IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS
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
