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Academic Affairs Office > Academic Departments > English Department

Denise Ahern

Contact Information: dahern@cohs.com

Welcome back! Please be sure that you have ordered your vocabulary book through Varsity Books. Freshmen should have ordered Vocabulary Workshop, Level E. Juniors should have ordered Vocabulary Workshop, Level G. We will begin using the books the first full week of school, so please be sure that you have ordered the vocabulary book in a timely fashion. Thank you.

My Philosophy

Learning should be fun! I believe strongly that while my students learn from me, I too learn from my students. Come in with a great attitude, ready to work hard, laugh a lot, get involved in class discussions, and learn every day.

Syllabus

Freshman Syllabus

Junior Syllabus

Online Text Sign Up Instructions

Period 1

Period 2

Period 5

Projects

Juniors--Due: Thursday, May 30--Found Poem Project

Freshmen--Due: Friday, May 31--Found Poem Video Project

Junior Research Paper

Research Topics

Annotated Bibliography Rubric--Annotated Bibliography Due: March 27--10 points off for each day late

Outline Rubric--Outline Due: April 11--10 points off for each day late

Track 1--Research Paper Project--Due: Sunday, April 28, 2013

Track 2--Research Paper Project--Due: Sunday, April 28, 2013

Test and Quiz Information

Periods 1, 2, 5--Monday, June 3--Vocab Mastery Test--all Units completed

Periods 4, 7--Monday, June 3--Vocab Mastery Test--all Units completed

Homework

Periods 1, 2, 5--Due: Wednesday, 5/29--Vocab Flashcards, Units 4-6 (2 SETS OF FLASHCARDS). Working with your partner, each of you should choose a half of EACH unit. Write the word and part(s) of speech on the front and ALL definitions for the word on the back. Then, create another set of flashcards for your words with the word and part(s) of speech on the front and ALL antonyms on the back.

Periods 4, 7--Due: Tuesday, 5/28--Vocab Flashcards, Units 4-6 (2 SETS OF FLASHCARDS). Working with your partner, each of you should choose a half of EACH unit. Write the word and part(s) of speech on the front and ALL definitions for the word on the back. Then, create another set of flashcards for your words with the word and part(s) of speech on the front and ALL antonyms on the back.

All Classes--Due: Thursday, 5/23--Vocab Flashcards, Units 1-3. Working with your partner, each of you should choose a half of EACH unit. Write the word and part(s) of speech on the front and ALL definitions for the word on the back. Each student should have 30 flashcards with them in class tomorrow.

Periods 1, 2, 5--Due: Wednesday, 5/15--Finish questions after "Song of Hiawatha." Be sure to write out all questions.

All Classes--Due: Wednesday, 5/15--Print out all of your blog posts and have them with you for class on Wednesday. If you did not complete all the blog posts for the year, you must write a "draft" post for each post you did not complete so that you have ALL posts. DO NOT SUBMIT THE "DRAFT" POSTS FOR THE POSTS YOU DID NOT COMPLETE DURING THE YEAR, JUST PRINT THEM OUT.

Periods 1, 2, 4, 5, 7--Due: Tuesday, 5/7--Write a well-focused and well-organized paragraph using any five (5) words from Unit 13 vocabulary. Type it in Google Docs using MLA format. Underline or highlight the five words in the paragraph, then list the five words underneath the paragraph noting each word's connotation (positive (+), negative (-) or neutral (0).

SAT Essay Scoring Guide

http://sat.collegeboard.org/scores/sat-essay-scoring-guide

Turnitin.com Class passwords and IDs

Period 1 Password: dahern1 ID: 6269810

Period 2 Password: dahern2 ID: 6270144

Period 5 Password: dahern5 ID: 6270148

Blog...

All posts must be completed by 6:00 pm the Thursday after the video is shown in class. For example, if a video was shown on Friday, December 2, your post is due by 6:00 pm on Thursday, December 8.

Freshman Blog link http://livelearnblog.edublogs.org/

Junior Blog link http://thejourneybegins.edublogs.org/

Please be aware that it is your responsibility to check your post each week to see that it has been accepted and posted on the blog. If it has not been accepted and posted in a timely manner, relevant to the date you submitted it, then there is an issue with it in terms of format or content as discussed in class.

You can always update your post and resubmit it for approval, provided you get it in by the due date.