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
Orwell, Lincoln and Student Debt papers are returned to students by Friday
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class; outline for Chapter One resumes and begins for Chapter Two; literary terms and rhetorical devices 11-20 reviewed in class
Megan Daum Bedford Reader piece responses are due tomorrow; respond thoughtfully and completely to M1, 2; WS 2, 3, 4 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. Tuesday morning
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 assignment due Thursday
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God papers are due tomorrow morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Tuesday
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God novels are returned to textbook room during Periods One and Three; The Great Gatsby is checked out to Period Three
Papers due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site for both novels
Bedford Reader is due in class for Daum responses discussion
Daum responses are due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Wednesday
Their Eyes Were Watching God is checked out to Period One
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class for Naylor's "Meanings of a Word" reading and writing assignment
Thursday
WHSSSK assignment is due for Words 31-40; test is scheduled tomorrow
Timed writing is scheduled for argument prompt
Friday
WHSSSK test is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Saturday, October 25, 2014
Saturday, October 18, 2014
STUDYPATH* October 20-24, 2014
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
The Great Gatsby Film Screening Day One
Their Eyes Were Watching God Film Screening Day One
Lincoln and Student Debt rewrites are due by Wednesday
Water Cases assigned and due Friday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are due Thursday; test is scheduled Friday
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Language of Composition resume next Monday
Tuesday
The Great Gatsby Film Screening Day Two
Their Eyes Were Watching God Film Screening Day Two
Wednesday
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class for reading and writing assignment for Meghan Daum's "Safe Sex Lies" selection
Lincoln and Student Debt rewrites are due today
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
WHSSSK Words 21-30 are due
Friday-Special Bell Scheduled Wellness Center Assembly
WHSSSK Words 21-30 test is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
The Great Gatsby Film Screening Day One
Their Eyes Were Watching God Film Screening Day One
Lincoln and Student Debt rewrites are due by Wednesday
Water Cases assigned and due Friday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are due Thursday; test is scheduled Friday
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Language of Composition resume next Monday
Tuesday
The Great Gatsby Film Screening Day Two
Their Eyes Were Watching God Film Screening Day Two
Wednesday
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class for reading and writing assignment for Meghan Daum's "Safe Sex Lies" selection
Lincoln and Student Debt rewrites are due today
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
WHSSSK Words 21-30 are due
Friday-Special Bell Scheduled Wellness Center Assembly
WHSSSK Words 21-30 test is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Sunday, October 12, 2014
STUDYPATH* October 13-17, 2014
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
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices; grammar assigned is scheduled and due date TBD
PSAT Bell Schedule is in effect this week: Testing is scheduled Wednesday, October 15 in Period One
Generic AP rubric is reviewed in preparation for tomorrow's rewrites of timed writing responses
Bedford Reader textbooks are due in class THURSDAY for discussion of the Huntington piece; responses include M1, 2; WS 1, 3; L1
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God film screenings are postponed until administrative approval is posted
Water Cases are postponed to next week
Logic of a Columnist responses are due Thursday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Tuesday-Shortened Day Schedule for SLC PD
Huntington piece responses are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. this morning; discussion of the responses is scheduled THURSDAY
Rewrites of the Lincoln and Student Loan Debt papers is scheduled; scored responses will be returned to students for student-teacher conference rewrites during the period
Wednesday
Period One classes will test for the PSAT; Periods Two, Three, and Four do NOT meet today
Thursday
Breakfast in the classroom begins during Period One
PHBAO night is scheduled this evening
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class today for responses to the Huntington piece
Logic of a Columnist responses are due today on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Friday-Minimum Day Schedule
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices; grammar assigned is scheduled and due date TBD
PSAT Bell Schedule is in effect this week: Testing is scheduled Wednesday, October 15 in Period One
Generic AP rubric is reviewed in preparation for tomorrow's rewrites of timed writing responses
Bedford Reader textbooks are due in class THURSDAY for discussion of the Huntington piece; responses include M1, 2; WS 1, 3; L1
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God film screenings are postponed until administrative approval is posted
Water Cases are postponed to next week
Logic of a Columnist responses are due Thursday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Tuesday-Shortened Day Schedule for SLC PD
Huntington piece responses are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. this morning; discussion of the responses is scheduled THURSDAY
Rewrites of the Lincoln and Student Loan Debt papers is scheduled; scored responses will be returned to students for student-teacher conference rewrites during the period
Wednesday
Period One classes will test for the PSAT; Periods Two, Three, and Four do NOT meet today
Thursday
Breakfast in the classroom begins during Period One
PHBAO night is scheduled this evening
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class today for responses to the Huntington piece
Logic of a Columnist responses are due today on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Friday-Minimum Day Schedule
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Sunday, October 05, 2014
STUDYPATH* October 6-10, 2014
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
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms
Parallel structures grammar assignment Exercises 1, 3 and 4 (pages 343-345) are due today
Water Case Four is assigned to Period One and due Friday; Water Case Three is assigned to Period Three and due Friday
The Great Gatsby class discussion continues Friday for Chapters Seven-Nine; dialectical journals for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty of Their Eyes Were Watching God are due Friday for class discussion
Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" is assigned to Period One and due Friday; The Great Gatsby multiple choice responses are due Friday
Bedford Reader is required in class tomorrow for reading and writing assignment
Tuesday
Bedford Reader reading and writing assignment is scheduled; books are required in class
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader books are required in class for in-class work on reading selection assigned Tuesday
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Class discussions for The Great Gatsby Chapters Seven-Nine and Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Sixteen-Twenty continue in class; film screenings for both novels to be announced
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms
Parallel structures grammar assignment Exercises 1, 3 and 4 (pages 343-345) are due today
Water Case Four is assigned to Period One and due Friday; Water Case Three is assigned to Period Three and due Friday
The Great Gatsby class discussion continues Friday for Chapters Seven-Nine; dialectical journals for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty of Their Eyes Were Watching God are due Friday for class discussion
Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" is assigned to Period One and due Friday; The Great Gatsby multiple choice responses are due Friday
Bedford Reader is required in class tomorrow for reading and writing assignment
Tuesday
Bedford Reader reading and writing assignment is scheduled; books are required in class
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader books are required in class for in-class work on reading selection assigned Tuesday
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Class discussions for The Great Gatsby Chapters Seven-Nine and Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Sixteen-Twenty continue in class; film screenings for both novels to be announced
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Saturday, September 27, 2014
STUDYPATH* September 29-October 3, 2014
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
The Great Gatsby (Period One) Chapters Seven-Nine dialecticals are due Friday for class discussion (three per chapter); Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Three) Chapters Eleven-Fifteen dialecticals are due Friday for class discussion (one per chapter)
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Water Case Three is assigned to Period One and due Friday; Water Case Two is assigned to Period Three and due Friday
Bedford Reader is due in class Tuesday and Wednesday for Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl"; responses for M1, WS 1, 2, 3 and L1 are due tomorrow
Logic of an Argument responses are due Thursday
Tuesday
In-class timed writing is scheduled Thursday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader textbook is required for Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl" reading selection; responses are due for class discussion
Wednesday
Bedford Reader discussion "Girl" continues in class
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Logic of an Article assignment is due today
Friday
Waters Case responses are due today for Periods One and Three
Class discussion for The Great Gatsby (Period One) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Three) are scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
The Great Gatsby (Period One) Chapters Seven-Nine dialecticals are due Friday for class discussion (three per chapter); Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Three) Chapters Eleven-Fifteen dialecticals are due Friday for class discussion (one per chapter)
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Water Case Three is assigned to Period One and due Friday; Water Case Two is assigned to Period Three and due Friday
Bedford Reader is due in class Tuesday and Wednesday for Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl"; responses for M1, WS 1, 2, 3 and L1 are due tomorrow
Logic of an Argument responses are due Thursday
Tuesday
In-class timed writing is scheduled Thursday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader textbook is required for Jamaica Kincaid's "Girl" reading selection; responses are due for class discussion
Wednesday
Bedford Reader discussion "Girl" continues in class
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Logic of an Article assignment is due today
Friday
Waters Case responses are due today for Periods One and Three
Class discussion for The Great Gatsby (Period One) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Three) are scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
Sunday, September 21, 2014
STUDYPATH* September 22-26, 2014
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
Language of Composition textbooks are due in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices; test is scheduled Wednesday
Water Case Two assigned to Period One and due Friday; Water Case One assigned to Period Three and due Friday
Tuesday
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow; Daniel Orozco's "Orientation" responses M1, WS1, WS3, L1 and L2 are due today on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Wednesday
Literary terms and rhetorical devices 1-10 test is scheduled
Thursday
Today is an Unassigned Day, and classes are not in session
Friday
Class discussion for Chapters 4-6 for The Great Gatsby concludes in class; class discussion for Chapters 6-10 of Their Eyes Were Watching God concludes in class; reading assignments for both novels are reviewed in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Language of Composition textbooks are due in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices; test is scheduled Wednesday
Water Case Two assigned to Period One and due Friday; Water Case One assigned to Period Three and due Friday
Tuesday
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow; Daniel Orozco's "Orientation" responses M1, WS1, WS3, L1 and L2 are due today on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Wednesday
Literary terms and rhetorical devices 1-10 test is scheduled
Thursday
Today is an Unassigned Day, and classes are not in session
Friday
Class discussion for Chapters 4-6 for The Great Gatsby concludes in class; class discussion for Chapters 6-10 of Their Eyes Were Watching God concludes in class; reading assignments for both novels are reviewed in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Sunday, September 14, 2014
STUDYPATH* September 15-19, 2014
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
(For suggestions and corrections, e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net before Monday)
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Appositive grammar assignment due date postponed to Thursday
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class Tuesday and Wednesday for "Everyday Use" class discussion
Dialectical journals for The Great Gatsby (Chapters Four-Six) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (Chapters Six-Ten) are due today; assigned work is hard copies, not online
Water Case One is assignment to Period One students; responses due Friday (postponed from previous week)
Language of Composition textbooks required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two responses are due today
"Everyday Use" responses M1, M3, W1, W2 and L1 are due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Wednesday
Logic of a Columnist assignment is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two is scheduled
"Everyday Use" class discussion continues
Thursday
Appositive grammar assignment is due today
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Class discussions of The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God are scheduled
(For suggestions and corrections, e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net before Monday)
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Appositive grammar assignment due date postponed to Thursday
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class Tuesday and Wednesday for "Everyday Use" class discussion
Dialectical journals for The Great Gatsby (Chapters Four-Six) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (Chapters Six-Ten) are due today; assigned work is hard copies, not online
Water Case One is assignment to Period One students; responses due Friday (postponed from previous week)
Language of Composition textbooks required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two responses are due today
"Everyday Use" responses M1, M3, W1, W2 and L1 are due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Wednesday
Logic of a Columnist assignment is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two is scheduled
"Everyday Use" class discussion continues
Thursday
Appositive grammar assignment is due today
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Class discussions of The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God are scheduled
Sunday, September 07, 2014
STUDYPATH September 8-12, 2014
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
Unit One Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow
Wall Street Journal articles prompt for Thursday in-class timed writing is scheduled; "Are College Students Adrift?" and "For Some Grads, College Isn't Worth the Debt" synthesis articles are discussed
Sontag scored writing is returned to students; lecture notes for the Sontag paper are scheduled
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices; grammar assignment due Monday, September 15 (short simple sentences and fragments 252)
Multiple choice responses from last week reviewed in class
Tuesday-Shortened Day Scheduled
Unit One Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled; Unit Two responses are due Monday
Bedford Reader "Homeless" responses discussion is scheduled; textbooks are due in class
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing for Wall Street Journal synthesis articles is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
The Great Gatsby class discussion for Chapters One-Three continues in class; dialectical journals (three per chapter) for Chapters Four-Six are due today on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion for Chapters One-five continues in class; dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten are due today on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Water Case One is assigned to Period One students; responses due Monday, September 15 (postponed from last week)
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two responses are due Monday
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Unit One Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow
Wall Street Journal articles prompt for Thursday in-class timed writing is scheduled; "Are College Students Adrift?" and "For Some Grads, College Isn't Worth the Debt" synthesis articles are discussed
Sontag scored writing is returned to students; lecture notes for the Sontag paper are scheduled
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices; grammar assignment due Monday, September 15 (short simple sentences and fragments 252)
Multiple choice responses from last week reviewed in class
Tuesday-Shortened Day Scheduled
Unit One Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled; Unit Two responses are due Monday
Bedford Reader "Homeless" responses discussion is scheduled; textbooks are due in class
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing for Wall Street Journal synthesis articles is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
The Great Gatsby class discussion for Chapters One-Three continues in class; dialectical journals (three per chapter) for Chapters Four-Six are due today on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion for Chapters One-five continues in class; dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten are due today on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Water Case One is assigned to Period One students; responses due Monday, September 15 (postponed from last week)
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two responses are due Monday
Friday, August 29, 2014
STUDYPATH* September 1-5, 2014
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
Today is Labor Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday-Shortened Day Schedule
