Summer!

If you did not pick up your summer reading book, you need to stop by the school to pick it up. There are books available from the guidance office.

Please let me know if you have any problems with your noodletools account.

Mrs. Tyler

Tuesday, June 16, 2009

LAST DAY!

Literally Film's Final Exam.


For my CP & Honors students, please visit my website to download the summer reading assignment.

You should have either Camus' The Plague or Hosseini's The Kite Runner. You will need to enter your notecards onto Noodletools.
Don't forget to SHARE your lists with me. I am reachable via email and will be able to meet with you Wednesday afternoons if you need help (you MUST arrange this with me ahead of time).

Have a great summer and see you in August!

Mrs. Tyler

Monday, June 15, 2009

Finals for Blocks 2 & 4/5 today!

Thought for the day...
If you want to see what children can do, you must stop giving them things.
- Norman Douglas


I am so proud of all of you!

Friday, June 12, 2009

Awards Assembly, Student Council BBQ, Our Town & the Evolution of Dance!!!

How nice to devote a day to celebrating & recognizing student work!

Thought for the day...
All our dreams can come true, if we have the courage to pursue them. - Walt Disney

Thursday, June 11, 2009

Don't forget to pick up your summer reading books!

Good luck on your first day of final exams. See you at Class Night & the Awards Assembly!

Mrs. Tyler


Thought for the day...
The skill of writing is to create a context in which other people can think.
- Edwin Schollsberg

Wednesday, June 10, 2009

Don't forget to pick up your summer reading!

Period 1:
Finish viewing Hamlet

Period 3:
Our Town work

Period 5:
Collaborative paper

Thought for the day...
"There is more to life than increasing its speed." - Mohandas Gandhi

Tuesday, June 9, 2009

Summer reading books are now available in the library! Don't leave for the summer without picking up your book.

Period 1: Viewing Almereyda's Hamlet

Period 2: Continue viewing Almereyda's Hamlet

Period 3: Our Town Work

Period 5: Portfolio Work

Thought for the day...
"We know what we are, but know not what we may be. " - Shakespeare

Monday, June 8, 2009

Marching Practice from 8:30-9:30

Summer reading books are now available for pick up in the library. Please see your CP or Honors English teacher for next year's assignment.

Congratulations, seniors, on the completion of your finals. See you at Class Night!

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Portfolio Work

Thought for the day...
"Well done is better than well said." Ben Franklin

Friday, June 5, 2009

Period 1:
Congratulations, I will see you at class night & graduation.

Period 2:
Final Exam

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Publish or Perish
Anthology editing & Portfolio work

Thought for the day...
Life is like an onion: You peel it off one layer at a time, and sometimes you weep.
— Carl Sandburg

Thursday, June 4, 2009

I apologize for missing yesterday's posting. As the semester is coming to an end, there are some similarities in our daily activities, but I did run out of time yesterday.

Period 1:
Final Exam

Period 2:
Review for Final Exam

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Anthology/Portfolio Work

Thought for the day...
Personality can open doors, but only character can keep them open.
- Elmer G. Letterman

Tuesday, June 2, 2009

Period 1:
Finish All My Sons
Discuss public responsibility vs personal responsibility
Begin review for final

Period 2:
Discuss The Stranger
Which is worse?
Work on hero presentation

Period 3:
Our Town

Period 5:
Portfolio & Anthology work

Thought for the day...
"We are wiser than we know." - Ralph Waldo Emerson

Monday, June 1, 2009

Period 1:
Shortened due to marching practice
Continued Act II for All My Sons - go to pg. 61 for homework

Period 2:
Review/discuss The Stranger
Work on hero papers

Period 3:
Our Town - the cemetery & rehearse "marriage"

Period 5:
Work on portfolio & anthology pieces

Thought for the day...
Every day brings a chance for you to draw in a breath, kick off your shoes, and dance.
- Oprah Winfrey