Students
All assignment, project, and test information, including due dates, are posted in our Google Classroom. You will need to sign in with your GoTahoma email address and password. Remember, Google Classroom is not a gradebook. In Google Classroom, I will mark all turned in work with a "1" once I've reviewed your work. You will need to check Skyward for scores and grades.
Parents and Guardians
I post all assignment, project, and test details, including due dates, in Google Classroom. I advise you to sit with your student periodically to review Google Classroom and the "To Do" list. Upcoming assignments and projects will also appear on the class calendar (see left sidebar of this page).
Google Classroom is not a gradebook. For grades and missing assignments, please check Skyward.
English 9
English 9 is a two-semester course required of all freshmen that improves writing, reading, speaking/listening, language and research skills as outlined in the Common Core State Standards for grade 9. Students read literary and informational texts; write essays in the informative/explanatory, argumentative and narrative modes; and participate in independent and group speaking/listening activities and research projects. Independent reading is required. More information can be found in the Link to English 9 Syllabus.
Honors English 10
In this class students will practice the advanced reading, writing, and thinking skills to prepare for the rigors of AP and college courses. By the end of this course, students should be able to analyze and interpret samples of fiction and nonfiction writing, identify, explain, and utilize a variety of rhetorical strategies and choices, write for a variety of purposes, translate their thinking into a plan for writing, create and sustain original arguments based on information synthesized from readings, research, and/or personal observation and experience, evaluate and incorporate sources into research arguments, demonstrate understanding of the conventions of citing primary and secondary sources converse, write reflectively about their personal process of composition, and demonstrate understanding and control of Standard Written English as well as stylistic maturity in writing. More information can be found in the Link to Honors 10 Syllabus.
AP Seminar (Capstone)
AP Seminar allows students to explore the complexities of academic and real-world topics and issues in subject areas of personal interest. Students work in teams to develop research questions. They analyze articles, research studies and foundational literary and philosophical texts; listen to and view speeches, broadcasts and personal accounts; and experience artistic works and performances. Students synthesize this information, develop their own perspectives in research-based essays and design and deliver oral and visual presentations, both individually and as part of a group. In addition to earning high school credit, students can receive advanced standing or college credit by taking the AP exam administered in May and earning a qualifying score. Link to AP Seminar Syllabus
AP Research (Capstone)
AP Research allows students to design, plan and conduct a year-long investigation to address a research question that explores a topic of individual interest. Students continue to develop skills from AP Seminar by utilizing research methodology; employing ethical research practices; and accessing, analyzing and synthesizing information. Students evaluate their skill development, document their processes and collect the evidence of their work in a portfolio. Instead of taking an AP exam, students write an academic paper of approximately 4000–5000 words (accompanied by a performance or exhibition of product where applicable) and give a presentation of their research along with an oral defense of its importance. In addition to earning high school credit, students can receive advanced standing or college credit. Link to AP Research Syllabus