Friday, October 28, 2016

STUDYPATH* October 31-November 4, 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 October 31
THESE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE SCHEDULED BY DAYS LATER THIS WEEKEND:
Rodriguez "Aria" piece Bedford Reader 666 M1, 4; WS 1, 2, 4 Language of Composition 509 RS 1, 3, 6, 8, 12 (responses are due in class tomorrow--students complete either assignment)
Synthesis paper parental influence is due Friday by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
"Professions for Women" 360 RS 2, 5, 7 529 1, 2, 5 (due in class Wednesday--this assignment will be finalized in class today)
Water in the News handout-Saving Water responses are due Friday (hard copy)
Glossary terms 21-30 continue in class; test is scheduled when next ten terms are completed
"Death of the Moth" multiple choice continues in class
Words High School Students Should Know assignment is due in class tomorrow; test is scheduled Wednesday
Water Case One distributed to students next Monday and due Tuesday next week
Satire paper not scheduled yet online; evaluation of student drafts continue in class this week
Logic of a Columnist assignment is due Thursday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.

Tuesday November 1
Voice lesson handout is distributed to students and due tomorrow
Prose passage multiple choice practice continues in class
Rodriguez "Aria" responses due in class today (see Monday entry)

Wednesday November 2
Five Steps to a Five Chapters Eight, Nine and Ten outlining continues in class
"Professions for Women" assignment due in class today (see Monday entry)
Isaacson multiple choice continues in class
Words High School Students Should Know test is scheduled

Thursday November 3
Timed writing Rodriguez piece "Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" is scheduled in class
Logic of a Columnist assignment is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today (postponed to tomorrow, Friday, November 5 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site)

Friday November 4
Synthesis paper parental influence due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (postponed to Tuesday, November 8 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site)
Water Case One will be distributed to students on Monday and is due next Tuesday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignment

STUDYPATH* October 31-November 4, 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 October 31
THESE ASSIGNMENTS WILL BE SCHEDULED BY DAYS LATER THIS WEEKEND:
Rodriguez "Aria" piece Bedford Reader 666 M1, 4; WS 1, 2, 4 Language of Composition 509 RS 1, 3, 6, 8, 12 (responses are due in class tomorrow--students complete either assignment)
Synthesis paper parental influence is due Friday by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
"Professions for Women" 360 RS 2, 5, 7 529 1, 2, 5 (due in class Wednesday--this assignment will be finalized in class today)
Water in the News handout-Saving Water responses are due Friday (hard copy)
Glossary terms 21-30 continue in class; test is scheduled when next ten terms are completed
"Death of the Moth" multiple choice continues in class
Words High School Students Should Know assignment is due in class tomorrow; test is scheduled Wednesday
Water Case One distributed to students next Monday and due Tuesday next week
Satire paper not scheduled yet online; evaluation of student drafts continue in class this week
Logic of a Columnist assignment is due Thursday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.

Tuesday November 1
Voice lesson handout is distributed to students and due tomorrow
Prose passage multiple choice practice continues in class
Rodriguez "Aria" responses due in class today (see Monday entry)

Wednesday November 2
Five Steps to a Five Chapters Eight, Nine and Ten outlining continues in class
"Professions for Women" assignment due in class today (see Monday entry)
Isaacson multiple choice continues in class
Words High School Students Should Know test is scheduled

Thursday November 3
Timed writing Rodriguez piece "Aria: Memoir of a Bilingual Childhood" is scheduled in class
Logic of a Columnist assignment is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today (postponed to tomorrow, Friday, November 5 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site)

Friday November 5
Synthesis paper parental influence due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (postponed to Tuesday, November 8 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site)
Water Case One will be distributed to students on Monday and is due next Tuesday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignment

Friday, October 21, 2016

STUDYPATH* October 24-28, 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 October 24
Bedford Reader is required in class for Virginia Woolf responses "The Death of the Moth"; respond to M 1 and 3, WS 1 and 2 and L 1 (Page 698)
"Professions for Women"Virginia Woolf responses are due Thursday
Words High School Students Should Know (Words 41-50) are scheduled in class
Satire paper (hard copy) is due in class before scheduling on turnitin.com web site
Los Angeles Times water conservation responses are due Friday (hard copy double-sided handout)

Tuesday October 25
Multiple choice Isaacson assignment is scheduled in class
"The Death of the Moth" multiple choice assignment is scored in class
Glossary terms 21-30 from Five Steps to a Five are scheduled in class

Wednesday October 26
Five Steps to a Five outlining is scheduled in class

Thursday October 27
Timed Writing Virginia Woolf piece is scheduled in class

Friday October 28
Introduction to Richard Rodriguez "Aria of a Childhood" piece scheduled for next week
Los Angeles Times water conservation assignment is due (hard copy)(postponed to next week)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

STUDYPATH* October 24-28, 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 October 24
Bedford Reader is required in class for Virginia Woolf responses "The Death of the Moth"
"Professions for Women"Virginia Woolf responses are due Thursday
Words High School Students Should Know (Words 41-50) are scheduled in class

