Seniors: Reading Schedule, Poetry Response Packet, MLA Template, Pinellas Education Foundation; Watchmen: Turnitin Journal, Symbol Sketches, Notes on the Graphic Novel and Postmodernism, E-text, The Doomsday Clock, Understanding Comics
Great Expectations: Theme Log, GE E-text (Whole Novel on One Page), GE Audiotext, Weaving and Citing Examples, Paper Outline and Rubric, Original Ending, Weekly Learning Goal Self-Evaluation Scale (R.910.2), MLA Template; Turnitin.com Journal: Proofreading Expectations, Ch. 40-59 Turnitin Journal, Turnitin Registration Instructions
Animal Farm: Vocab List, Notes, Theme Log
Writing a Thesis Statement: GE Thesis Prompt, Thesis Notes (from in class), Thesis Help (getting your ideas together), Thesis Development (forming your ideas into a sentence),Subordinate Conjunctions (forming complex sentences with useful words), Thesis Generator (if you can’t quite get your ideas into a sentence), Thesis Builder (another thesis generator if you’re having trouble fitting it all in one sentence), GE Theme-Specific Overviews, GE Theme-Specific Questions
If a writing assignment is completed outside of class (e.g. journals), students are expected to proofread their writing for the assignment in order to eliminate mechanical errors prior to the due date.
Welcome to a new school year! I’ve posted the week’s agenda for all to see. This is a weekly occurrence, usually done on Friday for the week which follows. I strongly encourage students and parents to check the weekly agenda in the case of a student being absent, being confused, or simply being smart by planning ahead. Below, you’ll find downloadable versions of this week’s in-class handouts along with a few other helpful bits.
