Assignment Menu Wednesday, March 29

1. Hazlitt Multiple-Choice Testmaking Practice
2. Controversial Issue prompt scoring practice for student sample essays
3. Chapters Six-Ten of Invisible Man by Monday, April 3 with talking points
4. Essay for homework to be assigned from Cliffs AP text
5. Argument Cornell Notes continues
6. Punctuation/Quotation Marks grammar mastery test I practice and mastery test II (test) due Friday, March 31

Assignment Menu Monday, March 27

1. William Hazlitt handout Multiple-Choice Test Maker practice using transparency
2. Essay from Cliffs AP for Triads-due Friday in class (two copies)
3. Argument handout Cornell Notes
4. Quotation and Punctuation Marks Grammar both due by end of week-tests this week
5. Words 21-30 from 100 Words H.S. Students Should Know (equinox-gamete)
6. Read Chapters Six-Ten Invisible Man by Friday, March 31 (talking points, test two)
7. Cliffs AP Practice all week Multiple Choice and Essay in class Thursday
8. Collect pages 89-104 and 113-120 weekend practice on four multiple-choice passages
9. Swift “ A Modest Proposal” discussion continues
10.Controversial Issue Essay Prompt

Assignment Menu Wednesday, March 22

1. Grammar Components due Friday, March 31 (Punctuation and Quotation Marks)
2. Grammar of Paradox and Grammar of Irony
3. Begin AP Long Form for Ellison's Invisible Man
4. Read Chapters Two-Five of novel by Friday 3/24; class discussion on 3/24 with talking points, vocabulary, and comprehension quiz
5. Place graded work in AP portfolios
6. George Eliot essays due Monday, 3/20: Two typed copies; run spell-grammar check BEFORE you print copies, which will be shared with triad members for revisions before rewrites due Wednesday, March 22
7. Kaplan multiple-choice practice questions reviewed and correct answers provided for diagonostic grids
8. Outlines of essay section Cliffs AP due today, Wednesday, March 22
9. AP English Language and Composition Test is May 1; sign up at student store
10.World Water Day at Santa Monica Pier today, Wednesday, March 22
11. Cornell Notes-Argument Chapter Seven packet
12. AP One Hundred Words High School Students Should Know; Eleven-Twenty (chromosome-epiphany)
13. Timed Writing: Forty-Minute Essay on Jonathan Swift passage
14. Junior Defense Water Conservation Project/History Research Paper Topics
15. Satire: Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” assigned; due today, Wednesday, March 22
16. Self-Collection Vocabulary for Invisible Man

Assignment Menu Monday, March 20

1. Op/Ed consultative writing assignment scored and returned today, March 20
2. Grammar of Paradox and Grammar of Irony
3. Begin AP Long Form for Ellison's Invisible Man
4. Read Chapters Two-Five of novel by Friday 3/24; class discussion on 3/24 with talking points, vocabulary, and comprehension quiz
5. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop Test Monday, March 20
6. George Eliot essays due Monday, 3/20: Two typed copies; run spell-grammar check BEFORE you print copies, which will be shared with triad members for revisions before rewrites
7. Kaplan multiple-choice practice questions reviewed and correct answers provided for diagonostic grids
8. Outlines of essay section Cliffs AP due today, Monday, March 20
9. AP English Language and Composition Test is May 1; sign up at student store
10. Ms. Campbell to address class on Tuesday, March 21 regarding AP Exam procedures and deadlines
11. Cornell Notes-Argument Chapter Seven packet
12. AP One Hundred Words High School Students Should Know; Eleven-Twenty (chromosome-epiphany)
13. Timed Writing: Forty-Minute Essay to be determined
14. Junior Defense Water Conservation Project/History Research Paper Topics
15. Satire: Swift’s “A Modest Proposal” assigned; due Wednesday, March 22
16. Self-Collection Vocabulary for Invisible Man

