Wednesday, September 30, 2009

Juniors: Find the short story "Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce on-line, read & answer the 5 questions on the handout.

Freshmen:
7th period -- quiz on literary terms & "Most Dangerous Game" tomorrow.

Tuesday, September 29, 2009

Homework due Wed 9/30: 5th period freshmen -- answer the questions regarding the Dweck article.
Juniors: Edgar Allan Poe essay due on Turnitin.com by midnight on Thursday Oct 1

Thursday, September 24, 2009

Homework due Friday 9/25:

5th period Freshmen: Study the literary terms & Most Dangerous Game for Friday's quiz

7th period Freshmen: Answer the 15 questions at the end of Most Dangerous Game, p. 84

Wednesday, September 23, 2009

5th period Freshmen:  answer the 15 questions about Most Dangerous Game on p. 84

Wednesday, September 16, 2009

Freshmen: Write a letter to yourself as per handout. 5th period, due Fri 9/18. 7th period, due Thurs 9/17.

Monday, September 14, 2009

Turnitin.com info for my juniors:

1st period class id: 2872693
8th period class id: 2872713

password for both classes: porter

Please make every effort to submit your work through turnitin.com; however, in the event of catastrophic computer failure, I will accept written work in class tomorrow.

Thursday, September 10, 2009

Juniors -- Due Monday 9/14 -- Write a paragraph in response to "Young Goodman Brown" by Hawthorne. Post it on turnitin.com.

Fresmen -- Answer the questions re: the Skube article, "Read is a 4 letter word"

Wednesday, September 09, 2009

Juniors
Due Thurs 9/10 -- Read "Young Goodman Brown" by Nathaniel Hawthorne. Be prepared for a quiz on this short story tomorrow.

Monday, September 07, 2009

Welcome back! This is the place for Mr. Porter's students to check on their homework assignments.

Freshman & Junior English classes: You have 2 homework assignments due next class meeting.

1. Answer Mr. Porter's letter.
2. 3 pages of notes on your summer reading book.