Saturday, April 17, 2010

STUDYPATH* April 19-23, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop answers are due on Monday; test is scheduled for Thursday.

Letter to the Editor for both classes is due on Tuesday.

Period Three class meets in the library on Tuesday and Friday of this week for research paper assignment. Period Two class will access research paper sources in class using computer carts on selected dates. Research paper due date is May 17; students should not delay in accessing sources, writing initial drafts, updating outlines and works cited pages and submitting final draft by deadline. Check senior projects link on the school's library web site to use the Online Writing Lab site for MLA formatting requirements for this fifteen-page document. After the AP Exam on May 12, students will deliver in-class presentations to determine presenters for the field trip visit.

AP Exam preparation week two is scheduled for May 3-7. Students will write an essay on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of that week, and complete a full multiple choice component on Tuesday and Thursday. Final review for the exam is scheduled for Monday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 11.

Literary terms will be covered in class this week on Wednesday. Please have all literary terms tests taking during the year collated and ready for review.

Multiple choice summer assignment answers will be reviewed in class as well during the week.

If textbooks are required this week, an announcement will be made in class.