Sunday, April 30, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, May 1, 2006

IN CLASS MENUS SUPERSEDE WEB LOG MENUS
1. Unit Eleven and Unit Twelve Vocabulary Workshop: due 5/5; Tests 5/8
2. Short Story One of Six: “Paul’s Case” Willa Cather; dialectical journal due 5/5
3. Short Story Two of Six: “Winter Dreams” F. Scott Fitzgerald journal due 5/8
4. Preface-Introduction-Subject-General Article, Plagiarism notes due 5/8
5. Glass Menagerie Part One-Scenes One-Five reading assignment May 8-12
6. Invisible Man Final Twenty Words defined and sentences due Tuesday, May 2
7. Invisible Man Essay: Contradictions Motif due Monday, May 8 (typed for triads)
8. Water Cases One-Two due Friday, May 5
9. Invisible Man AP Long Form due Monday, May 8
10. Words 51-60 (lugubrious-notarize) One Hundred Words High School Students Should Know Test 5/8
11. PHBAO Night is Thursday, May 4, 2006; invite parents to attend
12. Outline Ten Steps to Writing a Research Paper Chapters Six-Ten; pages 66-97 due week of May 1-5, 2006 (turn in outline depending on AP Exam dates)
13. Invisible Man Class Discussion on Chapters Twenty One-Twenty Five continues Tuesday-Wednesday, May 2-3, 2006

Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, April 26, 2006

THIS TENTATIVE POST WILL BE UPDATED (if necessary) BY THE IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT MENU DISTRIBUTED ON WEDNESDAY, APRIL 26
1. Midterm Progress Reports will be issued this week and distributed at PHBAO Night on Thursday, May 4; Parents Invited
2. Parts of Speech, Subjects and Predicates, and Agreement-Subjects and Predicates Mastery Test I answers due in class Friday, April 28; Test on Mastery Test II on each component on Friday, April 28
3. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather (to be distributed week of May 1-5); dialectical journal (use format sheet provided) notes due Friday, May 5 in class (if students are taking exams, please submit by end of day Friday, May 5)
4. Words 51-60 Words High School Students Should Know “lugubrious-notarize” Test Week of May 1-5; (date to be decided)
5. Grammar of Paradox and Grammar of Irony/Sentence Imitations/Pivoting Text continued as in-class assignments
6. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” scored business letter graded and returned to students by Friday, April 28
7. Invisible Man: Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five/Epilogue and talking points for class discussion Friday, April 28; Quotations Quiz due Friday, April 28; Final Essay on "Contradictions" and Quiz on Vocabulary all scheduled and due on Friday, May 5
8. Invisible Man AP Long Form (due at end of novel) ;
9. Cliffs Multiple-Choice practice in class on Wednesday, April 26 (Bring Cliffs Text); previous Cliffs Multiple-Choice practice scored in class using answers and explanations from book
10. Invisible Man Self-Collection Vocabulary (twenty words) due Friday, May 5
11. GOOD LUCK ON THE ESSAY AND MULTIPLE-CHOICE PORTIONS OF THE ADVANCED PLACEMENT EXAMINATION; BE ON TIME, BE RESTED, BE NOURISHED, AND BE POSITIVE!
12. Outline Ten Steps to Writing a Research Paper (Chapters Six-Ten; Pages 66-97) due week of May 1-5, 2006 (turn in depending on your AP Exam dates)
13. Weekly in-class timed write on AP Exam prompt on Thursday, April 27









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Sunday, April 23, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, April 24, 2006

THIS TENTATIVE POST WILL BE UPDATED BY THE IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT MENU DISTRIBUTED ON MONDAY, APRIL 24
1. Midterm Progress Reports will be issued this week and distributed at PHBAO Night on Thursday, May 4; Parents Invited
2. Unit Ten Level “F” Vocabulary Test in class Monday, April 24; Parts of Speech, Subjects and Predicates, and Agreement-Subjects and Predicates Mastery Test I answers due in class Friday, April 28
3. "Paul's Case" by Willa Cather (to be distributed week of May 1-5); dialectical journal notes due Friday, May 5 in class
4. Words 41-50 Words High School Students Should Know “inculcate-loquacious” Test, Monday, April 24
5. Grammar of Paradox and Grammar of Irony/Sentence Imitations/Pivoting Text
6. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” revisit of story and Monday (4/24) prompt assigned for triads; scored business letter graded and returned to students by Tuesday, April 25
7. Invisible Man: Chapters Sixteen-Twenty and talking points for class discussion Monday, April 24; Test Three Reading Comprehension Quiz Monday, April 24
8. Invisible Man AP Long Form (due at end of novel) ; Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five talking points and any essay prompt responses due Friday, April 28
9. Cliffs Multiple-Choice practice in class on Wednesday, April 26 (Bring Cliffs Text); previous Cliffs Multiple-Choice practice scored in class using answers and explanations from book
10. Invisible Man Self-Collection Vocabulary (forty words) due Tuesday, April 25
11. CSU Early Assessment Program Essay Test Periods One/Two Tuesday, April 25 (Selected Students-see Posted List)
12. Outline Ten Steps to Writing a Research Paper (Chapters Six-Ten; Pages 66-97) due week of May 1-5, 2006 (turn in depending on your AP Exam dates)

