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Entries from October 2006

How Bout MY Story?

October 30th, 2006 · 75 Comments

Publish your story here with your assigned pseudonym.
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Tags: English 1

Journalistic ethics

October 17th, 2006 · 12 Comments

go to
http://www.poynter.org/content/content_view.asp?id=111116&sid=32
then create a scenario where you’d ( you are a reporter) need to protect sources. Post the scenario at rdavis@district 70.org
 
You may have to do a little research on the shield law, but if you read the whole article, I think you’ll understand
 
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Who wants to talk about The Cask of Amontillado?

October 16th, 2006 · 53 Comments

This is a vocabulary dense story, but it has some of the scariest one liners I have ever come across. Read slowly…let the full impact of the imagery sink in. Ask questions here. I will answer as often as possible!

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Beware of the Dog…The what-I-don’t-know discussion board.

October 10th, 2006 · 38 Comments

For English 1 students…Post what-I-don’t-know items for responses from me or classmates.
 
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Happy Columbus Day

October 8th, 2006 · 2 Comments

Hola educators,
And welcome to Monday. Today we are going to take time to utilize some Alpine Achievement data. You probably already know how to do what I am going to demo, so I’ll not take anymore time than necessary.
The goal today is to create a functional list, in Excel,  of students, with whom you have [...]

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Process paper “How to wash your Hands”

October 4th, 2006 · 12 Comments

Germs and viruses-They are everywhere. And I’m okay with that, as long as they stay out of my body and leave me alone. The problem is that occasionally they come my way, usually because I rub my eyes or (ahem) scratch my nose.
And since I can’t seem to not rub my eyes or (ahem) scratch [...]

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