Study Guides and Final Exams

Hello All!

Yearbook, your final exam is on the resources page.  It is due before the end of class on the day of your final.  Seniors, that is MONDAY.  Make sure you follow all of the directions and you do a GOOD JOB.  You're getting graded on quality, not quantity.

10th World Lit On Level
You can find your Poetry Study Guide here.

10th World LIt Honors
You can find your Poetry Study Guide here.

Short Story Contest Opportunity

Hello everyone!

I’ve been made aware of a short story contest opportunity I’d like to share with you.  If your child would like to participate, please email me with your permission, your child’s name, and your address (so that I can nominate them, a requirement) before 4/29.  The short story itself is due for submission by 5/15.

Please see the information below:

2015 Short Story Contest for Students in Grades 5-12 who have been nominated for a USAA Award by an educator

Topic: Open Topic

Send us a short story of 500 words. You choose the topic. Use your imagination and create a story that includes descriptive settings, colorful characters, dialogue, conflict and solutions. Perhaps you want to write a story about dragons or a day in the country, or a day in the city. Maybe you like mysteries, or adventure, or travel. Use your imagination and write about what interests you. Your story will be judged on spelling, grammar and sentence structure, as well as plot, dialogue, conflict and solutions. Stories from different grade levels are not compared to each other. For example, a 6th grade student’s short story is not compared to a 12th grader’s story. Instead, it is judged individually based on the writing capabilities and expectations of a 6th or 12th grader.

Student Instructions: All short stories submitted must be typed and double-spaced. Only one entry per student. Your name, home address, email address, nominating teacher, school name, city and state, and your grade level must appear on the first page of the text. You can email your essay to d.dinsmore@usall-academy.com or mail it to USAA, 2528 Palumbo Drive, Lexington, KY 40509. Short stories must be received by May 15th.

USAA will choose the top three short stories and award the following: First Place $500, Second Place $300, and Third Place $150. Winners will also receive one complimentary book. We will publish all three short stories in the 2015 USAA National Yearbook. You will become a published author in a nationally distributed book. Publication is an honor that stays with you for a lifetime.

All entries become the property of the United States Achievement Academy and will not be returned. Participation in this contest allows USAA to use short stories in the Academy’s publications.

Good luck to everyone!

Poetry Presentations!

Hello All,

Honors World Lit and On Level World Lit are doing tiered poetry presentations based on poems based on the level they scored on their pretests.  Check each Resources page for your specific packet which contains your rubrics on the last page.  Due to the testing schedule, the presentations will have to be different days for different class periods.  Check the calendar for when your class's deadlines are.

Yearbook We did it!  We're just finishing up the last few distributions then we can start looking ahead to next year!  We're going to have a couple of projects getting us ready for next year before our final exams.

Spring BREAK!

It's finally here~!

10th World Lit
Your vocabulary unit 8 quiz has been moved to the Wednesday we come back. :)  Your Extra Credit is on the Resources Page.

Honors World Lit
Your vocabulary unit 8 quiz has been moved to the Wednesday we come back. :)  Your Extra Credit is on the Resources Page.

Yearbook
We still have yearbooks to sell then we're going to start getting ready for next year.  :)

2 Weeks to Spring Break

Hello all,

I know we're all getting ready for that break, but make sure that you're sticking with your responsibilities until the end!

Honors 10th World Lit
Starting Monday, we're going to have our presentations.  Make sure you're ready and you have double checked all of your rubrics.  Our ATA will be Thursday.

On Level 10th World Lit
Your Parallel Reading Project is due on Friday by Midnight.  This week is vital to make sure that you are on top of this major assignment.  We also have our ATA on Thursday.

Yearbook
Your last deadline was last week!  Whew!  Now we need to focus on Marketing and selling the remaining copies of the book!

Projects and due dates -- 40 more days until Finals

Whether you say we have 8 more weeks of the semester, or only 40 days until finals, the end is quickly approaching.  Are your grades where you want them to be?

Honors 10th World Lit
On Tuesday we'll have our MuB on all of Doll House and through Act 4, scene 2 in Taming of the Shrew.  Students should also be working on their Multigenre Research Projects.  Remember, the instructions said I expect you to wow me.  If you want that A, that's what you should go for.

We're getting really close to our Field Trip and I'm very excited about it.  I hope you are too.

10th World Lit
As we finish up Doll House the students have a couple of projects to complete.  Their Character Analysis Foldable is counting as their MuB for this unit, and their writing assignment is due on Turnitin.com before midnight on Tuesday.

Yearbook
All students are only working on their Spring Supplement pages.  These will be the last pages in the book then we'll focus on marketing and getting ready for next year.

Credit Recovery and Weekly Update

On Level 10th World Lit
Students who qualify for credit recovery for the mid semester opportunity are students who earned a 60 or below on either their test or their writing.  The orange forms were sent home yesterday and are due by Friday.  The session will be four days starting on 3/13, 3:45-4:45, in Ms. Baker's room.

In class this week we're reading Doll House and analyzing the characters.  We started the project that will count as their Mid Unit Benchmark in class today.  If you weren't in class, you'll need to make an appointment before or after school to get the minilesson.

Don't forget about the vocabulary quiz on Friday.  Unit 7.

Honors 10th World Lit
We've had some time in class to work on our Muligenre research projects and I'm really fascinated by some of your choices.  I expect amazing presentations.  Tomorrow we'll start with our background reading of Taming of the Shrew.  I hope you have your No Fear Shakespeare copies in class tomorrow.  Don't forget about our voc quiz on Friday (unit 7), and our Doll House quiz tomorrow.

Yearbook. 
We're working on our final deadline, our Spring Supplement.  There is no more time, we have to get the pages turned in.