Monday, July 31, 2017

Day 1 Down, 90 To Go

Hello All!

It was wonderful to meet so many of your smiling faces today and I'm very much looking forward to our semester together.

As a reminder, tomorrow please bring a copy of the Precourse Reading Book(s) with you to class, either digitally or in hard copy.

On Level: Persepolis I by Marjane Satrapi
Honors: Persepolis I by Marjane Satrapi and The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.

See you tomorrow!

Thursday, July 27, 2017

Welcome to World Literature with Mrs. Bundschu!

Hello All!

I'm very excited to have you in my class at Campbell High School.

First up, let's discuss how you use this blog.

This tab is Weekly Updates.  It will just give you an overview of what we have planned in class this week.  It is used for a quick updates and head's ups.

Our updates will often refer to the Resources Page.  This is an online document that will be sent to you through your Parent/Student View.  When you get it, please bookmark it!  I will upload EVERYTHING for this class, including (but not limited to) important links, copies of assignments, copies of handouts, powerpoints, videos, anything we use in class.  If there is a digital version (and I do try to work in digital versions whenever possible) it will be linked on the Resources Page.

The Calendar tab for your class one of the most useful places on this blog.  I use my calendar as my lesson plans.  It will show you all of the activities we do through out the day.  This is important because it not only shows you what is upcoming in our schedule, but is also where you will get the information you missed when you are absent.  If you have any questions about what you missed, you can email me at kimberly [do] bundschu [at] cobbk12 [dot] org or discuss it with me before or after class (not during) when you come back, however, I will expect that you first checked the calendar.  I put a lot of time into getting that information to you and appreciate it when you use it.

The names of activities should be the same on both the Calendar and the Resources Page to make it easy for you.

Next up, let's talk about your first assignments.  All of these assignments will be linked on the Resources page by the first week of school.

World Lit and Honors World Lit
  1. You will get a grade when you complete the Student Survey.  This is your first homework assignment.  
  2. You first major assignments will be from a novel study of Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi and if you are in Honors, you are also responsible for The Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini.  This includes, but is not limited to, your Precourse Reading Assignment which will be checked on day 1, and fully submitted on August 11th, as well as several small and large grades.  You will need to bring this book to class every day, either physically or electronically.  This means you will need to obtain a copy of the book, read and analyze it.
  3. You will get your errand passes for your parents/guardians completing the Parent/Guardian Survey AND you complete the Student Survey.  These function as your bathroom/I need to go somewhere passes as well as turn into extra credit at the end of the semester if you don't use them.  It is very important you get your Parents/Guardians to fill out this survey.  Both of these are found on the Resources page.
I'm looking forward to meeting you and having our class together.  See you soon!