Saturday, October 31, 2009

STUDYPATH* November 2-6, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Vocabulary Workshop
Unit IV is due on Thursday in class when textbooks should be presented. Test for this unit is scheduled for Friday.

Grammar from Writer's Choice text (perfect tenses page 585) is due on Wednesday; in lieu of a grammar lesson, students will compose in class their first synthesis essay in preparation for the upcoming Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam scheduled in May 2010. Sources A-H will be sent home with students early in the week so they may be read for prewriting before the prompt is presented in class on Wednesday.

Part II of Their Eyes Were Watching God film screening is scheduled for Monday in class. Students will complete a multiple choice exam for the book during the week; The Great Gatsby will be assigned either late this week or early next week.

The Bedford Reader text is required in class Tuesday for Judith Ortiz Cofer's "Silent Dancing" nonfiction selection. Students were assigned six questions from the Reader to be completed in advance of the class. Literary terms will also be covered and a test scheduled for the next ten terms.

Work on the research paper begins with topic, thesis statement and five guiding questions on water conservation and natural disaster Junior Defense of Thesis presentations.

Saturday, October 24, 2009

STUDYPATH* October 26-30, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Vocabulary Workshop I-III Cumulative test is scheduled for today, Monday. Students must attach work to test. Unit IV will be scheduled in class.

Bedford Reader must be brought to class on Mondays and Tuesday. Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" will be discussed and analyzed both days to further understanding of the narrative mode of writing. Bedford Reader literary terms (next set of ten) will be assigned and a test scheduled.

Writer's Choice
textbooks are due on Wednesday for verb lesson that was begun last week. Additionally, the research paper section will be discussed as students ready their topics for the spring research paper.

The next in-class writing assignment, students' first synthesis essay, will be scheduled this week and Sources A-H assigned for reading prior to the essay.

Their Eyes Were Watching God
multiple choice exam will be scheduled and the film screening date set; letters must be signed and returned before previewing the film.

In-class multiple-choice practice continues all week.

Saturday, October 17, 2009

STUDYPATH* October 19-23, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Unit I-III Vocabulary Workshop assignment is due on Tuesday; test was originally scheduled for Thursday but instead will be Monday, October 26; test is a cumulative review exam for Units I-III

Bedford Reader is required for classes on Monday-Tuesday; the outline for Part III of Bedford Reader will be due on Tuesday, October 20. An initial nonfiction selection from either Bedford Reader or Language of Composition will be covered in class early in the week and an assignment made. Additional literary terms will be covered in class and a quiz scheduled.

Talking points for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty of Their Eyes Were Watching God are due on Friday for our usual class discussion; those students who did not earn discussion points last week will be given an opportunity on Monday as we finish up Chapters Eleven-Fifteen.

Writer's Choice
textbooks are due in class on Wednesday for grammar review; the sentence diagramming assignment will be retaught since many students were on field trips or taking the PSAT exam last week.

The next AP Essay, featuring prompt and passage from writer James Baldwin, will be scheduled for Thursday as an in-class timed writing assignment. Prewriting will collected on Monday and students will not see the prompt again until the in-class timed essay.

Check teacher pages on the hollywoodhighschool.net web site for additional information. Reminder of textbook days: M-T Bedford Reader; W Writer's Choice; Th Vocabulary Workshop F Their Eyes Were Watching God

Saturday, October 10, 2009

STUDYPATH* October 12-16, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Unit III Vocabulary test will be administered on Monday; the Unit 1-III vocabulary exercises will be assigned and due on Monday, October 19 for a cumulative exam to be scheduled. Books are due in class on Thursday for this cumulative review assignment.

Bedford Reader is required for classes on Monday-Tuesday; Period Three will take the literary terms test on Tuesday that was scheduled for last Friday. The outline for Part III of Bedford Reader will be due on Tuesday, October 20. An initial nonfiction selection from either Bedford Reader or Language of Composition will be covered in class early in the week.

Talking points for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen of Their Eyes Were Watching God are due on Friday for our usual class discussion; those students who did not earn discussion points last week will be given an opportunity on Monday as we finish up Chapters Six-Ten.

Writer's Choice textbooks are due in class on Wednesday for grammar review.

The next AP Essay, featuring prompt and passage from writer James Baldwin, will be scheduled this week. Prewriting will be assigned and then collected; students will compose the essay on a date to be announced and use the prewriting that was completed for their analysis essay.

Cornell Notes recorded during the first week of school will be reviewed and a Cornell Notes Quiz will be scheduled in class.

Check teacher pages on the hollywoodhighschool.net web site for additional information.

Saturday, October 03, 2009

STUDYPATH* October 5-9, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Work was begun on a tone assignment in class and will continue this week with the "apply" section of the activity. Bedford Reader terms 21-30 will be reviewed in class Monday and Tuesday, when the textbook is due in class, and a quiz date will be set. Bedford Reader outlining for Chapter Two is due today, Monday and Chapter Three outlining due date will be set. The Virginia Woolf essay will be written in class on Wednesday and prewriting will be returned to students. Writer's Choice text and grammar assignment will be rescheduled this week to Thursday when that textbook and Unit III of Vocabulary Workshop will be due. Five talking points per chapter are due Friday for Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters 6-10; a class discussion is scheduled for Friday. Work on prose passages #2 and #3 continues all week. When time permits, Cornell Notes will be finished and a quiz scheduled. The Los Angeles Times assignments will begin after paper deliveries begin; they were scheduled two weeks ago but have not arrived on a weekly basis yet. Other work will be scheduled and announced during the week in class.

Reminder: Bedford Reader in class Monday-Tuesday; no book necessary for Wednesday; Writer's Choice and Vocabulary Workshop in class Thursday; Their Eyes Were Watching God in class Friday

E-mail me a jcarmicl@lausd.net if you have questions or concerns.