Tuesday October 25

Wednesday October 26

Thursday October 27
Timed Writing Virginia Woolf piece is scheduled in class

Friday October 28
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

Friday, October 14, 2016

STUDYPATH* October 17-21, 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 October 17
Bedford Reader is required in class for Swift's "A Modest Proposal" (Page 674 M 2, 4, WS 3 and L1) and responses are due for class discussion
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 are due in class
"Babylon Revisited" responses are due in class (hard copy) today; class discussion is scheduled for five responses
Outlining Chapters Eight, Nine and Ten from Five Steps to a Five continues in class over the next several weeks in preparation for the Advanced Placement Examination in May
Glossary terms 21-30 from Five Steps to a Five continue in class
Detail-Diction Butler-Dillard responses are distributed in class and due tomorrow
Satire paper is scheduled on turnitin.com web site for Monday (see Friday STUDYPATH entry)

Tuesday October 18 (Shortened Day Schedule)
Gatsby multiple choice responses are distributed and due Friday; students should respond to all questions and may work with classmates on answers
Detail-Diction Butler-Dillard responses are due in class today (hard copy)
The Great Gatsby paper is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today
Glossary terms 21-30 from Five Steps to a Five continue in class

Wednesday October 19 (SPECIAL BELL SCHEDULE PSAT)


Period 1 8-11:52 A.M.
Lunch 11:52-12:22 P.M.
Period 2 12:27-1:16 P.M.
Period 4 1:22-2:11 P.M. 
Period 6 2:17-3:06 P.M. 
Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test is administered school wide to ninth, tenth and eleventh graders
PERIOD FIVE AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION DOES NOT MEET TODAY

Thursday October 20
Timed writing is scheduled in class
Earthquake Drill schedule is in effect

Friday October 21 (MINIMUM DAY SCHEDULE)

Period 1 8-9:09 A.M.
Period 3 9:15-10:09 A.M.
Brunch 10:09-10:39 A.M.
Period 5 10:45-11:39 A.M.
LGBTQ Assembly 11:39-12:39 P.M. 
Los Angeles Times water conservation responses are due today (hard copy double-sided handout)(postponed to next week)
Satire paper is scheduled on turnitin.com web site and due online Monday by 8:30 A.M. (paper will be submitted as a hard copy due Monday and then scheduled later on turnitin.com web site)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates

Saturday, October 08, 2016

STUDYPATH* October 10-14, 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 October 10
Water conservation assignment distributed in class
Prewriting for satire paper is due in class today; choose the topic, write web, outline, chart of ideas, submit a written proposal (due today) includes issue, community members to be interviewed (if applicable), three research sources and subtopics to be researched; date due to be determined in class
Outlining Five Steps to a Five in-class assignment is scheduled today, tomorrow and Thursday (Comprehensive Review--Analysis)
Bedford Reader is required in class for Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" responses due today (hard copy)
Imagery-Syntax responses are due tomorrow (Bronte-Shields) (postponed to Thursday)
The Great Gatsby multiple choice assignment distributed and due Thursday

Tuesday October 11
Outlining Five Steps to a Five in-class assignment continues in class
Glossary literary terms continue in class (11-20 attitude-deduction); test date is Friday

Wednesday October 12
Today is an unassigned day and classes are not in session

Thursday October 13
Outlining Five Steps to a Five in-class assignment continues in class
Satire prewriting student conferences are scheduled; paper is due as hard copy BEFORE turnitin.com assignment is required; hard copies due date to be discussed in class
The Great Gatsby multiple choice assignment due in class today (hard copy)(postponed to next week)

Friday October 14
Glossary literary terms test is scheduled (11-20 attitude-deduction)
"Babylon Revisited" F. Scott Fitzgerald responses are due in class today (hard copy); link is on a previous blog
Responses:
1.  What is the importance of the story's historical setting?  What is the significance of the title as it relates to the setting?
2.  What is stye story's theme?
3.  How does the story's point of view and tone have an impact on the reader?
4.  Explain why Charlie has or has not conquered his alcoholism.
5.  How long must one pay for past mistakes?
Credit:  http://freepages.history.rootsweb.ancestry.com/tdlarson/fsf/babylon/study.htm
The Great Gatsby paper due October 18 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; prompt "Closing Line in the Great Gatsby) previously distributed in class
Affluenza Synthesis Paper #2 is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates

Saturday, October 01, 2016

STUDYPATH* October 3-7, 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 October 3
Today is an unassigned day; classes are not in session

Tuesday October 4
"Too Much Pressure" Wenke responses from Bedford Reader due today (hard copy); respond to M3, WS 1, 2 and 3; L 1 Page 532)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 reviewed in class; test is scheduled tomorrow
Satire paper prewriting topic and outline of ideas is scheduled in class in preparation for Thursday's timed writing assignment
Eminent Doman paper rewrite is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Glossary terms 11-20 continued in class; test is scheduled Thursday before the timed writing assignment
Hughes-Pitts diction-tone assignment is distributed and due tomorrow

Wednesday October 5
Hughes-Pitts diction-tone assignment is due in class
WHSSSK Words 21-30 test is scheduled in class
Multiple choice practice is scheduled in preparation for the AP English Language examination
"Babylon Revisted" F. Scott Fitzgerald piece is assigned and reviewed in class
Outlining Five Steps to a Five (Argument, Synthesis and Analysis Chapters) is introduced in class

Thursday October 6
Satire paper timed writing is scheduled
Glossary terms 11-20 test is scheduled
Capote paper rewrites are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today

Friday October 7
Logic of a Columnist #2 assignment is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
The Great Gatsby Chapters Seven-Nine dialectical journals (one per chapter) are due (hard copy) for class discussion; novels are required in class
The Great Gatsby paper is assigned and due Friday, October 14 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information