December 7 - 11

English I

English II

The Iliad:

Tutoring will be Tuesday and Thursday of this week.

November 30 - December 4

English I
- Wednesday's Assignment


English II

Tutoring will be made available on Tuesdays and Thursdays


Key Club: General Meeting (Dec 2) and Kiwanis Meeting (Dec 3)


Think Pink Game: December 2

PAC November 16, 2009

Welcome to The 21st Century!

Today we will take a quick journey through some of the components of technology at South Brunswich High School! Several of us have been blessed to be provided with the 21st Century Carts you see here. We all use them in different ways relative to our own teaching styles and content areas, but we all share in the excitement of sharing this knowledge and accepsability with our students! What I will show you today is an overview of techniques I consider to be applicable across the curriculum!

Online Stopwatch

English II Vocabulary

Technology Poem

I Am Poem

Unity Poem

Polls Everywhere

This is a great video for women of all ages!

However, it may even be more important for men to see!
Inner beauty vs. Outer beauty...you decide!
Dove Evolution

Speak Symbolism Assignment:

Due: November 2

1. You will not be given a specific assignment, but you will satisfy the following requirements:
   
   1. You will become your symbol.
      
   2. You will prepare a written component for your presentation.
      
   3. You will prepare a physical product (see suggestions below).
      
   4. You will write an "I AM" poem pertaining to you and hopefully show evidence of your symbol.
      
2. Product Suggestions:
   
   1. Write an original poem with illustrations.
      
   2. Write and sing an original song.
      
   3. Write a newspaper article complete with newspaper title, additional articles or advertisements, and images.
      
   4. Write a monologue for your and your symbol.
      
   5. Create a scrapbook/photo album.
      
   6. Create a 12 song playlist with description of each song's relevance.
      
   7. Create a commercial.
      
   8. Create a Public Service Announcement.
      
   9. Build a physical representation of your symbol and you!
      
   10. Compose a 2 minute piece as a theme song and post on YouTube
       

Rubric:

0 = not done 1= unsatisfactory 2 = satisfactory 3 = good 4 = excellent

Required:

creativity     0 1 2 3 4

originality     0 1 2 3 4

organization     0 1 2 3 4

effort         0 1 2 3 4

thoroughness0 1 2 3     4

relevance    0 1 2 3    4

reflection     0 1 2 3    4

Proficiency in the following:

(Whichever apply…)

writing     0 1 2 3    4

speaking     0 1 2 3    4

technological    0 1 23 4

artistic    0 1 2 3 4

musical    0 1 2 3 4

other_________     0 1 2 3 4

October 26 - 30

English I: 1st and 4th

English II: 3A and 3B


Wednesday: 10-28-09 English I
1. Study Island:
2. Speak Symbolism Project!
Dictionary of Symbols
Scrapblog
Photo Story (this is what I made my "Flashback" with...if not, we have Movie Maker)
Speaking Out: by Laurie Halse Anderson
Speak Lesson with ideas!

October 19 - 23

English I: 1st and 4th Block

English II: 3A and 3B

Tutoring: Tuesday

Key Club Meeting: Wednesday

Tutoring: Thursday

Cougar Town: Friday

Stay Healthy!!!

Music As Poetry Worksheet

Name: _____________________

Assignment: Music as Poetry Project
Title: "_____________________________"
Artist: by __________________________

Font: _______________________________

Lyrics:

You will be responsible for finding and printing out your lyrics (or handwriting them

 

The Artist: _______________________

 

Interpretation of the Song in General:

 

Interpretation: Speaker

Interpretation: Tone

 

Interpretation: Theme

 

Interpretation: Title Significance

 

Interpretation: Song Lyrics

Figures of Speech/Poetic Devices

Figure of Speech	Sample from Lyrics	Explanation
1.
2.

Why this song?

 

Welcome Back!!!

1st Block: English I

3rd Block: English IIA

3rd Block: English IIB

4th Block: English I

Email me with any questions!
mbirdyshaw@bcswan.net

May 4 - May 8

Teacher Appreciation Week!!!

Honors English I: 2nd Block

English II A/B: 3rd Block

English I: 4th Block

Music As Lyrics Outline, Example, and Powerpoint.

Non-Fiction Unit: English I (both)

April 27 - May 1

Honors English I: 2nd Block

English II A/B: 3rd Block

English I: 4th Block

April 20 - 24

Honors English I: 2nd Block

English II: 3rd Block A & B

English I: 4th Block

Music As Poetry Assignment Example

Romeo and Juliet Essay Assignment

April 6-10

Honors English I: 2nd Block

English I: 4th Block

March 23-27

Honors English I: 2nd block

English II: 3rd Block

English I: 4th Block

Syllabi Week of March 16-20

Honors English I

English II

English I

March 9-13 Syllabi

Honors English I

English II A/B

English I

Professional Development: March 4

Good Afternoon:)
A few helpful things for today!
1. My Polls Everywhere!
This is a FREE site that offers you a polling/assessment forum to use in your classes!

2. My PLC Materials!!!
--Lesson Plan
--"Ice Caps"
--Handout
--Samples of Bloom's Taxonomy
--Powerpoint

English I Novel Units and ENG II

Teacher Survey:
PLEASE COMPLETE AS SOON AS YOU CAN!

Honors English I
Click here to catch up (go to the last page)~

English I

ENG II Week of Feb 22-27 and Week of March 2-6

February 16-20

Honors English I: 2nd period

English I: 4th period

ENG II

February 9-13

Honors English I: 2nd Period

English I: 4th period

English II

February 2-6, 2009

Honors ENG I

ENG I

ENG II

January 26-30

Honors English I: 2nd Period

English I: 4th Period

English II: 3rd Period

Google Docs

Gmail

Study Island

Spring Semester 2009

Welcome!!!

English I Syllabus and Parent Letter

Honors English I: 2nd Period

English II: 3rd Period

Ensligh I: 4th Period

Syllabi January 5-9

Honors English I

English I