Mr. Catron’s Blog

Both Classes:

• Register at mpsomaha.myelearning.org
  • Go to the site
  • your user name is your millard username
  • your password the first time is: millard
  • change your password to your millard techid
  • Search for a course by keyword: Catron
    • my AP Language & Composition and Creative Writing classes will appear.
    • click “enroll” (this is below the class title)
    • Go to the class page; save this page.

    If the Keyword Search Bar Does Not Appear:

    • The Course ID for Creative Writing is: 0033_eng_macatron
    • The Course ID for AP Lang is: 0047_eng_macatron
      

      
      

  • I will use the mpsomaha.myelearning.org site as my main page.

Some of you may have trouble accessing the school website. The web address has changed.

To get to the Millard West Home Page go to: http://mps.mwhs.schoolfusion.us/

AP Language:

• For Thursday:
  • Read “The Chase”-Dillard in the Bedford. Annotate thoroughly and carefully.
  • Register for my class on the Bedford site at: Bedford St. Martins
    • When you register, use your Gaggle email, set your Millard Tech ID as your password, use macatron@mpsomaha.org as “instructor’s email”. Failure to do this will cause you not to receive credit for your quizzes.
  • Take the Quiz over “The Chase”
  • Read and annotate the class Syllabus.

Creative Writing:

• For Thursday:
  • Appliance Poem:
    • After reading the poem I should know what your appliance likes and dislikes, what motivates it, what it hopes for. Try to speak in terms your appliance would use.
      Poem must be 80-120 words in length.
      Type and print your poem according to MLA guidelines.
• For Friday:
  • Bring a character visual:
    • Bring an anonymous image to class. You can bring a photograph, an image from a magazine or catalog, or an image you find on the internet. The person in the image should not be famous or otherwise not known to your classmates. Find something interesting.

Students in AP Language and Composition, you will find the materials you need to complete your summer homework by clicking the AP Language Summer Homework tab above this post. A copy of the letter outlining the assignment is available under this tab as well.

Well I guess I’d better get “use” (the word is “used”, by the way future seniors–it’s an adjectival form of the verb use modifying the noun-functioning infinitive “to it”) to not having you as students, though I’ll probably still see some of you in the halls. This has been a good year for me as a teacher. My 4 AP sections, you know who you are, all had very different personalities which provided me with a wealth of challenges. I think you have all helped me become a better teacher and I appreciate the time you took to provide me with constructive feedback. Have a good summer, and to my AP Langers: Remember, everything is an argument and you can never “over-analyze” anything. Creative Writers: Stories happen in moments and it’s always better to “show” than “tell.”

I’ve enjoyed teaching this year, and I might keep at it for a while. Thank you for your attention, your hard work, and your patience.

Mr. C

In Class:

• Poetry SSR
• Notebook Check

Homework:

• Seniors Read Aloud Final Poems in Class Thursday

• Juniors Peer Review Second Draft of Poems Thursday

• Final Portfolio (Essay/Poems/Collected Work) Due Friday–Seniors Due Thursday

In Class:

• Visual Analysis Discussion Final
• Last Letter (download) Assignment

Homework:

• Comic Book Due Tomorrow
• Last Letter Due Friday (seniors can email it in)

In Class:

• Peer Review 1st Draft of Final Poems

Homework:

• Poetry SSR Wednsday (notebook check Wednesday and Thursday)
• 2nd Draft of Final Poems Due Thursday
• Final Portfolio: Collected Work, Final Poems, Writer’s Essay–Due Friday
• Seniors: Your Portfolio is Due Thursday. You do not need to have second drafts of your final poems.

In Class:

• MAUS Final exam
• Turn in MAUS books and Bedfords (fines submitted today for missing books)
• Peer review of Comic

Homework:

• Wednesday in class: Visual Analysis Final DIscussion
• Thursday: Biographic Graphic Essay Due with Writer’s Reflection
• Friday: Last Letter (download) Due. Seniors, you may email your responses if you wish.

In Class:

• Discuss Sonnet

Homework:

• Rough Draft of Poems Due Tuesday
• Final Draft of Poems Due Thursday
• Portfolio Due Friday

In Class:

• Final Moderator Day

Homework:

• Friday Moderators folders due Tuesday
• Rough Draft of Biographic-Graphic Essay Due Tuesday
• Final Draft of Graphic Essay Due Thursday

In Class:

• Final Peer Review of Final Story
• (Publication Information)?

Homework:

• Final Story Due Friday: Turn in a copy to turnitin.com BEFORE class time. Turn in a hard copy of your 3 drafts and 1 final copy in your 2 pocket folder
• Rough Draft of Poetry Due Tuesday
• Second Draft of Poetry Due Thursday (Senior Final Drafts Due)
• Final Portfolio Due Friday: Turn in a copy of your poems to turnitin.com BEFORE class time. Organize your collected work in a 3 ring binder. Put your final drafts of your final poems in the binder. Put your Writer’s Essay in the binder.