Ms. Hale’s Class Blog

Hi guys! I got the class end-of-the-year photos developed, but realized I probably shouldn’t just post them online. Email me if you want a copy! (Or feel free to contact me through Facebook if you prefer.)

I hope your summer is wonderful.

English 2: Write your presentation script for your I-Search project. You need to write one or two sentences about each of the following items:

• Why I chose my topic
• What I already knew
• What I wanted to find out
• How I conducted my research
• What I found out
• Where I can go from here (What I could do next if I chose to continue this research)

Also, final exams for our class are next Monday (Period 1) and Tuesday (Periods 3 & 4). No notes will be permitted. You will need to be able to do the following:

• Write an Academic Paragraph (know all the parts!)
• Explain Irony (know the three types: Dramatic, Situational, and Verbal)
• Define the following terms in your own words:
  • Bigotry
  • Class (as in social/economic class)
  • Dehumanization
  • Discrimination
  • Injustice
  • Oppression
  • Prejudice
  • Resistance
  • Scapegoat
• Bring an SSR book or magazine to read after you finish testing. This will be part of your final exam grade!

English 4 & English 4 HP: Rest up for your final exams in our class tomorrow and Friday. You will need to bring your Importance of Being Earnest packet and your Literary Theory packet.

English 2: I-Search project final draft due tomorrow, Wednesday, 6/4! Bring all your I-Search materials, including journals, rough draft, and rubrics, to class tomorrow.

English 4 & English 4 HP: No homework.

English 2:

• Work on I-Search projects. (Final Draft due Wednesday!)
• Bring SSR books tomorrow.

English 4 & English 4 HP: No homework.

English 2: Continue to work on your I-Search project. Bring ALL of your materials to class tomorrow. Print out any electronic documents ahead of time.

English 4: No homework. If you missed today’s class, finish reading Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest.

English 4 HP: If you missed today’s class, finish reading Act I of The Importance of Being Earnest. Then write either a Marxist critique or a Feminist critique of Act I. (At least one paragraph!)

English 2: Work on your I-Search projects!

English 4 & English 4 HP: No homework tonight.

English 2: Review the rubric for the I-Search project. Work on the parts that you are missing!

Meet in the computer lab (Room 202) tomorrow.

English 4: (If you weren’t here: Read to the break on page 125 in The Importance of Being Earnest.) The main characters in Earnest, Jack and Algernon, have each invented a friend (”Ernest” and “Bunbury”) who provides an excuse to get away from their responsibilities. Algernon uses the word “Bunburying” to describe the use of a false excuse to get out of something.  Write a paragraph about a time that you “Bunburyed,” or about a “Bunburyist” you know.

English 4 HP: (If you weren’t here: Read to the bottom of page 130 in The Importance of Being Earnest.) The main characters in Earnest, Jack and Algernon, have each invented a friend (”Ernest” and “Bunbury”) who provides an excuse to get away from their responsibilities. Algernon uses the word “Bunburying” to describe the use of a false excuse to get out of something.  Write a paragraph about a time that you “Bunburyed,” or about a “Bunburyist” you know.

English 2: I-Search Rough Draft due on Tuesday, 5/27! Bring Sections 1 – 7 and all other materials you have related to the I-Search.

English 4 & English 4 HP: Bring journals on Tuesday if you didn’t already turn them in.

All: Enjoy your LONG weekend!

5/21/08

English 2: Work on your research and your site description. You will need these!

English 4 & English 4 HP: Congratulations on finishing your Senior Project presentations! Treat yourself to a relaxing evening (at least in terms of English homework).

5/20/08

English 2: Conduct your I-Search interview if you haven’t already. Write up a transcript of the interview in which you show your questions and the interviewee’s responses.

English 4 & English 4 HP: Prepare for your Senior Project presentations.

English 2: Rewrite the first three paragraphs of your I-Search paper–you began these for the 5/6/08 homework assignment. Expand each paragraph to at least 4 or 5 sentences.

If you weren’t here in class today, you also need to write at least 1/2 page of the How I Conducted My Research section of your paper.

English 4 & English 4 HP: Work on your Senior Project presentations. You can download the Senior Project Presentation Rubric (.doc format) here.