STUDYPATH* January 8-12, 2018

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

WINTER RECESS December 18, 2017-January 5, 2018

CLASSES BEGIN AGAIN MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2018

All winter break work is due no later than Tuesday, January 16, 2018

Monday, January 15, 2018 is a legal holiday, Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, and classes are not in session.

Complete reading and responses for Acts One and Two of Arthur Miller's The Crucible

STUDYPATH* December 11-15, 2017 FINALS WEEK

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 December 11 (Regular Day Schedule)
FINALS preparation activities
The Scarlet Letter; correct Chapters 13-24 multiple choice assignment

Tuesday December 12 (FINALS Periods One and Two Schedule)
The Crucible introduction and assigned reading

Wednesday December 13 (FINALS Periods Three and Four Schedule)
BRING BACK TO THE LAKE TEXTBOOK TO CLASS
Semester Reflection; Portfolio Preparation
Winter Break Agenda

1. The Crucible 

Reading Pages 544-628 Respond to questions on Pages 546-547; 549-552; 560; 596-600; 624-628

1. Back to the Lake Chapters (to be assigned in class)

Thursday December 14 (FINALS Periods Five and Six Schedule)
Period Three does not meet today

Friday December 15 (Minimum Day Schedule)
Tentative planning for Semester B is scheduled

SEMESTER TWO BEGINS MONDAY, JANUARY 8, 2018

STUDYPATH* December 4-8, 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 December 4
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 21-24 dialectical journals are due in class Thursday (one per chapter) for class discussion
Portfolio preparation continues in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five test is scheduled tomorrow

Tuesday December 5
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 13-24 assignments continue in class today and tomorrow
Portfolio preparation continues in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five test is scheduled in class

Wednesday December 6
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 13-24 assignments continue in class

Thursday December 7
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 21-24 dialectical journals (one per chapter) due in class today for discussion; novels are required in class today and tomorrow

Friday December 8
The Scarlet Letter novels returned to textbook room
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for class information and next week's assignments