Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, November 29, 2006

Assignments for Wednesday-Friday, November 29-December 1, 2006

1. Bedford Reader next ten terms test on Friday (1); bring Bedford Reader textbook on Wednesday (29) for terms review and reading/writing assignment; Bedford Reader assignment due on Monday, December 4: Part Three-Mixing the Methods; Pages 594-595; Sandra Cisneros' "Only Daughter" Pages 596-599; answer questions on meaning, questions on writing strategy, questions on language; Pages 601-602 Sandra Cisneros on Writing; answer three questions for discussion (all responses should be in complete sentences; no sentence fragments)

2. Anthologies are due in class Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday (27-29) for Emerson-Thoreau assignments; Great Gatsby talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary for Chapters 6-9 due in class Thursday (30) for class discussion; LA Times newspapers on Thursday for review of consultative writing Op/Ed first writing assignment; columnist choices have been recorded; first Op/Ed assignment due on Monday, December 4 (use format assignment sheet previously distributed and discussed)

3. Hemingway-Fitzgerald prose passages AP Prompt to be assigned as forty-minute timed writing activity on Friday (1)

4. Words 81-90 from Words High School Students Should Know test will be scheduled for Monday, December 4

5. Off-track homework (two AP Long Forms) and off-track three week study session for AP Exam set this week

Sunday, November 26, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, November 27, 2006

Assignments for Monday-Tuesday, November 27-28, 2006

1. Bedford Reader next ten terms test on Friday (1); bring Bedford Reader textbook on Wednesday (29) for terms review and reading/writing assignment

2. Anthologies are due in class Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday (27-29) for Emerson-Thoreau assignments; Cliffs AP Preparation Guide due in class Tuesday (28) for multiple-choice prose passage timed practice; Great Gatsby talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary for Chapters 6-9 due in class Thursday (30) for class discussion; LA Times newspapers on Thursday for review of consultative writing Op/Ed first writing assignment; columnist choice is due Monday (27)

3. Hemingway-Fitzgerald prose passages AP Prompt to be assigned as forty-minute timed writing activity on Friday (1)

4. Words 71-80 from Words High School Students Should Know test is today, Monday (27)

5. Off-track homework (two AP Long Forms) and off-track three week study session for AP Exam set this week

Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, November 22, 2006

Assignments for Monday-Tuesday, November 27-28, 2006

1. Anthologies due in class Monday-Wednesday (27-29) for Emerson-Thoreau assignments; Cliffs AP Preparation Guide due in class Tuesday (28) for multiple-choice prose passages; Bedford Reader due in class Wednesday (29) for reading assignment; Great Gatsby talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary for Chapters 6-10 due in class Thursday (30) for class discussion.

2. AP Long Form for Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Neale Hurston will be scored and returned to students on Monday, November 27.

3. Words 71-80 from 100 Words High School Students Should Know test on Monday, November 27.

4. Bedford Reader next ten terms assigned on Wednesday (29); test on terms Friday (1)

5. Hemingway-Fitzgerald prose passages AP Prompt to be assigned as a forty-minute timed writing activity the week of November 27

6. Vantage Writing Lab future reserved dates announced to class

7. Op/Ed assignment to be scheduled week of November 27; choose columnist to follow on a bi-weekly basis using consultative writing register strategies, including the study of rhetorical devices such as pathos, ethos, and logos

Sunday, November 19, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, November 20, 2006

Assignments for shortened week: November 20-22, 2006

1. This is a three-day week since school will be closed on Thursday, November 23, 2006, for Thanksgiving, a legal holiday, and Friday, November 24.

2. Per class discussion, the AP Long Form for Their Eyes Were Watching God by Nora Neale Hurston is deadlined at Wednesday, November 22, with no exceptions.

