Question

When is our teacher letter due? Are we supposed to double space with no additional spaces in between? And are we allowed to use words such as "I" and "me"

Merry Christmas

Hope your day is wonderful!

Yay!

Here you are with the best door in the school!

Does our sonnet have to be to a person or can it be to something in nature?

About your speech

So, you are writing your speech this weekend and you will be graded on whether or not you can deliver an 8 minute speech tomorrow.

Instead of putting it on note cards, go ahead and type up a transcript for your speech (like your mid-term speech transcript). Then tomorrow you will be paired up with someone who will time your speech.

Also, tomorrow is the LAST DAY TO BRING IN A GIFT OR $$ FOR OUR CHRISTMAS FAMILIES!

WE WERE ROBBED!!!

We got 3rd. Obviously, there was some flawed judging! I mean, who else had brownies? Who else had 25 tiny elves? Who else had a naked Beowulf?!?

Our door is the true winner!

I'm super proud of our door and all the effort everyone put in to it! Hopefully it will stay in tact through the holidays!

Even though we technically didn't win, we know ours really was the best! :)

Seriously, it's probably my favorite thing in the 10 years that I've been teaching.

Have a super weekend!

For tomorrow

Don't forget to study your literary allusions. The quiz is pretty much just rote memorization!

We'll be completing the door, too. A BIG thanks to Rebecca, Tori, Elise, and Doug for all their work today. Wait to see what they got done!!

Doug--don't forget duct tape.

Also, your Act III homework (2 letters) are due.

See you tomorrow!

Can our table of contents be any font and size?

Table of Contents

Since I have more than one Letter of Intent should I put "Letter of Intent 1", " ' ' 2", " ' ' 3" in my Table of Contents?

Question

What size do we need the pictures for our portfolio?

Can i use the picture holders that i used for my product in my portfolio?

Let's Make a Deal

OK, I'm going to throw out today's pop literary allusions quiz, but that means everyone must copy down the definitions and have them tomorrow.

If one single person does not have them all written down, then I will keep that pop quiz grade! 

Deal?

Ask your mom

I cannot find my hot glue gun!!! Does anyone's mom have one we can borrow?

Jekyll and hyde origin "The Strange Case of Jekyll and Hyde. Meaning- someone with two personalities, one good one evil

Post your allusion here

Under COMMENTS, post your origin and meaning for your allusion so that they're all in the same place. Due tonight by midnight!

Lots of stuff going on

Hope you are having a great weekend!

Don't forget your dollar for our door, a gift for our adopted families, character reference letter, and any supplies for our door!

$$$

Don't forget to bring a dollar for deck the door!

Product!

Hey mrs. moon, did my video play on your computer?

Product Question

Can my pictures be 3.5 by 5 because I fit four per page to save paper?

Product Question

Is it alright if our product pictures are front-to-back?

Question

What is the requirements/layout for typing up our mentor shadowing notes

Resume question

What contact info do we need for our references? Do we need a description of what relation they are to us boss, teacher, etc...?

Don't forget our families

As you are out and about this weekend, don't forget to pick up a little something for our Christmas families!

Hope everyone who went had a blast at Passion Pit! ;)

Food and riddle

Don't forget your food and riddle tomorrow!

Happy Thanksgiving!

Hope your day is fantastic!

Remember to give thanks today. You are very lucky...so spread the thanks and the joy!

We're Adopting!

Intrigued?

Good! I'll explain tomorrow!

Nothing good on TV?

Click here

college essay

Hey, I am about to write an essay for a college application.  There are five topics to choose from and then a free write option.  I feel that it would be easier to do the free write.  I kind of want to do a creative writing piece... by it not being personally about me, does that mean that  they aren't getting any information about me? I think that I can show more writing skills and expression by doing something fun, but I don't want that to be something that they are not looking for.  Does that make sense?  If so, do you think that the creative writing could be a good option?

Tomorrow

Don't forget your portfolio supplies! And your kenning homework!

Go AJ

Congrats to AJ for committing to play tennis for Gardner Webb!

Way to go!!!

Photo Release Form

So tomorrow I'm volunteering at Ogden, and I need the photo release form to give to the kids, and I thought you said it was on the Laney website but I can't seem to find it. Is it on there?

Hope all is well

in research paper land!

I'm guessing that everyone is pretty good because of the lack of questions. That makes me both happy and scared at the same time!

If you high-five me when you turn in your paper tomorrow, you may just get a little treat!

I'll leave you with this funny video that Sophia found. If you can't handle a few naughty words, do not play.

Good night!

Grammar funny!

