Sunday, November 30, 2014

STUDYPATH* December 1-5, 2014

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday
Literary terms and rhetorical devices continue in class; anthologies are required in class all week
The Crucible Act V scripts returned for rewrites; project-based learning groups rehearse scripts for staged presentations
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 31-40 test is scheduled tomorrow
Harlem Renaissance selections (postponed from earlier date) due Friday: "The Negro Speaks of Rivers" Hughes; from Dust Tracks on a Road and "How It Feels to be Colored Me" Hurston; from Black Boy Wright
USA Today letter to the editor due Friday

Tuesday
Literary terms and rhetorical devices continue in class
WHSSSK Words 31-40 test is scheduled
WHSSSK Words 41-50 are due Friday
The Crucible Film Screening Day One

Wednesday
Project-based learning groups for The Crucible Act V continue rehearsals for staged presentations
The Crucible Film Screening Day Two

Thursday
Literary terms and rhetorical devices test is scheduled
The Crucible Film Screening Day Three

Friday
CHECK STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
WHSSSK Words 41-50 are due; complete syllabication, diacritical markings, definition and part of speech entries
USA Today letter to the editor due
USA Today newspapers distributed in class for next Friday's assignment

AGENDA BIN-WINTER BREAK:
The Scarlet Letter novel assignment
Writer's Choice grammar assignment
Margaret Mead paper for EAP assessment is scheduled