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 8
Personal narrative from My Perspectives textbook is scheduled in class; anthologies are due in class for Page 192 Assignment, Elements of a Personal Narrative and Analyze the Writing Model Launch Text
Literary analysis paper is scheduled in class; handouts are due in class for review of Prewriting #1-#4 and Writing #1-#3
Back to the Lake anthology due in class today for Annie Dillard's "An American Childhood" reading selection for meditative essay on nature (Pages 141-146); for Thursday class discussion respond to Strategies and Structures #4 and #5 and Thinking About Language #2
Flyleaf "What's In This Book" rhetorical strategies descriptors (patterns of writing) is scheduled in class: Narration-Description-Example-Process Analysis-Comparison and Contrast-Classification-Definition-Cause and Effect-Argument
Tuesday January 9
Enriched Vocabulary assignments continue in class
Writer's Choice grammar assignments continue in class; Lesson 13.1 Main Clauses is scheduled for Thursday; textbooks are required in class
Syntax Lesson: Johnson due in class
Wednesday January 10
My Perspectives anthology is due in class for Act I of Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Thursday January 11
Annie Dillard's "An American Childhood" class discussion is scheduled in class; anthologies and responses are due in class
Writer's Choice grammar assignment Lesson 13.1 Main Clauses assigned and due next Thursday
Friday January 12
Syntax Lesson: Steinbeck due in class
Winter break work (see previous blog entry) are due no later than Tuesday, January 16 (Monday, January 15 is a legal holiday and classes are not in session)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
