Monday, November 30, 2009

Reagan article

Please follow the below link to read the article "Reagan's Speech that Ended the cold War." Remember that you need to take down notes, on a separate piece of paper, about the main ideas, purpose, style, audience, tone, and any author bias. I will check these on Thursday for A Block and Friday for E block.

http://www.time.com/time/magazine/article/0,9171,1933194,00.html

Tuesday, November 17, 2009

Declaration of Independence

Click on the below link to access the Declaration of Independence.

http://www.earlyamerica.com/earlyamerica/freedom/doi/text.html

Friday, February 13, 2009

Reminders!

  • Writing Assignment 5 was due Friday, 2/13 at 2 p.m. If you did not turn it in, please email me over the vacation.
  • The Of Mice and Men take-home test is due Monday, 2/23 by 2 p.m. I will not take it late.
  • Please schedule your outside reading visual presentation as soon as possible by emailing me tlesniak@shschools.com
  • Enjoy your vacation. Get some rest. Have some fun. Behave yourselves!

Wednesday, February 4, 2009

Outside Reading Project books

Just a reminder:
You need to have your outside reading book approved by this FRIDAY at 2 p.m.

Thursday, January 29, 2009

Outside Reading

Now that you have had the opportunity to peruse the outside reading assignment, I hope you will get started on it quickly. I'm asking more of you than I did before, but I wouldn't be asking for it if I didn't feel like you could do it. I think that good students who become successful adults are ones who challenge themselves, not ones who are satisfied with just skating by. This is an accelerated course which means that challenge is a part of the curriculum. With that said, I do understand that many of you participate in sports, have part-time jobs, and/or have other strenuous classes. That is why I am giving you a month plus to complete this and why I will give you some time in class to work on it. Do not leave it until the last minute.

Please remember that your book must be pre-approved by Friday, February 6 at 2 p.m. You can do this in person or via email tlesniak@shschools.com.

You may also schedule a time to present your visual assignment by visiting me in person or via email. I suggest you have two dates in mind when trying to schedule this.