Current Assignments/Class Work

English 9:
Culture discussion and presentations
Journal: Your Name
The House on Mango Street excerpts

English 10:
Annotating a text
Archduke Ferdinand assasination reading
HW: 1st person perspective writing
Final autobiographical narrative past due this week

English 11:
Journal/discussion: Separation of Church and State
Puritan influence on literature
Textbook notes pages 98-99
Poetry pages 100-102

Current Assignments

English 9:
Classwork:
Generating questions to be researched
Work Cited format
Figurative language (simile/metaphor/personification/hyperbole)
Homework: Bring in a copy of a poem or song lyrics

English 10:
Classwork:
Autobiographical Narrative revision
MLA formatting
Homework: Narrative revision (if incomplete)

English 11:
Classwork:
Obama inauguration speech analysis (Ethos/Pathos/Logos)
Presentations 9/23 and 9/24

Power Point Presentation Tips

1) Use the same background for all the slides. When in doubt use one of the Design Templates that came with PowerPoint. These templates guarantee a professional looking background every time. You can find even more premade templates on the Microsoft Office Website .
2) Pick high contrast colors. High contrast means light letters on a dark background for example. High contrasting colors makes it much easier to read the slides. When in doubt use one of the Design Templates that came with PowerPoint. This guarantees high contrast colors.
3) Use one good picture or graphic per slide. PowerPoint is a visual medium so please use pictures and graphics. Just make sure the pictures are relevant to the topic and large enough for the audience to see and appreciate them. Search online for free images.
4) Minimum of 32 pts for the font size. Remember you’re making a presentation and not an eye exam. Your audience should be able to read the slides without binoculars.
5) Maximum of 5 lines of text per slide. Use bullet lists and phrases rather than whole sentences. Plan on explaining the bullets and phrases as part of your oral presentation.
6) Please don’t read the slides to your audience. Generally speaking, all the members of your audience are literate. Instead of reading the slides to them use the slide as a launching point to tell them more about your topic.
7) Check your spelling and grammar. Nothing distracts the attention of your audience more than spelling & grammar errors.
8) Use good presentation skills. Make sure you have good eye contact, you’re loud enough, and don’t forget to practice your presentation before you present. These things are very important to your audience and they should be important to you.

Current Assignments/Class Work

English 9:
Caucasian Mummies in China: Read (focus on context clues and questioning the text)
Answer #1,4,5,7 Page 136; answer #7 Page 137

English 10:
Carrier Pigeons article: complete worksheet questions
Cher Ami (The Heroic Carrier Pigeon): Read article and poem; complete compare and contrast organizer; answer questions on back of organizer
Mt. Everest: Read Hillary's and Norgay's narrative accounts (focus on visualization and questioning the text); answer #1-10 Page 145
Autobiographical Narrative revised and completed next week

English 11:
Journal: The Green Movement
President Obama Inauguration Speech: Identify SOAPSTone; complete Say/Mean/Matter chart; analyze assigned ethos, pathos, or logos evidence in text of speech (group work)
Group presentations next week.

Current Assignments/Class Work

English 9:
-Autobiographical Poem
-Journal: Descriptive Writing

English 10:
-Autobiographical Narrative (rough draft)
-Journal: Descriptive Writing

English 11:
-Notes: SOAPSTone (PowerPoint)
-Create an Advertisement (SOAPSTone)

Advisory(Project Time):
-Bridge Research