December 17-21, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Their Eyes Were Watching God film screened
2. Return any textbooks to counter for return to textbook room

Tuesday
1. Period Four Only: Final Examination in Vantage Lab: Their Eyes Were Watching God multiple-choice and semester reflection essay
2. Return any textbooks in class

Wednesday
CLASS DOES NOT MEET TODAY

Thursday
1. Period One Only: Final Examination in Vantage Lab: Their Eyes Were Watching God multiple-choice and semester reflection essay

Friday
1. Last day of school
2. Off-Track homework reviewed and due March 7

December 10-14, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Anthologies due for Douglass' "What The Black Man Wants"; anthologies to be returned to textbook room Tuesday
2. Their Eyes Were Watching God (TEWWG) Chapters Sixteen/Twenty (five talking points per chapter) due Thursday for class discussion
2. TEWWG film shown Friday and Monday; return parent letter permission slip
3. Selection Tests for Lincoln/Douglass in class
4. 100 Words High School Students Should Know final test today
5. Op-Ed letter, SOAPS, or Consultative Writing due on Thursday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Prose passage multiple-choice practice
2. Levels of Questioning newspaper article response
3. Anthologies returned to textbook room
4. Bedford Reader due in class today and Wednesday

Wednesday
1. Bedford Reader Khan answers due by end of class; Bedford Reader textbooks returned to textbook room
2. Controversy Essay assigned in class; due date to be announced
3. TEWWG talking points due tomorrow, Thursday for class discussion
4. Final Exam Bloom's Taxonomy semester reflection essay instructions announced; final in Vantage Lab (TEWWG multiple-choice and essay)

Thursday
1. TEWWG talking points due today for class discussion
2. TEWWG film show Friday-Monday in class; parent permission letters due no later than today
3. Portfolios organized for final exam

Friday
1. TEWWG film today in class
2. Weekend homework and off-track journals and AR tests instructions issued

December 3-7, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Anthologies due in class Monday-Tuesday for Whitman-Dickinson selection tests and Lincoln/Douglass nonfiction
2. Bedford Reader due in class Wednesday-Thursday-Friday for Khan, et al. nonfiction pieces
3. TEWWG (Their Eyes Were Watching God) Chapters 6-15 (five talking points per chapters) due on Friday for class discussion

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Grammar assignment in class
2. Prose passage multiple-choice practice
3. Lincoln-Douglass nonfiction selections assignment

Wednesday
1. Reminder: TEWWG talking points due Friday
2. Bedford Reader nonfiction selections in class
3. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Bedford Reader nonfiction selections in class
2. Grammar assignment

Friday
1. TEWWG class discussion (talking points due)
2. Final Examination tentative plans announced