Welcome Back! :Welcome Back! Mrs. Barnett’s Classes English/History/Drama Fayetteville High School


My Summer :My Summer Painted & fixed up Jackson’s and John David’s room Went to Gatlinburg, Panama City Beach, and Pine Mountain, GA Favorite movie this summer: Hairspray Re-read the Potter books before celebrating the end of the series with the 7th book (loved it) Read several other books - Really enjoyed The Other Boleyn Girl.


Expectations :Expectations Work hard. Demonstrate a positive attitude. Keep an open mind. Don’t settle for average – ever. Communicate concerns/problems with me. Try to solve a problem on your own before you ask for help from someone else. You can expect these things from me as well.


Supplies :Supplies Binder College-ruled notebook paper Dividers w/ pockets Flash Drive (Jump Drive) Basic “art” supplies – markers, colored pencils, glue stick, etc. Novels – English (Go ahead and get Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther for English, most of the others will be provided to you!)


Book Purchase Deadline :Book Purchase Deadline Purchase Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther by Wednesday, August 23rd. That gives you 2 weeks to get your book. You will receive 100 points for having your book by the deadline.


Rules :Rules Come to class prepared. Listen the first time. Respect others and their property. Be responsible. Be resourceful. You can expect me to follow these rules as well.


Grading :Grading Traditional grading scale is used. (A-F) Tests – 200 points Quizzes – 100 points or less Lecture Notes – 100 points (history) Projects – Points vary Activities – 25 points and up Discussion Blogs – 30 points and up Vocabulary/Spelling tests – 100 points


Need to Know :Need to Know Wikispaces – The hub for all of my classes. http://fhswolvesden.wikispaces.com Our Story – Writing in English, Responding in History Quizlet – Vocabulary practice for all classes. Delicious – Social bookmarking tool Gliffy – Graphic organizer and diagram maker Microsoft Office – Word, Power Point, Excel Microsoft Movie Maker, Photo Story or Photo Shop


Wikispaces – Our Hub :Wikispaces – Our Hub We will use our class wikispaces almost everyday. You need to become familiar with the web site, how it works, and register a username and password. (I will keep a copy of these, since many students forget them.) The address is: http://fhswolvesden.wikispaces.com You will create your own wiki this year as a part of an on-going digital portfolio project. We will talk much more on this later.


Summer Reading :Summer Reading Fahrenheit 451 (Ray Bradbury)In a society where firefighters burn books instead of fighting fires, Guy Montag begins to question the life he leads and the contents of the books he burns. He begins reading and finds there are others like him. Deception Point (Dan Brown)An excellent thriller. When a NASA satellite discovers a rare object buried deep in the Arctic Ice, the space agency needs an intelligence analyst to verify it. This is a big believable story unfolding at breakneck pace. A Farewell to Arms (Ernest Hemingway)The best American novel to emerge from World War I. It is an unforgettable story of an American ambulance driver on the Italian front and his passion for a beautiful English nurse. Walk Two Moons (Sharon Creech) On a long car trip from Ohio to Idaho, 13 yr.-old Salamanca Tree Hiddle tells her grandparents about her friend Phoebe, who is coping with the disappearance of her mother. Beneath Phoebe’s story is Sal’s search for her own mother, who left one sunny morning and never returned. Test on your choice is Friday, August 10th.


We Will Read… :We Will Read… Death Be Not Proud by John Gunther The Great Gatsby by F. Scot Fitzgerald The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck – portions of this novel Five People You Meet in Heaven by Mitch Album A View From Saturday by E.L. Konigsberg – teacher reading in class Slaughterhouse-Five by Kurt Vonnegut The Crucible by Arthur Miller 1984 by George Orwell – teacher reading in class


History :History Interactive Lecture is the basic format of the class. Note taking is very important. Your notes will be handed in the day of tests and will count 100 points. A variety of other learning tools are used in history: webquests, games, blogs, foldables, research projects, videos, and other things.


History continued :History continued We will continue studying the history of the United States in the 11th grade. The focus for your history class last year was to expose you to the most important topics covered on the AHSGE. Thus, you studied content through the 1960s. Our focus this year is to take that content to a new level of understanding and depth. Whys and what ifs are my favorites. We will begin in the Imperialist Age of the late 1800s and forge through to the present.


Drama/Advanced Studies :Drama/Advanced Studies First Semester – Drama Study varieties of Drama Read and view plays and musicals Improvisation activities and acting exercises Drama Projects (design sets, plan costumes, create playbills and press items)


Drama/Advanced Studies (continued) :Drama/Advanced Studies (continued) Advanced Studies Media Projects involving digital video production Technology projects – learning the usefulness of a variety of web 2.0 tools Other fun stuff (I’m really into all of this and I think you will enjoy the things we will be doing)


Slide 16:Live as if you were to die tomorrow; Learn as if you were to live forever. Mahatma Gandhi