G10 - Ending of The Crucible

By January 12th, you need to hand in the following:

• Study Guide Qs
• Advanced Short Answer Qs

On the same day, we will have a very quick quiz on some of the beautiful words listed in the Study Pack. From each of the seven Reading Assignments, I have chosen four words for both their utility and mellifluousness. 

G10 - Unit III & IV Test: Friday, 8/1/16

Hello my wonderful G10s. I am please to announce another test on the history of American Literature as covered by Units III & IV of the textbook.. Here are some of the key points to review on pages 334 - 341 and pages 486 - 493.

• Events of 1850
• Stowe's book
• Amendments
• Frederick Douglass
• 1846
• Whitman's poetry
• Dickinson's poetry
• The expansion westward
• The Gilded Age
• Regionalism, Realism, & Naturalism

Field Day Teams

G6 - Test on 3 & 4 Tomorrow

G7 HW & Test Reminder

1. Test on Lessons 3 & 4 tomorrow
2. Hw due on Lessons 3 & 4 tomorrow
3. Finish Essay Elements
4. Three example sentences for each of the appeals

G9 HW - Due on Monday

Don't forget!

G6 / G7 - WTG Vocabulary Test Tomorrow

Don't forget to study, and have the L1 & L2 activities done.

EWL - Lit Analysis Tips

G10 - The Crucible HW

1. Study Guide Questions - Act 1
2. Vocabulary Review - Pages 37 - 40

T'n'E Club - The Worst Mistake in the History of the Human Race

Now that's a title! 

Click here to access the Tea'n'Essay folder.

Justice

Click here to see a, albeit genial, application of Socratic discussion.  Not quite a gadfly, but a butterfly.

G10 - A Coincidence?

So, the very week we start The Crucible, guess what noted broadcaster Melvin Bragg decides to cover? I am not saying this lauded author is copying us, but...

Click here to learn more about the Salem Witch Trials.

EWL - Lit Tips

This is a document we'll be using next week. 

EWL - Essay Analysis Plan

Click here.

G6 HW - Dog of Pompeii

Finish reading and answer Qs 1-6.

EWL - SAT WotD Test 14 Reminder

On Wednesday

G6 - Literary Elements

G7 - Literary Elements Test

G9 - Letter Reminder

G6 - What makes you you?

Due tomorrow.

G9 - Cinderella's Stepsisters: A Follow-up

Click here.

G6 HW

Finish your comparisons.

G10 - Rhapsody in Blue

If you want to listen to the piece played today by Moritz, click here.

G10 - American Lit Presentations Today!

G6 - Informational Text

Copy into your English notebook

Service Learning Reflection 1

Click here to access the document.

G10 - Rubric for Friday

EWL - Trigger Warnings

Click here to read an interesting article about trigger warnings.

G7 - For the student who missed these

The Raven (Simpsons)

The Jabberwocky

G6 - Letter Document

Click here.

T'n'E Club - Offensive Jokes

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Service Learning Trip - November 7th

1. Meet in the car park (same one for field trip) at 9.15 am.
2. We will leave around 9.30 am.
3. Plan to start our work at 10 am at the Missionaries of Charity orphanage. 
4. Leave the orphanage at 1 pm.
5. Arrive back in the car park at around 1.20 pm.

G10 Test Tip

Also, for the sake of fairness, here is the answer to the question I gave another student earlier via e-mail:- 

Hi Mystery G10 Student,

For each of the fifteen RDs, you simply write a sentence that clearly demonstrates that RD. You don't have to write the definition.

For example: Allusion - As a fat boy with glasses said, "Life is scientific."

I hope this explains it clearly. If not, you should have listening closer in class last year.

Have a good evening,

Mr. Johnson

EWL - Emory University Applications

Click here to access the document.

Climate Change Site

Click here.

The Raven

As requested by the wonderful students in G10, here it is.

G6 HW - Sand Castles

Twenty of minutes of scanning later...

Answers Qs1-6 and Qs 1-7.

EWL - Prompts from Today

G7 - SL Update

Tomorrow, the bus will be booked for this weekend's trip to the orphanage, so start getting your plans in order.

G10 - Rhetorical Devices Test on Friday

This Friday, we will have a test on the rhetorical devices we looked at a couple of weeks ago. Isn't that a good idea?

On the test, I will list fifteen of the devices. You will then write a sentence (or two) that shows the aforementioned device in action. It has to clearly show you understand the device, so don’t try to be too subtle – it may go over my head.

G6 Technical Writing

Don't forget!

EWL - College Application Prompts

Click here to access the essays, and the document on which you can record your comments. This will help you when we start writing our own application essays.

Whilst Kimberly may be incorrect in her use of grammar, her views on the length of essays have some merit. So remember, for this unit, we are going to use a 650 word limit.

T'n'E Club - Can your name shape your personality?

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G10 - The State

An interesting discussion in light of our reading of Thoreau today. Click here.

EWL - College Application Prompts

As stated here, "The essay demonstrates your ability to write clearly and concisely on a selected topic and helps you distinguish yourself in your own voice. What do you want the readers of your application to know about you apart from courses, grades, and test scores?"

Here are the prompts:

1. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story.
   
2. The lessons we take from failure can be fundamental to later
   success. Recount an incident or time when you experienced failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience?
   
3. Reflect on a time when you challenged a belief or idea. What prompted you to act? Would you make the same decision again?
   
4. Describe a problem you’ve solved or a problem you’d like to solve. It can be an intellectual challenge, a research query, an ethical dilemma-anything that is of personal importance, no matter the scale. Explain its significance to you and what steps you took or could be taken to identify a solution.
   
5. Discuss an accomplishment or event, formal or informal, that marked your transition from childhood to adulthood within your culture, community, or family.
   

We are going to work with a 650 word limit.

G9 - OMaM News

Ms. White has kindly agreed to the 'Distributed Drama' model we discussed.

G10 - Emerson Bio

If you wish to transcend the base requirements of the HW, and strive to excel, click here and also here. These will help you with the HW.

G10 Self-Reliance HW

Due on Friday.

EWL - College Applications That Worked

Click here.

G7 - A Trek to the Antarctic

T'n'E Club - Freedom of Speech

This week, a change. You can listen to Roger Scruton's argument, and note any key ideas that jump at you. Or, if you want the text, click here. Wow, that quite a bit a freedom I'm giving you!

G7 - Map

Due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

G6 - WiT Chap 9-12 Test

We will have the test on October 26th.

Alexander the Great

Click here.

The Plague

Read up to, and including, p232