Sunday, November 25, 2012

STUDYPATH* November 26-30, 2012

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven responses are due; test is scheduled tomorrow
LA Times letter to the editor is due
Anthologies are due in class all week for literary terms and project-based learning activities for writing Act V of The Crucible
Responses for from "Self Reliance" Emerson and from Walden and "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau are due Wednesday; pages 221-224 questions 2, 3, 5; pages 225-234 questions 3, 5, 7 and vocabulary 1-10 on Page 235
Responses for "The Gettysburg Address" Lincoln and from "What The Black Man Wants" Douglass are due Friday; page 301; page 306 questions 4, 5; Pages 327-331 questions 2, 3, 4

Tuesday
Project-based learning groups write Act V of The Crucible
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Eight responses are due Monday; test is scheduled Tuesday

Wednesday
Writer's Choice textbook required in class for grammar lesson
Project-based learning groups continue in class

Thursday
LA Times letter to the editor is due today
Project-based learning groups continue in class

Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Eight responses are due Monday
Check STUDYPATH on Sunday evening for next week's assignments


Monday, November 19, 2012

STUDYPATH* November 19-23, 2012

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Furlough Day-classes are not in session

Tuesday
Furlough Day-classes are not in session

Wednesday
Furlough Day-classes are not in session

Thursday
Thanksgiving Day holiday-classes are not in session

Friday
Thanksgiving Day holiday-classes are not in session
Assignments due Monday:
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven responses
LA Times Letter to the Editor

Agenda Bin for November 26-30:
from "Self Reliance" Emerson; from Walden and "Civil Disobedience" Thoreau
"The Gettysburg Address" Lincoln; "What the Black Man Wants" Douglass 

Monday, November 12, 2012

STUDYPATH* November 12-16, 2012

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

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

Tuesday
Crucible project-based learning group work is scheduled today
Anthology responses for Patrick Henry, Thomas Jefferson and Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur are due Friday:  Henry 2, 4; Jefferson 1-5; Crevecoeur (handout)
(ADDENDUM:  read pages 172-174 and answer questions 2 and 4 for Henry piece; read pages 177-181 and answer questions 1-5 for Jefferson piece)
Literary terms test is scheduled today
WHSSSK Words 91-100 are due tomorrow; test is scheduled Thursday 
Vocabulary Workshop Units Four-Six review responses are due today

Wednesday
Writer's Choice textbooks are required in class for grammar assignment
Literary terms are scheduled in class
Crucible project-based learning scripts
WHSSSK Words 91-100 are due today

Thursday
LA Times letter to the editor is due
Crucible project-based learning scripts
WHSSSK 81-90 test is scheduled today
Literary terms are scheduled in class

Friday
Cause-effect paper is due by 8:00 A.M. today on turnitin.com web site
Literary terms test is scheduled today


Agenda Bin for Thanksgiving Week: (assignments to be discussed in class)
LA Times letter to the editor
Vocabulary Workshop
Anthology syllabus question responses

Sunday, November 4, 2012

STUDYPATH* November 5-9, 2012

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
The Crucible film screening concludes
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) test on words 81-90 is scheduled today
Anthologies are required in class all week for literary terms and project-based learning assignment for The Crucible
Prewriting for the cause and effect paper is scheduled today and deadline set for turnitin.com submission; thesis statement, evidence and outline are assigned and due Wednesday

Tuesday
Complete from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin and from "The American Crisis" Thomas Paine responses due on Friday; Franklin:  Pages 161-166; answer questions five and six on Page 167; Paine: Pages 169-171; answer question three on Page 175 and complete 1-10 vocabulary on Page 176

Wednesday
Writer's Choice is due in class for grammar assignment

Thursday
LA Times letter to the editor is due today

Friday
Check STUDYPATH on Sunday evening for next week's assignments
Vocabulary Workshop review units 4-6 responses are due Monday