POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Semester Reflections
2. Syllabus Inquiry
3. Accelerated Reader Journals/Tests
4. Late Work Policy
5. Textbook Days: Bedford Reader MTW; Writer's Choice MTW; Vocabulary Workshop M; Invisible Man F
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. "On the Feeling of Immortality in Youth" William Hazlitt
2. Reviewing Multiple-Choice Questions
3. Constructing Multiple-Choice Questions
Wednesday
1. Bloom's Taxonomy Review
2. Noskin's Research Process Using Sources (2007-2008 Professional Development Workshop Materials) and Topic, Thesis Statement, Outline, Precis/Abstract and Rubric
3. Synthesis Free-Response Question: Violent Images
4. Ralph Ellison Biography-AP Long Form
5. Due: Syllabus Inquiry March 5
Thursday
1. Graphic: Narration in an advertisement
2. Los Angeles Times Op-Ed
3. Bedford Terms
4. Due: Ellison biography March 7; Synthesis Essay March 7; Accelerated Reader Score and Journals March 7
Friday
1. Writer's Choice Troubleshooter (382), Clauses/Sentence Structure (534) and Sentence Diagramming (564)
2. "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson
3. Due: Ellison biography; Synthesis Essay; Accelerated Reader Score and Journals
4. Weekend homework to be announced
