Course Syllabus

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for Week Nine:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week Nine -- Practice EOG."
2. Access SchoolNet from the student start up page.
3. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (WMS Practice EOG 2020: Three Passages + multiple choice; Excerpt from The Jungle Book + multiple choice; Excerpt from Stories from Life + multiple choice; Paired Texts on Poaching and Hunting + multiple choice).

Review your results on SchoolNet [available on MONDAY, JUNE 8TH] and let me know if you have any questions!

Week Nine's Assignments are due by FRIDAY, 6/5 at 3:45 p.m.

There will be NO EXTENSIONS for late work!

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 9. Submit to SchoolNet when you've checked over your work and feel confident about your answers! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 9. Submit to SchoolNet when you've checked over your work and feel confident about your answers! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 9. Submit to SchoolNet when you've checked over your work and feel confident about your answers! :)

• Week Nine's Assignments are due by at 3:45 p.m. TODAY!
• There will be NO EXTENSIONS for late work!

Review your results to all four steps from this week on SchoolNet [available on MONDAY, JUNE 8TH] and let me know if you have any questions!

All material and questions should be reviewed and asked no later than TUESDAY, JUNE 9TH.

Thank you all for giving me the privilege of being your Language Arts teacher this school year. I'm so proud of all of your accomplishments, and I loved watching each of you grow, despite the way that this school year has come to a unique conclusion. I wish each of you the very best in your future endeavors and I'm always here for you if you ever need anything! :) 

**Happy Memorial Day, ELA students!**

Let us all take the day to honor those who gave their lives for our country. 

Assignments for Week Eight:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week Eight -- Poetry Sound Devices."
2. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (Rhyme Scheme and Sound Devices Notes; "West Beast East Beast" by Dr. Seuss; "Sarah Cynthia Sylvia Stout" by Shel Silverstein; "Beat! Beat! Drums" by Walt Whitman; "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe; Your Turn: Write Your Own Sound Devices Poem!)

Week Eight's Assignments are due by FRIDAY, 5/29 at 3:45 p.m.

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 8. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 8. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Week Eight's Assignments are due by at 3:45 p.m. TODAY!

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for Week Seven:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week Seven -- Narrative Poetry."
2. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (Narrative Poetry Notes; "Oranges" by Gary Soto; "Out, Out" by Robert Frost; "Just People" by Kathi Appelt; "Casey at the Bat" by Ernest Lawyer Thayer; Your Turn: Write Your Own Narrative Poem!)

Week Seven's Assignments are due by FRIDAY, 5/22 at 3:45 p.m.

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 7. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 7. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 7. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Week Seven's Assignments are due by at 3:45 p.m. TODAY!

• Feedback has been provided on all Canvas quizzes from this week after submission.
• Thank you so much for all of the narrative poems that were submitted to Canvas this week! :) I loved reading all of the plots that were developed and the figurative language devices that were implemented into your writing! Please take some time to go to this week's assignment on Canvas in order to see my feedback [comments as well as a rubric] and let me know if you have any questions!!

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for Week Six:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week Six -- Poetry: Imagery, Tone, and Mood."
2. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (Refresher on the Essential Elements of Imagery; Analysis of Author's Use of Tone; Deeper Analysis of Imagery and Tone; Your Turn: Write Your Own Imagery Poem!)

Week Six's Assignments are due by FRIDAY, 5/15 at 3:45 p.m.

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 6. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 6. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 6. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Week Six's Assignments are due by at 3:45 p.m. TODAY!

• Feedback has been provided on all Canvas quizzes from this week after submission. 
• Once again, I enjoyed reading all of your imagery poems that were submitted to Canvas this week! :) There were SO many interesting topics that you decided to write about: technology addiction; the beach; nature; shoes; sporting events; etc.! Please take some time to go to this week's assignment on Canvas in order to see my feedback [comments as well as a rubric] and let me know if you have any questions!!

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for Week Five:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week Five -- Poetry: Personification."
2. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (Practice Identifying and Analyzing Personification; Identifying and Analyzing Personification in Poetry; Deeper Analysis of Personification; Your Turn: Write Your Own Personification Poem!)

Week Five's Assignments are due by FRIDAY, 5/8 at 3:45 p.m.

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 5. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 5. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 5. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Week Five's Assignments are due by at 3:45 p.m. TODAY!

• Feedback has been provided on both Canvas quizzes from this week after submission. In addition, the multiple choice correct answers on Common Lit for the poem "This World" have also been 'released' so students can see the correct answers (along with explanations) at this time. 
• THANK YOU to those of you who submitted a personification poem to me this week! :) So many of you wrote about the beach -- one of my favorite places to be!! Please take some time to go to this week's assignment on Canvas in order to see my feedback [comments as well as a rubric] and let me know if you have any questions!!

