STUDYPATH* October 10-14, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

*Use this link to access Douglass material:
*"What the Black Man Wants" and Frederick Douglass biography assigned in preparation for Thursday in-class essay
*Units One-Three Vocabulary Workshop responses (pages 42-50) are due today; test date will be announced
*Writer's Choice textbook and assigned grammar activities (pages 539-exercises 4-5 and exercise 10) are due Wednesday
*Lincoln essays and Cofer responses are returned to students
*Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow for assigned text
*"Homeless" by Anna Quindlen is due Tuesday (pages 200-203-meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 2, 3; language 2)
*Literary terms test is scheduled for tomorrow

Tuesday
*Literary terms test scheduled for today has been postponed until Friday before the class discussion
*Quindlen responses are due today
*"What AP Readers Long to See" handout is discussed

Wednesday
*Prose passage #7 multiple choice practice
*Writer's Choice textbook is due in class today; postponed to next week because of PSAT)
*5 Steps to a Five textbook activities are scheduled for today
*Water Case One is assigned and due Monday (postponed to next week because of PSAT)
Summer multiple choice answers are discussed in groups

Thursday
*In-class timed writing assignment-Frederick Douglass essay

Friday
*Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Eleven-Fifteen talking points (three per chapter connected to literary devices) are due for class discussion
*Units One-Three Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today before class discussion
Weekend homework will be announced
Literary terms test rescheduled from Tuesday is scheduled today

Agenda Bin:
Reading level measured
Compare satire and non-satire piece by Swift
Outline Bedford Chapter One
Voice lessons: Diction, Tone, and Syntax

STUDYPATH* October 3-7, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
*Bedford Reader is required in class Monday and Tuesday; Judith Ortiz Cofer's "Silent Dancing" responses are due Tuesday; pages 162-169; questions 1, 3 meaning, questions 1, 3 writing strategies, and question 3 language, all on page 170
*"What AP Readers Long To See" handout
*Synthesis essays and Bedford Reader outlines are returned to students
*Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion continues in class today

Tuesday
*Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms; test is scheduled for Friday before class discussion
*Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today; assignment for Units One-Three review is made in class and due Monday

Wednesday
*Prose passage #6 multiple choice practice
*Writer's Choice textbook is required in class today
*5 Steps to a 5 textbook lessons continue in class
*Summer multiple choice answers are discussed in groups

Thursday
*In-class essay is scheduled for today; this is a timed writing

Friday
*Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Six-Ten three talking points per chapter (each connected to a literary device) are due today
*Bedford Reader assigned text and responses due Monday will be discussed in class

STUDYPATH* September 26-30, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Bedford Reader is required in class for class discussion of Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" narrative selection
Synthesis essay is due tomorrow night at 11:59 P.M. on turnitin.com; NO LATE WORK ACCEPTED
In-class writing assignment is scheduled for next week
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for tomorrow
"What AP Readers Long To See" handout is distributed to students in class today
Analyzing Rhetorical Situations handout discussion wraps up today in class
Rodriguez rewrites returned to students

Tuesday
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today; Unit Three answers are due Friday
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms
Their Eyes Were Watching God three talking points per chapter (Chapters One-Five) are due Friday for class discussion; each talking point must be connected to a literary device used by the author--an example will be provided in class

Wednesday
Prose passage #5 multiple choice work in class
Writer's Choice textbook is required in class today
Outlining for argument and persuasion from Bedford Reader is returned to students today; test on logical fallacies is scheduled for Friday before class discussion
5 Steps to a 5 textbook is introduced in class (pages xi, xv-xviii; 3-7)

Thursday
Unassigned Day-No School

Friday
Test on logical fallacies is scheduled for today
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion; fifteen talking points are due for Chapters One-Five of the novel
Weekend homework will be announced

STUDYPATH* September 19-23, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class today for reading assignment and literary terms 11-20
Vocabulary Workshop books are required in class today for explanation of Unit One test format; Unit Two answers are due Friday in class
Virginia Woolf essay based on AP prompt is due today
Richard Rodriguez and Florence Kelley essays are returned to students; Rodriguez rewrite checklist includes tone, diction, and syntactical devices such as loose, periodic, balanced and interrupted sentences

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class today for literary terms 11-20; narration reading assignment and Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" writing assignment due Monday
(Assignment: Answer Question One and Four-Meaning; Answer Question One and Four-Writing Strategy; Answer Question Five-Language)
Unit One Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today
Outlining Bedford Reader argument and persuasion is due today
Their Eyes Were Watching God novel assigned; talking points due Friday for Chapters One-Five class discussion

Wednesday
Synthesis essay assigned (access essay at http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2001.html-use 2011 Form B synthesis essay download) and due Tuesday midnight on turnitin.com web site
SOAP and rhetorical square discussed in class
Prose Passage #4 multiple choice work in class

Thursday
Rodriguez rewrites due no later than today; new draft must be stapled to first draft
5 Steps to a 5 textbook assignment is scheduled in class

Friday
Class discussion of Their Eyes Were Watching God is scheduled today; talking points must be submitted in class (this assignment is postponed because novels have not yet been assigned to students)
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop answers due
Weekend homework will be announced

STUDYPATH* 12-16, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
AP students will write a forty-minute timed essay using the annotations, prompt, and passage from the Richard Rodriguez excerpt.
Vocabulary Workshop textbooks distributed
Writer's Choice distributed
Opening Days Bulletin due
Locavore summer assignment essays returned

Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms.
Vocabulary diagnostic

Wednesday
Bedford Reader literary terms 1-10 test
Rhetorical devices discussed in class; bring reader/writer notebooks from last year, if applicable

Thursday
Multiple choice practice
Woolf essay prompt distributed
"The Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf; Bedford Readers due in class today
SOAP and rhetorical square discussed in class

Friday
Woolf essay due Monday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One answers due today
Turnitin.com account setup due by Monday; log onto turnitin.com to create account
Weekend homework will be announced.

STUDYPATH* September 7-9, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Wednesday
Semester Projection
Seating Chart
Textbooks Assigned
Generic Essay Rubric
Summer Work Assignment Due Friday
Signed Opening Days Bulletin due Monday

Thursday
Multiple Choice Practice
Richard Rodriguez Prompt Assigned; Annotations due Friday
Generic Essay Rubric reviewed

Friday
Rodriguez prompt annotations discussed in groups
Rodriguez essay draft due Monday
Vocabulary diagnostic
Weekend homework will be announced.
AP English Language Examination-2012 (LINK)

Syllabus 2011-2012

A draft of the course syllabus has been added to Box and can be downloaded; this draft is subject to change up to Wednesday, September 7, 2011.

