January 9th - January 21st

Thursday, January 9th - Homework-Read through page 25 in Night Thoreau Spent in Jail (NTSiJ) and answer through question 18 on study guide

Friday, January 10th - Wordly Wise Quiz 11
HW - Read through page 41 in NTSiJ and answer through question 28

Monday, January 13th - Read through page 58 and answer through question 36

Tuesday, January 14th - Read through page 69 and answer through question 41

Wednesday, January 15th - Read through page 85 and answer questions 1-6 for Act II

Thursday, January 16th - Read through page 99 and answer through question 13/WW Quiz 12

Friday, January 17th - Read through page 111 and answer through question 23/Review

Monday, January 20th - Essay Test over Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

Tuesday, January 21st - Objective Test over Night Thoreau Spent in Jail

Friday, November 22 - Friday, December 13

Friday 11/22 - Wordly Wise Mid Term (30 questions)

Happy Thanksgiving!

Monday 12/2 - "Teenage Wasteland," "Baba O'Riley," and "Letter from a Birmingham Jail"

Tuesday 12/3 - Review/Computer Lab

Wednesday 12/4  - Test over Transcedentalism

Thursday 12/5  - Computer Lab

Friday 12/6 - It's a Wonderful Life

Monday 12/9  - It's a Wonderful Life/Kids Yule Love...Don't forget those gifts!


Tuesday 12/10 - Computer Lab - Rough Draft of Research Analysis Due

Wednesday 12/11 - It's a Wonderful Life - In Class Film Analysis


Thursday 12/12 - Mid Term Exam Review

Friday 12/13 - Mid Term Exam Review and Final Draft of Literary Analysis Due

November 18th - 22nd

Monday: Group Presentations

Tuesday: Discuss Research Paper and Notes on Transcendentalism

Wednesday: Notes on Transcedentalism

Thursday: Wordly Wise Test 2 (Lists 6-10)

Friday: Transcedentalism

On Line Research Tools

Part 1 of your Research project is due on Tuesday, November 4th (Quiz Grade).  This information should help you if you are researching on or off campus.

Due: Tuesday, November 5^th

(Quiz Grade) - Part 1: Transcendentalism - Research Transcendentalist Philosophy (Type your answers and turn them in.)

Research the Transcendentalist movement and its key components. Answer each of the following questions, making sure to cite your sources using MLA format. Be sure to answer using your own words and quoting small sections of text, no cut and pasting or plagiarizing!

1.      Define the term “transcendentalism.”

2.      Describe some of the circumstances which led to the development of the transcendentalist philosophy. Include at least two specific events or philosophies which contributed to the development of transcendentalism and explain the influence of those events.

3.      Describe at least 4 key philosophies or beliefs of transcendentalism.

4.      Describe at least 2 “legacies” of transcendentalism. How has transcendentalist thought helped to shape American history and who we are as Americans?

Suggested Websites for MLA format guidelines:

http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/

http://mlaguide.net/

Suggested Websites for Research on Transcendentalism:

http://plato.stanford.edu/entries/transcendentalism/

http://www.pbs.org/wnet/ihas/icon/transcend.html

http://www.vcu.edu/engweb/transcendentalism/ideas/definitionbickman.html

http://www.newworldencyclopedia.org/entry/Transcendentalism

http://www.csustan.edu/english/reuben/pal/chap4/4intro.html

http://www.transcendentalists.com/others.htm

Tattnall On-Line Research Tools

Galileo:  www.galileo.usg.edu

At school:  Click on Galileo icon on your desktop

From home:  go to: www.galileo.usg.edu or www.tattnall.org

Current password:  fumble  (will change next semester)

Ways to search:  by subject, type, databases & magazines

Let’s look at a few the different databases:

·        Academic Search Complete

·        Britannica High School

·        New Georgia Encyclopedia

·        Ebsco Complete

·        Literary Reference Center

·        SIRS Researcher

Make your research your own by creating a user name and password for yourself.  You may then save resources to a folder so that you can read them later or e-mail them to yourself at home. Don’t forget to “cite” your resources in MLA format.  Most databases have a “Cite” button to help.

Gale Virtual Reference Library (e-books)

GVRL is a library of full text e-books on different subjects.  The history and literary sources are especially good. 

From school: Click on the GALE icon on your desktop

From home go to:  www.galesites.com/k12/tattnall 

Password: trojans

You may find resources by subject or just type your topic in the search box.

Please see Mrs. DeFore if you need help.

Junior Class News

We have finished our fourth week of school, and your children are working hard.  I have all grades current on Edline, so I encourage you to sit down for a few minutes this weekend and go over your son's or daughter's grades since we are approaching the mid term mark.

Please let me know if I may be of assistance to you or your child in any way.  We have a half day of school on Wednesday, September 11th so that we can conference with parents.  Please know I am available to meet with you individually that day between noon - 4:00 p.m.  I have only one conference scheduled at this point at 1:30 p.m.

In an effort to encourage more outside reading, the English department is requiring students in grades 7 - 12 to complete an outside reading assignment each quarter (except for the quarter we do our research assignment).  I have attached the guidelines, and I have covered these with my students in class this week.  Please let me know if you have any additional questions.  The first quarter assignment is due on Monday, October 7th.  I have encouraged my students to think ahead because Homecoming is the week prior to this due date.

Remember the Junior Class Parents Meeting on Thursday, September 12th at 6:00 p.m.  I distributed senior class ring packets to them on Thursday, so please ask them if you are interested in purchasing a ring.  We will also discuss prom and talent show at this meeting in addition to college visitation days, HOPE, etc., so I hope you will be able to attend.

I try to keep my blog up to date so you can find your child's class link on my mail blog and click over to it for handouts, information, etc.

I am enjoying this class so much.  They are full of personality! Thank you for sharing them with me.