Parrott AP English Language

Research Paper Proofreading Sheet

As you finish your research paper, you might want to use this checklist to make final revisions to your paper.

Download Problem Solution Proofreading

Good-luck!  I'll see you tomorrow!

Student Comments: How Will We Remember Each Other?

During the last week of class, I plan to give each of you a small gift that consists of nice comments that your classmates and I have written about you. Obviously, I need your help!

Download the file for your class period. Write at least one kind remark about each person in your class. What will you remember about each person? What is the best thing you can say? Be serious and not sarcastic. I hope this doesn't happen, but if you select not to write comments about other students, I will not distribute their comments to you. Don't be a party-pooper!

Please submit your comments to Turnitin.com by Friday, Nov. 20th

Download Period 1

Download Period 2 corrected

Download Period 3

Update

Brian G. sent the following message:

Just a tip for those who aren't MS Word experts.

You can press  Ctrl + H  to use the "find and replace" tool. In the top box, type in "Your Name" and in the replacement box type "Brian" or whatever your name is. This will change all the Your Name's into your name.

Please type your first and last name.

Thanks, Brian!

World Day Essay Contest

Here's a great writing contest that many of you may want to enter. Please note the due date in November.

Download WD 2009 Essay Question Flyer

Download WD 2009 essay reg form

Tools for Panel Presentation

Work Log (Download and keep track of group members)

Download Panel_presentation log

Website for Editorial Cartoons

Daryl Cagle's Political Cartoons

Website for Creating Free Surveys
Don't forget that I must approve the survey before you distribute it. Please send me an email with the link to the survey or you can print out the survey on Survey Monkey and let me see it. Since I am checking for content, grammar, mechanics, and format, I will not approve a hand-written survey or a typed survey that has not been set up in Survey Monkey.

SurveyMonkey

Website for Detecting Bias

How to Detect Bias in the News 

KMHS Resources (Page down and click on Opposing Viewpoints)

KMHS Resources

I Am What I Learn

I am what I learn.

The U.S. Department of Education is hosting a video contest for students. The contest is open to students 13 and over who make a short video (no more than 2 minutes) about the importance of education. It looks like an interesting assignment for kids.

I Am What I Learn

Clarkdale Elementary School Relief Efforts

Clarkdale Elementary School was submerged in the recent flooding. Clarkdale students and their teachers will be sent to two different schools where they will remain until Cobb County decides what to do about the damaged building. If you would like to help these students, their families, and the teachers of Clarkdale, please see the attached file. Sadly, many Clarkdale students must endure the pain of losing their house and their school. They need our help. Thanks!

Download Clarkdale Contributions

Your Rain Vacation Continues

Make sure you finish In Cold Blood by Thursday. I still have a story to tell you!

The speeches that were scheduled for Tuesday (11 & 12) and the speeches that were scheduled for Wednesday (13 & 14) will now move to Thursday. We will complete speeches 15 and 16 on Monday.

The In Cold Blood test will still take place on Friday, and I’ll tell you more about it on Thursday.You will need to know all character names as well as why the characters are important. I have sent a message on Facebook (may take hours for Facebook to send it) suggesting that students get together to share names to help review for the test. Feel free to start a Facebook group so you can work together. You may even post the Facebook group URL on the AP English Language group gall if you so desire.

Enjoy your day off and take care!

2009 Flu Prevention PSA Contest

via www.flu.gov

The Health and Human Services Department recently held a contest to select the best Public Service Announcement to educate the public about good hygiene and flu prevention. Take a look at the nominated videos and the winner. If I had known about this contest when we worked on PSAs a few weeks ago, we could really have had fun with this topic!

Rain Day!

Raise your hand and cheer if you are DELIGHTED that school will be closed tomorrow! In my 32 years of teaching, tomorrow will be the first day I have ever missed because of RAIN!

I entered timed writing grades for first period in Pinnacle before I left school today. Sorry, second and third periods. I’m still grading your papers and cannot list the grades in Pinnacle when I finish because teachers are shut out of Pinnacle until Mrs. Garner captures grades for report cards.  (We will have homeroom on Friday to get report cards.)

Please stick to the reading schedule on your syllabus. You should finish the ICB by Wednesday, and boy do I have a story to tell you then!

The speeches that were scheduled for Tuesday (11 & 12) will now move to Wednesday.  The speeches that were scheduled for Wednesday (13 & 14) will now move to Thursday. We will also complete speeches 15 and 16 on Thursday as scheduled. (Please notice that Thursday had “TBA” - To Be Announced) next to it.  See, I knew we would be building arks this week! Don’t email me and ask me what number you are; the list is on my desk at school.

The In Cold Blood test will still take place on Friday, and I’ll tell you more about it on Wednesday and Thursday.

Please share this message with anyone you know who is not in this Facebook group. I’ll post the same message on the AP English website. That’s all I know to do.

Enjoy your day off! 

Going outside and playing in the rain is just not the same as playing in the snow.  . . but we’ll take it!

 

 

 

 

PTSA Reflections Contest

The PTSA just released information for the 2009-2010 Reflections Contest.

The Theme is:  Beauty Is . . .

Due Date: Wednesday, October 14th

Entries will be accepted for dance, literature, visual arts, film, musical composition, and photography. Please see the PTSA site for more information:

PTSA Reflections