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, April 19

1. New Homework Assignments: Language Paragraph and Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” Business Letter (two copies for triads) due Friday, April 21
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten due Friday, April 21; test on Unit Ten in class Monday, April 24
3. Essay in class Thursday; forty-minute timed writing (topic to be announced)
4. Words 41-50 (Words High School Students Should Know) "inculcate-loquacious" Test, Monday, April 24
5. Cliffs Multiple-Choice practice in class Wednesday, April 19; bring Cliffs textbook
6. Invisible Man Self Collection Vocabulary (forty new words) due Tuesday, April 25
7. Invisible Man : Chapters Sixteen-Twenty and talking points for class discussion Friday, April 21 and Monday, April 24; Test Three reading comprehension quiz on Monday, April 24
8. Invisible Man AP Long Form (due at end of novel)
9. Grammar of Irony/Grammar of Paradox/Sentence Imitations in class 4/17-4/28
10.Textbook Checks (various days)

Sunday, April 16, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, April 17, 2006

1. Correct Noun Plurals/Apostrophes Mastery Test I in class; Mastery Test II Test
2. Unit Ten Level “F” Vocabulary due (Pages 83-85) due on Friday, April 21; Test on Monday, April 24; Units One-Nine Cumulative Test in class on Wednesday, April 19
3. Units One-Nine Cumulative Review (Pages 81-82) due in class Tuesday, April 18
4. Words 41-50 Words High School Students Should Know “inculcate-loquacious” Test, Monday, April 24
5. Grammar of Paradox and Grammar of Irony/Sentence Imitations/Pivoting Text
6. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” revisit of story and Monday (4/24) prompt assigned for triads
7. Invisible Man: Chapters Sixteen-Twenty and talking points for class discussion Friday, April 21/Monday, April 24; Test Three Reading Comprehension Quiz Monday, April 24
8. Invisible Man AP Long Form (due at end of novel)
9. Cliffs Multiple-Choice practice in class on Wednesday, April 19 (Bring Cliffs Text)
10. Invisible Man Self-Collection Vocabulary (forty words) due Tuesday, April 25
11. Book Fair-Hollywood High School Library (Monday, April 17)
12.Collect Outlines Ten Steps to Writing a Research Paper due Monday, April 17

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, April 12, 2006

1. Plural Nouns/Apostrophes Grammar Mastery Test One Practice due Friday, April 14; Mastery Test Two in class Friday 4/14
2. Vocabulary Workshop Review Units Seven-Nine and BWR, EYC, and WPS due Friday, April 14; test in class Monday 4/17
3. Argument essay in class Thursday; do not preview prompt; forty-minute timed writing
4. Words 41-50 (Words High School Students Should Know) "inculcate-loquacious" Test, Monday, April 17
5. Cliff Multiple-Choice practice in class Friday, April 14 (bring books to class)
6. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” revisit of story and Monday (4/17) prompt assigned for triads
7. Invisible Man: Chapters Sixteen-Twenty and talking points for class discussion Monday, April 17/Tuesday, April 18
8. Invisible Man AP Long Form (due at end of novel)
9. Outline Chapters One-Five of Ten Steps to Writing a Research Paper due Monday, April 17

Monday, April 10, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, April 10, 2006

1. Cornell Notes-Argument handout collected and graded by end of week
2. Unit Nine Level “F” Vocabulary Test on Monday, April 10
3. Argument essay in class Thursday; from argument handout; do not preview prompt
4. Words 31-40 Words High School Students Should Know “gauche-incontrovertible” Test, Monday, April 10
5. Earthquake Drill-Tuesday, April 11 just after homeroom; one hour on field
6. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” revisit of story and Monday (4/17) prompt assigned for triads
7.Invisible Man: Chapters Eleven-Fifteen and talking points for class discussion Monday, April 10/Tuesday, April 11; Test Two Reading Comprehension Quiz 4/10
8. Invisible Man AP Long Form (due at end of novel)
9. Cliffs Multiple-Choice practice (pages 219-233) due Monday, April 10
10. Invisible Man Self-Collection Vocabulary (forty words) due Monday, April 10
11. Vocabulary Workshop Review Seven-Nine and BWR, EYC, and WPS due Friday, April 14 (pages 75-80; 150; 157; 164)
12. Plural Nouns/Apostrophes Grammar Mastery Test One Practice due Friday, April 14; Mastery Test Two in class Friday

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, April 5, 2006

1. Hazlitt Multiple-Choice refinements in class with triad partners
2. Thursday, April 6 Invisible Man in-class essay on passages from Chapters Eight-Nine
3. One Hundred Words High School Students Should Know-Test on Words 31-40 on Friday, April 7
4. Level "F" Vocabulary Workshop Unit Nine due on Friday, April 7; test on Monday, April 10
5. Invisible Man Vocabulary Self-Collection due Monday, April 10
6. Invisible Man Chapters Eleven-Fifteen by Monday, April 10 (Class Discussion with talking points)
7. Cliffs AP Multiple-Choice fifteen-minute practice sessions
8. AP Prompt-to be assigned by week's end; due Monday, April 10 (two copies typed for triad members)
9. Hazlitt AP Prompt rewrites due today, Wednesday, April 5

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, April 3, 2006

1. Op-Ed Assignment due Friday, April 7 (logical fallacies checklist-references)
2. Unit Nine Level “F” Vocabulary Workshop due Friday, April 7; test on Monday
3. Compare-Contrast Essay in class Wednesday, April 5 on Chapter Eight-Nine passages from Ellison’s Invisible Man
4. Words 31-40 Words High School Students Should Know “gauche-incontrovertible” test on Friday, April 7
5. William Hazlitt Essay assigned Friday due today, Monday, April 3
6. Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” response to letter assignment due Monday, April 10
7. Invisible Man ; Read Chapters Eleven-Fifteen and record talking points for class discussion Monday, April 10; test two administered (reading comprehension quiz)
8. Controversial Issue Vantage Writing Lab prompt rewrites due Monday, April 3
9. Argument Five Steps to a Five handout Cornell Notes continue this week
10.Invisible Man self-collection vocabulary and AP long form assigned this week