Ms. R’s Comments (group member since Oct 26, 2008)

Ms. R’s comments from the Curie World Lit: Only The BEST group.

If you are an undocumented student here are some websites that may help you:

College Information:

http://www.postsecondary.cps.k12.il.u...

http://www.getreadyforcollege.org/gPg...

Scholarships:

http://www.finaid.org/otheraid/undocu...

http://hs.houstonisd.org/debakeyhs/De...

**If you want more information just google search for "undocumented students" plus whatever information you're looking for. There's a ton of information for you online.

If you are planning on attending a community college and then transferring to another university here are some sites that may help you:

http://www.collegetransfer.net/Home/t...

https://uic.transfer.org/cas/

Check these sites AND talk to your counselor at your college BEFORE you register for classes!! Don't take anything for granted. PLEASE PLEASE PLEASE talk to your counselor, talk to your counselor, TALK TO YOUR COUNSELOR!!

:0)

Here are some helpful links you can use when applying to the post-secondary school of your choice.

Marekjavorek wrote: "1.What score on my ACT do i need to get to get an admission?

2.What is the Student luch Plan ?

3.What is the Tutorin fee ?

These are my 3 questions , for the Extra Credit. :)"

It seems like you would need at least a 20 for Lewis and for Embry at least a 22. Remember, that's just a baseline. The admission offices DO NOT only look at your ACT scores. They also look at a bunch of other thins as well.

Hope this helps!

Margarito wrote: "apprenticeship program local 130

1)what is the rate of applicants that actually get accepted to the program?

1)do your chances of getting in increase if you have experience?"

Ok, I looked up this apprentiship program at this website: http://www.plumberslu130ua.org/site/s...

It looks like an awesome program. You were right, they do not take application on line, you have to receive them at the office or from a recruiter. They had a ton of information on the site about the application procress and the program itself, but it does not say how many applicants they actually recieve. This could mean 1 of 2 things. (1) They didn't think to add the information when creating the page or (2) They don't limit the number of students ahead of time, meaning, they will take as many students as are qualified.

In response to your second question, it may help if you have some experience, but I don't think it will really hurt you if you don't. It seems like most of the apprentices DO NOT have experience, that's why you would be in the program, to learn to become a plummer. This does not appear to be a program for those who already know the trade.

I looked for a phone number to call in order to get more information, but couldn't see one. I'll look again and try to get some more info.

Hope this helps!

Great questions so far guys. I'm working on finding the answers to all of them.

** Please remember to tell me what establishment you're looking at if your questions are specific to a certain school

Smiles,

Ms. R

Great questions! Which college or university are you looking at. The answers to these questions will vary depending on the school. :0)

If you bring in the following sentences to class by the end of the day tomorrow (Wednesday November 19) I will give you extra credit.

Slot the following sentences for SUBJECT, VERB, ADV.

1. The children run quickly.

2. Softly and sweetly went the rhyme.

3. I can't believe you could lie so easily.


See you all tomorrow,

Ms. R

Marek, I totally understand your concern. I just didn't want to hold your class back just because we are new together. That is why we voted on Wednesday to see what we would do.

Either way, we will spend the first 5 minutes of class working on the essay and then venturing down to the media centre to watch the movie. The movie is in no way mandatory, so if you would like to sit in the media centre and work on your essay you are more than welcome to do so.

Happy Report Card Pickup,

~Ms. R

Haha I wish. I still have to be here during first period. I'm just in the office preparing to see all of your lovely faces. :0)

Drum roll please.........

Our next unit will be: "Literary Analysis"

Get excited!!

This week will be our final week working with the personal narratives. After we work on this final draft we will be moving on to literary analysis. We've had a taste of this style, but we will be working closely with it throughout the next unit, loving it the entire time I'm sure. :oD

If you check out the "to read" bookshelf of the group you'll find that the entire unit will culminate in the reading of Franz Kafka's "Metamorphosis." If you want to get a copy of this story early I would suggest it. Having your own copy is always beneficial. If we get together as a class I can always bulk order some novels and it'll be cheaper. Either way, we'll have a class set for us all to share.

Have a happy Veterans Day!

~Ms. RThe Metamorphosis, In The Penal Colony, and Other Stories

haha. We'll be happy to have you back.

Good luck with the new schedules today! I know I'll be a little bit off. My new schedule:

Period 1: Free
Period 2: World Lit
Period 3: Survey Lit
Period 4: Meetings/Lunch?
DIV: Free
Period 5: World Lit
Period 6: Free
Period 7: Survey Lit
Period 8: World Lit

Come by during my new off periods if you ever need anything.

I'll miss you too!! Yes please do come and visit this site and our class whenever you'd like. You will always be my students. Those of you with 8th period lunch feel free to come and visit our eight period class and eat lunch with us!

::sniff sniff:: Hugs all around :0)

I'm really glad to hear you liked the Alchemist! We're going to be reading it really soon in our section. I hope it's twice as good the second time around. :0) I'm reading it now and I think it's awesome-tastic!

Spread the word...tell your friends...the Alchemist is an AWESOME book!! I"m not making it up :0)

Will,

You can still bring them in tomorrow, but I won't take them again after that. If we use them again for an assignment (and let's face it we probably will) then I'll offer more extra credit.

Smiles!

lol. I think it's a little bit of both. :0)

Haha. I know what it's like to not like grammar. Believe me, I'm not totally amazing at it either, but we'll work on it and we'll all get better. I am willing to put money on the fact that you are not the only one in class not happy about the emphasis on grammar. It just takes practice.

I understand that grammar can feel very separated from the content we discuss in class, but understanding grammar will make you a better writer. It will also help you appreciate the pieces of literature you read.

It'll all work out :0)

What are your favorite books? What are some bad ones? What books have you read that were just plain terrible ?

Why were they so significant? When did you read them? Did you read them just for fun, or where they assigned for class?