Andrea, Khalil, Grace, Josephine and Lien

Place your biography here as a comment by Sunday midnight please.

Read the other biographies and comment before Wednesday's class. Thanks!

Phoebe, Esther,Francis, Spencer and Teresa

Place your biography here as a comment by Sunday midnight please.

Read the other biographies and comment before Wednesday's class. Thanks!

Masaru, Genel, Sean and Ken

Place your biography here as a comment by Sunday midnight please.

Read the other biographies and comment before Wednesday's class. Thanks!

Beatrice and Ayako and Liza Biographies and Comments

Place your biography here as a comment by Sunday midnight please.

Read the other biographies and comment before Wednesday's class. Thanks!

Welcome to English 12 Students

This is your blog. Students at the PALC have been blogging since January, 2006. The blog is a place where students share thoughts and ideas with each other and with the teacher. It offers an opportunity to write more often and have your writing and ideas read by your classmates and teacher.

Your first assignment will be to post a copy of your second draft of a short biography for comment and suggestions from fellow group members. Each group will have its own post for biographies from other group members.

To get a feeling for blogging, read through some of the posts from previous classes!

English 12: Literacy of High School Graduates

Post your completed personal reaction essay here by 6 p.m. on Tuesday, June 3.

List Poems

Put your list poems here before class meets on Friday. Write a minimum of 30 lines (two fewer than the teacher and student samples)

Poetry Recital

On Friday, May 23rd, you will be presenting a poem to the class. Please choose your poem from one of the following websites:

Source 1 (each poem has an audio file with the poet reading his or her poem.)

Source 2 (Canadian poets. Choose by name. Each poet has several poems online.)

Source 3 (Poetry Daily so a new poem daily and a massive archive.)

Your homework for the week:

1) Practice reciting your poem (remember our discussion on what makes an effective recital)
2) Practice some more
3) Practice a bit more