Sunday, September 30, 2007

October 1-5, 2007

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS


Monday
1. Words High School Students Should Know will resume this week; test next week
2. Textbook Weekly Schedule: Anthology M-T; Vocabulary W; Bedford Th-F
3. Level “F” Vocabulary Unit Three answers due in class today
4. Grammar “Pronouns” lesson on Thursday; Weekly AP Prompt Essay Friday, instead of Thursday because of Minimum Day Schedule
5. Vantage Lab scheduled for Tuesday, October 2
6. Bedford Reader “The Death of the Moth” papers recollected for scoring
7. Cornell Notes for AP Test Two (to be scheduled): Twelve types of sentences, AP Exam Format; Writers’ Attitudes; Levels of Questioning; Woolf Tone, Syntax, and Diction; Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Phrases
8. Franklin Tone essay assigned, possibly as Friday in-class timed writing (#4)
9. Period Four—Great Gatsby homework assignment due today; read Chapter One and record ten talking points; Period One—Gatsby book and Chapter One homework assigned
10. Anthology due in class for reading assignment
11. Period One-- Bedford Reader in-class assignment; “The Death of the Moth” (695) due today

Tuesday

MEET IN VANTAGE LAB TODAY
1. AP Rhetorical Tool: Balanced, Interrupted, Periodic and Loose Sentences
2. 100 Words High School Students Should Know: Next ten words assigned
3. Cornell Notes (see #7 from Monday) continued in class today
4. Vocabulary Unit Three Level “F” Examination
5. AP Prose Passage Multiple Choice Practice in class
6. Bedford Reader Terms 1-10 Test in class today
7. Period One--Great Gatsby books assigned to students; homework assignment due today; read Chapter One and record ten talking points

Wednesday

1. Back to School Night tomorrow night; 6:00 P.M.-8:00 P.M. in Room 120
2. Levels of Questioning and SOAPS Strategies; Cornell Notes continued
3. Level “F” Unit Four assigned in class; vocabulary books due in class
4. Benjamin Franklin Tone in-class essay on Friday
5. Grammar assigned as homework

Thursday (Minimum Day) BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT
1. Bedford Reader due in class today
2. Bedford Reader Next Ten Terms introduced in class today
3. Consultative Writing Assignment—Los Angeles Times editorial columnist; due Monday

Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced
2. Benjamin Franklin Tone in-class essay
3. Bedford Reader Literary Next Ten Terms due on Tuesday
4. Check blog Sunday evening for updated assignments and announcements

Sunday, September 23, 2007

September 24-28, 2007

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS


Monday
1. Test on Words 21-30 (Words High School Students Should Know)
2. Textbook Weekly Schedule: Anthology M-T; Vocabulary W; Bedford Reader Th-F
3. Level “F” Vocabulary Unit Two answers due in class today
4. Grammar “Pronouns” due in class today
5. Vantage Lab scheduled for September 26
6. Bedford Reader “The Death of the Moth” answers due Thursday
7. Cornell Notes for AP Test Two (to be scheduled): Twelve types of sentences, AP Exam Format; Writers’ Attitudes; Levels of Questioning; Woolf Tone, Syntax, and Diction; Conjunctive Adverbs and Transitional Phrases
8. Plymouth-Offer-Sinners Multiple-Choice Exam in class
9. Woolf tailored rubric provided for student rewrites; rewrites due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. AP Rhetorical Tool: Balanced, Interrupted, Periodic and Loose Sentences
2. 100 Words High School Students Should Know: Words 31-40 assigned
3. Cornell Notes (see #7 from Monday) continued in class today
4. Vocabulary Unit Two Level “F” Examination
5. AP Prose Passage Multiple Choice Practice in class
6. Bedford Reader Terms 1-10 Test on Thursday (P. 1 only)
7. Great Gatsby books assigned to students; homework assignment due Friday

Wednesday

1. Tone-“Dear Ms. Manners” homework assignment
2. Levels of Questioning and SOAPS Strategies; Cornell Notes continued
3. Level “F” Unit Three assigned in class; vocabulary books due in class
4. Richard Rodriguez “Hunger of Memory” in class timed essay tomorrow
5. Grammar assigned as homework
6. MEET IN VANTAGE LAB TODAY

Thursday
1. Richard Rodriguez “Hunger of Memory” in class timed essay; fifty-point score
2. Bedford Reader Literary Terms Test (Terms 1-10) for P. 1 only
3. Bedford Reader in-class assignment; “The Death of the Moth” (695) due today
4. Bedford Reader Terms 11-20 introduced in class today
5. Consultative Writing Assignment—Los Angeles Times editorial columnist

Friday

1. Weekend homework to be announced
2. AP Prose Passage Multiple Choice Practice (timed)
3. Bedford Reader Literary Terms 11-20 Test on Monday in class

