Saturday, September 24, 2016

STUDYPATH* September 26-30, 2016

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 September 26
Berssenbrugge-Whitman Imagery-Detail responses due tomorrow
Satire paper is assigned and due Thursday morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (What Would You Like to Change about our Society?) (Prewriting-Brainstorming-Student Example-Topic-Proposal-Citation and Works Cited-Rubric)
Einstein multiple choice practice is scheduled
Eminent Domain paper rewrites are due Tuesday, October 4 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (postponed from this week to next so student have more time for rewrites)
Gloria Naylor's "The Meaning of a Word" (Bedford Reader) hard copy responses are due in class today (Page 486 M2, 4; WS 1, 3 and L 1)
Glossary literary terms 11-20 are scheduled in class
UPDATED:  Capote papers are due Thursday, October 6 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Tuesday September 27
Berssenbrugge-Whitman Imagery-Detail responses due today (hard copy)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are scheduled in class and due Thursday; test is scheduled Friday
Analysis of the Logic of a Columnist due Friday by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Satire paper prewriting continues in class

Wednesday September 28
UPDATED:  Glossary terms 11-20 test is scheduled (postponed to Friday)
Satire paper prewriting continues in class

Thursday September 29
UPDATED: Satire paper is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. (deadline has been extended to next week since more time for prewriting and preparation is required)
Timed writing is postponed to next Thursday

Friday September 30
Words High School Students Should Know (Words 21-30) test is scheduled
Analysis of the Logic of a Columnist assignment is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
The Great Gatsby class discussion for Chapters Four-Six is scheduled; dialectical journals and novels are required in class; Chapters Seven-Nine dialectical journals are postponed to October 7 (one dialectical journal per chapter) (hard copy)
UPDATED: "Too Much Pressure" Wenke responses are due Tuesday (hard copy); respond to M 3; WS 1, 2, 3; L 1 Page 532) from Bedford Reader
LINK for "Babylon Revisted"
F. Scott Fitzgerald
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Saturday, September 17, 2016

STUDYPATH* September 19-23, 2016

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 September 19
Dialectical journals (one entry per chapter) are due Friday for Chapters 4-6 of The Great Gatsby class discussion
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 11-20 are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow
Daum Op-Ed Analyzing the Logic of a Columnist is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today

Tuesday September 20
Safe-Sex Lies (Meghan Daum) responses are due (hard copy) in class; Bedford Reader textbook is required in class (meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 2, 4 and language 3)
WHSSSK test for words 11-20 is scheduled today
Glossary literary terms 11-20 are scheduled in class (from Five Steps to a Five textbook)
Wilson-Wilde Tone Syntax handout is distributed in class and due tomorrow

Wednesday September 21
Multiple choice practice continues in class in preparation for the yearly AP English Language exam
Wilson-Wilde responses are due today (hard copy)
Outlining Five Steps to a Five textbook is scheduled

Thursday September 22
Timed writing is scheduled

Friday September 23
Dialectical journals (see Monday entry) due for Chapters 4-6 class discussion of The Great Gatsby
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Saturday, September 10, 2016

STUDYPATH* September 12-16, 2016

D R A F T:  Check Sunday evening for updated information.
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 September 12
Introduction to the Synthesis Paper (timed writing is scheduled Thursday)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 11-20 assigned and due Thursday
Analysis of the Logic of a Columnist assignment scheduled and due Friday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. ("Worse than trigger warnings" by Meghan Daum--LA Times.Com/Opinion September 1 issue date) (POSTPONED TO MONDAY BY 8:30 A.M. ON TURNITIN.COM WEB SITE)
Glossary literary terms 1-10 test is scheduled in class
Minow paper rewrite is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals Chapters One-Three due Friday for class discussion; novels must be brought to class (hard copy only-not online)
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class for Daum's "Safe-Sex Lies" assignment (postponed from last week)

Tuesday September 13
Sources for Synthesis Paper introduced and reviewed in class (timed writing is scheduled Thursday)
Tone-Diction assignment is due tomorrow (Shakespeare's Macbeth and Wiesel's Night)
RFK multiple choice in-class assignment is scheduled (postponed from last week)

Wednesday September 14
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Sources for Synthesis Paper continues in class
Glossary literary terms 11-20 is scheduled (postponed from last week)

Thursday September 15
Timed writing is scheduled for the Synthesis Paper (governmental taking of property from one private owner to give to another to further economic development constitutes permissible "public use" under the Fifth Amendment

Friday September 16
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals for Chapters One-Three and novels must be brought for class discussion
Reminder:  Analysis of the Logic of a Columnist assignment (Meghan Daum) due Monday by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
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AGENDA BIN:
Logical fallacies from Everything's An Argument

Friday, September 02, 2016

STUDYPATH* September 5-9, 2016

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 September 5
Today is Labor, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday September 6
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class for Daum's "Safe Sex Lies" assignment due Friday (postponed to next week)
Imagery Frost assignment is scheduled (postponed to Friday)
Glossary literary terms One-Ten review is scheduled; test is scheduled Friday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words One-Ten test is scheduled Thursday before timed writing assignment
Logic of a Columnist assignment (postponed to next week)
Orwell paper rewrite is due by 8:30 A.M. today on turnitin.com web site (postponed by one day until tomorrow, Wednesday)

Wednesday September 7
SUBSTITUTE: Mr. Carmicle is attending a training at Dorsey High School for the PASS Program
RFK passage multiple choice practice is scheduled (postponed to Friday)
Five Steps to a Five in-class assignment for the Minow paper rewrite is due at end of period
Detail Holland assignment is scheduled (postponed to Friday)
Orwell paper rewrite due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Thursday September 8
WHSSSK Words One-Ten test is scheduled
Timed writing is scheduled:
MINOW PAPER REWRITE--Bring first draft to class; study the generic AP rubric on how to improve paper and earn a higher score for the rewrite

Friday September 9
Glossary literary terms One-Ten test is scheduled
Glossary literary terms Eleven-Twenty assignment is scheduled
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