WELCOME TO THE 2011-2012 SCHOOL YEAR

Incoming Advanced Placement English Language and Composition students may expect several announcements about curriculum requirements and assignment descriptions over the next several weeks. The 2011-2012 school year begins on Wednesday, September 7, 2011. Check this web log frequently for information on:

>the course syllabus
>the summer assignment
>the required textbooks
>the 2012 AP English Language examination

It may be helpful for students to check the collegeboard.com web site before the school year begins to access readily available information about skills and strategies necessary to succeed in this demanding and rigorous course.

If you have questions or concerns, you may write to me at jcarmicl@lausd.net during the remainder of the summer break.

Thank you.

James B. Carmicle
AP English Language and Composition Instructor
Hollywood High School

STUDYPATH* June 20-24, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Last day of regular instruction; students will complete final vocabulary mastery test.

Tuesday
Final Exams Periods One and Two

Wednesday
Final Exams Periods Three and Four

Thursday
Final Exams Periods Five and Six

Friday
Last day of classes for 2010-2011 school year

STUDYPATH* June 13-17, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
USA Today letter to the editor is due today; new letter to the editor is assigned on Thursday.
Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.
Students work on cumulative review pages for vocabulary in class this week.

Tuesday
Students work on cumulative review pages for vocabulary in class this week; review answers are due tomorrow.

Wednesday
All vocabulary review answers are due today; final practice vocabulary mastery test is assigned.
USA Today political cartoon SOAPSTONE analysis is scheduled in class today.
Precis for research paper is due today.


Thursday
Final practice master vocabulary test answers are announced in class; final master vocabulary test is scheduled for tomorrow.
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned and due Monday.

Friday
Students complete final master vocabulary test in class today and Monday.
Final examination for semester is discussed in class.

STUDYPATH* June 6-10, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fourteen is completed in class; test is scheduled for Wednesday.
Research papers are reviewed in class in student-teacher conferences before scores are issued.
USA Today letter to the editor that was assigned last Thursday is due today.
Return all flash vocabulary cards for AP English Language exam.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fifteen is scheduled for today; books are required in class.
Student reflections of Metropolitan Water District field trip are due today.

Wednesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fourteen test is scheduled for today.

Thursday
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned and due tomorrow.

Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fifteen is due today; test is scheduled for Monday.

STUDYPATH* May 30-June 3, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Monday
Today is a Memorial Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session.

Tuesday
Rehearsals for Friday's "Junior Defense of Thesis" at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California continue in class today, Wednesday and Thursday.
Student research papers are due tonight at 11:59 P.M. on turnitin.com; no late papers will be accepted.

Wednesday
Rehearsals for Friday's "Junior Defense of Thesis" at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California continue in class today and Thursday.

Thursday
Rehearsals for Friday's "Junior Defense of Thesis" at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California continue in class today.


Friday
Field trip to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California to present "Junior Defense of Thesis" arguments and class oral discourse on local, regional, state and global water conservation efforts.
Students must bring vocabulary books on Monday for in class work on next vocabulary unit.

STUDYPATH* May 23-27, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Preparation for the upcoming Junior Defense of Thesis presentations continues in class all week.
Research paper is due on turnitin.com by 11:59 P.M. on Tuesday, May 31.

Tuesday
Guest speaker from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is scheduled for today.

Wednesday
Preparation for the upcoming Junior Defense of Thesis presentations continues in class all week.

Thursday
Preparation for the upcoming Junior Defense of Thesis presentations continues in class all week.
Seven presenters begin an initial delivery of their defense of theses today and tomorrow.

Friday
Preparation for the upcoming Junior Defense of Thesis presentations continues in class all week.

STUDYPATH* May 16-20, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
CST Bell Schedule is in effect this week; Period Two meets today, Wednesday, and Friday.
Students should be completing research paper, which is due by 11:59 P.M. May 31 on turnitin.com web site.
Rehearsals and planning for Junior Defense of Thesis oral discourse presentations is scheduled today, Wednesday and Friday.

Tuesday
Period Two does not meet today.

Wednesday
Rehearsals and planning for Junior Defense of Thesis oral discourse presentations is scheduled today and Friday.

Thursday
Period Two does not meet today.

Friday
Students should be completing research paper, which is due by 11:59 P.M. May 31 on turnitin.com web site.
Rehearsals and planning for Junior Defense of Thesis oral discourse presentations are scheduled today.

STUDYPATH* May 9-13, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Literary terms are reviewed in preparation for the yearly examination; literary terms tests from this year are required in class.
Terms to be covered today include antithesis, antecedents, ad hominem argument, strawman argument, nomilization and argot.
Submit essays from weekend practice test for scoring and formula computation of practice AP exam score.
USA Today letter to the editor is due tomorrow.

Tuesday
Guest speaker from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is scheduled today to address Junior Defense of Thesis presentations on June 3, 2011; guest speaker questions are required in class.

Wednesday
The Advanced Placement English Language and Composition examination is administered; wishing students the best after a nearly a year of preparation of skills and strategies in diction, tone, syntax, argument, analysis, and synthesis.

Thursday
Meet in library today for drafting of research paper and selected student presentation rehearsals; bring outlines, opening paragraphs and works cited list to library.
Return flashcards for AP English Language.
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned today and due Monday.

Friday
Meet in library today for drafting of research paper and selected student presentation rehearsals.
Unit Fourteen Vocabulary Workshop answers are due Monday.
Tone practice is scheduled for Monday.

STUDYPATH* May 2-6, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.


*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Wishing AP students the best as they begin a regimen of two weeks of AP exams!
AP Exam Prep Week Two begins for this course with an in-class essay scheduled today.
AP English Language students who wish to complete the full practice examination pick up packets this week; set aside three hours and fifteen minutes for Sunday, May 8 and choose a non-intrusive environment to observe discipline for practice completion--score multiple choice using the key provided and return essays for teacher scoring by Tuesday, May 10, the day before the actual exam is administered.
Students change flashcards for additional study of literary terms and rhetorical strategy and device concepts.
USA Today letter to the editor assignment is due tomorrow, May 3.
Working outline is fleshed out and due today; works cited listed and opening paragraphs of research paper are due by end of the week; research paper date certain due date is Tuesday, May 24 by 11:59 P.M.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
AP Exam Prep Week Two continues with a thirty-minute component of multiple choice practice.
Guest speaker questions are finalized and e-mailed to guest speaker.


Wednesday
AP Exam Prep Week Two continues with an in-class essay scheduled for today.
Tone responses are due today.

Thursday
Guest speak from the Metropolitan Water District of Southern California is scheduled for today; AP Exam Prep Week Two continues tomorrow and Monday.
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned and due Monday.

