Summer ’11

Posted on July 2, 2011 by jculver

Hope everyone is having a great summer.  I’ll be checking back here in a few weeks to update new students and parents what supplies you will need for my class.

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Hallelujah!

Posted on May 17, 2011 by jculver

Today I finished grading the portfolios!  Sorry if yours wasn’t graded right away. I had a total of 144 portfolios to grade and I’m done! 🙂 

Overall, everyone did a great job!

Speaking of finishing…we finished reading The Odyssey in class today.  Homework: pt 4 questions on page 1019 1-7, questions and answers

and the crossword puzzle. Both go into your folder.

Folder due on Friday. Last one!  Also, last regular test on Friday on parts 3 and 4 of The Odyssey.grkship-poseiden

Bring envelope by Friday so you can write a letter to your SENIOR SELF. 🙂

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Your Project is Due TOMORROW

Posted on May 3, 2011 by jculver

400 points.

Parents, we have worked on it in class since we came back from Spring Break. They have had computer labs and I’ve given them materials.

You should all be done except for minor touchups tonight.

I can’t wait to see your portfolios!

If you need help, use the links under research on the right and/or use the linksin the previous posts.

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Tuesday

Posted on April 26, 2011 by jculver

One week until your BIG PORTFOLIO PROJECT IS DUE!  400 points!!!!

Tomorrow bring in anything you are having trouble with and I’ll work with you one on one with it. I plan to review how to write the commentary on your article, how to write your closing, and to make sure you know the proper way to write your Works Cited.

Bring in your materials!!!!

Today, parents, I gave notes on PowerPoint about Homer and background to The Odyssey. We are starting that this week. No homework other than getting that project ready!

PS: Journals being taken up on Friday. 15 entries. 50 points.

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MLA, Poetry, and Elephants…

Posted on April 20, 2011 by jculver

DSC06579Here is the link to the MLA, Owl at Perdue site. 🙂 Be working on that portfolio project!  If you are in my sixth period, this is the powerpoint that wouldn’t work on my laptop today! Please view it tonight (Wed) or in the computer lab on Thursday.

Some of you have asked me about other ways to write poems, so here are some links to help you:

Write a Cinquain, Write an Acrostic, Write a Diamonte poem, Write a Limerick, Write a Tanka poem, Write a Shakespearean Sonnet

In other news, I’m currently reading Water for Elephants by Sara Gruen, after I finished the “Moon”/Life as We Knew It trilogy by Susan Beth Pfeffer (which I highly recommend you read).  I miss the trilogy and I’m just slowly getting into this book…although I keep thinking it’s Edward Cullen at the circus…:) 

What are you reading?

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Due Thursday!

Posted on April 19, 2011 by jculver

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Logan and Jared are excited about getting to class and working on their portfolio project. 🙂

Due on Thursday:

Proof that you found:

2 magazine articles about your topic

OR

1 magazine article/short story about your topic

OR

2 short stories about your topic

OR

1 essay/1 magazine article about your topic

etc.

JOURNALS

I won’t be taking up journals this week, so keep them with you.

You should have at least ten entries by the end of this week.

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Getting Started on Your Works Cited

Posted on April 19, 2011 by jculver

Remember that your Works Cited page will have all the sources you have collected for this project.

List your

2 song lyrics—writer of song (if can’t find writer, use singer’s name)

2 magazine articles or 1 magazine article and 1 short story

4 published poems

Check this site for help getting started.

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Monday, April 18

Posted on April 18, 2011 by jculver

Today I gave students class time to work on anything they needed to catch up on:

1. finishing their poetry analysis essay

2. finding magazine articles to fit their theme from the hundred or so magazines in the room

3. writing a pantoum poem

Tomorrow we will be back in the computer lab, room 107. Come ready to work!

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Finding a Short Story

Posted on April 14, 2011 by jculver

to fit your theme.

Try this site:  East of the Web   or you can try the Alabama Virtual Library. Try the following:

1. Go to AVL

2. View all resources

3. Find Literature Resources from Gale

4. Unclick the ALL button where it says “by content type” and click:

PRIMARY SOURCES AND LITERARY WORKS

5. Now search for short stories or poems

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Finding great newspaper/magazine articles…

Posted on April 14, 2011 by jculver

Go to AVL (Alabama Virtual Library).

Click “View All Resources”

Click on Newspaper Resources

Search in the box. 🙂

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