TIDES

TIDES will be held in the Media Center on Mondays and Thursdays from 3:30 to 5:00. TIDES Is a free after school tutoring program for math and English. It is also for small study groups or for NovaNet(with prior permission). You can also use this time to work projects or your Blogs!  Students are to come prepared to use this time for academics. Students must produce a valid I.D. tag (no temps) when signing in. Students are responsible for their transportation home from TIDES.

Survey Time

I need all current students to complete the following survey.  It’s quick and painless and is completely anonymous.  To take the survey, click to link below.

http://www.tigersurvey.com/survey.php?survey=4651

Honors: Best Blog Award

Visit our classblogmeister page to nominate your entry for the Best Blog Award.  Read through blog postings in your class and nominate the one you feel is the best overall blog. To nominate an entry, post a comment to my entry on the Front Page.  Be sure to tell me the author’s name, entry title and a reason for nominating the blog.

The winner from each class will win a prize!

English I Updates

Welcome back! I hope you all had a restful break. Just a heads up on what’s coming up…

English I Honors

• To Kill a Mockingbird (you need a copy of the novel by Monday)
• Blogs are due 1/11. 10 bonus points for posting online

 English I CP

• The Outsiders – Copies of the novel are provided for you but you can purchase your own if you’d like.

Merry Christmas and Happy Holidays

We will finish up this week with Kuder testing and with the final few Traditions presentations.  We will begin the new year with The Outsiders in CP and To Kill a Mockingbird in Honors.  I highly recommend you purchase your own personal copy of these novels.

Have a safe holiday and I’ll see you next year!

Blogmeister Reminder (Honors Only)

Don’t forget to e-mail me for your classblogmeister password.  Remember that anyone who submits all entries online will receive 5 bonus points on the blogs.

Traditions Projects Due Monday

Traditions projects due Monday.  You will not have the opportunity to make any changes or additions to your project next week.  All projects are due Monday.  We will begin presenting on Monday and will finish up on Tuesday. 

Don’t forget that we’ll be taking the KUDER career assessment on Wednesday.

New Blog Hosting Site…for English I Honors Students!

Hey guys!  I just wanted to let you know that we have a new blog hosting site.  During the 3rd nine weeks, all blogs will be required to be submitted online using a username and password that I give you.  It’s a really simple process to use.  You can post blogs, read other blogs, and comment on each others’ blogs.  All comments and postings will be moderated by me.  And don’t worry parents…the site is password protected so that only those with the password can view the blogs.

Take a look around and visit http://www.classblogmeister.com/ .  Select SC from the drop down menu on the right and then choose my name.  It will take you straight to our site.  To view my sample blog, click on KL and enter the class password of wave2011.

 You can also try clicking here.

Sure Has Been a While

Hey everybody!  It’s been a while since I’ve updated this thing.  I apologize for the inconvenience.  For some reason, I haven’t been able to log onto this site from school.  Now, I’ve got it together.  Be on the lookout for some new features in the future such as podcasts.  We’ll probably be moving to a new site sometime in January, but don’t worry, I’ll keep you posted. 

If I don’t post again before I get out for Christmas, I hope you have a wonderful break and I’ll see you all next year!

English I Update

Just a quick update.  We have been covering the parts of speech.  If you’re lagging behind, unsure of a topic, or just plain out confused, please let me know.  I can’t help you if I don’t know you need help.

Here’s a tentative schedule for the next few weeks: 

Monday 11/26 – Adjectives
Tuesday 11/27 – Adverbs
Wednesday 11/28 – Prepositions
Thursday 11/29 – Review
Friday 11/30 – Review
Monday 12/3 – Parts of Speech Test
Tuesday 12/4 – Begin The Outsiders