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
1. Meet in Hollywood High School Library for STAR Reading Level testing; anthologies and Great Gatsby novels are due in class today
2. Unit Six Vocabulary Level F answers are due today; test Tuesday
3. Thursday, November 1 is a Minimum Day for PHBAO Night in Cafeteria
4. Grammar continues all week in class
5. Los Angeles Times op-ed assignment in class today; due Thursday
6. Words High School Students Should Know test in class today
Tuesday
1. Anthologies due in class today for Ralph Waldo Emerson and Henry David Thoreau selections
2. Unit Six Vocabulary Level F test today in class
3. In-class timed writing essay on Thursday (Periods One-Four)
4. Units One-Six Cumulative Level F Vocabulary answers are due in class Monday, November 5
5. The Great Gatsby Chapter Nine talking points (ten per chapter) are due on Friday in class for discussion
6. Bedford Reader due in class on Thursday and Friday; next set of ten terms assigned; test to be scheduled
Wednesday
1. Great Gatsby class discussion on Friday
2. Grammar assignments continue all week in class
3. Prose Passages Seven and Eight for multiple-choice practice
4. Timed writing essay in class tomorrow (Thursday)
5. Vocabulary Workshop books due in class; Units One-Six reviewed and answers due Monday
Thursday (Minimum Day)
1. Minimum Day (PHBAO Night); invite parents to cafeteria tonight to receive midterm progress report grade
2. Timed essay in class
3. SOAPS handout issued
4. Bedford Reader due in class; next set of terms reviewed
5. Op-Ed assignment due in class today
Friday
1. Bedford Reader due in class; next ten terms reviewed; test scheduled
2. Activity Two: Sentence Mimicking due Monday
3. Chapter Nine talking points due in class today; Great Gatsby discussion nearly all period
