This year, your goal is to build upon skills introduced in your English I course towards college and career readiness. In keeping with preparing our students for their place in the workforce, there will be a large focus on enhancing our skills for the 21st Century -hence this website!
Our English II course will be heavily reliant on technology, because writes with pen and paper these days!?
This website will be your portal for everything related to the course, including links, in-depth analysis, and various multimedia.
I'm still working on developing the syllabus for this course, in which you'll see the grade breakdown, and how things will run generally throughout the year. Before that, there are some essential points we need to cover.
Marking Period Grade Breakdown:
- Benchmarks = 30%
- Tests/Quizzes = 20
- Projects/Essays = 20%
- Classwork/Notes = 20%
- Journals/Participation = 10%
Final Grade Breakdown
- Marking Period 1 (9 weeks) = 16.67%
- Marking Period 2 (10 weeks) = 16.67%
- Midterm Exam = 16.67%
- Marking Period 3 (10 weeks) = 16.67%
- Marking Period 4 (9 weeks) = 16.67%
- Final Exam = 16.67%
- The Pearl by John Steinbeck
- The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne
- Lord of the Flies by William Golding
- Amistad by David Pesci
- Anthem by Ayn Rand
- Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare
- The Killer Angels by Michael Shaara
- To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee
Important Links:
www.gmail.com
[I will require every student to have a gmail account for this class. Preferably, one that utilizes your name in the email address. No ZombieboyFTW@yahoo.com. For example, my gmail account will be brianrodriguez229@gmail.com. This account is not only for email access; it also allows you full access to the GoogleDocs suite of processing tools. It's like having Microsoft Office, except for free and in the cloud.] In addition, you'll need this gmail account to have full access to the next important requirement.
www.blogspot.com
[Just as you are reading this on my personal blog for the course, I will be requiring you to create a personal blog on blogspot for this course as well. I say personal blog in the sense that it will be linked to you individually, not like a personal diary. Not that I'm not interested in gossip and this person dumping that person for the other person's best friend, it's just not relevant to this specific course. Instead, you will be blogging simultaneously with the course, reflecting on weekly lessons and providing writing samples of your own. This is an academic blog, so you will need to write formally. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation are all key to maintaining credibility with your academic blog. This blog will be accessible by anyone, including family, friends, classmates, and your educators/academics alike. No pressure.]
www.dropbox.com
[Dropbox is another example of a cloud-based service that you have at your disposal in this course. You may create your own account if you're interested, and access it from any potentially any computer, tablet, or smartphone. It's a great way to not lose things -and as teenagers, face it, you lose things. I have a dropbox account to keep track of all materials pertaining to this class, and I will send out links to access folders on a weekly basis, so that you can keep track of any missing work. For example, this is the link to this week's folder: https://www.dropbox.com/sh/ehnqj0bz1prr879/AAAO_2YHanC64Ya1B6R5G3F4a?dl=0
There's probably nothing on there yet, but you'll be able to see anytime I add anything on there. My main goal is to cut down on paper waste in this class, so if there's no need to print anything, I won't. If I do, and you lose it, it's on you to either reprint it from the dropbox or work off of the computer.]
www.remind.com
[Remind is a great tool I'll be using on occasion to send out information and communicate any last minute, details to the class. Each class will have it's own sign-up. I would prefer you utilize your gmail acccounts to sign up. You may also use your cellphones, but remember NO CELLPHONES IN CLASS.
Period 1-2: http://pdfs.remind.com/invite?class_code=943db9&class_name=Period+1-2&phone_number=%28862%29+766-6516&sms_supported=true&user_signature=Mr.+Rodriguez
Period 4: http://pdfs.remind.com/invite?class_code=77a1ca&class_name=Period+4&phone_number=%28862%29+766-6516&sms_supported=true&user_signature=Mr.+Rodriguez
Period 7-8: http://pdfs.remind.com/invite?class_code=c86e87&class_name=Period+7-8&phone_number=%28862%29+766-6516&sms_supported=true&user_signature=Mr.+Rodriguez
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