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for literary terms and rhetorical devices 1-10 alliteration-aphorism; "Homeless" responses (M1, 2; WS2, 3; L2) are due tomorrow (Wednesday) by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Dialectical journals for The Great Gatsby (three per chapter for Chapters One-Three and (one per chapter) for Chapters One-Five for Their Eyes Were Watching God are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 11-20 test is scheduled today
Argument paper prompt is distributed in class; timed writing is scheduled Thursday in class
Lecture notes for the gender timed writing piece are scheduled in class
Wednesday
Vocabulary Workshop textbooks are required in class today for assignment
Analyzing the Logic of a Columnist responses are due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Thursday
Argument paper timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Water Case One is assigned to Period One students; responses due Monday, September 8
AGENDA BIN:
LAUSD e-mail account and College Board accounts are required for students in this class; use link from June 18 to set up accounts
Sunday, August 24, 2014
STUDYPATH* August 25-29, 2014
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
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 11-20 (chromosome-epiphany) are due today
Sources for timed writing are distributed; timed writing synthesis paper is scheduled Thursday
Lecture notes for the Woolf piece are scheduled in class
Template for Analyzing the Logic of an Argument is introduced and assignment set (postponed from last week)
Tuesday-Shortened Day Schedule
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class today for "Silent Dancing" class discussion
"Silent Dancing" Cofer responses are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today; answer in detail M1, M3, WS1, WS2 and L3
Wednesday
Appositives grammar responses are due today; Language of Composition textbook is required in class for assignment
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Thursday
Timed writing for synthesis paper is scheduled; WHSSSK 11-20 quiz is scheduled
Period One: The Great Gatsby dialectical journals (three per chapter) for Chapters One-Three are due Tuesday, September 2; class discussion is scheduled September 5
Period Three: Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals (one per chapter) are due Tuesday, September 2; class discussion is scheduled September 5
Friday
Today is Admissions Day, a state holiday and classes are not in session
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next weeks' assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 11-20 (chromosome-epiphany) are due today
Sources for timed writing are distributed; timed writing synthesis paper is scheduled Thursday
Lecture notes for the Woolf piece are scheduled in class
Template for Analyzing the Logic of an Argument is introduced and assignment set (postponed from last week)
Tuesday-Shortened Day Schedule
Bedford Reader textbook is required in class today for "Silent Dancing" class discussion
"Silent Dancing" Cofer responses are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today; answer in detail M1, M3, WS1, WS2 and L3
Wednesday
Appositives grammar responses are due today; Language of Composition textbook is required in class for assignment
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Thursday
Timed writing for synthesis paper is scheduled; WHSSSK 11-20 quiz is scheduled
Period One: The Great Gatsby dialectical journals (three per chapter) for Chapters One-Three are due Tuesday, September 2; class discussion is scheduled September 5
Period Three: Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals (one per chapter) are due Tuesday, September 2; class discussion is scheduled September 5
Friday
Today is Admissions Day, a state holiday and classes are not in session
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next weeks' assignments and class information
Saturday, August 16, 2014
STUDYPATH* August 18-22, 2014
D R A F T D R A F T D R A F T D R A F T D R A F T
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
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 1-10 abjure-chicanery are due today; record syllabication, part of speech, definition and diacritical markings
Course syllabus is available on Box (at right of blog); there is no requirement for signature; however students should review the requirements for this yearlong course
Opening Days Bulletin can be downloaded from Box; signed document was due Friday, August 15
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class Wednesday; submit responses on turnitin.com for Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" answering M1, M4, WS1, WS4 and L5 on Page 130
Woolf passage prewriting continues in class; timed writing is scheduled Thursday
Tuesday-Shortened Day Schedule
Virginia Woolf prompt prewriting continues for Thursday timed writing
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Synthesis paper number one is assigned and due date set
Template for Analyzing the Logic of an Argument is introduced and assignment due date set
Wednesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for "The Lottery" responses and class discussion; assignment is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Thursday
Woolf paper timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Language of Composition is due in class for appositives grammar assignment
WHSSSK Words 11-20 chromosome-epiphany is due Monday
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
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 1-10 abjure-chicanery are due today; record syllabication, part of speech, definition and diacritical markings
Course syllabus is available on Box (at right of blog); there is no requirement for signature; however students should review the requirements for this yearlong course
Opening Days Bulletin can be downloaded from Box; signed document was due Friday, August 15
Bedford Reader textbooks are required in class Wednesday; submit responses on turnitin.com for Shirley Jackson's "The Lottery" answering M1, M4, WS1, WS4 and L5 on Page 130
Woolf passage prewriting continues in class; timed writing is scheduled Thursday
Tuesday-Shortened Day Schedule
Virginia Woolf prompt prewriting continues for Thursday timed writing
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Synthesis paper number one is assigned and due date set
Template for Analyzing the Logic of an Argument is introduced and assignment due date set
Wednesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for "The Lottery" responses and class discussion; assignment is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Thursday
Woolf paper timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Language of Composition is due in class for appositives grammar assignment
WHSSSK Words 11-20 chromosome-epiphany is due Monday
Sunday, July 06, 2014
STUDYPATH* August 12-15, 2014
WELCOME TO AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE AND COMPOSITION
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
Tuesday, August 12
Summer work assignment is due by end of week
Program cards are signed and seating is assigned
Rodriguez piece prewriting is due tomorrow; tone, diction and syntax annotations are required on handout; descriptors and examples will be provided to students
"What AP Readers Long to See" handout assigned; class discussion is scheduled Friday
Wednesday, August 13
Rodriguez piece prewriting is scheduled before tomorrow's timed writing assignment
Thursday, August 14
Rodriguez piece timed writing is scheduled in class
Friday, August 15
Dialectical journals class discussion and orientation
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 1-10 are assigned and due Monday; diacritical markings, syllabications, definitions and parts of speech for each vocabulary are required
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
Tuesday, August 12
Summer work assignment is due by end of week
Program cards are signed and seating is assigned
Rodriguez piece prewriting is due tomorrow; tone, diction and syntax annotations are required on handout; descriptors and examples will be provided to students
"What AP Readers Long to See" handout assigned; class discussion is scheduled Friday
Wednesday, August 13
Rodriguez piece prewriting is scheduled before tomorrow's timed writing assignment
Thursday, August 14
Rodriguez piece timed writing is scheduled in class
Friday, August 15
Dialectical journals class discussion and orientation
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 1-10 are assigned and due Monday; diacritical markings, syllabications, definitions and parts of speech for each vocabulary are required
Wednesday, June 18, 2014
College Board Account/Student E-Mail Account
Use this link to set up your College Board account before classes begin in August.
College Board Student Account
Access this link for setting up an LAUSD Student E-Mail Account
Student E-Mail Account
College Board Student Account
Access this link for setting up an LAUSD Student E-Mail Account
Student E-Mail Account
Monday, June 02, 2014
SUMMER WORK ASSIGNMENT 2014 FREE RESPONSE QUESTIONS LINK
Use this link to access the 2014 free response questions for assigned summer work due from prospective students by the end of the first week of instruction in August 2014.
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2001.html
http://apcentral.collegeboard.com/apc/members/exam/exam_information/2001.html
Saturday, May 31, 2014
STUDYPATH* June 2-5, 2014
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
Final examinations are scheduled for Periods One, Two and Three
Tuesday
Final examinations are scheduled for Periods Four and Five
Wednesday
Final examinations are scheduled for Periods Six and Seven
Thursday
Last day of semester for students
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Final examinations are scheduled for Periods One, Two and Three
Tuesday
Final examinations are scheduled for Periods Four and Five
Wednesday
Final examinations are scheduled for Periods Six and Seven
Thursday
Last day of semester for students
Sunday, May 25, 2014
STUDYPATH* May 26-30, 2014
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
Today is Memorial Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
MWD presentations continue; score sheets due by end of period
Meet at 7:45 A.M. tomorrow at cafeteria for students who are making the trip downtown
Wednesday
Meet at 7:45 A.M. today at cafeteria for students who are making the trip downtown
Thursday
Everything's An Argument assignment is scheduled
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
MWD debrief of trip is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop review today and test scheduled tomorrow
Friday
Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled
Final examination review of prompts for next week's final schedule
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Today is Memorial Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
MWD presentations continue; score sheets due by end of period
Meet at 7:45 A.M. tomorrow at cafeteria for students who are making the trip downtown
Wednesday
Meet at 7:45 A.M. today at cafeteria for students who are making the trip downtown
Thursday
Everything's An Argument assignment is scheduled
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
MWD debrief of trip is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop review today and test scheduled tomorrow
Friday
Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled
Final examination review of prompts for next week's final schedule
Sunday, May 18, 2014
STUDYPATH* May 19-23, 2014
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
Writer's Choice homework due Wednesday 17.7 (637-641) Exercises 17, 18, 19 and 20
Presenters continue Junior Defense of Thesis in class in preparation for trip to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop is scheduled
Tuesday
Work on Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop is scheduled in class
Presentations of Junior Defense of Thesis continue in class
Wednesday
Presentations of Junior Defense of Thesis continue in class
Everything's An Argument assignment is scheduled
Thursday
Multiple choice work is scheduled in preparation for June 7 SAT administriation
Discourse presentations for Junior Defense of Thesis are scheduled tomorrow
Vocabulary Workshop assignment continues in class
Friday
Everything's An Argument assignment is scheduled
Discourse presentations continue in class
Writer's Choice textbooks are due in class for return to textbook room
Check STUDYPATH for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Writer's Choice homework due Wednesday 17.7 (637-641) Exercises 17, 18, 19 and 20
Presenters continue Junior Defense of Thesis in class in preparation for trip to Metropolitan Water District of Southern California
Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop is scheduled
Tuesday
Work on Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop is scheduled in class
Presentations of Junior Defense of Thesis continue in class
Wednesday
Presentations of Junior Defense of Thesis continue in class
Everything's An Argument assignment is scheduled
Thursday
Multiple choice work is scheduled in preparation for June 7 SAT administriation
Discourse presentations for Junior Defense of Thesis are scheduled tomorrow
Vocabulary Workshop assignment continues in class
Friday
Everything's An Argument assignment is scheduled
Discourse presentations continue in class
Writer's Choice textbooks are due in class for return to textbook room
Check STUDYPATH for next week's assignments and class information
Sunday, May 11, 2014
STUDYPATH* May 12-16, 2014
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
Writer's Choice textbook is due in class Wednesday for assignment; complete 17.6 (632-636) Exercises 12, 13, 14 and 16 are due Wednesday in class
Multiple choice work continues in class
Discourse presentations for Junior Defense of Thesis are scheduled tomorrow
Vocabulary Workshop assignment is scheduled
Tuesday
Everything's An Argument assignment is scheduled
Discourse presentations continue in class
Vocabulary Workshop assignment continues in class
Wednesday
Writer's Choice grammar assignment is due today (see Monday for specific assignment)
Discourse presentations continue in class
Thursday
Discourse presentations continue in class
Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled (tentative)
Friday
Trip slips for the Metropolitan Water District trip are due today
Check STUDYPATH for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Writer's Choice textbook is due in class Wednesday for assignment; complete 17.6 (632-636) Exercises 12, 13, 14 and 16 are due Wednesday in class
Multiple choice work continues in class
Discourse presentations for Junior Defense of Thesis are scheduled tomorrow
Vocabulary Workshop assignment is scheduled
Tuesday
Everything's An Argument assignment is scheduled
Discourse presentations continue in class
Vocabulary Workshop assignment continues in class
Wednesday
Writer's Choice grammar assignment is due today (see Monday for specific assignment)
Discourse presentations continue in class
Thursday
Discourse presentations continue in class
Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled (tentative)
Friday
Trip slips for the Metropolitan Water District trip are due today
Check STUDYPATH for next week's assignments and class information
Saturday, May 03, 2014
STUDYPATH May 5-9, 2014
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
Orwell-Huxley paper is due today in all AP classes
Gender paper is due tomorrow morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; access the link below:
https://reimerexpos.wikispaces.com/file/view/synthesis+exam+option+1.pdf
Outlining the Argument, Analysis and Synthesis chapters of Five Steps to a Five is scheduled Monday-Thursday
Language of Composition and Bedford Reader may be brought to class for return to textbook room
Tuesday
Gender paper is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Outlining the Argument, Analysis and Synthesis chapters of Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Wednesday
Outlining continues in class
Thursday
Outlining continues in class
AP Exam Preparation activities are scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
English Language and Composition AP Examination is scheduled today
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Orwell-Huxley paper is due today in all AP classes
Gender paper is due tomorrow morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; access the link below:
https://reimerexpos.wikispaces.com/file/view/synthesis+exam+option+1.pdf
Outlining the Argument, Analysis and Synthesis chapters of Five Steps to a Five is scheduled Monday-Thursday
Language of Composition and Bedford Reader may be brought to class for return to textbook room
Tuesday
Gender paper is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Outlining the Argument, Analysis and Synthesis chapters of Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Wednesday
Outlining continues in class
Thursday
Outlining continues in class
AP Exam Preparation activities are scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
English Language and Composition AP Examination is scheduled today
Sunday, April 27, 2014
STUDYPATH* April 28-May 2, 2014
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
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class through May 1
Precis is due today
"On Seeing England for the First Time" Kincaid responses discussion 1-5; rhetoric 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 are due today
Orwell-Huxley paper scheduled in class
Logical fallacies homework distributed and due date set
Tuesday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Homework is assigned and due date set
Wednesday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Gender synthesis paper is distributed and due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. on May 6
Thursday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Homework is assigned and due date set
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Agenda Bin:
Outlining 5 Steps to a 5 synthesis, analysis and argument chapters
Everything's An Argument reading and writing assignments in class
Vocabulary units continue in class and as homework assignments
Words High School Students Should Know concludes
Presentation scoring of AP research papers continues in class using scoring sheets
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class through May 1
Precis is due today
"On Seeing England for the First Time" Kincaid responses discussion 1-5; rhetoric 1, 3, 5, 7, 9 are due today
Orwell-Huxley paper scheduled in class
Logical fallacies homework distributed and due date set
Tuesday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Homework is assigned and due date set
Wednesday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Gender synthesis paper is distributed and due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. on May 6
Thursday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Homework is assigned and due date set
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Agenda Bin:
Outlining 5 Steps to a 5 synthesis, analysis and argument chapters
Everything's An Argument reading and writing assignments in class
Vocabulary units continue in class and as homework assignments
Words High School Students Should Know concludes
Presentation scoring of AP research papers continues in class using scoring sheets
Sunday, April 20, 2014
AP Paper Requirements
I have listed on Box (at right of blog) the requirements we discussed in class when we created the overhead for the AP paper rules and regulations.
