I, personally, am in a constant state of prayer to my Lord and Savior Jesus Christ for our country, its leaders, and our troops.

 II Chronicles 7:14

Accelerated English II

September 28-Oct. 2

  I truly like my classes and feel that we are making progress. I urge your students to work on the website I provided them.  It is an excellent sourse for review and grammar support.  We are continuing to work on grammar, and   Grammar test is planned for Thursday.  I hope to return the literary response essays  this week.  Vocabulary quiz Friday.

 English classes are to work on the following until further notice:

1.  Punctuation and recognition of simple sentences, compound sentences, complex sentences, compound/complex sentences.

2.  Pronoun cases

3.  A complete description of the following:

• direct object          indirect object
• predicate adjective        predicate nominative

4.  Complete descriptions of adjectives and adverbs, explaining what words they modify and what questions they ask.

5.  Active and Passive Voice

6.  Subject/Verb Agreement

7.  Pronoun/antecedent agreement

8.  Verbals (gerunds, infinitives, participles)

9.  Correct usage of who/whom

10.  Correct usage of eliptical construction

11. Correct usage of and identification of verb tenses

12.  Correct punctuation usage

I will add to this list.

ONGOING SOURCES to use for this assignment are the following:

1.  http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/

2.  An optionally issued workbook that is NOT to be marked on.

The following is a copy of my Acc. English II syllabus:

          The English II Writing Test will be given in October 15  first semester and March 24 for second. In this test, the students will be required to write up to three types of specified essays during a two-­hour period from supplied prompts using a very strict format.  The multiple choice test, consisting of grammar usage, literary terms, and literary information, reading comprehension, and extensive vocabulary knowledge, will be given December 1-4 and April 26-29.

Students will have homework regularly but will sometimes only involve reading or individual studying. 

Parents, your students will ALWAYS have studying to do in this course----beginning with DAY ONE. Check tests could be given at any time to insure that students are reading and keeping up with the material. Each student will have three telephone buddies from this class. Because of the 4 by 4 schedule, if a student must be absent, he or she cannot wait until the next class meeting to find out what he or she missed. It is the student's responsibility to find out what he or she missed and to come to class prepared.

Note taking is extremely important in this class! Students should be prepared to take notes during every class meeting whether I give them or not. If a student misses a class, it is the student's responsibility to get missed notes from another student. I will be happy to clarify any points or to answer any questions.

  Make-up tests will be given Tuesday mornings at 7:30.

 With this in mind, our curriculum will include the following:

• Essay writing and grammar                         

• Short Story Unit                                    

• Poetry Unit  

• Extensive vocabulary study 

• * A three-ring binder is necessary!

Grading: Essay, Tests and Major Assignments 40% Daily Grades--30% Class Participation-l 0% Final Exam-20%

 Public Speaking                                                                                         Shoemake

September 28-Oct. 2

  We have assigned senior project speeches for September 29, 30, and October 1.  This speech is worth 3 test grades, so it is very important.

   Students, again, have assigned days for these speeches since they must dress professionally and prepare a three-sided display board.  This project is worth three test grades. 

         Major speeches will be assigned several days ahead of time.  Because of the adequate time frame allowed for speech preparation, if a student is absent the day before a speech is due, he or she will still be expected to present the speech on the assigned day.    Each student will have three telephone buddies from this class. Because of the 4 by 4 schedule, if a student must be absent, he or she cannot wait until the next class meeting to find out what he or she missed. It is the student's responsibility to find out what he or she missed and to come to class prepared.

Note taking is extremely important in this class! Students should be prepared to take notes during every class meeting whether I give them or not. If a student misses a class, it is the student's responsibility to get missed notes from another student. I will be happy to clarify any points or to answer any questions.  Disrupting the speeches of or distracting fellow speakers is not acceptable behavior in this class, and this activity will be severely punished.

Each student will recieve 2 "free passes" in which they may give their speeches the next day (from the assigned day) for a ten-point deduction.  These "free passes" are to be used in emergency situations only and eleminating my believing the escuses of some students and not believing  the excuses of others.  Since speeches are assigned well in advanced before they are due and each student has three telephone buddies, assinments can be easily obtained.  Once the student has used the free passes, no other excuses will be acceptable for missing a speech deadline.

 Major speeches:                                                        Minor speeches:       

• Shoebox speech                                   *Current event speeches
• Informative speech                                *Impromptu speeches
• Visual aid speech                                 *Special occasion speeches
• Demonstration speech
• Persuasive speech  
• Sales speech
• Senior project speech and project 

 Additional Skills and Knowledge:

    *Listening and Observational Skills

    *Organizational   skills

    *Influences of public speaking  

Grading Process:

      Major speeches               40%

      Minor speeches               20%

      Class participation          20%

      Final Exam Speech         20%