What all is due tomorrow for our final paper? I'm sorry I was out today again... I just want to make sure I get everything for the paper.

Works cited question

What spacing do I need to give my works cited I know not double space so is it single, multiple, or what?

For my product I said I was going to complete market research to compare food prices. Should I have someone sign my log saying I was there? Like the manager?

Happy Election Day!

What a great day to be an American! We are so lucky to live in a democratic nation where every eligible person gets to cast his or her vote! 

If you can, I hope you vote! Voting is a right that you should not take for granted. Many people in our great country fought for that right and we need to honor them by voting! You will remember the first time you voted forever! 

                                                                                vs.

Anyway, tomorrow we will be finishing our cartoons, finishing "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" and discussing GP issues.

Work on fixing your paper or your product in general.

See you tomorrow!

Poem

for the poem tomorrow is it 8 stanzas with 4 lines each? (a total of 32 lines in all?)

meeting with mentor

I will be late tomorrow due to another meeting with my mentor.  I'm sorry to be late two days in a row, but I just wanted to let you know as to why I would be late tomorrow.  Thank you!

Mentor Log

my mentor is out of town till wednesday, is it okay if his wife signs it? or should I fax it to him?

product changes

I am trying to rewrite my product part for  my letter of intent and I'm starting to get confused on the limit of hours we can have for each thing.  Like I know we have a limit of three hours for volunteering and approximately two hours for research, but I am not quite sure I understand what all we are allowed to count hours towards.  I also know that you said that we can have more on our log than what we said in our letter of intent, but what all should we actually count? Sorry for the bombardment of questions...

When is the deadline for changing our product?

Iron Maiden

Now you can hear the song!

Finally done

Good job!

Lookin good

Good job!

Midterm Speech

Missing Work

Hey everyone!

I just want to let everyone know that all make-up work must be submitted by Monday. After Monday, that missing grade will become a ZERO. (You can only make up work that is less than 6 days old though).

See you tomorrow!

Good job

You did it!

Dream team

Final team member's paper done!

outfit

yes this is self timer... judge me

Midterm outfit

Dream team

Another one bites the dust...

Wil, can you spell beginning for me?

Dream team

Another one down...

Dream team

1 down...

Midterm Speech Outfit!

Sorry so late! My mom dressed me, so I think it's okay?

Midterm Speech Transcript

is it okay if our transcript is three pages?

Good job!

Mid Term Speech Outfit

Midterm speech!

Okay, how about this?

Midterm speech attire!

Formatting the transcript

Hey Mrs. Moon,
What is the format for our transcript that we give to you?

Mid term speech attire

Hey Mrs. Moon hope this outfit is okay. Thanks have a good weekend.

Favor

I need someone to do me a favor tomorrow!

I forgot to leave a class roster for the sub! Can someone make me a simple sign up sheet to pass around for each block? Just put 1st block, 2nd block, 3rd block at the top of 3 sheets of paper and tell the sub that I said to just have everyone who is present to sign the sheets.

Thanks!!

Tomorrow work on your reflection, project, or speech!

Absent Tomorrow

Hi all!

I will be out tomorrow (Thursday) and I wanted to give you the heads up!

I'm only leaving one small assignment for you. The rest of class you will have time to write/type your reflection, work on your speech, or work on Frank project.

Don't forget that your reflection and project are due Friday!! Use this time to do work so you are not overwhelmed!

BE GOOD!

Nighty night children

Ok. You're on your own. Help each other out with any last questions!

I'm trying to bring back the high-five so when you hand in your paper tomorrow high-five me!

Good luck & get some sleep! See you early tomorrow!

Do we need to do a new note or source card for our graph if its on a source we already used?

Print Sources

Can we put in the print sources that have writing and highlighter on them, or do you need them to be clean sheets?

Sources

do you want us to include our interview in the envelope because its a source?

Any bets...

on who will be up working the latest?

I've got a few names in mind! :)

Should this be italicized? (Halo)

 “We heap pressure on ourselves, most of the time unnecessarily, and rarely get the recognition we deserve,” states Kate Hardcastle, a representative from Halo, a women’s health research firm. Halo found that women under the age of 50 are most at risk of feeling society’s burden weighing down on their everyday lives (“Pressure to be Perfect”). 
 

Do the 1'' margins start at the header or do they start when we put our name?

Is it okay if our outline goes on to two pages when it's double spaced? Or should we change the spacing to make it fit?

Outline

Does the outline have to have more detailed bullets under each a & b?

Sunday reminders

Hi everyone! Hope your weekend was swell!

Mine was pretty good, but my Gamecocks lost to stupid LSU. It really was a great game and USC is still in the top 10 even with that loss.

