Thursday, February 26, 2009

TEST PREP IN THIS MONTH'S BOOK CLUB

Dear Parent,

This month’s Book Club is filled with great books and software.

I particularly recommend:

KAPLAN ACT, PSAT, SAT GOLD EDITION (This is $10.00 cheaper than Barnes and Noble and no shipping cost!)


To order online, go to the Web site below and enter our class’s personalized user name and password.

www.scholastic.com/parentordering

Class User Name: SellersAmericanStudies
Password: Room202

Remember, placing your online order is completely safe and secure. Your credit card payment is sent directly to Scholastic.

When you shop online, you can take advantage of exclusive online-only offers and choose from an expanded selection of books and software. Of course, you can always use the printed flyer instead and have your child hand in a Club order form and payment at school.

Thank you again for ordering and for continuing to help our classroom earn FREE books, software and learning materials. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Stephanie Sellers

Monday, February 23, 2009

Turnitin.com

We have had some problems with plagiarism. From now on all written assignments will be submitted through Turnitin.com.


Here is the information you need to get started:

Website: turnitin.com
Class ID: 2632668
Enrollment password: orangepride

If you need the directions you can find them here: http://ebackpack.guhsd.net/ssdr89/Sites/assignments/

Tuesday, February 10, 2009

UNIT EXAM ITEMS

The following are the items that are on the uit exam for the English portion.

1.WWI/ War: War Poems
2.WWII: Two Soldiers, When the Emperor was Divine
3.Cold War/ Vietnam: Songs, Ambush

If you do not pass a section, you will need to do a SOAPSTone for EACH reading in that section for Exam Analysis. That means each poem and each song. SO MAKE SURE YOU STUDY!!!!!!!

Come to class on Wednesday with any questions or clarification you might need.

Thursday, February 5, 2009

Scholastic Book Orders

Dear Parents and Students,

I wanted to remind you that you can place your Scholastic Book Club orders online. I passed out the paper order form to students today. One of the books, The Compound, fits into waht we have been studying about the threat of nuclear war. It sounds interesting!


To order online, go to the Web address below and enter our class’s personalized user name and password.

www.scholastic.com/parentordering

Class User Name: SellersAmericanStudies
Password: Room202

Remember, placing your online credit card order is completely safe and secure.

Plus, when you shop online, you can take advantage of exclusive online-only offers and choose from an expanded selection of books and software. Of course, you can always use the printed flyer instead and have your child hand in a Book Club order form and payment at school.

Thank you for continuing to help our classroom earn FREE books and learning materials. If you have any questions, please don’t hesitate to contact me.

Sincerely,

Mrs. Sellers

P.S. Orders are due by February 13.