Friday
AP Exam Prep Week continues with a practice thirty-minute multiple choice component.
REMINDER: Pick up full exam practice exam packets today for at-home administration.

AGENDA BIN:
Literary terms are scheduled for Tuesday in class, as a last-minute study strategy session before the AP English Language examination.
Students will meet in the library on Thursday and Friday, May 12 and May 13 for additional research on the abstract/prompt for the May 24th research paper.

STUDYPATH* April 25-29, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Everything's An Argument textbook is required in class for continuation of Toulmin argument model discussion.
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned and due tomorrow.
Literary terms are distributed and study assignment is made.
Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Workshop answers are due Wednesday; test is scheduled for Friday.
Multiple choice practice for the upcoming Advanced Placement English Language examination is scheduled for today and tomorrow.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Questions to pose for guest speaker are due today.
Working outline for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper is fleshed out and due Friday after guest speaker presentation is completed on Thursday.
Multiple choice practice for the upcoming Advanced Placement English Language examination is scheduled for today.
Literary terms review continues in class.

Wednesday
Deadline is this Friday for finalized outline and works cited list for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper.
Literary terms review continues in class.
Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for Friday.

Thursday
Guest speaker from Metropolitan Water District of Southern California visits for presentation of information and discussion about upcoming Junior Defense of Thesis research paper; due date for paper will be announced.

Friday
Students are scheduled to be in the school library on May 12 and May 13 for additional research and final drafting of the Junior Defense of Thesis research papers.
Flashcards for the AP English Language examination are assigned as homework.
Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.

STUDYPATH* April 18-22, 2011

SPRING BREAK

APRIL 18-22

CHECK STUDYPATH ON SUNDAY, APRIL 24 FOR ASSIGNMENTS

STUDYPATH* April 11-15, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Everything's An Argument Toulmin responses are discussed in class; textbook is required Monday and Tuesday.
Unit Eleven Vocabulary Workshop responses are reviewed; test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Abstract for Metropolitan Water District Junior Defense of Thesis research paper is assigned; students begin research, which continues over spring break.
Reflection of Week One AP Exam Preparation Week is due today.
USA Today letter to the editor is due today.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Unit Twelve Vocabulary Workshop responses are due tomorrow and test is scheduled for Thursday.
Unit Eleven Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.
Everything's An Argument Toulmin responses for class discussion continues in class today.
Literary terms review is planned for the rest of the week in class.

Wednesday
Work on the abstract for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper continues in class today; working outline of research paper is due Thursday in class.
Multiple choice practice for the upcoming Advanced Placement English Language examination is scheduled for today and tomorrow.
Unit Twelve Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today.


Thursday
Unit Twelve Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.
Outline skills for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper are covered in class; working outline is due today.


Friday
Spring break homework is assigned and deadlines are set for finalized outline and works cited list for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper.

STUDYPATH* April 4-8, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.


*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
AP Exam Preparation Week One Essay One is scheduled for today.
USA Today letter to the editor is not due until Monday, April 11.

Tuesday
AP Exam Preparation Week One Multiple Choice is scheduled for today.

Wednesday
AP Exam Preparation Week One Essay Two is scheduled for today.

Thursday
AP Exam Preparation Week One Multiple Choice is scheduled for today.

Friday
AP Exam Preparation Week One Essay Three is scheduled for today.
Weekend homework will be announced in class, including a reflection of AP Exam Preparation Week One strategies and skills.

STUDYPATH* March 28-April 1, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL. ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today; Unit Eleven responses are due Monday, April 4.
Everything's An Argument responses are due today; a new reading and writing assignment for the text is scheduled and due next Monday; textbook is required in class today. Reading assignment due today: pages 182-200 and responses for #2 on page 206.
Students will meet in the library on Tuesday and Wednesday for lesson on research paper skills and strategies.
USA Today letter to the editor is due today.

Tuesday
Meet in library for research paper skills and strategies lesson.

Wednesday
Meet in library for research paper skills and strategies lesson.
Water Case Six responses are due in class today; class discussion is scheduled in the library.

Thursday
Most Advanced Placement English Language students will attend the annual college fair today on a field trip scheduled by the college counselor.
USA Today letter to the editor is postponed until next week's class.

Friday
Today is an unassigned day and classes are not in session.
AP Examination preparation week one is scheduled for Monday, April 4-Friday, April 8.

STUDYPATH* March 21-25, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Thursday; test date will be announced.
Language of Composition is due in class for literary terms; test is scheduled for Thursday before Water Case Five class discussion.
Grammar assignment from Language of Composition is due today.
USA Today editorial response is due today.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Language of Composition book is due in class for reading assignment, literary terms, and grammar lesson.
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled for today.

Wednesday
The EAP (Early Assessment Program) essay due today will be written as an in-class assignment.

Thursday
Water Case Five responses are due today for class discussion.
A literary terms test is scheduled for today.
USA Today editorial response is assigned and due Monday.
Unit Ten Vocabulary responses are due today.

Friday
Water Case Five class discussion continues in class today.
Upcoming Advanced Placement English Language and Composition exam preparation weeks one and two are scheduled for April 4-8 and May 2-6.

STUDYPATH* March 14-18, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Personal use water log is due tomorrow; students kept a record of all personal water use either Friday or Monday.
Grammar assignment for pronouns from Language of Composition is due today; textbook is due in class today and tomorrow.
USA Today editorial response is due today.
An in-class timed essay is scheduled for Wednesday.
Literary terms and grammar are scheduled for Language of Composition.
Responses for Vocabulary Workshop Units Seven-Nine were due Friday; test is rescheduled for Thursday.

Tuesday
Invisible Man essay is due tonight at 11:59 P.M. on turnitin.com web site.
Orwell "Shooting an Elephant" responses are due tomorrow.
Language of Composition textbook is due in class today, when literary terms and grammar assignment are made.
Multiple choice work from Five Steps to a Five is scheduled for today.

Wednesday
Orwell responses are due today.
An in-class timed essay is scheduled for today.

Thursday
USA Today editorial response is assigned today and due Monday.
Water Case Four unit test responses are due today; booklets must be brought to class for activity.
Vocabulary Workshop Units Seven-Nine test is scheduled for today.

Friday
Water Case Four continues in class.
Weekend homework will be announced.

STUDYPATH* March 7-11, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Language of Composition textbooks are due in class today for literary terms, grammar, and reading assignment.
USA Today letter to the editor is due today.
Literary terms 31-40 test is scheduled for Thursday; students will review terms during the week.
An in-class timed writing assignment is scheduled for Wednesday.
Five Steps to a Five homework is scheduled in preparation for the upcoming AP English Language examination.