Sunday, April 13, 2014
STUDYPATH April 21-25, 2014
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
Smarter Balanced testing schedule is in effect all week for AP classes (Grade Eleven)
Homework assignments due on selected dates will include a synthesis paper on turnitin.com, outlining from Five Steps to a Five, The Language of Composition reading responses, Writer's Choice grammar, vocabulary work, analysis of the logic of an article responses and other assignments to be announced in class and due dates to be determined
Orwell responses for "The Politics of the English Language" (discussion 1-5; rhetoric 1-3 and 5-6) are due today in class
Proof of College Board account is due Friday (print your account verification and submit it in class)
Tuesday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Water Conservation "Junior Defense of Thesis" research paper is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; rhetorical precis introduced and due Monday
Wednesday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Thursday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Friday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Proof of College Board account is due in class today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Smarter Balanced testing schedule is in effect all week for AP classes (Grade Eleven)
Homework assignments due on selected dates will include a synthesis paper on turnitin.com, outlining from Five Steps to a Five, The Language of Composition reading responses, Writer's Choice grammar, vocabulary work, analysis of the logic of an article responses and other assignments to be announced in class and due dates to be determined
Orwell responses for "The Politics of the English Language" (discussion 1-5; rhetoric 1-3 and 5-6) are due today in class
Proof of College Board account is due Friday (print your account verification and submit it in class)
Tuesday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Water Conservation "Junior Defense of Thesis" research paper is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; rhetorical precis introduced and due Monday
Wednesday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Thursday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Friday
Smarter Balanced testing continues in class
Proof of College Board account is due in class today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Sunday, April 06, 2014
STUDYPATH* April 7-11, 2014
In-class assignment and class updates trump published blogs
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Due date for research paper for Junior Defense of Thesis on water conservation has been postponed to Tuesday, April 22 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; outline and cover page are required (total of seventeen pages) and research paper must be paper clipped, not stapled
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow for assigned reading selection; "Politics and the English Language" Orwell
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Language of Composition and Five Steps to a Five are scheduled; test is scheduled Friday
Water Cases 1-10 are due for all classes
Tuesday
Language of Composition textbook is required in class today; Orwell piece continues in class
Junior Defense of Thesis scoring presentations rehearsals are scheduled using scoring sheets
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Wednesday
In-class timed writing
Thursday
Multiple choice practice for the upcoming AP English Language examination
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Friday
Special bell schedule for Hollywood Idol
Period Six will meet in the auditorium
Literary terms and rhetorical devices test is scheduled for all periods (postponed to after spring break)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for April 21-25 assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Due date for research paper for Junior Defense of Thesis on water conservation has been postponed to Tuesday, April 22 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; outline and cover page are required (total of seventeen pages) and research paper must be paper clipped, not stapled
Language of Composition textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow for assigned reading selection; "Politics and the English Language" Orwell
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Language of Composition and Five Steps to a Five are scheduled; test is scheduled Friday
Water Cases 1-10 are due for all classes
Tuesday
Language of Composition textbook is required in class today; Orwell piece continues in class
Junior Defense of Thesis scoring presentations rehearsals are scheduled using scoring sheets
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Wednesday
In-class timed writing
Thursday
Multiple choice practice for the upcoming AP English Language examination
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Friday
Special bell schedule for Hollywood Idol
Period Six will meet in the auditorium
Literary terms and rhetorical devices test is scheduled for all periods (postponed to after spring break)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for April 21-25 assignments and class information
Sunday, March 30, 2014
STUDYPATH* March 31-April 4, 2014
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
Today is Cesar Chavez Day, a state holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Water Cases One-Three are due for Period One; Water Cases Four-Six are distributed to Period Three and due Wednesday
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet
Bedford Reader is required in class today for Periods One and Three
"Professions for Women" Virginia Woolf responses (1-5 Discussion; 1-5 Rhetoric) are due today for all AP classes
Junior Defense of Thesis water conservation research paper is due Tuesday, April 8 on turnitin.com web site
Research paper resources: MWD web site; MWD "At a Glance" handout; LA Times writer Bettina Boxall's articles; web site source list; Water Politics Cases One-Ten
Wednesday
Period Six meets today; Periods One and Three do not meet
Water Cases Seven-Ten are distributed to Period Six and due Thursday
Bedford Reader is required in class today for Period Six
Thursday
Timed writing is scheduled in class
Friday
Junior Defense of Thesis scoring rubrics used for student presentations
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Research paper is due Tuesday, April 8 on turnitin.com web site
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Today is Cesar Chavez Day, a state holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Water Cases One-Three are due for Period One; Water Cases Four-Six are distributed to Period Three and due Wednesday
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet
Bedford Reader is required in class today for Periods One and Three
"Professions for Women" Virginia Woolf responses (1-5 Discussion; 1-5 Rhetoric) are due today for all AP classes
Junior Defense of Thesis water conservation research paper is due Tuesday, April 8 on turnitin.com web site
Research paper resources: MWD web site; MWD "At a Glance" handout; LA Times writer Bettina Boxall's articles; web site source list; Water Politics Cases One-Ten
Wednesday
Period Six meets today; Periods One and Three do not meet
Water Cases Seven-Ten are distributed to Period Six and due Thursday
Bedford Reader is required in class today for Period Six
Thursday
Timed writing is scheduled in class
Friday
Junior Defense of Thesis scoring rubrics used for student presentations
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Research paper is due Tuesday, April 8 on turnitin.com web site
Sunday, March 23, 2014
STUDYPATH* March 24-28, 2014
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
Unit Eight Vocabulary is reviewed in class
Junior Defense of Thesis research paper is due Tuesday, April 8 on turnitin.com web site; resources for paper include content and formatting requirements listed in Writer's Choice, Bedford Reader and Language of Composition
Junior Defense of Thesis scoring rubric is reviewed in class as presenter rehearsals are scheduled
Language of Composition assignment is due Tuesday, April 1; reading selection and response questions will be announced in class
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for rhetorical devices and literary terms; test to be scheduled
Deadline for AP Exam sign up is Wednesday, March 26; all AP English Language students are expected to complete the examination, scheduled in May
Tuesday
Rehearsals for Junior Defense of Thesis presentations continue in class
Rewrites of outlines, thumbnails and works cited assignments are due today
Five Steps to a Five assignment is scheduled; Introduction to the Analysis Paper (71-95)
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms
Wednesday
Rehearsals for Junior Defense of Thesis presentations continue in class
Five Steps to a Five assignment continues in class; Introduction to the Argumentative Paper (96-121)
Constructing multiple choice questions for the Hazlitt piece is scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Invisible Man multiple choice work is scheduled
Language of Composition assignment is due Tuesday
Monday, March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day, a state holiday, and classes will not be in session
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Unit Eight Vocabulary is reviewed in class
Junior Defense of Thesis research paper is due Tuesday, April 8 on turnitin.com web site; resources for paper include content and formatting requirements listed in Writer's Choice, Bedford Reader and Language of Composition
Junior Defense of Thesis scoring rubric is reviewed in class as presenter rehearsals are scheduled
Language of Composition assignment is due Tuesday, April 1; reading selection and response questions will be announced in class
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for rhetorical devices and literary terms; test to be scheduled
Deadline for AP Exam sign up is Wednesday, March 26; all AP English Language students are expected to complete the examination, scheduled in May
Tuesday
Rehearsals for Junior Defense of Thesis presentations continue in class
Rewrites of outlines, thumbnails and works cited assignments are due today
Five Steps to a Five assignment is scheduled; Introduction to the Analysis Paper (71-95)
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms
Wednesday
Rehearsals for Junior Defense of Thesis presentations continue in class
Five Steps to a Five assignment continues in class; Introduction to the Argumentative Paper (96-121)
Constructing multiple choice questions for the Hazlitt piece is scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Invisible Man multiple choice work is scheduled
Language of Composition assignment is due Tuesday
Monday, March 31 is Cesar Chavez Day, a state holiday, and classes will not be in session
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Sunday, March 16, 2014
STUDYPATH* March 17-21, 2014
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
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Chief Seattle papers are returned to students
Works Cited list for research paper is due; use the following entry for the media requirement and make certain the second line is indented, the entry is alphabetized in the listing and any other format requirements for MLA are met:
"State of Thirst-California's Water Future." Quest. PBS. KQED, San Francisco.
14 Jul. 2008. Television.
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" responses are due today
Columnist responses must be received by tomorrow for all three classes
Unit Eight Vocabulary assignment is due Friday
Deadline for AP Exam sign up is March 26; sign up at the student store
Tuesday
Columnist responses are due today from all three classes
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Bedford Reader is required for Period Six for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Wednesday
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Thursday
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Friday
Timed writing is scheduled in class
Unit Eight Vocabulary assignment is due today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignment and class updates
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Chief Seattle papers are returned to students
Works Cited list for research paper is due; use the following entry for the media requirement and make certain the second line is indented, the entry is alphabetized in the listing and any other format requirements for MLA are met:
"State of Thirst-California's Water Future." Quest. PBS. KQED, San Francisco.
