Thursday, January 30, 2014

My Favorite Poem Project



SOPHOMORES! Continue your quest to find your favorite poem! Our readings will begin in a couple of weeks. Find that poem that MUST be shared! I invite you to look at some of the web sites under the Liquid Fire Links and to check out some of the works by the writers named below. Ask your friends, your parents, your brothers and sisters, your co-workers -- what's your favorite poem? 

Try: 
Walt Whitman
Mary Oliver
Ted Kooser (Ames High Grad!)
Jane Kenyon
Pablo Neruda
Nikki Giovanni
Robert Frost
Kay Ryan
e.e. cummings
Sylvia Plath
James Wright
Eimily Dickinson
Allen Ginsberg
Kim Addonizio
Billy Collins
Adrienne Rich


Friday, January 24, 2014

Senior Survey for English 12



Seniors in English 12 and Advanced English 12,

Please click on this link to the Senior Spring Survey and answer the questions to the best of your ability. We'll discuss the answers on Monday!

- Mr. Brekke


Monday, January 13, 2014

Final Exams!



Seniors in English 12 and Advanced English 12, please use today as an opportunity to add the finishing touches to your final exams and final assignments. You got this!

Please turn the following assignments in by 3:30 p.m. today:

* Independent Reading One-Pager #4 (paper copy)

* Observation Journal Make-Up (An electronic copy is acceptable, but please send me an email today letting me know you took advantage of the opportunity. I will not check your Google folder unless you send me an e-mail.)

* Final Exam Part I (electronic copy in your folder titled "Final Exam Part I")

* Final Exam Part II (paper copy with rubric stapled to the FRONT)