English IV
For the weekend make sure that you've considered your brainstorming and the questions related to your introduction for your personal essay. We'll be spending a lot of time in class on Friday to draft these personal essays.
If you haven't turned in your student/parent contact form, please do that on Tuesday.
AP English III
Over the weekend you should be focused on Sections One and Two of In Cold Blood. Review both sections with an eye toward vocabulary and record on your bookmarks anywhere from five to ten good words that you would like to further study.
Take the questions I gave you today in class and prepare your question for Section One. We'll use these questions to take us through Section One - make sure that you've identified at least two significant passages that you could use to answer the question.
Look over and review Section Two. Hopefully we'll have time to work through that as well.
Thursday, August 31, 2017
Wednesday, August 30, 2017
Homework for A-Day Students: 30 August
Russian I
Tonight, continue to work on the handwriting exercises that you've been given. You should be able to complete most everything up to Exercise 6. There are a few letters we haven't met yet, and you can skip those. Continue to focus on the letters we have learned in class which are:
Tonight, continue to work on the handwriting exercises that you've been given. You should be able to complete most everything up to Exercise 6. There are a few letters we haven't met yet, and you can skip those. Continue to focus on the letters we have learned in class which are:
A / К / М / О / Т / В / Е / Ё / Н / Р / С/ У / Х
By this point you should be able to say the letter and write it in upper and lower case.
Advanced Russian
Tonight you have a bit of practice with the ideas of truncation, addition, stems, and endings. In the exercise I gave you today in class I want you to do a few things:
- Identify the process which will happen - addition or truncation.
- Combine the stem and ending in standard transcription.
- Transform into Russian, if you can.
We'll continue to work through this next class. You also have your vocabulary from Chapters 1-4; focus on relearning the verbs!
English IV
In class today we began our study of The Canterbury Tales by looking at some historical information as well as a bit of the Prologue in Modern and Middle English. We'll read more of the text next class and work on our writing assignments a lot. Make sure that you have considered your brainstorming questions and that you have decided which aspect of yourself you are focusing on in your personal essay. Next class we will be very focused on the writing of this assignment.
Tuesday, August 29, 2017
Homework for B-Day - 29 August
English IV
For tonight, just like the A-day class, please finish your brainstorming for "The Me You Don't See" as well as your paperwork (student/parent contact sheet). We'll be using the answers for the brainstorming to guide us into the drafting of the personal essay.
Today was a wonderful first class - I was very happy to see the excitement and energy in the room. Let's keep that going and make sure we have a wonderful year together.
AP English III
Mr. Bernhard and I are working on your summer assignments and will get them back to you as soon as we can. For now, you have reading and paperwork to complete.
Complete the reading of Didion's "On Keeping a Notebook" - it's available in the first edition of 50 Essays and at this link. Read the text and take notes. As you read, find four new words and write them on your vocabulary bookmarks.
Also, don't forget the parent/student contact form. You can fill out the paper copy or the online version in the post below.
Next class we'll be working with Didion and Capote - so have your books and your notes!
For tonight, just like the A-day class, please finish your brainstorming for "The Me You Don't See" as well as your paperwork (student/parent contact sheet). We'll be using the answers for the brainstorming to guide us into the drafting of the personal essay.
Today was a wonderful first class - I was very happy to see the excitement and energy in the room. Let's keep that going and make sure we have a wonderful year together.
AP English III
Mr. Bernhard and I are working on your summer assignments and will get them back to you as soon as we can. For now, you have reading and paperwork to complete.
Complete the reading of Didion's "On Keeping a Notebook" - it's available in the first edition of 50 Essays and at this link. Read the text and take notes. As you read, find four new words and write them on your vocabulary bookmarks.
Also, don't forget the parent/student contact form. You can fill out the paper copy or the online version in the post below.
Next class we'll be working with Didion and Capote - so have your books and your notes!
