Mr. Mecklenborg

Links

Homer Hickman's website
http://www.homerhickam.com/about/bio.shtml

Cool website for October Sky
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/October_Sky

For Marcy Only
http://www.novelguide.com/thegreatgatsby/index.html

For Marcy only: Essays to comment on when novel is finished.  Your final 
paper will be to defend/disagree with essay.
http://www.geocities.com/andrew_dilling/

For March only: Do question one of this website.  Send it to me by email.  
We will converse back and forth.  Your grade will be based on not only your
amount of writing, but your quality as well.  These questions on this 
website will be 
your discussion questions.  I'll tell you when to move on when I'm satisfied 
with your answers.
http://school.discovery.com/lessonplans/programs/greatbooks-greatgatsby/#que

This is the basic rubric I use for my essays/stories.  Some of the elements 
change based on the writing assignment.  For example, the portion about 
organization changes for short stories.  

The scale in percentages: 6 = 100%; 5.5 = 97; 5 = 93%; 4.5 = 90%; 4 = 85; 
3.5 = 82; 3 = 80; 2.5 = 75; 2 = 70; 1 = 60
http://www.nwrel.org/assessment/pdfRubrics/6plus1traits.PDF

Possible Help about terms for Night
http://www.jewfaq.org/glossary.htm

English I honors Sonnet homework due Thursday 1/17.  Scroll down on website 
about half way down and do the two questions that deal with sonnets.  You 
may need to do the activities and research sonnets.
http://edsitement.neh.gov/view_lesson_plan.asp?ID=303

English II homework.  Please read. Quiz Friday 1/18.
http://www.mtsu.edu/~baustin/children.html

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