Assignment Menu Wednesday, March 15

1. Reminder: SAS Assembly Friday March 17 during Homeroom
2. Wednesday in-class exams: Grammar-Capitilization; Abjure-Chicanery (100 Words H.S. Students Should Know)
3. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop due Friday, March 17
4. Momaday-Brown essays scored and returned to students today; revisions and rewrites due by Friday, March 17
5. Invisible Man Ellison frame-structure essays still being scored and will be returned soon
6. George Eliot essays due Monday, 3/20: Two typed copies; run spell-grammar check BEFORE you print copies, which will be shared with triad members for revisions before rewrites
7. Kaplan multiple-choice practice questions reviewed and correct answers provided for diagonostic grids
8. Prologue and Chapter One of novel due Friday: Talking points, vocabulary and books are all due in class for discussion
9. Outlines of Multiple Choice section Cliffs AP due today, Wednesday, March 15

Assignment Menu Monday, March 13

1. Op/Ed consultative writing assignment due Friday 3/17; attach article
2. Fifteen minute multiple choice practice for AP Exam
3. Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop quiz
4. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop due Friday 3/17
5. Connect Junior Defense thesis to U.S. disaster due Tuesday 3/14
6. Capitalization grammar rules and mastery test one practice due Wednesday 3/15
7. Begin AP Long Form for Ellison's Invisible Man
8. Read prologue and chapter one of novel by Friday 3/17; class discussion on 3/17
9. Outline pages 15-32 Cliffs AP by Wednesday 3/15

Week One and Two Assignments

AP English Language and Composition Test is May 1; sign up at student store
Collect Winter Work Packet
Cornell Notes
Rules, Standards, Grade Scales and Plagiarism-Letter to Parents and Parent Signatures
Multiple-Choice Timed Activities Test Preparation
Prologue-Epilogue of Ellison’s Invisible Man
Structure of Invisible Man-Ralph Ellison Frame Essay
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop
Class Discussion-Introduction of Invisible Man
Cliffs AP Textbook Questions Commonly Asked about AP Exam
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop Test Monday March 13
Grammar Capitalization Mastery Study Rules and Mastery Test One
Op-Ed Assignment-Consultative Writing
AP One Hundred Words One-Ten Test (Abjure-Chicanery)
Timed Writing: Forty-Minute Essay
Junior Defense Water Conservation Project/History Research Paper Topics
Satire: Swift’s “A Modest Proposal”
Prologue and Chapter One of Invisible Man
Self-Collection Vocabulary for Invisible Man
Begin AP Long Form for Invisible Man
Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop

Class Rules, Standards, and Grading Scale

Students follow classroom, academic and behavioral standards so that instruction proceeds in an organized manner to create a classroom learning environment conducive for all learners. These standards include, but are not limited to, obeying rules set by the school as well as by the classroom teacher. Student progress is demonstrated on periodic reports to parents with marks of excellent, satisfactory, and unsatisfactory in academics, cooperation, and work habits.


Classroom Standards

1. No student sound-emitting devices or cell phones of any type are to be displayed or used during any portion of classroom instruction including homeroom. Headwear policy is stated in the school’s memorandum.
2. School tardy policy requires students who are tardy to be marked so when arriving late to any class. A student is considered tardy when not seated before the bell rings at beginning of classes.
3. Profane language and ethnic slurs are not permitted in classes since both respect and tolerance is expected of students and teachers.
4. Defiance of authority and failure to follow rules will result in a warning to student and subsequently, calls to parents, referrals to counselors, track coordinator, and track administrator.
5. Students are encouraged to enthusiastically participate in class work, including discussions and assignments, and to bring required textbooks to class daily, unless otherwise noted by teacher. Textbooks are loaned to you and must be returned in the same condition as they were issued; if they are lost or damaged, you will be financially responsible.
6. Sleeping in class and inattentiveness is discouraged.


Academic and Behavior Standards

1. Bring notebook, pen, completed assignments,
book, and any other necessary materials to class.
2. Hand in class work and homework on time.
3. Start assignment promptly; work diligently without disturbing others.
4. Follow instructions and be courteous at all times. Name-calling is not permitted.
5. Enjoy food or drinks during nutrition or lunch, not in class.
6. Leave the class only after the teacher dismisses students. The bell does not necessarily signify the dismissal of students.

