STUDYPATH* February 1-5, 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 February 1
Jonathan Swift's "A Model Proposal" (postponed from last week) assigned and due Friday (hard copy)

1. Multiple choice responses for paragraphs 1-17 (Language of Composition textbook)
2. Questions for Discussion ((Page 920 Language of Composition) #4; #7
3. Questions on Rhetoric and Style (Page 921 Language of Composition) #2; #10
4. Check Test (Questions 1-5) and Vocabulary Study (Questions 1-5) in class assignment

Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for discussion and assignment of Swift's "A Modest Proposal"

The Great Gatsby paper is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Their Eyes Were Watching God paper is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Period Five:  Hurston's from Dust Tracks on a Road responses are due in class today

Wenke's "Too Much Pressure" responses (M 3; WS 1, 2, 3 and L 1, 2) are due Tuesday, February 2

Water Case Four is due today: Period Two

Water Case Three is due today: Period Five

Detail responses for Rudolfo Anaya and Thomas Hardy are due today (hard copies)

Tuesday February 2
Bedford Reader is required in class; Wenke's "Too Much Pressure" responses are required in class
Water Case Five is assigned and due Monday: Period Two
Water Case Four is assigned and due Monday: Period Five

Wednesday February 3
Cornell notes on Imagery, Syntax and Tone components continue in class
Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop responses due today; test is scheduled Friday
Multiple choice work on novels continues in class

Thursday February 4
Timed writing in-class assignment is scheduled

Friday February 5
Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled in class today
UCLA Powell Library and USC Doheny Library card verification is due today; please present library card to instructor for credit

AGENDA BIN:
The Great Gatsby film screening
Their Eyes Were Watching God film screening

STUDYPATH* January 25-29, 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 January 25
Timed writing is scheduled in class; paper is due at end of period
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop corrected for P. 5
Water Case Three is due today for Period Two
Water Case Two is due today for Period Five
"A Modest Proposal" Swift assigned and due date set (postponed from last week)
Daum and Kincaid discussions are scheduled this week
Fitzgerald "Babylon Revisited" responses due Friday, January 29 (Period Two) (postponed from last week)
Hurston Dust Tracks responses due Friday, January 29 (Period Five) (postponed from last week)
Dean Miller-Churchill dispatches are scheduled in class

Tuesday January 26
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class for "Too Much Pressure" Wenke assignment
Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Wednesday for Period Two; test is scheduled Wednesday for Period Five; test is postponed to Thursday for Period Two

Wednesday January 27
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four test is scheduled for Period Five; test is postponed to Thursday for Period Two
Cornell Notes for imagery, syntax and tone continue in class
Gatsby paper prompt distributed and due Friday on turnitin.com by 8:30 A.M. (postponed to Monday)
Their Eyes Were Watching God prompt distributed and due Friday on turnitn.com by 8:30 A.M. (postponed to Monday)

Thursday January 28
Multiple choice practice is scheduled in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four test is scheduled for Period Two
Language of Composition grammar assignments is scheduled; textbooks are due in class

Friday January 29
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God papers are due on turnitin.com by 8:30 A.M. (postponed to Monday)
Fitzgerald "Babylon Revisited" responses due today (Period Two) (postponed from last week)
Hurston Dust Tracks responses due today (Period Five) (postponed from last week)

AGENDA BIN:

STUDYPATH* January 18-22, 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 January 18
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday January 19
Water Case Two "Conflict and Consensus: The Bay/Delta" due as hard copy for Period Two
Unit Test multiple choice 1-4; true or false 5-9 and 10-11 short answer/discussion question due
Period Two: Return Water Case Two handouts for distribution to Period Five
Cornell Notes continue in class all week:  diction, tone, syntax, detail, imagery
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three responses due for Periods Two and Five tomorrow
Affluenza timed write papers scored and returned to students this week

Wednesday January 20
Water Case Two "Conflict and Consensus" The Bay/Delta" due as hard copy for Period Five
Unit Test multiple choice 1-4; true or false 5-9 and 10-11 short answer/discussion question due
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop responses for Periods Two and Five due today
Huntington, Daum and Kincaid discussions from Bedford Reader are scheduled; textbook is not required in class

Thursday January 21
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled before timed write
Weekly timed write prompt distributed; paper is due by end of period
Logic of a Columnist #9 assignment is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Friday January 22
"A Modest Proposal" satire piece by Jonathan Swift assigned and due Monday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Water Case Three assigned to Period Two and due Monday as hard copy
UCLA and USC library cards must be presented to instructor by first week in February in preparation for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper due April 1, 2016
The Great Gatsby class discussion (entire novel) is scheduled; dialectical journals and novels are required in class for Period Two
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion (entire novel) is scheduled; dialectical journals and novels are required in class for Period Five
"Babylon Revisited" F. Scott Fitzgerald short story is assigned and due Tuesday, January 26 as hard copy (postponed from last week) Access the story at http://gutenberg.net.au/fsf/BABYLON-REVISITED.html
"Dust Tracks on a Road" Zora Neale Hurston excerpt is assigned and due Tuesday, January 26 as hard copy (postponed from last week) Access the excerpt at http://zoranealehurston.com/books/dust-tracks-on-a-road

AGENDA BIN:
Invisible Man novel and dialectical journals assigned