Announcement regarding finalized grades

Grades will not be finalized until 4 PM today. Students and parents, please wait until 4 PM to check your final grade. Our software does not calculate automatically, so the grade you see if you check before 4 PM may be incorrect.

Final Exam Schedule

Wednesday December 16th ,     A2, A3, A4

8:05                  Transport from HHS to RCA

8:05-10:00       Exam A2

10:05-12:00     Exam A3

11:55-12:10     Transport from HHS to RCA

12:05               All students report to A4 period

12:10 -12:40   First lunch   PE, Band, E Halls, H Hall, V Hall,  Theater, Granade Side of                  D Hall, C Elbow           

12:45-1:15       Second Lunch  A Hall, D Hall Bus Lane, C Hall

1:20-3:05         Exam A4

Thursday December 17th, Exams B2, B3, B4

8:05                  Transport from HHS to RCA

8:05-10:00       Exam B2

10:05-12:00     Exam B3

11:55-12:10     Transport from HHS to RCA

12:05               All students report to B4 period

12:10-12:40     First Lunch   PE, Band, E Halls, H Hall, V Hall, Theater, Granade Side of D Hall, C Elbow

12:45-1:15       Second Lunch   A Hall, D Hall Bus Lane, C Hall

1:20-3:05         Exam B4

Friday December 18th , Exams A1, B1

8:05-10:10       Exam A1

10:15-12:15     Exam B1

12:15-12:45     Lunch Will be with B1.  We will dismiss with teachers’ help by hallway   and go back to classrooms to eat.

12:45               Dismissal by hallway

Today in Class: December 15, 2015

Final exams this Wednesday-Friday! Each one of my classes has a final exam during the scheduled exam period that will count for 20% of your final grade for the semester.

• 10th Lit/Comp students: Bring a sharpened #2 pencil to your exam.
• American Lit students: Bring your fully charged laptop to your exam.
• Creative Writing students: Bring a writing utensil (pen or pencil) to your exam. 

Wednesday: A2, 3, 4
Thursday: B2, 3, 4
Friday: A1, B1 (early release)

B1

• Final exam review, available on My Big Campus

B3

• USA Test Prep: Benchmark 2 Prep: Standards L4, L5
• Study guide on My Big Campus 

B4

• Create an 8-panel comic strip retelling a fairy tale in which the villain is actually the hero; your comic strip needs color illustrations and dialogue

Today in Class: December 14, 2015

Final exams this Wednesday-Friday! Each one of my classes has a final exam during the scheduled exam period that will count for 20% of your final grade for the semester.

• 10th Lit/Comp students: Bring a sharpened #2 pencil to your exam.
• American Lit students: Bring your fully charged laptop to your exam.
• Creative Writing students: Bring a writing utensil (pen or pencil) to your exam.  

Wednesday: A2, 3, 4
Thursday: B2, 3, 4
Friday: A1, B1 (early release)

A1 and A3

• Final exam review, available on My Big Campus

A2

• USA Test Prep: Benchmark 2 Prep: Standards L4, L5
• Study guide on My Big Campus

Today in Class: December 11, 2015

Final exams next week! Each one of my classes has a final exam during the scheduled exam period that will count for 20% of your final grade for the semester.

• 10th Lit/Comp students: Bring a sharpened #2 pencil to your exam.
• American Lit students: Bring your fully charged laptop to your exam.
• Creative Writing students: Bring a writing utensil (pen or pencil) to your exam.  

B1

• Final exam review

B3

• Read and discussed Walt Whitman collection as class
• Multiple choice and constructed response practice as class

B4

• USA Test Prep:
• Finish "Using Reference Materials"
• Today: "Interpret Figures of Speech + Acquire and Use Vocabulary" up until you get to the Arrmageddon game, then switch to "No more Arrmageddon"

Today in Class: December 10, 2015

Final exams next week! Each one of my classes has a final exam during the scheduled exam period that will count for 20% of your final grade for the semester.

• 10th Lit/Comp students: Bring a sharpened #2 pencil to your exam.
• American Lit students: Bring your fully charged laptop to your exam.
• Creative Writing students: Bring a writing utensil (pen or pencil) to your exam.  

TOMORROW is the last day that I will accept late/missing/re-assessed work. Only assignments that are less than a month old will be accepted.


B1

• Finished rough draft of DBQ essay, completed peer editing, and wrote and submitted final draft of DBQ essay (timed)

B3

•  Read and discussed Emily Dickinson collection
• Jigsaw multiple choice and constructed response practice in groups

B4

• USA Test Prep: "Using Reference Materials" assignment group
• If you were absent today, please make sure that you complete the "Using Reference Materials" assignment group. A new one will be assigned tomorrow, and tomorrow is the last day I'll accept missing work. 

Today in Class: December 9, 2015

All classes:

• See Final Exam schedule on right side of board. The Final Exam is worth 20% of your final grade.
• Juniors: Bring your fully-charged laptop to the final exam. We will test online.
• Sophomores: All you need for your final exam is a sharpened #2 pencil.
• Final Exam Study Guides are on My Big Campus and my blog
• Late Work Cut-off Dec. 11: Assignments that are less than a month old only.
• Due to a generous late work and re-assessment policy, I do not offer extra credit.

A1 and A3

• Wrote and submitted final drafts of timed DBQ essay 
• Reviewed Final Exam Study Guide, created list of items needing additional review Monday
• This weekend, look over the study guide and make a note of anything that needs additional review Monday. Monday is our last class day before the exam.

