This document provides information about an 11th grade English course at Thomas Armstrong Toro Secondary School in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It outlines the course objectives, which are to develop students' English communication skills to prepare them for college and careers. It describes the course content, which covers units on biography, career research, fiction, poetry, and comparing historical and current events. The document also lists the course standards and expectations in areas like listening, speaking, reading, writing, and language. It provides details on course evaluation, special education guidelines, and a 40-week schedule of units and themes to be covered.
This summary provides an overview of the first 20 chapters of Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". The story is narrated from the perspective of Scout Finch and describes her family and their life in rural Alabama in the 1930s. Early chapters introduce Scout, her brother Jem, and their father Atticus as well as some of their neighbors. Scout attends school where she encounters difficulties from being the daughter of a respected lawyer. The story also begins to explore themes of racial injustice and the complex social hierarchies of the segregated South.
This document provides a rubric for evaluating oral presentations in a small group chapter presentation. It includes categories for evaluating content, vocabulary used, comprehension of the topic, posture/eye contact, clarity of speech, preparedness, and adherence to the time limit. Under each category, it provides descriptors to assess performance at a 4 (highest) to 1 (lowest) level. The rubric will be used to provide feedback and score small group oral presentations.
The rubric outlines criteria for assessing presentations on assigned readings in four elements: Information, Facilitation Style, Discussion, and Activities. For each element, criteria are provided for ratings of Excellent, Good, and Satisfactory. For example, an Excellent rating for Information means the big ideas and key points are presented completely and clearly in a well-organized manner, helping learners understand the impact on teaching. A Good rating means the presentation is mainly a review or summary but may not make implications clear or have good organization.
Mineral water originated from springs and was believed to have health benefits when consumed or used in baths. In the 1770s, people learned to carbonate water by adding CO2, creating bubbly "soda water". American drug stores sold flavored soda water, which became popular both for its taste and perceived health benefits. Over time, soda water transitioned from drug store soda fountains to bottling and cans for home consumption from grocery stores and other food retailers. The terms "soda" and "pop" now commonly refer to carbonated soft drinks.
There are many different types of houses around the world. Houses can be made from various materials like wood, stone, mud, cloth or ice depending on what is easily available locally. Forest houses are often made of logs because trees are plentiful. Houses generally contain rooms for sleeping, cooking, bathing and sitting. Most houses have doors, windows, and some have basements under or attics above the main level.
There are many types of fish that come in different sizes, colors, and speeds. People currently know about 25,000 types of fish, but there are likely another 15,000 types that have yet to be discovered. Fish eat a variety of foods including other fish, bugs, plants, and worms. The fastest fish can swim 70 miles per hour, the heaviest weighs 15 tons, and the longest sharks can reach 50 feet. The smallest fish is less than 1/3 of an inch long.
The document discusses different types of tea that are consumed around the world. It notes that there are many varieties of tea including black, green, white, red and yellow teas. It provides details on how tea is commonly consumed in different countries, such as green tea in Japan and Korea and milk being added to tea in England. The document also indicates that most tea originates from China but some also comes from countries like India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Japan and Indonesia.
This document provides information about an 11th grade English course at Thomas Armstrong Toro Secondary School in Ponce, Puerto Rico. It outlines the course objectives, which are to develop students' English communication skills to prepare them for college and careers. It describes the course content, which covers units on biography, career research, fiction, poetry, and comparing historical and current events. The document also lists the course standards and expectations in areas like listening, speaking, reading, writing, and language. It provides details on course evaluation, special education guidelines, and a 40-week schedule of units and themes to be covered.
This summary provides an overview of the first 20 chapters of Harper Lee's novel "To Kill a Mockingbird". The story is narrated from the perspective of Scout Finch and describes her family and their life in rural Alabama in the 1930s. Early chapters introduce Scout, her brother Jem, and their father Atticus as well as some of their neighbors. Scout attends school where she encounters difficulties from being the daughter of a respected lawyer. The story also begins to explore themes of racial injustice and the complex social hierarchies of the segregated South.
