Saturday, January 25, 2014

STUDYPATH* January 27-31, 2014

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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
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two is available on Box; download and complete the assignment, which is due Friday
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow for literary terms
Dialectical journals for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen of Invisible Man are due Friday for class discussion
Motif choices for Invisible Man paper are chosen by students
Columnist response is due Monday of next week
Summary pages from Of Plymouth Plantation and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" are due today
Return UCLA library forms by the end of the week

Tuesday
Water Case One activity is scheduled in class
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class today and tomorrow
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) resume; work is due Tuesday of next week

Wednesday
Writer's Choice 7.2 Prewriting: Developing an Outline is due today; 7.3 responses are due next Wednesday
Metropolitan Water District Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class; research paper timeline is announced

Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled

Friday
American literature summaries are due Monday for assigned selections on Box; selections will be announced in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three is scheduled Monday and responses due Friday of next week
Hazlitt piece distributed for multiple choice test maker activity
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments

Sunday, January 19, 2014

STUDYPATH* January 20-24, 2014

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

Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Water Cases are due in class for Periods Three and Six only
Dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten of Invisible Man are due Friday for class discussion; reading quiz one on the novel is scheduled Friday
Reading and writing assignments for Of Plymouth Plantation and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" literature selections are due Monday; write a one-page summary of each
Access this link for Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
https://www.teachervision.com/american-colonies/resource/3345.html
Access this link for Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/AP%20History/SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGodExcerpts.htm 
Motif paper and themes for tracing motif in Invisible Man are discussed in class
Synthesis paper sources are reviewed for Thursday's in-class timed writing
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) assignment is scheduled

Wednesday
Writer's Choice assignment is due; textbook is required in class for additional research paper writing assignments; complete 7.1 Writing Activities on page 329 Skills Practice 1, 2 and 3; prompt topic for research paper will be discussed in class this week
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Synthesis paper sources are reviewed for tomorrow's in-class timed writing (continued from Tuesday)
Answers from diagnostic multiple choice from final exam in December are reviewed in class this week and next week
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two activities are assigned

Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled

Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Class discussion and reading quiz for Chapters Six-Ten of Invisible Man is scheduled; dialectical journals are required in class
Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class
AP English Language and Composition Examination is scheduled for May 9; all students are required to have a College Board account for access to exam scores





Sunday, January 12, 2014

Semester Two: January 13-17, 2014

This blog is in DRAFT form and will be updated during the first week of classes.
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
Writing Competition paper is due on turnitin.com by 8:30 A.M. today
Outlining for Language of Composition is due today
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God novels are returned to textbook room
Literary terms from Bedford Reader are scheduled; textbook is required in class
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) are scheduled
Invisible Man dialectical journals are due today; Invisible Man reading quiz is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two classwork is scheduled this week
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class; initial planning of research paper is discussed
Multiple choice practice continues in class
Columnist response is due today

Tuesday
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Water Case is due for all three classes today

Wednesday
Period Six meets today; Periods One and Three do not meet
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class

Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled

Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Writer's Choice assignment is scheduled in preparation for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper; complete 7.1 Prewriting: Planning and Researching (324) and submit on Tuesday

AGENDA BIN (upcoming assignments to be scheduled but not yet due)
Writer's Choice Research Paper Writing (pages 323-357) is assigned; 7.1 Prewriting; Planning and Researching (324); 7.2 Prewriting: Developing an Outline (330); 7.3 Drafting (334); 7.4 Citing Sources (338); 7.5 Revising (344); 7.6 Editing and Presenting; A Model Paper (348); Unit 7 Review (357)
This years AP English Language Exam is scheduled Friday, May 9; see College Board web site for details
Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation and Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" selections