3rd Year Program 2024-2025
September/October Carpool schedule HERE
Winston:
BRING: Sonnet notes (Learning Journals) from your research. Mark matching information from class.
For Wednesday 12/11:
Read Handouts in this order:
Spain in America
Religious Wars/Age of Expansion
Letters of Cortez
Daughters of Copper Woman
Sonnet by Warren Day
I like to take my car most everywhere:
so driving places I will love to go.
Amazing, comfy seats will help to bear
those times I think the car is going slow.
The plane is such a fast, amazing thing,
it always flies through skies with so much ease.
And then when you are gracefl’y traveling,
they offer you some sweets, and you say, “Please!”
Not often do I ride a ferry-boat,
but when I do it is a happy ride.
The workers help to make that thing just float,
and hopefully my joy will be supplied.
My travel is adventurous and free.
And consequently I remain happy.
Salmon
by Georgia Spilotros
When I opened the car door, a wave of brisk air hit my face. Sycamore trees swayed back and forth, wind howling in the background. I knew it was going to be a rainy day. When we approached the house, I saw a white sign with bright red letters that read: “Go around back for dogs.” As we made our way through the bushes, I saw some dogs playing. They looked to be adult dogs. Their owner approached us and led us to the front door.
Inside the house, the smell of bacon hit my nose; puppies barked and howled as a way of greeting us. During all the barking and howling, one caught my eye. He was walking to his bed carrying a crock and wasn’t engaging with the others. My mom thought he was perfect because he seemed mellow and quiet; next thing I knew the owner handed us the paperwork and let him say his goodbyes to his brothers and sisters. We scrambled through the beaten path back to our car.
On the way home he cried and yelped and even tried to climb over the seat. Ten to twenty minutes later, he started to calm down on my lap, and for the rest of the drive he slept. Pulling into our driveway, I could see my dad and brother holding treats and toys, and when I opened the car door, he sprinted up to my dad and snatched the treat right out of my dad’s hand.
After settling in, we played with our new puppy all day until we were all so tired. My mom threw a pizza in the oven while my dad found a movie to watch. Right as we sat down, the puppy peed all over the floor, so we all cleaned it up, but by that time it was far too late to watch a movie. I begged and begged my parents to let us all sleep downstairs. After a while of convincing and my brother joining in to help me, they finally relented.
Later that night I woke up to get water and saw the dog sleeping. A little ray of moonlight made his fur look so soft and smooth, I knelt to pet him, but he sprang up and started barking. Soon after, my parents woke up and made us sleep in our own rooms.
Barking and howling woke me, and I rushed downstairs in the morning. My parents had finally picked a name for our puppy. My brother and I sat down as my parents told us that his name was going to be Salmon Bear Spilotros. Then we all took him for a walk and gave him the rest of his toys while we petted him.
Sonnet
by Kenneth Weinrauch
In springtime’s light the blossoms start to bloom:
all flowers stretch their heads above white snow.
While gently breezes fight off winter's gloom;
a light rain falls as life begins to grow.
In summer's warmth, the days are long and clear,
such laughter of small children fills the air.
With picnics, games, and joy that we hold dear,
the golden sun brings happiness to share.
Then autumn comes, with leaves of red and gold,
the children all around can feel the breeze.
We see that flowers wither and are told
the harvest moon hangs low among bare trees.
All snowflakes dance beneath the cold moonlight,
as winter wraps the world in purest white.
Payette Lakes Middle School
by Winston Gelardi
When I wake up early in the morning for school, it is still dark and crisp as I eat my breakfast. I used to sleep in late because I was mostly homeschooled since first grade. This year I just started attending Payette Lakes Middle School for 8th grade. Even though I must wake up earlier, I am happier now that I am at public school because of lunchtime and also a few of my classes, like algebra and media.
I start my day off with algebra, the class in my first period. My teacher is Ms. Kaity Parsons, who was previously a teacher for the North Fork School. Ms. Kaity finds entertaining math to assign. In my class I have two of my friends, David and Warren. The creative math and time with my friends makes this class very fun.
