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Peruse http://poetryoutloud.org to find out about Poetry Out Loud: National Recitation Contest. Created by the National Endowment for the Arts and the Poetry Foundation, Poetry Out Loud is administered in partnership with the State Arts Agencies of all 50 states and the District of Columbia.
By encouraging high school students to memorize and perform great poems, Poetry Out Loud invites the dynamic aspects of slam poetry, spoken word, and theater into the English class. This exciting new program, which began in 2005, helps students master public speaking skills, build self-confidence, and learn about their literary heritage.

Visit http://www.poetryslam.com to view the official site for Poetry Slam Incorporated (PSI), an organization whose mission it is to promote the performance and creation of poetry while cultivating literary activities and spoken word events in order to build audience participation, stimulate creativity, awaken minds, foster education, inspire mentoring, encourage artistic statement and engage communities worldwide in the revelry of language.
Aside from rules, venues, and general information regarding Poetry slams, poets and poems can also be found on this site.

A lifesaver if you need help with formatting (both MLA and APA), as well as general writing tips and help; the OWL is the premier Online Writing Lab, dedicated to helping writers of all abilities. The OWL family of sites can be accessed at: http://owl.english.purdue.edu

Check out http://www.npr.org for interesting stories and news you might not hear on the news. If you don’t know, now you know.

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• Jump or flash drive to save and submit work
• Rules For Writers 5th Edition, by Diana Hacker

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Teacher and Course Information

Mr. Clint Anderson
English Language Arts

We seek to understand this: the true goal of education is liberation (Halemakua). It is time to move into consciousness. The great divides of distance have been bridged, barriers removed. Technology has allowed us opportunities to attain knowledge in ways, and at speeds, never before seen in history. We are at a point in our lives where the availability of information is as it never was. It’s time to communicate – time to speak, time to listen. We must realize that dualities are but mere constructs. The ability to convey clear and effective messages is a necessity; as cultures collide, our survival depends on it.
Ready? Here we go…

Course Overview

Through reading literature in World cultures and history, students will further develop their ability to read with understanding, focusing on such concepts as developing opinions and evaluating author’s purpose, tone, style and diction. Students also will work on improving writing skills with an emphasis on paraphrasing, summarizing and writing comparison-contrast essays and reviews. The course also will include vocabulary development and understanding grammar. It will help students apply language skills and reading comprehension skills in standardized testing such as the PSAT, required for all juniors. Readings will include selected plays, novels, non-fiction, short stories, and poetry.

Instructors Philosophy of Education

In class we will seek to explore the fundamental idea of universality through specificity. Through the words of individuals, the world will reveal itself in illuminating ways. The implication here is simple: through the study of specific cultures and ideas, understanding of the world as a whole will increase. Through understanding, meaning is able to take root. Through meaning we find our purposes.

This brings us to another focus of the course: the triangulation of meaning. This is a concept that implies that meaning is constructed at the moment that the elements of body, mind, and spirit are engaged to form knowledge. Every learning opportunity (lesson, unit), will be discussed within the context of the triangulation of meaning. We will delve further into the interworkings of this idea as the year progresses.
While we journey English Language Arts 11 together, on the path to truth during this school year, we ponder the following `olelo no`eau which we will revisit time and time again:
‘A‘ohe pau ka ‘ike i ka halau ho‘okahi
All knowledge is not taught in the same school. One can learn from many sources.

This is the major force behind the study of World Literature, for we have much to learn from the peoples of the world, much to learn from ourselves. At the end of the school year it is my hope that students are able to recognize, value, and find joy in the realization that the thoughts of others are really thoughts of their own, and that the peoples of the world are essentially a people.

Ho a‘e ka ‘ike he‘enalu i ka hokua o ka ‘ale
Show your knowledge of surfing on the back of the wave.
This `olelo no`eau is most applicable to students’ daily success; it mirrors the thoughts of Plato, who proclaimed that knowledge is only useful in its application. It is not enough that we simply acquire information; we must apply information in a manner that is beneficial to ourselves and to others. Recognize that as we gain knowledge, we must also give knowledge. Knowledge is only useful in its application. We will seek to find meaning and purpose in everything we do! If we can manage to do this, life will be a lot easier, if not more enjoyable!

Ke `Ano, Club Advisor or Coach - Overview

Grade 11 Ke `Ano 11 Advisor
KS Hawaii Book Club Advisor
Assistant Coach KSHHS Boys Track & Field
Assistant Boys Cross Country Coach;

BA English - University of Hawaii at Hilo
Certificate in Secondary Education – University of Hawaii at Hilo
M.Ed - University of Hawaii at Hilo

Interest & Hobbies

When not reading student essays and writing poetry, I can be found somewhere sunny, spending time with my wife and two children.