may use visuals.

4. The Compare-Contrast Essay will be collected next Friday, August 10, 2007.


Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Figures of Speech Test, Page 973.

2. New Figures of Speech Assignment, Page 974.

3. Standard Vocabulary Assignment, Page 976, Column 1.

4. Continued close reading, analysis, annotation and discussion of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" in The Bedford Reader.

5. Students will continue reading and annotating Huck Finnat home.


Periods 5 and 6, American Lit/Comp:


1. Grammar in context dictation assignment.

2. Standard Vocabulary Assignment, Page 977, Column 1.

3. Close reading, analysis, annotation and discussion of "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment", Page 276 in the textbook.

AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES FOR THURSDAY, AUGUST 2, 2007

Periods 1 and 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Definition essays will be collected tomorrow, Friday, August 3, 2007

2. Students will give their college application one-minute speeches today. Remember: eye contact, posture, hands, projecting the voice, and no negative ideas.

3. Students should begin the rough drafts of their "compare-contrast' essays.



Period 2, Honors 11Th English using the AP curriculum:

1. New figures of speech assignment, Page 973

2. Standard vocabulary assignment.

3. Close reading, analysis, annotation, and discussion of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery."

4. I discovered in our work on the "The Lottery" today that you are not looking up unknown words in the assigned texts. This is a super "no-no." LOOK UP THE WORDS!

5. Continue reading Huck Finn.


Periods 5 and 6, American Lit/Composition:

1. I will collect your summaries of "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."

2. New grammar in context dictation assignment.

3. New figures of speech assignment.

4. New standard vocabulary assignment.

5. Close reading, analysis, annotation, and discussion of "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."

5. New reading assignment.


SPECIAL MESSAGE TO ALL STUDENTS: YOUR GRADES HAVB BEEN ENTERED. I HAVE TOLD YOU AGAIN AND AGAIN THAT YOUR TESTS AND ESSAY SCORES COUNT. MANY OF YOU DO NOT TAKE YOUR BOOKS HOME AND DO NOT STUDY FOR MY TESTS. THE ONUS (LOOK IT UP!) IS ON YOU.

TUUM EST!