September 20, 2004 Monday

Speech: Today, we will discuss how to detect logical fallacies and work on our commercial.

Sophomores: Today, we will begin by discussing it circles from Friday and filling out self and peer evaluations which will be due tomorrow. You will need to staple your journal page to the back. We will first discuss verb tense consistency and look at the paragraph from "The Beans of Egypt, Maine" that we rewrote in past tense. If time permits, we will discuss "The Monkey's Paw." You must have detailed sticky notes for a grade. There will be a vocabulary test tomorrow over "Through the Tunnel" vocab. Midterm notices were sent home over the weekend. Several students have questioned how they can get extra credit. First and foremost, I want to stress the importance of doing the assigned work. There is absolutely no reason to receive a failing grade in this class if you just attempt the work with your best effort. Additionally, I will not allow extra credit if you have not completed ALL assigned work. That means that all zero grades must be made up with no credit BEFORE I will accept an extra credit assignment. Why? Extra credit means that I have to do more work. Not fair if you didn't do all YOUR work first. That said, if you are eligible for extra credit, the link can be found on my website under "Free time."

Freshmen: In class today we will discuss how to fill out self and peer evaluations from lit circles Friday. You will need to staple your journal page to the back. Then, we will discuss paragraphing. Midterm notices were sent home over the weekend. Several students have questioned how they can get extra credit. First and foremost, I want to stress the importance of doing the assigned work. There is absolutely no reason to receive a failing grade in this class if you just attempt the work with your best effort. Additionally, I will not allow extra credit if you have not completed ALL assigned work. That means that all zero grades must be made up with no credit BEFORE I will accept an extra credit assignment. Why? Extra credit means that I have to do more work. Not fair if you didn't do all YOUR work first. That said, if you are eligible for extra credit, the link can be found on my website under "Free time."