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 * Futuristic Literature and Linguistics **

Constructivism…learning by doing. Teacher is “guide on the side.” Socioculturalism…learning with others. i. Use math symbols to assist search ii. Plus sign (+) [ “killer bee” + nest + appearance] iii. Minus sign (-) [ Hawaii + climate –resort] i. Know your topic ii. Develop a High Level Question iii. Questioning with KWL 1. K – What I already KNOW 2. W – What I WANT to know 3. L – What I LEARNED i. Search Engines [Google, Yahoo, Ask, Dogpile, Bing] ii. Key Worlds and Boolean Searches i. Separate “Wheat from Chaff” ii. Look for “authentic” and “official” publications iii. Recognize Bias in source iv. Beware that Internet sources are not screened v. Sort through large amounts of information vi. Recognize usefulness and truthfulness of information vii. Collect and Organize large amounts of information viii. Scan the site for reliability 1. Site Map 2. Table of Contents 3. Page Editor 4. Update Current 5. URL reputable 6. Search the source online i. Definition-create a thread linking separate ideas from within a text or from multiple texts and then tie this thread to their own. ii. Summarize information then synthesis takes a summary one step further by including the reader’s personal response to the text in the form of connections to themselves, other texts, and the WORLD. iii. Must use prior knowledge, determine important ideas, make inferences, ask questions, develop a response iv. As a group discuss the significance of the knowledge gained. Then determine a direction to take with the display and information. Your population page should have "direction". Meaning...because of what your group has learned, "THIS" answer/direction is your group's possible solution to the global issue. v. What is the issue? How did we get here? Where do we go from here? Present this to class via your Population Page. vi. Population Page should concentrate on your topic for your book and answer "v". i. Product should not mirror what is found on the web ii. Convert information into knowledge that would solve a problem iii. Avoid accidental plagiarism iv. Notetaking-DON’T: copy and paste (large or small) v. CHoMP when notetaking 1. C – cross out small words: prepositions, articles, etc. 2. H – highlight important information 3. o – 4. M – make notes on highlighted information by abbreviating, truncating, listing, use symbols, or pictures 5. P – put notes into your own words.
 * To Do List for Web Based Inquiry Project: **
 * To Do List for Web Based Inquiry Project: **
 * To Do List for Web Based Inquiry Project: **
 * Lessons:**
 * 1) Create Diigo.com
 * 2) Lesson on search engines and Boolean operators
 * 3) Yahoo
 * 4) Google
 * 5) Ask
 * 6) Bing
 * 7) Dogpile
 * 8) Boolean Search
 * 1) Define essential questions and nature of RE-search
 * 2) Second Block English must start a Wiki then invite teammates
 * 3) Get emails from Wiki
 * 4) Lesson on computer knowledge…pg 76 test
 * 5) Stages of Web Based Inquiry
 * 6) **Questioning**
 * 1) **Understanding Resources**
 * 1) **Evaluating**
 * 1) **Synthesizing**
 * 1) **Transforming**
 * 1) Web 2.0 Tools to be used
 * 2) Wikispaces
 * 3) Google Chats
 * 4) Diigo
 * 5) Google Calendar
 * 6) IGoogle
 * 7) Gmail
 * 8) Web Address URLs
 * 9) .edu = educational
 * 10) .gov = government
 * 11) .org = non-profit organization
 * 12) .mil = military
 * 13) .com = commercial and individual
 * 14) .net = commercial alternate to .com
 * 15) .az = state
 * 16) .uk = country

===‍‍The entry on the Works Cited page will look like this:=== > Reuben, Paul P. “Chapter 10: Late Twentieth Century--Eudora Welty.” //Perspectives in American Literature: A Research and Reference Guide//. 24 July 2001. 9 Nov. 2001 <[]>. Note: If the website does not provide the date of publication, use the abbreviation “n.d.” (“no date”) after the name of the website: > “Job Competencies, Soft Skills and Competency-Based Performance Management.” //Corporate Perspectives, Inc//__.__ n.d. 6 Feb. 2002. [].
 * Bibliography Page should resemble this. The following is an example of a listing of an on-line source. **

The Modern Language Association (MLA) Style is widely used for identifying research sources. In MLA style you briefly credit sources with parenthetical citations in the text of your paper, and give the complete description of each source in your //Works Cited// list. The //Works Cited// list, or //Bibliography,// is a list of all the sources used in your paper, arranged alphabetically by author's last name, or when there is no author, by the first word of the title (except //A, An// or //The//). [5.1-5.5] > For example: //In the text of your paper:// > code The first gambling Web site appeared in 1995, and online gambling has since become the most lucrative Internet business (Will 92). code //or,//

code > George Will reported that in 2002 Internet gambling surpassed pornography to become the > Internet's most lucrative business (92). Will, George F. "Electronic Morphine." __Newsweek__ 25 Nov. 2002: 92.


