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Jason Oncay | Teacher, Language Arts and Drama

Miller Middle School | (408) 252-3755 | oncay_jason@cusdk8.org

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Practice Any Art…

Quoted from Ravenous Butterflies, a blog: In 2006 a high school English teacher asked students to write a famous author and ask for advice. Kurt Vonnegut was the only one to respond – and his…

Why Wait In School Traffic?

It’s that time of year again. School has started, and the drivers have set aside logical ideas. Every school zone is a little different. In twenty years, I’ve worked at many different schools, and I…

Life in Middle School: Tips for Success

I just realized that I’ve entered my twenty-first year as a teacher. I should have known by the wrinkles around my new reading glasses (I finally had to get them), but I had not stopped…

Young People Need Play Time

As seems to be a theme in many of my posts, I want to pass along the importance of play.  I don’t mean video games (absolutely the opposite).  I mean creative, unstructured, social (or individual) play…

“Bored” Is A Choice

Due to the nature of social media, we sometimes see news stories float around for a couple years.  Certain articles are shared over and over again, and unfortunately, we have to check their validity all…

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Is Your Middle Schooler Over-Scheduled?

Is Your Middle Schooler Over-Scheduled?

Teachers are seeing a decline in common sense, life skills, and general positive attitudes. Creativity is slipping. Social connections are awkward.  Kids have inconsistent sleep patterns. A focus on academics and “the future” seems oppositional to the current development of …

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Article from The Atlantic about a Love for Learning

Article from The Atlantic about a Love for Learning

Please take a moment to read this article from Jessica Lahey writing in The Atlantic.  It speaks to a major problem in our school community considering the pressure that students put on themselves to earn the best grades even …

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Common Problems in Writing

Common Problems in Writing

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Drama Show, “Lunchroom,” May 16th to 19th

Drama: Cast A (16th and 18th) & Cast B (17th and 19th).

It's a comedy about different groups of students (the nerds, jocks, barbies, Youtubers, preps, and the "lost") in a lunchroom at school.

Reserve tickets online with THIS LINK

or get them at lunch (or at the door on the night of the show).

Students can see the production schedule here.

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Resources for Language Arts

More coming soon.

Santa Clara County Library linkLibrary for Students Online


Favorite diagramming link


Resources for Drama

Some auditions around the area:

http://pytnet.org/auditions/

https://www.cmtsj.org/auditions/

http://losaltosstage.org/los-altos-youth-theatre/

https://www.southbaychildrensmusicaltheater.com/theater-auditions/

https://cityofpaloalto.org/gov/depts/csd/theatre/auditions.asp

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