AP English Reminders

1. Philosophy Club Presentations are on Wednesday, September 30.
2. Workday on Friday for reading or working on poetry journals.
3. Tuesday, October 6 (Counseling)
4. Thursday, October 8 -College essay drafts are due for revision and conference

English 11 Reminders

1. Be True to Your School response journals (June-August) are due on Friday, October 2.
2. "Coming of Age" imovies are due on Monday, October 5. Mrs. Tate will be here after school Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday, September 28-30 until 4:30 for students who need additional worktime.
3. Portfolios are due on Tuesday, October 6 (as previously posted). They should include one school-related, one personal and one item of choice.

Each of these assignments is a major grade and could drastically change averages if not done or left incomplete.

English 9 Reading Response Journal

Final Response Journals for the six weeks are due on Thursday, October 1 (as posted previously).

English 9 Reading Response Journal

Response journals are due on Thursday, October 1 (10 entries, averaging one page each). See previous post from beginning of six weeks if you need specific detail.

English 11

1. iMovies are due on Monday, October 5. Mrs. Tate will stay after school on Monday-Wednesday, September 28-30 until 4:30 if people need additional time.

AP English

1. College/scholarship essay drafts due on October 8. Have one solid essay that you need to prepare.
2. Reminder that poetry journals are due October 14 and Crime and Punishment is due October 16.
3. Counseling will be here October 6 to discuss college application issues.
4. Workday for reading and poetry journals in-class on October 2.
5. Philosophy presentations on September 30.

MIDTERMS

Midterm grades can be checked online with student information distributed at registration. I am going over midterm grades with all students today (Monday, September 21) and tomorrow (Tuesday, September 22). Please make sure that you check periodically if you have concerns about your son/daughter's progress. If you have questions that your son/daughter cannot answer, please contact me through e-mail or by phone.

English 11

1. You should be reading Be True to Your School for Friday (June-August). Complete 3 response journals.
2. Remember that portfolios are due on October 6. Make sure that you're coming up with a school-related, personal and choice item to include.

English 12AP

1. Complete reading, "Mozart's Childhood," for class on Friday. "Think tank" comments all over the text.
2. Pick a partner for the Philosophy Club. Start thinking about which philosopher/philosophy that you'd like to research.
3. Continue working on your poetry journal (due October 14) and reading Crime and Punishment (Oct 16). In Crime and Punishment, you should be looking for the author's philosophy and marking those ideas reflected in the text.

English 11

1. Read Mar-May for Friday with 3 response journals.
2. Make sure that you have your first draft of your Who Am I? poem complete.
FCA's
1. Change 5 words/using specific or vivid language
2. Make one line a snapshot
3. one example figurative language/a simile, metaphor or personification

English 9 Reminders

Collages are due on Wednesday.
3rd and 7th period get school pictures taken on Wednesday.

English 11 Reminder

Students participating in history field trip-don't forget to make-up the Be True to Your School quiz and turn in reading responses.

English 9 Homework/Reminders

1. Continue reading and writing responses in reading response journals due on September 15.
2. If not finished in class, complete Romare Beardon-inspired collages to turn in on Wednesday, September 9.

English 9 Response Journals-Due dates for 1st six weeks

English 9 Reading response journals are due on September 15 and October 1. See previously posted assignment for grading criteria and instructions.

Assignment Window

English 11 Portfolio
Date Given: September 1 Date Due: October 6

Directions: 1. Each six weeks, we will select one school-related, one personal and one choice item to put in the scrapbook. 2. Students will write a paragraph explaining the significance/importance of each entry.

Options: Students may include pictures, programs, wrapping paper, tickets, car parts, sticks, salt packets, flowers, etc. Any item that will stick in a scrapbook can be included to represent a particular event.

Grading Criteria: Students will earn 100 points for completing three items each six weeks with an accompanying explanation.

Goal: To have three portfolio items to share each six weeks.

Isolation Activity- have list for class on Thursday, September 3

Flipping through the Daily News-Record looking for a job, you are surprised to find an ad that reads: Wanted: Subjects for University of Virginia Behavioral Sciences Study, $3000.00 for 60 days. Call 804-IAM-GAME for more information.

You make the call and commit to embark on the most challenging experience in your life,spending two months alone in an isolated cabin the Appalachian Mountains of Virginia. Two months doesn't seem impossible, but the clincher is that you may not have any contact with other people or animals, and you may only bring a few nonessential items for your enjoyment. You may bring
1 Two CD's-No mixes of your own choosing.
1 Two books
1 Two movies
1 Two magazines
1 One other nonessential item of your choice (This may not be internet access).
You will be provided with electronic equipment to use your CDís and movies, as well as adequate food and drink. Make a list of what you will take with you when limited to these items.