4. Some information about
me (cont’d.)
Advised the yearbook at
Shadow Ridge for two years
Advised the newspaper at
Shadow Ridge for one year
Coached track in the past
English Department Chair 2008
5. Class information
Books to be
covered
Inherit the Wind
by Jerome
Lawrence and
Robert E. Lee
Based on the
Scopes Monkey
Trial
9. Class information
(cont’d.)
Other Possible Text
The Haunting of Hill House
Brave New World
The Street Lawyer
Ordinary People
Friday Night Lights
Into the Wild
10. Class information
(cont’d.)
Writing skills
Jane Schaffer Writing Method
Timed writings
Essays: narrative, descriptive,
persuasive, informative,
expository, style analysis.
Multi-Genre research paper
12. Class information
(cont’d.)
Multi-Genre research paper
This is a non-traditional research
paper. Students will be required
to look up information on a
specific subject, and using that
information, they will create a
report on that subject.
14. Class information (cont’d.)
Multi-Genre research paper
Students will be required to
explore different writing options
to complete the project. I.e. short
story, poem, news article,
narrative essay, etc.
17. Class information (cont’d.)
Outside reading books
Each book report will be different and
will try to cover different learning
styles: visual, audio, kinesthetic.
Book reports will be given out two
weeks before the end of the quarter,
and will be due one week later.
20. Class information
(cont’d.)
Participation
Students who are tardy, absent,
rude or show inappropriate
behavior, or those who don’t
participate in discussions in
class will lose participation
points as part of their final grade.