UPDATED 11/5: Homework 11/2-6

*The 10-week marking period ends this Friday!

English 10R:

• Read GG chapter 3 and complete your assigned slide(s) by Monday in class
• Read GG chapter 4 and complete your assigned slide(s) by Wednesday in class

English 10H:

• Select a classic to read for your second quarter independent reading book by Friday. Submit your choices here.
• Read GG chapter 6 and complete your DEJ by class on Thursday
• GG vocab. #2 due Monday 11/9

*Must be turned in via your class' Digital Dropbox

Homework 10/26-30

*Reminder: Since this is week 9 of the marking quarter, all extra credit is due Friday at midnight.

English 10R:

• GG chapter 1 and analysis (slides) on your assigned character(s) (in your EDIT folder on Google Drive) due at midnight on Monday
• Read GG chapter 2 and complete your assigned GG chapter 2 slides (in your EDIT folder on Google Drive) by midnight on Wednesday
• Student book talks begin this Wednesday! If you have not yet signed up for a book talk slot, please do so by Friday (in your EDIT folder on Google Drive).
• Optional: GG vocab. #1 revisions due at 3:00 on Friday

English 10H:

• GG chapter 4 and DEJ due in class on Tuesday
• GG chapter 5 and DEJ due in class on Thursday
• Student book talks begin this Wednesday! If you have not yet signed up for a book talk slot, please do so by Friday (in your EDIT folder on Google Drive).
• Finish MM and complete your second QIRJ by Friday at midnight

*Must be turned in via your class' Digital Dropbox

Writing Workshop with Author Shane Peacock

From Mrs. Mann in the Library:

If you have any students so inclined, there is a Writing Workshop with author Shane Peacock and an evening "talk" with him at Phillips Free Library on Tuesday, November 4.

The Writing Workshop starts at 4 pm.

The Talk starts at 6:30 pm.

Shane Peacock writes about the "Boy Sherlock."  Looks like a great evening!

(I have a poster about the event in the library.)

Homework 10/19-23

English 10R:

• Be ready to discuss and write about Of Mice and Men in its entirety in class on Monday
• GG vocab. #1 due at 3:00 on Monday (submitted via the Digital Dropbox using Google Docs OR on paper)
• GG chapter 1 and analysis (slides) on your assigned character(s) (in your EDIT folder on Google Drive) due in class Tuesday 10/27

*There will be no SSR this week due to the Jump Start 10 Conference on Tuesday.

English 10H:

• GG chapter 2 and DEJ due in class on Wednesday
• GG chapter 3 and DEJ due in class on Friday
• Optional: GG vocab. #1 revisions due at 3:00 on Friday

*Must be turned in via your class' Digital Dropbox

*SSR will be on Tuesday this week due to the Jump Start 10 Conference.

Homework 10/13-16

English 10R:

• Jump Start 10 permission slips due on Tuesday
• If you were absent on Thursday and/or Friday and did not finish your poetry essay, you must see me to finish it this week.
• Grammar review sentences #1-5 due in class on Wednesday
• Finish reading Of Mice and Men (chapters 5-6), and submit your last journal entry (one journal for both chapters) by Friday at midnight

*Must be turned in via your class' Digital Dropbox

English 10H:

• Jump Start 10 permission slips due on Tuesday
• GG vocab. #1 due at 3:00 on Tuesday (submitted via the Digital Dropbox using Google Docs OR on paper)
• GG chapter 1 and character analysis (2 slides) on your assigned character (in your EDIT folder on Drive) due in class on Friday

Extra Credit Opportunity

See below for information regarding an extra credit opportunity. If you are interested, talk to Mr. Cortese or contact Sara Watrous using the information below. If you write an article for Noyze.org and it is published, you may earn up to ten points of extra credit. Remember, all extra credit must be submitted by week 9 of the marking quarter.

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The Teen Hub project that you heard about late spring/early summer has now morphed into Noyze.org, a digital platform for youth in Cortland County to engage with one another around topics that interest them (and a way for partners to get info our to teens in a way that connects with them).

We are looking for content contributors. If you have any students who like to write and are opinionated/passionate, please send them my way. We have $100 stipends and leadership positions for those who want to get involved.

...The site will launch in early October. We are looking for more content so that it is ready to go.

The topic areas of the site will be: Life, Pop Culture, Sports, College, Dating, News, Jobs/Careers, and a few others TBD. We are looking for brief (or long) articles, opinion pieces or whatever else teens what to contribute for the site.

One site we are modeling this off of is:

http://thelala.com/ (obviously, with a different focus and target audience)

We are in the process of forming a Teen Editorial and Marketing Committee to help govern the site. ...

We hope you will have more students interested.

Sara Watrous

Projects Coordinator

Cortland Area Communities That Care

(607) 299-4910 x1

swatrous@ccocc.org

cortlandareactc.org

5-Week E-Newsletter

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Dear parents, guardians, and colleagues,

It's difficult to believe it's come and gone already, but last Friday marked the end of the five-week Progress Report period. Please take the time to review your student's grades on the Schooltool ParentPortal regularly to check for accuracy as well as to look for ways for your student to improve as the quarter continues. The ParentPortal will be updated at least once a week. As you will see, homework completion is essential for students to gain the reading and writing skills they need to be successful in this class.

Remember, this Progress Report period is just a checkpoint to let you know how your student is doing so far this year; there are five additional weeks that will count toward the marking period grade and which will significantly impact your student's overall quarter 1 grade.

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Here's what we've been up to in class:

The first tenth-grade module is about the American dream and focuses on close reading skills as well as how character development impacts central ideas in a text.

English 10 Regents is currently discussing two poems centered around the idea of the American dream, focusing on how one poet draws upon and transforms the central ideas in another poem. This short unit will culminate in an in-class essay this Friday comparing the two poems and showing how they are connected. Students should also be reading and journalling about John Steinbeck's Of Mice and Men independently, finishing the novella next week. Up next is F. Scott Fitzgerald's The Great Gatsby.

English 10 Honors will begin discussing Fitzgerald's Gatsby this week, the second major text in our American dream unit. This module will culminate in an essay in which students will be asked to discuss the American dream as it is portrayed in both Of Mice and Men (which students are reading independently) and Gatsby (which we will be discussing together as a class).

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Please check the class blog weekly, as you will find the most recent homework assignments and announcements posted there. If you have any questions or concerns throughout the year, please do not hesitate to e-mail me at swebb@homercentral.org.  

I hope to have the opportunity to meet you at Open House this Wednesday, and I'm looking forward to a great year!

Homework 10/5-9 (UPDATED 10/8)

English 10R:

• In-class American Dream Poetry Essay Thursday and Friday
• MM chapter 4 and journal due Friday at midnight

*Must be turned in via your class' Digital Dropbox

English 10H:

• Grammar Review Sentences (1-5) due Tuesday in class: Label all nouns, action verbs, adjectives, adverbs, and anything else you know.
• GG vocab. #1 due next Tuesday 10/13 at 3:00 (on Google Drive and submitted via the Digital Dropbox OR on paper—your choice)