 * Entire Internet Site: Scholarly Project or Professional Site** [5.9.2]

code code __Title of the Site__. Editor. Date and/or Version Number. Name of Sponsoring Institution. Date of Access . code code __Encyclopedia Mythica__. 2004. 13 May 2004 .


 * Document from a Web Site** [5.9.1]

code code Author. "Title of Web Page." __Title of the Site__. Editor. Date and/or Version Number. Name of Sponsoring Institution. Date of Access . code code Sherman, Chris. "Everything You Ever Wanted to Know About URL." __SearchEngineWatch__. Ed. Danny Sullivan. 24 Aug. 2004. 4 Sept. 2004 .

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** Linguistics, 19th and 20th Century Literature ** ** Mr. Simmins ** ** 942-2999 Ext. 512 **   ** Web Sites Email Address ** www.fairfieldcityschools.com simmins_c@fairfield-city.k12.oh.us Others may ask, have you seen anything in theUnited States? Well, I have stood in the World Trade Centers and on the edge of its rubble, I have been to the crash site of Flight 93, our nation’s capital twice, and I have walked the deck of the USS Constitution. I have hiked from the North Rim of theGrand Canyon to the bottom and out the other side (a feat not accomplished by many). I have seen the Red Sox play atFenwayPark, ate pizza inChicago, and sushi on the beach inNew Jersey. I once traveled fifteen hours one way to Biloxi Mississippi to watch a minor league hockey game because the arena was on the beach-unfortunately hurricane Katrina destroyed it. I once drove 3,300 miles because I was depressed and didn’t want to teach anymore; however, after standing on a 14,000 foot mountain peak and talking to God, I came back to finish my work. After training onTennessee’s 6,593 footMountLeConte, I have conqueredColorado’s Mount Elbert (14,433),MountBedford (14,197),La Plata (14,336), K2 onCapitalPeak (13,800),MountWetterhorn (14,015) and Long’s Peak (14,255). I have celebrated Canada Day inHalifax,Nova Scotia, bought a hockey jersey inQuebec City, seen the hockey Hall of Fame inToronto, and am proud to be one of the few Americans that can findNew Brunswick on a map. I pride myself on eating in bizarre greasy spoon restaurants on back road travels and can brag on navigating my way through a dinner for eleven at an all- French speaking restaurant that had a pile of manure at the front door. In the course of traveling to 37 of our 50 states, I have talked to many people, ate a myriad of food, driven 40,000 plus miles, touched innumerable historic sites, and learned a plethora of life shaping material. I have actually been to a city called St. Louis du Ha! Ha! And in the edited immortal words of John Paul Jones, “I have not yet begun to travel.” Oh, and I have lived inTexas! That means something to some people.
 * Parental/Student Introduction:** What would you say to a guy who has studied the literature of London at King’s College University, read poetry in John Keats’ living room, swam in the English Channel and Irish Sea, climbed Scotland’s legendary Arthur’s Seat mountain three times, followed in the footsteps of Virginia Woolf’s Mrs. Dalloway, stood where Horatio Nelson was shot on HMS Victory and wept at his grave, scaled to the top of St. Paul’s Cathedral dome, saw the opening performance in Shakespeare’s Globe Theater, partook in a street performance at Covent Garden, hiked in the Highlands of Scotland, traveled to the sight of William Wallace’s “freedom” speech from __Braveheart__, was personally invited by British troops to attend the changing of the guards at Buckingham Palace, explored Bunratty, Blarney, Caernarfon, Edinburgh, Tower of London, and Warwick castles, ate a pound of Haggis (sheep guts) just to show off, climbed Irish mountains in the Ring of Kerry and Glendalough, argued politics with unsavory British citizens, marched in 4th of July parades waving a British flag, boated up and down the Avon river in Stratford (the birthplace of Shakespeare), biked through the hills of Ireland, understands the rules of Cricket, cheers for England during the World Cup, new who Eddie the Eagle was, made one of Queen Elizabeth’s “silent” Royal Guards speak, “slam-danced” in the famed “Hippodrome” night club, demanded to get into Buckingham Palace to have tea with the queen only to be denied by two Bobbies, visited the graves of British soldiers killed at the Battle of Concord, and has dedicated his life to the acquisition of all knowledge that pertains to the empire that at one time the sun never set upon! Well, some may say, “you are a madman, obsessed and deranged Anglophile.” Many, I hope, wish to be taught.


