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Changing things Up!
Hey Panthers,
We are currently approaching English 11B a little differently. We are reading Fahrenheit 451 first! Accompanying the reading of the novel are guiding questions for each of the three parts. The links to these questions are below:
Part 1: The Hearth and the Salamander
Part 2: The Sieve and the Sand
Part 3: Burning Bright
These links also appear in the assignment on Slate. Please download a copy of each. Submit them to Slate upon completion. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Welcome Juniors!
Ahoy Panthers! This English 11A unit is all about our personal pursuits in life. What is more important in life than happiness? Success? Freedom? How do we define these concepts? What does our drive for the material things do for our individual pursuits? We will also be exploring the question of where individualism and community (responsibilities) collide. Click on the link below for your course:
https://sites.google.com/westada.org/english-11a/home
Be sure to bookmark the course for easier access.
Welcome Seniors!
This course is a true capstone of experience that allows you to use a variety of skills learned in school: researching, analyzing and synthesizing information, drafting and revising, writing and public speaking. It’s also a personal map that will give you a head start as you complete high school and begin the next part of your life. It sounds like a big deal because it is…you are a big deal and we are talking about your future here. This experience will be whatever you want it to be. For this unit, we want you to be EXCITED about your future. We sure are. Click on the link below to gain access to the course:
https://sites.google.com/westada.org/seniorproject/home
Be sure to bookmark this site to your browser.
Welcome to English 12B
​This course explores and
experiences four genres of literature: short fiction, more commonly referred to
as short stories; the novel; poetry; and drama, which is the literary term for
stage plays. We will read these works with an eye to theme, motif, structure,
and the beauty of their language as well the deeper meanings within them. Click on the link below for access to the course:
Be sure to bookmark this course to your browser.
Welcome to English 11B
Ahoy
Panthers! This English 11B course will address the changes that occur during
the assimilation into, or coexistence within, society at large when individual
conflicts with that larger society have begun to play out. Furthermore, you
will synthesize your understanding of the American Dream and to reflect whether
it is still achievable. Click the link below for access to your course:
https://sites.google.com/westada.org/english11b/home?authuser=0
Be
sure to bookmark this course on your browser!
TURN IT IN TIPS!
​Hey Panthers! I am seeing some great stuff out here. Keep up the hard work! A couple things:
1. When you are turning in an assignment, be sure to give me permission to edit your Google Documents and submit a link to the document.
2. When turning in a discussion board assignment, add a link to your response. After you post a reply, there will be an arrow in the upper right hand corner. Click on it and select the option Link. Then copy that link and paste it into Slate.
I am trying desperately to get caught up on grading. It's hard to keep up with you all (what a great problem to have). Be sure to review your past submitted assignments for any feedback that I can provide.
As always, I would love to see you in class. If it's not in the cards, come see me when you need help or want to discuss anything.
That is it for now! Until next time...
TURN IT IN TIPS!
​Hey Panthers! I am seeing some great stuff out here. Keep up the hard work! A couple things:
1. When you are turning in an assignment, be sure to give me permission to edit your Google Documents and submit a link to the document.
2. When turning in a discussion board assignment, add a link to your response. After you post a reply, there will be an arrow in the upper right hand corner. Click on it and select the option Link. Then copy that link and paste it into Slate.
I am trying desperately to get caught up on grading. It's hard to keep up with you all (what a great problem to have). Be sure to review your past submitted assignments for any feedback that I can provide.
As always, I would love to see you in class. If it's not in the cards, come see me when you need help or want to discuss anything.
That is it for now! Until next time...
TURN IT IN TIPS!
​Hey Panthers! I am seeing some great stuff out here. Keep up the hard work! A couple things:
1. When you are turning in an assignment, be sure to give me permission to edit your Google Documents and submit a link to the document.
2. When turning in a discussion board assignment, add a link to your response. After you post a reply, there will be an arrow in the upper right hand corner. Click on it and select the option Link. Then copy that link and paste it into Slate.
I am trying desperately to get caught up on grading. It's hard to keep up with you all (what a great problem to have). Be sure to review your past submitted assignments for any feedback that I can provide.
As always, I would love to see you in class. If it's not in the cards, come see me when you need help or want to discuss anything.
That is it for now! Until next time...
TURN IT IN TIPS!
Hey Panthers! I am seeing some great stuff out here. Keep up the hard work! A couple things:
1. When you are turning in an assignment, be sure to give me permission to edit your Google Documents and submit a link to the document.
2. When turning in a discussion board assignment, add a link to your response. After you post a reply, there will be an arrow in the upper right hand corner. Click on it and select the option Link. Then copy that link and paste it into Slate.
I am trying desperately to get caught up on grading. It's hard to keep up with you all (what a great problem to have). Be sure to review your past submitted assignments for any feedback that I can provide.
As always, I would love to see you in class. If it's not in the cards, come see me when you need help or want to discuss anything.
That is it for now! Until next time...
First Post!
​This is your class site URL. Let's get after it, Panthers!