14 Jul. 2008. Television.
"Letter from Birmingham Jail" responses are due today
Columnist responses must be received by tomorrow for all three classes
Unit Eight Vocabulary assignment is due Friday
Deadline for AP Exam sign up is March 26; sign up at the student store
Tuesday
Columnist responses are due today from all three classes
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Bedford Reader is required for Period Six for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Wednesday
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Thursday
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Friday
Timed writing is scheduled in class
Unit Eight Vocabulary assignment is due today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignment and class updates
Sunday, March 09, 2014
STUDYPATH* March 10-14, 2014
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
"The Atlanta Exposition Address" Booker T. Washington responses are due Wednesday (191-195); discussion 1-5 and rhetoric 1-10
American literature responses for Whitman (Period 1), Jefferson (Period Three) and Lincoln (Period Six) are due Wednesday
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled (Period Six only); Unit Seven responses are due Friday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Friday for Periods One and Three; see Box at right of blog for assignment
Works Cited drafts are due Monday, March 17; sources must include one book, five internet, one magazine or trade journal, one newspaper, one media source and one miscellaneous (total ten); MLA style including pagination, title centered, alphabetized list of sources, proper formatting of indentation and punctuation (one page only-no continuation page)
Research paper outlines are returned to students and final drafts are due Friday
Research paper Writer's Choice test responses are due from Period Three
STUDENTS MUST SIGN UP FOR THE UPCOMING AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAM AT THE STUDENT STORE
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class
Literary terms test 61-70 is scheduled for Period Six only
Wednesday
Booker T. Washington responses due today
Whitman, Jefferson and Lincoln responses are due today
Thumbnail final drafts are due today; single spaced, justified text, proper punctuation, caption is 8pt. vs. format requirement for Credit: (6 pt. type), size of graphic or photo must be sized correctly
Thursday
In-class timed writing postponed to tomorrow
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Friday
Research paper outline final drafts are due today
Works Cited drafts are due Monday for all periods
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
Invisible Man discussion for Chapters Twenty-One to Epilog postponed to next Friday
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
"The Atlanta Exposition Address" Booker T. Washington responses are due Wednesday (191-195); discussion 1-5 and rhetoric 1-10
American literature responses for Whitman (Period 1), Jefferson (Period Three) and Lincoln (Period Six) are due Wednesday
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled (Period Six only); Unit Seven responses are due Friday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Friday for Periods One and Three; see Box at right of blog for assignment
Works Cited drafts are due Monday, March 17; sources must include one book, five internet, one magazine or trade journal, one newspaper, one media source and one miscellaneous (total ten); MLA style including pagination, title centered, alphabetized list of sources, proper formatting of indentation and punctuation (one page only-no continuation page)
Research paper outlines are returned to students and final drafts are due Friday
Research paper Writer's Choice test responses are due from Period Three
STUDENTS MUST SIGN UP FOR THE UPCOMING AP ENGLISH LANGUAGE EXAM AT THE STUDENT STORE
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class
Literary terms test 61-70 is scheduled for Period Six only
Wednesday
Booker T. Washington responses due today
Whitman, Jefferson and Lincoln responses are due today
Thumbnail final drafts are due today; single spaced, justified text, proper punctuation, caption is 8pt. vs. format requirement for Credit: (6 pt. type), size of graphic or photo must be sized correctly
Thursday
In-class timed writing postponed to tomorrow
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Friday
Research paper outline final drafts are due today
Works Cited drafts are due Monday for all periods
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
Invisible Man discussion for Chapters Twenty-One to Epilog postponed to next Friday
Sunday, March 02, 2014
STUDYPATH* March 3-7, 2014
For additions and corrections, e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net
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
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow (except for Period Six) for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Vocabulary Workshop responses for Unit Six are due Friday
Acceptable Use Policy library forms are due Friday for selected students
Responses for Sherman Alexie's "Superman and Me" are due tomorrow (pages 110-112, questions 1-8)
American literature selections for all three classes are due today (Period One-Lincoln; Period Three-Whitman; Period Six-Jefferson)
Tuesday
Period Six does not meet today
"Superman and Me" responses are due (Period Six must submit this assignment on time)
Wednesday
Water Cases Two and Three are scored in class; orientation for the Online Writing Lab Modern Language Association formatting for research papers is scheduled
Preliminary working outline for water conservation Junior Defense of Thesis paper is due; use outline format provided and submit two thumbnails with caption and credit underneath graphic or photo
Period One only: Research paper test responses are due today; when handouts are returned Period Three will complete the responses by Monday
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six responses are due today
Period Six only: Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six responses are due
Invisible Man class discussion continues for Chapters Twenty-One to Epilog; novels are required in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
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
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow (except for Period Six) for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Vocabulary Workshop responses for Unit Six are due Friday
Acceptable Use Policy library forms are due Friday for selected students
Responses for Sherman Alexie's "Superman and Me" are due tomorrow (pages 110-112, questions 1-8)
American literature selections for all three classes are due today (Period One-Lincoln; Period Three-Whitman; Period Six-Jefferson)
Tuesday
Period Six does not meet today
"Superman and Me" responses are due (Period Six must submit this assignment on time)
Wednesday
Water Cases Two and Three are scored in class; orientation for the Online Writing Lab Modern Language Association formatting for research papers is scheduled
Preliminary working outline for water conservation Junior Defense of Thesis paper is due; use outline format provided and submit two thumbnails with caption and credit underneath graphic or photo
Period One only: Research paper test responses are due today; when handouts are returned Period Three will complete the responses by Monday
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six responses are due today
Period Six only: Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six responses are due
Invisible Man class discussion continues for Chapters Twenty-One to Epilog; novels are required in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Sunday, February 23, 2014
STUDYPATH* February 24-28, 2014
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
Meet in the Hollywood High School library for research paper skills; water conservation prompt distributed last week in class is required in library
Bedford Reader is not required in class this week
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five responses are due Friday; questions are available on Box at right of this blog
Writer's Choice 7.6 is due Wednesday in class
Writer's Choice textbooks must be brought to class on Wednesday
American literature selection responses are due for Jefferson, Lincoln and Whitman from respective AP classes
Tuesday
Meet in the Hollywood High School library for research paper skills
Columnist response is due today
Wednesday
Complete research paper test; Writer's Choice textbooks must be brought to class
Writer's Choice 7.6 is due today
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Class discussion for Chapters 21-25 and Epilog of Invisible Man continues in class
Multiple choice scoring for Invisible Man test is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Meet in the Hollywood High School library for research paper skills; water conservation prompt distributed last week in class is required in library
Bedford Reader is not required in class this week
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five responses are due Friday; questions are available on Box at right of this blog
Writer's Choice 7.6 is due Wednesday in class
Writer's Choice textbooks must be brought to class on Wednesday
American literature selection responses are due for Jefferson, Lincoln and Whitman from respective AP classes
Tuesday
Meet in the Hollywood High School library for research paper skills
Columnist response is due today
Wednesday
Complete research paper test; Writer's Choice textbooks must be brought to class
Writer's Choice 7.6 is due today
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Class discussion for Chapters 21-25 and Epilog of Invisible Man continues in class
Multiple choice scoring for Invisible Man test is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Saturday, February 15, 2014
STUDYPATH* February 17-21, 2014
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
Today is Presidents Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Period Six does not meet today
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four responses are due Friday; access the assignment on Box at right of blog
Columnist response is due next Tuesday
Dialectical journals for Chapters 20-25 and Epilog of Invisible Man are due today; class discussion is scheduled Friday
Wednesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Writer's Choice 7.5 assignment is due today
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Thursday
Water conservation prompt for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper is distributed
EAP prompt is scheduled for in-class timed writing
Friday
Multiple choice construction for the Hazlitt piece is scheduled
Motif paper for Invisible Man is due today by 8:30 A.M. or turnitin.com web site
Invisible Man Test #3 is completed in class before class discussion of Chapters 20-25 and epilog using dialectical journals
Students will meet in the library February 24 and 25 for research paper skills and strategies
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Today is Presidents Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Period Six does not meet today
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four responses are due Friday; access the assignment on Box at right of blog
Columnist response is due next Tuesday
Dialectical journals for Chapters 20-25 and Epilog of Invisible Man are due today; class discussion is scheduled Friday
Wednesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Writer's Choice 7.5 assignment is due today
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Thursday
Water conservation prompt for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper is distributed
EAP prompt is scheduled for in-class timed writing
Friday
Multiple choice construction for the Hazlitt piece is scheduled
Motif paper for Invisible Man is due today by 8:30 A.M. or turnitin.com web site
Invisible Man Test #3 is completed in class before class discussion of Chapters 20-25 and epilog using dialectical journals
Students will meet in the library February 24 and 25 for research paper skills and strategies
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
Sunday, February 09, 2014
STUDYPATH* February 10-14, 2014
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
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today; vocabulary work will resume next week
Motifs for the Invisible Man paper are finalized in class; due date on turnitin.com web site is Tuesday morning, February 18 by 8:30 A.M. (this paper has been postponed to Friday, February 21 by 8:30 A.M.)
Synthesis paper on multiculturalism is scheduled and due on turnitin.com web site on Thursday, February 13 by 8:30 A.M.; no in-class timed writing is scheduled this week
Research paper prompt on water conservation sources, formatting and MLA citations orientation is scheduled all week including outlining, thumbnails, subheads, pagination, works cited, in-text citations, cover page and line spacing requirements
Invisible Man multiple choice questions are assigned and due Friday
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Tuesday
Summaries (one page each) from the Franklin, Paine and Henry pieces are due today
Orwell-Swift multiple choice responses are due today
Bedford Reader is required in class
Water Case activity is scheduled in class
Literary terms test is scheduled
Wednesday
Writer's Choice 7.4 responses are due today
Everything's An Argument in-class assignment is scheduled
Thursday
No in-class timed writing is scheduled this week
Multiculturalism paper is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Hazlitt piece multiple choice activity
Friday
Invisible Man dialectical journals for Chapters 20-25 and Epilogue are due today; novels are required in class for completing Invisible Man Test #2, begun last week (this has been postponed to Tuesday, February 18; however the multiple choice for Invisible Man are due today)
Invisible Man multiple choice responses are due in class today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class update
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today; vocabulary work will resume next week
Motifs for the Invisible Man paper are finalized in class; due date on turnitin.com web site is Tuesday morning, February 18 by 8:30 A.M. (this paper has been postponed to Friday, February 21 by 8:30 A.M.)
