FINAL EXAMS

MW Block classes were given their final exams on Friday, 11 December 2009. If you missed yours, you can make it up on Wednesday, 16 December 2009. If this applies to you , then you will be taking an alternate final.


TR Block classes will be given their final exams on 15 December 2009. Make up finals will be given on Thursday, 17 December 2009. Again, this will be an alternate final.


As always, your current grade is available to you at engrade.com. Please contact me if you need your engrade ID.

Zero Tolerance Policy

If I see it or hear it, it's mine until the end of class.

Exhibition 2009: Multilateral Autobiographic Portfolios

 

Our English III Projects!

 

 TR2 Ladies Watching Jurors Examine Portfolio Projects

They won't smile for the camera, but they are so happy to be finished with their projects!

 

Our class is full of love and respect

 

Some of the TR2 gentlemen

Some students came in during their free time to perfect their projects

Yea! The portfolios are turned in!

PORTFOLIOS!

We have been working diligently on completing TWO Portfolio Projects: The Banned Books Portfolio and The Autobiographic Portfolio. These portfolios showcase your abilities to comprehend, evaluate, analyze and synthesize information using a variety of literary genres. Now that you have finished your mini-projects, we are going to compile your projects into their larger portfolios.

Your Banned Books Portfolio should be typed with one inch margins around each page (use 12 pt Times New Roman or Arial Narrow font). This project has multiple goals; some of which are censorship analysis, personal relevancy studies, and higher level thinking skills.
The Portfolio should include:
~ A cover page outlining the contents of your portfolio and
   introducing your purpose(s) in creating the project
~ Your Banned Book Summary (2 pages)
~ Your Banned Book Plotline (1 page)
~ Your Banned Book Background Paper (1 page)
~ Your Banned Book Persuasive Editorial (1 page)
~ A description of your presentation and visual aid
~ All drafts of these assignments

Your Autobiographic Portfolio can be handwritten or typed, but it needs to have clear, clean pages that are easily legible. There should be no cross-outs or messiness. Do not include anything gang-related or sexually inappropriate. The Autobiographic Portfolio had many aims, and some of the most prominent in our class discussions have been: self-discovery, encountering new genres, and increasing the difficulty in cognitive processes with which we approached these assignments.
This portfolio should include:
~ A cover page discussing the purposes of the project and the pieces included within it
~ Life Poem
~ Soundtrack of Your Life
~ Belief Essay
~ Dreams and/or Respect Essays
~ Autobiography, ages zero through the present
~ Personal Do Nows (i.e. Ten Years from Now, My Fears, Favorite Scent, Goals, etc.)
~ All drafts of these assignments

~ A folder with a collage or design on the cover that visually represents you

See me for any questions or concerns. Good luck!

WE WILL RESPECT OURSELVES AND OTHERS!

TR4 is full of respect for themselves and others!

Fairley Bulldogs Have Dreams!

Puritanism versus Rationalism

We have been reading about puritanism and rationalism in our early American literature studies. From Anne Bradstreet to Jonathan Edwards to Benjamin Franklin and more, we have read and analyzed a range of opinions on the Puritanism-Rationalism spectrum.
For five (5) bonus points, leave a comment below about where your beliefs fall on the spectrum.

Banned Books Week

Banned Books Week is Coming!

September 26-October 3, 2009)

Mrs. Mahannah's English III classes will be celebrating this week with projects centered on a banned book of each student's choice.

The following websites will be helpful for choosing and researching banned books:

Banned Books Week:
http://www.bannedbooksweek.org/

American Library Association's Banned Books Week Page:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/bannedbooksweek/index.cfm

Frequently Challenged Books:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/index.cfm

Banned and Challenged Classics:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/index.cfm

Explanation of Bannings and Challenges for Specific Books:
http://www.ala.org/ala/issuesadvocacy/banned/frequentlychallenged/challengedclassics/reasonsbanned/index.cfm

You can earn 2 bonus points for class by commenting on this post! (Be sure to sign off with your name so the points go to the correct student.)

Welcome to English III and Creative Writing!

Welcome to English III; I am excited to have you in my class this year! Our time is going to be focused on personal and academic growth as we prepare for your future collegiate and professional careers. This handout outlines my expectations of you in this class and the most significant subjects we will be studying this year. You are responsible for fulfilling expectations, but I will guide you and be available for any necessary help you would like to exceed these expectations. We will concentrate on literary analysis, linguistics, cultural intertextuality, and surpassing TCAP and ACT goals.

English III is designed to help students continue to develop knowledge and skills in reading, writing, speaking, listening, viewing and representing. The course focuses on strengthening and refining vocabulary, grammar and composition skills, with the greater part of grammar and vocabulary instruction based upon individual weaknesses evidenced through writing and discussion. A chronological approach is emphasized with various units for comparative purposes. The literature study includes theme, style, genre, literary analysis, research and techniques of writing clearly and concisely. Our literary and linguistic studies will meet or exceed standards set by the State of Tennessee.

In previous English courses, you may have succeeded by using simple techniques such as choosing a correct answer. In 11^th grade, we are more intelligent than that. This year many of our projects and assignments will require us to go beyond the simple, to analyze and support/justify decision and opinions regarding your own work and the work of others. As you prepare for college, you will find these skills extremely useful.

The theme of this room is Professionalism. When you are in this classroom, you are to look, act, and speak like a professional. Professionalism undergirds interpersonal key aspects of our class work: in the workplace and in college courses, there is a good deal of collaboration. Our class practices and discussions will highlight that no text exists by itself and that no person exists by him/herself.

Contact Information

I encourage you to contact me if you have a question about school or for any other reason you deem necessary. You are more than welcome to stop by during my office hours if you have a free period (TR1). I am available any time that you need me, day or night.

Cell Phone: 309-750-0429 Email: m.t.mahannah@gmail.com

Course Outline

As we strive to meet and surpass our goals, there are eight concentrations that we will study in a multidisciplinary approach. These are: 1. Studies of the Self/Identity; 2. Literary Research; 3. Persuasion; 4. Text Inquiry; 5. Literary Media; 6. Literary Theory; 7. Creativity; and 8. Professionalism in Action.

We will be learning new vocabulary words and practicing our grammar skill throughout the course of this year. In our studies of intertextuality, we will notice the way each text can be approached or created in reference to several of our unit topics and how significant the role of language is in every text. Every two to three days you can expect these linguistic skills to be assessed through quizzes or tests.