Friday, August 25, 2017

STUDYPATH* August 28-September 1, 2017

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 August 28
Bedford Reader "Silent Dancing" responses (M1, M3, WS1, WS3, L3) are due in class for discussion; textbooks are required in class
Logic of a Columnist #1 is due tomorrow by 8:15 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Scoring of Enriched Vocabulary #3 and #4 is scheduled inclass
Multiple choice practice continues in class all week
Syntax assignments continue in class this week
Thursday timed writing assignment is introduced for review and discussion

Tuesday August 29
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class for Anna Quindlen's "Homeless" assignment
Logic of a Columnist is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:15 A.M.; late assignments will earn late fail points
Five Steps To A Five outlining is scheduled in class
Five Steps To A Five synthesis paper

Wednesday August 30
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for grammar assignment

Thursday August 31
Timed Writing is scheduled
Homework for the holiday weekend to be discussed in class:  The Great Gatsby Chapters One-Three dialectical journals (three) are due Tuesday, August 29 (this assignment postponed to Tuesday, September 5)

Friday September 1 (Admissions Day State Holiday--No Classes Scheduled)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
College Board accounts are due

Thursday, August 17, 2017

STUDYPATH* August 21-25, 2017

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 August 21
Multiple choice practice from Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Syntax Assignment: Virginia Woolf is scheduled in class (postponed to Tuesday, August 22)
Synthesis Paper #1 sources review continue in class; timed writing is scheduled Thursday (Eminent Domain)(postponed to Tuesday, August 22)
Enriched Vocabulary Unit Two responses are due in class tomorrow
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" responses (M1, M4, WS1, WS3, L4) hard copy due today in class; Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class

Tuesday August 22 (Shortened Day Schedule)
Enriched Vocabulary Unit Two assignment due in class; late work receives late fail points
Synthesis Paper #1 sources review continue in class; timed writing is scheduled Thursday (Eminent Domain)

Wednesday August 23
Synthesis Paper #1 sources review continue in class; timed writing is scheduled Thursday (Eminent Domain)
Syntax Assignment #2:  Chief Red Jacket is scheduled in class

Thursday August 24
Timed Writing: Synthesis Paper #1 (Eminent Domain)

Friday August 25
Syntax Assignment #3:  Edgar Allan Poe is scheduled in class
Students may use the following link for access to the Los Angeles Times:
Los Angeles Times Student Access
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
Analyzing the Logic of a Columnist due August 29 on turnitin.com