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 Page 2 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: t www.thetimemachine1895 the unit. .weebly.com 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. Page 3 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
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