Hello again world. The independent reading response forms are due next week. In celebration of this I have finally started using google docs so that these forms will be available online. The link for this page is:
Independent Reading Response Forms
Also, I wanted to remind everyone the Literary Arts club will be having an introduction meeting [...]
Just wanted to comment on how excited I am to be focusing on The Pearl, by John Steinbeck this term. We will be using the Hobbit as a supplemental text later on in October. The text fits in nicely with the theme of a protagonist on a journey and it [...]
I’ve finally decided on the club that I will be running this year. It will be called the Creative Writing Workshop. In this club we will read various forms of writing (poems, short stories, fiction and non-fiction) selected by the club members and myself. We will also write creatively, share our work with one another [...]
The problems with the calender have been sorted out and homework for the entire week plus long term assignments have been updated. Quick reminder: journals will be collected at the end of the week. The pizza party for all nobel nominees will be held at lunch in Mr. Stelzner’s room on September 28. Finally, the [...]
Happy Saturday,
Unfortunately I have been having some issues with my google homework calendars. For some reason I am not able to edit the contents of the assignment. In other news… The word of the week is now officially “destiny” offered up by Harrison in period five. Well done sir. [...]
Many of you have approached me regarding suggestions for independent reading selections. I am now going to go back in time to my thirteenth birthday and try to recall all of my favorites (and the favorites of students over the last couple of years)
1.They Cage the Animals at Night - Jennings Michael Birch (about [...]
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I am starting a new after school club that will meet once a week. Now I am tossing around a couple ideas and would love to hear some feedback. First, I was thinking about starting a ‘Great Books’ club where we can read and discuss some classic pieces of literature such as ‘Catcher in [...]
I spent the entire day on Monday struggling through the Lord of the Rings trilogy in order to prepare for the Hobbit. Those movies are terribly long, visually stunning, but terribly long. Though upon completion of the final film, “The Return of the King” I felt a real sense of accomplishment. Anyway, the Hobbit has [...]