Tuesday
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled for today, as well as review of the final exam multiple choice stems, distractors and answers.
The upcoming Invisible Man motif essay is due on turnitin.com site; check site for deadline.
Language of Composition textbook is due in class today for grammar assignment and literary terms.
Unit Seven-Nine Vocabulary Workshop review answers are due Friday; test is scheduled for Monday.

Wednesday
Students will write an in-class timed essay today.
Jamaica Kincaid responses are due today.

Thursday
Water Case Three Test is due and class discussion and activity is scheduled for today; Water Case Four test and reading assignment is made.
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned and due on Monday.

Friday
Weekend homework will be announced.
Water Case Three class discussion continues in class.

STUDYPATH* February 28-March 4, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Language of Composition textbooks are due in class today for literary terms, grammar, and reading assignment.
Synthesis essay distributed in class with sources is due on turnitin.com site at 11:59 P.M. on Monday night, February 28.
"Veils" essay rewrites receive final scores on the turnitin.com site.
USA Today letter to the editor is due today.
Literary terms 21-30 test is scheduled for tomorrow; students will review the terms today in class.
An in-class timed writing assignment is scheduled for Wednesday.
Five Steps to a Five homework is scheduled in preparation for the upcoming AP English Language examination.

Tuesday
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled for today, as well as review of the final exam multiple choice stems, distractors and answers.
The upcoming Invisible Man motif essay is due on turnitin.com site; check site for deadline.
Language of Composition textbook is due in class today for grammar assignment and literary terms.
Literary terms 21-30 test is scheduled for today.

Wednesday
Students will write an in-class timed essay today.

Thursday
Water Case Two class discussion and shareholders' activity is scheduled for today; Water Case Three test and reading assignment is made.
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned and due on Monday.

Friday
Weekend homework will be announced.
Water Case Two class discussion continues in class.

STUDYPATH* February 21-25, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Today is Presidents' Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session.
Language of Composition textbook is due Tuesday and Wednesday in class.
USA Today E-Edition letter to the editor response is due tomorrow.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Multiple choice answers from the Henry James passage and the practice final exam are reviewed in class.
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow for grammar assignment and literary terms.
"Veils" essays rewrites are due on turnitin.com by 11:59 P.M. this evening.

Wednesday
Language of Composition textbook is due in class today.
Multiple choice practice from Five Steps to a Five continues in class.
AP English Language synthesis essay is due February 28 at 11:59 P.M. and should be submitted to turnitin.com web site.
Class discussion of responses from "A Modest Proposal" is scheduled for today.

Thursday
Water Case Two answers are due today for class discussion.
Literary terms from Language of Composition terms test date is announced.
USA Today letter to the editor assignment is scheduled today and due on Monday.

Friday
Five Steps to a Five homework is scheduled in preparation for the upcoming AP English Language examination.

STUDYPATH* February 14-18, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Literary terms test from Language of Composition is scheduled today.
USA Today E-Edition letter to the editor response is due today.
Invisible Man class discussion for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty resumes in class.
Five Steps to a Five homework is scheduled in preparation for the upcoming AP English Language examination.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Multiple choice answers from the Henry James passage are reviewed in class.
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow for grammar assignment and literary terms.
Invisible Man class discussion continues for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty.

Wednesday
Language of Composition textbook is due in class today.
USA Today letter to the editor assignment is scheduled today and due on Monday.
Multiple choice practice from Five Steps to a Five continues in class.
AP English Language essay practice prompt (satire) is assigned and due date to be set; this essay should be submitted to turnitin.com web site.

Thursday
Water Case One class debate is scheduled for today.
Water Case Two is assigned as homework.
Literary terms from Language of Composition terms test date is announced.

Friday
Invisible Man class discussion for Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five and Epilogue is scheduled for today. Talking points are due for the five chapters, excluding the Epilogue.
Weekend homework will be announced.

STUDYPATH* February 7-11, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Period Two Finals are scheduled for Wednesday, February 9 from 8:31 A.M. to 10:31 A.M.; Period Two AP English Language meets Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday and Friday of this week.
Invisible Man Chapters 16-20 talking points (five per chapter) are due Friday for class discussion.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Nine test is scheduled for today.
Water Case One class discussion is scheduled for Tuesday instead of Thursday since the final bell schedule is in effect this week.
Language of Composition textbook is due in class today for literary terms and grammar assignment.

Tuesday
Period Two meets from 1:28 P.M.-2:13 P.M. today.
Language of Composition textbook is due in class today for literary terms and grammar assignment.
USA Today letter to the editor is assigned today and due Friday; students will access paper on web site using username and password provided in class.

Wednesday
The Period Two final examination is scheduled for today.
"Too Much Pressure" Wenke responses are due today in class before the final examination; M 1; WS 1, 2; L 1 must be thoughtful and insightful answers.

Thursday
Period Two AP English Language does not meet today.

Friday (Minimum Day)
Invisible Man Chapters Sixteen-20 class discussion is scheduled for today (five talking points per chapter).
Weekend homework will be announced.

STUDYPATH* January 31-February 4, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday; Unit Nine answers are due Thursday with test scheduled for February 7.
Water Case One test answers are due today.
Invisible Man class discussion from Friday continues in class today for Chapters Six-Ten; talking points (five per chapter) for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty are due in class Friday, February 11.
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today for reading assignment.

Tuesday
Short simple sentences grammar from Language of Composition is due today; book is due in class tomorrow.
Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.
"Meanings of a Word" Gloria Naylor responses from Bedford Reader (M 1, 4; WS 1, 3) are due today.
Water Case One discussion is scheduled for Thursday.

Wednesday
The Language of Composition textbook is due in class today for next grammar assignment and literary terms review; test date is scheduled for tomorrow before Water Case One discussion.
Unit Nine Vocabulary Workshop answers are due tomorrow.
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled in class.

Thursday
Water Case One class discussion is scheduled for today.
Unit Nine Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for Monday.

Friday
Invisible Man class discussion for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen is scheduled for today.

STUDYPATH* January 24-28, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today; Unit Eight responses are due Thursday.
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today and tomorrow for the next assigned reading selection; responses for Meghan Daum piece are due tomorrow.
Invisible Man class discussion on Prologue and Chapters One-Fifteen continues Friday in class.
Appositives grammar from The Language of Composition is being scored and will be returned to students; textbook is due in class Wednesday for the next grammar assignment and literary terms.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled for today.
"Veils" synthesis essay is due today on turnitin.com web site.
Daum Bedford Reader responses (M 1, 2; WS 2, 3, 4 and L 3) are due today.
Affluenza essays are scored and returned to students.

Wednesday
Literary terms and the next grammar assignment from The Language of Composition (textbook is due in class today) are assigned; test date will be announced.
Work in Everything's An Argument and Five Steps to a Five continues in class.
An in-class essay is scheduled for tomorrow.

