Mrs' Williamson

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Welcome!

• Mrs. Williamson
• 9th, 10th English
• Black Hills High School

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It's not what you tell them it's what they
hear.Red Auerbach Legendary Basketball Coach
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Reading

• Textbook
• Elements of Literature, Third Course (9th) Fourth
  Course (10th), (Holt, 2007)
• Extensions
• 9th Grade
• Of Mice and Men, Steinbeck
• To Kill a Mockingbird, Lee
• Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare
• The Odyssey, Homer
• 10th Grade
• Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Shakespeare
• Lord of the Flies
• Night, Weisel
• Fahrenheit 451, Bradbury

Washington State Standards http//www.corestanda
rds.org/Standards/index.htm

• Vocabulary
• Roots, prefixes, suffixes
• Word Lists

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Accelerated Reader

• D.E.A.R. (Drop Everything And Read) Dayevery
  Wednesday
• Three AR books required per semester
• AR tests must be taken in advance, on OWN time,
  in library (Photo ID required)
• 150 pagesone book 400pagestwo books (two
  assessments required)
• Extended reading materials from class may not
  count towards AR requirement
• AR tests must receive a score of 65 or higher to
  qualify
• AR approximates _at_ 10 of final semester grade
• Non-AR books will be assessed in an alternate
  manner, and are subject to the same timeline as
  AR books.

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Writing

• Journals
• Response to Literature
• Poetry
• Personal Narrative
• Persuasive Essay
• Writing Process
• Conventions
• Audience/ Purpose
• MLA Format
• Parenthetical Citation
• Pressure Writes

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CRISS Strategies

• Graphic Organizers Galore!
• Two-Column Notes
• Selective Highlighting
• KWL
• T-Chart
• Venn Diagram
• One Sentence Summaries
• Power Thinking

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Communication

• Listening
• Eye Contact with speaker
• Undivided attention
• Respectful body language
• Consideration of spoken presentation

Formal and informal opportunities available.
Topics vary greatly according to student interest.

• Speaking
• Eye Contact with audience
• Consistent focus on topic (no editorializing)
• Respectful body language/ professional mannerisms
  (posture, tone, no gum, etc.)
• Consideration of audience

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Grades

• Calculations
• Participation/ responsibility points10
• AR10
• Assignments, assessments, projects, etc.80

• Scale
• 100-90.........................A
• 89-80...........................B
• 79-70...........................C
• 69-65............................D
• 64-0..............................F

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Other

• Please read the parent/ student handbook
  carefully as all school policies will supersede
  any classroom policies.
• Please check Skyward frequently, and help your
  student stay organized and caught up.
• Check http//cwilly.pbworks.com when absent or
  in need of clarification.
• All students have an online text and access
  codes.
• Email is the best way to communicate with me.