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