The Flu Is A National Epidemic And We Aren't Ready | ThinkProgress

http://thinkprogress.org/health/2014/12/30/3607301/flu-epidemic-is-ill-timed/

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The science of setting goals | ideas.ted.com

Positive goals, the real reason it matters to you, and triggers to remind yourself to do it. 

http://ideas.ted.com/2014/12/22/the-science-of-setting-goals/

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Verna Myers: How to overcome our biases? Walk boldly toward them - YouTube

Face your biases

http://m.youtube.com/watch?v=uYyvbgINZkQ

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Article: The 12 most important moments in science in 2014

The 12 most important moments in science in 2014
http://www.theguardian.com/science/2014/dec/21/12-most-important-moments-in-science-2014

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A Weapon for Readers by Tim Parks | NYRblog | The New York Review of Books

A good idea spurred from this article plus memory of Great Expectations:

Have the kids each identify a few passages they would like to talk about in class for each reading. Then we can choose strategically or draw names from a hat. 

Use after warming everyone up. I must reread every single time. Also check SparkNotes and Shmoop. Discuss naming each chapter and analyzing the text. 

http://www.nybooks.com/blogs/nyrblog/2014/dec/03/weapon-for-readers/?insrc=rel

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run-ons, fragments, intro phrases, and subject-verb agreement

Three skills to study:

 

I. Avoid run-ons and fragments.

1. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=mQfJdhyeQfU

 

2. Practice: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/runons.htm

 

3. A visual representation: http://leo.stcloudstate.edu/punct/avcsfsro.html

 

4. More info from great source: https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/598/02/

 

 

II. Commas after Introductory clauses:

 

1. YouTube: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=aNoSepSmN3Y

 

2. Same person: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ziNVkSMgaNA

 

3. Different person – introductory elements, https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=91yGM9r0alI

 

III. Subject-Verb agreement

 

1. YouTube BestACTPrep.org : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0emlVxINBUk

 

2. Shmoop: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yEVhUEq6P1w

 

3. Lessons and quizzes: http://grammar.ccc.commnet.edu/grammar/sv_agr.htm

 

 

 

 

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Spain Park High School

 

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The Shift That Will Utterly Transform Society | Next Avenue

http://www.nextavenue.org/blog/shift-will-utterly-transform-society

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To Attract Millennials, A Company Changes Its Product And Workplace : NPR

What kind of jobs do you guys want? What do you have to contribute to the world? Think on your future self and picture your highest dreams. Then start looking for the first steps toward that goal. 

http://www.npr.org/2014/12/12/370073193/to-attract-millennials-a-company-changes-its-product-and-workplace?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=2039

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Article: Psychology: A simple trick to improve your memory

When studying, keep testing yourself on the parts you think you already know. Testing actually helps you lock in the info. 

Psychology: A simple trick to improve your memory
http://www.bbc.com/future/story/20141202-hack-your-memory-learn-faster?ocid=global_future_rss

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Article: 7 awesome paid iPhone apps that are free downloads for a limited time (save $48!)

7 awesome paid iPhone apps that are free downloads for a limited time (save $48!)
http://bgr.com/2014/12/12/best-free-iphone-apps-dec-12/

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Studying-apps-image-smaller.jpg 600×1,531 pixels

Students, you guys might be able to make use of some of these apps and useful tools for productivity .  Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   http://selectedreads.com/wp-content/uploads/2014/12/Studying-apps-image-smaller.jpg selectedreads.com Available on the App Store.

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16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   16 Things I Wish They Had Taught Me in School enterghana.com - I am 28 now. I don't think about the past or regret things much these days. But sometimes I wish that I had known some of things I have learned over the last few years a bit earlier. That perhaps there had been a self-improvement class in school. And in some ways there probably was. Available on the App Store.

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Dating Warning Signs: When Seeking A Partner, Don't Be Dumb | Karl A. Pillemer, Ph.D.

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/karl-a-pillemer-phd/dating-warning-signs_b_6226712.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063

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Note-Taking: A Writing Genre Worth of a Curriculum of its Own

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Note-Taking: A Writing Genre Worth of a Curriculum of its Own twowritingteachers.wordpress.com - Note-taking has many connotations. When you think of note-taking, you might imagine this: Or even this: Available on the App Store.

