Sunday, February 23, 2014

STUDYPATH* February 24-28, 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
Meet in the Hollywood High School library for research paper skills; water conservation prompt distributed last week in class is required in library
Bedford Reader is not required in class this week
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five responses are due Friday; questions are available on Box at right of this blog
Writer's Choice 7.6 is due Wednesday in class
Writer's Choice textbooks must be brought to class on Wednesday
American literature selection responses are due for Jefferson, Lincoln and Whitman from respective AP classes

Tuesday
Meet in the Hollywood High School library for research paper skills
Columnist response is due today

Wednesday
Complete research paper test; Writer's Choice textbooks must be brought to class
Writer's Choice 7.6 is due today

Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled

Friday
Class discussion for Chapters 21-25 and Epilog of Invisible Man continues in class
Multiple choice scoring for Invisible Man test is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

Saturday, February 15, 2014

STUDYPATH* February 17-21, 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 Presidents Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday
Period Six does not meet today
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four responses are due Friday; access the assignment on Box at right of blog
Columnist response is due next Tuesday
Dialectical journals for Chapters 20-25 and Epilog of Invisible Man are due today; class discussion is scheduled Friday

Wednesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Writer's Choice 7.5 assignment is due today
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices

Thursday
Water conservation prompt for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper is distributed
EAP prompt is scheduled for in-class timed writing

Friday
Multiple choice construction for the Hazlitt piece is scheduled
Motif paper for Invisible Man is due today by 8:30 A.M. or turnitin.com web site
Invisible Man Test #3 is completed in class before class discussion of Chapters 20-25 and epilog using dialectical journals
Students will meet in the library February 24 and 25 for research paper skills and strategies
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates

Sunday, February 09, 2014

STUDYPATH* February 10-14, 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
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today; vocabulary work will resume next week
Motifs for the Invisible Man paper are finalized in class; due date on turnitin.com web site is Tuesday morning, February 18 by 8:30 A.M. (this paper has been postponed to Friday, February 21 by 8:30 A.M.)
Synthesis paper on multiculturalism is scheduled and due on turnitin.com web site on Thursday, February 13 by 8:30 A.M.; no in-class timed writing is scheduled this week
Research paper prompt on water conservation sources, formatting and MLA citations orientation is scheduled all week including outlining, thumbnails, subheads, pagination, works cited, in-text citations, cover page and line spacing requirements 
Invisible Man multiple choice questions are assigned and due Friday
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for literary terms and rhetorical devices

Tuesday
Summaries (one page each) from the Franklin, Paine and Henry pieces are due today
Orwell-Swift multiple choice responses are due today
Bedford Reader is required in class
Water Case activity is scheduled in class
Literary terms test is scheduled

Wednesday
Writer's Choice 7.4 responses are due today
Everything's An Argument in-class assignment is scheduled

Thursday
No in-class timed writing is scheduled this week
Multiculturalism paper is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Hazlitt piece multiple choice activity

Friday
Invisible Man dialectical journals for Chapters 20-25 and Epilogue are due today; novels are required in class for completing Invisible Man Test #2, begun last week (this has been postponed to Tuesday, February 18; however the multiple choice for Invisible Man are due today)
Invisible Man multiple choice responses are due in class today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class update

Sunday, February 02, 2014

STUDYPATH* February 3-7, 2014

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Corrections: E-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net
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
Invisible Man dialectical journals for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty are due Friday for class discussion
Columnist response is due in class today
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Friday; access assignment on Box at right of blog
Literary terms 41-50 are reviewed; Bedford Reader textbook is required in class
Motif papers for Invisible Man due date set for turnitin.com web site
All American literature summaries are due Monday, February 10
Access this link for Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111frank.html
Access this link for "The American Crisis" Thomas Paine
http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Paine/Crisis/Crisis-TOC.html
Access this link for Patrick Henry speech
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/133/historic-american-documents/4956/patrick-henrys-speech-to-thevirginia-house-of-burgess-richmond-virginia-march-23-1775/
 
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is due in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms
Flag protection synthesis sources are reviewed in class for turnitin.com web site paper due February 11
Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" and Swift's "A Modest Proposal" multiple choice responses are due Monday; text is in Language of Composition textbook and handouts will be provided in class
Literary terms 41-50 test is scheduled for Periods One and Three; Period Six will take the test on Friday
Period Six does not meet today

Wednesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Literary terms 41-50 reviewed for Period Six; test is scheduled Friday before class discussion of Invisible Man Chapters Sixteen-Twenty
Writer's Choice 7.3 assignment is due today for all three classes

Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled

Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Class discussion for Invisible Man Chapters Sixteen-Twenty is scheduled; novels and dialectical journals are required in class