Ms. White's Communication Arts Classes    
                        Stonehenge, England                                                Swiss Guards, Vatican                                    Changing of the Guard, London                          Big Ben and Parliament, London 
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"Wisdom begins in wonder."  -- Socrates

email: bwhite@joplin.k12.mo.us

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CA3 College Prep (all pdf) Journalism (all pdf) Newspaper (all pdf)
Syllabi:   Q1      Q2     Q3     Q4 Syllabus Syllabus
Current Grammar quiz , Reporter's Handbook, 
1st Amendment , Interview Assignment		 Current Forms 
Archive
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 Link to Spyglass online


Additional helpful links, plus a little more ...
Check Your Grade Space Camp          OED Online
2009-10 School Calendar (pdf) National Public Radio Dictionary/Thesaurus/Resources
Communication Arts Dept. Home Page Radiolab Podcasts MLA Format (OWL at Purdue)
Joplin High School Home Page NASA Missouri Southern St. Univ.
Joplin R-VIII District Page Stardate College Search
White's Grading Policy (pdf) Recipes - Food Network Scholarship Search
White's Classroom Philosophy (pdf) Calorie Counter
 College Planning
Book Talk Rubric (pdf)
 Rock Hall Arts and Letters Daily

Ireland Brainy Quotes
Ebert Reviews Movies Project Gutenberg Encyclopedia Free Online

         GO TO EUROPE in 2010; see Ms. White in A219 for information.London Phone Box                                     Ms. White and students in London
    We currently travel with EF Tours, an educational travel company out of Boston, Massachusetts. Last year (2009) was our fifth trip with EF. We organize the trip early in the year to give students and parents a chance to save up and pay for the trip. We have several meetings to organize and dispense useful information and answer questions. We love parents to come along. 
    In past years, we have visited England, Ireland, Wales, France, Spain, Netherlands, Belgium, Germany, Austria, Switzerland, and Italy, as well as little Vatican City. We have seen Stonehenge, kissed the Blarney Stone, ridden the "Chunnel" between London and Paris, experienced the Sistene Chapel, climbed to the top of the Eiffel Tower and sailed the Seine, embraced Venice, visited Dachau concentration camp, sailed in a boat on Lake Lucerne in Switzerland, and climbed into the Alps to visit Neuschwanstein Castle, the one that belonged to Mad Ludwig. And don't forget Big Ben and the Tower of London! I have more memories than I can ever share and have more pictures than I care to count.
    Traveling is a great experience. It provides a huge amount of perspective on things that are taken for granted here in the U.S. It shows that people are more alike than they are different no matter where you go. Going abroad will change you.


A small photo gallery is below. Visit A219 for more photos.
Venice 2007Canal and gondola, Venice, Italy
Eiffel Tower 2006 Eiffel Tower, Paris, France
Neuschwanstein Castle, Alps 2007 Neuschwanstein Castle, Black Forest, German Alps
Lake Lucerne, Switzerland 2007 Lake Lucerne, Lucerne, Switzerland          
Arc De Triomph, Paris 2009 Arc De Triumph, Paris, France     
Dachau Concentration Camp Sculpture 2007 Dachau Concentration Camp, Dachau, Germany
Louvre and Pyramid, Paris 2006  Louvre and Pyramid, Paris, France
Coliseum RomeColiseum, Rome, Italy
Amsterdam WindmillWindmill ourside Amsterdam, Netherlands