Saturday, January 29, 2011

STUDYPATH* January 31-February 4, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Monday

Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday; Unit Nine answers are due Thursday with test scheduled for February 7.
Water Case One test answers are due today.
Invisible Man class discussion from Friday continues in class today for Chapters Six-Ten; talking points (five per chapter) for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty are due in class Friday, February 11.
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today for reading assignment.

Tuesday

Short simple sentences grammar from Language of Composition is due today; book is due in class tomorrow.
Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.
"Meanings of a Word" Gloria Naylor responses from Bedford Reader (M 1, 4; WS 1, 3) are due today.
Water Case One discussion is scheduled for Thursday.

Wednesday
The Language of Composition textbook is due in class today for next grammar assignment and literary terms review; test date is scheduled for tomorrow before Water Case One discussion.
Unit Nine Vocabulary Workshop answers are due tomorrow.
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled in class.

Thursday
Water Case One class discussion is scheduled for today.
Unit Nine Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for Monday.

Friday
Invisible Man class discussion for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen is scheduled for today.

Saturday, January 22, 2011

STUDYPATH* January 24-28, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday

Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today; Unit Eight responses are due Thursday.
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today and tomorrow for the next assigned reading selection; responses for Meghan Daum piece are due tomorrow.
Invisible Man class discussion on Prologue and Chapters One-Fifteen continues Friday in class.
Appositives grammar from The Language of Composition is being scored and will be returned to students; textbook is due in class Wednesday for the next grammar assignment and literary terms.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled for today.
"Veils" synthesis essay is due today on turnitin.com web site.
Daum Bedford Reader responses (M 1, 2; WS 2, 3, 4 and L 3) are due today.
Affluenza essays are scored and returned to students.

Wednesday
Literary terms and the next grammar assignment from The Language of Composition (textbook is due in class today) are assigned; test date will be announced.
Work in Everything's An Argument and Five Steps to a Five continues in class.
An in-class essay is scheduled for tomorrow.

Thursday
Students will write a timed essay in class in preparation for the upcoming Advanced Placement English Language examination.
Invisible Man class discussion is scheduled for tomorrow.
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for Monday.

Friday
Water Case One is assigned for homework and responses due Monday in preparation for the spring research paper and trip to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Class discussion of Invisible Man Prologue and Chapters One-Fifteen continues in class today.

Saturday, January 15, 2011

STUDYPATH* 17-21, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Monday

Today is a legal holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and classes are not in session.

Tuesday
Invisible Man class discussion on Prologue and Chapters One-Five is scheduled for Friday.
Bedford Reader Huntington piece responses (M 1, 2; WS 1, 3; L 1) are due today; Bedford Reader is due in class for next assigned reading selection.
The Language of Composition text is due in class today for continuation of the lesson on appositives; this text will be used second semester (February 14) for preparation for the upcoming Advanced Placement English Language examination in May.
Literary terms from Bedford Reader are assigned with test scheduled for Thursday in class.
Chief Seattle and Affluenza scored essays are returned to students.

Wednesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven answers are due Thursday with test to be scheduled Friday before Invisible Man class discussion.
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled in class.
Students must complete account information online for turnitin.com synthesis essay on "Veils," and begin writing the essay; check due dates on your turnitin.com account page.

Thursday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven answers are due in class today; test is scheduled for Monday.
Everything's An Argument and Five Steps to a Five work is scheduled for classwork today.
Literary terms 71-80 from Bedford Reader are tested today.

Friday

Invisible Man Prologue and Chapters One-Five class discussion is scheduled for today.
Weekend homework will be announced.

Wednesday, January 05, 2011

STUDYPATH* January 10-14, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Monday
Invisible Man Prologue and Chapters One-Fifteen winter recess assignment is due today; class discussion is scheduled for next week.
Students are tentatively scheduled to meet in the library Thursday and Friday for turnitin.com research skills and strategies and set up of school e-mail accounts.
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class Monday and Tuesday for literary terms and next reading assignment.
College readiness responses are due today (see winter recess assignments on blog).

Tuesday
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today for literary terms and next reading assignment.
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work continues in class.
Vocabulary Workshop assignment is announced in class with due date set.

Wednesday

In-class timed writing is scheduled for today.
Meet in library Thursday and Friday.

Thursday
Meet in library for turnitin.com strategies and skills lesson and school e-mail accounts information.

Friday
Meet in library for continuation of Thursday lesson.
Weekend homework will be announced.


Agenda Bin:
Assign Water Case One.
Language of Composition assignment to be scheduled.
Everything's An Argument assignment to be scheduled.
Journaling in Advanced Placement is scheduled for second semester.