Please have your permission slips in by Monday, the 19th, to view The 13th Warrior. We will be finishing up the reading of Beowulf's epic tale on Monday, so please complete the rest of the questions, #'s 4 - 8, for Tuesday.
Welcome, jovial juniors of the White Room (and parents/guardians, of course)!
This is our class blog, and you can visit here any time (actually, you should visit often!). I will be posting updates on what we are covering in class, as well as offering links, photos, and other cool "gadgets" that you might find interesting. You will be creating your own blogs that will be linked up to mine. Down below, you will find your fellow classmates' blogs. Feel free to visit and leave positive and constructive comments.
Yay!! Spring is definitely here!!
Let's Go Mets!!!!
I hope you are enjoying these final Hollywood interpretations of famous scenes from the King Arthur tales of medieval romance xoxo...see below for Post #6 info. Due by Sunday, March 28th. (Keep scrolling down - for some reason I can't delete the extra space down below!!)
Don't forget! Medieval Times trip is Thursday, March 25th!!
See below for emergency plans (down to the left) just in case school is closed for a while due to illness!!!
Don't forget to take advantage of your HP email account!!
Yay!! Spring is definitely here!!
Chaucer/Medieval Period
On-line Writing Lab - the OWL! MLA formatting help!
Ages of English Timeline
EMERGENCY PLANS...JUST IN CASE OF A LENGTHY SCHOOL CLOSING
1. Continue working on whatever we are doing in class. Read ahead in whichever book we are studying; annotate (again, Post-its are wonderful for this!) - consider various writing strategies and the writer's purpose. Also, create a personal vocabulary list of all unfamiliar and/or challenging words. Give the page number and then define. Work on any extended assignments that you have been given. Check our blog page and your HP e-mail account for communication from me.
2. In the event that I am extremely ill and unable to communicate with you, please complete the following:
A. In reference to the work currently being studied:
-Consider the author's purpose, and type a one page paper justifying your thoughts. Be sure to use specific details in your support (incorporate at least two textual passages). Post to your blog, or e-mail to me.
-What makes this work historically significant? Research some valid, educational sites (use our on-line services - go to the Media Center link on the HP site) and type a one - two page paper that discusses this particular work in its historical setting. Use at least one outside source. Make specific reference to both works (be sure to include source information) and incorporate at least four textual passages (two from work being studied; two from outside source). Post to your blog, or e-mail to me.
B. HSPA prep (remember, the dreaded test is in early March!!!!): visit http://www2.asd.wednet.edu/pioneer/barnard/wri/exp.htm
and choose one expository prompt (beware: there are hundreds at this site!!). Type up a two page paper that is mature and insightful. Be sure to include a main idea, supporting details, and a conclusion. Post to your blog, or e-mail to me.
C. Yay!! More HSPA prep: visit
http://www.state.nj.us/education/njpep/assessment/hspa/hspa_la/main_menu.htm_
and read all about the test! Don't even bother with the picture prompts - they are no longer on the test. Visit all the other sample tests; take them!!
2. In the event that I am extremely ill and unable to communicate with you, please complete the following:
A. In reference to the work currently being studied:
-Consider the author's purpose, and type a one page paper justifying your thoughts. Be sure to use specific details in your support (incorporate at least two textual passages). Post to your blog, or e-mail to me.
-What makes this work historically significant? Research some valid, educational sites (use our on-line services - go to the Media Center link on the HP site) and type a one - two page paper that discusses this particular work in its historical setting. Use at least one outside source. Make specific reference to both works (be sure to include source information) and incorporate at least four textual passages (two from work being studied; two from outside source). Post to your blog, or e-mail to me.
B. HSPA prep (remember, the dreaded test is in early March!!!!): visit http://www2.asd.wednet.edu/pioneer/barnard/wri/exp.htm
and choose one expository prompt (beware: there are hundreds at this site!!). Type up a two page paper that is mature and insightful. Be sure to include a main idea, supporting details, and a conclusion. Post to your blog, or e-mail to me.
C. Yay!! More HSPA prep: visit
http://www.state.nj.us/education/njpep/assessment/hspa/hspa_la/main_menu.htm_
and read all about the test! Don't even bother with the picture prompts - they are no longer on the test. Visit all the other sample tests; take them!!
Fabulous Pd. 4
Sensational Pd. 7
Learning Styles
Welcome, Juniors!
Hello to all my jovial juniors of The White Room! This is our new class blog where you can come and visit at any time for updates on anything of concern...possibly, the latest on the Bruce Springsteen and the E-Street Band tour? :) This year will be full of Bruce's "Magic" as we study British Literature and hopefully fit in some classic World Literature as well. Let's enjoy our travels in reading and writing.