MC 400 Website

Hi there Kids!

Instructions for your Final Project for the Prelims:

• Your Website should have a main homepage with good layout. 
• The website should have at least 3 links that includes the two exercises you have done in our class. The links have to be done by you and not those existing websites like facebook or twitter.
• Upload the website to Bravenet or any other webhosting site of your choice.
• Give me the link of the URL here. There should be links of your sub pages on your homepage

MERRY CHRISTMAS TO ALL AND ENJOY YOUR VACATION 

Exam Coverage for English 11

Hi kids!

Here's the coverage:

• Effective Word Choice
• Fragments
• Run-ons
• Faulty Parallelism
• Consistent Verb Tense
• Verbs - Tenses and its Sequence, Voice, Moods
• Verbals
• Misplaced Modifiers
• Combining Kernel Sentences
• Sentence Development and Introduction to the Paragraph
• Elements of a Good Paragraph
• Common Proofreading Symbols

Good Luck and God Bless in your exams.... :-D

English 11 Links for the Finals

To my Eng 11 Class. . . :D

Here are the links of where you can practice some grammar exercises. The answers will be provided for you so you can easily check your mistakes and learn from them.

• http://www.englishpage.com/verbpage/verbtenseintro.html
• http://www.e-grammar.org/
• http://www.learnenglishfeelgood.com/lefg1_futuretenses2.html

If you are ready for your book reports you may now put your comments (links) here.

Lit 1 Blogs. . .

To my Lit 1 Class

Here's the format of your Blog

I Updates of your Shooting

• Enumerate the tasks of each member of the group
• Shooting Venue and Dates
• Some thoughts about your shooting

II The Details of your Assigned Play

• Excerpt and Summary
• Cast of Character and who's playing them

III Documentation

• Trailer link (upload them in youtube and put the link here) if you have one
• Pictures or the link of the website where you have uploaded your photos

Please put the links of your blogs in my comments box.

The blog is part of the criteria for judging of your presentation so make it very creative.
Good luck and God Bless...

English 11 Book Report

Hello W2 Pips!

Here's the book list for the midterms and finals:

Midterms:
The Pearl by John Steinbeck
The Old Man and the Sea by Ernest Hemingway
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

Condensed Books:

• Beloved by Toni Morrison
• Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger
• The Great Gatsby (1925), by F. Scott Fitzgerald
• Slaughterhouse Five by Kurt Vonnegut
• Atonement by Ian McEwan
• Like Water for Chocolate by Laura Esquivel
• The Cider House Rules by John Irving
• The Color Purple by Alice Walker
• Vanity Fair by William Makepeace Thackeray
• The Godfather by Mario Puzo

Graphic Novels:

• Watchmen (1986), by Alan Moore & Dave Gibbons
• The Dark Knight Returns (1986), by Frank Miller

Finals:
To Kill a Mockingbird by Harper Lee
Crime and Punishment by Fyodor Dostoevsky
God of Small Things by Arundhati Roy
Lord of Flies by William Golding
One Hundred Years of Solitude by Gabriel García Márquez
The Unbearable Lightness of Being by Milan Kundera
Love in Time of Cholera by Gabriel Garcia Marquez
The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Brothers Karamazov by Fyodor Dostoevsky


If you have a copy of a book that is not here but you really think it could be used for your book report, please consult me first.

Here's the format for your book report:

Book Report Template for English 11 (Summarize the answer to each part. Maximum number of sentences will be up to five only)


I Introduction/General Information about the Book


· Title:


· Author:


· Type of Book (fantasy, humor, science fiction, mystery, biography, non-fiction):

II Characters


Main Character:


· Describe this character: (the conflicts and problems that the main character faced in the story)


· I can identify with the main character when:

· Supporting Characters: (name at most three)


· Describe some details about each supporting character

III Setting


· Describe the time and place of the story:


· Comments about the setting (examples: setting makes story exciting, setting has an important effect on main character, setting is/is not exciting or new, setting increased my knowledge of something):

IV Plot: The Action/Summary of What Happened in the Story


· Summary of the story (list up to 6 events that happened in the story; keep them in order):

V Theme


· What is the author trying to say in this story? Is there a moral to this story?


· This book showed me/I learned from this story:


· State a problem in the story and how it was solved

VI Evaluation of the Book


· What are your thoughts about the book? (did you or didn’t you like it and why?)