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Hello, my name is Natalie Clayton. I have taught at DCAC since 2014.. I was also a student of DeSoto County Schools, and I graduated from Southaven High School in 2006. After high school, I attended Northwest Mississippi Community College and the University of Mississippi receiving my bachelor’s degree in English and German (Magna Cum Laude). I was also very lucky and got to spend 14 months abroad studying German and Literature at the Universität Osnabrück in Osnabrück, Germany through Ole Miss’s Study Abroad program.
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Teaching has been such a blessing to me, and I absolutely adore my students and love getting to interact with them one-on-one so much more than other schools because of our smaller size at DCAC. I currently teach English for 7th, 9th, and 11th grade, but I strive to teach them more than just English and Language Arts every day in my classroom. I hope to teach them valuable life skills and how to be successful in school and outside of school in social settings. I love teaching here because I work with a wonderful team of co-workers who genuinely care about our students and who want to see them achieve their best in school and in life.
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THEATER:
https://hamiltontheatre.edublogs.org/files/2016/01/the_musical-Theatre-Worksheet-1qhdq3b.pdf
Read the packet on Musical Theater (my favorite!) and answer the questions at the end.
English III (11th):
Continue reading Chapters 32-43 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
FULLTEXT:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm
Answer the questions ONLY on pages 22, 23, and 24 on attached worksheet packet:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/huckleberry_finn.pdf
ENGLISH I (9th):
Continue reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
FULL TEXT: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/jekyll/full-text/
Answer 29-38 on worksheet attached:
https://www.midwayisd.org/cms/lib/TX01000662/Centricity/Domain/221/Jekyll%20and%20Hyde%20Reading%20Guide.pdf
ENGLISH 7TH GRADE:
Complete the following three worksheets onCommas and Coordinating Adjectives – The effective use of punctuation can completely change the reader's perspective. [L.7.2.A]:
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/grade7/language/4/1comma.pdf
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/grade7/language/4/2equal.pdf
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/grade7/language/4/5commas.pdf
WEEK 5 ASSIGNMENTS: (4/20-4/24)
THEATER:
https://hamiltontheatre.edublogs.org/files/2016/01/the_renaissance-Theatre-Worksheets-1erzs98.pdf
Read the worksheet on Renaissance Theater and answer the questions at the end.
English III (11th):
Continue reading Chapters 16-31 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
FULLTEXT:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm
Answer the questions ONLY on pages 18 and 19 on attached worksheet packet:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/huckleberry_finn.pdf
ENGLISH I (9th):
Continue reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
FULL TEXT: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/jekyll/full-text/
Answer 19-28 on worksheet attached:
https://www.midwayisd.org/cms/lib/TX01000662/Centricity/Domain/221/Jekyll%20and%20Hyde%20Reading%20Guide.pdf
ENGLISH 7TH GRADE:
Complete the following three worksheets on COMPLEX SENTENCES:
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/topics/1/complexsent/1sentencetypes.pdf
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/topics/1/complexsent/4subordinate.pdf
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/topics/1/complexsent/5relatinship.pdf
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WEEK 4 ASSIGNMENTS: (4/13-4/17)
THEATER:
https://hamiltontheatre.edublogs.org/files/2016/01/the_restoration-Theatre-Worksheets-2db4nty.pdf
Read the worksheet and work through the questions.
English III (11th):
Continue reading up to Chapter 15 in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
FULLTEXT:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm
Answer the questions ONLY on pages 14 and 15 on attached worksheet packet:
http://www.glencoe.com/sec/literature/litlibrary/pdf/huckleberry_finn.pdf
ENGLISH I (9th):
Continue reading Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde.
FULL TEXT: https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/jekyll/full-text/
Answer 1-18 on worksheet attached:
https://www.midwayisd.org/cms/lib/TX01000662/Centricity/Domain/221/Jekyll%20and%20Hyde%20Reading%20Guide.pdf
ENGLISH 7TH GRADE:
Complete the following three worksheets:
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/topics/1/cleftsentences/3max.pdf
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/topics/1/cleftsentences/5emphateic.pdf
https://www.englishworksheetsland.com/topics/1/cleftsentences/1rewriting.pdf
Happy Easter to my students! I miss you all very much!
WEEK 3 ASSIGNMENTS: (4/6-4/10)
Theater:
http://www.theatrecrafts.com/pages/home/topics/beginners/glossary/
Study these beginner Theater words.
English III:
Start reading the first few chapters of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn by Mark Twain.
FULLTEXT:
https://www.gutenberg.org/files/76/76-h/76-h.htm
English I (9th):
Start reading the first four chapters of Dr. Jekyll and Mr. Hyde by Robert Louis Stevenson.
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/jekyll/full-text/
English 7th Grade:
Read the short story A Very Old Man with Enormous Wings by Gabriel Garcia Marquez.
https://www.ndsu.edu/pubweb/~cinichol/CreativeWriting/323/MarquezManwithWings.htm
WEEK 2 ASSIGNMENTS:
Theater:
Read the one-act play Trifles by Susan Glaspell ( http://www.uobabylon.edu.iq/eprints/publication_3_10984_471.pdf ) and answer the discussion questions ( http://www.ar.cc.mn.us/stankey/Eng2235/Docs2235/Exam2/Glaspel2.htm ) to the best of your understanding. Research into the cultural significance of the play for feminism.
English III:
Ralph Waldo Emerson taught us about the presence of nature and something a little divine inside all of us.
Watch this video on Ralph Waldo Emerson https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EOkdFMw0pmk .
Write a paragraph combining the facts you learned about him from the video.
English I (9th):
Jane Austen’s novels are so readable in part because she wasn’t an ordinary kind of novelist: she wanted her work to help us to be better and wiser people. Her novels had a philosophy of personal development at their heart.This is very applicable to our current situation where all we seem to have right now is a lot of free time. Try to better yourself in some little way this week!
Watch this video about Jane Austen and write a paragraph about what you learned.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=LIYiThAyY8s
English 7th Grade:
Review the different types of point-of-view in writing:
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=U97SMylyQjI
WEEK 1 ASSIGNMENTS:
Theater:
Write a paragraph of what you learned about Greek dramas.
English III:
https://www.sparknotes.com/lit/crucible/video-summary/
Watch the animated video of The Crucible by Arthur Miller. Write a paragraph summarizing the play in your own words.
9th Grade English (English I):
Watch What Makes a Poem a Poem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwhouCNq-Fc and write a reflective paragraph of what you learned. Try to write your own poem or rap about having to stay home from school.
7th Grade English:
Watch What Makes a Poem a Poem? https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=JwhouCNq-Fc and write a reflective paragraph of what you learned. Try to write your own poem or rap about having to stay home from school.
Survey of African-American Literature:
Please watch this interview with the famous author James Baldwin.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cplZdcp0fQY
Write a reflective paragraph about what you have learned from his interview.
Research more into James Baldwin and see what you find!
Stay safe, stay away from others as much as possible (distance-wise), be good, and wash your hands, my students! I miss you all so very much!
Please email me at any time through the school website. I hope to hear from you all.
Love,
Ms. Clayton