river oaks [english]

Your honors reading exam will be on Friday Oct. 6th . If you have not started reading, you have one week. The exam will be comprised of essay questions, where you will choose from a list. Typically, I have you write TWO 250-word essays on some specific aspect of the book. You may use your book on this exam, and part of the grade is based on how well you use the book in your answers - through direct quotes and references. Topics usually come from one of the following areas: Character development Plot elements (turning points, monomyth, etc.) Setting and atmosphere Language (symbolism, allusions, etc.) Again, any non-honors student who would like to earn points is welcome to read a book from the list and to write the same essays for up to 20 extra points. These points go into the general "points earned" and can help to raise your grade.

English II Sophomores, you are starting The Canterbury Tales , and so you will have notes, homework, and quizzes the next two weeks. Here are the notes for this unit , if you'd like to print them out (please do four slides per page). Your first assignment is to read the "General Prologue" and to memorize the first 18 lines in Middle English (or the translation in your book for non-honors). This will be counted as a quiz grade, and you can write or recite it. Below are some resources: First 18 lines in Middle English (from Harvard) Prologue Rap (a la 80's Beastie Boys)  Your quiz on the first 18 lines will be Tuesday, Oct 3 . The test on the "General Prologue" will be on Wednesday, Oct 4 .

Art Survey You have a 100-point exam on Wednesday (open notes, but not open book, and you cannot use the slides printout). English IV First, we are learning the principles of rhetoric, and we will have a quiz on Thursday over the notes .   On Thursday and Friday, you are writing a " This I Believe " essay, specifically tailored to fit your degree program or a scholarship application. For homework credit, please print something out from the school of your choice related to either an entrance essay or scholarship application. You might try the following: Fastweb BigFuture Scholarships.com

English II Your Medieval Presentations are due Friday at the beginning of class. You will have time to work on this in class, but you may also need to work outside of class. Remember that is very important that you use only high quality sources and that you CITE everything through links. Ask tomorrow if you don't know how to do this. Voting will be Monday. Choose TWO from your section only and write them on a piece of paper. English IV The final copy of your research paper is due at the beginning of class Friday. Please present your final draft in a report cover. Also, make sure you have corrected all errors, including those to your title page and references. Your sources should be attached to your final draft.

English II Your quiz on the introduction to the Middle Ages will be on Wednesday . We will start talking about your Medieval Life Project tomorrow. Please take a look at the revised list of topics to see what you'd like to research. English IV Print your title page and 100-word abstract for tomorrow. We will be peer-reviewing drafts in class (including a look at your rubric for this paper ). Art Survey We will start the notes on Ch 7 tomorrow in class.

If you would like earn some extra points for English II, then print out the coat of arms and history of your surname from this link .

The final draft of your research paper is due next week. Below is a checklist: Monday - Combined draft DUE To create the combined draft, highlight each draft and copy (CTRL-C); then, paste into a new document (CTRL-V). Only copy and paste the text, not the MLA headings.  Re-name and re-number the entire draft Add headings (2nd level for the three main parts, and 3rd level within each larger section) Change the font and spacing/indenting to be consistent throughout (should still be 12 point font and double-spaced) Share as "lastname research final" Tuesday - Revise (cut/replace/add) your final draft, and Title Page/Abstract DUE try creating an outline of your draft so far - one of the best methods for revision because it forces you to "re-vision," or see it again create a title page and abstract - submit as "lastname abstract" (examples are examples only, not meant to be templates) Look at some examples of title pages; your abstract (or...

This week we have been covering the introduction to the Middles Ages, and the Medieval Period in literature. The following is a very dramatic video featuring the Bayeux Tapestry:

Exam on Chapter Six on Friday. This will include questions from the homework and notes on Aegean Art and Roman Art .

Your assignment for the Solutions Paper is now posted. Please have a draft ready by the beginning of class Wednesday. We will then work on the revisions, the annotations, and the design of the paper. Your annotated bibliographies are due at the end of class Thursday. Share with me as "lastname-bib." 

Your test on Chapter Five will be Friday, 9/8, and your homework for 5.3 is due at the beginning of class.

English II Your assignment for the next two days is to write a summary . First, you will all read the linked article from National Geographic about the Staffordshire Hoard - text version here . Then, we will craft a 250-word summary in class over the next two days (share as "lastname-hoard"): How To Write a Summary Your homework is to READ the article and take notes on the most important points. Remember that a summary does not use wording from the original text, and it should be clear and concise . Also, do the following vocabulary assignment for homework credit. It will help you comprehend the article and earn you points!

We will be researching and writing in class Thursday and Friday. Your Problem Papers should be shared with me as "lastname-problem," and drafts should be printed by the end of class Friday. As with the Career Paper, I will grade them and hand them back for revision in a couple of weeks. Problem Paper Assignment

English II Your homework for tonight is to finish the vocabulary exercises (and to make note cards of some type), and to answer the following: Comp Check and #2-4, 6 & 7 om page 104. Your EXAM on the Anglo Saxon period will be Monday, 9/11 . This will include everything we have studied in the book so far.

English II Read the selections from the Exeter Book, and answer the following questions, using complete sentences and citing from the text: #1-4 on p89 #1-4 on p93 Comp Check, 2-3, and 7 on p96 Try to guess these Anglo-Saxon riddles without looking at the answers... English IV This week, we are working on the "problem" portion of your research paper. Your topic should be a typical problem that is solved by a person in your profession. For example, if I were writing this about being a high school English teacher, I could write about the problem of plagiarism . I would research the problem thoroughly and present statistics and examples. Next week , we will write the "solution" portion of the paper. Until you fully understand the problem (whatever it is), you cannot hope to solve it. In fact, most of your education will consist of these two sides of every issues - the existence and prevalence of various "problems" and the methods and strategie...