Synthesis paper on multiculturalism is scheduled and due on turnitin.com web site on Thursday, February 13 by 8:30 A.M.; no in-class timed writing is scheduled this week
Research paper prompt on water conservation sources, formatting and MLA citations orientation is scheduled all week including outlining, thumbnails, subheads, pagination, works cited, in-text citations, cover page and line spacing requirements
Invisible Man multiple choice questions are assigned and due Friday
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Tuesday
Summaries (one page each) from the Franklin, Paine and Henry pieces are due today
Orwell-Swift multiple choice responses are due today
Bedford Reader is required in class
Water Case activity is scheduled in class
Literary terms test is scheduled
Wednesday
Writer's Choice 7.4 responses are due today
Everything's An Argument in-class assignment is scheduled
Thursday
No in-class timed writing is scheduled this week
Multiculturalism paper is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Hazlitt piece multiple choice activity
Friday
Invisible Man dialectical journals for Chapters 20-25 and Epilogue are due today; novels are required in class for completing Invisible Man Test #2, begun last week (this has been postponed to Tuesday, February 18; however the multiple choice for Invisible Man are due today)
Invisible Man multiple choice responses are due in class today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class update
Sunday, February 02, 2014
STUDYPATH* February 3-7, 2014
DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT
Corrections: E-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net
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
Invisible Man dialectical journals for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty are due Friday for class discussion
Columnist response is due in class today
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Friday; access assignment on Box at right of blog
Literary terms 41-50 are reviewed; Bedford Reader textbook is required in class
Motif papers for Invisible Man due date set for turnitin.com web site
All American literature summaries are due Monday, February 10
Access this link for Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111frank.html
Access this link for "The American Crisis" Thomas Paine
http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Paine/Crisis/Crisis-TOC.html
Access this link for Patrick Henry speech
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/133/historic-american-documents/4956/patrick-henrys-speech-to-thevirginia-house-of-burgess-richmond-virginia-march-23-1775/
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is due in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms
Flag protection synthesis sources are reviewed in class for turnitin.com web site paper due February 11
Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" and Swift's "A Modest Proposal" multiple choice responses are due Monday; text is in Language of Composition textbook and handouts will be provided in class
Literary terms 41-50 test is scheduled for Periods One and Three; Period Six will take the test on Friday
Period Six does not meet today
Wednesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Literary terms 41-50 reviewed for Period Six; test is scheduled Friday before class discussion of Invisible Man Chapters Sixteen-Twenty
Writer's Choice 7.3 assignment is due today for all three classes
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Class discussion for Invisible Man Chapters Sixteen-Twenty is scheduled; novels and dialectical journals are required in class
Corrections: E-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net
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
Invisible Man dialectical journals for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty are due Friday for class discussion
Columnist response is due in class today
Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Friday; access assignment on Box at right of blog
Literary terms 41-50 are reviewed; Bedford Reader textbook is required in class
Motif papers for Invisible Man due date set for turnitin.com web site
All American literature summaries are due Monday, February 10
Access this link for Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin
http://history.hanover.edu/courses/excerpts/111frank.html
Access this link for "The American Crisis" Thomas Paine
http://libertyonline.hypermall.com/Paine/Crisis/Crisis-TOC.html
Access this link for Patrick Henry speech
http://etc.usf.edu/lit2go/133/historic-american-documents/4956/patrick-henrys-speech-to-thevirginia-house-of-burgess-richmond-virginia-march-23-1775/
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is due in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms
Flag protection synthesis sources are reviewed in class for turnitin.com web site paper due February 11
Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" and Swift's "A Modest Proposal" multiple choice responses are due Monday; text is in Language of Composition textbook and handouts will be provided in class
Literary terms 41-50 test is scheduled for Periods One and Three; Period Six will take the test on Friday
Period Six does not meet today
Wednesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Literary terms 41-50 reviewed for Period Six; test is scheduled Friday before class discussion of Invisible Man Chapters Sixteen-Twenty
Writer's Choice 7.3 assignment is due today for all three classes
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Class discussion for Invisible Man Chapters Sixteen-Twenty is scheduled; novels and dialectical journals are required in class
Saturday, January 25, 2014
STUDYPATH* January 27-31, 2014
DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT
Corrections: E-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net
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
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two is available on Box; download and complete the assignment, which is due Friday
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow for literary terms
Dialectical journals for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen of Invisible Man are due Friday for class discussion
Motif choices for Invisible Man paper are chosen by students
Columnist response is due Monday of next week
Summary pages from Of Plymouth Plantation and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" are due today
Return UCLA library forms by the end of the week
Tuesday
Water Case One activity is scheduled in class
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class today and tomorrow
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) resume; work is due Tuesday of next week
Wednesday
Writer's Choice 7.2 Prewriting: Developing an Outline is due today; 7.3 responses are due next Wednesday
Metropolitan Water District Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class; research paper timeline is announced
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
American literature summaries are due Monday for assigned selections on Box; selections will be announced in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three is scheduled Monday and responses due Friday of next week
Hazlitt piece distributed for multiple choice test maker activity
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Corrections: E-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net
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
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two is available on Box; download and complete the assignment, which is due Friday
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow for literary terms
Dialectical journals for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen of Invisible Man are due Friday for class discussion
Motif choices for Invisible Man paper are chosen by students
Columnist response is due Monday of next week
Summary pages from Of Plymouth Plantation and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" are due today
Return UCLA library forms by the end of the week
Tuesday
Water Case One activity is scheduled in class
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class today and tomorrow
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) resume; work is due Tuesday of next week
Wednesday
Writer's Choice 7.2 Prewriting: Developing an Outline is due today; 7.3 responses are due next Wednesday
Metropolitan Water District Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class; research paper timeline is announced
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
American literature summaries are due Monday for assigned selections on Box; selections will be announced in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three is scheduled Monday and responses due Friday of next week
Hazlitt piece distributed for multiple choice test maker activity
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Sunday, January 19, 2014
STUDYPATH* January 20-24, 2014
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
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Water Cases are due in class for Periods Three and Six only
Dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten of Invisible Man are due Friday for class discussion; reading quiz one on the novel is scheduled Friday
Reading and writing assignments for Of Plymouth Plantation and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" literature selections are due Monday; write a one-page summary of each
Access this link for Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
https://www.teachervision.com/american-colonies/resource/3345.html
Access this link for Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/AP%20History/SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGodExcerpts.htm
Motif paper and themes for tracing motif in Invisible Man are discussed in class
Synthesis paper sources are reviewed for Thursday's in-class timed writing
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) assignment is scheduled
Wednesday
Writer's Choice assignment is due; textbook is required in class for additional research paper writing assignments; complete 7.1 Writing Activities on page 329 Skills Practice 1, 2 and 3; prompt topic for research paper will be discussed in class this week
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Synthesis paper sources are reviewed for tomorrow's in-class timed writing (continued from Tuesday)
Answers from diagnostic multiple choice from final exam in December are reviewed in class this week and next week
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two activities are assigned
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Class discussion and reading quiz for Chapters Six-Ten of Invisible Man is scheduled; dialectical journals are required in class
Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class
AP English Language and Composition Examination is scheduled for May 9; all students are required to have a College Board account for access to exam scores
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Water Cases are due in class for Periods Three and Six only
Dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten of Invisible Man are due Friday for class discussion; reading quiz one on the novel is scheduled Friday
Reading and writing assignments for Of Plymouth Plantation and "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" literature selections are due Monday; write a one-page summary of each
Access this link for Of Plymouth Plantation by William Bradford
https://www.teachervision.com/american-colonies/resource/3345.html
Access this link for Jonathan Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
http://www.raleighcharterhs.org/faculty/bnewmark/AP%20History/SinnersintheHandsofanAngryGodExcerpts.htm
Motif paper and themes for tracing motif in Invisible Man are discussed in class
Synthesis paper sources are reviewed for Thursday's in-class timed writing
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) assignment is scheduled
Wednesday
Writer's Choice assignment is due; textbook is required in class for additional research paper writing assignments; complete 7.1 Writing Activities on page 329 Skills Practice 1, 2 and 3; prompt topic for research paper will be discussed in class this week
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Synthesis paper sources are reviewed for tomorrow's in-class timed writing (continued from Tuesday)
Answers from diagnostic multiple choice from final exam in December are reviewed in class this week and next week
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two activities are assigned
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Class discussion and reading quiz for Chapters Six-Ten of Invisible Man is scheduled; dialectical journals are required in class
Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class
AP English Language and Composition Examination is scheduled for May 9; all students are required to have a College Board account for access to exam scores
Sunday, January 12, 2014
Semester Two: January 13-17, 2014
This blog is in DRAFT form and will be updated during the first week of classes.
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
Writing Competition paper is due on turnitin.com by 8:30 A.M. today
Outlining for Language of Composition is due today
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God novels are returned to textbook room
Literary terms from Bedford Reader are scheduled; textbook is required in class
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) are scheduled
Invisible Man dialectical journals are due today; Invisible Man reading quiz is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two classwork is scheduled this week
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class; initial planning of research paper is discussed
Multiple choice practice continues in class
Columnist response is due today
Tuesday
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Water Case is due for all three classes today
Wednesday
Period Six meets today; Periods One and Three do not meet
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Writer's Choice assignment is scheduled in preparation for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper; complete 7.1 Prewriting: Planning and Researching (324) and submit on Tuesday
AGENDA BIN (upcoming assignments to be scheduled but not yet due)
Writer's Choice Research Paper Writing (pages 323-357) is assigned; 7.1 Prewriting; Planning and Researching (324); 7.2 Prewriting: Developing an Outline (330); 7.3 Drafting (334); 7.4 Citing Sources (338); 7.5 Revising (344); 7.6 Editing and Presenting; A Model Paper (348); Unit 7 Review (357)
This years AP English Language Exam is scheduled Friday, May 9; see College Board web site for details
Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation and Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" selections
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
Writing Competition paper is due on turnitin.com by 8:30 A.M. today
Outlining for Language of Composition is due today
The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God novels are returned to textbook room
Literary terms from Bedford Reader are scheduled; textbook is required in class
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) are scheduled
Invisible Man dialectical journals are due today; Invisible Man reading quiz is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two classwork is scheduled this week
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Junior Defense of Thesis computer bookmarks are reviewed in class; initial planning of research paper is discussed
Multiple choice practice continues in class
Columnist response is due today
Tuesday
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Water Case is due for all three classes today
Wednesday
Period Six meets today; Periods One and Three do not meet
Work in Five Steps to a Five continues in class
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Writer's Choice assignment is scheduled in preparation for Junior Defense of Thesis research paper; complete 7.1 Prewriting: Planning and Researching (324) and submit on Tuesday
AGENDA BIN (upcoming assignments to be scheduled but not yet due)
Writer's Choice Research Paper Writing (pages 323-357) is assigned; 7.1 Prewriting; Planning and Researching (324); 7.2 Prewriting: Developing an Outline (330); 7.3 Drafting (334); 7.4 Citing Sources (338); 7.5 Revising (344); 7.6 Editing and Presenting; A Model Paper (348); Unit 7 Review (357)
This years AP English Language Exam is scheduled Friday, May 9; see College Board web site for details
Bradford's Of Plymouth Plantation and Edwards' "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" selections
Friday, December 20, 2013
AP English Language Winter Break Assignments--Due January 13, 2014
Complete the following assignments and submit on Monday, January 13, 2014
Outlining Language of
Composition
Chapter One:
Pages 1-6; 10-11; 13-14; 17-25 (19 pages)
Chapter Two: Pages 35-38; 49-51 (7 pages)
Chapter Three: Pages 61-62 (2 pages)
(if there are discrepancies for these page numbers, that is, if the text in your book does not correspond to these page numbers, e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net for clarification)
Competition Paper (handout states requirements)
(if you need the handout, I will e-mail it to you upon request)
Columnist Response (Will, Friedman, Daum, Page, Dowd)
Invisible Man
Prologue (1 dialectical journal)
Chapters One-Five (5 dialectical journals)
(this assignment was modified from fifteen chapters to five chapters)
The Water Case assigned in late December is due Tuesday, January 14, 2013.
Have a good winter break and return refreshed for the second semester of AP English Language.
