May 2010

Dear Students and Guardians:

I am so very pleased to see all that these students have accomplished this year.  I do believe their skills with reading and writing have grown wonderfully!

This last month, we will do a number of activities where the students will have to pull together the skills they have been developing over the year.  Right off the bat, their research papers will be due.  The regular classes will then begin preparing for a debate.  The advanced classes will read The Odyssey.

It has been a joyful year for me in working with these students.  I am grateful to have one more month in their company.

As before, I will continue to post major homework assignments and major due dates under Classwork Information.  But I will still not list daily assignments there.  I will ask the students to write down due dates for every assignment, large and small, in their planners, so you should always be able to see what is due in there. 

Under General Information, I have listed information about my expectations and procedures.  The links below all tie to helpful information at the websites for the National Council of Teachers of English and the American Library Association.

I am going to put in a small disclaimer here.  The school district from time to time adds things to the teachers' websites.  Anything on this site that does not relate directly to Freshman Language Arts has been placed there by the district and not by me.

If you do have any concerns, I would be happy to speak with you at any time.  My e-mail address is annl@manhattan.k12.ks.us, and the phone number is 587-2150.   The best times to reach me are 8:45 to 9:30 and  11:30 to 12:45.

Thanks!

Sincerely,

Ann Phelan Lee
Language Arts Teacher