Michael Tydings

Senior Project Countdown!

COUNTDOWN FOR WEBSITE

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Due today:  Letter of Intent and Parent Consent Form.  Get them in Monday if you didn't turn them in today.

Due next week:  Mentor Information Sheet.  This means you need to secure and meet with your mentor before Friday.

In class today:  we created a short Prezi.com presentation based on your Anglo-Saxon research from yesterday.

Read Chapter 4 in The Last Kingdom.

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Directions for Letter of Intent typing in class today:

Create a folder named Senior Project in your student number file

When opening a Word document, you need to adjust the default spacing settings.  Click on the little square next to "paragraph". Business letters are single spaced, so you need to set the spacing to single, and set the Before and After to 0 pt (make sure they both read 0 pt). 

Times New Roman 12 pt.

Use today's date written like this:  January 25, 2012

Put a colon after the salutation   Dear Mr. Tydings:

Do not indent paragraphs.

PROOFREAD

Sign your name once it is printed. Do not use the fancy type for a signature.

This is due Friday when you come in to class.  You may print it up today if you finish.  Otherwise, print it at home, or before/after school in my room.  I will not allow you to print it during class Friday.

Parent Consent Form is also due Friday.

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If you have not turned in Summer Reading, it is late. Get it in because you lose points every day.

By tomorrow, you should have the Prologue and Chapter 1 in The Last Kingdom read.  Be ready for a quiz.

Here is the study guide for the novel: Download The Last Kingdom Study Guide

Here is the reading schedule: Download The Last Kingdom Reading Schedule

Due Friday, January 27:  Typed Letter of Intent and Parent Consent Form.  All Senior Project forms can be found on the Senior Project web page.

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Today, we finished "The Battle with Grendel's" Mother in Beowulf. We also began looking for quotes that exemplify each of the 4 Anglo-Saxon hero traits.

Anglo-Saxon riddle is due tomorrow.  4 Lines with caesuras, 2 examples of a kenning, 2 examples of alliteration.

Do you have The Last Kingdom yet?  We start reading it Monday.  Chances of you finding it Sunday night are very slim.  Get it now!

Summer reading due next Tuesday.  Need details?  See earlier posts.

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More books (The Last Kingdom) are available to borrow.  Sign up Tuesday morning if you are interested at 8 AM.  You need a copy by Monday, January 23.

Due this Wednesday is your proposal for Senior Project.

Due Tuesday, January 24 is summer reading.

3rd block:  Finish reading The Seafarer on page 21.  Why is this poem an elegy?

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Bring books to class tomorrow (Friday)!

Due tomorrow:  Logo and final draft of logo writing.

Due Wednesday, January 18:  Senior Project Topic and Product Proposal.  Neat and in complete sentences (typed would be best).  Where can you go for anything Senior Project?  Good question.  Go to the Hillgrove website, go to For Students, when the drop down box appears, click on Senior Project. Voila!  Everything you need...or click on this link:  http://www.cobbk12.org/hillgrove/senior_project/senior_project.aspx

Due Tuesday, January 24:  Summer reading.  Book choices include This I Believe or Exposure by Mal Peet.  Make sure you get the correct version because there are multiple books with the name Exposure.

Reminder that at 8 AM tomorrow morning I will begin loaning out The Last Kingdom by Bernard Cornwell.  I ask that you do some work for me once a week (for 5 weeks) for 5-10 minutes as payment (cleaning desks, clean the board, etc.)  I have 20 copies to loan out, so first come first served.

We begin reading The Last Kingdom on Monday, January 23.

 

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Syllabus:  Download British Literature Syllabus Spring 2012

Summer Reading Assignments (Due January 24): Download Summer Reading Assessments 11-12 or Download Summer Reading Assessments 11-12 alternate

Logo Assignment (Due January 13):  Download Personal logo symbol and writing assignment

We start reading The Last Kingdom on January 23.  Buy or order the book now.  If you wait until the weekend before we start, you will not get the book on time.  Barnes and Noble will have sold out and will need to order the book (which will take over a week).  We will be done with the book in two weeks.  If money is an issue, come see me immediately and I will work out a solution for you.  If you have the money for it, you may as well buy 1984 too. 

October 22, 2010

Vocabulary Unit 8

For those of you who may want to get a hard start of vocabulary, here is a link to Quizlet.com for lesson 8.

http://quizlet.com/27546

Exercises for next week

Monday  Completing the Sentence 2, 5,6, 17,18

Synonyms/Antonyms:  3, 4, 5, 11, 12

 Senior Project Stuff...Monday will be spent in the lab.  You should be prepared for the following:

• Resume (bring addresses of the places you have worked or volunteered)
• Visual Aide (pictures/video for you presentation)
• Letter to Judges (bring your rough draft that was worked on in class)

Senior Project Resources

Don't forget to get your mentors to mail or fax in the mentor evaluation form and product verification form.  You or your mentor can access these forms by going to the Mentor Manual and printing out pages 11 and 12 (these pages are numbered 7 and 8 at the bottom so don't get confused)

Download Mentor evaluation form

Monday, October 4, 2010

Vocabulary Lesson 5 this week

Vocabulary Exercises Lesson 5

Words 1-5  (Monday)

Completing the Sentence   Exercises #s6, 7, 15, 19, 20

Synonyms & Antonyms   Exercises  #s 6, 7, 10, 11, 13

 

Words 6-10 (Tuesday)

Completing the Sentence  #s 2, 3, 9, 12, 16

Synonyms & Antonyms  #s 3,  8, 12, 14, 16,

 

Words 11-15 (Wednesday)

Completing the Sentence  #s  5, 11, 13, 18

Synonyms & Antonyms  #s2, 5, 17, 18, 20

 

Words 16-20 (Thursday)

All remaining exercises

 

Vocabulary Test (Friday, October 8^th)

Frankenstein: Article Review with Written Response

See attached written response.Download Article Response-social rejection

Frankenstein:  Read chapters 11-13(Book 2 chapters 3-5) and be prepared for a reading quiz on Tuesday