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Posted by Amy Kalmar on Thursday, May 17, 2012,
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Have a great summer, everybody, and thank you for a wonderful year! I'm looking forward to your visits next year as juniors! Don't forget that you can get three points of extra credit on your final exam by filling out the survey located at: englishii.yolasite.com/exit-survey
Your feedback really helps me out, especially as a first year teacher! Continue reading ...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Saturday, May 5, 2012,
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I just stumbled upon this article this weekend, which talks about how fiction can influence us (for good and ill)... it might be something you can use in your projects. http://articles.boston.com/2012-04-29/ideas/31417849_1_fiction-morality-happy-endings Continue reading ...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Thursday, February 16, 2012,
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I'm offering 5 quiz/test points to anyone who makes a legitimate submission to the MSM literary magazine. I reserve the right to ask students to redo their submission if I do not think sufficient effort has been put into the attempt. The theme for this issue is Defamiliarization... details about this concept and submission guidelines can be found at the lit mag website, msmlitmag.yolasite.com. Deadline: March 16th Send electronic submissions to: msmlitmag@gmail.com Continue reading ...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Friday, January 20, 2012,
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Here's a link to the music PowerPoint I used in class to demonstrate the epic conventions. It might be helpful for reviewing for your (short!) F.A. next class. http://www.mediafire.com/file/5sbgtr1kpimvwty/4.2.2 - Epic Style PPT - Modern Examples.pptx Continue reading ...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Thursday, January 12, 2012,
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For those who happen to look at this... It has been brought to my attention that you guys are overachievers, and are taking my little assessment to glorious heights. While we're going to need to discuss prioritizing and not overburdening yourselves unnecessarily, I don't want to punish hard work. For those of you scheduled to present tomorrow, I'll give you a few minutes in class to work on your presentations, and then we'll push the presentations themselves back until Tuesday. This will gi... Continue reading ...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Wednesday, November 16, 2011,
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Hi team,Although generally I avoid giving extra credit for activities not directly related to what we're doing in English class, for the sake of ART I'm violating this principle and offering a small amount (3 quiz/test points) of extra credit for bringing in baked goods for the literary magazine's bake sale, which began today and will continue tomorrow and Friday! We would love donations of any kind, and the money we raise will be used to defray the cost of printing the magazine. The litera... Continue reading ...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Monday, October 10, 2011,
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Introducing, the winners of our “A Lie a Day” contest…
The 2A Geats! It was a thrilling, come-from-behind victory, with nearly 60 points
submitted within the final 24 hours of the competition. In the end, the other sections couldn’t beat
the Geats’ sheer dedication and willingness to sacrifice their individual
triumph for the good of the whole.
Congratulations, Geats! You are
all total ballers, and I mean that sincerely. Way to make Beowulf proud! Congratulations as well to... Continue reading ...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Thursday, September 29, 2011,
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 And the Waegmundings take the lead! Time is running out -- get your lies in pronto!
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Wednesday, September 21, 2011,
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 Holy Yak! Suddenly it looks like there's some actual competition... the Geats are still in the lead, but the margin is closing rapidly. The Waegmundings did a lot of work over the last week, but I'm most impressed at the comeback being staged by the YLFINGS! And remember... you can submit lies from any day this unit, so it is still ANYONE'S race. Epic rally time, Volsungs?
** I remembered to weight the data this time, which means that I took the total "points awarded" and divided it by the...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Monday, September 19, 2011,
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To start you off, here are some basic study guides for your test on the 21st/22nd. These are not required assignments; they're just to help guide your studying. College Prep Study GuidePre-AP Study Guide Continue reading ...
Posted by Amy Kalmar on Monday, September 12, 2011,
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 The Geats are currently whipping up on the rest of my Viking hordes! BUT... 1) there is plenty of time left in this contest; 2) remember that you can submit previous lies-of-the-day for full points.
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