2nd Year Program 2022-2023
Terror
by Kenneth Weinrauch
Everyone is scared of something.
Some people say:
"I'm not scared,"
acting brave when others are not.
They might puff out their chests; take deep
breaths; not show fear.
Trembling and butterflies happen
right before a performance;
when seeing spiders or snakes.
Fear, common as air,
is not a bad thing.
It is just part of people’s lives.
Contention
by Everett Lingle
People
sometimes can’t admit
that they are worse
than someone else. It can be
frustrating.
Stubborn as gray clouds that will not
rain on dry crops; arrogant as tornados ripping
trees from mountaintops, people think themselves
better at math
than someone a grade ahead of them.
No one believes what is true,
thinking, “I could get a higher test score, if I wanted to.”
Someone might think he is faster,
even though his competition,
fast as a tsunami,
has a better time.
Average
by Winston Gelardi
Most people on Earth are average;
as common
as an oak tree.
However, exceptions exist.
There is nothing special about an oak;
yet whole ecosystems revolve around it,
providing food and shelter.
It is not bad to not be special.
Ordinary people make life better.
A bus driver drives students
to classes almost every day;
one of those children
might invent a cure for cancer.
Planes
by Luella the Great
I wasn’t sure what my mom wanted with me and my sister at the airport, but she took us over to one of the hangers and the next thing I knew, we were cleaning two of the rental cars for the people who were going to rent them. We did not even get paid.
I really like planes. My favorite is probably a King Air, with its double engine and T-tail, or a Super Scooper, which is so big you could make a house inside. I like how they have many uses, and that there are lots of different kinds of aircraft. Some planes are as big as boulders, while others are as small as rooms. With a plane, you can go anywhere because there are no roads in the sky.
If I had a plane, right now, I would want to go pleasure flying, because that would probably be so refreshing and scenic. I have never flown a plane before, but when I do, I would want to either drop off smokejumpers into forest fires or go somewhere tropical. Looking at planes is like going somewhere new and exciting.
It's so fun meeting the pilots who fly into the airport where my mom works. Sometimes I even get to go on the plane. When they fly, planes are like giant birds ripping through the sky. I love planes so much and hope they will be part of my future.
See the full list of 2nd Year Vocabulary words HERE, or study on Quizlet:
Assigned so far: humiliate, pernicious, vitiate, resolute, pedantic, eminent, indolent, sympathize
Student Resources: 2nd Year
Check every piece for THESE SKILLS before turning anything in for an edit.
Check ALL CITATIONS (quotes) with these formatting rules before turning anything in for an edit.
Click HERE for directions for email editing
Click 2nd ART to see what you will be doing in ART this year.
Click 2nd FILMS to see what movies we will be watching this year.
Access pieces written by 2nd Year classes to see what our readings and assignments are for this year, and to
read sample pieces written by previous 2nd Year students (7th & 8th graders) from 2002-2017.
QUARTER GRADING:
Participation = 30% (purely subjective, based on my perceptions of your initiative, interest, self-motivation, & tenacity)
Assignments = Revisions (20%)
Edits (20%)
Vocab/Multiple Choice tests= 15%
Timed essay grades= 15%
SEMESTER GRADING
Participation = 30% (purely subjective, based on my perceptions of your initiative, interest, self-motivation, & tenacity)
Assignments = Revisions & edits (20%)
Vocab/Multiple Choice tests = 15%
Timed essay grades = 10%
Exam = 25%
“The great skill of a teacher is to get and keep the attention of his scholar... To attain this, he should make the child comprehend...the usefulness of what he teaches him and let him see, by what he has learned, that he can do something which gives him some power and real advantage over others who are ignorant of it.”
— John Locke (1632-1704), on Education
Unfinished Pieces: Semester II
(updated 7/26/23)
Everett
Revisions = 100%
Edits = needs 1 email
FINISHED!
Winston
Revisions = 100%
Edits = 100%
FINISHED!
Luella
Revisions = 100%
Edits = 100%
FINISHED!
Kenneth
Revisions = 100%
Edits = 100%
FINISHED!
Esa
Revisions = 54/72
Edits = needs 2 email edits
Declaration outline: 5 paragraph essay on Colonists
5 paragraph essay: Infractions OR Colonists
Slave Dancer outline: 5 paragraph essay on Parallels
Constitution paragraph — Fear or desire strong government?
Theme poem
Green poetry: Tanka; Couplets; Cinquain; Limericks
Poetry (in case we have time)
Everett >> Green: Tanka; Quatrains; Cinquain; Limericks
Kenneth >> Pink: General to Specific
Green: Haiku; Tanka; Couplets; Quatrains; Cinquain; Limericks
Luella >> Pink: Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words
Green: Haiku; Tanka; Couplets; Tercets; Quatrains; Cinquain; Limericks
Winston >> Green: Tanka; Couplets; Quatrains; Cinquain; Limericks
