mrs. moore’s senior english class
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Mrs. Moore’s Senior English Class. Find your seat. Complete the survey. Sit by window if you need a seat. Welcome. #1 Contact Information. Room 209 Canon-McMillan High School Staff Page 724-745-1400 extension 5209 m [email protected] https:// sites.google.com/site/209mrsmoore - PowerPoint PPT PresentationTRANSCRIPT
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Mrs. Moore’s Senior English Class
1. Find your seat.
2. Complete the survey.
3. Sit by window if you need a seat.
Welcome
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#1 Contact Information
• Room 209
• Canon-McMillan High School Staff Page• 724-745-1400 extension 5209• [email protected]• https://sites.google.com/site/209mrsmoore
Create a bookmark or a shortcut for this site.
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Levels of Education• High School Diploma: Blackhawk School District
K-12
• Associate Degree 2 years
• Bachelor’s Degree: Westminster College 4 years
• (Teaching) Certification: Westminster College 1 year
• Master’s Degree: California University of PA 2 years
• Doctoral Degree Many years
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Goals for Senior English
READ
WRITE
GRADUATE
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#2 Graduation Requirements (GRADUATE)
• 1. Cumulative grade average of 60% and above• 2. Satisfactory completion of Graduation Project • 3. The paper is due December 2013.• 4. The presentation is due February 2014.
• We will begin working on the paper in October.
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#3 Grading
• Bell Ringers (Begin 8/27)• Homework• Tests• Quizzes• Papers• Projects
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#4 Required Materials
• Pen or Pencil• If you do not have a writing utensil, I charge
$.25 for one.• Binder or Folder• Notebook or Paper: Spiral Notebook or Loose
Leaf• Note: Keep all materials until posted in
Power School!
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#5 Policies & Procedures
• 1. Ask 1st/Act 2nd
Raise your hand and indicate what you need.
• 2. Keep It Clean Demonstrate professional behavior at all times.
• 3. Keep It Real Natural consequences will follow behaviors.
• 4. School Policy will be followed. You are responsible for your own actions.
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NO
Walking Around
Using Phone
Talking out
of Turn
Entering Late
Leaving
Early
NO
Cheating
Lying
Lining up at Door
Moving Seats
Touching or
Taking Others’
Belongings
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#6 Course Overview (READ)
• Beowulf: Epic Poem • The Canterbury Tales: Poetry & Short Stories• Arthurian Legends: Poetry & Short Stories• Macbeth: Shakespearean Tragedy• Brave New World: Novel• Tuesdays With Morrie: Novel & Poetry • Dead Poets Society: Film & Poetry
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#7 Course Overview (WRITE)• Personal Narrative/Common Application Essay• Résumé and/or Cover Letter• Research Paper (Graduation Project)• Literary Analysis
• Commonly Confused Words• MLA Format & Style• Integrating Quotes• Modifying Quotes (Brackets & Ellipsis)• Commas vs. Semicolons
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British Literature Trivia
Turn the survey over.
Good Luck
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#1 Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon
• 1.1. What day of the week is it?• 1.2. Where did the names of the days
originate?
• There are two sources.
• Saturday, Sunday, Monday • Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday
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#2 Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon
• 2.1 What holiday is on October 31?• 2.2 What was the original “holiday” being
celebrated?
• We still celebrate this holiday today. • We usually listen to “Auld Lang Syne.”
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#3 Unit 2-3: Middle Ages
• 3.l What nursery song ends when “we all fall down”?
• 3.2 What is this song really about?
• There are several correct answers or synonyms for the answer.
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#4 Unit 4: Renaissance
• 4.1 What kind of joke incorporates the response, “who’s there”?
• 4.2 Who created this joke format?
• This format was originally dialogue from a play.
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#5 Universal Application
• 5.1. What language do we speak and read?• 5.2 True or False: England is larger than Britain.
• We are in English class. England = English
• We read British Literature. Britain = British
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Trivia Answer #1
• 1.1. What day of the week is it? Monday
• 1.2. Where did the names of the days come from? Gods & Solar System
• Saturday, Sunday, Monday Monday = Moon’s Day
• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday• Tuesday = Tiw’s Day (God of War & Law)
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Trivia Answer #2
• 2.1 What holiday is on October 31? Halloween
• 2.2 What was the original “holiday” being celebrated? New Year’s Eve (Gaelic Festival, Samhain)
• Hint: We usually listen to “Auld Lang Syne.” Auld lang syne means “times gone by.”
• This holiday marked the change from life to death both seasonally and spiritually.
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Trivia Answer #3
• 3.l What nursery song ends when “we all fall down”? Ring around the Rosie
• 3.2 What is this song really about? Bubonic Plague
• There are several correct answers or synonyms for the answer.
• The Black Plague or Black Death killed at least 20 million Europeans in five years.
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Trivia Answer #4
• 4.1 What kind of joke incorporates the response, “who’s there”? Knock, Knock Jokes
• 4.2 Who created this joke format? William Shakespeare
• This format was originally dialogue from Macbeth.
• Shakespeare is credited with contributing thousands of words and phrases to the English language.
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Trivia Answer #5
• 5.1. What language do we speak and read? English
• 5.2 True or False: England is larger than Britain. False
• The Angles called the island “Angle-land”. England = English
• The Britons called the island “Briton”. Britain = British
• The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.