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Hello! Summer Reading for 11th grade Helena students! (This is NOT the honors list.)

Hope your summer is going well. Your summer reading is as follows for the 11th grade:  Pick one! 🙂   The Glass Castle by Jannette Walls The Selection by Kiara Cass Jake, Reinvented by Gordon Kormon The Watch That Ends the … Continue reading

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Rubric for Leadership Paper—9th grade

This is the rubric for the leader paper I’ll use to grade your essays, due on Monday (Advanced) and Wednesday (Regular 9). Let me know if you have any questions.

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MLA help

Hi. Found this and thought it might help you! MLA Help

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Some reminders…from remind101 ;)

If you aren’t on Remind 101 (text messages that remind you of important dates in English class), then this post is for you! 🙂 9th grade:   4-22:  Read part 3 of Fahrenheit 451 on your own. Test on part … Continue reading

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A few photos…finding figurative language in Fahrenheit 451

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11th grade: Tuesdays with Morrie Reading Calendar

Some of you have asked me to list the titles of the “chapters” in the book instead of the page numbers, so here you go: Wed, April 2: “The Curriculum, The Syllabus” Thursday, April 3: “The Student, The Audiovisual” Friday, … Continue reading

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Ninth graders…check this out.

If you are an audio learner, or an audio/visual learner, here are the links to a woman reading Fahrenheit 451 aloud for you, showing you the pages. Makes me think of when we were younger and the pleasure we got from … Continue reading

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If you were on band trip

You DO get extra time to turn in your poetry project (9th) and essay (11th).

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Reminder about poetry project due tomorrow

Have Works Cited page on BACK of poster. Should have at least 3 sources. Remember what we talked about in class—double spaced, hanging indentions, Times New Roman, size 12, alphabetical order (Check MLA/Owl at Purdue——>link on right). You can use … Continue reading

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Next Week’s Plans for 9th Grade Classes

Monday, March 17, 2014 1. DRP Week 24, Monday 2.Literature Textbook: Page 606-611  Close Read: Poetic Language and Meaning 3. Check on their progress on poet project; give help where needed Tuesday, March 18, 2014 DRP Week 24, Tuesday Works … Continue reading

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