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Here’s a link to this year’s Chautauqua photos. I would really appreciate it if my students would remind me of the names of their historical figures in the comments to this post, so I can add them tot he photo page later.

Also, if parents have objections to the posting of these pictures, please email me and I will remove them promptly. Thanks.

Photo’s here!

I recorded the information I gave to students on Friday. This video demonstrates using the ABC-CLIO databases  and Microsoft Word for creating the images appendix for the research paper. OpenOffice and the varying versions of Word should all have the features demonstrated in this video.

If you have any questions, you know how to reach me.

-Mr. W.

Quicktime Video: Playable in iTunes, 11 minutes

• Click here to download video.

Youtube version: This version is shorter because of youtube’s time limitations

I will be gone for a seminar to help coordinate our state English/Language Arts Standards with the new federal standards on Tuesday and Wednesday, March 30th and 31st.

On those two days, students will be expected to complete bell work and listen to the lecture below. The substitute will have this lecture on CD, and students must answer questions that match the lecture. I’m posting these materials here for any students who are absent on those days.

Lecture Questions

Lecture Part #1

Lecture Part #2

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%.)

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%.)

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

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

Since we are studying Shakespeare, this month’s extra credit wants itself to relate to poetry.

For 20 points, write an original sonnet and read it for the class.

Instead of a Shakespearean sonnet, honors students must first look up the difference between Shakspearean and Petrarchan sonnets; then write a Petrarchan sonnet and read it for the class. Before reading it for the class, each honors student must explain the difference between the two types of sonnets.

Sincerely,

Mr. W.

With all of the crazy weather, we’ve celebrated our first snow day since 1979.

December 18, 2008

Trojana Chapter of National Honor Society
Resume forms are due Wednesday, September 17, 2008.
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.