Assignment and Composition Format

1. Use notebook paper with holes on the left. Torn and/or ragged-edged papers from spiral notebooks are not accepted.
2. The three-line heading written in the upper right hand corner (above the lines) must include first and last name, class and/or period identification (e.g. Period 2, English 10), and the date. No abbreviations are to be used in the heading.
3. Choose an appropriate title for all assigned work. Center and correctly capitalize it on the top line.
4. Skip one line between the title and the body.
5. Most assignments may be typed or completed in neat, legible manuscript or cursive. Avoid work in pencil; use blue or black non-smear ink. Students must run spell and grammar check on typed documents before submission.
6. Use paragraph form. Indent, and observe left and right paper margins.

Grades, Points, and Marks

1. Use the following points/percentages for interpreting scores and marks earned on your assignments. Most will carry a weight of either 10, 25, or 50 points.
A+=100; A>=97.5; A->=92.5; B+>=88.5; B>=86; B->=82.5; C+>=78.5; C>=76; C->=72.5; D+>=68.5; D>=66; D->=62.5; FAIL>=0
2. Assignments and grades include, but are not limited to, homework, tests, quizzes, projects, journals, dispatches, compositions, summaries, listening and speaking activities, research reports, and portfolio entries. Late or missing assignments will adversely affect your overall grade.
3. Work Habits and Cooperation Marks. E-Excellent; S-Satisfactory; U-Unsatisfactory. For a complete explanation of these marks, ask for the Criteria For Marks handout.
4. Ask Three, Then Me. Handouts and class notes missed due to absences should be obtained from fellow classmates the day following the absence. You are responsible for making up any assignments that are due.

Students are enrolled in Hollywood High’s “School for Advanced Studies,” an instructional program designed to meet the needs of gifted/talented students and highly enabled learners who require advanced instruction beyond the traditional core curriculum. Classroom office hours are by appointment Mondays during Period Three. Additionally students may contact me by:

• Voice Mail Phone 323-461-3891, Extension 419
• E-mail jcarmicl@lausd.k12.ca.us

Welcome to Spring Term, 2005-2006. I wish you success as you begin your endeavor to complete the coursework necessary to earn a high school diploma and satisfy post-secondary educational goals and requirements.

Open Letter to Parents

Welcome to Spring Semester, 2005-2006. Parents are encouraged to take an active role in students' educations and assist them by making certain that all outside reading and homework assignments, note taking activities, test preparation requirements, and individual or group project work is completed on time and submitted in advance of the due date set by the instructor. Periodic grade reports will be issued to students who should apprise parents of how they are progressing in these courses. It is this periodic assessment that can identify the emotional and intellectual maturity of the student and signal in advance any instructional intervention strategies necessary to avert poor academic performance and prevent sub par grades that will eventually affect the students' overall grade point average. I wish students a successful year of rigorous studies as they undertake the challenges of the rigorous and demanding AP and Honors English curriculums. If students or parents wish to contact me, I can be reached on school voice mail, which I check frequently during the semester, at 323-461-3891, Extension 419. Homework and other necessary communication between the instructor and students is posted on my web log at the hollywoodhighschool.net website.

The Honors English Grade Ten School for Advanced Studies (SAS) curriculum, denotes, by its very designation, that students will encounter rigorous demands of the rhetorical approach to reading and writing, with instruction paced more rapidly than normal tenth-grade coursework requires. Grade Ten Honors readies students for an eleventh-grade Advanced Placement high school class as they learn to think, read, write, listen, and speak academically, successfully arguing a well-constructed thesis, skills necessary for entering post-secondary educational institutions. Students enrolled in Grade Ten Honors experience a curriculum that spans genres such as short stories, poetry, novels and plays, as well as nonfiction and contemporary literature selections that necessitate the student's ability to elicit the author's purpose, the author's persona, the author's claim and evidence, and then be able to offer a precise response to the author's argument. Successful student compositions are also measured by rubrics, and it is strongly suggested, at the outset of this course, that learners familiarize themselves with this tool so they can produce thoughtful, precise, and insightful works of prose in response to the series of writing prompts that will be assigned.