This document provides a rubric for evaluating oral presentations in a small group chapter presentation. It includes categories for evaluating content, vocabulary used, comprehension of the topic, posture/eye contact, clarity of speech, preparedness, and adherence to the time limit. Under each category, it provides descriptors to assess performance at a 4 (highest) to 1 (lowest) level. The rubric will be used to provide feedback and score small group oral presentations.
The rubric outlines criteria for assessing presentations on assigned readings in four elements: Information, Facilitation Style, Discussion, and Activities. For each element, criteria are provided for ratings of Excellent, Good, and Satisfactory. For example, an Excellent rating for Information means the big ideas and key points are presented completely and clearly in a well-organized manner, helping learners understand the impact on teaching. A Good rating means the presentation is mainly a review or summary but may not make implications clear or have good organization.
Mineral water originated from springs and was believed to have health benefits when consumed or used in baths. In the 1770s, people learned to carbonate water by adding CO2, creating bubbly "soda water". American drug stores sold flavored soda water, which became popular both for its taste and perceived health benefits. Over time, soda water transitioned from drug store soda fountains to bottling and cans for home consumption from grocery stores and other food retailers. The terms "soda" and "pop" now commonly refer to carbonated soft drinks.
There are many different types of houses around the world. Houses can be made from various materials like wood, stone, mud, cloth or ice depending on what is easily available locally. Forest houses are often made of logs because trees are plentiful. Houses generally contain rooms for sleeping, cooking, bathing and sitting. Most houses have doors, windows, and some have basements under or attics above the main level.
There are many types of fish that come in different sizes, colors, and speeds. People currently know about 25,000 types of fish, but there are likely another 15,000 types that have yet to be discovered. Fish eat a variety of foods including other fish, bugs, plants, and worms. The fastest fish can swim 70 miles per hour, the heaviest weighs 15 tons, and the longest sharks can reach 50 feet. The smallest fish is less than 1/3 of an inch long.
The document discusses different types of tea that are consumed around the world. It notes that there are many varieties of tea including black, green, white, red and yellow teas. It provides details on how tea is commonly consumed in different countries, such as green tea in Japan and Korea and milk being added to tea in England. The document also indicates that most tea originates from China but some also comes from countries like India, Sri Lanka, Kenya, Japan and Indonesia.
This document provides a summary of key concepts in English grammar, including:
- The definition of a sentence and the three types of punctuation.
- Identifying subjects, predicates, and the four types of subjects.
- Forming plural nouns and irregular plurals.
- Five basic English sentence patterns involving subjects, verbs, objects, adverbs, and nouns.
- Analogies and how to identify the relationship between word pairs.
- Four types of sentences based on purpose and ending punctuation.
The document provides background information on Natalie Babbitt, the author of Tuck Everlasting. It discusses her early interest in art and illustration and her eventual career as a writer of children's fantasy novels. It also provides context about Tuck Everlasting, including that it takes place in the 1880s in a small fictional town inspired by places Babbitt lived. The novel explores the idea of immortality through the story of the Tuck family, who have lived forever after drinking from a magical spring.
The document outlines 17 classroom rules for students attending the Specialized Science and Math Secondary School. The rules require students to behave respectfully, follow directions from teachers, complete assignments on time, and maintain good discipline. Consequences like sanctions or deductions from the final grade may apply if a student fails to comply with the classroom rules.
This document provides a list of transition words and phrases that are used to connect ideas in writing. It explains that transition words help improve writing by ensuring ideas are elegantly connected for the reader. The document then presents an extensive but not exhaustive list of approximately 200 commonly used English transition words organized into categories based on their meaning and function, such as addition, opposition, cause/condition, examples, and time. It concludes by discussing the usage of transition words in essays to improve coherence and logical organization between sentences and paragraphs.
This document is a syllabus for a 12th grade advanced English course that aims to improve students' communication skills and prepare them for life in the United States as non-native English speakers. The syllabus outlines course goals, curriculum standards, teaching methods, student evaluations, assignments, and a tentative course calendar. Students will read various novels, short stories, poems, and other works while focusing on skills like comprehension, analysis, grammar, writing processes, and public speaking. They will complete assignments such as essays, presentations, book reports and more. The course is designed around Puerto Rico's English education standards and frameworks.
