Saturday, January 24, 2015

STUDYPATH* January 26-30, 2015

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
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow for rhetorical devices and literary terms; grammar assignment (Page 501 Exercise One 1-10) is due today
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" class discussion is scheduled; assignments completed during winter recess will be returned to students
Invisible Man Test One continues in class for students who did not complete assignment
College Board proof of account sign up is due; UCLA and USC library cards issued to students can be submitted for teacher verification
Frederick Douglass assignment in Language of Composition postponed to next Monday
Invisible Man dialectical journals for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen are due Friday in class

Tuesday
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms and reading and writing assignment

Wednesday
Multiple choice practice for Queen Elizabeth speech to Parliament continues in class

Thursday
Timed writing is scheduled
Climate change papers are due today by e-mail for selected AP students who obtained parent signatures

Friday
Invisible Man Chapters 11-15 class discussion is scheduled; dialectical journals for Chapters 11-15 are due in class; Invisible Man Test Two is scheduled before discussion
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information.

Sunday, January 18, 2015

STUDYPATH* January 19-23, 2015

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, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session 

Tuesday
Language of Composition "Atlanta Exposition Address" Douglass responses are due Monday; assignment for specific questions is scheduled in class today
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class today for "Superman and Me" Alexie responses and grammar assignment
Logic of a Columnist responses are due in class Thursday
Water Case responses are due in class Friday
Dialectical journals for Chapters 6-10 of Invisible Man are due Friday for class discussion
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 81-90 are due tomorrow; test is scheduled Friday January 23 before class discussion
Literary terms and rhetorical devices 31-40 are scheduled today

Wednesday
WHSSSK 81-90 responses are due today
Bedford Reader outlines are returned to students for group work
Queen Elizabeth speech to Parliament multiple choice work continues in class

Thursday
Logic of a Columnist responses are due today
Timed writing is scheduled for student debt paper (postponed from last week); synthesis topics include three-year degree, for-profit colleges and free community college tuition for two years

Friday
Water Case responses are due
Class discussion of Invisible Man Chapters Six-Ten is scheduled; dialectical journals (one per chapter) are required in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

Thursday, January 01, 2015

STUDYPATH* January 12-16, 2015

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
Winter recess assignments are due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) test is scheduled tomorrow
Review semester reflections to set goals for second semester
Student debt Wall Street Journal articles distributed for Thursday timed write

Tuesday
WHSSSK test is scheduled
Language of Composition textbook is required in class for grammar assignment
Water Cases distributed for both classes and due Friday

Wednesday
Multiple choice practice-Queen Elizabeth's Speech to Parliament (1601)
Winter recess assignments class discourse for responses to LOC reading selections

Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled

Friday
Class discussion for Prologue and Chapters One-Five of Invisible Man is scheduled
Water Case responses are due for both classes
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information