In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
REMINDER: If students feel essay rewrite scores should be higher, they must write a request, using the specific language of the generic (or tailored) rubric, to justify why the essay should be re-read and re-scored.
Monday
PERIOD ONE DOES NOT MEET UNTIL WEDNESDAY
PERIOD FOUR MEETS TODAY
1. Op-Ed is due today, Monday (Period Four Op-Ed was Jane Harman piece)
2. Unit Five Vocabulary Level F answers due today; test on Thursday
3. "American Crisis/Speech in the Virginia Convention" nonfiction selection test
4. Portfolio checklist issued for midterm portfolio organization
5. Unit Six Vocabulary due Monday, October 29
6. Prose passage multiple-choice practice in class
7. Grammar-Linking Verbs and Adjectives
8. Words High School Students Should Know test today in class
9. In-class essay scheduled for Thursday
10.The Great Gatsby talking points for Chapters 7/8 due on Friday
11.Thomas Jefferson and the "Declaration of Independence" anthology selection today
12.SOAPS handout issue in class
Tuesday
PERIODS ONE AND FOUR DO NOT MEET TODAY
Wednesday
PERIOD ONE MEETS TODAY
PERIOD FOUR DOES NOT MEET TODAY
1. Op-Ed is due today, Wednesday (Period One Op-Ed was LA Times editorial piece)
2. Unit Five Vocabulary Level F answers due today; test on Thursday
3. "American Crisis/Speech in the Virginia Convention" nonfiction selection test
4. Portfolio checklist issued for midterm portfolio organization
5. Unit Six Vocabulary due Monday, October 29
6. Prose passage multiple-choice practice in class
7. Grammar-Linking Verbs and Adjectives
8. Words High School Students Should Know test today in class
9. In-class essay scheduled for Thursday
10.The Great Gatsby talking points for Chapters 7/8 due on Friday
11.Thomas Jefferson and the "Declaration of Independence" anthology selection today
12.SOAPS handout issue in class
Thursday
PERIODS ONE AND FOUR SCHEDULES RETURN TO NORMAL TODAY AND TOMORROW
1. Unit Five Vocabulary test in class today
2. Great Gatsby Chapters 7/8 talking points due in class tomorrow, Thursday
3. In-class timed writing AP essay
4. Bedford Reader due in class today; literary terms assigned
Friday
1. Great Gatsby class discussion on Chapters 7/8 of the novel
2. Unit Six Vocabulary due in class on Monday
3. Check web log on Sunday evening for additional assignments/updates
