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