Saturday, May 25, 2013

STUDYPATH* May 27-31, 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 is Memorial Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday-Friday
Dickinson poetry interpretation, explication and analysis is scheduled; student-chosen poem selected is interpreted, explicated and analyzed in class

Literary terms are scheduled (anaphora, anthropomorphism, antithesis, begging the question, chiasmus, denouement, epistrophe, homograph, homomyn, homophone, in media res, modernism, motif, naturalism, non sequitur, parallelism, procatalepsis, slippery slope, understatement, zeugma)

Return all textbooks to classroom

Preparation for final examination is scheduled

Saturday, May 18, 2013

STUDYPATH* May 20-24, 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-Friday
Preparation for the upcoming visit to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California includes power point and defense of thesis rehearsals for presenters and question/answer forums using the judges' scoring forms both Monday and Tuesday

Metropolitan Water District of Southern California field trip is scheduled Wednesday, May 22; students meet in the cafeteria at 7:45 A.M. on Wednesday for preparations to board the train; debrief of trip will occur once students return to school in the afternoon

Return Bedford Reader, Everything's An Argument and Writer's Choice textbooks to classroom

Return all Water Case handouts to classroom

Proof of AP Online Score reports account for students is due; print verification of account signup

USING YOUR RESEARCH PAPER, WRITE TEN TALKING POINTS FOR THE CLASS DISCOURSE SCHEDULED AT METROPOLITAN WATER DISTRICT
Talking points are due Tuesday in class

Saturday, May 11, 2013

STUDYPATH* May 13-17, 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-Friday
Preparation for the upcoming visit to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California includes power point and defense of thesis rehearsals for presenters and question/answer forums using the judges' scoring forms

Debriefing of the AP English Language and Composition examination free response questions

Precis for research paper assigned and due Friday

Return Bedford Reader and Writer's Choice textbooks to classroom

Return all Water Case handouts to classroom

Power points for presenters are due today

Research papers are scored and returned to students

Proof of AP Online Score reports account for students is due Friday; print verification of account signup

Saturday, May 04, 2013

STUDYPATH* May 6-10, 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
AP Exam Week One May 6-10
College counselor Mrs. Brown is scheduled as guest speaker
AP English Language and Composition examination is scheduled Friday
Multiple choice examination responses are reviewed in class Monday-Thursday

Tuesday
Multiple choice examination responses are reviewed
Literary terms, rhetorical devices, and footnote multiple choice question analysis are scheduled

Wednesday
Multiple choice examination responses are reviewed
Literary terms, rhetorical devices and footnote multiple choice question analysis are scheduled

Thursday
Pre-Exam class discussion of skills and strategies for AP exam is scheduled

Friday
AP English Language and Composition examination is scheduled today; students are invited to continental breakfast in classroom from 6:30-7:45 A.M.