Theme for the Year: CONNECTIONS
As you leave my classroom,
be sure to thank someone
for helping us have a good English class.
Homework Assignment
1. Post a summary on your personal reading blog. You have 4 weeks left to earn some serious points for your personal reading. Go for it!
2. On Google Docs, write the second body paragraph of essay 11. Please highlight and identify one example of an
Here is an example by Mr. Salsich:
I am lucky to be teaching at an amazing school, a place full
of young scholars taking notes, waiting to learn, trying to succeed, running
the race of education, straining to reach the finish line on graduation day. My
students, laughing at my mistakes and trying to give constant group hugs, are
among the best I can recall.
2. On Google Docs, write the second body paragraph of essay 11. Please highlight and identify one example of an
appositive as sentence closer
and a
participle as subj-verb split
Here is an example by Mr. Salsich:
3. Memorize the first 21 lines of "Ithaka" by Thursday's class.
Today's Lesson Objective
Today, I hope you will come to a clear understanding of how to use an
appositive as sentence closer
and a
participle as subj-verb split
Also, I hope you will appreciate the good work your classmates did on the poem for Poetry NIght.
Finally, I hope you will come to a better understanding of The Tempest.
The Steps of the Lesson
1. A look at the poems for Poetry Night.
2. Writing with appositives and participles.
3. The Tempest
