Hello Students (and Parents),
Things are starting to get heavy as we dig into the semester.
Honors and On Level World Lit Classes are finishing up their Precourse Reading Assignments, due Friday on turnitin.com before midnight, getting ready for their Socratic Seminars on Tuesday, and their Unit Test on Wednesday.
Yearbook Class has their first deadline of the semester this Friday. Remember, your pages need to be in Proof before the end of the day. Communicate which pages the editors need to check.
All students: looking forward to next week, we have no school on Monday (for MLK Day), and the rest of the week is college week. On Thursday, make sure you dress for the job you want and bring your parents to Open House 6pm-7:30.
I'm looking forward to seeing your work over the last 2 weeks!
Have a great Thursday~!
Thursday, January 16, 2020
Friday, January 10, 2020
Week 1 Down -- 85 Days to Go
Hello Students (and Parents),
I was so happy to meet all of you and am looking forward to an excellent school year.
In both World Lit and Honors World Lit, we've been looking at and analyzing the Precourse Reading book (On Level: Chinese Cinderella, Honors: The Kite Runner), this week, and we'll be using our knowledge to apply it to a 2nd text next week (On Level: Empire of the Sun, Honors: How to Read Literature Like a Professor). Every student should have finished reading their first book by Sunday night at the latest and be prepared for several in-class, timed writings during the week. Our Precourse Reading Assignments are due on Friday next week, on turnitin.com before midnight and we will have computers to use only on Tuesday. I have already started to put grades into the gradebook, so you can see what you've done that you still need to turn in, or what is upcoming.
In Yearbook, we've assigned every page and every deadline throughout the semester and those assignments are in StudentVue already. We've also finalized our Theme and created our Journalist Notebooks (mini-notebooks with deadlines and reminders). Our first pages are due next Friday. Try your best to submit your pages for grading before the deadline so that you can get any feedback prior to your deadline and have time to fix it. Remember, if it gets to me after the deadline or I have to fix it, you cannot earn full points. From what I've seen so far, we're working steadily towards those deadlines and I look forward to our finished book.
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.
I was so happy to meet all of you and am looking forward to an excellent school year.
In both World Lit and Honors World Lit, we've been looking at and analyzing the Precourse Reading book (On Level: Chinese Cinderella, Honors: The Kite Runner), this week, and we'll be using our knowledge to apply it to a 2nd text next week (On Level: Empire of the Sun, Honors: How to Read Literature Like a Professor). Every student should have finished reading their first book by Sunday night at the latest and be prepared for several in-class, timed writings during the week. Our Precourse Reading Assignments are due on Friday next week, on turnitin.com before midnight and we will have computers to use only on Tuesday. I have already started to put grades into the gradebook, so you can see what you've done that you still need to turn in, or what is upcoming.
In Yearbook, we've assigned every page and every deadline throughout the semester and those assignments are in StudentVue already. We've also finalized our Theme and created our Journalist Notebooks (mini-notebooks with deadlines and reminders). Our first pages are due next Friday. Try your best to submit your pages for grading before the deadline so that you can get any feedback prior to your deadline and have time to fix it. Remember, if it gets to me after the deadline or I have to fix it, you cannot earn full points. From what I've seen so far, we're working steadily towards those deadlines and I look forward to our finished book.
I hope you all have a fantastic weekend.
Thursday, January 2, 2020
Welcome to the Class!
Hello World Literature Students,
I am looking forward to meeting you on Monday. I hope you are enjoying the last few days of the break.
As a reminder, we will be starting the semester with Precourse Reading, just like last year in your 9th Lit classes. The assignments will be due to turnitin.com the 2nd Friday of class, and I will give you some time in class to go over and make sure that your work is the best it can possibly be before final submission. Please bring your copies of the Precourse Reading books with you on the first day of class so that we can start discussing them--these can be physical or digital copies.
I have sent this message to your parents and guardians as well, like I'll be doing throughout the semester, to make sure we're all on the same page.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free.
I am looking forward to meeting you on Monday. I hope you are enjoying the last few days of the break.
As a reminder, we will be starting the semester with Precourse Reading, just like last year in your 9th Lit classes. The assignments will be due to turnitin.com the 2nd Friday of class, and I will give you some time in class to go over and make sure that your work is the best it can possibly be before final submission. Please bring your copies of the Precourse Reading books with you on the first day of class so that we can start discussing them--these can be physical or digital copies.
I have sent this message to your parents and guardians as well, like I'll be doing throughout the semester, to make sure we're all on the same page.
If you have any questions or concerns, please feel free.
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