Monday, August 28, 2017
Homework for the First Day
Yay! We made it through the first day. After today it just gets easier. I was very happy to see and meet all of you today. I was also very pleased with the tone you all set with me today. If we keep doing the year like we did today, then we're golden. Here are your reminders for Wednesday's classes.
You can also go to the post below to access the student/parent contact sheet online.
English IV
Please complete the brainstorming sheet - remember five questions total with three from one section. You'll also want to fill out your student/parent contact sheet, the honor code form, and your student handbook form.
Advanced Russian
Think of ten verbs that you would need to use to discuss your everyday habits and activities. Look them up in Russian if you don't already know them and write them out in Russian as well as in Structural Transcription. We'll review the work on Wednesday as we jump into the system of classifying verbs by their stems.
Don't forget to also complete your student/parent contact sheet.
Russian I
We know five letters in the Russian alphabet - just 28 more to go! Tonight, work on your handwriting practice. Remember that if the word has a letter we haven't seen yet then you can skip it. Only work with the letters A, K, M, O, T. Review your notes and practice!
Don't forget to also complete your student/parent contact sheet.
You can also go to the post below to access the student/parent contact sheet online.
English IV
Please complete the brainstorming sheet - remember five questions total with three from one section. You'll also want to fill out your student/parent contact sheet, the honor code form, and your student handbook form.
Advanced Russian
Think of ten verbs that you would need to use to discuss your everyday habits and activities. Look them up in Russian if you don't already know them and write them out in Russian as well as in Structural Transcription. We'll review the work on Wednesday as we jump into the system of classifying verbs by their stems.
Don't forget to also complete your student/parent contact sheet.
Russian I
We know five letters in the Russian alphabet - just 28 more to go! Tonight, work on your handwriting practice. Remember that if the word has a letter we haven't seen yet then you can skip it. Only work with the letters A, K, M, O, T. Review your notes and practice!
Don't forget to also complete your student/parent contact sheet.
Tuesday, August 22, 2017
Beginning the Year! Online Resources and Tools!
Welcome to the 2017-2018 Year! Below there are several online resources that you can use to get started with our classes for the year.
Parent/Student Contact Form
If you choose, please complete the contact form either on paper (delivered home by your student and handed out in class on day one) or online. Use the link below to complete the form. Remember to review the policies and procedures sheet before completing the form.
Mr. Miller's Contact Form
Google Classroom
In my classroom we will use Google Classroom to complete a lot of assignments. You'll need to use your DPS Google Account in order to access the online classroom space. You'll want to go to classroom.google.com and then use the code below to join your class.
2A - English IV - iawzp3
3A - Advanced Russian - dhvb35
4A - Russian I - 7xt5c2
2B - English IV - y0ekren
3B - AP English III - 0xpab07
4B - AP English III - 69gnon6
Remind
I also use Remind as an application to facilitate communication between parents, students, and me. Use the codes below in order to access our Remind groups. The groups are set by the classes, not the specific periods. You will want to send the code below to 81010 via text message to sign up.
English IV - @h78c2
AP English III - @7ee3eg
Russian I - @386b3a
Advanced Russian -@russii
Parent/Student Contact Form
If you choose, please complete the contact form either on paper (delivered home by your student and handed out in class on day one) or online. Use the link below to complete the form. Remember to review the policies and procedures sheet before completing the form.
Mr. Miller's Contact Form
Google Classroom
In my classroom we will use Google Classroom to complete a lot of assignments. You'll need to use your DPS Google Account in order to access the online classroom space. You'll want to go to classroom.google.com and then use the code below to join your class.
2A - English IV - iawzp3
3A - Advanced Russian - dhvb35
4A - Russian I - 7xt5c2
2B - English IV - y0ekren
3B - AP English III - 0xpab07
4B - AP English III - 69gnon6
Remind
I also use Remind as an application to facilitate communication between parents, students, and me. Use the codes below in order to access our Remind groups. The groups are set by the classes, not the specific periods. You will want to send the code below to 81010 via text message to sign up.
English IV - @h78c2
AP English III - @7ee3eg
Russian I - @386b3a
Advanced Russian -
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