Sunday, September 16, 2007

September 17-21, 2007

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Monday
1. Test on Words 11-20 (Words High School Students Should Know)
2. Test on Cornell Notes (Bloom’s Taxonomy-Language Registers)
3. Textbook Weekly Schedule: Anthology M-T; Vocabulary W; Bedford Th-F
4. Level “F” Vocabulary Unit One answers due in class today
5. Grammar “Nouns” due in class today
6. Anthologies due in class today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)

1. Vantage Lab scheduled for September 26-AP Prompt and Essay
2. AP Rhetorical Tool: Balanced, Interrupted, Periodic and Loose Sentences
3. Plymouth-Offer-Sinners assignment due Friday, September 21
4. “Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God” Sermon
5. “Diary of Samuel Sewall” excerpt reading selection
6. Sinners-Diary Selection Test
7. Plymouth-Offer-Sinners Multiple-Choice Exam
8. Vocabulary Unit One Level “F” Examination
9. Anthologies due in class today
Some assignments carry over to Wednesday

Wednesday
1. Tone-“Dear Ms. Manners”
2. Levels of Questioning and SOAPS Strategies
3. Level “F” Unit Two assigned in class; vocabulary books in class
4. Virginia Woolf “Moments of Being” in class timed essay tomorrow
5. Grammar assigned as homework
UPDATE FOR PERIOD FOUR: Vocabulary Level "F" Unit One Test postponed to today

Thursday
1. Virginia Woolf “Moments of Being” in class timed essay; fifty-point score
2. Bedford Reader Literary Terms Test (Terms 1-10); test tomorrow
3. Bedford Reader in-class assignment; “The Death of the Moth” (695)

Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced. Including grammar
2. AP Prose Passage Multiple Choice Practice (timed)
3. Great Gatsby assigned as homework; due Monday
4. Bedford Reader Literary Terms Test

Sunday, September 09, 2007

September 10-14, 2007

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MONDAY
1. Meet in Vantage Lab, Room 701 today and Tuesday for Question One from the 2007 AP Exam (Synthesis Question); informational writing rubric overview and prewriting
2. Question Two essay from the 2007 AP Exam essay is due today; late essays will NOT receive a score but a credit instead
3. Abjure-Chicanery "Words High School Students Should Know" scored and returned
4. Bedford Reader textbooks due in class on Wednesday; literary terms continued
5. AP Exam Multiple-Choice practice precedes Question One prewriting/essay
6. Updated marks report available for students

Tuesday
1. Meet in Vantage Lab, Room 701 for Question One essay from the 2007 AP Exam (Synthesis Question)
2. Words 11-20 "Words High School Students Should Know" assigned in class; due Friday and tested Friday; definitions, parts of speech, diacritical markings, and syllables
3. Meet in Room 120 Wednesday, Thursday and Friday; Bedford Reader textbook in class

Wednesday
1. Bedford Reader literary terms test on Friday; additional terms reviewed in class
2. Cornell Notes on Bloom's Taxonomy and Bloom's Affective Taxonomy, Levels of Questioning, Language Registers, and SOAPS strategies continue in class; exam to be scheduled
3. Grammar work to be assigned
4. Literature and Integrated Studies textbooks to be assigned

Thursday

1. Bedford Reader literary terms
2. Literature and Integrated Studies in-class assignment
3. Cornell Notes continued
4. LA Times Op/Ed assignment

Friday

1. Weekend homework to be assigned
2. Cornell Notes continued
3. Words 11-20 "Words High School Students Should Know" test in class today
2. Bedford Reader Literary Terms test in class today

Monday, September 03, 2007

September 4-7, 2007

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Tuesday
1. Collect 2007 AP Exam Question Number Three Essay; prompt and evidence of prewriting must be stapled behind essay; triads share thesis statements and introductory paragraphs
2. Passage Two from Sample AP Multiple-Choice Exam (timed); post-it notes for unfamiliar vocabulary
3. Distribute PSAT booklets to students
4. Course Work Survey assignments returned to students
5. 100 Words High School Students Should Know (Words One-Ten); syllables, definitions, parts of speech, and diacritical markings due Friday; test on words Friday in class
6. Literature and Integrated Studies anthologies assigned to students; due in class Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays

Wednesday
1. Cornell Notes on Bloom's Taxonomy, Bloom's Affective Taxonomy, Levels of Questioning, Language Registers and SOAPS Strategy; test on Friday
2. Grammar-Diagramming Sentences and Parts of Speech
3. Track A Orientation
4. Homework assignment to be announced
5. Bedford Reader books assigned to students

Thursday
1. Question Two from the 2007 AP Exam (in class timed writing) using generic rubric
2. Homework assignment to be announced: Bedford Reader-one full handwritten page on how book is organized, how selections were chosen, and how the prompts, questions, and writing topics sections are designed to help students (pages one-six)

Friday

1. Test on Cornell Notes from Wednesday
2. Test on Abjure-Chicanery (100 Words High School Students Should Know)
3. Weekend homework to be announced

Sunday, September 02, 2007

September 2, 2007

Course Work Surveys are being scored and will be returned to students on Tuesday.

This week's assignments will be posted Monday evening on this blog.