The document provides reading assignments and questions for Lois Lowry's novel The Giver. It includes vocabulary work, chapter summaries, and questions about themes, characters, and literary devices for chapters 1-5. Students are asked to define vocabulary words, answer multiple choice questions about plot details, and analyze the use of hooks, cliffhangers, and biblical allusions in the novel. The assignment is comprehensive and designed to enhance comprehension of the first five chapters.
This document outlines an 8-step method for writing a concise summary. The steps include: 1) dividing the text into sections,
2) reading the text straight through, 3) re-reading and underlining key facts, 4) writing one sentence to capture the main idea
of each section, 5) writing a thesis statement that communicates the overall purpose, 6) using the thesis as an introduction
and sentences as the body, with transitions, 7) checking for accuracy, and 8) revising for style and flow. Following these
steps will allow the writer to effectively summarize texts for any class or subject.
Students can register for Edmodo, a classroom social media platform similar to Facebook, by visiting www.edmodo.com, signing up as a student, completing their information, and entering their assigned course code. The class will communicate using both Edmodo and the class blog tatenglish12.blogspot.com throughout the academic year.
This document provides information for students taking an Advanced English course. It outlines the required summer reading, which includes the books "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. Students will write two in-class essays analyzing the books. The professor provides resources for obtaining copies of the books for students with financial need. The document also requests commitments from students and parents to complete all assignments and readings over the summer.
This document provides registration codes and URLs for the educational platform Edmodo for the 2013/2014 school year. It lists 4 codes - lr9tz, g758yf, 8xz787, and mny7qh - along with the URL for each. A note explains that students must use the web address given and enter the corresponding code to join the correct group on Edmodo.
This document is a course syllabus for a 12th grade advanced English course. The course aims to improve students' communication skills in English to help them succeed as non-native English speakers. Over the course of a school year, students will work on skills like writing, reading comprehension, grammar, public speaking, and literary analysis through studying short stories, novels, poems and famous speeches. Students will be evaluated based on tests, assignments, class participation and a portfolio. The syllabus outlines a tentative schedule of topics to be covered each week over the school year.
The document provides instructions for a student travel brochure project. Students are asked to design a tri-fold brochure promoting travel to an international destination from the perspective of a travel agency. The brochure must include facts about the city, information on when to visit, transportation details, places of interest, historical information, currency information, and photographs. Sections and layout should be professionally presented. Research on the chosen location is required to include relevant details and images in the brochure.
Este documento establece las normas, derechos y deberes de los estudiantes del Sistema de Educación Pública de Puerto Rico. Se crea un nuevo Reglamento General de Estudiantes que deroga el Reglamento anterior. El nuevo reglamento promueve un clima educativo que garantice el desarrollo integral del estudiante y reconoce su derecho a una educación de calidad.
The document outlines the requirements for a career research project, requiring students to write a 2-3 page paper on a career of interest. The paper must include research from at least 4 sources and address several topics: a job description and the responsibilities and characteristics needed for the career; the education and training required; details about the work setting such as hours, environment, travel and stress; wages and benefits; the employment outlook; and a personal assessment of why the career is a good fit. The goal is to help students explore careers and make informed decisions about classes and future plans.
This document provides guidance on writing a critical review. It defines a critical review as an academic review that offers both a summary and critical analysis of an article. It discusses the purpose and types of critical reviews. The document then provides tips for planning and organizing a critical review, including gaining an overview of the article, analyzing its main ideas, and writing an introduction, body, and conclusion. It concludes by listing additional online resources for learning how to write critical reviews.
This document outlines the terms of a student contract between a student and the ITPR college. It specifies that the student must abide by the rules and regulations of the institution and pursue satisfactory studies as required. It details provisions for teaching, library/ITPR facilities, and requirements for assignments, grading, attendance at meetings, and enrollment. The contract is signed by the professor and student, with the student providing their contact information. It also includes a course schedule for two upcoming class meetings and notes students' responsibility to access assignments on the class blog.
