Tuesday, October 31, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, November 1, 2006

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Wednesday-Friday, November 1-3, 2006

1. Terms 1-10 Bedford Reader page 701 (abstract and concrete-audience); study terms, with test scheduled on Friday (3); bring textbook on Thursday (2)

2. Their Eyes Were Watching God: AP Long Form has been assigned with class time available for completion of some components; TEWWG objective final exam Friday (3); TEWWG vocabulary final Friday (3); film permit letter presented to students for parent signature prior to film screening; screening scheduled for Monday-Tuesday (6-7)

3. Unit Five Level F Vocabulary due Wednesday (8); test scheduled for Thursday, November 9; bring textbook this Thursday (2)

4. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald to be issued by end of next week

5. Chapters 16-20 of Their Eyes Were Watching God in-class discussion on Wednesday; ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary due at beginning of class

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Sunday, October 29, 2006

Earlybird Post-it Checklist

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Monday and Tuesday, October 30-31, 2006

1. Terms 1-10 Bedford Reader page 701 (abstract and concrete-audience); study terms, with test scheduled in class by end of week

2. Their Eyes Were Watching God: AP Long Form has been assigned with class time available for completion of some components; TEWWG objective final exam to be set; TEWWG vocabulary final to be set; film permit letter presented to students for parent signature prior to film screening

3. Lugubrious-obsequious (100 Words High School Students Should Know) on Tuesday (31) in class before forty-minute timed essay from Cliffs AP Preparation Guide

4. Vantage Lab for Monday-Tuesday (30-31) for prewriting and timed essay

5. Chapters 16-20 of Their Eyes Were Watching God in class discussion on Wednesday; ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary due at beginning of class

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Tuesday, October 24, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, October 25, 2006

Assignments Wednesday-Friday October 25-27, 2006
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VANTAGE LAB BOOKED FOR MONDAY AND TUESDAY (OCTOBER 30-31)

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston Chapters 16-20 ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary due in class Wednesday next week (November 1); book is mandatory; final objective exam will be administered by week's end

2. Anthologies due Wednesday (25) for work on Transcendentalists Unit: Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman; Dickinson graphic organizer assigned as homework with due date to be set

3. Cliffs AP Preparation Guide due Thursday-Friday (26-27) for work with Practice Exam One multiple-choice questions; we will review answers previously completed; Cliffs AP book is mandatory in class

4. Zora Neale Hurston "Dust Tracks" essay due Wednesday (25)

5. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers due Wednesday (25); test rescheduled (by one day) to Thursday (26)

6. AP Long form for Their Eyes Were Watching God distributed and explained Wednesday (25) and Thursday (26); due date to be set

AGENDA BIN:

Lessons One and Two Grammar Capitalization and Punctuation
Cliffs AP Preparation Guide Prose Passage multiple-choice in-class timed practice
Bedford Reader Helpful Terms One-Ten (date for book in class to be set)
100 Words High School Students Should Know: Words 51-60 are available and due soon
Bedford Reader Outlining-Part II (to be reviewed and assigned)

Sunday, October 22, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, October 23, 2006

Assignments Monday-Tuesday October 23-24, 2006
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1. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston Chapters 11-15 ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary due in class Monday (23); book is mandatory

2. Anthologies due Tuesday-Wednesday (24-25) for work on Transcendentalists Unit: Emily Dickinson, Ralph Waldo Emerson, Henry David Thoreau, and Walt Whitman

3. Cliffs AP Preparation Guide due Thursday-Friday (26-27) for work with Practice Exam One multiple-choice questions; we will review answers previously completed

4. Zora Neale Hurston "Dust Tracks" essay due Wednesday (25)

5. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers due Tuesday (24); test on Wednesday (25)

6. "Miss Manners" Tone AP activity due Monday (23)

AGENDA BIN:

Their Eyes Were Watching God AP Long Form to be assigned
Lessons One and Two Grammar Capitalization and Punctuation
Cliffs AP Preparation Guide Prose Passage multiple-choice in-class timed practice
Bedford Reader Helpful Terms One-Ten
100 Words High School Students Should Know
Bedford Reader Outlining

Wednesday, October 18, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, October 18. 2006

Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday October 18-20

1. Emily Dickinson poetry today, Wednesday, October 18 (anthologies needed in class)

2. Unit Four Vocabulary (bring vocabulary textbooks on Thursday)

3. Bedford Reader in class on Friday (20)

4. Their Eyes Were Watching God ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary due on Monday, October 23 (book is mandatory for class discussion)

