IMPORTANT!! TURNITIN.COM

ALL ESSAYS MUST BE TURNED IN TO TURNITIN.COM AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PLEASE, MAKE SURE YOUR CHILD SUBMITS THEIR WRITTEN ESSAYS ON TURNITIN.COM. THE FOLLOWING ESSAYS MUST BE SUBMITTED: WHO DESERVES MORE FORGIVENESS AND ECAC AGAINST SEGREGATION AND OPPRESSION.

BELOW IS MY CLASS INFORMATION IN ORDER TO JOIN MY CLASS & SUBMIT YOUR WORK:

Class Title: Jacobs Literature and Composition
Class ID: 5889268
Enrollment Password: Essay

All students should have their graded essay at this time. Please, make sure that your child is redoing their essay if they did not meet the standard. Any student with a grade below a 70 and has a blue dot is not meeting the standard. These students MUST redo their essay.

If you have any problems, please comment on this forum. Thanks!!!

UPDATE!! For Parents!!

As we get closer and closer to our Christmas Break, we still have some housekeeping issues to take care of before we set off for a week of freedom.

1. Today and tomorrow, I have been conferencing with students on the "Forgiveness Essays" that were already turned in for a grade. For those that did poorly on their essay, they have been given the option to take their essays home and redo over the holidays for a higher grade. HOWEVER, students must return the original essay to go in their writing folders as well as the new "revamped" essay. I hope every student takes up on this opportunity.

2. ECAC Against Segregation Essays should be turned in by tomorrow. These essays will be reviewed once we return from the Christmas Holidays.

3. Thursday & Friday, we will be watching "Cry, The Beloved Country" the movie. Students are allowed to bring food and drink on FRIDAY ONLY! Parents please bring light snacks only such as chips, soda, popcorn, cupcakes, cookies etc. There is no need for large dishes such as baked chicken and rice, etc.

4. If any children are in danger of failing, I will be calling you Thursday and Friday. I will tell you what your child needs to complete in order to bring their grade up hopefully (fingers crossed) by report card. 

Finally, I look forward to the last couple of days and our break. I hope everyone has a great Christmas.  Please, parents if you have ANY concerns I am available. Feel free to contact me at any time via email or by phone. You may even comment on the website.

Thanks so much for being a concerned parent and participating in your child's education.

Monthly Update!!

We are finishing Cry, My Beloved Country" by Alan Paton this week. I am so happy that we are ready for out next unit. I hope the students gained a lot from this unit including all the literary terms that we have learned thus far. Students have completed our CCGPS Standards for Character Development, Theme and Motifs, Argumentative Essay, and Writing Style. The students should know the following literary terms by the end of this week:

1. Character
2. Characterization
3. Flat Character
4. Round Character
5. Dynamic Character
6. Static Character
7. Archetype
8. Diction
9. Tone
10. Connotation
11. Denotation 
12. Informal 
13. Formal 
14. Theme 
15. Motif
16. Parallel Structure
17. Allusion 
18. Semi-Colon Usage
19. Colon Usage
20. Character Motivation
21. Antagonist 
22. Protagonist
23. Conflict
24. Internal Conflict
25. External Conflict
26. Man Vs Man 
27. Man Vs Himself
28. Man vs Nature
29. Man vs Society
30. Direct Characterization 
31. Indirect Characterization 
32. Character Foil
33. Counter Argument 
34. Argument 
35. Thesis Statement 
36. Attention Grabber
37. Outline 
38. Textual Evidence
39. MLA
40. Cite
41. Sources
42. Quotation Mark Usage
43. Body
44. Conclusion 
45. Closing Statements
46. Dialect
47. Colloquialism 

Also, there are a couple of major assignments due before students leave for Christmas break. Students will take their Unit test over Cry, The Beloved Country on Monday, December 10, 2012. Students have their SLO Assessment on Thursday, December 13, 2012. Finally, students will have their final essay and presentation for this unit due by Friday, December 14, 2012. Also, during the week of the December 17th,  we will watch the movie to end our unit, during that time students can bring African Food and Drinks for the class as extra credit. However, these arrangements will be announced!

Please, make sure  your child study, study study!!! This upcoming weeks will be a doosey! I have had such wonderful students. If you have any question please feel free to contact me. Thanks!