Welcome to Ms. Naylor's 10th Grade English Class Website. Important links, information, and assignments will be added here, so make sure to bookmark this site and check back regularly.
I will pass out the course syllabus in class on the first day of school. Here it is in case you need another copy:
2013-2014 Course Syllabus
Sunday, June 30, 2013
Monday, May 13, 2013
Fahrenheit 451
For Fahrenheit 451, we have 12 homework sheets due and one project. You can find the project sheet, homework sheets, reading schedule, and Final Exam Terms Checklist at Google Docs here:
Projects are due on Friday, May 17th.
Saturday, January 12, 2013
Lord of the Flies
We are currently reading Lord of the Flies. Here is some information that might help you:
SparkNotes are NOT meant to take the place of doing the actual reading, but they can be helpful if you are having trouble understanding the novel, get confused about symbols or about character names, etc., and with studying/review. Check it out. [Be careful - copying ideas/sentences word-for-word from SparkNotes into an essay or other assignment is plagiarism (a form of cheating) and is to be avoided].
This is the reading schedule - it tells you what chapter to read each night and when the test, essay, etc. will be.
Here is a copy of our vocab. list in case you need an extra. We will have one quiz after the first 12 words and one after we finish reading the novel (see the reading schedule).
When the study guide for the test is ready, I will upload that here, too. Let me know if there is anything else you need!
SparkNotes are NOT meant to take the place of doing the actual reading, but they can be helpful if you are having trouble understanding the novel, get confused about symbols or about character names, etc., and with studying/review. Check it out. [Be careful - copying ideas/sentences word-for-word from SparkNotes into an essay or other assignment is plagiarism (a form of cheating) and is to be avoided].
This is the reading schedule - it tells you what chapter to read each night and when the test, essay, etc. will be.
Here is a copy of our vocab. list in case you need an extra. We will have one quiz after the first 12 words and one after we finish reading the novel (see the reading schedule).
When the study guide for the test is ready, I will upload that here, too. Let me know if there is anything else you need!
Sunday, August 19, 2012
Welcome/Parts of Speech/Materials
Welcome to 10th Grade English!
This website has resources, information, links, and downloadable worksheets you can use for our class.
This week we are going to start studying how to write essays. Here is a link to the four-point essay grading rubric that is used in our class this year:
http://staff.esuhsd.org/danielle/English%20Department%20LVillage/CAHSEErubric.pdf
Basically 0 = F, 1 = D, 2 = C, 3 = B, and 4 = A. This is the same rubric that is used on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) which you will all take later this year.
We are also going to begin learning grammar this week with parts of speech (nouns, verbs, etc.). For more information on the parts of speech, try this website:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/730/1/
Also, don't forget to bring your binder, blue/black pen, colored pen or highlighter, and paper to class for our materials check on Tuesday, August 28th. If you cannot get these materials on time, see me! I have extras!
This website has resources, information, links, and downloadable worksheets you can use for our class.
This week we are going to start studying how to write essays. Here is a link to the four-point essay grading rubric that is used in our class this year:
http://staff.esuhsd.org/danielle/English%20Department%20LVillage/CAHSEErubric.pdf
Basically 0 = F, 1 = D, 2 = C, 3 = B, and 4 = A. This is the same rubric that is used on the California High School Exit Exam (CAHSEE) which you will all take later this year.
We are also going to begin learning grammar this week with parts of speech (nouns, verbs, etc.). For more information on the parts of speech, try this website:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/730/1/
Also, don't forget to bring your binder, blue/black pen, colored pen or highlighter, and paper to class for our materials check on Tuesday, August 28th. If you cannot get these materials on time, see me! I have extras!
Wednesday, July 11, 2012
Punctuation
We are studying punctuation this week. If you want to study for Thursday's quiz, you can try this website (we visited it in class):
http://englishplus.com/grammar/punccont.htm
Good luck!
http://englishplus.com/grammar/punccont.htm
Good luck!
Tuesday, July 10, 2012
Business Letters
For more information about writing business letters, try these websites:
The OWL at Purdue
Business Letter: Writing Resources
Good Luck!
The OWL at Purdue
Business Letter: Writing Resources
Good Luck!
Monday, July 2, 2012
Summer School 2012!
Summer school is in full swing and our mid-term/final exam is coming up. Here is a website that has a long list of literary terms you can study:
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/
And here is the site where you can study our vocabulary terms (go to "students" - Book 10 - Lesson 1-3):
http://www.wordlywise3000.com/
For practice reading news articles, try CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/
Enjoy!
http://www.tnellen.com/cybereng/lit_terms/
And here is the site where you can study our vocabulary terms (go to "students" - Book 10 - Lesson 1-3):
http://www.wordlywise3000.com/
For practice reading news articles, try CNN:
http://www.cnn.com/
Enjoy!
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