Saturday, December 14, 2013
STUDYPATH* December 16-20, 2013
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
Final examinations for Periods One and Three include full sixty-minute multiple choice test administration and timed writing
Tuesday
Periods One, Three and Six do not meet today
Water cases are due for all periods
Wednesday
Final Examination for Period Six includes full sixty-minute multiple choice test administration and timed writing
Thursday
Multiple choice final exam answers reviewed
Overview of winter break assigned work:
Last day of semester
Winter break work review continues; all work due Monday, January 13
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Final examinations for Periods One and Three include full sixty-minute multiple choice test administration and timed writing
Tuesday
Periods One, Three and Six do not meet today
Water cases are due for all periods
Wednesday
Final Examination for Period Six includes full sixty-minute multiple choice test administration and timed writing
Thursday
Multiple choice final exam answers reviewed
Overview of winter break assigned work:
- Outlining of Language of Composition
- Invisible Man assigned reading
- Columnist response
- Competition assigned paper
Last day of semester
Winter break work review continues; all work due Monday, January 13
Sunday, December 08, 2013
STUDYPATH* December 9-13, 2013
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
Conclusion of Their Eyes Were Watching God film screening is scheduled for Periods One and Three
Multiple choice work for The Great Gatsby is scheduled for Period Six
Bedford Reader is required in class Monday and Tuesday for Wenke responses (meaning 1, writing strategey 1, 2 and language 1) and literary terms and rhetorical devices
Synthesis paper in-class timed writing is scheduled for Friday; sources are distributed in class for annotations
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) distributed to students; test is scheduled Wednesday
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices 31-40
Sources for synthesis in-class timed writing are reviewed
Water cases are due today for all classes
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Thursday-Minimum Day (Senior Projects)
Review of final exam assignment
Review of winter break work is scheduled
Friday
Synthesis paper in-class timed writing is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Conclusion of Their Eyes Were Watching God film screening is scheduled for Periods One and Three
Multiple choice work for The Great Gatsby is scheduled for Period Six
Bedford Reader is required in class Monday and Tuesday for Wenke responses (meaning 1, writing strategey 1, 2 and language 1) and literary terms and rhetorical devices
Synthesis paper in-class timed writing is scheduled for Friday; sources are distributed in class for annotations
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) distributed to students; test is scheduled Wednesday
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices 31-40
Sources for synthesis in-class timed writing are reviewed
Water cases are due today for all classes
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Thursday-Minimum Day (Senior Projects)
Review of final exam assignment
Review of winter break work is scheduled
Friday
Synthesis paper in-class timed writing is scheduled
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Thursday, November 28, 2013
STUDYPATH* December 2-6, 2013
For corrections, e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net
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
Bedford Reader is required in class today; Naylor responses for meaning 2, 4; writing strategies 1, 3 and language 1 are due
Multiple choice work for The Great Gatsby continues in class for Period Six
Invisible Man reading assignment is scheduled
Winter break work assignments are reviewed and include outlining, dialectical journals for Invisible Man, columnist response and writing competition paper all due January 13
Tuesday
Synthesis Paper Number Five (Daylight Savings Time prompt) is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet
Water Cases are due today for all classes
Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 71-80 are due today for Periods One, Three and Six; Periods One and Three may submit work on Tuesday to meet deadline
Period Six meets today; Periods One and Three do not meet
Thursday
Film screening of Their Eyes Were Watching God is scheduled today and tomorrow for Periods One and Three
Film screening for The Great Gatsby is scheduled today and tomorrow for Period Six
Friday
Film screening continues for Their Eyes Were Watching God for Periods One and Three
Film screening continues for The Great Gatsby for Period Six
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
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
Bedford Reader is required in class today; Naylor responses for meaning 2, 4; writing strategies 1, 3 and language 1 are due
Multiple choice work for The Great Gatsby continues in class for Period Six
Invisible Man reading assignment is scheduled
Winter break work assignments are reviewed and include outlining, dialectical journals for Invisible Man, columnist response and writing competition paper all due January 13
Tuesday
Synthesis Paper Number Five (Daylight Savings Time prompt) is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet
Water Cases are due today for all classes
Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 71-80 are due today for Periods One, Three and Six; Periods One and Three may submit work on Tuesday to meet deadline
Period Six meets today; Periods One and Three do not meet
Thursday
Film screening of Their Eyes Were Watching God is scheduled today and tomorrow for Periods One and Three
Film screening for The Great Gatsby is scheduled today and tomorrow for Period Six
Friday
Film screening continues for Their Eyes Were Watching God for Periods One and Three
Film screening continues for The Great Gatsby for Period Six
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Sunday, November 17, 2013
STUDYPATH* November 18-22, 2013
DRAFT DRAFT DRAFT (Corrections: e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net)
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
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 51-60 test is scheduled for Period Six
Bedford Reader is required in class for reading and writing assignment and literary terms and rhetorical devices
Dialectical journals for Their Eyes Were Watching God (Chapters Sixteen-Twenty) one per chapter are due Friday for Periods One and Three
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop work continues in class
Tuesday
Water Case responses are due for Periods One, Three and Six
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Period Six does not meet today
Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 61-70 are due today for Periods One and Three and tomorrow (Thursday) for Period Six; test date to be scheduled
Thursday
In-class writing assignment is scheduled (prompt will be distributed in the first five minutes of class)
Friday
Class discussion for Their Eyes Were Watching God is scheduled for Periods One and Three
Review of assignments for Thanksgiving break (due Monday, December 2) is scheduled for all three classes
Synthesis Paper Five is due Tuesday, December 3 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.; prompt will be added to blog during the November 3-December 1 weekend)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Water Cases are due Tuesday, December 3 because of Thanksgiving week break
Agenda Bin:
2014 Legischool Project Competition: Deadline January 7, 2014
Bedford Reader Outlining
Logic of Columnist's Article
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
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 51-60 test is scheduled for Period Six
Bedford Reader is required in class for reading and writing assignment and literary terms and rhetorical devices
Dialectical journals for Their Eyes Were Watching God (Chapters Sixteen-Twenty) one per chapter are due Friday for Periods One and Three
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop work continues in class
Tuesday
Water Case responses are due for Periods One, Three and Six
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Period Six does not meet today
Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 61-70 are due today for Periods One and Three and tomorrow (Thursday) for Period Six; test date to be scheduled
Thursday
In-class writing assignment is scheduled (prompt will be distributed in the first five minutes of class)
Friday
Class discussion for Their Eyes Were Watching God is scheduled for Periods One and Three
Review of assignments for Thanksgiving break (due Monday, December 2) is scheduled for all three classes
Synthesis Paper Five is due Tuesday, December 3 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.; prompt will be added to blog during the November 3-December 1 weekend)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Water Cases are due Tuesday, December 3 because of Thanksgiving week break
Agenda Bin:
2014 Legischool Project Competition: Deadline January 7, 2014
Bedford Reader Outlining
Logic of Columnist's Article
Sunday, November 10, 2013
STUDYPATH* November 11-15, 2013
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
Today is Veterans Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices; Daum piece responses are due: meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 2, 3, and 4; language 3
Analyzing the Logic of a Columnist article is due today for Periods One, Three and Six
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 51-60 are due today for Periods One and Three; due tomorrow for Period Six (Period Six has not yet taken the WHSSSK 41-50 test but will do so tomorrow in class)
Dialectical Journals are due Friday: Their Eyes Were Watching God (one per chapter for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen); The Great Gatsby (two per chapter for Chapters Seven-Nine)
Water Cases are due from all classes today; next Water Case will be assigned and is due next Tuesday
Wednesday
WHSSSK Words 41-50 test is scheduled for Period Six; Words 51-60 are due tomorrow (Thursday) for Period Six
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two test is scheduled today for Periods One, Two and Six
Thursday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three work is scheduled in class next week
In-class writing assignment is scheduled (prompt will be distributed in the first five minutes of class)
Friday
Class discussions for The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God are scheduled in class today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Today is Veterans Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices; Daum piece responses are due: meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 2, 3, and 4; language 3
Analyzing the Logic of a Columnist article is due today for Periods One, Three and Six
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 51-60 are due today for Periods One and Three; due tomorrow for Period Six (Period Six has not yet taken the WHSSSK 41-50 test but will do so tomorrow in class)
Dialectical Journals are due Friday: Their Eyes Were Watching God (one per chapter for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen); The Great Gatsby (two per chapter for Chapters Seven-Nine)
Water Cases are due from all classes today; next Water Case will be assigned and is due next Tuesday
Wednesday
WHSSSK Words 41-50 test is scheduled for Period Six; Words 51-60 are due tomorrow (Thursday) for Period Six
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two test is scheduled today for Periods One, Two and Six
Thursday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three work is scheduled in class next week
In-class writing assignment is scheduled (prompt will be distributed in the first five minutes of class)
Friday
Class discussions for The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God are scheduled in class today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Sunday, November 03, 2013
STUDYPATH* November 4-8, 2013
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
Bedford Reader is required in class for reading and writing assignment; answer meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 2, 3, 4 and language 3 for Megan Daum piece due Tuesday, November 12
The Great Gatsby is required in class for Period Six
Their Eyes Were Watching God is required in class for Periods One and Three
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 41-50 test is scheduled
Timed writing assignment prompt for Crevecoeur is distributed to students
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 51-60 are due Tuesday, November 12
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms
Literary terms 21-30 test is scheduled Periods One and Three
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet today
Dialectical journals for both novels are due Friday for class discussion; The Great Gatsby (two per chapter for Chapters Four-Six) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (one per chapter for Chapters Six-Ten)
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work continues in class
Water Case responses are due for all classes
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Literary terms 21-30 test is scheduled for Period Six
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work continues in class
Thursday
In-class writing assignment for Crevecoeur is scheduled
Friday
Class discussions for Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Great Gatsby are scheduled for Periods One, Three and Six
Analyzing the Logic of a Columnist article is due Tuesday, November 12
Veterans Day is a legal holiday and classes are not in session Monday, November 11
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Bedford Reader is required in class for reading and writing assignment; answer meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 2, 3, 4 and language 3 for Megan Daum piece due Tuesday, November 12
The Great Gatsby is required in class for Period Six
Their Eyes Were Watching God is required in class for Periods One and Three
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 41-50 test is scheduled
Timed writing assignment prompt for Crevecoeur is distributed to students
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 51-60 are due Tuesday, November 12
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms
Literary terms 21-30 test is scheduled Periods One and Three
Periods One and Three meet today; Period Six does not meet today
Dialectical journals for both novels are due Friday for class discussion; The Great Gatsby (two per chapter for Chapters Four-Six) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (one per chapter for Chapters Six-Ten)
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work continues in class
Water Case responses are due for all classes
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Literary terms 21-30 test is scheduled for Period Six
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work continues in class
Thursday
In-class writing assignment for Crevecoeur is scheduled
Friday
Class discussions for Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Great Gatsby are scheduled for Periods One, Three and Six
Analyzing the Logic of a Columnist article is due Tuesday, November 12
Veterans Day is a legal holiday and classes are not in session Monday, November 11
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Sunday, October 27, 2013
STUDYPATH* October 28-November 1, 2013
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
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for reading and writing assignment
Huntington piece responses are due today; answer meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 1, 3; language 1; next reading/writing assignment is made
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals for Chapters One-Three (two per chapter) are due Friday for class discussion (Period Six)
Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals for Chapters One-Five (one per chapter) are due Friday for class discussion (Periods One and Three)
Timed in-class writing assignment prompt distributed to students
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Water Case responses are due for all three AP classes
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work continues in class
Types of sentences for writing prose in Advanced Placement continues
Synthesis Paper Number Four is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; use the 2009 synthesis paper prompt on space exploration available on the College Board site
Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK 41-50) are due today; test is scheduled Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work continues in class
Thursday
Timed in-class writing assignment is scheduled
Friday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK 41-50) test is scheduled
Class discussions are scheduled for opening chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Great Gatsby
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for reading and writing assignment
Huntington piece responses are due today; answer meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 1, 3; language 1; next reading/writing assignment is made
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals for Chapters One-Three (two per chapter) are due Friday for class discussion (Period Six)
Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals for Chapters One-Five (one per chapter) are due Friday for class discussion (Periods One and Three)
Timed in-class writing assignment prompt distributed to students
Tuesday
Bedford Reader is required in class for literary terms and rhetorical devices
Water Case responses are due for all three AP classes
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work continues in class
Types of sentences for writing prose in Advanced Placement continues
Synthesis Paper Number Four is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; use the 2009 synthesis paper prompt on space exploration available on the College Board site
Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK 41-50) are due today; test is scheduled Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work continues in class
Thursday
Timed in-class writing assignment is scheduled
Friday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK 41-50) test is scheduled
Class discussions are scheduled for opening chapters of Their Eyes Were Watching God and The Great Gatsby
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Wednesday, October 23, 2013
LA Times Information
Use this link to log in to your Los Angeles Times account:
http://nieonline.com/latimes/studentconnect.cfm
The class user name and password will be provided to students in class.
http://nieonline.com/latimes/studentconnect.cfm
The class user name and password will be provided to students in class.
