Sunday, May 23, 2010

STUDYPATH* May 24-28, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Friday is a scheduled furlough day; classes are not in session.

Scheduled prose and poetry selections from Adventures in English Language textbook continue in class Monday-Wednesday.

Outside reading for Things Fall Apart Chapters Twenty Six-Thirty is completed on Thursday with a class discussion.

Work on student resumes and cover letters continues as students near graduation deadlines for required assignments.

Shakespeare's King Lear begins with Act I, Scenes 1 and 2.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

STUDYPATH* May 17-21, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

California Standards Test schedule is in effect this week.

Period Four meets on Monday, Thursday, and Friday.

Beowulf
screening continues on Monday. Literary terms test is scheduled for Thursday.

Things Fall Apart (outside reading assignment) is scheduled for Thursday and Friday.

Monday, May 10, 2010

STUDYPATH* May 10-14, 2010

In class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Work in Adventures in English Literature continues with selections from the King James Version of the Bible and poetry selections from John Donne.

Literary terms are reviewed in class with a test scheduled for Friday, before the weekly class discussion.

The outside reading assignment on Achebe's Things Fall Apart requires students to produce twenty five talking points (five for each chapter) for Chapters Twenty to Twenty-Five. An essay for the novel is scheduled either as classwork or homework.

The screening of Beowulf is scheduled for Monday and Tuesday of next week. Students will revisit the excerpt and analysis from the anthology in preparation for the film.

Saturday, May 1, 2010

STUDYPATH* May 3-7, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


In-class assignments from Adventures in English Literature anthology continue in class this week, including Growth of the English Language selections, selected works of British poets, and prose selections from the Elizabethan and Victorian literary periods.

Literary terms eleven-twenty are tested in class Monday; a new set of terms will be reviewed this week in class and a new quiz scheduled.

Outside reading assignment on Achebe's Things Fall Apart continues with talking points due for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty and class discussion on Friday.