AP English Language and Composition (SAS) offers students a year of intense training in reading and writing that prepares them for the AP Language and Composition Examination, successful University study and lifelong learning. This class focuses on rhetorical analysis of fiction and non-fiction, and works of American literature. Students learn to identify an author’s purpose and strategies and examine the ways people think about and use language. Students read and analyze models of good writing and write compositions of various lengths and complexity, participating in peer response and rigorous revision. Students are introduced to analytical tools designed to develop levels of questioning at the factual, inferential, and analytical tiers of knowledge, which ultimately provide them with mastery of the highest forms of analysis and synthesis, necessary for participation in class discussions and note taking. They are able to read rhetorically pieces of American literature and write effective prose at first year college level. Students are expected to complete outside reading on time and, independently, produce class discussion notes using the Cornell method. In this course, rhetorical interpretation of text primarily focuses on the Classical, Rogerian, and Toulmin models which demand that claims, taken with the writer’s purpose, the intended audience, and speaker’s persona, will lead to argument for persuasion using both a thesis and opposite thesis that is necessary to accomplish successful academic writing. Students in AP English Language and Composition will be able to read difficult nonfiction text with speed, annotating and outlining as they recognize shifts of perspective and tone. They will be able to quote with authority and precision, discern the writer’s purpose and comprehend responses elicited from audiences and synthesize how authors manipulate readers to prove theses in various modes of written discourse. *
*GLAAPSI, July 2005 Marcy Bowman AP Packet

Modern Library's 100 Greatest Novels

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Final Exams and Track Closing

Finals Schedule:

Periods One/Six: Friday, December 16
Periods Two/Five: Monday, December 19
Periods Three/Four: Tuesday, December 20

Last Day of Track: Wednesday, December 21

Winter Work Packets for AP English Language Students were provided; all material is due upon return in Spring Semester

E-mail me for questions; e-mail address is provided on hollywoodhighschool.net


Mr. Carmicle

Sixteen Week Report

Monday:

Great Gatsby Chapters Seven-Eight and Notes
12/12 Assignments Due

Tuesday

Great Gatsby Chapter Nine and Notes
12/13 Assignments Due

Wednesday

Great Gatsby Wrapup and Notes
Novel: Objective Test
Novel: Essay Due Today
Novel: Vocabulary Test

Thursday

Cliff's AP Prep Essay on Question Number Three
Multiple Choice Test Practice

Friday

Reflective Letter
Great Gatsby Film
Winter Work Assignment

FIFTEEN WEEK REPORT

1. The Glass Menagerie Act I due Monday, December 5
2. The Glass Menagerie Act II due Monday, December 12
3. Repetition-Wit, Pages 84-89 Literary Terms test Tuesday, December 6
4. Coordination-Subordination Exercises Two-Seven due Monday, December 12
5. Outline to "Introduction to the Argumentative Essay" due Tuesday, December 6
6. The Great Gatsby AP Long Form due Friday, December 16
7. Reflective Letter outline (using Bloom's Affective) due Thursday, December 15
8. Book Schedule: 12/5-12/6 Anthology; 12/7-12/8 Novel; 12/9 Cliffs; 12/12-12/14 Novel; 12/15 Cliffs
9. Off-Track Work (packet available Monday, December 12): Two AP Long Forms; One AP Short Form; Five AP Prompt Essays; One Hundred Words High School Students Should Know; Three Op-Ed Columnist Analyses; Grammar Component; Call To Action-Water Conservation Focus