 * Parental/Student Warning:** Being the world’s first Litorian, along with trying to become the smartest man on the planet-not to mention the Greatest Teacher since Aristotle, I hope to expose your child to more information in one forty-five minute period than he or she has been previously exposed to in his or her life. Many times my students go home and discuss for the first time with their parents issues that are political, sociological, philosophical, psychological, and literological. Parents often fear the worst-drugs, the occult, or alien abduction. However, fear not, if your child comes home and sounds intelligent, they are. It is all part of my plan.


 * Course Description:** This Literature class is a high-powered, energized, non-stop ride from the world of teenage nebula hopefully to teenage enlightenment. It is impossible to pass this class without an extreme amount of activity. Each student will be expected to maintain the pace set by the instructor. Students will be exposed to a rigorous campaign of linguistics, vocabulary, writing, and literature (which includes philosophy, history, psychology and sociology). If your student at any time tells you that he/she has no homework, please have them rethink his/her statement. There will be either a book, or project, quiz, or a test on the horizon.


 * Material Needed:** It is recommended that each student have a three-ring binder with pockets for this class. Each student must keep all material graded and returned to them until the end of semester. This serves two purposes: first, it is proof of grade in case of computer glitch or clerical error on instructor’s part. Secondly, every item discussed in class over the course of the year is on a series of tests. I am not particular on a notebook/folder; however, note taking is a weekly event and work is constant. Students can also store info electronically.


 * Grading System:** The class has a simple point system, which ranges from 25 points to 500 points. Homework and participation grades are worth 25, quizzes 50, test between 200-300 points, and finally projects-ranging from 100-500 points depending on workload. Students will receive 4-6 grades per week; attendance is vital. **Parents!** Your student will have his/her grades posted on-line daily. You can follow his/her progress constantly. Feel free to email me anytime concerning anything. **Field Trip Policy:** If failing, no permission shall be granted to attend.


 * Discipline:** I should not have to discipline these soon to be adults. Since they are only a few weeks away from graduation and adulthood and possibly college, now would be a good time to start being responsible.


 * School Agenda:** This is your tax dollars at work. All of my students will be required to have their agendas for class, and they will NOT be allowed outside of my room without it. They need to use the agenda for it prepares them for our hecticAmerican Capitalistic Way of life. If they want to herd reindeer inSiberia for a career the agenda use may be superfluous. Use it! I give two passes a quarter with extra credit granted at the end for any that is not used. By possessing the brain the size of a planet and delivering fountains of life saving information for forty-five minutes every class all with my charming, irreverent humor, I am befuddled why anyone would want to leave my class, but sometimes it happens.


 * Parental Contact:** I have an email address and a wiki page. I answer email once, if not twice a day. If you are concerned about your child I encourage email, and if the Internet is unavailable feel free to send a note or give me a phone call. Email is the most convenient, for both parties do not have to be available at the same time to communicate. My students always know their grades. I believe the parent and the student should always know where they stand.


 * Scope of Material:** This is a college preparatory class. Your child will learn the history of the English language. Along with the subject of linguistics, your student will be exposed to the evolution of language and writing. The literature that will be covered will span the annals of the 19th and 20th Centuries. The bulk of the science-fiction will range from 1890-1950; the purpose is to demonstrate how the pontificators of that age predicted our age. My goal is for them to learn from the past, assess their present, and prepare for their future in a 21st century global economy. Along with these studies, students will be exposed to a variety of non-fiction news articles all to reinforce the direction of class. And, just when I think they are about to snap under the strain of this educational typhoon, I will unleash a 21st century internet research project the likes American high schools have rarely seen. Though I have high expectations, all students can pass this course with diligent effort. The main focus outside linguistics will be the late 19th century and early 20th century literature. For my students that are not planning on college, all the material involved including the literature has been picked for relevance in the “real” world.


 * Classroom Procedures:** From the time class begins until the final bell rings students will get 45 straight minutes of instruction. There is no “free time” or “study hall” or my favorite request “free day.” I will talk or guide or instruct the entire class, and many times I will follow them out of the room shouting some bit of information until they are out of sight. I am just that crazy.


 * Pool of Novels: I hope to provide all novels**

19th Century __Dracula__ by Bram Stoker – possible __Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde__ by Robert Louis Stevenson __Time Machine__ by H.G. Wells __Around the World in 80 Days__ by Jules Verne __The Sleeper Awakes__ by H.G. Wells

20th Century __Brave New World__ by Aldous Huxley __Fahrenheit 451__ by Ray Bradbury __I, Robot__ by Isaac Asimov __Starship Troopers__ by Robert A Heinlein __Ender’s Game__ by Orson Scott Card __Earth Abides__ by George R Stewart __Flowers for Algernon__ by Daniel Keyes


 * Warning** In the process of developing literature’s greatest class, saving the world, solving Earth’s problems, becoming a mountain climber and pseudo astronomer, and maintaining my secret identity, I sometimes have a mental lapse between my frontal lobe and typing hand. Any typo must be construed as purposeful, a faux pas, or God’s will. I am partial to the latter.


