Sunday, January 27, 2013

STUDYPATH* January 28-February 1, 2013

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Anthologies are required in class all week for literary terms
Scene scripts from The Crucible Act V are due today from groups
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten responses are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow
Research paper protocol is reviewed on the Online Writing Lab web site; rules and regulations for the five-seven page paper are finalized
Assigned work in Contemporary Composition consumable textbook is due Friday

Tuesday
Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled
Period Six "The Minister's Black Veil" responses are due today; submit response questions handout and reading assignment handout
Syllabus for Contemporary Composition course is overdue

Wednesday
Project-based learning group work for The Crucible Act V continues in class
Writer's Choice textbooks are required in class for grammar assignment

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

Friday
Assigned work in Contemporary Composition handout is due today (this has been amended to due next week; additional assignments will be made in the text and due date announced on next week's blog)
Check STUDYPATH on Sunday evening for next week's assignments

Sunday, January 20, 2013

STUDYPATH* January 21-25, 2013

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday
Classes meet in the library Wednesday and Thursday for research paper methodologies
Read "The Minister's Black Veil" and complete writing assignments, which are due on today (Period Five only)
Anthologies are required in class all week for literary terms and reading assignments
Literary terms 91-100 test is scheduled tomorrow
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Nine test is scheduled today
Syllabus for Contemporary Composition course is past due; student and parent signature required
Responses for Hurston, Wright and Hughes are reviewed in class
Work in the Contemporary Composition course text is scheduled; "An Introduction to Rhetoric" and "The Rhetoric of War" unit continues in class

Wednesday
Meet in the library for research paper skills and methodologies

Thursday
Letter to the Editor is due today
Meet in the library for research paper skills and methodologies

Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten responses are due Monday
Project-based learning group work for The Crucible Act V script continues in class; draft of group scripts are due Monday
Check STUDYPATH Sunday evening for next week's assignments

Sunday, January 13, 2013

STUDYPATH* January 14-18, 2013

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Classes meet in the library Wednesday and Thursday for research paper methodologies
Read "The Minister's Black Veil" and complete writing assignments, which are due on Thursday
Anthologies are required in class all week for literary terms and reading assignments
Literary terms 91-100 test is scheduled for Wednesday; remaining literary terms are covered in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Nine responses are due Thursday; test is scheduled Friday
Syllabus for Contemporary Composition course is due Friday; student and parent signature required

Tuesday
Responses for Hurston, Wright and Hughes are reviewed in class
Work in the Contemporary Composition course text is scheduled; "An Introduction to Rhetoric" and "The Rhetoric of War" unit begins

Wednesday
Meet in the library for research paper skills and methodologies

Thursday
Letter to the Editor is due today
Meet in the library for research paper skills and methodologies

Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Nine test
Project-based learning group work for The Crucible Act V script continues in class; draft of group scripts are due Monday
The Scarlet Letter Chapters Six-Ten class discussion is scheduled 
Check STUDYPATH Sunday evening for next week's assignments

Friday, January 4, 2013

STUDYPATH* January 7-11, 2013

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Winter break work assignments are due today; talking points for each chapter for The Scarlet Letter and all assigned vocabulary is due
The Scarlet Letter novels are due in class all week for class discussions and vocabulary work
Vocabulary Workshop unit is assigned and due date set
Responses from anthology reading selections are scheduled

Tuesday
The Scarlet Letter class discussion
Research paper introduction and prompt is scheduled today
Work in the eleventh grade Contemporary Composition course text is assigned
Responses from anthology reading selections continue in class

Wednesday
Work in the eleventh grade Contemporary Composition course text is scheduled in class

Thursday
Letter to the Editor
Project-based learning group work for writing Act V of The Crucible continues in class

Friday 
Research paper prompt, guiding question and outline are discussed and deadlines set (see Agenda Bin below)
Check STUDYPATH Sunday evening for next week's assignments

AGENDA BIN:
The class meets in the school library next Wednesday and Thursday for research paper methodology; the paper prompt will be distributed so students may begin to write the outline and first draft