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Have a son? Check this out... . About Mr. Mod.... Noodlebib Mr. Modleski English 11 American Literature Contact Mr. Modleski **In June, students will take the 3 hour NYS Regents Exam. **This year, students in my Regents 11 class also write a comprehensive thesis paper. The essay counts as 50% of 2nd quarter, and the presentation counts as 15% of 3rd quarter grade. Comprehensive list of literary and rhetorical devices What we read/write SAT review website Grades “Without the effort to teach our common cultural heritage, we risk losing it and being left with nothing in common but an evanescent and often degraded popular culture.” ~ Diane Ravitch Former United States Assistant Secretary of Education This is a course in reading, writing, and thinking. This is also a course in American culture which will study how, for 200 years, the country that we live in has developed into the greatest nation in history. We will not directly study the dates, historical facts, and specific events of our past, but rather we will look to the writers (and often the fictional characters they created), leaders, and thinkers who lived through our history to open for us a window into our past. We will use that information to better understand the world in which we presently live and where each of us fits into it. Teen Reading Site - Great place for book suggestions Senior High Website Senior High Library Website Edu20.org - Need user name and password from class Teen Ink - Great place to publish teen work English Song Presentation Guidelines - AC Classes The Purdue OWL MLA citation guide IB Certificate Explanation...