Saturday, December 05, 2009

STUDYPATH* December 7-11, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Students will complete all Vocabulary Workshop pages between the end of Unit Six and the beginning of Unit Seven in preparation for the Unit One-Six Cumulative Test, scheduled for next week in class.

Letter to the Editor response is due from Period Three on Tuesday. Period Two will write a Letter to the Editor response on Thursday and submit it the following Tuesday.

The Great Gatsby Chapters Seven-Nine talking points are due Friday for the usual class discussion. Screening of the film will be scheduled for next week. The essay for the novel will be completed online in the Vantage Writing Lab with a date yet to be set. The Gatsby DCQ activity will be assigned as homework with a due date to be announced. The Gatsby compare-contrast essay is due today.

The Bedford Reader literary terms will be reviewed in class on Monday and the test is scheduled for the next day. Language of Composition books should be brought on Tuesday for the Booker T. Washington selection review and rhetoric questions to be assigned.

Water Politics Case Two activity continues on Wednesday with Case Three to be assigned. A Writer's Choice grammar assignment is also scheduled for today so books should be brought to class.

The environmental synthesis essay will be written in class on Thursday; reading selections A-F will be provided for students before the essay.