Saturday, October 19, 2013
STUDYPATH* October 21-25, 2013
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
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for reading and writing assignment; Samuel P. Huntington piece is assigned and due Monday (Answer meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 1, 3; language 1 for the Huntington assignment due Monday)
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Bedford Reader continue in class
Analyzing the Logic of an Article columnist response is due today
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One Test is scheduled tomorrow
WHSSSK Words 31-40 reviewed in class for test on Wednesday
Water Case One is due (corrected entry) tomorrow, Tuesday for Period Three; Water Case Two is due (corrected entry) tomorrow, Tuesday for Period One
Screening concludes for Their Eyes Were Watching God Period Six
F. Scott Fitzgerald writing assignment distributed and in-class timed writing is scheduled Thursday for compare-contrast paper
Tuesday
Water Case One is assigned to Period Six and due (corrected entry) Tuesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One test is scheduled
Their Eyes Were Watching God novels are assigned to Periods One and Three
The Great Gatsby novels are assigned to Period Six
Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 test is scheduled
Types of sentences for writing prose for Advanced Placement is scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled; compare-contrast paper is due by end of class
Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work is scheduled
Synthesis Paper Number Four is assigned and due October 28 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; use the 2009 synthesis paper on space exploration from your account at the College Board site (this assignment has been postponed to Tuesday, October 29 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Bedford Reader is required in class today and tomorrow for reading and writing assignment; Samuel P. Huntington piece is assigned and due Monday (Answer meaning 1, 2; writing strategies 1, 3; language 1 for the Huntington assignment due Monday)
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Bedford Reader continue in class
Analyzing the Logic of an Article columnist response is due today
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One Test is scheduled tomorrow
WHSSSK Words 31-40 reviewed in class for test on Wednesday
Water Case One is due (corrected entry) tomorrow, Tuesday for Period Three; Water Case Two is due (corrected entry) tomorrow, Tuesday for Period One
Screening concludes for Their Eyes Were Watching God Period Six
F. Scott Fitzgerald writing assignment distributed and in-class timed writing is scheduled Thursday for compare-contrast paper
Tuesday
Water Case One is assigned to Period Six and due (corrected entry) Tuesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One test is scheduled
Their Eyes Were Watching God novels are assigned to Periods One and Three
The Great Gatsby novels are assigned to Period Six
Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 test is scheduled
Types of sentences for writing prose for Advanced Placement is scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled; compare-contrast paper is due by end of class
Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two work is scheduled
Synthesis Paper Number Four is assigned and due October 28 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; use the 2009 synthesis paper on space exploration from your account at the College Board site (this assignment has been postponed to Tuesday, October 29 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Sunday, October 13, 2013
STUDYPATH* October 14-18, 2013
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
Dialectical journals for Chapters 16-20 of Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six) are due today for class discussion on Friday
Screening Day One of Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six) is scheduled; parent permit letters are required
Gatsby multiple choice continues in class; screening Day One of The Great Gatsby is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One test is postponed to Thursday for Periods One, Three and Six
"Girl" Jamaica Kincaid responses meaning 1, writing strategies 1, 2, 3 and language 1 are due in class today; Bedford Reader is NOT required in class this week
"Winter Dreams" assignment is distributed and due Friday; to access the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, see the link available on last week's blog
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 are due today for Periods One, Three and Six
Water Case One responses are due tomorrow; Water Case One is assigned to Period Three tomorrow and due Tuesday
Tuesday
Multiple choice work for Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six) is scheduled
Screening Day Two of Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six) is scheduled; parent permit letters are required
Water Case One is due today (Period One); Water Case One is distributed to Period Three and due Tuesday
Screening Day Two of The Great Gatsby is scheduled
Wednesday-PSAT Bell Schedule
SPECIAL BELL SCHEDULE for the PRACTICE SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Thursday
Periods One, Three and Six (if necessary) Screening Day Three of The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God
Parent Conference Night is scheduled from 5:30-7:30 P.M. in various locations
Friday-Minimum Day Schedule
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion (Period Six) is scheduled for Chapters 16-20; dialectical journals and novels are required in class
Template for Analyzing the Logic of an Article responses are due Monday; choose one columnist for analysis
Bedford Reader is required in class on Monday for reading and writing assignment
F. Scott Fitzgerald poetry analysis is distributed in class and due date set
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Dialectical journals for Chapters 16-20 of Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six) are due today for class discussion on Friday
Screening Day One of Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six) is scheduled; parent permit letters are required
Gatsby multiple choice continues in class; screening Day One of The Great Gatsby is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One test is postponed to Thursday for Periods One, Three and Six
"Girl" Jamaica Kincaid responses meaning 1, writing strategies 1, 2, 3 and language 1 are due in class today; Bedford Reader is NOT required in class this week
"Winter Dreams" assignment is distributed and due Friday; to access the F. Scott Fitzgerald short story, see the link available on last week's blog
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 are due today for Periods One, Three and Six
Water Case One responses are due tomorrow; Water Case One is assigned to Period Three tomorrow and due Tuesday
Tuesday
Multiple choice work for Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six) is scheduled
Screening Day Two of Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six) is scheduled; parent permit letters are required
Water Case One is due today (Period One); Water Case One is distributed to Period Three and due Tuesday
Screening Day Two of The Great Gatsby is scheduled
Wednesday-PSAT Bell Schedule
SPECIAL BELL SCHEDULE for the PRACTICE SCHOLASTIC APTITUDE TEST
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Thursday
Periods One, Three and Six (if necessary) Screening Day Three of The Great Gatsby and Their Eyes Were Watching God
Parent Conference Night is scheduled from 5:30-7:30 P.M. in various locations
Friday-Minimum Day Schedule
Their Eyes Were Watching God class discussion (Period Six) is scheduled for Chapters 16-20; dialectical journals and novels are required in class
Template for Analyzing the Logic of an Article responses are due Monday; choose one columnist for analysis
Bedford Reader is required in class on Monday for reading and writing assignment
F. Scott Fitzgerald poetry analysis is distributed in class and due date set
Saturday, October 05, 2013
STUDYPATH* October 7-11, 2013
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
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow; "Orientation" responses meaning 1, writing strategies 1, 3 and language 1, 2 are due today
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One work is scheduled in class
Assignment prompts for Thursday's in-class timed writing assignments are distributed to students (The Great Gatsby for Periods One and Three and Their Eyes Were Watching God for Period Six)
5 Steps to a 5 Defense, Challenge, Qualify (Refute) in argumentative prompts; supporting positions in the argumentative papers
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are reviewed in class; test is scheduled tomorrow
Synthesis Paper Number Three (green living) is due tomorrow morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (2011 Form B prompt is available on the College Board site)
Bedford Reader rhetorical devices and literary terms are scheduled in class today and tomorrow
Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One is scheduled; test is scheduled tomorrow
Synthesis Paper Number Three is due this morning
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 test is scheduled
"Winter Dreams" is assigned and responses are due Monday; access the short story by using this link: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/winterd/winter.html: responses are postponed--check next week's blog
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 are due Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One test is scheduled for all periods
The Great Gatsby multiple choice final exam is scheduled in class
Journaling for types of sentences and syntactical variety in prose is scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing for The Great Gatsby (Periods One and Three) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six)
Friday
Period Six Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals for Chapters 16-20 are due Monday (two per chapter); class discussion is scheduled for next Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow; "Orientation" responses meaning 1, writing strategies 1, 3 and language 1, 2 are due today
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One work is scheduled in class
Assignment prompts for Thursday's in-class timed writing assignments are distributed to students (The Great Gatsby for Periods One and Three and Their Eyes Were Watching God for Period Six)
5 Steps to a 5 Defense, Challenge, Qualify (Refute) in argumentative prompts; supporting positions in the argumentative papers
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are reviewed in class; test is scheduled tomorrow
Synthesis Paper Number Three (green living) is due tomorrow morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (2011 Form B prompt is available on the College Board site)
Bedford Reader rhetorical devices and literary terms are scheduled in class today and tomorrow
Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One is scheduled; test is scheduled tomorrow
Synthesis Paper Number Three is due this morning
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 test is scheduled
"Winter Dreams" is assigned and responses are due Monday; access the short story by using this link: http://www.sc.edu/fitzgerald/winterd/winter.html: responses are postponed--check next week's blog
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 are due Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One test is scheduled for all periods
The Great Gatsby multiple choice final exam is scheduled in class
Journaling for types of sentences and syntactical variety in prose is scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing for The Great Gatsby (Periods One and Three) and Their Eyes Were Watching God (Period Six)
Friday
Period Six Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals for Chapters 16-20 are due Monday (two per chapter); class discussion is scheduled for next Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments
Saturday, September 28, 2013
STUDYPATH* September 30-October 4, 2013
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
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms, rhetorical devices and next reading assignment
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals (three per chapter) for Chapters Seven-Nine are due today (Periods One and Three only); class discussion is scheduled Friday
Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals (two per chapter) for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen are due today (Period Six only); class discussion is scheduled Friday
Outlining of Chapter Two of Bedford Reader for Periods One, Three and Six is due Friday
Journaling for types of sentences and syntactical variety in prose is scheduled this week
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Tuesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today; Bedford Reader is required in class today for Period Six
Reminder: "Babylon Revisited" responses (choose three of seven) are due Wednesday, October 2; Fitzgerald's short story is available on last week's blog as a link; use complete sentences and textual evidence to complete responses
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One work continues in class
DCQ in-class timed writing prompt and passage is distributed in class in preparation for Thursday's timed writing activity
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are due today for Period Six; test date to be scheduled
Wednesday
"Babylon Revisited" responses are due today
DEFEND, CHALLENGE, QUALIFY (DCQ) reviewed in preparation for future timed writing assignment
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are due today for Periods One and Three; test date to be scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled; a defend-challenge-qualify paper is scheduled
Friday
Synthesis Paper Number Three assigned and due on turnitin.com web site on Tuesday, October 8 by 8:30 A.M.; paper's subject is green living; access the 2011 Form B synthesis question available on College Board web site using your account
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend's for class updates and next week's assignments
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Bedford Reader is required in class today for literary terms, rhetorical devices and next reading assignment
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals (three per chapter) for Chapters Seven-Nine are due today (Periods One and Three only); class discussion is scheduled Friday
Their Eyes Were Watching God dialectical journals (two per chapter) for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen are due today (Period Six only); class discussion is scheduled Friday
Outlining of Chapter Two of Bedford Reader for Periods One, Three and Six is due Friday
Journaling for types of sentences and syntactical variety in prose is scheduled this week
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Tuesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today; Bedford Reader is required in class today for Period Six
Reminder: "Babylon Revisited" responses (choose three of seven) are due Wednesday, October 2; Fitzgerald's short story is available on last week's blog as a link; use complete sentences and textual evidence to complete responses
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One work continues in class
DCQ in-class timed writing prompt and passage is distributed in class in preparation for Thursday's timed writing activity
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are due today for Period Six; test date to be scheduled
Wednesday
"Babylon Revisited" responses are due today
DEFEND, CHALLENGE, QUALIFY (DCQ) reviewed in preparation for future timed writing assignment
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 21-30 are due today for Periods One and Three; test date to be scheduled
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled; a defend-challenge-qualify paper is scheduled
Friday
Synthesis Paper Number Three assigned and due on turnitin.com web site on Tuesday, October 8 by 8:30 A.M.; paper's subject is green living; access the 2011 Form B synthesis question available on College Board web site using your account
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend's for class updates and next week's assignments
Saturday, September 21, 2013
STUDYPATH* September 23-27, 2013
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
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow; responses are due for Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" meaning 3, writing strategies 1,2 and language 1; multiple choice for "Everyday Use" is administered to ascertain students' comprehension and inferential thinking of textual evidence
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One work continues in class
Bedford Reader literary terms and rhetorical devices continue in class
Dialectical journals for The Great Gatsby Chapters 4-6 (three per chapter) are due today for Friday's class discussion
AP Period Six outlining assignment due Friday (see Friday blog entry)
Dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten of Their Eyes Were Watching God are due today; (one per chapter) (Period Six only)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 11-20 are reviewed and test date scheduled for Friday
Tuesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader is required in class for reading and writing assignment and literary terms and rhetorical devices
Outlining of Chapter Two of Bedford Reader is due today for Periods One and Three (this assignment has been POSTPONED)
Wednesday
Columnist response is due for Analyzing the Logic of an Article; choose from the five columnists provided on the handout
Types of sentences journals continue in class; declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, interrupted, balanced, periodic and cumulative sentences
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class updates and next week's assignments
Outline for Chapter One of Bedford Reader is due for Period Six
Class discussion of The Great Gatsby Chapters 4-6 is scheduled
Synthesis Paper Number Three assigned and due date set on turnitin.com web site
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals (three per chapter) are required on Monday for next week's class discussion
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Eleven-Fifteen are due Monday (Period Six only) (two dialectical journals per chapter)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 11-20 test is scheduled
