Congratulations, Seniors!
CHS English Award:
Miriam Farkas
HoCoPoLitSo All-County Writing Awards:
Promise & Achievement--Sean Huang
Promise & Achievement--Shuning Li
1st Place Personal Essay--Daniel Negulescu
2nd Place Personal Essay--Hannah Keyes
3rd Place Personal Essay--Shuning Li
1st Place Short Story--Sara Bailey
CHS/Distinguished Eagle in Publications Award:
Alice Crowe
CHS/Wingspan Awards:
Aura of Wingspan--Lindsay Scheetz
Editorial Excellence--Miliana Budimirovic
Editorial Excellence--Lenore Wilson
Editorial Leadership--Kelsey Marotta
Excellence in Photography--Samantha Hawkins
CHS/Eyrie Awards:
Aura of Eyrie--Julie Price
Excellence in Marketing--Cara Mogavero
Excellence in Marketing--Jordan Schwartz
Excellence in Photography--Annie Emery
Excellence in Production Management--Kathryn Barry
Excellence in Publication and Design--Jennifer Lucht
Excellence in Publication and Design--Julie Silverman
Excellence in Publication and Design--Hannah Vorce
In Context
Thursday, June 3, 2010
~English Placement Resources~
- 9th Grade Registration Information Packet--January 2011
- HCPSS Catalog of Approved High School Courses
- English 9 Curriculum Units
- Language Arts Curriculum
- HCPSS Course Levels
- Selecting an English Level
- Expectations and Guidelines
- Factors to Consider
- Humanities Overview
- 9th Grade Curriculum Writing Requirements
- How to Help Your Child Become a Better Writer
- CoursePlacementReviewGuide
- CoursePlacementReviewForm
- English ITL Schedule/Phone Contact
~English HSA Online Resources~
- Maryland HSA Overview & History
- Class of 2009--First Class Required to Pass Tests for Graduation
- High School Testing Content & Data
- High School Assessment Testing Calendar
- Publicly Released Test Forms--2009, 2008, 2007, 2006, 2005
- Answer Keys & Scoring Rubrics
- Online HSA Courses
- Testing Options/Accommodations
- Contact Information
- Past HSA Tests--ALL Subject Areas
- HSA Public Release Documents--English
- What Your Child Will Learn in English (HCPSS_2010-11)
- CHS Testing Tips for Parents & Students (5.21.09)
- HSAonline practice
- HSA:highschoolassessmentprogram (2008-Present)
- testingdates 2010-2011
- marylandpublicschools.org/msde/testing/hsa (2003-Present)
- MSDEhome (2003-Present)
~Hunting Sites~
- "The Value of Direct and Systematic Vocabulary Instruction" by Jerome Shostak
- baldeagleinfo.com
- centennialeagles.org
- collegeboard.com
- hcpss.org
- hcpss.org/academics/languagearts
- hcpssguidelines&publications
- hcpsshighschoolwritingandstyleguide
- hocopolitso.org
- How and Why to Annotate a Book
- infotrac.galenet.com
- Instructional Strategies Database
- marylandpublicschools.org/msde/hsa
- National Poetry Month
- nationaleaglecenter.org
- nationalgeographic.com
- NCTE Writing Beliefs
- ncte.org
- nwrel.org/6+1traitwriting
- poetry.org
- poetry/libraryofcongress
- poetry180
- poets.org
- purdueonlinewritinglab(OWL)
- towsononlinewriting
- turnitin.com
- usgov/currentpoetlaureate
- vocabularyworkshoponline
- wested.org/readingapprenticeshipframework
www.poets.org
~from The Tragedy of King Richard II (Act 3, Scene 3) (1623) by William Shakespeare (1564-1616)
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MobRic2.html
Yet looks he like a king: behold, his eye,
As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forth
Controlling majesty: alack, alack, for woe,
That any harm should stain so fair a show!
~from Moby-Dick (Chapter 96: The Try-Works) (1851) by Herman Melville (1819-1891)
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Mel2Mob.html
There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he forever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.
~from Love's Phases (1899) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906)
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/dunbar/poetryindex/love%27s_phases.html
Love hath the wings of the eagle bold,
Cling to him strongly
What if the look of the world be cold,
And life go wrongly?
Rest on his pinions, for broad is their fold;
Love hath the wings of the eagle bold.
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/MobRic2.html
Yet looks he like a king: behold, his eye,
As bright as is the eagle's, lightens forth
Controlling majesty: alack, alack, for woe,
That any harm should stain so fair a show!
~from Moby-Dick (Chapter 96: The Try-Works) (1851) by Herman Melville (1819-1891)
http://etext.virginia.edu/toc/modeng/public/Mel2Mob.html
There is a wisdom that is woe; but there is a woe that is madness. And there is a Catskill eagle in some souls that can alike dive down into the blackest gorges, and soar out of them again and become invisible in the sunny spaces. And even if he forever flies within the gorge, that gorge is in the mountains; so that even in his lowest swoop the mountain eagle is still higher than other birds upon the plain, even though they soar.
~from Love's Phases (1899) by Paul Laurence Dunbar
(1872-1906)
http://www.libraries.wright.edu/special/dunbar/poetryindex/love%27s_phases.html
Love hath the wings of the eagle bold,
Cling to him strongly
What if the look of the world be cold,
And life go wrongly?
Rest on his pinions, for broad is their fold;
Love hath the wings of the eagle bold.
~from What the Eagle Says (1999) by Xi Chuan (born Liu Jun, 1963)
http://www.thedrunkenboat.com/crevel.html
Among men there are men who are not men, just like among eagles there are eagles that are not eagles: there are eagles that are forced to pace up and down the alleyways, and there are men who are forced to fly through the air.