Ms. Temmy Kim
Senior English Seminar – Block A1 & B1
tkim@mtsd.us
• B.A. in English from
Rutgers University
• M.A. in Teaching from
The College of New Jersey
• This is my tenth year of
teaching at MHS. I have
taught 9th, 10th, & 11th
graders.
• This is my first year
teaching Seniors, and I
LOVE IT!!!
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(18 Months)
• The absolute best way to contact me is by
email.
• tkim@mtsd.us
• After school help: Thursday in B1107
• Available Period A4
• Appointments can be made in advance for
a different time.
First Semester
Concepts
Chris Abani’s Song for
Night
Violence
Sophocles’ Oedipus the
King
Tragedy, Tragic Hero,
Humanity
Beowulf
Epic Hero, Leadership
Chaucer’s
Canterbury Tales
Society, Humor in writing
Shakespeare’s Macbeth
Tragedy, Greed, Power,
and Corruption
Second Semester
Themes and Concepts
A Lesson Before Dying
(Ernest Gaines)
Community, Power,
Responsibility, Influence
The Things They Carried
(Tim O’Brien)
War, Burden, Values,
Reflection, Perspective
Other potential literature:
The Handmaid’s Tale, Things Fall Apart, Jasmine, One Flew Over the
Cuckoo’s Next, The Stranger & Cry, The Beloved Country.
Senior Speech
Communication,
Persuasion, Relating to
your Audience
Year Grade
% of Year
1st Marking Period
22%
2nd Marking Period
22%
3rd Marking Period
22%
4th Marking Period
22%
Final Exam
12%
• There are no midterm exams this year.
• Please check Parent Resource to keep up-to-date
with your child’s grade
• Complete assignments fully, to the best of
your ability, and on time
• Come prepared to class with a binder,
pen, pencil, paper and the book we’re
reading
• Personal integrity is key on all
assignments
• Do your best and have fun!
• 3 lates equal a teacher detention.
• 6 lates equal an office referral.
• Any plagiarism will result in a zero for the
assignment and school disciplinary action
• Grades throughout senior year are
reported to college, so encourage your
children to keep working all year long!