3. Words 81-90 from 100 Words High School Students Should Know test will be scheduled for Monday, November 27.

4. Bedford Reader selections will be assigned beginning November 27; the next ten Bedford Reader terms will be reviewed and a test scheduled soon thereafter

5. Hemingway-Fitzgerald prose passages AP Prompt to be assigned as a timed writing activity the week of November 27

6. Vantage Writing Lab has been reserved for Monday, November 20, and Wednesday, November 22 for writing the Emerson prose passage essay assignment; this essay must be completed at the end of Period Four on Wednesday

7. Op/Ed assignment to be scheduled week of November 27; choose columnist to follow on a bi-weekly basis using consultative writing register strategies, including the study of rhetorical devices such as pathos, ethos, and logos

Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, November 15, 2006

Assignments for Wednesday-Friday, November 15-17, 2006

1. TEWWG AP Long Form due Monday, November 20; no exceptions

2. Unit Five Vocabulary Level "F" test Friday (17) after Gatsby discussion; staple answers to test

3. Graphic organizers for Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman completed in class Monday and Tuesday (13-14); these assignments are due by Friday (17) for scoring this weekend

4. The Great Gatsby; read Chapters 1-5 by Friday; complete ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary

5. Bedford Terms 11-20 test today (15); study terms

6. Words High School Students Should Know; new test today (15); see list of words on chart paper; definitions, parts of speech, diacritical markings to be stapled to test

7. OFF TRACK work to be assigned first week in December; tentative assignment will be AP Long Forms for The Great Gatsby and The Glass Menagerie

8. Emerson prose passage prewriting and preparation for Vantage Writing Lab, which has been scheduled for Monday and Wednesday of next week (20; 22)

9. Bedford Reader required reading after holidays to be assigned

Sunday, November 12, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, November 13, 2006

Assignments for Monday-Tuesday, November 13-14, 2006

1. TEWWG AP Long Form due Monday, November 20; no exceptions

2. Unit Five Vocabulary Level "F" answers due in class Monday (13)

3. Graphic organizers for Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman completed in class Monday and Tuesday (13-14)

4. The Great Gatsby; read Chapters 1-5 by Friday; complete ten talking points and unfamiliar vocabulary

5. Bedford Terms 11-20 test on Wednesday (15); study terms

6. Words High School Students Should Know; new test on Wednesday (15); see list of words on chart paper; definitions, parts of speech, diacritical markings to be stapled to test

7. OFF TRACK work to be assigned first week in December

8. Cliffs AP Preparation Guide due in class Tuesday (14) for prose passage multiple-choice practice

Tuesday, November 07, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, November 8, 2006

Assignments for Wednesday-Friday, November 8-10, 2006

1. Late work receives only "credit" for remainder of semester; no letter grade provided for any late assignments

2. TEWWG AP Long Form due date set: November 20 for scoring over long Thanksgiving Day weekend; some class time will be scheduled for students to work on long form

3. TEWWG Vocabulary quiz postponed to Thursday (9); choose any fifteen vocabulary from the list and write definitions from memory as class begins on Thursday

4. Dickinson-Whitman graphic organizers and anthologies due in class both Wednesday and Thursday (8-9); Veterans Day is Friday (10), a legal holiday

5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald signed out to students by end of week; begin reading novel; specific chapters will be assigned

6. Cliffs AP Preparation and Bedford Reader texts due in class Wednesday for in-class and homework assignments

Check this web log on Sunday evening for updates of assignments

Sunday, November 05, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, November 6, 2006

Assignments for Monday-Tuesday, November 6-7, 2006

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God screening both days (6-7); students who have not returned film permit letters are in library completing an alternate assignment

2. TEWWG AP Long Form due date set: November 20 for scoring over long Thanksgiving Day weekend; some class time will be scheduled for students to work on long form

3. TEWWG Vocabulary quiz on Wednesday (8); choose any fifteen vocabulary from the list and write definitions from memory as class begins on Wednesday

4. Dickinson-Whitman graphic organizers and anthologies due in class both Wednesday and Thursday (8-9); Veterans Day is Friday (10), a legal holiday

5. The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald signed out to students by end of week; begin reading novel; specific chapters will be assigned

6. Cliffs AP Preparation and Bedford Reader texts due in class Wednesday for in-class and homework assignments

Check this web log on Tuesday evening for updates of assignments