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For March, students can earn 10 points of extra credit for attending the Students vs. Teachers Jeopardy Tournament on Friday, March 12th.

Please check in with Mr. Mullin or Mr Williams during the event. Write your name on a piece of paper and give it to either teacher.

-Mr. W.

This extra credit is only good on 3/12/10 and will count on 3rd quarter.

Reminder about extra credit: Mr. Williams records all of your extra credit, but none of it becomes part of your grade until the last day of the quarter. For your extra credit to improve your grade, you must first have a passing grade (60%) on the regular work. (Honors students must have at least 70%.)

Here are links to the various files in the research packets.

Once downloaded, right click on them and open them with either Open Office or Microsoft Word.

English 9

• Directions
• Sample Project
• Research Database Directions
• Note Pages
• Checklist

English 9 Honors

• Directions
• Sample Project
• Speech Rubric
• Research Database Directions
• Note Pages
• Checklist

During the month of February, students may earn up to 10 bonus points by creating a Valentine for their favorite author or character from a novel.

Valentines must be creative and artistic, not purchased at Walmart or other store; and they must have a unique message showing at least a minimal level of understanding of an author or a character.

Turn Valentines in to Mr. Williams to be posted on the wall.

Special thanks to Heather Anderson for this fantastic idea.

-Mr. W.

This extra credit is only good from 2/1/10 to 2/28/10 and will count on 3rd quarter.

Reminder about extra credit: Mr. Williams records all of your extra credit, but none of it becomes part of your grade until the last day of the quarter. For your extra credit to improve your grade, you must first have a passing grade (60%) on the regular work. (Honors students must have at least 70%.)

Trojana Chapter of National Honor Society
Resume forms are due Wednesday, February 10, 2010.
Please turn forms in to Mr. Williams in room B19.

Click here for the MS Word formatted version. This would be a file that ends in .doc.

Click here for the RTF (Rich Text Format) version of the document. An RTF can be opened in most (not all) other word processors, e.g. Word Perfect.

Perspective members are welcome to write the application in pen, but these files are being provided for download to expedite typing on a computer.

To be considered for National Honor Society, students must maintain a cumulative weighted GPA of 3.5 and be at least into the second semester of the sophomore year.

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Here’s a downloadable PDF of the novel we’re reading in class.

Click here and the novel will be downloaded to your computer.

During the month of December, students may earn 10 bonus points by participating in a community service activity and showing Mr. Williams proof of the participation.

There are several activities on campus:

1. Student Council is making cards to send to a leukemia victim who wants to set the world record for card collecting.
2. National Honor Society is collecting 12″ teddy bears for kids in need.
3. Another club will be sponsoring giving trees in the main and A-buiding offices.
4. ROTC will probably have a service opportunity.
5. ??

Also, any community service opportunity will count:

1. Working as a Salvation Army Bell Ringer.
2. Donating food to one of the local food banks.
3. Church related community service.
4. Activities related the 4H or Scouting.
5. ??

Bring in proof of you participating in any service activity this month and you will be awarded 10 bonus points. You might bring in pictures of yourself, a note from a parent or organization leader, a receipt for a donated purchase, etc. Use your imagination, and get into the spirit of the season.

Happy Holidays,

-Mr. W.

This extra credit is only good from 12/1/09 to 12/18/09 and will count on 2nd quarter.

Reminder about extra credit: Mr. Williams records all of your extra credit, but none of it becomes part of your grade until the last day of the quarter. For your extra credit to improve your grade, you must first have a passing grade (60%) on the regular work. (Honors students must have at least 70%.)

During the month of November, students may earn 10 bonus points by making two unique (as in not in the dictionary & you make them up) words comprised of Greek roots and posting them in a comment below with clever, dictionary-like definitions.

Each word must must contain at least two roots, but three is better.

At the end of the month, classes will vote for the most clever, funny, well-defined, real-sounding word. The student whose word wins will receive an additional 10 points.

To get the extra credit please complete the following steps:

1. Fill in the comment form that appears after clicking on “comments” below. Then post your words with definitions.
2. Please “sign” your comments with your first name and class period.
3. You do not need to print anything out. Mr. Williams will track the comments and put in your extra credit automatically.

The purpose of this exercise is for students to learn how to add comments in a discussion thread. I wonder if we’ll have online discussions in the future?

Also, if you have a suggestion for extra credit for December and I use it, and I’ll give the student who makes the suggestion 10 points. Please email me the suggestion: MrW.PVHS at gmail.com

This extra credit is only good from 11/1/09 to 11/3o/09 and will count on 2nd quarter.

Reminder about extra credit: Mr. Williams records all of your extra credit, but none of it becomes part of your grade until the last day of the quarter. For your extra credit to improve your grade, you must first have a passing grade (60%) on the regular work. (Honors students must have at least 70%.)

-Mr. W.

I finally got my GoogleVoice phone number.

I put a widget in the bar on the right, but here’s the number: 702-518-3MrW (3679).

I can also receive text message on this number.

Parents, if you have questions, please feel free to call me.

Kiddos, if I’ve made you mad, please remember this is bleeding edge technology: Everything is traceable.

My best,

-Mr. Williams

The assignment was to create a trailer to a movie based Anthem by Ayn Rand. There were several written requirements as well, but I thought I would post one of the videos here.

I received two excellent videos, but the other uses student actors, so I can’t post it without parent permission.

I can’t wait to see the movie.

Mr. W.

During the month of October, students may earn 5 points of extra credit by saying something nice about a classmate in the comments to this post.

To get the extra credit please complete the following steps:

1. Fill in the comment form that appears after clicking on “comments” below and say something nice about another student in class.
2. After you make an initial compliment, nicely respond to someone else’s compliment.
3. You must make two comments to earn the five points, one original compliment and a NICE response to someone’s compliment.
4. Please “sign” your comments with your first name and class period.
5. You do not need to print anything out. Mr. Williams will track the comments and put in your extra credit automatically.

The purpose of this exercise is for students to learn how to add comments in a discussion thread. I wonder if we’ll have online discussions in the future?

Feel free to post an interesting question for an online discussion.

This extra credit is only good from 10/1/09 to 10/31/09

Reminder about extra credit: Mr. Williams records all of your extra credit, but none of it becomes part of your grade until the last day of the quarter. For your extra credit to improve your grade, you must first have a passing grade (60%) on the regular work. (Honors students must have at least 70%.)

-Mr. W.