Sunday, January 31, 2010

STUDYPATH* February 1-5, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Semester finals are scheduled this week. Period Two final occurs on Thursday, and the Period Three final is slated for Wednesday.

No vocabulary work is due this week. New vocabulary assignments will be announced next week.

Grammar from Writer's Workshop is due today, as is the Kincaid assignment responses for "On Seeing England For The First Time," from Language of Composition text.

Invisible Man novels are due in class today for completion of the dialectical journal discussion for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen. The next dialectical journal assignment will be announced next week, after finals.

The letter to the editor assignment is due on Tuesday.

Saturday, January 23, 2010

STUDYPATH* January 25-29, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Invisible Man dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten continues in class today. Journal entries (no staples, must be typed) for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen (two entries per chapter) are due Friday. The essay on the book (trace a motif throughout the novel) is scheduled at the end of class discussions; a specific date will be announced.

Bring Language of Composition and Bedford Reader textbooks both Monday and Tuesday for reading selection assignments. The three questions for the shorter Kincaid piece are due today; the longer Kincaid selection will be assigned today in class with a due date to be set.

Water Case Three class activity is scheduled for Wednesday.

Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop is due Thursday with the test to be scheduled. Writer's Choice textbooks are required for grammar assignment.

In-class multiple choice work continues for preparation for the upcoming AP English Language examination.

Check blog Sunday evening for any updates to this post.

Sunday, January 17, 2010

STUDYPATH* January 18-22, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday is a legal holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day. School is not in session.

Tuesday's agenda includes the wrap-up discussion of the prologue and Chapters One-Five of Ellison's Invisible Man. Dialectical journal entries for Chapters Six-Ten (two entries per chapter) are due on Friday for the next class discussion. The "Politics and the English Language" by George Orwell selection from Language of Composition responses are due today; no late exceptions since this assignment could have been e-mailed to meet the deadline. Bedford Readers are due in class today for the last five literary terms and the next assigned reading selection.

The multiple choice test for Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" is due Wednesday; this assignment will be scored and a grade entered for each student. Language of Composition books are due in class today for the next assigned reading selection.

Period Two's letter to the editor for the Los Angeles Times editorial response is due Thursday. Period Three will receive a similar assignment on Thursday. The test for Vocabulary Workshop Units One-Six is scheduled in class today.

Final exams are scheduled and included on the school master calendar; AP English Language students will write one essay and complete a sixty-minute multiple choice examination during the two-hour final.

Be certain to notate quotes and textual evidence for the upcoming Invisible Man essay; two complete typed copies will be required from each student.

Friday discussion of Invisible Man will continue with Chapters Six-Ten journal responses.

If there are questions or concerns, e-mail me at jcarmicl@lausd.net in advance of assignment deadlines.

Sunday, January 03, 2010

STUDYPATH* January 11-15, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Welcome back to AP English Language and Composition after a holiday break. Here is the schedule for this week:

The Great Gatsby essay is due January 11 and must have been submitted on gomyaccess.com as a scored essay. Essay scores are approximate and the final essay scores will be graded up or down depending on thesis, textual evidence cited, structure, and audience. There are no exceptions for late work since this essay was assigned during the last week of instruction before the holiday break.

Invisible Man discussion will begin this week as students submit by January 11 the dialectical journal entries for the prologue and Chapters One-Five. The Booker T. Washington "Atlanta Exposition Address" responses have been scored and will be returned to students. This piece is related to Ellison's novel and discussions of Washington and others will be drawn from the material throughout the book. Students can expect to journal additional chapters of this important novel as class discussions proceed this semester. There are no exceptions for late work. Students who anticipate being absent must e-mail the entries as an attachment by today's deadline.

Pages 72-83 of Vocabulary Workshop review for Units One-Six answers will be provided in class; the Unit One-Six Cumulative Test is scheduled for later this week or the beginning of next week.

Language of Composition
textbooks and Bedford Reader textbooks are due in class Monday and Tuesday for in-class and homework assignments.

Water Politics Case Three activity is scheduled for this week.

Other assignments will be discussed in class and deadlines set.