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=English 10 @ Oak Hill Academy =

In English 10, we explore World Literature. This year, as part of our school-wide reading initiative, we will explore the theme of resilience as it applies to Pete Hamill's Snow in August. While Snow in August is an American text, it celebrates a coming of age story about Michael, a post-war Roman Catholic child, and his mentor, a Jewish Rabbi from Prague.

=Learning Artifacts =

In English, many of our learning artifacts surface in the form of tests, quizzes, and essays. For example, students in English 10 are expected to broaden their vocabulary, and we work diligently to secure 10 new SAT words each week. Because writing is a life long skill, we focus much attention of mechanics and grammar, and students are expected to produce a fair amount of in-class and at-night writing. Reading is a skill that is cultivated, and 10th grade English expects students to learn to read for more than mere plot. Students are asked to make connections with their surrounding world and to think about and analyze the use of symbols and other literary techniques. = = =Digital Learning Artifacts =

Students in English 10 are expected to cultivate responsible and ethical skills in regard to the use of technology. In most cases, this is gleaned through the submission of essays. In our class, however, students will produce other types of artifacts that require keen analytical and writing skills combined with careful and appropriate dissemination of web material. = = =The Snow in August Lit Trip =

A "Lit Trip" combines literature with Google Earth technology. Students in English 10 will be creating a Google Lit Trip for Snow in August. They will dig deep into the text to find important geo-locations and will plot these locations into a KMZ file. At the end of the project, each student will have written a detailed paragraph explaining the importance of a particular location, will share a video or image appropriate to the location, and will plot the location in Google Earth. Our combined work will be submitted, and hopefully accepted, by the official Google Lit Trip organization for inclusion on the their website.