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4 Questions That Brought An Entire High School To Its Knees

Please read. Be kind to everyone. Have a generous soul. 

http://inspiyr.com/high-school-questions/

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20 Things Successful People 'Refuse' to Do | Mo Seetubtim

http://www.huffingtonpost.com/mo-seetubtim/20-things-successful-peop_b_6160560.html?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000023&ir=Good+News

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They Gave Each Kid A Barbie And A Doll With Real Proportions. What They Say Next Really Says It All.

Check it out, kids. Body image messages, yay!

http://www.upworthy.com/they-gave-each-kid-a-barbie-and-a-doll-with-real-proportions-what-they-say-next-really-says-it-all?c=reccon1

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Alabama-based surgeon to the stars pleads with parents to give young athletes a break - Yellowhammer News

A great one to pass on to your friends and parents, Athletes. 

http://yellowhammernews.com/faithandculture/world-renowned-alabama-surgeon-pleads-parents-give-young-athletes-break/

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Water for Africa Fundraiser!

Video to make bracelets for Water for Africa

That link is
http://youtu.be/1SdTDRudFto

 

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Spain Park High School

 

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This Is How Students Can Use Google Docs Real Time Collaboration

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   This Is How Students Can Use Google Docs Real Time Collaboration educatorstechnology.com - November 15, 2014 One of the best features that Google Docs provides to its users is real time collaboration. Students can use it to work on a writing project in the same time. Using this feature students will be able to see what each one has added to the document, access edits, and even carry on a little chat on the side of the document. The syncing process is quite seamless and instantaneous. Available on the App Store.

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Tiny robotic scallops can swim through blood and eyeball fluid to fix you up

Cool new medical technology! Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   Tiny robotic scallops can swim through blood and eyeball fluid to fix you up Engadget - For years now, scientists have been trying to develop microscopic robots that can swim through bodily fluids and repair damaged cells or deliver medicine. Now, a team of scientists from the Max Planck Institute for Intelligent Systems in Germany believe they've got the perfect design -- in the form of scallops so small, they can barely be seen by the naked eye. These micro-robo-scallops move back and forth to swim through blood, eyeball fluids and other liquids inside our body. The scientists believe mimicking the way a true scallop swims is ideal, due to a number of reasons. Available on the App Store.

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Team Work!

See, you guys can do anything!

 

http://makezine.com/2014/11/01/high-schoolers-create-solar-powered-electric-vehicle-meet-the-endurance/

 

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Spain Park High School

 

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Article: Standard Time Starts, And The Summer-Haters Celebrate

Write a short, meaningful piece about some aspect of a season. Can you post it as a comment? Sign your first name and period.

Standard Time Starts, And The Summer-Haters Celebrate
http://www.npr.org/2014/11/02/360825498/standard-time-starts-and-the-summer-haters-celebrate

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Jacqueline Novogratz: Inspiring a life of immersion | Talk Video | TED.com

What do you guys think of this?

http://www.ted.com/talks/jacqueline_novogratz_inspiring_a_life_of_immersion?language=en


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Spain Park Senior Specializes in Gruesome Makeup — Over the Mountain Journal

THAT is the Spain Park Way! I love this girl, and St. John, too! What fabulous role models!

http://www.otmj.com/2014/10/spain-park-senior-specializes-in-gruesome-makeup/


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"The Oath" summaries from A Fair Wind for Troy

Here’s the link to the google doc. Save a copy first. Then work on it together before changing it. Then submit the best possible concise, yet thorough version through the same form on my site.

 

http://bit.ly/oathsum

 

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Meaghan Ramsey: Why thinking you're ugly is bad for you - YouTube

My new favorite TED Talk!

A must-see!

https://m.youtube.com/watch?v=gXlIAS-rI4E


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FW: Profile in Courage Essay Contest is now open

Pre-AP students,

 

Please consider entering this contest. It looks like a wonderful way to express your thoughts on some of our country's great leaders.

 

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Spain Park High School

 

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How the F451 paper will continue to develop

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Interlopers info

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Carpathian Mountains - Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia

Setting for our short story

http://en.m.wikipedia.org/wiki/Carpathian_Mountains

Also switch to images and see what the area looks like.


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The Hatfield & McCoy Feud - Hatfields & McCoys - History.com

Pre-AP Nonfiction reading - building context and historical knowledge for upcoming short story.

http://www.history.com/shows/hatfields-and-mccoys/articles/the-hatfield-mccoy-feud


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Intro and conclusion rough models

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Formal Essays

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Writing formal papers -MLA style

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I'm seeing some wonderful work on the TED Talk summaries and responses, and I'm looking forward to returning them with feedback Monday or Tuesday. You make me want to watch all of them!

