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 January 30
"Should Schools Have Dress Codes?" prompt and prewriting scheduled in class; paper due Thursday by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; Analyzing Authors' Claims graphic organizers must be completed by end of period
WHSSSK Words 91-100 returned to students (due 1/27 Friday)
Grammar assignment (Pages 29-30) Descriptive Writing II; Narrative Writing I due tomorrow
Contemporary Composition textbooks are required in class for winter break work review
Tuesday January 31
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 91-100 test is scheduled
Grammar assignment (Pages 29-30) due today in class
Wednesday February 1
Anthologies are required in class for literary terms 81-90 (poetry-rhyme)
Thursday February 2
"Should Schools Have Dress Codes?" paper due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site
Friday February 3
Dialectical journals for Chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby class discussion continued in class
Dialectical journals for Chapters 4-6 of The Great Gatsby due today in class; two dialectical journals per chapter and novels are due in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Library dates for research paper April 17-21
Friday, January 27, 2017
Sunday, January 22, 2017
STUDYPATH* January 23-27, 2017
In-class assignment and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday January 23
Contemporary Composition textbooks due in class all week for winter break work review (Pages 71-78)
Sentence combining grammar assignment (Pages 25-26) is due today in class (Noun Clauses II-Quotations)
Literary terms 71-80 (nonfiction-plot) test is scheduled in class
Tuesday January 24 (Shortened Day Schedule)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 81-90 test is scheduled (soliloquy-totalitarian)
Grammar assignment (Verbal Phrases as Nouns-Descripting Writing I) due tomorrow in class
Wednesday January 25
Anthologies due in class for next set of literary terms (81-90 poetry-rhyme)
Grammar assignment is due today in class
Thursday January 26
LA Times Letter to the Editor #7 is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; access the LA Times site at http://www.nieonline.com/latimes/login.cfm (access paper with class username and password)
Drop, Cover & Hold Earthquake Drill is scheduled during Period Two
AP Blitz for AP English Literature is scheduled in Room 420 with Ms. Tobenkin, Ms. Bridges and Mr. Auriemmo; students should meet at lunch if interested in AP English Literature for next year
Friday January 27
The Great Gatsby (Chapters One-Three) class discussion continues from last week (dialectical journals will be returned to students)
The Great Gatsby (Chapters Four-Six) (two dialectical journals per chapter) are due next Friday, February 3 for class discussion
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Library dates April 17-21 for Salem Witch Hunt vs. 1950's Red Scare research paper (students will meet each day in the school library)
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday January 23
Contemporary Composition textbooks due in class all week for winter break work review (Pages 71-78)
Sentence combining grammar assignment (Pages 25-26) is due today in class (Noun Clauses II-Quotations)
Literary terms 71-80 (nonfiction-plot) test is scheduled in class
Tuesday January 24 (Shortened Day Schedule)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 81-90 test is scheduled (soliloquy-totalitarian)
Grammar assignment (Verbal Phrases as Nouns-Descripting Writing I) due tomorrow in class
Wednesday January 25
Anthologies due in class for next set of literary terms (81-90 poetry-rhyme)
Grammar assignment is due today in class
Thursday January 26
LA Times Letter to the Editor #7 is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; access the LA Times site at http://www.nieonline.com/latimes/login.cfm (access paper with class username and password)
Drop, Cover & Hold Earthquake Drill is scheduled during Period Two
AP Blitz for AP English Literature is scheduled in Room 420 with Ms. Tobenkin, Ms. Bridges and Mr. Auriemmo; students should meet at lunch if interested in AP English Literature for next year
Friday January 27
The Great Gatsby (Chapters One-Three) class discussion continues from last week (dialectical journals will be returned to students)
The Great Gatsby (Chapters Four-Six) (two dialectical journals per chapter) are due next Friday, February 3 for class discussion
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Library dates April 17-21 for Salem Witch Hunt vs. 1950's Red Scare research paper (students will meet each day in the school library)
Thursday, January 12, 2017
STUDYPATH* January 16-20, 2017
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 January 16
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday January 17
Wednesday January 18
Anthologies are due in class for literary terms 71-80 (nonfiction-plot); test is scheduled Friday
Grammar assignment (sentence combining) due in class today (Pages 23-24
Contemporary Composition in-class readings from winter break assignment continue in class (Pages 71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78)
Thursday January 19
Contemporary Composition in-class readings from winter break assignment continue in class
Friday January 20
Chapters One-Three of The Great Gatsby dialectical journals (two per chapter) are due in class today (hard copy); class discussion is scheduled
Literary terms 71-80 (nonfiction-plot) test is scheduled in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 81-90 test is scheduled Monday
AGENDA BIN:
Fake News New York Times Upfront article continue in class for students to complete all sections of double-sided handout
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday January 16
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday January 17
Literary terms test (61-70) (meter-narrator) on Tuesday 1/17
AP Blitz dates reviewed in class: AP English Language Blitz scheduled during lunch next Thursday, January 26 (if students are interested in twelfth grade AP class, they should attend AP Literature with Ms. Tobenkin, Ms. Bridges and Mr. Auriemmo in Room 420)
The Great Gatsby first reading assignment (Chapters
One-Three) scheduled and due Friday in class (two dialectical journals for each chapter=six dialectical journals due Friday)
Grammar assignment (sentence combining) assigned and due tomorrow (Pages 23-2)4)
Contemporary Composition in-class readings from winter break assignment continue in class (see Wednesday entry for page numbers)
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 81-90 responses due Friday; test is scheduled Monday
Wednesday January 18
Anthologies are due in class for literary terms 71-80 (nonfiction-plot); test is scheduled Friday
Grammar assignment (sentence combining) due in class today (Pages 23-24
Contemporary Composition in-class readings from winter break assignment continue in class (Pages 71-72-73-74-75-76-77-78)
Thursday January 19
Contemporary Composition in-class readings from winter break assignment continue in class
Friday January 20
Chapters One-Three of The Great Gatsby dialectical journals (two per chapter) are due in class today (hard copy); class discussion is scheduled
Literary terms 71-80 (nonfiction-plot) test is scheduled in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 81-90 test is scheduled Monday
AGENDA BIN:
Fake News New York Times Upfront article continue in class for students to complete all sections of double-sided handout
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