Volume 1, Issue 3
Annville-Cleona Secondary School
November 2016
A.C. Archives: L.S. English
Ms. Sobczak’s L.S. English Classes
Connect with
Ms. S.
Email:
[email protected]
Department:
Special Education
Who is
Ms. Sobczak?
This is Ms. Sobczak’s
first year teaching at
Annville-Cleona
Secondary School.
She is very excited to
have the opportunity to
work with Learning
Support English
classes during 20162017.
Ms. Sobczak
graduated from
Kutztown University
with a B.S. in
Secondary English
Education and Special
Education. She also
earned her Autism
Endorsement
Certificate.
Subject: English
Grade: 9-12
Room: 124
Phone:
(717) 867-7700
ext. 4124
During the 2016-2017
school year, Ms.
Sobczak will be
teaching Learning
INSIDE THIS ISSUE:
L.S. Reading
2
L.S. English 9
2
L.S. English 10
2
L.S. English 11/12
3
In the Spotlight
3
Welcome Back!
Welcome back to school
A.C. Students! This
month, Ms. Sobczak’s
classes will get back
into school by learning
about the following:
Support English for
grades 9, 10, and
11/12, as well as a
Learning Support
Reading course. She
will also co-teach
with Mrs. Jennie
Brown in College
Prep English 9 and
with Mr. Ryan
Coleman in College
Prep English 10.
To communicate
throughout the year
with Ms. Sobczak,
students and parents
are encouraged to
L.S. ReadingReading
Comprehension
Strategies
The Time Machine
L.S. English 9Short Stories
Research Paper
email her and check
her teacher page on
the Annville-Cleona
Secondary School
website for updates
on assignments and
units. Issues of the
A.C. Archives will
also be available at
the beginning of
every month and will
include what
students are learning
about and creating in
every class.
L.S. English 10Short Stories
L.S. English 11/12The Crucible
A.C. Archives
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L.S. Reading
Welcome back to
school!
A.C.
Archives
H.G. Wells. This unit will
follow a website that I
created that is accessible
through my teacher page
We will be discussing on Annville Cleona’s
Secondary School site, or
plot diagrams and
by accessing the link
summarizing
strategies throughout directly:
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www.thetimemachine1895
the unit.
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The Learning Support
To
help
us
practice
Reading class will be
We will also continue the
these skills and
working on a wholestrategies, we will be tradition of Book Buffets
group unit. This unit
by finishing Holes this
will center on Reading reading the novel The month!
Comprehension skills Time Machine by
L.S. English 9
Thanksgiving
break begins on
November 23rd,
2016.
The first unit for L.S.
English 9 was Writing!
The L.S. English 9
class has completed
the Writing unit. They
L.S. English 10
and we will review
tools and strategies
for understanding
what we read.
learned about parts of
speech, types of
sentences, and wrote
their first essay of the
year.
This month, they will
begin reading the first
short story, “The Most
Dangerous Game,”
followed by Poe’s “The
Cask of Amontillado.”
During the short story
The first unit for L.S.
English 10 was the This I
Believe unit!
The students finished
reading the short
stories in the This I
They will also learn
new vocabulary each
week!
reading “The Bass, The
River, and Sheila Mant.”
They will also read “A
Monkey’s Paw” and
other short stories,
before beginning their
first novel of the year,
This month, they will The Contender. The
students will learn about
be learning about
literary elements and
Short Stories. They
have already read “A vocabulary throughout
these units.
Sound of Thunder”
and are currently
Believe unit. They
also wrote their first
essays of the school
year, creating their
own stories about
what they believe.
Happy
Thanksgiving!
unit, they will review
literary terms and
they will have
assessments on the
stories. They will
begin their Research
Project after the short
story unit.
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Quotable
Phrases:
“The world
needs
different
kinds of
minds to
work
together.”
-Dr. Temple
Grandin
L.S. English 11/12
Last month, the
students in English
11/12 learned about
various genres and
created their own
Creation Myths. They
also completed a
Webquest about the
Salem Witch Trials.
This month, the
students will be
reading The Crucible
and completing
projects that relate to
the characters of the
play.
The students will
read the play and
perform sections of
the play in class.
What is the mascot
of Annville-Cleona?
The students will
also learn new
vocabulary
throughout the unit
and mirror the
curriculum of CP
English 11/12.
*Last Month’s
Answer:
Red and White
In the Spotlight
Shakespeare
Fact of the
Month:
William
Shakespeare
invented words
like “rainbow,”
“staircase,” and
“swagger!”
This month on “In the
Spotlight,” we are
featuring two students.
One is a freshman student
who has gone above and
beyond the marking
period requirement for
independent novel
reading. They not only
read one required novel
and completed the
associated letter to the
author, but they have
read 12 novels in one
marking period. This
student also offers
suggestions for
expanding the
classroom library and
provides feedback on
the books that are
already available.
The other student is
a senior who has
been a positive
influence in the L.S.
11/12 English class.
He volunteers to help
his classmates and
often asks questions
outside of class
during his
advisement period.
Keep up the great
work!
Until Next Time,
Ms. Sobczak
L.S. English
A.C. Secondary School