Mrs. Bouchard's English Classes

Read the following selections from your anthology: “Like the Sun”, “Farewell to Manzanar” and “Tell all the Truth but tell it slant—”, “Exile” and “Getting a Job”. After using SIFT , TP-CASTT and SOAPStone to analyze the selections, answer the following questions in complete, thoughtful sentences.

1. What is family heritage?

2. How does it affect behavior and beliefs?

3. What are the historical implications of indifference?

4. What is the importance of knowing the truth?

Make sure that you use quotes from the selections read to justify your answers. Your answers may either be posted to this site or passed in on a sheet of paper. This homework is due on Sept. 17th.

10th grade classes only

Often we get bogged down with living our own life and forget just how lucky we really are.  We have been studying Alice Walker who writes her own blog.  Her site is: www.alicewalkersblog.com/

Read her entry for August 9, 2009.  What did you find out about her that you didn’t know already?  She quotes Buddha:

Three things cannot be hidden: the sun, the moon, and the truth.
How is this quote particularly apropos for this blog entry?  If you could meet her, what questions would you like to ask her?  Did reading this change your opinion of her as an author or person?

Respond to this entry here by September 4th as a homework assignment.

Reading is an important part of a well-educated person’s life. Your homework assignment is to find a quote about reading, illustrate it and summarize what the quote means. This assignment is due on Thursday, August 27th.

Do you know your learning style?  NC State University has a free test that you can take to discover your style.  Your first homework assignment is to visit: http://www.engr.ncsu.edu/learningstyles/ilsweb.html and take the learning style inventory. Print out the results and pass them in. This assignment is due on Monday, August 31st.

I am fairly well-balanced between active and reflective and sensing and intuitive. However, I am more visual and sequential, rather than verbal and global. How did your inventory turn out?  Why do you think it is important for you and your teachers to know your learning style?

I have been teaching at Blanche Ely High School since 1981.  I’m looking forward to an exciting year learning how to use this blog and interact with my students in a new way!  I’m hoping to come up with some interesting assignments that will enhance your knowledge of yourself, improve your writing skills, and keep the class entertaining.

I have 2 dogs, 5 cats and enjoy reading and needlework. Early on weekend mornings, you will find me at Mizner Bark which is one of the dog parks in Boca Raton.  My adult son, daughter-in-law, and grandson, age 8, live in Orange Park, Florida.