Note on Make-up Work

The calendar is constantly changing now that we are doing differentiated instruction. Also, there will be multiple lessons per class. Please see me for make-up work, but know that we will DEFINITELY be needing a reading log (a piece of paper with a parent signature) saying what time you read, what book you read, and for how long you read (this should include a summary for Honors level).

Jesse Ross
English III/English III Honors
Colonial High School Academic Scholars Program Sponsor

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Service Learning Topics Due March 20

March 20th is a Saturday. If you have my class on Monday (March 22), your service learning topics will be due Monday. If you have me Tuesday (March 23), they will be due on Tuesday. September through March will be due that day. This is also the day we start presentations of 3-5 minutes a piece about our service learning topic, what we can do to help, and our community service.

Jesse Ross
English III/English III Honors
Colonial High School Academic Scholars Program Sponsor

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governing public information according to Florida Statutes. Any message
that falls under Chapter 119 shall not be altered in a manner that
misrepresents the activities of Orange County Public Schools.
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Chapter 119, and OCPS Management Directive A-9.] If you have received
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Blog Issues

Students and Parents:

What began as an experiment to attempt to minimize wasted money
through paper continues as an experiment. The second semester is
here, and I still have not used the copy room. I have used roughly
two reams of paper. If you are a working student, this is saving you
money. If you are a parent, this is saving you money.

Until a feasible plan is put in place that allows continuous updates
without the labor-intensive process now in place, the website is not
being used for updates, but remains a place to find the syllabus
(which has all Service Learning topics listed). In order to find
this, you will need to go to older entries. If you cannot do this,
you can either ask Mr. Ross after reading time or email him at
rossj(--at--)ocps(dot)net.

Thanks for taking part in this experimental aspect of my class.

Do remember, Research Paper Number Two is due on March 1st, and on
March 20th, you need to have one hour of community service documented.

See you soon!

Mr. Ross

Calendar Information

All Students!!! It is very important to note that we are hovering.
Because of the FCAT Scores, and our redesign of the class
infastructure, we will be staying on the lesson for December 8th until
each student is finished with it. This blog will be updating when we
move from December 8th, but we are focusing on this area until we are
finished. Please email rossj(at)ocps.net with any questions. Oh, and
if you're in group A,B, or C, your research paper is no longer due
until AFTER the break. :)

Long Time No Blog

I know...I know! It's been a long time--but do not fear, dear students of enormous consequence! We are up and running like a well-oiled machine!

We are finished with Mary Rowlandson, and as you've seen with the Board Race of Benjamin Franklin facts and the poem about what it means to be a great American, we are now covering Benjamin Franklin!

If you haven't done these things, then this is your make-up work. Also, you should have 9 pages of grammar work so far. If you don't have that, then you're also missing work. Check which pages you've done against the purple grammar book, and do the ones that are missing. In addition, if you are not here for one day, I hereby ask that you bring reading logs with your parent's signature (signing that you read for twenty minutes, just as we do in class each day).

Finally, we'll be starting our Research Papers this nine weeks!!! It's exciting! So, make sure you're up to date with the service learning paragraphs from the syllabus (see below--there are three we have done).

See you in class!

Calendar is updated

The title is true--we are on track--at least adjusted for the sake of sense.

But we have wonderful news for the CASP Program. The Friends of the World Food Program have offered a junior chaptership to CASP. This would establish Colonial as a member site as well as give CASP members blogging rights on the national website. It's a great honor!

How to Read the Calendar

I will update the calendar. But we're in a sensitive transition, so it has to stay as it is right now. But this is where we're at. We ALL are finishing Organizational Patterns. Honors just finished that. So the next lesson is Cause and Effect. If you're getting make-up work, that's great. Just look through the days surrounding Organizational Patterns (9/4) and Cause and Effect (9/9). If you are in an Honors Class, don't forget that you have homework due tomorrow, 9/29.

And, as always, if you have any questions. Please feel free to email me!