A2

• Read and discussed Walt Whitman collection as class
• Jigsaw multiple choice and constructed response practice in groups
• Began Benchmark 2 Prep: Standards L4, L5 on USA Test Prep

Today in Class: December 8, 2015

All classes:

• See Final Exam schedule on right side of board. The Final Exam is worth 20% of your final grade.
• Juniors: Bring your fully-charged laptop to the final exam. We will test online.
• Sophomores: All you need for your final exam is a sharpened #2 pencil.
• Final Exam Study Guides are on My Big Campus and my blog
• Late Work Cut-off Dec. 11: Assignments that are less than a month old only.
• Due to a generous late work and re-assessment policy, I do not offer extra credit.

B1

• Continued Holocaust DBQ
• If you were absent, complete the DBQ, including a rough draft of the essay on the last two (lined) pages of the packet. Please make sure this is done before class Thursday so that you don't get behind.

 B3

• Wrote and submitted final drafts of personal narratives
•  College applications often require a reflective essay about an experience that helped shape you as a person. Just as Douglass described how knowledge freed him, identify a key event in your life, and write an essay communicating its significance. Follow the model Douglass set of combining narration, or storytelling, with other rhetorical strategies, such as description, exposition, or explanation, and –if appropriate—persuasion. 

B4

• Time to prepare play performances
• Group play performances
• How does an expanded vocabulary improve writing? How can we expand our vocabularies using reference materials? 
• Watched and discussed intro videos as class

Today in Class: December 7, 2015

All classes:

• See Final Exam schedule on right side of board. The Final Exam is worth 20% of your final grade.
• Juniors: Bring your fully-charged laptop to the final exam. We will test online.
• Sophomores: All you need for your final exam is a sharpened #2 pencil.
• Final Exam Study Guides are on My Big Campus and my blog
• Late Work Cut-off Dec. 11: Assignments that are less than a month old only.
• Due to a generous late work and re-assessment policy, I do not offer extra credit.

A1 and A3

• Timed rough draft and peer editing for DBQ essay
• We'll write timed final drafts in class Wednesday

 A2

• Read and discussed Emily Dickinson poetry
• Jigsaw multiple choice and constructed response practice in groups

Today in Class: December 4, 2015

All classes:

• See Final Exam schedule on right side of board. The Final Exam is worth 20% of your final grade.
• Juniors: Bring your fully-charged laptop to the final exam. We will test online.
• Sophomores: All you need for your final exam is a sharpened #2 pencil.
• Final Exam Study Guides are on My Big Campus and my blog
• Late Work Cut-off Dec. 11: Assignments that are less than a month old only.
• Due to a generous late work and re-assessment policy, I do not offer extra credit.

A1

• Continued Holocaust DBQ
• If you were absent today, make sure that you've completed the packet through the outline portion and are ready to start your first draft Monday in class 

 A2

• Revised, completed, and submitted personal narratives
• If you were absent today, I need your final draft on Monday

A3

•  Continued Holocaust DBQ
• If you were absent today, make sure that you've completed the packet through the outline portion and are ready to start your first draft Monday in class

Today in Class: December 3, 2015

All classes:

• See Final Exam schedule on right side of board. The Final Exam is worth 20% of your final grade.
• Juniors: Bring your fully-charged laptop to the final exam. We will test online.
• Sophomores: All you need for your final exam is a sharpened #2 pencil.
• Final Exam Study Guides are on My Big Campus and my blog
• Late Work Cut-off Dec. 11: Assignments that are less than a month old only.
• Due to a generous late work and re-assessment policy, I do not offer extra credit.

B1

• Began Holocaust writings DBQ as class

B3

• Reviewed Benchmark 2 Blueprint
• Finished reading from My Bondage and My Freedom
• Reviewed narrative writing exemplars
• Wrote and submitted first draft of personal narrative:
• College applications often require a reflective essay about an experience that helped shape you as a person. Just as Douglass described how knowledge freed him, identify a key event in your life, and write an essay communicating its significance. Follow the model Douglass set of combining narration, or storytelling, with other rhetorical strategies, such as description, exposition, or explanation, and –if appropriate—persuasion. 

B4

• What are the characteristics of a good play?
• This week: In a group of 3-4, write and prepare to perform a 5 minute long play. Students turned in scripts at the end of class today.
• Tuesday, you'll have about 30 minutes to prepare, then each group will perform their play! Feel free to bring in props and costumes.
• Each group member must have a recurring speaking role in your play (more than just one line).
• Announcements: 
• Late work cut-off December 11: assignments less than a month old only
• Final exam 20% of final grade, Thursday 12/17

Today in Class: December 2, 2015

All classes:

• See Final Exam schedule on right side of board. The Final Exam is worth 20% of your final grade.
• Juniors: Bring your fully-charged laptop to the final exam. We will test online.
• Sophomores: All you need for your final exam is a sharpened #2 pencil.
• Final Exam Study Guides are on My Big Campus and my blog
• Late Work Cut-off Dec. 11: Assignments that are less than a month old only.
• Due to a generous late work and re-assessment policy, I do not offer extra credit.

A1 and A3

• Began Holocaust writings DBQ as class

 A2

• Reviewed Benchmark 2 Blueprint and narrative writing exemplars
• Finished reading from My Bondage and My Freedom
• Wrote and submitted first draft of personal narrative:
• College applications often require a reflective essay about an experience that helped shape you as a person. Just as Douglass described how knowledge freed him, identify a key event in your life, and write an essay communicating its significance. Follow the model Douglass set of combining narration, or storytelling, with other rhetorical strategies, such as description, exposition, or explanation, and –if appropriate—persuasion.