Junior Academic Fourth Quarter Instructions

I am providing you with instructions to assist you in your ability to manage the fourth quarter expectations in Junior Academic English through the distant learning process that we are faced with.

All instructions and supporting practices will continue to be located on the digital class website through WordPress.

All assignments are to be submitted to Turnitin. Please continue to do your own original work.

Tests/Quizzes are located on Google Classroom and are to be submitted to Google classroom due to formatting limitations with Turnitin.

The play The Crucible is the current focus of our next literary study. I hope that students can immediately secure their own copy of the play. Perhaps you have a copy in your house that you can read. There is a digital and audio edition on the website. You may also pick up a copy by contacting the high school, however, I discourage you from doing so in order that we respect the social distancing protocol recommended by our medical experts.

We will treat DAY 3 of the syllabus as Friday.  From that point on we will continue to follow the syllabus according to the Black and Orange schedule.  All of you need to complete reading Act I of The Crucible by Friday in order to do the writing response.  You should only spend 40 minutes on the response.  I am not assessing you on completing your essay rather than on what you had to say within forty minutes.  We will have several of these writing responses this quarter to emphasize the reading as well as reviewing the rhetorical relationship that the writer has with the reader.  

This quarter you will be studying further how rhetoric is a catalyst in literature. 

This quarter we have been advised to administer a pass/fail grade. I will continue to assess your work with a numerical grade. Realize that according to the Brunswick school system you are only obligated to achieve a 60 in order to achieve a passing grade for the quarter. I will continue to offer you the full scope of instruction with necessary modifications so that you can choose to determine what is best for you. In short, I hope that all my students will complete the responsibilities as they are expressed through the syllabus.

 Your collective accomplishment under these trying circumstances is truly extraordinary.  You have an obligation to yourself to expect the best from yourself.  You can face these unusual challenges with courage and determination if you so choose.  For those who feel the stress of uncertainty know that you are not alone and that I appreciate your ordeal.

Please know that each of you are in my thoughts, like a well-used turnstile my consideration for all of you is ongoing.

My Best,
Mr. Dwyer