Thursday
Students will write a timed essay in class in preparation for the upcoming Advanced Placement English Language examination.
Invisible Man class discussion is scheduled for tomorrow.
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for Monday.

Friday
Water Case One is assigned for homework and responses due Monday in preparation for the spring research paper and trip to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California.
Class discussion of Invisible Man Prologue and Chapters One-Fifteen continues in class today.

STUDYPATH* 17-21, 2011

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

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

Tuesday
Invisible Man class discussion on Prologue and Chapters One-Five is scheduled for Friday.
Bedford Reader Huntington piece responses (M 1, 2; WS 1, 3; L 1) are due today; Bedford Reader is due in class for next assigned reading selection.
The Language of Composition text is due in class today for continuation of the lesson on appositives; this text will be used second semester (February 14) for preparation for the upcoming Advanced Placement English Language examination in May.
Literary terms from Bedford Reader are assigned with test scheduled for Thursday in class.
Chief Seattle and Affluenza scored essays are returned to students.

Wednesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven answers are due Thursday with test to be scheduled Friday before Invisible Man class discussion.
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled in class.
Students must complete account information online for turnitin.com synthesis essay on "Veils," and begin writing the essay; check due dates on your turnitin.com account page.

Thursday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven answers are due in class today; test is scheduled for Monday.
Everything's An Argument and Five Steps to a Five work is scheduled for classwork today.
Literary terms 71-80 from Bedford Reader are tested today.

Friday
Invisible Man Prologue and Chapters One-Five class discussion is scheduled for today.
Weekend homework will be announced.

STUDYPATH* January 10-14, 2011

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Invisible Man Prologue and Chapters One-Fifteen winter recess assignment is due today; class discussion is scheduled for next week.
Students are tentatively scheduled to meet in the library Thursday and Friday for turnitin.com research skills and strategies and set up of school e-mail accounts.
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class Monday and Tuesday for literary terms and next reading assignment.
College readiness responses are due today (see winter recess assignments on blog).

Tuesday
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today for literary terms and next reading assignment.
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work continues in class.
Vocabulary Workshop assignment is announced in class with due date set.

Wednesday
In-class timed writing is scheduled for today.
Meet in library Thursday and Friday.

Thursday
Meet in library for turnitin.com strategies and skills lesson and school e-mail accounts information.

Friday
Meet in library for continuation of Thursday lesson.
Weekend homework will be announced.


Agenda Bin:
Assign Water Case One.
Language of Composition assignment to be scheduled.
Everything's An Argument assignment to be scheduled.
Journaling in Advanced Placement is scheduled for second semester.

Winter Recess December 17, 2010-January 9, 2011

Assignment One: Write an analysis paragraph of at least six-seven sentences for the prologue and each of Chapters One-Fifteen of Invisible Man. Incorporate into your writing the following literary terms (they must ALL be used):

READ FOR PURPOSE
(Please boldface the terms as you write the prose)

Abstract
Allusion
Analogy
Analysis
Anecdote
Argument
Audience
Cliché
Coherence
Colloquial Expression
Conclusion
Concrete
Connotation
Denotation
Diction
Dialect, Slang, Archaism, and Pretentious Diction
Effect
Periodic Sentence and Cumulative (Loose) Sentence; Interrupted and Balanced Sentence
Repetition
Euphemism
Evaluation
Evidence
Example
Exposition
Fallacy
Figure of Speech: Simile, Metaphor, Personification, Understatement, Hyperbole, Paradox
Flashback
Imagery
Inference
Irony
Jargon
Narration
Parallelism
Paraphrase
Person
Persuasion
Point of View
Premise
Purpose

Assignment Two: Access collegeboard.com and review pertinent information about AP Examination materials; find three colleges to which you may apply, use the drop down menu to determine if they accept AP Language scores, and if so write a brief description of what scores they accept and what those specific scores (3, 4, 5) mean in terms of curriculum and grading.

STUDYPATH* December 13-17, 2010

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
The Great Gatsby film screening postponed from last week is scheduled for Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week (part of class Wednesday will be needed if Friday is scheduled as a minimum day).
Holiday break homework (Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison) will be assigned and due dates set.
Vocabulary Workshop test on Units One-Six is set for Wednesday in class (there is a chance test will begin on Tuesday if Friday is scheduled as a minimum day).
Bedford Reader textbook is not due in class this week.
The Great Gatsby final closing line essay is due tonight on gomyaccess.com; use rubric online for estimated scoring of composition.
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Vocabulary Workshop test on Units One-Six is scheduled in class tomorrow.
Jamaica Kincaid "Girl" literature selection responses are due in class today. See last week's STUDYPATH for assigned questions.
Wednesday
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work is scheduled for today.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One-Six test is scheduled for today.
Thursday
The Great Gatsby film screening Part I is scheduled in class today.
Friday
LA Times letter to the editor is due today.
The Great Gatsby film screening Part II is scheduled for today.
Holiday break homework is finalized.

STUDYPATH* December 6-10, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One-Four review answers are due Friday; test date will be announced (test covers Units One-Six).
Bedford Reader outline of "The Writing Process" component (pages 31-49) is due today in class.
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class Monday and Tuesday for literary terms and the next writing assignment.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today.
Responses to "Orientation" piece by Daniel Orozco are due today. (1 Meaning; 1-2 Writing Strategies; 1-2 Language)
Work in Five Steps to a Five and Everything's An Argument continues in class Tuesday and Wednesday, including multiple choice practice.

Wednesday
Literary terms test is scheduled for today.
Multiple choice practice continues in preparation for the upcoming AP English Language and Composition examination.

Thursday
The Great Gatsby Part I screening is scheduled today in class. (This two-day screening has been postponed to next week.)
Lesson for today will be announced in class.

Friday
Weekend and holiday break homework will be announced.
The Great Gatsby Part II screening is scheduled today in class. (This two-day screening has been postponed to next week.)
Lesson for today will be announced in class.

Thanksgiving Week

To: Followers of AP English Language

Thanksgiving Week 2010 is a full holiday week with no classes in session. Full class assignments and course description objectives will be continued and available on Sunday, November 28. Thank you for being one of the followers of the online posting of this blog.

Wishing you all the best for a Happy Thanksgiving.

James B. Carmicle
Los Angeles, California

SCROLL DOWN FOR NEXT WEEK'S ASSIGNMENTS

STUDYPATH* November 29-December 3, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six answers are due today; test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Work in Five Steps to a Five and Everything's An Argument continues in class all week.
Bedford Reader text is required in class today and tomorrow for literary terms review.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six test is scheduled for today.
The Great Gatsby Chapters Six-Nine talking points are due Friday, December 3 for class discussion.
Literary terms review continues in class; test date is scheduled for Friday.