In case I forget to tell you, will you all make sure to double-space everything? Most of you didn't on this first typed response. No one is losing points for that this time.

Let's all just remember to double-space next time. Do it through formatting in the layout or by using this icon and selecting all of the paper including the heading.

Think about it

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F451 essay outline

My sample outline body 1 paragraph

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Fahrenheit 451 Alternative Essay Topics

Pre-AP F451

 

Fahrenheit 451 Alternative Essay Topics

 

• Bradbury’s use of similes and metaphors serves to …

 

• The author’s use of polysyndeton and anaphora help establish …

 

• Bradbury contrasting nature and mechanics serves to …

 

• In Fahrenheit 451, the use of personification helps/builds/illustrates …

 

• The contrast between fire’s light and burning and the light of the moon or white light is symbolic of ______ and serves to …

 

• With unfeeling characters incapable of deep thought, Bradbury’s depiction of this future dystopian society parallels/illustrates/alerts …

 

• The early and uncertain demise of Clarisse McClellan serves to …

 

• The symbols and imagery of the phoenix and the salamander expand the end of the novel by .../ illustrating a lesson RB hoped to express.../illuminating Bradbury’s hope for mankind’s future…

 

• The background story of the war in Fahrenheit 451 serves to ...

 

 

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Spain Park High School

 

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Matthew 6:25-30 NASB - The Cure for Anxiety - “For this - Bible Gateway

Bible passage Montag is trying to understand on pages 74-75

https://www.biblegateway.com/passage/?search=Matthew%206:25-30&version=NASB


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Martin Niemöller: "First they came for the Socialists..."

Read Martin Niemoller's famous quote and the history behind it.

Now look again at Faber's regrets on p 78 where he says, "Mr. Montag, you are looking at a coward ... Now it' stood late" (Bradbury 78).

http://www.ushmm.org/wlc/en/article.php?ModuleId=10007392


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Dover Beach by Matthew Arnold : The Poetry Foundation

Dover Beach - the poem Montag reads to Mildred, Mrs. Phelps, and Mrs. Bowles.

http://www.poetryfoundation.org/poem/172844


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F451 discussion 8/29

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13 Tricks to Help You Remember What You’ve Learned

Tosha Caston-Smith shared with you:   13 Tricks to Help You Remember What You've Learned Stepcase Lifehack - Memory is fallible. If you forget everything in this article, remember this fact: Researchers estimate that we lose 90% of everything we learn immediately after learning it. Ninety percent. Have I got your attention now? Available on the App Store.

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Fahrenheit 451, by Ray Bradbury at American Buddha Online Library

Read the Afterword and respond in a single paragraph.

http://www.naderlibrary.com/fahren-ray.4.htm


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How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian

Science fiction purpose and role in conjunction with science

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americas-leading-science-fiction-authors-are-shaping-your-future-180951169/?all


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Pics from board character analysis

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Confused by the Comma? Here's Your Guide

http://m.huffpost.com/us/entry/5635688?ncid=fcbklnkushpmg00000063


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2014-2015 Ms. Caston-Smith's Student Info

Fill out this student info form before Friday, August 8th. Make sure you know your parents' email addresses, please.

https://docs.google.com/a/hcs-students.net/forms/d/1CKgXhF1YKGIQjd-wtGZKXPVSV1zFCfYNdnhVIPvo7wQ/viewform


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What The World Needs Now Is A New Enlightenment : 13.7: Cosmos And Culture : NPR

http://www.npr.org/blogs/13.7/2014/07/16/331974524/what-the-world-needs-now-is-a-new-enlightenment?utm_source=facebook.com&utm_medium=social&utm_campaign=npr&utm_term=nprnews&utm_content=20140716


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Three anti-social skills to improve your writing - Nadia Kalman | TED-Ed

http://ed.ted.com/lessons/three-anti-social-skills-to-improve-your-writing-nadia-kalman


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How America’s Leading Science Fiction Authors Are Shaping Your Future | Arts & Culture | Smithsonian

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/arts-culture/how-americas-leading-science-fiction-authors-are-shaping-your-future-180951169/


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A Learning Secret: Don’t Take Notes with a Laptop - Scientific American

http://www.scientificamerican.com/article/a-learning-secret-don-t-take-notes-with-a-laptop/


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Two Politically Incorrect Ways To Improve Writing - Edudemic

http://www.edudemic.com/two-politically-incorrect-ways-improve-writing/


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