Thursday, September 6, 2007

Average English 12 (September 6, 2007)

In Class:

Video: A Tribal Legacy

There is not a corresponding worksheet or assignment with this video.

Then...To the Computer Lab (111):

Online Etymology Assignment...
After completing the worksheet that reads Dictionary Skills Activity #3, you were to search five original words on www.etymonline.com.

What to submit for 40 pts: Worksheets stapled complete with name...
Segment 1: English A Living Language, Part 1
Connecting to the Video Activity #1
Connecting to the Historical Period Activity #2
Dictionary Skills Activity #3
FIVE original (of your choice) dictionary terms complete with etymology (on notebook paper).

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My basic social character is that of thirty year-old, rambunctious and FULL of energy, 5’3”, red haired, green eyed, sportier of retro/ colorful clothing who lives in an old Victorian house. I teach Critical Thinking, English Composition, and Effective Speech at Pittsburgh Technical Institute (PTI), and I was born in Pittsburgh, but raised in Butler, PA; I was formerly a senior high school English teacher who taught British Literature to seniors for four and a half years at Butler Area Senior High School (BSHS, Butler, PA). I have been teaching college classes since 2008, when I graduated with my Master's degree in Instructional Leadership and English.