Books due on 5/31
Students will need to bring their green Language of Literature textbooks to class on Tuesday or they will get a fine, which may result in not being able to go to the Cedar Point trip.
Also due on Tuesday is a copy (digital or physical) of your science fiction choice novel. For any students who opted for a novel outside of our list of choices, parental permission slips are also due.
Finally, don't forget that Criterion writing practice option M or N is also due.
Enjoy the break!
Friday, May 27, 2016
Friday, May 20, 2016
Sentence Composing - Dashes
Due Wednesday, 5/25/16
Link to Criterion:
https://criterion.ets.org/criterion/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fcriterion%2f
Link to PowerPoints Slides in PDF format: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_i4DDlfmOFiQ2pqWVk2ZExZN2M/view?usp=sharing
Expert Sentences:
1. Another subject – one you’ll like – will occur to you.
2. When I tackled him – a rare event that night – it felt like I had slammed into the side of a mountain.
3. Sarah gave Caleb a shell – a moon shell, she called it – that was curled and smelled of salt.
4. When I passed the Radley Place for the fourth time that day – twice at a full gallop – my gloom had deepened to match the house.
5. The dog was not much to look at – a mixture of Georgia redbone hound and bulldog.
6. When you looked across the land, everything you could see – the horizon, the river, the fence lines, the gullies, the scrub cedar – was spread out and flat.
7. The apartment was on the top floor – a small living-room, a small dining-room, a small bedroom, and a bath.
8. As for the terrors ahead – for Jess did not fool himself that they were all behind him – you just have to stand up to your fear and not let it squeeze you white.
9. He beat the creature off with his hands – it was trying to poison him to keep him quiet, as small spiders to do flies – until he remembered his sword and drew it out.
10. It is a difficult lesson to learn today – to leave one’s friends and family and deliberately practice the art of solitude for an hour or a day or a week.
*11. A quote with dashes from your choice novels, including author, title, and page number
Due Wednesday, 5/25/16
Link to Criterion:
https://criterion.ets.org/criterion/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fcriterion%2f
Link to PowerPoints Slides in PDF format: https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B_i4DDlfmOFiQ2pqWVk2ZExZN2M/view?usp=sharing
Expert Sentences:
1. Another subject – one you’ll like – will occur to you.
2. When I tackled him – a rare event that night – it felt like I had slammed into the side of a mountain.
3. Sarah gave Caleb a shell – a moon shell, she called it – that was curled and smelled of salt.
4. When I passed the Radley Place for the fourth time that day – twice at a full gallop – my gloom had deepened to match the house.
5. The dog was not much to look at – a mixture of Georgia redbone hound and bulldog.
6. When you looked across the land, everything you could see – the horizon, the river, the fence lines, the gullies, the scrub cedar – was spread out and flat.
7. The apartment was on the top floor – a small living-room, a small dining-room, a small bedroom, and a bath.
8. As for the terrors ahead – for Jess did not fool himself that they were all behind him – you just have to stand up to your fear and not let it squeeze you white.
9. He beat the creature off with his hands – it was trying to poison him to keep him quiet, as small spiders to do flies – until he remembered his sword and drew it out.
10. It is a difficult lesson to learn today – to leave one’s friends and family and deliberately practice the art of solitude for an hour or a day or a week.
*11. A quote with dashes from your choice novels, including author, title, and page number
Friday, May 13, 2016
Criterion Options M and N
Same policy goes for extra credit.
Due: Tuesday, May 31st, 2016.
https://criterion.ets.org/criterion/Default.aspx?ReturnUrl=%2fcriterion
Option M: Winter Tourism
Prompt: The civic and business leaders of your hometown want to increase the number of tourists who visit there. These leaders have decided that they will advertise winter as one of the best times for tourists to come. Write a practice essay in which you explain whether you agree or disagree that winter is a good time to visit your hometown. Give several reasons and examples to support your viewpoint.
Student Example:
Option N: Yearbook
Prompt: The principal says that school yearbooks are too expensive and not enough students buy them. Therefore, your school may not publish a yearbook this year. Write a practice essay explaining whether or not you think your school should publish a yearbook. Give several reasons to support your position.
Student Example:
Thursday, May 12, 2016
Quizlet Vocabulary - Word Power 1 - 3
(26 Terms)
Link: https://quizlet.com/_2actzp
Test tentatively scheduled for Monday 5/23/16
(26 Terms)
Link: https://quizlet.com/_2actzp
Test tentatively scheduled for Monday 5/23/16
Friday, May 6, 2016
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