FOURTEEN WEEK REPORT

1. The Glass Menagerie Act I due by Friday, December 2
2. The Glass Menagerie Act II due by Friday, December 9
3. Op-Ed Columnist Analysis due by Friday, December 2
4. Repetition-Wit, Pages 84-89 Cliffs Literary Terms test Monday, December 5
5. Coordination-Subordination, Exercises Two-Seven Due Monday, December 12
6. Outline "Introduction to the Argumentative Essay" by Friday, December 2
7. A.P. English Language Exercises in imitation (Momaday, White, Baldwin passages) due Friday, December 2
8. The Great Gatsby AP Long Form due Friday, December 16
9. Reflective Letter outline due Friday, December 16 (using Bloom's Affective Taxonomy)
10.Book Schedule: Anthology Mondays-Tuesdays; Novel Wednesdays-Thursdays; Cliffs Fridays
11.Off-Track Work: Two AP Long Forms; One AP Short Form; Five AP Essays Prompts; One Hundred Words High School Students Should Know; Three Op-Ed Columnist Analyses; Grammar Component (to be announced); Call To Action--Water Conservation focus (to be announced)

Weeks In Preview November 21-December 2

AP Students have been working on and will be assigned the following:

1. Walden similies and sentence mimicking examples
2. Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Emerson/Thoreau American Romanticism selections and graphic organizers/vocabulary/grammar components
3. Practice Test Multiple Choice Exams from Cliff AP Preparation Guide
4. Literary Terms 31-45 from Cliffs Preparation Guide
5. The Great Gatsby Chapters Three-Four-Five
6. Coordination and Subordination-Relationship Between Ideas in a Sentence handout
7. Start The Great Gatsby short form for early analysis in completion of AP Long Form (due third week in December)
8. Unit Six Vocabulary and Unit Seven Vocabulary practice and examinations
9. Grammar Unit (begins after Thanksgiving)
10.Grammar Unit-Clauses, Sentences, and Fragments practice
11.What is Argument? Introduction to the Argumentative Essay and Argument Comprehensive Review (begins after Thanksgiving)









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Weeks in Preview November 7-11, 14-18

AP Students have been working on and will be assigned the following:

1. Sentence Imitation Exercises lead to sentence mimicking (practicing formal and consultative language) Justification: The mimicking of sentences activities demonstrates insightful and well-constructed ideas that will form the initial building blocks of the paragraph, and therefore, the thought-on-paper processes that will eventually lead to the effective argument essays that proves a thesis
2. Emily Dickinson, Walt Whitman, and Emerson/Thoreau American Romanticism selections and graphic organizers/vocabulary/grammar components
3. Three novels/plays chosen from College Board's 100 for off-track AP Long Form analysis; rules include no copying of material, no outside sources, except those specifically called for in AP Long Form document, and certain titles (novels-plays) not accepted (MORE TO COME)
4. Literary Terms 31-45 from Cliffs Preparation Guide
5. The Great Gatsby Chapters Three-Four-Five
6. Unit Five and Unit Six from Vocabulary Workshop
7. Crevecoeur AP Essay (Cliffs) due Monday, November 14; late assignments are not accepted in semester's second half
8. Textbook checks will occur periodically in class
9. Plagiarism affirmation document due in class signed by student and parent
10.Grammar Unit-Clauses, Sentences, and Fragments practice
11.What is Argument? Introduction to the Argumentative Essay and Argument Comprehensive Review

Week In Preview October 31-November 4

Upcoming Assignments for AP English Language:

1. Spirit of Independence packet due Friday, November 4 (all parts complete; deadline is firm)
2. Begin Unit Four Vocabulary; correct in class Unit 1-3 reveiw for BWR, EYV, and WPS
3. The Great Gatsby issued to students; read foreword and write ten full-sentence talking points by Wednesday
4. Literary Terms 16-30 reviewed in class this week; exam set by end of week
5. Miers scuttled nomination impact on presidency extra credit due Monday, October 31
6. New Op/Ed article and analysis due on Friday, November 4
7. Begin Poetry unit; "Romanticism" packet (twelve pages) issued

Week In Preview October 24-28

Upcoming assignments for AP English Language:

