End of the Year and Have a Great Summer!

Hello all!  We made it!

I hope you had as good of a year as I did here at Kell High School.
Some students have asked, so I will keep up the resources from this year through most of the Summer. 

If you are scheduled to be in my class next year, the 10th Grade World Literature Summer Reading Assignment can be found here.  Make sure you read one of the books thouroughly and completely!

If you were in my class last year, the 11th Grade American Literature Summer Reading Assignment can be found here.  Again, make sure you read one of the books thouroughly and completely!

Have a great summer and I'm looking forward to seeing you in the 2013-2014 School Year!

Week 19--Final Exams!

As we get ready for next week, please keep the following things in mind.

1. Your study guide, and resources are at the top of the Current Resources page.  Study study study!
2. Your Summer Reading for next year is also on the Current Resources page.  Make sure you pick up one (or two if you're in honors next year) of the books!  Read it over the summer.  I recommend in June to get it out of the way.  If you'd like some structure to take your notes, you can use the Graphic Organizer attached to the Parallel Reading Assignment. 

At this point, it's up to you!  Good luck!

Just so you know, here is the schedule for next week.  It's all backwards, and we have early release Tuesday though Thursday (but busses on Tuesday will be at 3:30).

Also we are offering Semester Extension, but only for EOCT classes.  Click here for the information that I recieved today.  I'm sorry that I did not have this information sooner, and that my class doesn't qualify for this extension as we are not an EOCT class.

Week 18--5 days to Final Exams

Hello All!

Remember, at this point, since we've taken the Unit Test today there are only 2 ways for you to bring up your grade.

1. Vocabulary Remediation.  If you would like to bring up your Writing and Language Summative average, you may replace ONE vocabulary quiz grade by doing this assignment.  You must follow all of the directions carefully as if you don't, you won't earn credit.  This is an opportunity, and not mandatory.  The deadline of Wednesday, May 15th at midnight is a hard deadline.  There will be no late credit.
2. Final Exam Study Guide.  Your final exam for this semester is cummulative for this semester.  You need to be prepared to deal with any of the concepts, elements, devices, and types on that list.  You can do it!

If you'd like to calculate what you need on the final exam in order to get the grade you want/need in the class, you can use the formula below:

X(0.85)+E(0.15)=G

X is your current grade in the class going into the final.
E is the grade you earn on your Final Exam
G is your final grade in the class.

I'd recommend that you input your current grade (X), then plug in the grade that you'd like to have in the class (G, for example, 70).  Then solve for E to see what grade you need to make on the Final Exam just to pass. 

For example, if your current grade is a 73, you need a 54 on the final to just pass, but you'd need a 80 in order to earn a C (74) in the class.

Important Update--Make up Socratic Seminars and Vocabulary Remediation

Hello All!

Yesterday's Socratic Seminars went really well.  If you missed our class, there is a make up session for the Socratic Seminar today during Leap Tutoring.  Meet me at 3:35 in the Media Center!  If you can't make this session, then you need to see me to arrange a different time.  It should take about 15 minutes. 

Also, yesterday I passed out 2 very important documents.

1. Vocabulary Remediation.  If you would like to bring up your Writing and Language Summative average, you may replace ONE vocabulary quiz grade by doing this assignment.  You must follow all of the directions carefully as if you don't, you won't earn credit.  This is an opportunity, and not mandatory.  The deadline of Wednesday, May 15th at midnight is a hard deadline.  There will be no late credit.
2. Final Exam Study Guide.  Your final exam for this semester is cummulative for this semester.  You need to be prepared to deal with any of the concepts, elements, devices, and types on that list.  You can do it!

We only have 6 more days til Final Exams!  It's up to you to earn the grade you want in the class.  You can do it!

Week 17--10 days til Final Exams

Hello All!

Last week students completed the Last Story of the Year!

We also passed out the SUMMER READING ASSIGNMENT. Click here if you somehow misplaced your assignment.  Yes, you have to do it.  Yes, a book (or two) from that list.  The assignment for Honors or College Prep is on the 2nd page--read it carefully!

This week we're going to individually complete our Socratic Seminar Questions in preparation for our Socratic Seminar on Wednesday.  Students were assigned this assignment on April 26th, so they know that they need to complete the questions on their own if they aren't here on Monday and Tuesday.

We have our ATA on Thursday!  Remember if you get an A on the ATA, you don't have to take the unit test!