This document outlines the terms of a contract for a student accepting a place on a course. It identifies the purpose as outlining the main terms of the contract between the student and the institution. Dates and times are provided for upcoming presentations, demonstrations, and a role play activity as part of the course requirements.
The document provides instructions for students to choose a partner and prepare a 15 minute role play scenario involving booking into a hotel, going to dinner with a friend, constructing electrical for a building, or working as a hotel receptionist. It gives elements and potential complications for each role play scenario to incorporate into their 15 minute preparation and subsequent 20 minute performance of the role play for the class.
The document outlines four scenarios involving booking a hotel room, going to dinner with a friend, constructing electrical for a building, and working as a hotel receptionist. Each scenario provides elements of the situation and potential complications that could arise, such as being unable to find a reservation, costs being over budget, or only having a double room available instead of what was reserved.
A student must bring an object related to their area of study to class and demonstrate how it is built, made, or used to the class. For example, a nursing student could explain how to take blood pressure. The student needs the object, a volunteer if needed, handouts explaining the procedure, and must answer questions from classmates. The demonstration will be graded on difficulty and class participation based on an oral presentation rubric.
This document provides a summary of key concepts in English grammar, including:
- The definition of a sentence and the three types of punctuation.
- Identifying subjects, predicates, and the four types of subjects.
- Forming plural nouns and irregular plurals.
- Five basic English sentence patterns involving subjects, verbs, objects, adverbs, and nouns.
- Analogies and how to identify the relationship between word pairs.
- Four types of sentences based on purpose and ending punctuation.
The document provides background information on Natalie Babbitt, the author of Tuck Everlasting. It discusses her early interest in art and illustration and her eventual career as a writer of children's fantasy novels. It also provides context about Tuck Everlasting, including that it takes place in the 1880s in a small fictional town inspired by places Babbitt lived. The novel explores the idea of immortality through the story of the Tuck family, who have lived forever after drinking from a magical spring.
The document outlines 17 classroom rules for students attending the Specialized Science and Math Secondary School. The rules require students to behave respectfully, follow directions from teachers, complete assignments on time, and maintain good discipline. Consequences like sanctions or deductions from the final grade may apply if a student fails to comply with the classroom rules.
This document provides a list of transition words and phrases that are used to connect ideas in writing. It explains that transition words help improve writing by ensuring ideas are elegantly connected for the reader. The document then presents an extensive but not exhaustive list of approximately 200 commonly used English transition words organized into categories based on their meaning and function, such as addition, opposition, cause/condition, examples, and time. It concludes by discussing the usage of transition words in essays to improve coherence and logical organization between sentences and paragraphs.
This document is a syllabus for a 12th grade advanced English course that aims to improve students' communication skills and prepare them for life in the United States as non-native English speakers. The syllabus outlines course goals, curriculum standards, teaching methods, student evaluations, assignments, and a tentative course calendar. Students will read various novels, short stories, poems, and other works while focusing on skills like comprehension, analysis, grammar, writing processes, and public speaking. They will complete assignments such as essays, presentations, book reports and more. The course is designed around Puerto Rico's English education standards and frameworks.
The document provides reading assignments and questions for Lois Lowry's novel The Giver. It includes vocabulary work, chapter summaries, and questions about themes, characters, and literary devices for chapters 1-5. Students are asked to define vocabulary words, answer multiple choice questions about plot details, and analyze the use of hooks, cliffhangers, and biblical allusions in the novel. The assignment is comprehensive and designed to enhance comprehension of the first five chapters.
This document outlines an 8-step method for writing a concise summary. The steps include: 1) dividing the text into sections,
2) reading the text straight through, 3) re-reading and underlining key facts, 4) writing one sentence to capture the main idea
of each section, 5) writing a thesis statement that communicates the overall purpose, 6) using the thesis as an introduction
and sentences as the body, with transitions, 7) checking for accuracy, and 8) revising for style and flow. Following these
steps will allow the writer to effectively summarize texts for any class or subject.
Students can register for Edmodo, a classroom social media platform similar to Facebook, by visiting www.edmodo.com, signing up as a student, completing their information, and entering their assigned course code. The class will communicate using both Edmodo and the class blog tatenglish12.blogspot.com throughout the academic year.
