Friday, February 17, 2012
Homework over the break
Read Chapters 27-31 and study vocabulary words. Have fun! See you on the 27th!
Monday, February 6, 2012
Farming of Bones vocabulary
translucence, lavishly, spacious, acertain, rambling, reprove, evading, larceny, prelude, ferocity, conciliatory, obstinacy, slacken, embellishment, prerogative, dissertation, gesticulate, saturate, stupor, serenity, condolence, eccentric, corroborate, lamentation, imposter, paroxysm
Wednesday, February 1, 2012
Contact information
By far the most convenient and effective way that I can be reached is through the email account provided by Engrade. However, you can also contact me at (718) 724-8500. Leave a message, and I will return the call as soon as possible. Or you can email at my Dept. of Education email: pvilbig@schools.nyc.gov.
Grading policy/class information
Grades will be based on the following:
Tests and at home literary essays and projects: 40 percent
Classwork, quizzes, and homework: 60 percent
Total: 100 percent
How we'll work: For each book or literary work we read, you’ll be expected to read about 25 pages a night. In addition you will sometimes have homework in which you'll be asked to write brief responses or answer questions about your reading or topics for class discussion. You can expect that for each book or literary work, you'll write one at-home essay and have one to two tests. Pop quizzes occur whenever the teacher (me) gets the sense that students are not reading the material!
IMPORTANT: Grades are cumulative. That means the grades you make now count as much as the grades later in the semester. So it's important to work hard from the very beginning and not dig yourself into a hole in the first weeks of our class.
We will use Engrade, an online grading system in this class. I’ll give you information shortly about how to register. You’ll have your own account, where I’ll post grades. Your parents or guardians should be given access to your account.
Tests and at home literary essays and projects: 40 percent
Classwork, quizzes, and homework: 60 percent
Total: 100 percent
How we'll work: For each book or literary work we read, you’ll be expected to read about 25 pages a night. In addition you will sometimes have homework in which you'll be asked to write brief responses or answer questions about your reading or topics for class discussion. You can expect that for each book or literary work, you'll write one at-home essay and have one to two tests. Pop quizzes occur whenever the teacher (me) gets the sense that students are not reading the material!
IMPORTANT: Grades are cumulative. That means the grades you make now count as much as the grades later in the semester. So it's important to work hard from the very beginning and not dig yourself into a hole in the first weeks of our class.
We will use Engrade, an online grading system in this class. I’ll give you information shortly about how to register. You’ll have your own account, where I’ll post grades. Your parents or guardians should be given access to your account.
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