3 February - Friday Feels!

English 10

Great day in English 10 today as we took time to review good letter writing, zoomed in on an effective body paragraph as an example for our writing next week, and then we ended with time to work on our major assignment - the research write-up. If you didn't finish it in class, I will take it this weekend. If it's turned in on Monday, I'll hit it with a penalty.

Next week we have registration on Thursday. We'll start with planning our letters on Tuesday and revise our write-ups, if we need to. Be ready for a writing workshop next class! This unit will be ending pretty soon.

AP Language

We're all caught up on this wacky week! Next week we'll have our lesson on the Annotated Bibliography and our next group meeting. Read and prepare! We'll be writing next week!

English 10 Update

Sorry about yesterday, y'all. I guess with my appointments my brain was a bit distracted. Instead of a movie, we had the continuation of low-key days in English 10 with our course registration meetings in the Career Center today. Junior year is a very important year in your high school trajectory, so I am glad that you had the opportunity to sit down and speak with your counselors about where you want to go and how you're going to get there. I also appreciated having the opportunity to speak with a few of you about your plans and goals moving forward.

Be sure that you complete any of the assignments that may be lingering over you right now. Some of you need to finish/make-up the test. Some of you need to finish your adaptations of "A Problem". If you have any questions about where you stand in class, be sure to ask ASAP. Next week we'll be watching our film, doing test corrections, and studying the 20th Century in Russia and Eastern European literature and culture.

Ending the Week - 19 February

AP Language

Today we had a bit of a bonus day because of yesterday's snow day. Options for today's class and Return Period included: drafting our research papers, participating in writing conferences, reading in Invisible Man to prepare for future seminars, resubmitting research paper tasks, or completing the synthesis FRQ on AP Classroom.

Remember that your research paper is due by March 5 - as is the FRQ on AP Classroom. This FRQ is a full essay - no more half-stepping for us, the exam draws on apace! This FRQ is a great dry run to see how well you are accomplishing the skills of this writing unit. You'll receive a completion score for the FRQ as well as an AP score to see how your skills line up for the final exam in May.

Next week we'll be having our catch-up days as well as asynchronous days school-wide. Please be in touch and let me know how I can support you. I'll also have Office Hours on Monday if you need to meet me then.

AP Research

Quick meetings can be great meetings - thanks for being present and prompt! Keep in mind that your analysis of the BoK paper will be due soon, try to turn it in on Monday. This gives you a great chance to go back to an important source and engage in some critical reading and reflection around your own work. Consider how this paper can show you more and be even more helpful for you now as you begin writing and working with data than it was when you first encountered it. This analysis can be helpful in a lot of ways as we think about where we find ourselves in the inquiry process.

Next week we'll take a bit of a look back at the idea of variables - qualitative and quantitative - and possibly reexamining your questions and preliminary data to get ready for analysis and related tasks. Your BoK analysis may help you to set up your preliminary charts and help you get a handle on what data analysis may look like.

As always, let me know how I can help you through this work. No researcher is an island, to paraphrase Milton - reach out and ask questions of me and each other - we're all here to help. Enjoy the weekend!

English 10

Today was a working day within our museum field tripping unit and a day to meet with counselors to review and enter course selections for next year. Remember that if you weren't able to meet that you should still enter your course selections on SiS. (Seventh Period - I've asked Ms. Rotella about rescheduling your meeting with your counselors; I'll keep you posted on how this develops.)

Next week is a catch-up day and an asynchronous day. The goal will be to complete the outline for your final interpretation of your item in your museum. The template for the assignment and a video are posted for you to use. I'll take you though more tools in the databases as we finish our interpretation work. If you're missing earlier steps in the process, it's important to get those complete now. Remember to check your school email often as well as your messages during class for updates or check-ins from me.

Remember that I'm still holding office hours on Monday. If you need to meet, please drop in on BBCU or claim a signup spot in my calendar, that's posted in Google Classroom under Classwork.

Beginning All Over Again - Quarter 3

AP Language

Today was our day for registration meetings with counselors. While that was going on, we had an asynchronous day focused on reflecting on our research so far and building toward our outlines. Remember that the final day for researching and finding sources will be on Thursday. Outlines will be due quickly after that - on Monday, February 1. I'll be reviewing requirements and reminders for the outline next class. Use the rubric and the reflection document to help you construct your assignment.

You can return copies of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn to school at any time. We'll begin our unit on Invisible Man very soon, so I'll be able to issue novels one last time. If you need a copy of the novel, please email me, and I'll reserve one for you.

English 10

Today in class we were able to meet and have a productive day. Before we launch into our new unit on museums, art, and research, we paused to look back at where we've come from in our work so far. I hope that seeing the SOL Rubric I use for your assignments helps you to understand your score and where it comes from. We'll keep focused on writing and developing as writers as we keep moving through the second half of the year. I hope that today's reflection time helped you to set some goals for yourself.

From there, we previewed and discussed museums a bit and began thinking about the type of museums we're interested in. Keep in mind that the goal of this assignment is to find a museum and piece of art which interests us for our research. The world is nothing but possibility as there are so many options for you around the world to investigate. I'm really looking forward to the work ahead - it's not a real field trip, but it's the best we can do for now.