English News
Week of December 12-16
Important Dates
End of Third Six Weeks & Semester One: Jan. 13
Reminders
English II: Students will continue synthesizing Night, "Occupation: Conductorette" (a memoir excerpt), their independent reading novel, and personal experience answering the prompt: To what extent does one's culture inform the way one views others and the world? This thinking will result in a synthesis essay due prior to break (2nd minor grade of MP3).
English I Pre-AP Curriculum
Students will continuing analyzing and discussing setting, characterization, and conflict in TKAM. This week we will continue practicing articulating our analysis through writing and formal discussion with peers.
English II Curriculum
Students will utilize their annotations, brainstorming, and pre writing to construct a synthesis essay answering the prompt: To what extent does one's culture inform the way one views others and the world? Last week, students wrote a thesis statement, topic sentences, and found textual evidence to support their topic sentences. This week, students will fill in with their own commentary and will construct the essay as a whole. This includes edits and revisions such as the elimination of be verbs and contractions and the utilization of MLA format and transition words.
Google Classroom Login Instructions
Their email address is firstname.lastname.last3digitsofid#@k12.friscoisd.org and their password is their birthday daymonthyear (For example: 06232000)
There are also Google Classroom, Google Docs, & Google Slides apps. Students are encouraged to have the Google Classroom app on their phones.