Monday, May 28, 2007

May 28-June 1, 2007

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Monday
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY


Tuesday

1. Collect appositives grammar lesson assigned Friday in library
2. Circulate Junior Defense of Thesis presentation list; confirm dates
3. Circulate tokens/bus pass list
4. Outline of pages 49-72 of Bedford Reader (some pages will be exempt from outline)
5. Bedford Reader due in class; Gloria Naylor's "The Meanings of a Word" done as in-class assignment today; due at end of class
6. Bedford Reader literary terms (next set of ten); test on Friday
7. Skelton Op-Ed due today

Wednesday
1. Vocabulary Workshop books due in class; Unit Fifteen done as in-class assignment today; due at end of class; test on Thursday
2. Grammar assignment in-class work; due at end of class
3. Research Paper Strategies handouts in class
4. Outline pages for Bedford Reader due Friday, June 1

Thursday
1. Los Angeles Times Op/Ed response done as in-class assignment
2. Unit Fifteen Vocabulary test today
3. Grammar assignment in class; due at end of class
4. Research Paper Strategies handouts in class

Friday

1. Outline pages due today
2. Bedford Reader literary terms test today
3. Junior Defense of Thesis presentations begin today
4. Grammar assignment in class
5. Research Paper Strategies handouts in class
6. Vantage Writing Lab scheduled for Wednesday, June 6

Saturday, May 19, 2007

May 21-25, 2007

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This is California Standards Testing Week--schedules are available from homeroom teachers and certain classes will not meet on selected days.

Monday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fourteen answers are due today; test Thursday (Period Four does not meet on Tuesday, May 22, or Wednesday, May 23)
2. Bedford Reader Meghan Daum selection is due today for class discussion; "Palm Tuesday" LA Times article discussion accompanies Bedford Reader
3. Patt Morrison Op/Ed response due today: "California's Driest..." (if assignment arrives Tuesday, per original assignment, it will NOT be late)

Tuesday
CLASS DOES NOT MEET TODAY

Wednesday
CLASS DOES NOT MEET TODAY

Thursday

MEET IN LIBRARY FOR RESEARCH
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fourteen test today
2. Junior Defense of Thesis
3. Literary Terms; next set of ten from Bedford Reader
4. Bedford Reader Research Paper pages to be announced in class

Friday
MEET IN LIBRARY FOR RESEARCH

1. Grammar homework to be assigned
2. Next Bedford Reader selection announced; due Monday
3. Junior Defense of Thesis
4. Bedford Reader Research Paper pages due today (outline)

Saturday, May 12, 2007

May 14-18, 2007

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MONDAY

1. Vocabulary Workshop postponed due to AP Exams
2. Study Cornell Notes of Literary Terms presented in class
3. Water Case Cornell Notes for Case Ten due today
4. AP English Language Exam is Wednesday, May 16; be on time; get a good night's sleep; eat breakfast; stamina is important for this three-hour fifteen-minute examination
5. Outline of Pages 515-528 of Bedford Reader is due Tuesday; use sample provided in class for proper formatting
6. Morrison Op/Ed Response provided on Thursday of last week is due today; use handout for proper formatting
7. SAS REQUIRES SIGNED MIDTERM PROGRESS REPORTS TO BE SUBMITTED TO ENGLISH TEACHER FOR CREDIT
8. Synthesis Essay in class today; fifteen minutes of reading sources and forty minutes to compose response
9. Invisible Man Vantage Writing Lab essay deadline was extended until this evening to accommodate request for extension because of AP History Exam

TUESDAY

1. Vantage Writing Lab for APEX AP Language Exam strategies
2. No homework assigned because of test tomorrow, Wednesday

WEDNESDAY

1. AP English Language and Composition Examination administered; return to class when permitted
2. Junior Defense of Thesis Abstract presented tomorrow (Thursday)

THURSDAY
1. Junior Defense of Thesis Abstract
2. Grammar homework
3. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fourteen due Monday
4. Bedford Reader Meghan Daum next selection due on Monday
5. CST Exams are scheduled soon

FRIDAY
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fourteen due Monday
2. Bedford Reader Meghan Daum next selection due on Monday
3. Research Paper strategies in class

Saturday, May 05, 2007

May 7-11, 2007

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Monday
1. Vocabulary Workshop will not be due until next week
2. Literary Terms for AP Exam multiple-choice questions; add to Cornell Notes
3. Water Cases Cornell Notes are due today; see previous blog for Case Numbers
4. AP English Language Exam Wednesday, May 16; stamina is a very important key to success; we will discuss in class

Tuesday

1. Grammar assigned in class and as homework
2. Multiple-Choice literary terms continued and multiple-choice practice questions
3. Bedford Reader argument pages to be assigned; discussion on Friday

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab: Apex Diagnostic and Invisible Man essay today and tomorrow

Thursday
1. Vantage Writing Lab: Apex Strategies and Invisible Man essay due end of period

Friday
1. In-class discussion for Bedford Reader argument pages (515-531; textbook is mandatory)
2. Water Cases to be assigned

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