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Mrs. Moore’s Senior English Class 1.Find your seat. 2.Complete the survey. 3.Sit by window if you need a seat. Welcome.

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Page 1: Mrs. Moore’s Senior English Class 1.Find your seat. 2.Complete the survey. 3.Sit by window if you need a seat. Welcome.

Mrs. Moore’s Senior English Class

1. Find your seat.

2. Complete the survey.

3. Sit by window if you need a seat.

Welcome

Page 2: Mrs. Moore’s Senior English Class 1.Find your seat. 2.Complete the survey. 3.Sit by window if you need a seat. Welcome.

#1 Contact Information

• Room 209

• Canon-McMillan High School Staff Page

• 724-745-1400 extension 5209

[email protected]

• https://sites.google.com/site/209mrsmoore Create a bookmark or a shortcut for this site.

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Levels of Education• High School Diploma: Blackhawk School District

K-12

• Associate Degree 2 years

• Bachelor’s Degree: Westminster College 4 years

• (Teaching) Certification: Westminster College 1 year

• Master’s Degree: California University of PA 2 years

• Doctoral Degree Many years

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Goals for Senior English

READ

WRITE

GRADUATE

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#2 Graduation Requirements (GRADUATE)

• 1. Cumulative grade average of 60% and above

• 2. Satisfactory completion of Graduation Project

• 3. The paper is due December 2013.

• 4. The presentation is due February 2014.

• We will begin working on the paper in October.

Page 6: Mrs. Moore’s Senior English Class 1.Find your seat. 2.Complete the survey. 3.Sit by window if you need a seat. Welcome.

#3 Grading

• Bell Ringers (Begin 8/27)

• Homework

• Tests

• Quizzes

• Papers

• Projects

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#4 Required Materials

• Pen or Pencil

• If you do not have a writing utensil, I charge $.25 for one.

• Binder or Folder

• Notebook or Paper: Spiral Notebook or Loose Leaf

• Note: Keep all materials until posted in Power School!

Page 8: Mrs. Moore’s Senior English Class 1.Find your seat. 2.Complete the survey. 3.Sit by window if you need a seat. Welcome.

#5 Policies & Procedures

• 1. Ask 1st/Act 2nd

Raise your hand and indicate what you need.

• 2. Keep It Clean Demonstrate professional behavior at all times.

• 3. Keep It Real Natural consequences will follow behaviors.

• 4. School Policy will be followed. You are responsible for your own actions.

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NO 

Walking Around

 Using Phone

 Talking out

of Turn 

Entering Late

 Leaving

Early

 

NO

Cheating 

Lying 

Lining up at Door

 Moving Seats

 Touching or

Taking Others’

Belongings

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#6 Course Overview (READ)

• Beowulf: Epic Poem

• The Canterbury Tales: Poetry & Short Stories

• Arthurian Legends: Poetry & Short Stories

• Macbeth: Shakespearean Tragedy

• Brave New World: Novel

• Tuesdays With Morrie: Novel & Poetry

• Dead Poets Society: Film & Poetry

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#7 Course Overview (WRITE)

• Personal Narrative/Common Application Essay

• Résumé and/or Cover Letter

• Research Paper (Graduation Project)

• Literary Analysis

• Commonly Confused Words

• MLA Format & Style

• Integrating Quotes

• Modifying Quotes (Brackets & Ellipsis)

• Commas vs. Semicolons

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British Literature Trivia

Turn the survey over.

Good Luck

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#1 Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon

• 1.1. What day of the week is it?

• 1.2. Where did the names of the days originate?

• There are two sources.

• Saturday, Sunday, Monday

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

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#2 Unit 1: Anglo-Saxon

• 2.1 What holiday is on October 31?

• 2.2 What was the original “holiday” being celebrated?

• We still celebrate this holiday today.

• We usually listen to “Auld Lang Syne.”

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#3 Unit 2-3: Middle Ages

• 3.l What nursery song ends when “we all fall down”?

• 3.2 What is this song really about?

• There are several correct answers or synonyms for the answer.

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#4 Unit 4: Renaissance

• 4.1 What kind of joke incorporates the response, “who’s there”?

• 4.2 Who created this joke format?

• This format was originally dialogue from a play.

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#5 Universal Application

• 5.1. What language do we speak and read?

• 5.2 True or False: England is larger than Britain.

• We are in English class. England = English

• We read British Literature. Britain = British

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Trivia Answer #1

• 1.1. What day of the week is it? Monday

• 1.2. Where did the names of the days come from? Gods & Solar System

• Saturday, Sunday, Monday Monday = Moon’s Day

• Tuesday, Wednesday, Thursday, Friday

• Tuesday = Tiw’s Day (God of War & Law)

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Trivia Answer #2

• 2.1 What holiday is on October 31? Halloween

• 2.2 What was the original “holiday” being celebrated? New Year’s Eve (Gaelic Festival, Samhain)

• Hint: We usually listen to “Auld Lang Syne.” Auld lang syne means “times gone by.”

• This holiday marked the change from life to death both seasonally and spiritually.

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Trivia Answer #3

• 3.l What nursery song ends when “we all fall down”? Ring around the Rosie

• 3.2 What is this song really about? Bubonic Plague

• There are several correct answers or synonyms for the answer.

• The Black Plague or Black Death killed at least 20 million Europeans in five years.

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Trivia Answer #4

• 4.1 What kind of joke incorporates the response, “who’s there”? Knock, Knock Jokes

• 4.2 Who created this joke format? William Shakespeare

• This format was originally dialogue from Macbeth.

• Shakespeare is credited with contributing thousands of words and phrases to the English language.

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Trivia Answer #5

• 5.1. What language do we speak and read? English

• 5.2 True or False: England is larger than Britain. False

• The Angles called the island “Angle-land”. England = English

• The Britons called the island “Briton”. Britain = British

• The United Kingdom includes England, Scotland, Wales, and Northern Ireland.