 * CLASS RULES FOR MR. SIMMINS (Revised 2011)**

Class will consist of the following:

A) **__Taking Notes__** Any day notes/lecture are given in class, the student is responsible for taking the notes and keeping them in a binder or electronically. This is the material covered on tests. Note taking grades are frequently given-you take the notes, you get credit; you don’t take the notes, you get a zero.

B) **__End of Novel Essays__** There will be a “college essay” test given at the end of some novels. These are geared to prepare you for the university.

C) **__Participation Grade__** Quite frequently participation grades will be given, such as: when watching an educational film, taking notes through lecture or PowerPoint presentation, or reading in class. A student who sits up, is attentive and participates in the activity will receive full credit. Anyone attempting to sleep or misbehave will receive a zero. Much of life’s success is dedication.

D) **__Quizzes__** Quizzes will usually be given after material is read in class or read at home. All quizzes will be scheduled. This includes vocabulary and reading quizzes.

E) **__Tests__** All tests are announced and cover all the material discussed in class-especially material presented upon the Smartboard. Tests consist of fill in the blanks, multiple choice, open-ended questions, open-response, and essays.


 * __My Policy on.......__**

1) **__Make up work:__** If you are absent, it will be __your__ responsibility to find out what we did during your absence. If there was an assignment given, ask me for the assignment. Rules for make up work are the same as the school rules in the agenda.

2) **__Missing a quiz or a test:__** If you are absent during a quiz or test you will be expected to make up the quiz or test when you return. It will be your responsibility to ask to make up the quiz or test.

3) **__Handing in assignments:__** I will not accept __late assignments.__ If you do not have your assignments with you when it is due, it will be counted as a zero. An assignment handed in at the end of the day will be counted as a half credit. Hall passes to one’s locker to get an assignment will not be given. If you are absent the day of the assignment, it will be due the next day the class meets.

4) **__Grades:__** All grades given are based on points. All points are simply added up, and then divided by the maximum number. Tests, quizzes and papers are worth the most.

5) **__Extra Credit:__** Extra credit will not be given to anyone with an excessive amount of zeros. A student may gain extra credit if his/her grade is suffering due to poor test scores or a couple of zeros due to mishaps. Mr. Simmins does not help those who do not help themselves. Extra credit will not be used as an alternative to the assignments.

6) **__Cheating:__** Cheating, such as copying homework, looking at another student’s paper during a test or quiz, using a “cheat sheet,” giving answers to other students, including sharing homework with one another will result in a zero for the students involved. “Texting” during a quiz will be considered cheating.

7) **__Tardies:__** Any time a student is late for class it will be recorded in the teacher’s log. Each tardy counts as a hall pass-see restroom breaks. When a student receives his or her third tardy of the quarter, he/she will receive a zero in participation for the day. Habitual tardiness will be dealt with using discipline. Tardiness is defined as not being in the room when the bell rings.

8) **__Disrespectfulness:__** Any actions such as profanity or any other form of disrespectfulness to the teacher or fellow student will result in being held after class, immediate disciplinary referral, or sent to the principal-depending on the severity of the act. Sleeping applies here!

9) **__Restroom Breaks:__** When it comes to restroom breaks, I am aware that at times one must be granted a pass during class. If this occurs, it shall be allowed at the expense of a hall pass used in the student’s agenda. Each student will be granted two passes a quarter. Each pass not used, will receive 5 bonus points at the end of the quarter. 10 points total are possible a quarter. This includes all passes out of class, tardies, and sleeping.

10) __Sleeping:__ There is no sleeping in class. Sleeping is defined as putting one’s head down on the desk with or without the eyes open. You can not focus lying down. A student will be warned the first time, and then given a zero after that. Repeat offences will result in disciplinary action.

11) __Phones:__ These will sometimes be used in class for various exercises. Unauthorized phone usage during class, films, or lectures will result in a zero participation grade and be taken for the class period. Phone usage during quiz or test, will be a zero on the assignment, and phone will be sent to the office; this will result in school disciplinary action. LEARN-there is a time and place. By placing phones on the corner of the desk, a student guarantees full credit. Students are not to enter the class using their phones, nor are they to stand in front of the door on their phone. Abuse of phones in class will result in classroom phone “timeout”

12) Purses: All purses are to be located on the floor under the chair or desk.

13) Computers: Netbooks are EGGS; treat them like eggs. Furthermore, the netbooks are a privilege not a right. Technological shenanigans could result in evisceration and quartering-definitely banishment.