November 26-30, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Vocabulary Level F Unit Seven answers due in class today; test scheduled for Tuesday
2. 100 Words High School Students Should Know test in class today
3. Three-page handout on rhetorical analysis, elements of literary style, and multiple-choice test taking strategies
4. Anthologies due in class for Dickinson-Whitman poetry
5. PERIOD FOUR ONLY-Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters One-Five Talking Points (ten per chapter) due today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Vocabulary Unit Seven Exam in class today
2. Anthologies due in class for Dickinson-Whitman poetry
3. NEW IN-CLASS DAYS FOR BEDFORD READER--WEDNESDAYS, THURSDAYS, FRIDAYS (Vocabulary continues next semester)

Wednesday
1. Bedford Reader due in class today
2. Bedford Reader literary terms continued in class-test to be scheduled
3. Rogerian and Toulmin argument models handouts issued to students
4. Multiple-choice practice

Thursday
1. Bedford Reader due in class today
2. Rogerian and Toulmin argument models continued
3. Bedford Reader literary terms continued in class-test to be scheduled
4. 100 Words High School Students Should Know (next ten terms due on Monday)
5. Class discussion for Their Eyes Were Watching God all period tomorrow

Friday
1. Class discussion for Their Eyes Were Watching God all period
2. Weekend homework to be announced

November 19-23, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Plasma-Sanguine 100 Words High School Students Should Know test in class today
2. Anthologies due in class for Transcendentalists Emily Dickinson and Walt Whitman poetry
3. Op-Ed scheduled as homework; due Monday, November 26
4. Grammar assignment in class
5. Multiple-Choice practice
6. PERIOD ONE ONLY: Their Eyes Were Watching God read foreword and record ten talking points per chapter for Chapters One-Five; this assignment is due Monday, November 26 for PERIOD FOUR

Tuesday
1. Multiple-Choice practice
2. Grammar assignment in class
3. In-class timed writing essay tomorrow, Wednesday
4. Dickinson and Whitman poetry continued

Wednesday
1. Unit Seven Vocabulary Level F due on Monday, November 26
2. In-class timed writing essay

Thursday
HAPPY THANKSGIVING

Friday
THANKSGIVING DAY HOLIDAY

November 12-16, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Tuesday Shortened Day
1. "Detail" Winston Churchill assignment
2. Answers for Vocabulary Units One-Six due in class today; test to be scheduled
3. Anthologies due in class for "Civil Disobedience" essay by Thoreau
4. Vantage Writing Lab scheduled for tomorrow; prewriting for Gatsby essay due today
5. Op-Ed assignment
6. Oligarchy-Plagiarize Words High School Students Should Know test today

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab for Gatsby essay (timed essay); Gatsby novels to be turned in at end of class
2. Homework to be announced

Thursday
1. Op-Ed assignment
2. Units One-Six Cumulative test in class today
3. Their Eyes Were Watching God books distributed in class; assignment to be announced
4. Words 71-80 Words High School Students Should Know assigned in class today

Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced
2. Multiple-Choice practice in class
3. In-class timed essay

November 12-16, 2007

Blog will be updated Monday, November 12, which is a legal holiday and school is not in session.

Tuesday, November 13 is a shortened day.
Wednesday, November 14 is a scheduled computer lab day for AP students.

November 5-9, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Anthology due in class for Emerson and Thoreau
2. Vocabulary Units One-Six Review answers due next Tuesday
3. Grammar assigned as homework
4. Great Gatsby essay prewriting assigned; essay in Vantage Lab to be set

Tuesday
1. Anthology due in class for Emerson and Thoreau
2. Grammar assigned as homework
3. Prose passage multiple-choice practice

Wednesday
1. AP Essay timed essay in class
2. Grammar assigned as homework

Thursday
1. Great Gatsby Part One shown in class
2. Vocabulary Units One-Six Review answers due Tuesday

Friday
1. Great Gatsby Part Two shown in class
2. Weekend homework to be announced