Please make sure you have completed your résumé and cover letter drafts. If you have typed up resumes and cover letters, make sure you bring your flash drive or have it available via email. These assignments count as HW #2 and #3, as well as part of the writing section of your grade, which is 20% of your grade. We will be in the Computer Lab on Wednesday and Thursday, make sure you are prepared to complete these essential assignments. … [Read more...]
Senior ELA Announcements and Homework
Due to parent-teacher conferences tomorrow afternoon, some of you will only have a half-class with me on Friday and Period 6 will not have class at all. Use the following to keep you on track into next Monday. Put in notebook if Thursday you miss class. Narrative Poem for WHSAD tales: Due April 5th 200 Line minimum (10 lines per day) Must be handed in on time in order to be considered for field trip Class time will be dedicated to this next week Use your notes on How to Create a Story using narrative poetry Rhyme Scheme AA-BB (same as your character introduction) Must teach a moral Satirize the character you created Assigned Reading due Monday, March 18th (Fahrenheit 451): Page 41 in Old Book Page 15 in … [Read more...]
Sophmores HW#1
Find a person 10+ years older than you and ask them 7 questions about thier childhood. For example, how they were, what candy they ate, what games they played, where they lived, what music they listened to... You are going to write their responses in SPANISH using the imperfect tense and some of the vocabulary you've learned this week. Click here for the Imperfect Tense Endings --> http://www.drlemon.com/Grammar/imperfect.html … [Read more...]
Quiz Tomorrow!!
Quiz tomorrow on the Progressive Movement. Don't forget to study! … [Read more...]
Senior Homework: Due Thursday
The following reading has been assigned for Wednesday night and is due Thursday morning in Fahrenheit 451: New Book: Page 21 Old Book: Page 24 Binder: Page 9 Read up to the following line: "And then, very slowly, as he walked, he tilted his head back in the rain, for just a few moments, and opened his mouth..." There will be a mini-Quiz on the assigned reading. … [Read more...]
Senior English: Vocabulary and Fahrenheit 451 Notes
The following is all the notes from Monday and Tuesday (not including notes via SmartBoard about the first few pages of the novel). Make sure you have all of the notes in your notebook as it is essential to the novel. Vocabulary : Science Fiction: a genre of fiction with imaginative but more or less believable content such as settings in the future Dystopia: community or society, usually fictional, that is frightening in its implications Stolid: unemotional and not easily excited or upset Tatters: torn and ragged Singe: to slightly scorch Luxuriously: given to pleasure, especially of the senses Flue: any passage for air Compress: to condense and force something into less space Censorship: suppression of broadcast or … [Read more...]
Practice for the LOTE!!
The Spanish Regents Exam is made of; 24 speaking points- Completed prior to the exam with teacher starting in May! 30 listening points- Takes about 45 minutes! 30 reading points 16 writing points made from two 100 word essays As you all know the Spanish Regents is now called the LOTE. Here are some sites that can help you: For information about the LOTE go to http://schools.nyc.gov/Accountability/resources/testing/LOTE+2012.htm For old regents exams go to http://www.nysedregents.org/Spanish/ For study tools go to http://quizlet.com/subject/spanish-regents/ Practice makes perfect! Don't wait till the last minute! … [Read more...]
Night out on Broadway
On March 8, 2013 40 WHSAD students attended a performance of the new musical "Hands On." A special thanks to Early Stages for bringing the opportunity to WHSAD students. Would you like to join us on the next Broadway Show? Please let Mr. D'Amato know and check the Early Stages Bulletin Board by Room 203 for more details! … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos padres
Hope to see you thursday night!! Espero verlo el jueves or viernes.... … [Read more...]
Bienvenidos!
Brand new semester, new site, fresh start! … [Read more...]