C.R. Riders of C 206

This marks the final post of our year together. 

I will miss you all very dearly!

Have a very safe, wonderfully happy summer break! 

~Miss Lee~

Right now, ninth and tenth graders are about halfway through their nonfiction units.  We also continue to work on vocabulary.

By the end of February, we will begin to work on the research paper–for real this time!  For those of you who weren’t aware, we did START our research paper unit a few weeks ago.  However, because of some changes in the schedule for DCAS, we had to halt just after taking our initial notes.   If you’re in ninth grade, remember that you need to choose a topic for an informative paper.  You may select a famous invention, famous person from history, or famous event in history.  In your paper, you must show the significance or contribution of your topic to modern-day society.  Tenth graders: you need to select a social issue and take a stance on your issue that can be supported by well-constructed, factual, logical arguments.

If you have any questions, feel free to email me or call at the school! 

As autumn progresses, so do we!  We’ve completed the first marking period, and along with it our units in poetry and short stories.  In the second marking period, we will tackle drama.  Sophomores are working with A Raisin in the Sun and The Tragedy of Julius Caesar; freshmen are working with The Miracle Worker and The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet.  Additionally, to help ensure we are prepared for DCAS while gaining a deeper grasp of our world, we will integrate nonfiction and media pieces that relate to the plays we read.  Our ongoing work with SAT vocabulary and multiple learning strategies continues!  Finally–drumroll, please–our blogging is fully underway.  We’ve all had the chance to practice with the Common Blog a few times, and now we’re blogging about the specific books we are reading.  Best of all, students can now submit their own questions for themselves and their classmates to tackle.  See below for pictures of the fun!

WELCOME:

Hello, and welcome to our website! This site will provide invaluable resources and links to assist us throughout the school year. All of this information is also available in class, so students who do not have access to the Internet outside of school will not be penalized.  Additionally, we will use this site as a blog, so feel free to watch our pages for students’ feedback to one another about course content.

What can you find here? You can review a copy of our course syllabus and tentative calendar, check assignments and class information, and correspond with me outside of normal school hours. To find out what is going on in class and to access classroom materials (handouts, PowerPoints, and more), click on the appropriate month on the right-hand side of this page–e.g., 01: August & September 2010.

If you do not have Microsoft Office, please click on the Access Help Page for assistance.

The links on the right of this page will guide you to some useful resources, including our school’s library databases, home pages for our school and district, Home Access (so you and your guardians can see your grades), etc.

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CONTACTING  ME:

Students: If you have a question and did not have an opportunity to talk to me in school, then it is your responsibility to leave comments on this site or to email me: Jamie.Lee@cr.k12.de.us.  Don’t worry–any comments you post will not be visible to anyone but me until I hit “approve.”

Parents: If you would like to discuss your child’s progress with me, please email me at Jamie.Lee@cr.k12.de.us or call the school to leave a message for me at (302) 697-2161, ext. 2203.

Remember, this web site will be our main classroom resource outside of school. I suggest that you bookmark it and check back frequently to view updates.

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SUPPLIES  FOR  THE  SCHOOL  YEAR:

For those of you who are gearing up to purchase school supplies, the following information should help you.   Also, if you are a parent or community member who has access to any of the supplies below and would like to donate to our classroom, please contact me via the information above in this post.  We can always use extra materials!

• Agenda book/daily planner
  • One section of the back white board in the room is sectioned off and contains a list of class activities and assignments for about a ten-day time span.
  • The front white board and bulletin board always list the daily activities/lessons, what is due, what is homework, and depict our unit learning maps.
  • Use these resources to your advantage!
• Binder with Four (4) Dividers
  • Grammar warm-ups
  • Vocabulary
  • Reading Units
  • Writing Units
• A reading book or other reading material with you.
  • If you finish before every other student, you must read silently.
  • Talking is never an option.
  • If you do not bring reading material, I will provide you with it.
• Writing utensils
  • Pens
  • Pencils
• Highlighters (recommended, but not required)
  
• Post-It Notes (recommended, but not required)