Micro-Memoir

A-Day micro memoirs will be collected on Wednesday. B-Day micro memoirs are due tomorrow, Tuesday.

Micro-memoir assignment sheet. 

Welcome to English I

Below are links to two of the handouts from the first day of English I - the reading from class is not posted here.

You may print these documents if you need extra copies. If you want to complete your homework electronically, open the file, click FILE, select MAKE A COPY, and then rename the file.

Work completed online can be printed out and handed in to me, or shared with me. To share, click the blue button in the upper right hand corner and in the "Invite People" box enter my gmail: sstaysniak@gmail.com


Daily Flow

Literacy Inventory

To be handed out next week:
Course Outline

Final Portfolio - Redefining the Standards

Your Final Portfolio task asks that you draw from your best work in Writing Workshop and English I to demonstrate your proficiency or mastery of the six standards for our course.

This is the document you were given in class that more clearly outlines the Final Portfolio task, how it will be used in your final exam, and gives you space to re-define the standards in student-friendly language. 

Speeches & Self Analysis

The most important task for the fourth marking period is your "How-To" speech and the self-analysis you will write after watching the video of your speech and reading the feedback from your classmates and myself.

This is the self-analysis task description. 

Article of the Week #13

In your small group, open the collaborative document for your class and search for anything you can find about any of the topics in the document. You can write summaries of what you find and/or paste pictures or snippets of information and links.

Time Limit: 10 minutes

B2 Crowdsourced Background Knowledge Document


B3 Crowdsourced Background Knowledge Document

B4 Crowdsourced Background Knowledge Document

A speech that echoes...

Final preparations for your "How To" speech must include some careful thinking about how you will end your speech. How will you make your words echoes in the ears and minds of your audience?

These are the three speeches with powerful closings we sampled during class:

Tremale Berger (Toastmasters) - 5:25

Marc Ronson (TED Talk) - 13:05

Robin Roberts (ESPY Acceptance Speech) 1:28*

As you continue to think about your "How To" speech, feel free to email me with questions or 

concerns. 

Article of the Week 11 - Crowdsourced Background Knowledge

In my quest to find better ways to integrate the tools of technology into our class, I have created a collaborative document with terms and phrases that will help us build background knowledge before reading this week's Article of the Week.

In your small groups, nominate one person to type and have the rest of the group work on research and helping the person who is typing. As a group, our goal is to have some knowledge about every term and phrase on the sheet before we begin reading.

The collaborative documents for each class can be found here:

B2's Crowdsourced Background Knowledge Document


B3's Crowdsourced Background Knowledge Document

B4's Crowdsourced Background Knowledge Document