PBL Essays

All Students,

Your PBL Essays are due, posted on your website by February 17, 2014. If you do not have the handout to give you the requirements, please visit https://sites.google.com/a/harmonytx.org/pbl/home?pli=1 and go to PBL High School Tab, Eng handouts. 9th grade you are doing narrative essays, 11th grade, you are doing argumentative essays.

10K Book Race

Please remember to email me when you complete a novel. Include the book title, author, and page numbers. The next deadline is May 3, 2014. If you've read 7,500 pages or more you may attend Gatti Town. If you've read 10,000 pages or more you may attend Main Event. If you've read 15,000 pages or more you receive a special T-Shirt you may wear on Pride days, and you will be entered into a drawing for an Amazon Kindle. If you've read 20,000 pages or more, you receive Pajama day in the library.

Happy Reading!!

Book Report Due

All grade levels. Your full book report is due on March 17, 2014. This is the Monday after you come back from Spring Break. The quarter ends on Friday, March 21, 2014. Please follow Purdue guidelines.

Testing Dates

STAAR PRACTICE II- FEBRUARY 25 - MARCH 1

BENCHMARK - March 3 -14

STAAR EOC I - MARCH 31

10K Book Race

Please keep an electronic track of your reading. Once you complete a book, record the title of the book, the author and the page numbers. Submit these to me upon request to qualify for the next incentive.

INDEPENDENT READING

All Students,

Although I haven't assigned weekly reading summaries this semester, you are still responsible for reading at least one novel for this 9 weeks. A formal book report will be due at the end of this quarter. Deadline will be announced soon.

Book Report Guidelines

Please follow this link to make sure you know what to include in your book report and what format to follow:  https://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/703/01/.