A Christmas Carol

For anyone who was absent, or who is interested in watching it again, here is George C. Scott's version of Charles Dickens' A Christmas Carol. This is the version we watched in class. The modern, Bill Murray, comedic version called Scrooged is not available for free online. You can rent it at youtube (and probably everywhere else) for $2.99 if you want to watch it.

Texts for Mid-Year Writing Assessment

Leveled texts for SWCS ESL Department Mid-Year Writing Assessment (Informative Writing).

Biography - Jorge Gutierrez - L2
Climbing Everest - L2
Scary Snake - L2
Therapy Dog - L2

Biography - Jorge Gutierrez - L4
Climbing Everest - L4
Scary Snake - L4
Therapy Dog - L4

Biography - Jorge Gutierrez - L6

Climbing Everest - L6

Scary Snake - L6

Therapy Dog - L6

Biography - Jorge Gutierrez - L8
Climbing Everest - L8
Scary Snake - L8
Therapy Dog - L8

Biography - Jorge Gutierrez - L10
Climbing Everest - L10
Scary Snake - L10
Therapy Dog - L10

Tell-Tale Heart Movie Clips

I know it's been a few weeks since we read and watched Edgar Allan Poe's Tell-Tale Heart, but I thought it would be good to post those movies up here in case you'd like to watch them for fun at home. Enjoy!

The Struggle for Smarts!!

Here is the story that we listened to on Tuesday, November 13, about different cultural approaches toward struggling with school work.

A Lively Mind: Your Brain On Jane Austen

Hey Guys!

Here is the a link to the story we listened to in class today on distractability and the reading experience. I thought it was very interesting. If you want to read it and/or listen to it again, click on the link and it will take you to the official NPR page for the story. Enjoy! :)

http://www.npr.org/blogs/health/2012/10/09/162401053/a-lively-mind-your-brain-on-jane-austen