IMPORTANT REMINDERS
- Pay attention to the blue dates within the posts. Ignore the black date above the post.
- You must follow the exact directions in each post. If you do not, points will be taken off your work.
Current assignments may be on the first through third pages. Ignore the black dates above the posts. Scan posts for work with dates close to now (dates WITHIN the posts). The posts are in no particular order, so scroll through the first three pages. Keep copies of all your files on your laptop and in your binder. If I collect an assignment, not having a printed version will result in a grade of zero. Assignments could be collected at ANY time.
Information for Parents/Guardians About Mr. Mulhern’s Classes
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Inspiring Quotes from the Work of Henry David Thoreau--Link
Read and annotate the text (I distributed the handout); complete the assignment of a handwritten MLA-style document for important reading questions (see Canvas and also the post on question types on this website). You must create the answers and provide textual support. Also, include a vocabulary section--at least five words defined, not those defined by the book editor. You must create questions and answers modeled after those specific question types in Canvas, Exercise Two (not random questions). You should also have an annotated paper document of the story. (Take pictures of your documents and upload them onto your laptop computer.)
Complete this phrase ("English likes . . . ) as many times as you can with the "English mantras" (concepts, principles, generalizations) you have learned. Try to create more mantras:
PREPARE FOR THE NEW DIGITAL SAT (MARCH 6)
Dear Scholars,
Beginning February 20, we will start preparing for the new Digital SAT, which differs greatly from the previous SAT.
Read this excerpt from Jacob Riis's book on tenement life in New York City. Riis published his book in 1890 after he spent time as a police reporter in the Lower East Side of Manhattan, a poor area crowded with immigrants. Click on the link.