Sunday, February 22, 2015

STUDYPATH* February 23-27, 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, Feb. 23
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow for reading/writing assignment and rhetorical devices and literary terms
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled; Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Friday
Grammar assignment from Language of Composition is due Thursday

Tuesday, Feb. 24
Introduction to the Junior Defense of Thesis research paper on outdoor water conservation; AP classes will meet in the library Monday and Tuesday of next week
LibGuide for water conservation paper is scheduled

Wednesday, Feb. 25
Multiple choice practice continues in class in preparation for the upcoming AP exam

Thursday, Feb. 26
Timed writing is scheduled 

Friday, Feb. 27
Invisible Man motif paper is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. on Monday, March 2
Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop responses are due; test is scheduled Monday
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Saturday, February 14, 2015

STUDYPATH* February 16-20, 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 Feb. 16
Today is Presidents Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday, Feb. 17
Timed writing interim assessment continues concludes with argument paper on Nuclear Power: Friend or Foe due by end of period

Wednesday, Feb. 18
Multiple choice practice for the Queen Elizabeth I speech to Parliament continues in class
Invisible Man paper on motif assigned and due Monday, March 2 on turnitin.com website by 8:30 A.M.
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Language of Composition are scheduled; textbook is required in class
Grammar assignment for Language of Composition is scheduled and due Monday, February 23

Thursday, Feb. 19
Logic of a Columnist article is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Timed writing practice for the upcoming Advanced Placement examination

Friday, Feb. 20
Invisible Man class discussion is scheduled for Chapters 21-Epilogue; dialectical journals and novels are required in class
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Wednesday, February 04, 2015

STUDYPATH* March 2-6, 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 March 2
Argument: What Counts as Evidence
Observations, Interviews, Surveys, Questionnaires
Student Presentations of Argument Protocols-The Toulmin Method

Tuesday March 3
Argument: Using Evidence Effectively
Considering Audiences and Building a Critical Mass
Arranging Evidence
Student Presentations of Argument Protocols-The Rogerian Method

Wednesday March 4
Recapitulation of Toulmin and Rogerian Argument Models
Student Presentations conclude for Argument Protocols

Thursday March 5

Friday March 6
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STUDYPATH* February 23-27, 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 Feb.23
Argument: Making Claims
Giving Argument Shapes and Styles
Managing the Convention of Argument

Tuesday Feb. 24
Argument: Establishing Credibility
Demonstrating Knowledge and Sharing Values
Building Common Ground and Respecting Readers

Wednesday Feb.25
Arguments From the Heart
Understanding how Emotional Arguments Work
Using Emotions to Build Bridges and Sustain an Argument

Thursday Feb.26
Arguments Based on Values, Character and Based on Facts and Reasons
Embracing or Rejecting Values
Claiming Authority and Establishing Credibility
Hard Evidence and Reason and Common Sense

Friday Feb.27
Structuring Arguments
Making Claims, Offering Data and Good Reasons and Determining Warrants
Using Qualifiers and Understanding Conditions of Rebuttal

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STUDYPATH* February 16-20, 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 Feb.16
Today is Presidents Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday Feb. 17
Introduction to Argument and Persuasion
Arguments to Inform, Convince, Explore and Make Decisions

Wednesday Feb. 18
Occasions for Argument
Arguments about the Past, the Present and the Future

Thursday Feb. 19
Kinds of Argument
Arguments of Facts, Definition, Evaluation and Proposal Arguments

Friday Feb.20
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STUDYPATH* February 9-13, 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 Feb. 9
Nuclear Power: Friend or Foe introduction to Grade 11 Performance Task
Task overview and classroom activity:  Using Visual Stimuli
CCSS/Standard(s): RLiteracy-7 and WLiteracy-8-9
WHSSSK 91-100 responses are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow
Language of Composition grammar assignment (Page 593 1-15 Exercise One) is due today


Tuesday Feb. 10
Nuclear Power-Friend or Foe
Internet sources: Both sides of the nuclear debate
"Professions for Women" Woolf responses are due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (Discussion 1, 6 and Rhetoric 1, 3 and 5)
WHSSSK 91-100 test is scheduled

Wednesday Feb. 11
Full length argumentative report based on student notes (contextualize examination of stimuli)

Thursday Feb. 12
Responses to constructed response research questions:  Write full persuasive pieces/arguments about topics or texts attending to a purpose and audience

Friday Feb. 13
Dialectical journals for Invisible Man Chapters 21-25 and Epilogue are due today; class discussion is postponed to next week after interim assessment and Grade 11 Performance Task
Responses to constructed response research questions: Analyze and integrate information and evaluate information sources using evidence
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Sunday, February 01, 2015

STUDYPATH* February 2-6, 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
"Atlanta Exposition Address" Booker T. Washington responses are due tomorrow for class discussion; choose any five questions for response
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms; grammar assignment is scheduled
Logic of a Columnist responses are due Thursday

Tuesday
Language of Composition "Atlanta Exposition Address" Booker T. Washington class discussion is scheduled

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

Thursday
Timed writing is scheduled in class
Logic of a Columnist responses are due today

Friday
Invisible Man Chapters 16-20 class discussion is scheduled; novels and dialectical journals are required in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information.