"My idea of education is to unsettle the minds of the young and inflame their intellects." ~Robert Maynard Hutchins
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Syllabus A Syllabus is posted here with details on my expectations, student work, and a grading scale. Homework Check here to view Student Homework for the week! Read, Read, Read! Reading is vital to development in your academic career. Every week I select a few books that I highly recommend you give a try. Here my Reading List for the week! Not interested in anything I suggested? Check out this reading list for some more ideas of great books. Curious about some ideas for reading? Check here for an annotated bibliography of great reads. (It means it's a book list with a few sentences describing each literary work.) Another annotated bibliography. Unsure of the book you want to read but have some idea of a topic? Browse through these two sites: New York City's Public Library Reading List Found a must read? Purchase it here. My current book choice? It's a collection of real journal entries from high school students from California. They talk about battling gangs, dealing with death, homelessness, isolation, bullying, peer pressure, and much more. It's 100% true! It's entitled The Freedom Writers Diary: How 150 Students Teens Used Writing to Change Themselves and the World Around them. Purchase it here.
Contact me If any of you are having trouble with the material, please feel free to email me! I check my email every couple of hours during the evening and weekends so I will try to reply as quickly as possible. Otherwise, if you need help during the course of the day or after school, swing by room 203. Sites for fun and sites for help
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