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Archive for August, 2009

Cold Equations/English 10

Students, your first literary assignment will be "Cold Equations" by Tom Godwin. You may access this in two ways: online and download

Separate Peace Week 1

Separate Peace Week 1

We are quickly diving into John Knowles' A Separate Peace. The calendar for the next three weeks is now available First, to respond to a reduction in paper due to budgetary issues, as well as the desire to go green, I am not making copies of these assignments save maybe ten backup copies for students whose printers are out of ink, not working, [...]

Welcome to English 10

Sophomores, welcome to English 10, a pivotal year in your journey towards completion of high school and heading to college and/or career. This course is not simply a requirement: All literature read in this class has connections to who we are as a people today, no matter if it is fact or fiction. Successful completion of this class will not [...]

Welcome to Pre-AP English 9

Students, welcome to Pre-AP English 9 First off, this class will be different than what you may have ever experienced in English before. This class is not about reading a book and answering questions. All of the books we read this year will have direct connections with human nature and the world around us, no matter when these stories were [...]

Open House Wednesday August 5th

English 9H Parents: Download and review the Foundations and Contract before your students receive it next week! English 10 Parents: Review the syllabus. The contract for English 10 will be available on Monday. (English 10 Web Page will be located at dothgrin.net/eng10) Yearbook Parents: The yearbook contract will be available on Monday.