Friday, December 22, 2017

STUDYPATH* January 8-12, 2018

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 8
UCLA and USC Library Privileges signed documents are due today in class
Language and Composition-The Art of Voice textbooks are required in class for Frederick Douglass assignment; respond to Rhetorical Analysis #1-#5 due tomorrow
Glossary of Literary Terms from Language and Composition-The Art of Voice (667)
Five Steps to a Five synthesis paper sources reviewed for Thursday's timed writing assignment; students will review prompt and sources for synthesis writing assignment on affluenza (Pages 191-195 Sources A-G)

Tuesday January 9
Multiple choice practice continues in class
Language and Composition-The Art of Voice responses for Frederick Douglass piece are due in class today for discussion
Five Steps to a Five synthesis paper sources reviewed for Thursday's timed writing assignment

Wednesday January 10
Tone Lesson: Bombeck due in class

Thursday January 11
Weekly timed writing is scheduled in class

Friday January 12
Winter break work (see previous blog entry) is due no later than Tuesday, January 16 (Monday, January 15 is a legal holiday and classes are not in session)
Tone Lesson: Twain due in class
The Scarlet Letter classroom discourse for Chapters One-Fifteen
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
Jonathan Edwards "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
Abraham Lincoln's Second Inaugural Address
Virginia Woolf's "A Room of One's Own"

Thursday, December 14, 2017

WINTER RECESS December 18, 2017-January 5, 2018

CLASSES BEGIN AGAIN MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2018

All winter break work is due no later than Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Monday, January 15, 2018 is a legal holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and classes are not in session.

Complete Argument Paper:  Relationship Between Certainty and Doubt

Complete Analysis Paper:  President Kennedy's Rhetorical Strategies for Purpose

Complete Synthesis Paper:  Should the USPS be Restructured?

Complete Logic of a Columnist on turnitin.com web site

Complete outlining of Language and Composition-The Art of Voice Chapters One, Two and Three



Saturday, December 09, 2017

STUDYPATH December 11-15, 2017 FINAL WEEK

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 11 (Regular Day Schedule)
FINALS preparation activities
Unit Seventeen Enriched Vocabulary scored in class

Tuesday December 12 (FINALS Periods One and Two Schedule)
BRING NEW LANGUAGE OF COMPOSITION BOOK TO CLASS
Outlining Five Steps to a Five
Semester Reflection-Portfolio Preparation
Winter Break Agenda (ALL WORK DUE TUESDAY, JANUARY 16)

1. Language of Composition-The Art of Voice Chapters One-Three
Outline Chapter One: Pages 2-31 (Selected pages not to be outlined: 9)
Outline Chapter Two: Pages 32-74 (Selected pages not to be outlined: 34)
Outline Chapter Three Pages 76-112 (Selected pages not to be outlined TBD)

2. Synthesis-Analysis-Argument Papers (use the link below and click AP English Language; then click the 2012 free-response questions and answer the three questions--USPS, President Kennedy and Certainty-Doubt)

3. Logic of a Columnist ( #8 due January 16, 2018 on turnitin.com web site)


Wednesday December 13 (FINALS Periods Three and Four Schedule)
Period Two does not meet today

Thursday December 14 (FINALS Periods Five and Six Schedule)
Review of three prompts assigned for winter break

Friday December 15 (Minimum Day Schedule)
Tentative planning for Semester B is scheduled

SEMESTER TWO BEGINS MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2018

Friday, December 01, 2017

STUDYPATH* December 4-8, 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 December 4
Portfolio preparation, outlining and multiple choice practice continues in class all week
The Scarlet Letter dialectical journals (three per five chapters) for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen due Friday for class discussion
Carol Shields Syntax assignment due in class today
Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 17 due in class today
"Too Much Pressure" Colleen Wenke Bedford Reader reading selection assigned in class and due Wednesday

Tuesday December 5
Portfolio preparation, outlining and multiple choice practice continues in class all week

Wednesday December 6
Colleen Wenke's "Too Much Pressure" Bedford Reader responses are due in class today

Thursday December 7
Weekly timed writing is scheduled
Timed writing assignments continue during winter break and second semester

Friday December 8
The Scarlet Letter class discussion is scheduled; novels and dialectical journals (three per five chapters) for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen are due in class
Bedford Reader textbooks returned to textbook room
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments