Miss Heaney's American Literature II Class: 2015

Thursday, June 4, 2015

SAT group 2 Government question

http://www.gotoquiz.com/republican_or_democrat_1 Dem or Rep

http://www.people-press.org/quiz/political-typology/ Lib or Con

Friday, May 1, 2015

Letter of Recommendation

JUNIORS!!
Letter of Recommendation Requirements!!!

In order to request a letter of recommendation from me you must have at least a B average and must submit the following information to me before you leave for the summer. I do not want them emailed to me, I want them handed to me in a folder. (Check powerschool under Y1 if you have an 80 or higher. If your average is pending on your exam grade, submit your request and once I grade your exam, I will know whether or not you meet the requirement, and you will know whether or not you will be receiving one from me).

If I write your letter, I will hand you 5 signed hard copies of them for you to send to your perspective colleges. I will also upload it onto Naviance after you have requested a letter from me. Please do not request my letter on Naviance until I have handed you the hard copies in person.

I spend a lot of time writing my letters of recommendation over the summer and will not under any circumstances write letter for people who ask me in September. If you want me to spend time writing about your greatness you must show your worthiness by submitting me your request on time.

The following is required :

Your Junior year class schedule
The grades you received for each marking period in my class, and midterm grade
Your Senior year class schedule
Your interested field of study at the college level- it can be broad or specific
Colleges you are interested in attending or planning on applying to

Brag sheet of any projects, assignments, or aspects of my class that you want to remind me of that you excelled in. Graded assignments, Heaney Hotshots, any compliments you remember me giving you. (I forget somethings throughout the year and I simply need a reminder of it) If you got a Heaney Hotshot award remind me of what essay it was for, or what you did well on. Again, it will only help me rave about you more.

Any activities that you do outside of school- for example if you do a lot of outside activities, AND pull off an A in my class, you are a very versatile student with excellent time management skills.

** Please do not waste my time. I receive many requests for letters of recommendation. If you do not plan on using my letter, Brookdale does not request them, please do not ask me to spend time writing one. Colleges usually only request 2-3 letters of recommendation. Please only ask the amount of teachers you need for letters. Again, I do not want my summertime wasted on letters that will not be used.

Tuesday, April 28, 2015

Exam Schedule for End of Year

Tuesday, June 16 (Full day schedule)
Block 1: Quarterly 1B

Block 2: Quarterly 2B

Lunch

Block 5: 11:28-12:48 Seniors would have graduation practice, end-of-year activities or go to classes

Block 6: 12:53-2:13 Underclassmen would attend their scheduled classes Blocks 5 and 6B

Wednesday, June 17 (Half day schedule)

Block 1: Quarterly 1A

Block 2: Quarterly 2A

Block 5: (10:26-11:13) Seniors would have graduation practice, end-of-year activities or go to classes

Block 6: (11:18-12:05) Underclassmen would attend their scheduled classes Blocks 5 and 6A

Thursday, June 18 (Half day schedule)

(7:36 - 8:56) Quarterly 6B

(9:01-10:21) Quarterly 5B

(10:26-11:13) Block 2 Seniors would have graduation practice, end-of-year activities or go to classes

(11:18-12:05) Block 1 Underclassmen would attend their scheduled classes

Friday, June 19 ( Half day schedule)

(7:36 - 8:56) Quarterly 6A

(9:01-10:21) Quarterly 5A

(10:26-11:13) Block 2 Seniors would have graduation practice, end-of-year activities or go to classes

(11:18-12:05) Block 1 Underclassmen would attend their scheduled classes

Monday, June 22th (Half day schedule)

Make-up day for quarterlies

Last day of school for students; end of the 4th marking period

Graduation for seniors at 3:00 pm (North); 6:30 pm (South)

Tuesday, June 23 and 24 (staff only)

Organize classrooms and complete End-of-Year Checklist; North will be closed for renovations during the summer

Final grades are due on June 26

Thursday, April 16, 2015

SAT Vocabulary Resources

SAT VOCABULARY RESOURCES

Game Websites

http://www.vocabulary.co.il/sat-games/

http://sat.tyrannosaurusprep.com/

https://www.vocabtest.com/

http://www.majortests.com/sat/sentence-completion.php

http://www.sheppardsoftware.com/web_games_vocab.htm

http://www.quia.com/quiz/400364.html?AP_rand=342151822

http://www.quiz-tree.com/SAT_main.html

Vocabulary List Websites

https://quizlet.com/1022309/college-board-top-100-common-satact-vocabulary-words-flash-cards/

http://www.freevocabulary.com/

http://www.majortests.com/sat/wordlist.php

http://www.spellingcity.com/sat-vocabulary.html

Monday, April 13, 2015

April 15th and 16th classwork and homework problems

Please answer these questions on a separate piece of paper in your groups.

What strategies did Jim Jones use the most to manipulate his people?
Why were the people so easy to control?
If this would happen today, what type of people would be the easy targets?
Do you know of any examples of this type of manipulation in today’s world? Explain.
Who would you say is most like Jim Jones?
Would you categorize Jim Jones as extremely smart? Insane? Unstable?