Grade 12 – Term 1 IP
Click here to download the Term 1 IP specifications and steps. You will compare the Anglo-Saxon elegiac poem, “The Wife’s Lament”, to a modern song about longing or loss in a PowerPoint.
Click here to download the Term 1 IP specifications and steps. You will compare the Anglo-Saxon elegiac poem, “The Wife’s Lament”, to a modern song about longing or loss in a PowerPoint.
Click here to download JW topics, through 10/19. Save in your Homework folder.
Click here for the second Beowulf study guide. Save in your Classwork folder as NAME.Beowulf2.
Click here for an updated list of steps, specifications and deadlines for your common application college essay. Save this in your projects folder using the same name on Oct. 19.
Click here to view 3 options for Extra Credit in Term 1 – worth up to 50-point test grade. All are due by Thurs., Nov. 5.
Click here for examples and more resources on writing a great hook for your college essay. Includes homework for OCt. 13.
This is a resource to help you organize and write a 5-paragraph persuasive essay.
Click here for thesis statement models and essay outlines.
For Tues-Thurs., Sept. 22-24, College English 12 students
Do Now: Open this SAT Practice Test to Section 1 – Reading Comprehension
Disregard the Answer Sheets for now; they are printed out already for you.
Tues., Wed. and Thurs., work through the first section, pages 3-9, 10 minutes per day.
We will review correct answers and strategies the following day.
** The next time we will do a timed, 20-minute practice similar to the actual test environment. Relax. Focus. Read closely, and good luck.

Get ready for an active and challenging year at TBA!
Assignment #1
Grade 12 -
1) Summer Reading journal for All Souls due Monday, Sept. 21.
2) Purchase a writing journal and notebook for use Monday, Sept. 14. (You will use the 2-sided notebook system.)
Click here for the Reading Journal assignments sheet.
Grade 11 -
1) Summer Reading journal for I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings or Black Boy due Monday, Sept. 21.
2) Purchase a writing journal and notebook for use Monday, Sept. 14. (You will use the 2-sided notebook system.)
Click here for the Reading Journal assignments sheet.