Parker English III

  For those who have finished their class work, including the Ozymandius bonus,  below you will find the Common Application essay prompts for next year's college applications. Below is the full set of Common App essay prompts for 2021-2022. Some students have a background, identity, interest, or talent that is so meaningful they believe their application would be incomplete without it. If this sounds like you, then please share your story. The lessons we take from obstacles we encounter can be fundamental to later success. Recount a time when you faced a challenge, setback, or failure. How did it affect you, and what did you learn from the experience? Reflect on a time when you questioned or challenged a belief or idea. What prompted your thinking? What was the outcome? Reflect on something that someone has done for you that has made you happy or thankful in a surprising way. How has this gratitude affected or motivated you? Discuss an accomplishment, event, or realization tha...

Housekeeping : Lots of students have signed up for On-line recovery. I will be checking on your progress. Once you have finished, I will receive notice and will then be able to change the failing marking period grade. MAKE IT HAPPEN! The poem September Night is due today. Several people have completed everything; they owe no work at all. If you have completed and submitted both "The Outcasts of Poker Flat" graphic organizer AND essay, you may complete the following poem assignment as a substitute for another missing writing assignment. OR if you owe nothing, and want to simply boost your already excellent grade, please take a look at Ozymandius by Percy Bysshe Shelley at the end of the blog. This well-known poem is one you will hear referenced throughout your life.  This is independent work for class time today and Friday ONLY 11-12R2: I can determine two or more themes or central ideas in a text and analyze their development, including how they emerge and are shaped and re...

  As  of  Friday, March 12, you were to have completed the graphic organizer for the short story "The Outcasts of Poker Flat." We had 8 class days for this. Beginning Monday, March 15, you will need the organizer to complete the essay we are writng this week. You will turn in your completed graphic organizer and essay by Friday, March 19 by midnight. Attach your essay to the organizer and SHARE DIRECTLY WITH ME through my name or number (2006630).  Those who receive extended time will have until 6 pm on Saturday.  Note that late material will receive a maximum of 75 points. ****************************************************************************** Organizer for essay “The Outcasts of Poker Flat” by Bret Harte Please respond to the following: Select one character from the text and show how this individual is representative of literary realism. Character choices: John Oakhurst, Mother Shipton, the Duchess, Piney Woods Review of qualities associated wi...