Monday, October 18, 2010--Room 209~2:20 PM
~Strengthening the Net Through Student Engagement~
I. Departmental Features--
Media Updates--Linda Norris
Student Services Info--Julia Southern
CHS SIP Plan for 2010-2011--Mag & Joelle
New Template Online
Impetus from Race to the Top--Teacher Accountability for Student Progress
Designed to be a Working Document--Open to Revision Throughout the Year
Collaborative Alignment of Goals on INROADS:
_HCPSS_CHS_English Department_Grade Level English Teams_Appendix Ds
Seminal to Teacher Planning and Instruction
II. The Nitty Gritty/Updates/Reminders--
October 20--NCTE's National Day on Writing--Rus
Senior Writing Project Quarterly Reflections--ALL Grades
Student Writing Folders
English CPR--Digital Portfolios--Rus, Kristin, Shanea, Mag
ACCUPLACER Testing--November 10 & 11--English 11 Classes
Grade Level Team Meetings--November 15th Department Meeting
In Context
Friday, October 15, 2010
Saturday, October 9, 2010
The National Day on Writing

OCTOBER 20, 2010
Event Description:
To draw attention to the remarkable variety of writing Americans engage in and to help make writers from all walks of life aware of their craft, the National Council of Teachers of English has established October 20, 2009, as the National Day on Writing. To celebrate composition in all its forms, NCTE invites diverse participants to submit a piece of writing to the National Gallery of Writing, unveiled on this day.
from CHS:
National Writing Day
from NCTE:
About the Initiative
Ideas
from NWP:
How Local Sites Can Participate
from DePaul University:
Resources for Writers
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~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.