Don't forget all we have going on this upcoming week:

Monday: Frankenstein test
Tuesday: ROUGH DRAFT DUE before 8:30
Wednesday-Friday: working on Frank group project and mid-term speech writing

See you tomorrow!

Citing the Graph

How do I cite the graph, specifically if it's from a source I've already used?

Graph

Where do I even begin to look for a graph? None of the ones I'm seeing appear to be credible.

Are we suppose to put double space after every period in our paper?

If we are citing a source with two authors do we just put (name and name #)?

Team Creature!

For tomorrow:

Advisor log check

Frankenstein study guide

Vocab quiz 6

Frankenstein quiz 22-end

Be prepared to discuss the end of the novel! Hopefully, you'll be on my team now!

Are you watching the VP debate tonight? I hope you are being informed citizens!

Flashdrive

Who left their flashdrive in my room this morning?

It looks like a battery...

Can we use 1st person in our interview? And how do we cite our interview as a source?

Neat Frankenstein map

Check out this map of the places that appear in Frankenstein. It's neat!

Am I allowed to use a pamphlet for information in my paper?  And if so, how do I cite it? I went to a walk to support mental illness and I got a ton of them and I wanted to use some of the info in my paper...

if u didnt see the questions for the interview, can i still do it?

Sunday

Did you watch football yesterday or were you too busy working on your 8 pages that are due tomorrow?

If you missed a great day in football, here's your recap:

South Carolina murdered Georgia! It was an epic game! Hopefully they'll move way up in the rankings.

State squeaked out a victory over FSU!! It was a super comeback--they scored 14 in the final quarter!

Carolina beat VT!

Have a great day working on those 8 pages--don't forget them tomorrow! Big day of editing in class.

Good News

Mrs. Moon! I know it's late but I finally found a mentor!

Panthers vs. Raiders

Hey you guys!!

The Laney cheerleaders are selling raffle tickets for a chance to win two tickets to a Panthers vs. Raiders football game on December 23.  It is a $300 value and the tickets are only $10.  The seats are on the 19th row and are at the middle end zone 230.  I know $10 is a bit much for just a chance to win, but think about it if you do win- what a great Christmas present right?!?  I have two weeks to finish selling these so don't miss out! :) Help Laney and a sistah out and purchase one of these tickets for an amazing chance to win tickets to this fantastic game!

Thanks!

For my Graduation Project paper, can I use information from an article about a lady who experienced domestic violence due to her husband's P.T.S.D.?

Vote for Carlos

Hi all!

Don't forget to go to starnewsvarsity.com and vote for Carlos to be player of the week!

Remember that tomorrow you have your vocab writing assignment due and 4 pages as well!

Mrs. Moon

Did my mentor fax you back the mentor sheet?

Mrs. Moon

Random question....if you document the information you are using is that still accidentally plagiarising? Like, do you need to re-word the information well and document it for it to not be considering accidentally plagiarising or plagiarising?

Another random: Do we get our questions back tomorrow?

For our college essay can it be longer than 250 words? I have the short story topic

Mrs. Moon

Sorry to bother you again, but do we have 10 questions due to tomorrow for our interview? I don't remember talking about in class but it's in my planner for some reason.

Is it okay if we use contractions and first person in our college essay, or should it be more formal?

Mrs. Moon

Can our college essay be completely fictional or does it have to have some truth? By the way I'm doing mine on the mustard topic.

Mrs. Moon

I know you said we can't use one source for an entire paragraph, but what do I do if that one source is all I have? I've searched for different sources to use in my paragraph but all the information is basically the same...

Blue and Gold

Go Bucs!

Totally tubular

What a bunch of nerds

Go America!

Here you are in all of your red, white, and blue glory!

Don't forget your grammar homework and your outline and notecards for tomorrow!

Happy Monday!

Hope your day off from school was great! I had a great day, too, as I had to present an annotation of Othello to all of the English teachers in the county and it went perfectly!

DO NOT forget all of your note cards tomorrow! Also, we will be going over vocabulary list 4 and learning about sentence types. Fun stuff!

Tomorrow is America day--dress in your finest red, white, and blue!

See you tomorrow!

Blog Assignment #2

For this assignment, you must choose or change your profile picture. This is more of a competition than an assignment, really. The funniest/best profile picture wins. So, the picture doesn't have to be of you--just a funny/great picture from the Internet or wherever.

When you have decided on your picture, write a random comment so we can see your picture!

This is due by Monday at 8:00 pm.

May the best picture win!

Does anyone know if the heading counts twords the 22 lines in the reflection?

