Category Archives: Calendar

The Excitin’ Works Cited…

Posted on April 19, 2010 by jculver

Okay, maybe not. But it IS something you need to know in order to do well on all your high school and college research papers. Some of you were talking about the different ways you can do your citations online/online … Continue reading →

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Whew!

Posted on April 15, 2010 by jculver

Your hand hurt yet?  Parents, today I let the students work on their original poems for their portfolio project OR they could work on writing their five paragraph essays (TP CASTT poetry analysis OR commentary on one of their prose … Continue reading →

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3 Day Weekend

Posted on April 9, 2010 by jculver

Enjoy it, but also find two more published poems that are about your chosen portfolio project.  Be thinking about which of the two prose selections (magazine, newspaper, etc.) you want to write a commentary on next week. Some of you … Continue reading →

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“Perseus”

Posted on March 24, 2010 by jculver

Today we read “Perseus” in class and did the questions that followed.  We also worked on commonly confused words in your Writer’s Choice books. If you were absent today, make it up! “Perseus” is on pages 1058-1063 in the literature book and … Continue reading →

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For anyone wanting to go to the tournament in Montgomery in April

Posted on March 11, 2010 by jculver

2010 April Topic for Public Forum Debate Resolved: On balance, government employee labor unions have a positive impact on the United States.

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Great Expectations and Animal Farm Essays

Posted on March 11, 2010 by jculver

Advanced 9: Well, we are finally finished reading Great Expectations in our advanced English classes!  I know most of you are glad it’s over! 🙂  I have been pleased with the amount of time and effort you have put into … Continue reading →

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