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for Week Four:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week Four -- Poetry: Similes & Metaphors."
2. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (Practice Identifying and Analyzing Similes and Metaphors, Identifying and Analyzing Similes and Metaphors in Poetry, Deeper Analysis of Extended Metaphors, and Creating your Own Poem with Similes and Metaphors.)

Week Four's Assignments are due by FRIDAY, 5/1 at 3:45 p.m.

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 4. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 4. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 4. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Week Four's Assignments are due by at 3:45 p.m. TODAY!

• Feedback has been provided on all three Canvas quizzes from this week after submission. In addition, the multiple choice correct answers on Common Lit for the poem "Hope is a Thing With Feathers" have also been 'released' so students can see the correct answers (along with explanations) at this time. 
• I absolutely LOVED all of your original simile/ metaphor poems that you submitted to me this week! :) Please take some time to go to this week's assignment on Canvas in order to see my feedback [comments as well as a rubric]. I asked a few of you if I could post your poems to this syllabus page in order to share your work with others! :)

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for Week Three:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week Three -- Introduction to Poetry."
2. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (Refresher of Figurative Language Terms, Introduction to TP-CASTT, Practice with "Sketch" Poem, "On Turning Ten" poem analysis on CommonLit. )
3. If Common Lit asks you for a class code after signing in with Google, our class code is: VNLVWJ.

Week Three's Assignments are due by FRIDAY, 4/24 at 3:45 p.m.

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 3. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 3. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 3. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Week Three's Assignments are due by at 3:45 p.m. TODAY!

• Feedback has been provided on both Canvas quizzes from this week after submission. In addition, the multiple choice correct answers on Common Lit for the poem "On Turning Ten" have also been 'released' so students can see the correct answers (along with explanations) at this time. 

Happy Get Moving Monday Everyone!!!!!!!!!!! Macy and I go outside to play catch everyday -- can you spot the tennis ball?! :)

• Office Hours from 12-1. Let me know if you need to request a live conference with me! :)

Assignments for Week Two:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week Two -- Theme vs. Cliche Lesson."
2. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (Google Slides mini-lesson, respond to the series of questions on the assigned document, complete the Common Lit reading of "The Gift of the Magi" with annotations and questions.)
3. If Common Lit asks you for a class code after signing in with Google, our class code is: VNLVWJ.

Week Two's Assignments are due by THURSDAY, 4/9 at 11:59 p.m.

To conclude Virtual Spirit Week, thank you to all of our Hometown Heroes who are on the front lines during this pandemic! We are so lucky to have these heroes who put the lives of others before their own! 

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 2. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 2. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Week Two's Assignments are due by at 11:59 p.m. TONIGHT!

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Successfully Completed and Submitted the Document on Themes vs. Cliches to Canvas this Week:

Shreya, Abigale, Trevor, Isabela, Tyler, David, Madi, Stas, Sam, Avery O., Chris, Avery S., Kate, and Hayley!

• NO SCHOOL -- Spring Break begins! :) We will resume with Week 3 of Remote Learning on Monday, 4/20!

An answer key to this week's theme vs. cliche document can be found by clicking this link. Please feel free to check over your work using this resource! :)

In addition, feedback has been provided to all short response answers on Actively Learn. The multiple choice correct answers have also been 'released' so students can see the correct answers (along with explanations) at this time. 

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• Teachers in Professional Development

Happy First Day of Remote Learning Everyone!!!!!! :)

Assignments for Week One:

1. Go to the 'Assignments' tab on Canvas and locate the assignment entitled "ELA Virtual Learning: Week One -- Argumentative Lesson."
2. Complete the steps listed within the assignment. (Warm-up writing, Google Slides mini-lesson, Actively Learn nonfiction article with questions, exit ticket revision writing.)
3. If Actively Learn asks you for a class code after signing in with Google, our class code is: xa3or.

Happy Therapy Animal Thursday Everyone!!!!!!!!!!! This little girl stays right by my side everyday while I'm participating in remote learning! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 1. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Office Hours will take place on Monday, 4/6 from 12-1 if questions arise.

Unfortunately, I did not build a fort today for Virtual Spirit Week, but if you did, I'd love to see yours! :)

• Work on assignment(s) for Virtual Learning Week 1. Submit when ready for feedback! :)

• Office Hours will take place on Monday, 4/6 from 12-1 if questions arise.

Shout-Out to the Following Students Who Completed the Argumentative Lesson on Actively Learn this Week:

Shreya, Abigale, Maeve, Trevor, Isabela, Tyler, Nate, David, Madi, Alex K., Stas, Michael, Jackie, Sam, Avery O., Cassidy, Caleb, Alexis, Justin, Hayden, Avery S., Siena, Kate, Brandon, Bobby, and Hayley

Please refer to Actively Learn for feedback on your Question #5 response and the document linked here for feedback on Question #'s 1, 2, 3, 4, and 6! :) You will also find feedback to the document that you submitted to Canvas underneath the 'assignments' tab.