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
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