5. Substitute on Friday (20): Mr. Carmicle attending LD4 ELA meeting in Burbank

6. Cliffs multiple-choice questions in class next week (students have already turned in these answers; we will review answers by reading questions and distractors)

7. Bring anthologies on Tuesday and Wednesday (24-25) next week; no anthology on Monday since TEWWG books will be used in class Monday (23)

Sunday, October 15, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, October 16, 2006

Monday-Tuesday, October 16-17, 2006

1. Words 41-50 (Words High School Students Should Know) presented on Monday; test on Friday (20)

2. Scored/returned assignments: Franklin "Tone" essays; Vantage "Cliffs" essays; Unit 1-3 Review vocabulary tests; Bedford Reader Part I outlines

3. Work Assigned This Week: Benjamin Franklin graphic organizer/study guide; Cliffs multiple-choice questions from Practice Test One; AP "Tone" Miss Manners assignment; AP Language timed essay "Dust Tracks" Zora Neale Hurston; Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters 11-15 due Monday (23) and AP Long Form for novel explained and initial components assigned; Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop due Thursday (19) with test on Friday (20); Grammar Lessons One and Two assigned and due on Wednesday (18); Richard Rodriguez assignment from Bedford Reader due on Tuesday (17); Cornell Notes continue with Paine/Henry/Jefferson lecture

4. Textbooks in Class: Literature and Integrated Studies on Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday; Vocabulary Workshop Level "F" on Tuesday; Bedford Reader on Friday

5. Monday (16): Multiple-Choice Exams on Franklin, Paine, Henry, Jefferson anthology selections

Tuesday, October 10, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, October 11, 2006

Wednesday, Thursday, Friday October 11, 12, 13, 2006

1. Unit One-Three Level F Vocabulary fifty-point test on Thursday (12)

2. Bedford Reader book due in class Thursday (12) for in-class assignment

3. Benjamin Franklin and Thomas Paine Cornell Notes due Wednesday (11); Spirit of America Unit continues Wednesday (11); anthologies are due in class Wednesday; no anthologies for Thursday or Friday

4. Their Eyes Were Watching God ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary due in class on Friday, October 13; class discussion

5. Vantage Cliffs essays read and scored in class by peers Wednesday (11)

6. Capitalization grammar lesson rescheduled to next week

7. Benjamin Franklin "tone" essay assigned today, Wednesday; due Friday, October 13

8. SAS students returned signed HHS progress reports for credit

9. Substitute on Thursday (12); I will be at University of Southern California for planning of the Grade Ten Periodic Assessment

Sunday, October 08, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, October 9, 2006

Monday and Tuesday, October 9/10, 2006

1. Unit One-Three Level F Vocabulary due Tuesday (10); fifty-point test on Thursday (12)

2. Bedford Reader outline due Monday (9); Tuesday (10) for AP students on UCLA Field Trip; Bedford Reader book due in class Thursday (12) for in-class assignment

3. Benjamin Franklin Cornell Notes due on Tuesday (10); Spirit of America Unit continues Tuesday-Wednesday (10-11); anthologies are due in class both days

4. Their Eyes Were Watching God ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary due in class on Friday, October 13; class discussion

5. Vantage Cliffs essays read and scored in class by peers Tuesday and Wednesday (10-11)

6. Capitalization grammar lesson in class Tuesday (10); homework assigned and due Wednesday (11)

7. Words 31-40 Words High School Students Should Know test on Tuesday (10)

8. SAS students returned signed HHS progress reports for credit

9. Multiple-choice answers for Cliffs AP due in class on Tuesday (10)

10. Substitute on Thursday (12); I will be at University of Southern California for planning of the Grade Ten Periodic Assessment

Tuesday, October 03, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, October 4, 2006

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Wednesday, October 4; Thursday, October 5; Friday, October 6

1. Bedford Reader outline of introduction and Part I of book continues as homework, due Monday, October 9

2. Unit Three Vocabulary test will conclude in Vantage Lab at beginning of class on Wednesday, October 4

3. Vantage Lab scheduled for AP students Wednesday and Thursday, October 4-5; Cliffs AP book must be brought to class; students will choose one of three prompts to prewrite essay on Wednesday and write the essay under timed conditions on Thursday

4. Benjamin Franklin Spirit of Independence unit continues on Monday, October 9; complete Franklin graphic organizer and study guide based on autobiography excerpt by Monday for in-class discussion

5. Their Eyes Were Watching God on Friday, October 6; bring ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary for Chapters One-Five; class discussion with all students engaged in discourse