Wednesday
An in-class timed essay is scheduled for tomorrow.
Work in Everything's An Argument continues in class.

Thursday
An in-class timed essay is assigned today and due by the end of the period.

Friday
Literary terms test is scheduled before the class discussion of The Great Gatsby Chapters Six-Nine.
Outlining of Bedford Reader "The Writing Process" component (pages 31-49) is due Monday, December 6.
Responses for questions assigned on Daniel Orozco's "Orientation" piece are due Tuesday, December 7.

STUDYPATH* November 15-19, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Los Angeles Times letter to the editor is assigned.
The Great Gatsby Chapters One-Five class discussion continues in class.
Literary terms test postponed from Friday is scheduled for today.
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class today and tomorrow for writing assignments and continuation of literary terms.
Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop answers that were due Friday will be reviewed today and test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Great Gatsby multiple choice assignment is scheduled; due date is Friday.

Tuesday
"Everyday Use" Alice Walker Bedford Reader answers are due today (Meaning 2, 3; Writing Strategies 1, 3; Language 1).
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five test is scheduled for today; Unit Six answers are due the Monday after Thanksgiving week break.

Wednesday
Work in Five Steps to a Five and Everything's An Argument textbooks continues in class, including a preview of the writing writing assignment in-class timed essay scheduled for tomorrow.

Thursday
An in-class timed essay is assigned for today and due by end of the period.

Friday
Outlining of Bedford Reader "The Writing Process" component is due Monday, December 6 (pages 31-49).
The Great Gatsby Chapters Six-Nine talking points are postponed until after the Thanksgiving holiday; due date is Friday, December 3 for class discussion.
Responses for questions on Daniel Orozco's "Orientation" piece are due Tuesday, December 7.
Thanksgiving week homework assignments are announced in class today.

STUDYPATH* November 8-12, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Bedford Reader textbooks are due in class for writing assignment that will be due next Tuesday.
Literary terms from Bedford Reader are reviewed in class; test date is announced.
Outlining is scheduled for the Bedford Reader; assignment will be made in class.
The Great Gatsby Chapters One-Five talking points (five per chapter) are due Friday for class discussion.
Their Eyes Were Watching God multiple choice answers are scored in class.
Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop answers are due Friday; test is scheduled for next Monday.
Minow essays are scored and will be returned to students today.

Tuesday
Los Angeles Times letter to the editor is due today.
Work in Everything's an Argument and Five Steps to a Five continues in class.

Wednesday
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work continues in class; essay topic is assigned and in-class writing assignment is scheduled for next week.

Thursday
Veterans Day is a legal holiday and there are no classes in session today.

Friday
In-class timed writing assignment is scheduled for next week.
New LA Times letter is to the editor is assigned and due Friday, November 19.
The Great Gatsby class discussion of Chapters One-Five is scheduled for today.

STUDYPATH* November 1-5, 2010

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Their Eyes Were Watching God film screening continues in class today; responses for the TEWWG AP multiple choice questions are due today.
Bedford Reader is not due today; books are required tomorrow, Tuesday.
Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for Wednesday.

Tuesday
Five Steps to a Five writing and multiple choice skills are scheduled in class today.
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class today for review of literary terms Forty-One to Fifty and the next method writing assignment.
LA Times letter to the editor assignment is scheduled today; responses are due Friday.

Wednesday
Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.
Five Steps to a Five Minow essay is reviewed; students will write in-class timed essay tomorrow.
Handouts for AP SOAP and stem and distractors provided last Thursday will be discussed in class prior to the Minow essay.

Thursday
Newton Minow essay is scheduled as an in-class timed writing assignment.
The Great Gatsby novels are assigned to students; talking points for Chapters One-Five are due Friday, November 12; class discussion is scheduled for today.

Friday
Weekend homework is announced, including the next Bedford Reader section to be outlined; due date will be set in class.
Everything's An Argument and Five Steps to a Five reading and writing assignments are scheduled in class today.
LA Times letter to the editor writing assignment is due today.

STUDYPATH* October 25-29, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Bedford Reader is due in class for new literary terms assignment.
Bedford Reader outline is due Tuesday.
Their Eyes Were Watching God Sixteen-Twenty talking points are due today for class discussion; film screening date to be announced.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One-Three Review responses are due today; test is rescheduled for Wednesday.
Synthesis essay responses are scored and returned to students today.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
"Homeless" Quindlen responses are due Tuesday (Meaning 1, 2; Writing Strategies 1, 2, 3; Language 2).
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One-Three test is scheduled for Wednesday.
Literary terms from Bedford Reader are continued in class.

Wednesday
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice work in class work on passage four is scheduled today.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four is assigned and responses due Monday.

Thursday
Film screening of Their Eyes Were Watching God is scheduled for today and tomorrow.

Friday
Film Screening of Their Eyes Were Watching God continues in class today.
Weekend homework is announced in class.
Los Angeles Times political cartoon responses are due today; new assignment is made and due next Friday.

STUDYPATH* October 18-22, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today for reading assignment.
"Silent Dancing" Judith Ortiz Cofer writing assignment is due today.
Vocabulary Workshop textbooks must be presented in class for Unit One-Three review; responses are due Monday, October 25 in preparation for the Unit One-Three test.
An in-class essay is scheduled for Thursday.
Everything's An Argument readings continue in class.

Tuesday
Literary terms from Bedford Reader are reviewed; test is scheduled for Wednesday.
Outlining of Bedford Reader (pages 9-12; 16-30) is due Monday, October 25.
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Sixteen-Twenty class discussion and talking points are scheduled for Friday.

Wednesday
Everything's An Argument and Five Steps to a Five readings continue in class.
Literary terms test from Bedford Reader is scheduled for today.

Thursday
An in-class synthesis essay is scheduled for today.

Friday
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Sixteen-Twenty talking points are due and class discussion is held.
LA Times Consultative Reading assignment is due today; new assignment will be made before class discussion and due date announced.
Weekend homework is announced.

STUDYPATH* October 11-15, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Bedford Reader text is due in class today for reading assignment and literary terms.
Zora Neale Hurston essay is due today.
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion continues in class; books are required.
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for tomorrow.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Bedford Reader text is due in class today for literary terms; test to be scheduled.
LA Times Consultative Reading assignment is due Friday.
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.

Wednesday
Everything's An Argument reading assignments are scheduled in class.
Five Steps to a Five multiple choice practice.
In-class timed essay is scheduled for tomorrow.

Thursday
In-class timed essay is scheduled for today.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four answers are due Monday.
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Eleven-Fifteen talking points are due tomorrow for class discussion.

