Thanksgiving Week

To: Followers of Honors Expository Composition

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

Wishing you all the best for a Happy Thanksgiving.

James B. Carmicle
Los Angeles, California

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November 29-December 3, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Meet in library Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday for Senior Project work on research paper and power point presentations; students will meet with teacher individually to finalize physical projects, presentation topics, and rehearsal dates.

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Meet in library today.
Final chapters of The Stranger talking points are due Friday for class discussion.

Wednesday
Initial draft of research paper must be submitted online to turnitin.com by Monday, December 6.
Meet in library today.

Thursday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 81-90 are introduced in class and due Monday, when students will be tested on the new vocabulary.

Friday
Final chapters of The Stranger talking points are due today for class discussion; testing on the novel continues in class.

STUDYPATH* November 15-19, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 71-80 test is scheduled for today.
Senior project skills and strategies are discussed and research paper thesis statements and outlines are returned so that students may begin initial drafts.
Powerpoint presentations for the senior project are discussed and due dates set.
Students must create an account at turnitin.com so research papers can be uploaded by the December 6-17 deadlines.

Tuesday
The Stranger Chapters Six (Part I) and Chapters One, Two and Three (Part II) talking points are due Friday for class discussion.

Wednesday
Grammar for the Expository Composition textbook continues in class this week.
Laptop computers are assigned to students for research and typing of initial drafts of research paper.

Thursday
Laptop computers are assigned to students for research and typing of initial drafts of research paper.

Friday
The Stranger class discussion and talking points are scheduled in class today.
Homework due after the week of Thanksgiving break will be announced.

STUDYPATH* November 8-12, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) test is scheduled for today.
Grammar for the Expository Composition textbook continues all week.
Senior Project research paper skills and strategies are covered.
Outline and opening paragraph of the research paper are completed in class today, tomorrow and Wednesday.

Tuesday
The Stranger talking points for Chapters One-Five are due Friday for class discussion.
Senior Project research paper skills and strategies continue in class.
Outline and thesis statement for the research paper are due tomorrow.
Rhetoric of the Op-Ed page letter rewrites are due Monday.

Wednesday
Outline, thesis statement and opening paragraph are due today in class.
New vocabulary for the high school student is introduced; test day is set.

Thursday
Veterans Day is a legal holiday and classes are not in session.

Friday
Talking points (five per chapter) The Stranger Chapters One-Five of Part I of the novel are due today for class discussion.