Access this link for Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" and respond to three of seven questions using complete sentences and textual evidence (click for link); due Wednesday, October 2 in class
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Bedford Reader is due in class today and tomorrow; responses are due for Alice Walker's "Everyday Use" meaning 3, writing strategies 1,2 and language 1; multiple choice for "Everyday Use" is administered to ascertain students' comprehension and inferential thinking of textual evidence
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One work continues in class
Bedford Reader literary terms and rhetorical devices continue in class
Dialectical journals for The Great Gatsby Chapters 4-6 (three per chapter) are due today for Friday's class discussion
AP Period Six outlining assignment due Friday (see Friday blog entry)
Dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten of Their Eyes Were Watching God are due today; (one per chapter) (Period Six only)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 11-20 are reviewed and test date scheduled for Friday
Tuesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader is required in class for reading and writing assignment and literary terms and rhetorical devices
Outlining of Chapter Two of Bedford Reader is due today for Periods One and Three (this assignment has been POSTPONED)
Wednesday
Columnist response is due for Analyzing the Logic of an Article; choose from the five columnists provided on the handout
Types of sentences journals continue in class; declarative, interrogative, imperative, exclamatory, simple, compound, complex, compound-complex, interrupted, balanced, periodic and cumulative sentences
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled
Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class updates and next week's assignments
Outline for Chapter One of Bedford Reader is due for Period Six
Class discussion of The Great Gatsby Chapters 4-6 is scheduled
Synthesis Paper Number Three assigned and due date set on turnitin.com web site
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals (three per chapter) are required on Monday for next week's class discussion
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters Eleven-Fifteen are due Monday (Period Six only) (two dialectical journals per chapter)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 11-20 test is scheduled
Access this link for Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" and respond to three of seven questions using complete sentences and textual evidence (click for link); due Wednesday, October 2 in class
Saturday, September 14, 2013
STUDYPATH* September 16-20, 2013
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
Lincoln papers scored and returned to students; writing concerns addressed in class
Baldwin prompt is distributed to students for timed writing on Thursday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 11-20 are due today
Bedford Reader is due in class; outlining Chapter Two is due Tuesday, September 24 for all classes
Rhetorical devices and literary terms from Bedford Reader continue in class
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader writing assignment is due Monday, September 23
Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop diagnostic test and Unit One work continues in class
Period Six does not meet today
Synthesis Paper Two is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Wednesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Baldwin timed-writing is scheduled tomorrow in class
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled today
Friday
The Great Gatsby Chapters One-Three class discussion concludes in class (Period One and Three)
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters One-Five class discussion concludes in class (Period Six)
Check STUDYPATH during the weekend for next week's assignments
Dialectical journals for Chapters Four-Six of The Great Gatsby are due Monday (Periods One and Three)
Dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten of Their Eyes Were Watching God are due Monday (Period Six)
Logic template responses (Analysis of the Logic of an Article) are due Wednesday, September 25 for all classes
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Lincoln papers scored and returned to students; writing concerns addressed in class
Baldwin prompt is distributed to students for timed writing on Thursday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 11-20 are due today
Bedford Reader is due in class; outlining Chapter Two is due Tuesday, September 24 for all classes
Rhetorical devices and literary terms from Bedford Reader continue in class
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Bedford Reader writing assignment is due Monday, September 23
Tuesday
Vocabulary Workshop diagnostic test and Unit One work continues in class
Period Six does not meet today
Synthesis Paper Two is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Wednesday
Periods One and Three do not meet today
Baldwin timed-writing is scheduled tomorrow in class
Thursday
In-class timed writing is scheduled today
Friday
The Great Gatsby Chapters One-Three class discussion concludes in class (Period One and Three)
Their Eyes Were Watching God Chapters One-Five class discussion concludes in class (Period Six)
Check STUDYPATH during the weekend for next week's assignments
Dialectical journals for Chapters Four-Six of The Great Gatsby are due Monday (Periods One and Three)
Dialectical journals for Chapters Six-Ten of Their Eyes Were Watching God are due Monday (Period Six)
Logic template responses (Analysis of the Logic of an Article) are due Wednesday, September 25 for all classes
Saturday, September 07, 2013
STUDYPATH* September 9-13, 2013
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 1-10 test is scheduled for tomorrow; words will be reviewed in class today (postponed to Tuesday with test Wednesday)
Bedford Reader is required in class Monday and Tuesday; "Homeless" Anna Quindlen responses (meaning 1, 2; writing strategy 2, 3 and language 2) are due today
Outlining Chapter One of Bedford Reader is scheduled; outlines are due tomorrow (postponed to Wednesday)
Lincoln Second Inaugural prompt is distributed; timed writing is scheduled Thursday
Columnists biographies and logic templates are presented for students first consultative writing assignment due Wednesday, September 18
Tuesday
WHSSSK Words 1-10 test (postponed to Wednesday)
Bedford Reader is due in class today for literary terms, rhetorical devices and outlining assignments
Literary terms 1-10 reviewed for test tomorrow
Outlining Bedford Reader Chapter One is due today (postponed to Wednesday)
Wednesday
Literary terms 1-10 test is scheduled today
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One classwork is scheduled
"Death of the Moth" multiple choice responses conclude in class
Journals continue in class for AP types of sentences
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 11-20 are due Monday; record definition, part of speech, syllabication and diacritical marking for each word
Thursday
Lincoln Second Inaugural timed writing is scheduled
The Great Gatsby class discussion is scheduled tomorrow for Chapters One-Three
Friday
Dialectical journals are due in class for Chapters One-Three class discussion of The Great Gatsby
Synthesis Paper Two is due Tuesday, September 17 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; use the 2008 Form B synthesis prompt on high school English texts by accessing your College Board account online
Dialectical journals for Chapters Four-Six (three entries per chapter) are due Friday, September 20 for class discussion of The Great Gatsby
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Saturday, August 31, 2013
STUDYPATH* September 2-6, 2013
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson Of Ups
Show Up, Speak Up, Keep Up, Measure Up
Monday
Today is Labor Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday
Woolf passage prewriting due for Periods One and Three; in-class timed writing is scheduled Friday
"Death of the Moth" Woolf multiple choice practice is scheduled today and tomorrow
Dialectical journals (three per chapter) for Chapters One-Three of The Great Gatsby are due Friday, September 6 for class discussion (Periods One and Three only)
Bedford Reader is due in class Tuesday and Wednesday for reading and writing assignment and literary terms
Journals continue in class all week for AP types of sentences
Words High School Students Should Know (Words 1-10) reviewed in class
Wednesday
Woolf passage prewriting due for Period Six
"Death of the Moth" Woolf multiple choice practice concludes
Bedford Reader is due in class for reading and writing assignment and literary terms
Words High School Students Should Know (Words 1-10) reviewed in class
Thursday
Today is an unassigned day and classes are not in session
Friday
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals are due today for class discussion Periods One and Three
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments
Bedford Reader "Reading Critically" postponed to Tuesday, September 10; outline template is on Box (see Box at right of this blog)
Synthesis Paper Two is due Tuesday September 17 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; prompt will be discussed in class
Saturday, August 24, 2013
STUDYPATH* August 26-30, 2013
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
College Board account must be set up to access the prompt for the synthesis paper, which is due by 8:30 A.M. tomorrow morning (Tuesday) on turnitin.com web site; see last week's blog for a link to the College Board web site
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 1-10 are reviewed and test is scheduled Wednesday
Bedford Reader "Silent Dancing" by Judith Ortiz Cofer responses are due in class: complete pages 162-169: answer meaning 1, 3; writing strategy 1, 3 and language 3; textbooks are required in class today and tomorrow
Journaling for literary terms and rhetorical devices from Bedford Reader are reviewed in class
Rodriguez in-class timed writing is scheduled for Period One; Rodriguez scored papers are returned to Periods Three and Six students
Tuesday
Bedford Reader outlining template is discussed; outlining of Chapter One of Bedford Reader "Reading Critically" is due Tuesday, September 3; template available on Box
Journaling for AP types of sentences continues in class; application to "Death of the Moth" is discussed
Synthesis paper on museums is due this morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled
Journaling for AP types of sentences continues in class
"Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf piece is scheduled in class
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 1-10 test
Thursday
Woolf "Moments of Being" prompt is distributed; prewriting is due Tuesday, September 3; in class timed writing is scheduled Thursday
Friday
Today is California Admission Day in and classes are not in session
Check STUDYPATH during the weekend for next week's assignments
Saturday, August 17, 2013
STUDYPATH* August 19-23, 2013
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
Sign up for College Board account to access links to writing assignments; click this link
AP Opening Days Bulletin due today
Bedford Reader must be brought to class today and tomorrow for reading and writing assignment for Periods One and Three; due in class Wednesday for Period Six; "The Lottery" responses due tomorrow for Periods One and Three and Wednesday for Period Six for class discussion
Rodriguez prompt opening paragraph due Tuesday for Periods One and Three; due Wednesday for Period Six; forty-minute in-class timed writing is scheduled Thursday
AP English Language Opening Days Bulletin signed due today (on Box)Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 1-10 due today
AP syllabus overview (syllabus on Box) and course orientation components (continued):
Synthesis paper and sources distributed; paper due next Tuesday morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
AP syllabus overview and course orientation components (continued from Monday)
Multiple choice prose passage, stems, and distractors practice; "Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf
Journal: Introduction to the Types of Sentences in Advanced Placement prose assignment
Period One does not meet today
Thursday
Rodriguez prompt in-class timed writing
Synthesis Paper One due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. on Monday, August 26; prompt and sources will be distributed in class
Friday
Journal: Introduction to Advanced Placement Literary terms and rhetorical devices
Synthesis paper due on turnitin.com web site Tuesday morning by 8:30 A.M.
Virginia Woolf "Moments of Being" prompt distributed to students; prewriting due Tuesday
Bedford Reader is due in class Monday and Tuesday
Check STUDYPATH for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday
Sign up for College Board account to access links to writing assignments; click this link
AP Opening Days Bulletin due today
Bedford Reader must be brought to class today and tomorrow for reading and writing assignment for Periods One and Three; due in class Wednesday for Period Six; "The Lottery" responses due tomorrow for Periods One and Three and Wednesday for Period Six for class discussion
Rodriguez prompt opening paragraph due Tuesday for Periods One and Three; due Wednesday for Period Six; forty-minute in-class timed writing is scheduled Thursday
AP English Language Opening Days Bulletin signed due today (on Box)Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 1-10 due today
- WHSSSK components: definition, diacritical marking, syllable divide, part of speech
AP syllabus overview (syllabus on Box) and course orientation components (continued):
- Logical fallacies
- Argument structures
- Multiple choice passages, stems and distractors
- Useful literary terms and rhetorical devices
- Useful vocabulary and diction
- Fiction and universal themes
- Syntax and sentence types
- Synthesis and sources, analysis and argument prose responses
- Style (tone, diction and syntax) prose responses
- Outlining style and format
- Response to columnist analysis
- Research and oral defense of thesis
Synthesis paper and sources distributed; paper due next Tuesday morning by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
AP syllabus overview and course orientation components (continued from Monday)
Multiple choice prose passage, stems, and distractors practice; "Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf
Journal: Introduction to the Types of Sentences in Advanced Placement prose assignment
- Simple
- Compound
- Complex
- Compound-Complex
- Periodic
- Cumulative (Loose)
- Balanced
- Interrupted
Period One does not meet today
Thursday
Rodriguez prompt in-class timed writing
Synthesis Paper One due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. on Monday, August 26; prompt and sources will be distributed in class
Friday
Journal: Introduction to Advanced Placement Literary terms and rhetorical devices
Synthesis paper due on turnitin.com web site Tuesday morning by 8:30 A.M.
Virginia Woolf "Moments of Being" prompt distributed to students; prewriting due Tuesday
Bedford Reader is due in class Monday and Tuesday
Check STUDYPATH for next week's assignments and class information
Saturday, August 10, 2013
STUDYPATH* Opening Week August 13-16, 2013
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
Tuesday
Rodriguez prompt prewriting due Thursday
Summer work assignment free response papers and multiple choice responses due Friday
Turn It In account verification required by Friday
AP English Language Opening Days Bulletin signed and returned by Monday (on Box)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 1-10 due Monday
General AP English Language paper rubric reviewed in class
AP syllabus overview (syllabus on Box) and course orientation components:
AP syllabus overview and course orientation components (continued from Tuesday)
Multiple choice prose passage, stems, and distractors practice; "Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf
Journal: Introduction to the Types of Sentences in Advanced Placement prose assignment
Rodriguez prompt prewriting due today
Turn It In account verification due tomorrow
Summer work assignment due tomorrow free response papers and multiple choice responses
Friday
AP Opening Days Bulletin due Monday signed by student and parent
Journal: Introduction to Advanced Placement Literary terms and rhetorical devices
Synthesis Paper sources and prompt distributed; prewriting due Tuesday
Check STUDYPATH for next week's assignments and class information
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Tuesday
Rodriguez prompt prewriting due Thursday
Summer work assignment free response papers and multiple choice responses due Friday
Turn It In account verification required by Friday
AP English Language Opening Days Bulletin signed and returned by Monday (on Box)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 1-10 due Monday
- WHSSSK components: definition, diacritical marking, syllable divide, part of speech
General AP English Language paper rubric reviewed in class
AP syllabus overview (syllabus on Box) and course orientation components:
- Logical fallacies
- Argument structures
- Multiple choice passages, stems and distractors
- Useful literary terms and rhetorical devices
- Useful vocabulary and diction
- Fiction and universal themes
- Syntax and sentence types
- Synthesis and sources, analysis and argument prose responses
- Style (tone, diction and syntax) prose responses
- Outlining style and format
- Response to columnist analysis
- Research and oral defense of thesis
AP syllabus overview and course orientation components (continued from Tuesday)
Multiple choice prose passage, stems, and distractors practice; "Death of the Moth" Virginia Woolf
Journal: Introduction to the Types of Sentences in Advanced Placement prose assignment
- Simple
- Compound
- Complex
- Compound-Complex
- Periodic
- Cumulative (Loose)
- Balanced
- Interrupted
Rodriguez prompt prewriting due today
Turn It In account verification due tomorrow
Summer work assignment due tomorrow free response papers and multiple choice responses
Friday
AP Opening Days Bulletin due Monday signed by student and parent
Journal: Introduction to Advanced Placement Literary terms and rhetorical devices
Synthesis Paper sources and prompt distributed; prewriting due Tuesday
Check STUDYPATH for next week's assignments and class information
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