Welcome to Quarter III and Mr. W's Teaching Pages for School Year 2011/2012
Reading assignments in all except Elements of Literature include a check of Cornell notes as part of the grade. Failure to compelete Cornell notes results in a zero for the reading assignment grade. Reading assignments that are in the Literature book (Elements of Literature) will require either a "Major Works Datasheet" or other assigned product.
Reminder
EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY
Students in Mr. W's ELA classes can earn up to 20 points Extra Credit on the Writing category by entering the National World War II Museum’s 2012 High School Essay Contest and 2012 Middle School (grades 5-8) Essay Contest. The National WWII Museum is dedicated to exploring the history and lessons of WWII with America’s youth. These annual Student Essay Contests give high school and middle school students across the country an opportunity to express themselves creatively while focusing on the meaning and legacy of the WWII years.
As the National WWII Museum launches a series of new STEM-based programs this year students are to answer the question, “What WWII invention or innovation has had the biggest impact on your life?” High school students have the chance to win as much as $1000.00. Middle school students can win $250.00. Students must be encouraged to act quickly; the deadline is March 30, 2012, and the museum will only accept the first 500 properly formatted essays.
More information about contest rules and deadlines is available on the following web site: www.nationalww2museum.org/essaycontests.
For extra credit, my students MUST EMAIL ME THEIR SUBMISSION RECEIPT FOR THE CONTEST AND A COPY OF THEIR ESSAY NOT LATER THAN 3 P.M. (1500) ON FEBRUARY 17.
ELA students take note: There is now a box near the door of the classroom. THIS BOX CONTAINS WRITING ASSIGNMENTS THAT HAVE BEEN REJECTED FOR NOT MEETING ASSIGNMENT REQUIREMENTS. They have been recorded in the gradebook as "MSG" (which averages as a zero), and will remain "MSG" until they are resubmitted in an acceptable form. These MSG grades impact your quarter average IMMENSELY! CORRECT YOUR WORK AND TURN THEM BACK IN TO MR. WALRATH IN PERSON!
There is NO FOOD OR DRINK IN 201. FAILURE TO FOLLOW THIS RESTRICTION WILL RESULT IN A DISCIPLINARY REFERRAL.
This site is one of several different resources students in Mr. Walrath's various classes have available to succeed in their classes. The pages here are focused on the Language Arts 9, LA 10, and Drama curriculum.
Students should visit their class page before every class session. Sometimes events take place that change our plans, and these will be noted on the class page.
You can always find your homework assignments in two different locations: this site (in the individual class pages) and on Mr. W's GradeSpeed page. I do attempt to have your assignments in GradeSpeed at least a week before they are assigned, and I do attempt to have your marked assignments posted on GradeSpeed within 3 class periods of being turned in. Note: near the end of the quarter, this might not happen, due to the load of papers to evaluate, but I will get them done as rapidly as possible.