Look right!

No, not there! Look to the right on the blog!

Now vote for which thing you would like to do tomorrow. This is one of the few times our class will be democratic, so make your voice heard!

Don't forget vocab is due tomorrow!

Only one hour left

To post your comment to blog assignment #1.

Get to it!

Football!

Did you see that Carolina game?!? Sooo close--they were right there and couldn't convert. What a bummer!

Now my Gamecocks are playing! Get ready for a butt whooping!

Who did you root for today?

Blog Assignment #1

Hi all!

For your first blog assignment, I'm taking it easy on you. All you have to do is read this article and comment on it. I want you to think about what the article is saying and give me your opinions, thoughts, questions, etc. One line of commenting will not be sufficient!

Remember: type in correct grammar and complete sentences.

Due by Sunday at 10:00 pm.

Good luck!

For Friday

OK, so here's what you have due tomorrow:

1. Advisor log signature
2. Frankenstein study guides (one for letters and one for 1-5)
3. 10 note cards (by the end of the block)

Don't forget we also have a vocab quiz and a Frank quiz.

We will make it to the lab for a bit tomorrow and that will be the last time we go together as a class! So you need to be sure that you are finding sources while we are there.

Monday we go to the library so you can work and spread out at the tables. It's great to spread out!

See you tomorrow!

Just to be sure...

Class was super busy and rushed today, so I just wanted to be sure we are all on the same page:

If your letter was accepted, tonight you will do a preliminary search on your topic. Here, you are looking for recurring ideas, opinions, arguments, etc. Then try to determine what your outline will look like.

If your letter was rejected, you are fixing your letter of intent. Then, you need to print out your new letter and bring BOTH your old (rejected) letter and your new (improved) letter to class tomorrow.

Of course, everyone is working on your vocab paragraph and reading Frankenstein.

If you have any questions, ask me here on the blog!

Stuff

Hope your weekend is going well! No real homework for English makes it a little bit brighter, right?

My Gamecocks won!!

And I saw this horribly awful mug while out shopping!

Oh by the way, if you are ever out and about or even at home and spot an egregious spelling/grammar error, take a picture of it (or bring it in if possible) and you will receive extra credit points!

See you tomorrow! Letters of intent come back! Ahhh!

For Friday 07 September

Hi all! Hope you are polishing that college essay and studying for your vocabulary quiz!

Speaking of your college essay, please make sure that it is double (or at least 1.5) spaced when you hand it in tomorrow. This is how I will want most of your essays/writings; it makes it much easier for me to write comments.

Thanks and see you tomorrow!

Abstract

I was informed that the abstract that is online has been modified by a student. I'm working on fixing the issue.

What you can do is just copy and paste the form into a new Word document and erase all her information and just type yours in.

OR

Here is the link to the abstract. I think the font is a bit different, but don't worry about that!

Let me know if you have any major issues.

Don't forget your 2 letters tomorrow and your vocab letter to Obama!

YAYAY!! Go Honors English 4 Blogger!

I was thinking...

of playing a little game in class tomorrow, but I don't know everyone's feelings on that. Maybe some people hate games in class and want to do guided notes.

So, if 10 people comment on this post that, yes, they do want to play a game instead of doing British history guided notes, then we will. If 10 people don't comment, then we will do the notes. I like both and don't care either way!

Random stuff...

You have until Wednesday at 10:00 pm to log on and post to the blog. If you are unable to log on, you need to see me during class so we can fix the issue. I will be grading the posts on Wednesday.

We have a lot going on:

1. Letter of intent and abstract due Thursday
2. Letter to Obama due Thursday
3. College essay due Friday
4. Vocabulary quiz Friday

Keep working and using your time wisely!

What's that?

Happy Labor Day!

Hope you are enjoying this lovely holiday and spending it productively! (Namely, working on your short story project or college essay).

Do you know the history behind Labor Day? Do you know why we celebrate it?

Well, if you are one of the first 2 people to answer those questions in the comments section, you will win a special prize in class tomorrow.

Good luck!

You're winning...

Your class has 19 people who have commented on the blog! 3rd block only has 18!

Remember, this is a competition and you want to win! So, encourage your friends who have not commented yet to do so!

You found it!

Good job! You found the blog and are now ready to comment!

So, under the comments section (click on the word comments below), give us a quick intro about yourself (hobbies, interesting but unknown facts, where you plan on attending college, etc.) and your ideas for Graduation Project.

Be sure of the following:

• Type in complete sentences
• NO text speak
• Use correct grammar
• School appropriate material ONLY

This is a grade, so get moving!