For anyone who was not able to make it to Back to School Night, here is a video of my presentation:
Back to School Night 2021 Welcome to 10th grade English (periods 1 & 2)! I am your teacher, Ms. Naylor, and this is our class website! Of course, we also have a Google Classroom where most of our assignments and announcements will be posted but some extra, helpful information will be posted here.
If you look at the top you will see my other classes (9th grade honors English and Newspaper) but this is the page for our class. Please read our class syllabus (I will post it soon) and the class/school cheating and plagiarism policies. Share these with your family. Then fill out the Google Form. Syllabus Cheating and Plagiarism Cheating and Plagiarism Procedures Google Form This semester you will be required to annotate your reading. We will start by annotating articles. Here are some tips and videos if you are new to annotation or want to know more about it. 8 ANNOTATION TIPS How to annotate (takes notes on and engage with) text while reading 1. Circle any unfamiliar words. Then look them up, and write down the definition. (Hack: You can use dictionary.com - they even have an app). 2. Use question marks to indicate areas of uncertainty. 3. Use stars to indicate anything that seems important, such as themes, symbols, foreshadowing, etc. 4. Use exclamation points to indicate something dramatic, or a key turning point. 5. Write your notes in the margins or with Kami on a PDF (best method), on sticky-notes (decent method), or in a separate notebook (least favorable method). 6. Paraphrase (summarize) each chapter after you finish reading it. You only need a few sentences to do this. Write it down at the beginning or end of the chapter. 7. Write down any questions you have about the text – either questions you’re willing to wait to find out the answer to as you read further, or questions you want to bring up to your teacher in class the next day. 8. Use a color coded system if that type of thing appeals to you. (Colors! Yes!) For example, Ms. Naylor only uses two highlighter colors - blue and pink (pink is for things that are more important or that she definitely wants to use as a quote in a paper, etc. Blue is for important things or things she wants to read again later. You do not want to have to reread the entire book). You can use the Cognitive Strategies booklet (we used this in class):
Here is the shorter bookmark version of the Cognitive Strategies sentence starters. These strategies help you engage with a text and express your thoughts about it. This site has a TON of tips:
https://www.litcharts.com/how-to-guides/how-to-annotate-texts Finally, Here is a very quick and easy "cheat sheet" on how to do annotations: It is your responsibility to proofread/edit your essay before you turn it in.
See this older post for typing/MLA format tips. You can self-edit your essay using the checklist below: Prompt: After writing your essay, complete this checklist. If you answer “no” to any of the questions, go back and edit your essay until you can answer “yes.”
In November we are going to read our first novel - Paulo Coelho's The Alchemist. This is a book that many students really enjoy. There are several ways you can read the book. Please take a look at the options below: You can read the entire book for free online with this pdf version:
You can go to school on Wednesday, Oct. 28 or Friday, Oct. 30 from 12:30-3:00 on Second Street and pick up a copy. Ms. Hubner the "bookroom lady" will be on Second Street in front of the school (there will be a sign). In order to pick up a book you need to wear a mask and bring your high school ID (9th grade or 10th grade) OR even your elementary ID. If you do not have an ID, you can write your name and ID number on a piece of paper to hand to her and she will give you a copy of the book. IF you pick up lunch from school, you can then go get your lunch! Hopefully it is pizza! (There is no school on Friday, OCt. 30 but Ms. Hubner will still be there).
If you want, you can buy your own copy of the book (you do not need to, but some students like to do this). A new copy of The Alchemist: 25th Anniversary Edition is $10.47 on Amazon, for example. Here are some helpful websites with study guides for the book: Sparknotes: The Alchemist Shmoop: The Alchemist Course Hero: The Alchemist The Reading Schedule (note that you are supposed to read the pages BEFORE the day on which they are listed. We will read the first 12 pages in class together). Students, please read our class syllabus and the class/school cheating and plagiarism policies. Share these with your family. Then fill out the Google Form. Google Form: https://forms.gle/NHBdhDiTLzUu2RNd9
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2. Literary Terms 1-25 3. CCW #1-4 4. Terms #1-4 Notebook checks start Sep. 14-15. FYI: All the posts below this one are from last year, so you do not need to read them.
The last few days of school are here. There is this week, and then there are only three school days next week (Monday is a holiday and the last day of school is Thursday, May 28).
The district has said that teachers should not give finals. We only have two assignments this week (voting for the final two poems in the poetry bracket and the optional Flipgrid book review) and then you have until Thursday, May 28 at 3:00 p.m. to turn in any late work from distance learning. I will not grade any late work after that time, but if you need to send me an email to explain your circumstances, you can. I will for sure have your final grades done by Tuesday, June 2, but I will probably be done sooner than that. Today, I went to school and visited our classroom for one hour so I could clean up and take some things home. I miss you guys, but at least I will see you next year (or whenever school resumes in person). Also, I will probably have some of you in my journalism class next year or maybe even in my Summer School class in a few weeks! If you checked out a book from my classroom library, just please take care of it and you can return it to me when we go back to school. I'll let you know what the school says about returning textbooks and library books. Let me know (send me an email) if there is anything I can do to help you these last few weeks. I will also be available the first six weeks of summer because I am teaching Summer School from home. If you want to continue checking this website, I will keep updating it with information about school, etc. Have a good couple of weeks and a good summer! |
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