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***Late Work Policy***
All work is due on the date designated. You will recieve 25% off on the next calendar day. You will recieve 50% on all days following.
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Karnations for Kids
updated February 3, 2010
Support the St. Luke's Children's Hospital by purchasing a carnation from the Key Club at lunch every day until Feb 9.
For every four carnations you buy, your name will go into a drawing for a...
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In order to find the reading and homework assignment, click on the link to English 9. Then find the day on which the assignment was given. You may need to click on "See Past" to find the day. All of the information can be found there.
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In order to find the reading and homework assignment, click on the link to English Cohort. Then find the day on which the assignment was given. You may need to click on "See Past" to find the day. All of the information can be found there.
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Interested in finding a new book that you will like? The following links will help you do just that.
**Playaway Recomendations**
Airborn by Kenneth Oppel: Matt Cruse is a cabin boy on the airship Aurora. He dreams of becoming captain one day. However, many adventures lie ahead of him. He meets a girl, finds a new species, and fights air pirates. This is a fast paced novel.
Deadline by Chris Crutcher: Ben Wolf has been diagnosed with an incurable leukimia his senior year. He does not want to be treated differently, so he does not tell anyone about it--not even his brother or parents. This novel connects to some of the characters in Athletic Shorts.
Athletic Shorts by Chris Crutcher: Collection of short stories about characters from his novels. You don't need to know the novels to enjoy this collection. Honest and funny.
Outside Beauty by Cynthia Kadohata: Four sister who all have different father's are forced to seperate and live with them after their mother's accident. Beautifully written tale about the bond of sisterhood.
**Author Recomendations**
Suzanne Collins: Write thrilling tales of teenager placed in horrible situations. She write the fantastic novel The Hunger Games. This is a book that you cannot put down until it is over. Then you have to move to the second book, Catching Fire.
Sandra Cisneros: Writes poetic novels and beautiful poems all of which deal with the latino exprience. She is one of my favorite authors. House On Mango Street is a must read.
Neil Gaiman: Writes great fantasy novels. Author of Coraline and Stardust (both made into movies). My new favorite book of his is The Graveyard Book.
Chris Crutcher: From Cascade, Idaho. Many of his locations are in Idaho. His characters are athletes experiencing hard times.
John Green: His main characters are sarcastic teen boys who are usually looking for something in their lives. Full of humor.
Markus Zusak: Australian author who writes from unusual points of view. In The Book Theif, Death is the narrator. Fabulous writer.
Sarah Dessen: Main characters are always girls who have experienced or are going through hard times.
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Use the following links to help you with MLA format, citing, and other things.
Click here for a quick link to Turnitin: If you are registering for the first time, you will need your class ID and class enrollment password which is given in class. You will also need to create a user name and password.
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Centennial High School
Stacy Shoemaker
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