This document provides information for students taking an Advanced English course. It outlines the required summer reading, which includes the books "When I Was Puerto Rican" by Esmeralda Santiago and "The Giver" by Lois Lowry. Students will write two in-class essays analyzing the books. The professor provides resources for obtaining copies of the books for students with financial need. The document also requests commitments from students and parents to complete all assignments and readings over the summer.
This document provides registration codes and URLs for the educational platform Edmodo for the 2013/2014 school year. It lists 4 codes - lr9tz, g758yf, 8xz787, and mny7qh - along with the URL for each. A note explains that students must use the web address given and enter the corresponding code to join the correct group on Edmodo.
This document is a course syllabus for a 12th grade advanced English course. The course aims to improve students' communication skills in English to help them succeed as non-native English speakers. Over the course of a school year, students will work on skills like writing, reading comprehension, grammar, public speaking, and literary analysis through studying short stories, novels, poems and famous speeches. Students will be evaluated based on tests, assignments, class participation and a portfolio. The syllabus outlines a tentative schedule of topics to be covered each week over the school year.
The document provides instructions for a student travel brochure project. Students are asked to design a tri-fold brochure promoting travel to an international destination from the perspective of a travel agency. The brochure must include facts about the city, information on when to visit, transportation details, places of interest, historical information, currency information, and photographs. Sections and layout should be professionally presented. Research on the chosen location is required to include relevant details and images in the brochure.
Este documento establece las normas, derechos y deberes de los estudiantes del Sistema de Educación Pública de Puerto Rico. Se crea un nuevo Reglamento General de Estudiantes que deroga el Reglamento anterior. El nuevo reglamento promueve un clima educativo que garantice el desarrollo integral del estudiante y reconoce su derecho a una educación de calidad.
The document outlines the requirements for a career research project, requiring students to write a 2-3 page paper on a career of interest. The paper must include research from at least 4 sources and address several topics: a job description and the responsibilities and characteristics needed for the career; the education and training required; details about the work setting such as hours, environment, travel and stress; wages and benefits; the employment outlook; and a personal assessment of why the career is a good fit. The goal is to help students explore careers and make informed decisions about classes and future plans.
This document provides guidance on writing a critical review. It defines a critical review as an academic review that offers both a summary and critical analysis of an article. It discusses the purpose and types of critical reviews. The document then provides tips for planning and organizing a critical review, including gaining an overview of the article, analyzing its main ideas, and writing an introduction, body, and conclusion. It concludes by listing additional online resources for learning how to write critical reviews.
This document outlines the terms of a student contract between a student and the ITPR college. It specifies that the student must abide by the rules and regulations of the institution and pursue satisfactory studies as required. It details provisions for teaching, library/ITPR facilities, and requirements for assignments, grading, attendance at meetings, and enrollment. The contract is signed by the professor and student, with the student providing their contact information. It also includes a course schedule for two upcoming class meetings and notes students' responsibility to access assignments on the class blog.
This document outlines the terms of a contract for a student accepting a place on a course. It identifies the purpose as outlining the main terms of the contract between the student and the institution. Dates and times are provided for upcoming presentations, demonstrations, and a role play activity as part of the course requirements.
The document provides instructions for students to choose a partner and prepare a 15 minute role play scenario involving booking into a hotel, going to dinner with a friend, constructing electrical for a building, or working as a hotel receptionist. It gives elements and potential complications for each role play scenario to incorporate into their 15 minute preparation and subsequent 20 minute performance of the role play for the class.
The document outlines four scenarios involving booking a hotel room, going to dinner with a friend, constructing electrical for a building, and working as a hotel receptionist. Each scenario provides elements of the situation and potential complications that could arise, such as being unable to find a reservation, costs being over budget, or only having a double room available instead of what was reserved.
A student must bring an object related to their area of study to class and demonstrate how it is built, made, or used to the class. For example, a nursing student could explain how to take blood pressure. The student needs the object, a volunteer if needed, handouts explaining the procedure, and must answer questions from classmates. The demonstration will be graded on difficulty and class participation based on an oral presentation rubric.