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:

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

Homework:

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

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:

• 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:

• View Demo “Graphic Essays”
• Pick up sample Panel Layout Pages
• Moderate 2:2

Homework:

• Book 2: 3-end for Friday
• 2 pocket folder due Friday “unless you moderate Friday–due Tuesday”
  • Folder Requirements:
    • Name on Front
      • Left Pocket: 15 items:
        • Day 1’s annotated questions
        • Day 1’s annotated moderator article
        • Day 1’s your article
        • Repeat for all 5 group member days. Put materials in order.
      • Right Pocket: 8-14+ items:
        • Your MAUS moderator Grade Sheet (completed by me)
        • Your Peer Evaluation forms
        • Annotated copy of your questions
        • Annotated copy of your Moderator Article
        • Additional Notes and preparatory materials
• Rough Draft of Biographic-graphic essay Due Tuesday. Final Draft Due Thursday
• Final Letters (one for a new AP Lang student, one for me) Due Friday (seniors can email)

There will be a final wrap up on MAUS on Tuesday. Expect a timed-write, discussion, or test.

We will have a final visual analysis argument/discussion. This may be a timed write or discussion.

In Class:

Moderators

Johnny, you’re in Jaimie’s group.

Ashley, you’re in Sarah’s Group

Visual Analysis Essays have been graded. Email me to receive your marked copy.

MAUS unit folders due Friday (except for Friday Moderators–due Monday)

Include all your Materials for MAUS: 5 days of member materials (article, questions, annotations) and 1 day of moderator materials (article, questions, peer evaluation forms, reflection questions, other notes).

In Class:

Moderator work.

Homework:

For Wednesday Read 1:6-2:1.

Elizabeth, prepare for Andrew’s group.

Discussed Maus 1: 3-4.

For tomorrow Maus 1: 5

Homework: MAUS Moderator Unit Fri 15–Fri 22

• Everyday: As a Member–

  • Read and annotate the Assigned Chapters for the following day’s discussion

  • Find an Ancillary Article related to a theme in the assigned reading

    • cut the article to 250-350 words (vis-a-vis-Synthesis) include a citation

  • Go to the Turnitin.com Discussion Board

    • Print your Moderator’s questions and article

    • Read and annotate to prepare for discussion

• Everyday: As a Moderator–

  • Read and Annotate the assigned Chapters

  • Write a minimum of 5 Higher Level Discussion Questions (see requirements on assignment)

  • Find and cut an ancillary article (vis-a-vis Synthesis) related to your reading

  • Post your questions and your cut article to the Turnitin.com Discussion board before 6:00pm the day before your Moderator Day

  • Lead class discussion (see requirements on assignment)

  • Following Moderator Day–complete responses to the Reflection Questions (on Discussion Board) and submit them to me via email or print copy by beginning of next class period.