Kecoughtan HS - Mrs. Friesz's English 12

This site provides class assignments, research links, handouts, and more ... to assist students with assignments. Carpe Diem!

My HW # is 848-2156 and email: bfriesz@sbo.hampton,k12.va.us. Please email questions regarding assignments.

Warriors - please visit this website http://www.kecoughtan.org to locate school information, event calendars, KHS news events, etc., but, most importantly, under the KHS Library are links for research. Mrs. Woods, our librarian, has worked diligently to provide students with valid search engines and sites to assist with research. There is also a link to the Hampton Public Library which adds additional research sites, especially "Find It Virginia." Happy Trails To You!

Welcome!

Welcome to second semester English 12 Mrs. Friesz. This semester students will study poetry, drama, prose, and formal oral presentations, while also building cloze reading, writing/analysis skills First on our agenda is Sonnets, then, Shakespeare’s Macbeth. We will also have outside reading assignments. Major Assignments will be posted on this site with due dates. Fourth Nine Weeks will end with my favorite and many previous students have also stated, their favorite assignment their: Senior Speech. I have posted some websites to assist students with research for this semester’s content.

Speeches start May 19, 2008 - but students will work on their topic, research, formal outline, and technology beginning the middle of April. Students will choose a book to read that relates to their topic and include information from the text in their 5-10 minute oral presentation. They must research their topic and support their topic with five sources. The topics have ranged from “Freshman 15” - to “Rock Climbing in Utah.” This is their topic choice! - but Appropriate. As we started the year - with their essay topic for their “college essay choice,” we end the year with their “topic choice.”

Reminders:

No work will be accepted late and if students are absent for a test or quiz, students must make up their work (if assigned previously), on the day of return. If it was assigned while they were absent, they have three days (G/W/G). There is a Black Appointment Book Available to Students - for appointments. Wednesdays from 2:45-3:30 is the normal make up day. If another day is needed, students must ask me if the date and time they desire is available, then make the appointment.”

If students are going on a field trip (or a pre-arranged) family trip, work must be completed and turned in prior to their trip (or the quiz/test) must be taken prior to their trip. Students must communicate and ask for assignments (earlier than - the afternoon prior to their field trip/pre-arranged trip).

Please email me if: K12Planet does not appear posted at least every two weeks, or if there are any concerns/questions - regarding assignments. Students may also sign up for K12Planet and have access. Please utilize this resource.

Remember this semester, Seniors, you have so many planned activities - Prom - After-Prom, Class Night, and the major date: June 12, 2008 at 7:00 p.m. - Graduation 08’. 08' Rates
Feb 02
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Writing Workshop - REDO Paragraph - 1st Essay Grade

Nostalgia is like a grammar lesson: you find the present tense, but the past perfect! ~Owens Lee Pomeroy

Literature is alive - Use present tense to analyze! Use the owl-verb tense website to assist you.

Writing Workshops - W5/W8 - Thursday, January 31, 2008 and Monday, February 4, 2008. Essay errors will be reviewed and content/grammar error corrections modeled at the board (with student models). Students will type a Rough Draft (RD), then peer-edit (PE) Monday and Wednesday (Feb 4, and 6, 2008), with:

Final typed paragraph REDO with works cited: due on or before: Friday, February 8, 2008. No late work is accepted.

The major errors noted on papers for content are: incomplete thesis (theme) missing, failure to analyze with literary analysis, failure to close the paragraph with a transition (tx) - key word (KW) - thesis point, and the theme.

Major error noted on papers for grammar are: Sentence Fragments (SF/plops) which means that there was no set-up for a cite. Set up required for evidence means “who speaks to whom” - “How” - and the “Why” is the explanation. The next major error for grammar is verb tense with run-on sentences third. Literature is to be analyzed in present tense.

Parent signatures are required on graded essays.

The writing folder has writing analysis sheets which are required to be completed.

Their first essay grade this semester is their REDO paragraph, their first test grade this semester is their organized notebook (which I will grade Wednesday 2/6/08), and their first daily grade is the textbook covered (which I will grade Wednesday - 2/6/08).

Sonnets are our next priority. Students have a reading pages 226-230 text, and a modeled analysis of “Shall I Compare Thee To A Summer’s Day?” which will be their next essay. The set up for this essay follows this entry. There are several cites posted to assist students with the Renaissance Period and sonnets.