1. Reflective Letter: Save ALL work for reflective letter to be written at end of semester
2. TEWWG ABC broadcast shown in class Monday and Tuesday, October 24-25
3. Bring anthologies on Wednesday, Thursday, Friday, October 26-28: "New Republic, Spirit of Independence, and a New Nation" packet includes work on prose of Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson; grammar and vocabulary sections
4. Units One-Three Vocabulary Workshop, Pages 25-30 and Unit Review Test scheduled for Wednesday, October 26
5. Lincoln AP Prompt Essay on Second Inaugural written in class on Friday, October 21 will permit rewrites on Monday, October 24; essay due no later than Tuesday, October 25
6. Literary Terms (Cliffs) include next fifteen: didactic-metaphor; exam on next fifteen scheduled for Friday, October 28
7. Sentence Imitation, Mimicking, and Pivoting are upcoming class activities
8. Agenda Bin: Winter work includes five AP essay prompts, three novels/plays with AP Long Form, and 100 Words High Schools Students Should Know vocabulary; grammar component to be announced (more to come)

Week in Preview October 17-21

Upcoming assignments for AP English Language:

1. Frederick Douglass AP Essay typed in Vantage Lab last Monday and Tuesday was due Friday, October 14 and if submitted late will be penalized by the dropping of one letter grade per each day late
2. Op/Ed piece Consultative Writing due Monday, October 17: Attach column/article; note name of writer, name of paper/magazine/website and date of piece; no contractions; writers chosen so far include Boot, Scheer, Carlson, Morrison, Dowd, Brooks, Kristoff, and Friedman
3. Bring anthologies on Monday and Tuesday, October 17, 18: "New Republic, Spirit of Independence, and a New Nation" packet includes work on prose of Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson; grammar and vocabulary sections
4. Units One-Three Vocabulary Workshop, Pages 25-30 and Unit Review Test upcoming before week's end
5. Rhetorical Square presentations on Frederick Douglass prose resume on Wednesday
6. Literary Terms (Cliffs) include next fifteen: didactic-metaphor; exam on next fifteen scheduled for Friday, October 21
7. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston: Exam final on vocabulary scheduled after words are defined; essay topics final (ten discussion topics of at least one paragraph each) is due Monday, October 17; AP Long form due October 21 (new deadline)
8. Churchill "Detail" analysis to be assigned as in-class writing
9. Sentence Imitation, Mimicking, and Pivoting are upcoming class activities
10.Agenda Bin: Winter work includes five AP essay prompts, three novels/plays with AP Long Form, and 100 Words High Schools Students Should Know vocabulary; grammar component to be announced (more to come); Abraham Lincoln AP Essay prompt assigned as next essay

Week in Preview October 10-14

Upcoming assignments for AP English Language:

1. Vantage Lab-Room 502: Monday and Tuesday orientation and Frederick Douglass AP Essay Prompt; use resource AP Cliffs for syntax and figurative language definitions; four-page narrative on Douglass autobiography; Rhetorical Square notes and Guide to Rhetorical Analysis handout; essay due at end of session on Tuesday
2. Op/Ed piece Consultative Writing due Monday, October 17: Attach column/article; note name of writer, name of paper/magazine/website and date of piece; no contractions; writers chosen so far include Boot, Scheer, Carlson, Morrison, Dowd, Brooks, Kristoff, and Friedman
3. Bring anthologies on Wednesday and Thursday: "New Republic, Spirit of Independence, and a New Nation" packet includes work on prose of Benjamin Franklin, Patrick Henry, Thomas Paine, and Thomas Jefferson; grammar and vocabulary sections
4. Unit Three Vocabulary Test on Thursday; begin Unit Five Vocabulary on Friday
5. PSAT Test on Wednesday
6. Literary Terms (Cliffs) include next fifteen: didactic-metaphor
7. Their Eyes Were Watching God Zora Neale Hurston: Three exams including final vocabulary, forty-question multiple choice, and essay topics (ten discussion topics of at least one paragraph each); AP Long form due October 17
8. Churchill "Detail" analysis to be assigned as in-class writing
9. Sentence Imitation, Mimicking, and Pivoting are upcoming class activities
10.Agenda Bin: Winter work includes five AP essay prompts, three novels/plays with AP Long Form, and 100 Words High Schools Students Should Know vocabulary; grammar component to be announced (more to come)