I have lunch in the middle of the day after advisory. My lunchbox usually contains apples, tapioca, a juice box, and a bagel with cream cheese or some cheese and crackers. I normally hear an abundance of chattering, like grasshoppers on a summer day. Most of the times I sit with David, but I sometimes sit with a person whose name I do not know. After I finish eating, I go to the library to play Minecraft with my other friend, Finn. Now that I am no longer homeschooled, I can have a fun lunch with friends.
My last class of the day, Media, is my favorite. We generally walk around the school taking pictures of objects. Sometimes when we go outside, its a breath of fresh air to me since I stay inside the school all day. It is also nice to see vibrant green hues. We also do projects, such as placing items on sunpaper to make cool patterns. With media, I can do all the fun projects I could not do while homeschooled.
I am satisfied with my decision to go to public school all day. Meeting and conversing with people is gratifying. Payette Lakes Middle School is a great place with interesting teachers and fun students making my day better.
Sonnet by Everett Lingle
I wake up every morning wondering,
how many days till Christmas can there be?
All the presents wrapped in red and green,
the tree with lights seems to be so carefree
Our streets are filled with snow and so much joy:
The shops hang snowflakes on their window panes.
This all feels like I’m still a young small boy,
at night I listen for bells on sleigh reigns.
Mom’s Christmas cookies are delightful too,
the gingerbread are ready: baked and iced.
The sweet scent of all treats that I pursue,
All emanate from birth of Jesus Christ
On the day December twenty-fifth
I celebrate believing: it’s no myth
Vocabulary words up to October 21, 2024: poignant, ameliorate, resolute, transient, adroit, eminent, imminent, posterity, gravity, merriment, indolent, complacent, caricature, prudence, candid, fervent, former/latter, mutual/common, further/farther, zealous, utopia, renaissance, incessant, assimilate, explicit, precipitous, lucid, rudimentary, anachronism, fecund, temerity, furtive, abstract, gesticulate, introspective, recondite, petulant, abstinent, paradox, ingenuous, credulous, credible, credence, innocuous, vociferous, aristocratic, magnanimous, nefarious, among/between, ironic, impotent, profane, irregardless, alliteration, simile, metaphor, free verse, iambic pentameter, sonnet, sublime
See the full list of 3rd Year Vocabulary words HERE, or study on Quizlet:
“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 I
(updated 11/20/24)
Everett
Revisions = 55/72
Edits = 5/12
3 paragraph comparative piece: Oliver & Orlando
application essay: Greatest Challenge
new poem or narrative: Backwoods
Green poetry: Tanka
Blue poetry: 2 Nature; Ballad; Narrative
Winston
Revisions = 48/72
Edits = 6/12
5 Heroic couplets
3 paragraph comparative piece: Adam & Charles
Sonnet
application essay:
1st Person Narrative: French vs. English
Blue poetry: Ballad; Narrative
Kenneth
Revisions = 51/72
Edits = 8/12
application essay:
new poem or narrative: New Language
Blue poetry: Nature; Ballad; Narrative
Warren
Revisions = 53/72
Edits = 4/12
application essay: Messi’s Body
new poem or narrative:
Blue poetry: 2 Nature; Ballad; Narrative
Georgia
Revisions = 60/72
Edits = 3/12
descriptive paragraph: Celia
3 paragraph comparative piece: Rosalind + Celia
Sonnet
application essay: Photo
new poem or narrative:
Pink poetry: onomatopoeia; Pictures w/words; Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words
Blue poetry: Interpreting
Scout
Revisions = 9/36
Edits = 0/6
5 Heroic couplets
application essay:
1st Person Narrative: Football
Pink poetry: Pictures w/words; Poem of Feeling; General to Specific; The Right Words
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
Access pieces written by 3rd year classes to see what our readings and assignments are for this year.
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%
