Saturday, October 05, 2013

STUDYPATH* October 7-11, 2013

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow; "Orientation" responses meaning 1, writing strategies 1, 3 and language 1, 2 are due today
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One work is scheduled in class
Assignment prompts for Thursday's in-class timed writing assignments are distributed to students (The Great Gatsby for Periods One and Three and Their Eyes Were Watching God for Period Six)
5 Steps to a 5 Defense, Challenge, Qualify (Refute) in argumentative prompts; supporting positions in the argumentative papers
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are reviewed in class; test is scheduled tomorrow
Synthesis Paper Number Three (green living) is due tomorrow morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (2011 Form B prompt is available on the College Board site)
Bedford Reader rhetorical devices and literary terms are scheduled in class today and tomorrow

Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One is scheduled; test is scheduled tomorrow
Synthesis Paper Number Three is due this morning
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 test is scheduled
"Winter Dreams" is assigned and responses are due Monday; access the short story by using this link:  http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/winterd/winter.html: responses are postponed--check next week's blog

Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 are due Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One test is scheduled for all periods
The Great Gatsby multiple choice final exam is scheduled in class
Journaling for types of sentences and syntactical variety in prose is scheduled

Thursday
In-class timed writing for The Great Gatsby (Periods One and Three) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six)

Friday
Period Six Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals for Chapters 16-20 are due Monday (two per chapter); class discussion is scheduled for next Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments