Saturday, December 19, 2015

STUDYPATH* January 11-15, 201

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 January 11
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day One of Ten)
"What AP Readers Long To See"; "The Ten Rules of AP Language"; "A Methodology for Analyzing Prose Passages on the AP Language Exam" handouts distributed and reviewed in class
Winter break work (hard copies) due today in class; LATE WORK will receive late fail points; no letter grade will be earned unless all assignments are submitted by end of day on January 11)

Bedford Reader Outlining Chapter Two
(complete sentences with punctuation; no fragments or phrases)(see box at right of blog for example)
  • The Writing Process
  • Analyzing the Writing Situation
  • Discovering Ideas
  • Focusing on the Thesis and the Thesis Statement
  • Drafting
  • Revising and Editing
  • Collaborating
Bedford Reader Outlining Chapter Three
(complete sentences with punctuation; no fragments or phrases)(see box at right of blog for example)
  • Responding to a Text
  • Integrating Source Materials
  • Writing from Research
  • Avoiding Plagiarism
  • Source Citations using MLA Style (this section must be included in detail in outline)
  • MLA List of Words Cited (this section must be included in detail in outline
Period Two:  The Great Gatsby F. Scott Fitzgerald
(dialectical journals MUST be typed in correct format; see box at right of blog for example)
  • Chapters One-Nine (5 dialectical journals per chapter must be typed in correct format)
Period Five:  Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston
(dialectical journals MUST be typed in correct format; see box at right of blog for example)
  • Chapters One-Twenty (3 dialectical journals per chapters must be typed in correct format)

Tuesday January 12
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day Two of Ten)
Homework assignments due Monday, January 18:

  1. Logic of a Columnist
  2. Bedford Reader Outline-Argument
  3. Vocabulary Workshop
  4. Language of Composition Grammar
  5. Water Cases Two and Three
Wednesday January 13
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day Three of Ten)
Multiple choice practice (prose passage #1-15 minutes)
Homework assigned and due Monday, January 18
"Babylon Revisited" F. Scott Fitzgerald (Period Two)
"The Gilded Six Bits" Zora Neale Hurston (Period Five)

Thursday January 14
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day Four of Ten)
Multiple choice practice (prose passage #2-15 minutes)

Friday January 15
AP Ten-Day Interactive Discovery Instructional Scope and Sequence (Day Five of Ten)
Multiple choice practice (prose passage #3-15 minutes)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison (dialectical journals and class discussions)
Spring AP Workshops (to be scheduled)
Five Steps to a Five outlining
Multiple choice practice  for the AP English Language examination

Saturday, December 12, 2015

STUDYPATH* December 14-18, 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 December 14
Final exam preparation activities are scheduled for all classes

Tuesday December 15
Final Exams Periods One and Two (Period Two final has been postponed to after lunch on Thursday)
Eminent Domain paper timed writing final examination is scheduled Period Two
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals assigned for winter break; due January 11
Bedford Reader outlining assigned for winter break; due January 11

Wednesday December 16
Final Exams Periods Three and Four

Thursday December 17
Final Exams Periods Five and Six (morning) and Period Two (after lunch)
Eminent Domain paper timed writing final examination is scheduled Period Five
Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals assigned for winter break; due January 11
Bedford Reader outlining assigned for winter break; due January 11

Friday December 18
Check STUDYPATH over the winter break for second semester information and assignments

AGENDA BIN:
Invisible Man Ralph Ellison

Friday, December 04, 2015

STUDYPATH* December 7-11, 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 December 7
Outlining Chapter Nine Five Steps to a Five
Student-Teacher Conferencing-Finals
Huntington class discussion
Water Case One due (Period Two); Water Case Two assigned
Water Case One assigned (Period Five)
Tone responses due (Period Five)

Tuesday December 8
Outlining Chapter Nine Five Steps to a Five
Student-Teacher Conferencing-Finals
Daum class discussion
Tone responses due (Period Two)

Wednesday December 9
Outlining Chapter Ten Five Steps to a Five
Student-Teacher Conferencing-Finals
Kincaid class discussion

Thursday December 10
Timed Writing-Kelo Case

Friday December 11
Outlining Chapter Ten Five Steps to a Five
Student-Teacher Conferencing-Finals
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates

Agenda Bin:
Student-Teacher Conferencing-Finals
Multiple choice practice