Greetings students,

I hope you’re having a good April 1st. Here’s a video message from Mr. Sersea:

Would you like to connect and share your April 1st experiences? Here’s a link to our extra credit activity for April 1st:

http://onlineteachers.info/iserseakaplan/2010/04/01/share-your-april-1st-pranks-and-foolery-here/

Welcome students- Today’s Elluminate Study Group Session is Canceled.
(Students Make sure You Upload Work in DropBox, NOT  DocSharing – Janeth B and Ahtari B – please check and resubmit in DropBox)
Thank You For Participating: Today, each student will receive 10 points extra credit for entering this course and doing the following:
1. Go to English Class and closely review the latest announcement:
“List of Total Assignments Due by March 12th”
2. Read lessons carefully and continue working on assignments.
3. You will receive an E-Mail by tomorrow morning with new Elluminate meeting schedule (Elluminate changes need to be made to ensure more students from all English 2 and AP courses can participate)
4.Here are some Helpful Videos – You may wish to click on these and review:
AP English Literature “Hamlet on the Street”: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Oa-cfEncd6Y&feature=fvw
Hamlet Act 1 Scenes 1 and 2 – Movie Adaptation:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Ray0pb5YLGU&feature=related
AP English Language “Their Eyes Were Watching God” – Movie Adaptation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=evgj1hvnqSs
ENGLISH 2 – “Julius Caesar” Movie Adaptation
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yDo1YhLB0×8&feature=related

Students and Families,

In an effort to ensure all students thoroughly understand our grading system and become caught up with missing assignments, I have devised a clear plan of action.
Please sign into VSCampus.com and into the English course. While there, click on the Announcement with the title: “List of Total Assignments Due by March 5th, 2010, and Assessment News.

Students and families, please don’t forget the extra credit activities listed in Announcements, as some of them will expire on March 1st, 2010.
Thank you,
Mr. Sersea

Students and parents,
I have received a variety of messages via IM and E-Mail from students about issues with accessing E-College classrooms as well as grades “dissapearing”.
Please rest assured that E-College has been notified and that Kaplan Academy is looking in this issue further. E-College is one of the world’s largest online education providers for universities and colleges worldwide and is a different entity from Kaplan Academy of California. To learn more about E-college, please visit their official website. Unfortunately, neither Kaplan Academy of California, nor I, have control over the technology aspect or functionality of E-College.
Please ensure to contact the “Technical Support” telephone listed as soon as you log into E-College and let them know your full name, the section number of the course as well as the exact name of your course. Your specific details will be very helpful to resolve these technical issues.
In the meantime, please continue to check your e-mail and “Announcements” daily for news and information about our class. We also have a variety of online extra credit activities here that involve just a few minutes yet foster higher level thinking skils and collaboration.
Thank you for your patience,
Mr. Sersea

Students, as per your announcement in E-College, here are some helpful online MLA resources to review. You will now have a variety of assignments that will require MLA knowledge. Please remember that you need to avoid plagiarism through proper citations in your written research.
A Guide to Writing Research Papers Based on MLA Documentation: http://webster.commnet.edu/MLA/index.shtml
MLA Formatting and Style Guide:
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/owl/resource/747/01/
Diana Hacker: Documenting Resources in MLA Format: http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_o.html
Diana Hacker: In-Text Citations:
http://www.dianahacker.com/resdoc/p04_c08_s1.html