Language is the art of understanding and communication.
". . . in this best of all possible worlds." - Voltaire 1764
Each reader of these pages will please read
and take into their own measure the following edict:
"A man who tells secrets or stories must think of who is hearing or reading, for a story has as many versions as it has readers. Everyone takes what he wants or can from it and thus changes it to his measure. Some pick out parts and reject the rest, some strain the story through their mesh of prejudice, some paint it with the reader to make him feel at home in it. Only then can he accept wonders." - John Steinbeck - The Winter of Our Discontent 1961
2008 - 2009
Welcome!
Keep up the outstanding work!
Note that there are suggested, and mandatory reading lists for students over this and next summer. These lists are posted on each of the course's pages.
Looking for something to read? Check out Harvard's great list of works to read during the summer. Harvard book store - Choose from the top 100 books.
Each page is described below:
General Policies- here you will see a little about me, and my basic grading policies as far as late work, etc. You can also see and read about what we will be doing this year in general.
Discuss - Dual courses will use this in the future.
Research & Resources (Links & Resources) - is a page I have set up for many different kinds of links. Some links will go to general research pages, useful for any number of assignments, homework help, or reading help, etc. Other links will be for things like virtual museum tours which may help in other classes as well as Language Arts. There will also be links for accessing book lists, and even better, sites where complete texts of great books can be downloaded and read off the computer - for FREE.
Course Pages:
Speech / Dual Enrollment CRW150 Creative Writing - is all about Speech / Creative Writing and its syllabus.
Dual Enrollment (Juniors) - American Literature (ENH241 & 242) - is all about the classes and their syllabi.
Dual Enrollment (Seniors) - First Year Composition (ENG101 & 102)- is all about Rhetorical Writing, (The inclusion of World Literature to accomplish state standards in 7-8), the classes, and their syllabi.
Dual - Rio Salado College Library - This takes you directly to the library at Rio Salado - a wealth of writing information from MLA guidelines to examples of exemplary papers.
Dual - Turnitin.com - This takes you to the turnitin.com web site where all final drafts will be turned in prior to turning in hard copies in class.
Lit Periods / Dante / Socrates / Lit Terms / Literary Theory - This takes you to a page full of information we will use throughout the year. Literary Periods from the Classical to Postmodern. Dante's 7 Deadly Sins and their reparations. The Socratic Method of teaching and learning. Literary Terminology learned through the pneumonic of 8 Parts - 2 Ps, 2 Cs, 2 Ss, and 2 Ts. Literary Theory has been added to enable more thorough responses to the literature we read.
PowerSchool Access - This is the new online gradebook. Check your grade, your absences, and many other things online.
Don't forget to visit the main Boulder Creek Web Site.
This web site will be updated to keep you abreast of what's happening in all of my classes throughout the year.
E-Mail me with any questions you have - I check it frequently each day. No question is a silly one.
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