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Tiger Leaps Progress Update from Tenafly High School January 27, 2012 English throughout the unit, building up enriching discussion in which The English Department has to the students’ writing of a students will have the chance used recent meeting time as a research-based literary essay to share their knowledge of forum to share best practices in that incorporates ideas from literary analysis and child the teaching of reading and the unit’s essential questions. psychology as we study these writing. In December, Ms. Using secondary sources and complex stories together.” Diana Ling presented the Sophocles’s classic tragedy, instructional methods she uses Antigone, students wrote During the week of January 23- to teach the skills of passage papers that demonstrated how 27, Ms. Dana Maloney, Ms. analysis in her ninth grade Sophocles’s play persists in its Amanda Liu, and Ms. Diana classes. Sharing her materials relevance today. For example, Ling brought their classes and rationale, Ms. Ling students used recent research together to take part in a book explained to colleagues how on leadership characteristics fair conducted by Ms. Maloney’s she scaffolds instruction to and effective decision-making sophomore students in her build students’ capacity to write to analyze and evaluate the World Literature II classes. Ms. analytically about a passage of characters of Antigone, Creon, Maloney’s sophomores had literature within the time and Ismene. After Ms. Maloney created book jackets and constraints of a single class presented her instructional written analytical essays about period. In this type of exercise, practices, teachers gathered in their independent reading students are expected to apply grade-level groups to discuss books, focusing on the way what they have learned about how they might design similar characters, setting, and conflict diction, imagery, figurative instruction and assignments in intertwine to communicate a language, tone, symbols, and their own courses. Some literary text’s overall theme. other literary devices to write teachers, for example, are Book jackets, produced on an essay that explains how considering the possibilities of software to develop students’ these literary elements function having students in American 21st century skills, gave in a passage of text to convey a Literature read secondary students an opportunity to particular theme. Since Ms. sources on conformity, power, express, through visual Ling’s presentation, other reputation, and other themes to symbols, the way these literary English teachers have begun enrich their analyses of Arthur elements functioned in their adapting her methodology— Miller’s The Crucible. books. According to Ms. specifically, her use of Maloney, during their visit, Ms. formative assessment to As Seniors in Ms. Lori Ling’s ninth graders collected prepare students for the writing Hampson’s classes transition information about literary of future in-class essays. from the fall elective, elements “with the goals of Psychology & Literature, to the deepening their understanding During the department meeting spring elective, War & of these concepts and of in early January, Ms. Dana Literature, they will be working collecting specific information Maloney continued the sharing with Ms. Kathy Acocella’s Child about certain books they might of best practices by presenting Psychology classes to examine consider for later independent her instructional methods in the J.D. Salinger’s stories, “Teddy” reading.” In her own unit on tragedy in World and “A Perfect Day for classroom, Ms. Ling planned Literature II. Ms. Maloney Bananafish,” two selections instruction to prepare the focused her discussion on the from his Nine Stories. students and facilitate their way she teaches research, According to Ms. Hampson, learning. Ms. Liu’s sophomores analysis, and synthesis skills “We’re looking forward to an used the opportunity to visit 1 Ms. Maloney’s class as a way to Social Studies essential resources and sources prepare for their own writing of of tension, and the current modern Canterbury Tales. The department welcomes back state of the relationships Their task is to apply what they Ms. Leigh Barker, who was on between Israel and its have learned about Chaucer maternity leave for the first neighbors. The sophomore and Medieval English literature semester. We also thank Mr. classes have been studying the to their own creative writing, Ken Lacy for filling in so late Middle Ages, Renaissance and Ms. Maloney’s students capably by finishing up the and Reformation, and the early were able to provide them with semester with Mr. Luther’s modern period. Lesson ideas of the way literary former classes. Mr. Lacy will activities include reading and elements can be used to return as the maternity leave discussion of Machiavelli’s The communicate meaning in their replacement for Mrs. Celli when Prince and research on tales. Ms. Liu’s students were