Friday
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Eleven-Fifteen class discussion.
LA Times Consultative Reading assignment is due next Friday.
Weekend homework will be announced.

STUDYPATH* October 4-8-2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Bedford Reader textbook is due in class today and Tuesday for literary terms and logical fallacy discussion.
Their Eyes Were Watching God talking points for Chapters Six-Ten and class discussion are due on Friday.
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Readings in Everything's an Argument and 5 Steps to a Five continue in class.

Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two test is scheduled for today; Unit Three answers are due next Monday.
Bedford Reader literary terms are continued in class; test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" responses are due today.
Logical fallacies discussion from the Bedford Reader continues today.
The next reading assignment from Bedford Reader is assigned and due next Tuesday.
Bedford Reader outlining is assigned and due date announced.

Wednesday
Multiple choice practice continues from 5 Steps to a 5.
Bedford Reader terms Eleven-Twenty test is scheduled for today.
Everything's An Argument readings continue in class today.
Summer assignment for AP multiple choice answers are reviewed.

Thursday
Everything's an Argument and 5 Steps to a 5 readings continue in class today.
Zora Neale Hurston essay assignment is announced and due date is set.

Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three answers are due Monday.
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion is scheduled for today; talking points are due in class.
Weekend homework will be announced.

STUDYPATH* September 27-October 1, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Bedford Reader text is due in class today for literary terms (test scheduled for Friday) and Jackson's "The Lottery" assignment; due date to be announced.
Richard Rodriguez essay prompt annotations are due Tuesday as prewriting for the Wednesday in-class essay is scheduled.
Woolf essays are returned to students with cautions notated onscreen.
Unit One Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Bedford Reader text is due in class today for literary terms review.
Bedford Reader outline of argument pages is due today.
Everything's An Argument readings continue.
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters One-Five talking points are due Friday for class discussion.

Wednesday
In-class essay for the Richard Rodriguez prompt is scheduled for today.

Thursday
Five Steps to a Five text is reviewed in class.
TEWWG talking points for Chapters One-Five are due Friday for class discussion.
Summer Assignment for AP multiple choice answers are reviewed.
Everything's An Argument readings continue.

Friday
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion of Chapters One-Five is scheduled.
Weekend homework will be announced.
Bedford Reader literary terms Eleven-Twenty test is scheduled before class discussion.
LA Times columnist assignment deadline is due Monday for letter to the editor.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two is due on Monday; test is scheduled for Tuesday.

STUDYPATH* September 20-24, 2010

In class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
"The Death of the Moth" Woolf responses are due.
Outlining of Bedford Reader argument chapters begins.
"What AP Readers Long To See" handout is discussed.
Annotation continues on the Moments of Being Woolf prompt; essay is scheduled for Wednesday in class.
Everything's An Argument readings continue in class.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Bedford Reader literary terms one-ten are discussed in class with test scheduled for Thursday.
Methods for Achieving Your Purpose in Writing is reviewed from Bedford Reader.

Wednesday
Moments of Being Woolf in-class timed writing is scheduled.

Thursday
Richard Rodriguez Days of Obligation AP prompt is assigned.
Literary terms test on terms one-ten is administered in class.
Cautions Taken When Composing AP Essays handout is distributed and discussed in class.
"The Lottery" Shirley Jackson piece is assigned from Bedford Reader.
Everything's An Argument readings continue in class.

Friday
LA Times columnist assignment is explained; deadline for response is Monday.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One answers are due in class with test scheduled for Monday.

Opening Information 2010-2011

Syllabus for AP English Language

The fall syllabus for this course is available on teacher pages link on the school website. Please e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net for questions or concerns.

STUDYPATH* September 13-17, 2010

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Opening day agenda and initial class assignments include an introduction to two texts, Everything's An Argument (Lunsford, Ruszkiewicz, Walters) and Five Steps to Five, AP English Language 2010-2011 (Rankin, Murphy).

Monday
Reading Arguments Part 1 Introduction and Purposes of Argument

Tuesday
Arguments to Convince, Arguments to Explore, Arguments to Make Decisions, and Arguments to Mediate or Pray

Wednesday
Occasions for Arguments, Arguments about the Past (Forensic), Arguments about the Future (Deliberative), and Arguments about the Present (Contemporary)

Thursday
Kinds of Argument: Fact, Definition, Evaluation, and Proposal

Friday
Audience for Arguments: Considering Contexts
Appealing to Audiences: Emotional, Ethical and Logical Appeals
Arguments and their Rhetorical Situations
"The Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf due Monday, September 20

Summer Assignment

Incoming AP English Language students must complete the summer assignment before classes begin on September 13, 2010. This assignment is posted at hollywoodhighschool.net under the School for Advanced Studies program information. If there are questions or concerns, you may e-mail them to jcarmicl@lausd.net during the summer.

STUDYPATH* June 14-18, 2010

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

All course textbooks must be returned today, Monday. Bring Vocabulary Workshop textbooks today and tomorrow, Tuesday, June 15; students will complete Unit Fourteen and Fifteen. The mastery test will be completed as part of the final examination.

Finals Schedule:

Periods One and Two: Wednesday
Periods Three and Four: Thursday
Periods Five and Six: Friday

Portfolio preparation and semester reflection will be due on final examination for each class.

STUDYPATH* June 7-11, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Water Case Ten unit test is due today, Monday.

Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Workshop answers are due Tuesday, with a test scheduled for Thursday. Unit Fourteen Vocabulary Workshop answers are scheduled as class work on Thursday, when books must be brought to class. Writer's Choice textbooks are also due in class on Thursday.

Students will travel on Wednesday, June 9 to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California for the Junior Defense of Thesis. Students meet in the cafeteria from 7:45-8:20 A.M. before boarding the train at Hollywood and Highland to Union Station. Eight students have been chosen to present their defenses and then the classes will engage in discourse representing their respective member cities' water conservation strategies to meet the state mandate of saving 20% by 2020.

STUDYPATH* May 31-June 4, 2010

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday, May 31 is a legal holiday, Memorial Day. Classes are not in session.

Water Case Nine will be debated in class Tuesday, June 1, a shortened day. Students chosen to present at Metropolitan Water District of Southern California June 9 field trip will re-present their Defense of Thesis to students either this week or next. Field trip forms are required and if students do not submit them by Thursday they will not attend the trip. Appropriate attire is required; students should dress as if they are interviewing for a job.

Unit Twelve Vocabulary Workshop is due on Tuesday, June 1; test will be scheduled later in the week.

The Bedford Reader, Writer's Choice, and Language of Composition texts should be brought back; these texts are being returned to the textbook room.

Water Case Nine unit test will be assigned in class. Water Case Ten will be assigned as homework.

The precis assignment for the research paper is due June 4.

