"Virtual" Attendance Reminder AGAIN (Originally Posted on 3/31)

Hi Scholars,

I am posting this message again. Many students are NOT logging into SSO every day. You MUST log on every day. This is how the district is keeping track of your attendance. If you do not log in and click on every class, you will be marked absent. You may find no additional assignments or announcements but check just in case. You must log on every day until the very end of the year and click on every class.

LOG IN EVERY DAY VIA SSO. YOU MUST ALSO REMEMBER TO LOG OUT AT THE END OF EACH DAY FOR THE ATTENDANCE TO BE RECORDED.

Remember. You MUST access Canvas through Single Sign On, sso.browardschools.com, every day. You must click on your course with me, as well as all your other courses. Check for any announcements, etc.

The District is taking attendance based on your signing into Canvas through Single Sign On. This is very important.

Yet another reminder: You MUST check this website at least twice a day--9:05 a.m. and 4:00 p.m. Read all posts very carefully. Students are asking me for information that has been posted on this website several times.

Thank you. Be well.

Mr. Mulhern

Analysis of "How It Feels to Be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston

Zora Neale Hurston, an important voice of the Harlem Renaissance, was an American folklorist, anthropologist, and novelist best known for her work, Their Eyes Were Watching God. Sadly, she died in 1960 after suffering financial and medical difficulties. In 1973, Alice Walker, another famous American writer, "rediscovered" Hurston and promoted her body of work. In the classic essay, "How It Feels to Be Colored Me," Hurston explores the idea that all of us have multiple selves, depending upon the context and environments in which we find ourselves. Hurston's writing has an ebullience, self-assertiveness, and pride that is particularly evident in this text. She was a flamboyant and dramatic personality, at times clashing with fellow writers from the Harlem Renaissance, who believed that black Americans should use their art to speak out against racial oppression and the white majority. Hurston chose not to align herself with the political ideologies of ot...

All Classes--Analysis of Patrick Henry's Speech in the Virginia Convention

Scholars: It is good to read examples of analytical writing because it helps you understand how to write your own analysis essays. The habit of reading and studying models (examples) is the best way to learn how to write more effectively. Below is an analysis that I wrote on Patrick Henry's Speech in the Virginia Convention.

Teacher Model--Responding to an Argumentative Prompt

Below is an example of a written response to the AP English Language and Composition Argumentative Prompt (2011). I will use this in my classroom to model for students the writing process on the AP Exam. (The response was written in a 40-minute timed session when I attended an AP Summer Institute.) I want to show students that AP Readers understand that their writing is a draft and that they will not be marked down because of cross-outs and penmanship that is difficult to read. The caveat I would tell students is to of course try to write as legibly as possible. If the penmanship is very poor, the AP Reader will struggle and may miss important content in the student response.

Mulhern's English Site

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