her leave begins in February. Renaissance artists. Eleventh assigned to take notes aligned grade students have been with the essential questions of Second semester marks the studying such topics as the first the projects presented by Ms. beginning of a couple of new three Presidential Maloney’s students. The courses for students. Those administrations, the War of teachers look forward to future taking Mr. Barrett’s 1812, and regionalism. Finally, visits, and to exchanging the Contemporary Issues elective our seniors have been studying roles of presenter and move on, if they choose, to the the Franklin Roosevelt years, audience. Independent Research Seminar. which of course means the Students in Mr. Morrison’s Great Depression and the The English Department American Mind course first Second World War. congratulates Mr. Gary semester move on to the Whitehead for the publication American Foreign Policy course Mathematics of his poem, "Lot's Wife,” in the for the spring. January 2nd edition of The New A field goal attempt by Yorker. Subscribers to the This is also the time when we Baltimore is pulled wide left by magazine can read the poem start the process of course inches and New England heads online and hear him read it on recommendations and to the Super Bowl. Lawrence the iPad app. It was also selections for 2012-13. In Tynes nails a field goal in available in hard copy and sold addition to their required social overtime, despite having to in stores throughout the studies courses, students may back up five yards due to a country. This is the second choose electives. In social delay of game call, and the time Mr. Whitehead's work has studies, students who will be in Giants join the Patriots. Inches appeared in what is arguably grades 11 or 12 next year may and seconds – numbers define one of the most prestigious select the Constitutional Law and enhance our daily lives! venues for the publication of course in the fall and the contemporary poetry. The New American Government Yorker is a weekly magazine Advanced Placement course in with a circulation of over 1 the spring. In addition, we are Math Team News: million copies. We also introducing a new elective, the Ms. Peggy Wissler, math congratulate Ms. Jessica full-year World History team advisor will Rosevear on her latest Advanced Placement course, administer the AMC-10 publication, “How to Date also open to juniors and and AMC-12, Virginia Woolf,” an essay on the seniors. prerequisites to the development of her relationship Regarding what is happening in prestigious AMIE with the great twentieth- classrooms at this point in the competition, on century author. Ms. Rosevear’s year: Ninth grade students are February 7, 2012, essay appeared on the studying the Middle East, during periods 1 and 2. “Chapter & Verse” blog of The including the religious and Historically, THS Christian Science Monitor on cultural traditions, the students fare well on Wednesday, January 25. importance of water and oil as the exam with 2 numerous students participated in the TRIG-STAR Students are using the qualifying for the AIME. exam, sponsored by the New Naviance system to sign up for Dr. Yi Hu, who assists Jersey Society of Professional events; several pre-events will with the math club, will Land Surveyors, the week of be held the weeks of February oversee a second January 23rd. There is a 13th and 27th. One of the administration of the monetary prize for the top highlights of the school year, no exam on February 22nd scorer from each school that day fosters more school spirit. at 8:30 am. participates as well as for the Justin Cho and Natan top student in the county and Science Vidra are Tenafly’s top the state. The purposes of the scorers on the CML exam are: On December 27th, during the Pythagorean 1. to promote the study of holiday break, a group of ten Competitions, contests trigonometry in high THS students and their science designed exclusively for school and to promote teachers went to Rockefeller freshmen. excellence in its University to attend the annual Top scorers on the mastery. holiday lecture geared to an AMTNJ competition 2. to acquaint high school audience of high school were Jennifer Ha, David students with the use students. This year’s lecture Kim, Won Moon Joo, and practical application featured the work of the late Yun Hoo Kim, and of trigonometry. Dr. Ralph Steinman-this year’s Howard Yim. Jennifer 3. to build awareness of Nobel Prize laureate in earned third place surveying as a Physiology or medicine. Two individual honors profession to students, scientists who worked with Dr. statewide. The team counselors and Steinman described how his earned third place in its teachers. controversial discovery of the division. This exam should provide an dendritic cell slowly The next NJML excellent wrap up for students transformed immunology. Dr. competitions are 2/9 who have worked so hard to Steinman’s widow and and 3/8 before school.

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