STUDYPATH* May 24-28, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Friday is a furlough day and classes are not in session.

The precis assignment for the research paper is due June 4.

Water Case Nine debate continues in class Monday and Tuesday; student presenters are scheduled in class for Wednesday and Thursday; finalists who will present at MWD on June 9 will be determined.

Unit Eleven Vocabulary is due Tuesday; test is scheduled for Thursday.

Letter to the Editor assignment is due Tuesday.

Students prepare index cards to record notes of water conservation methods of member cities in order to participate in the debate-discourse portion of the MWD field trip; this follows the five Defense of Thesis presentations.

Return Writer's Choice, Bedford Reader, and Language of Composition books so these may be submitted to the textbook room.

STUDYPATH* May 17-21 2010

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

California Standards Test is administered schoolwide this week as students follow a special testing bell schedule (see school web site calendar for specifics).

Period Two meets Monday, Wednesday and Friday.

Period Three meets Monday, Thursday, and Friday.

The fifteen-page research paper is due for all students on Tuesday, May 18; no late papers will be accepted. Please e-mail me at jcarmicl@lausd.net for questions or concerns. The precis has been assigned and is due June 4.

Preparation for the presentations is set this week; trip slips are due; students also complete Water Cases Eight, Nine and Ten before the trip.

Friday assignment due: Use index cards to record notes for Metropolitan Water District field trip (member cities discourse and debate presentation).

STUDYPATH* May 10-14, 2010

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Students will review on Monday and Tuesday for the Wednesday Advanced Placement English Language and Composition examination.

Works Cited page and final draft of Outline for the research paper are due on Thursday. The paper deadline is Monday, May 17; no late papers will be accepted--late work policy is not in effect for this assignment.

Presentations for June 9 consideration at MWD will be scheduled beginning next week. Trip slips are due on Friday, May 21; students will complete field trip matrix for IDs, bus passes or token requests, and lunch requests during the week.

STUDYPATH* May 3-7, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

AP Exam Preparation Week Two

Essay two (Question 2) is a timed, in-class writing assignment scheduled for Monday.

Essay three (Question 3) is a timed, in-class writing assignment scheduled for Wednesday.

A full practice multiple choice test is administered in class on Tuesday and Thursday under timed conditions.

Since most AP English Language students will be writing the AP US History test on Friday, those students who are not taking that exam will complete additional practice for the May 12 AP English Language exam in class.

The research paper due date is May 17; no late papers will be accepted. Students will complete a precis in class; outline and works cited pages are required before the final paper submission.

Period Two letter to the editor is due Tuesday; Period Three letter to the editor is due Wednesday.

STUDYPATH* April 26-30, 2010

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Letter to the Editor for both classes is due on Tuesday.

MWD guest speaker is scheduled in class on Monday for both classes. Students prepared questions about research paper; speaker will address paper's focus and participate in question-and-answer session.

Access research paper sources on teacher pages and in handouts provided in class. Research paper due date is May 17; students should not delay in accessing sources, writing initial drafts, updating outlines and works cited pages and submitting final draft by deadline. Check senior projects link on the school's library web site to use the Online Writing Lab site for MLA formatting requirements for this fifteen-page document. After the AP Exam on May 12, students will deliver in-class presentations to determine presenters for the field trip visit.

AP Exam preparation week two is scheduled for April 30 and May 3-6. Students will write an essay on Friday, Monday, and Wednesday and complete a full multiple choice component on Tuesday and Thursday. Final review for the exam is scheduled for Monday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 11.

Multiple choice summer assignment answers will be reviewed in class and Cornell Notes are scheduled this week on Wednesday and Thursday lectures.

Water Case Eight, Nine and Ten are scheduled in class after the AP Examination on May 12.

STUDYPATH* April 19-23, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop answers are due on Monday; test is scheduled for Thursday.

Letter to the Editor for both classes is due on Tuesday.

Period Three class meets in the library on Tuesday and Friday of this week for research paper assignment. Period Two class will access research paper sources in class using computer carts on selected dates. Research paper due date is May 17; students should not delay in accessing sources, writing initial drafts, updating outlines and works cited pages and submitting final draft by deadline. Check senior projects link on the school's library web site to use the Online Writing Lab site for MLA formatting requirements for this fifteen-page document. After the AP Exam on May 12, students will deliver in-class presentations to determine presenters for the field trip visit.

AP Exam preparation week two is scheduled for May 3-7. Students will write an essay on Monday, Wednesday, and Friday of that week, and complete a full multiple choice component on Tuesday and Thursday. Final review for the exam is scheduled for Monday, May 10 and Tuesday, May 11.

Literary terms will be covered in class this week on Wednesday. Please have all literary terms tests taking during the year collated and ready for review.

Multiple choice summer assignment answers will be reviewed in class as well during the week.

If textbooks are required this week, an announcement will be made in class.

STUDYPATH* April 12-16, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Students are encouraged to access research source list on teacher pages to begin research paper draft. The agenda bin for this week includes a working outline, recast thesis statement and Writer's Choice assignments due Monday, April 12; specifics follow.

A preliminary working outline of the research paper is due today. Use your Writer's Choice textbook to examine a sample outline, particularly noting outline format rules. Do NOT mix phrases and sentences; outlines are either all phrases or all sentences. The abstract and your own research of the Bay-Delta and the assigned city should provide enough information for this assignment.

Writer's Choice is due in class Tuesday and Wednesday for additional assignments related to your research, including the recast of your thesis statement, which is also due as a separate assignment on Monday. Do not include the thesis statement with the outline since they must be two separate documents.

Literary terms from Bedford Reader and Language of Composition will be reviewed in class in preparation for the upcoming AP exam. Bring all copies of completed literary terms tests beginning Thursday for review.

Students will write a reflection of AP Examination Preparation-Week One on Monday. This reflection will be used to determine the effectiveness of essay snd multiple choice skills. The detailed answer key for the multiple choice from last week will be provided to students so they may determine scores and justifications for correct answers.

Assigned reading from Bedford Reader and Language of Composition will be assigned during the week.

Vocabulary Workshop assigned work will be discussed in class with due date set.

STUDYPATH* April 5-9, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

ADVANCED PLACEMENT ENGLISH LANGUAGE TEST PREPARATION-WEEK ONE

MONDAY: AP ESSAY ONE

TUESDAY: MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM (FIRST HALF)

WEDNESDAY: AP ESSAY TWO

THURSDAY: MULTIPLE CHOICE EXAM (SECOND HALF)

FRIDAY: AP ESSAY THREE

Students are encouraged to access research source list on teacher pages to begin research paper draft. The agenda bin for next week includes a working outline, recast thesis statement and Writer's Choice assignments due Monday, April 12.