Wednesday, February 4, 2015

STUDYPATH* February 23-27, 2015

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 Feb.23
Argument: Making Claims
Giving Argument Shapes and Styles
Managing the Convention of Argument

Tuesday Feb. 24
Argument: Establishing Credibility
Demonstrating Knowledge and Sharing Values
Building Common Ground and Respecting Readers

Wednesday Feb.25
Arguments From the Heart
Understanding how Emotional Arguments Work
Using Emotions to Build Bridges and Sustain an Argument

Thursday Feb.26
Arguments Based on Values, Character and Based on Facts and Reasons
Embracing or Rejecting Values
Claiming Authority and Establishing Credibility
Hard Evidence and Reason and Common Sense

Friday Feb.27
Structuring Arguments
Making Claims, Offering Data and Good Reasons and Determining Warrants
Using Qualifiers and Understanding Conditions of Rebuttal

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STUDYPATH* February 16-20, 2015

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 Feb.16
Today is Presidents Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday Feb. 17
Introduction to Argument and Persuasion
Arguments to Inform, Convince, Explore and Make Decisions

Wednesday Feb. 18
Occasions for Argument
Arguments about the Past, the Present and the Future

Thursday Feb. 19
Kinds of Argument
Arguments of Facts, Definition, Evaluation and Proposal Arguments

Friday Feb.20
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STUDYPATH* February 9-13, 2015

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 Feb. 9
Nuclear Power: Friend or Foe introduction to Grade 11 Performance Task
Task overview and classroom activity:  Using Visual Stimuli
CCSS/Standard(s): RLiteracy-7 and WLiteracy-8-9
"The Minister's Black Veil" Hawthorne responses are due today
"How Open is the Door" Jordan paper prewriting continues in class; paper is due Friday by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Tuesday Feb. 10
Nuclear Power-Friend or Foe
Internet sources: Both sides of the nuclear debate

Wednesday Feb. 11
Full length argumentative report based on student notes (contextualize examination of stimuli)

Thursday Feb. 12
Responses to constructed response research questions:  Write full persuasive pieces/arguments about topics or texts attending to a purpose and audience

Friday Feb. 13
Responses to constructed response research questions: Analyze and integrate information and evaluate information sources using evidence
The Scarlet Letter class discussion for Chapters 21-24 postponed to next week; "Custom House" introduction in-class reading continues next week
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Sunday, February 1, 2015

STUDYPATH* February 2-6, 2015

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
"How Open is the Door?" unit continues from Contemporary Composition textbook
Literary terms and rhetorical devices continue in class
Writer's Choice grammar assignment is scored in class; new grammar assignment is due in class Friday

Tuesday
Cause-Effect paper is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Wednesday
Literary terms and rhetorical devices continue in class
Words High School Students Should Know 71-80 responses are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow

Thursday
"How Open is the Door" unit continues from Contemporary Composition textbook

Friday
Writer's Choice grammar assignment is due today
The Scarlet Letter class discussion of Chapters 16-20; dialectical journals are required in class
"The Minister's Black Veil" Hawthorne responses are due today
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Sunday, January 25, 2015

STUDYPATH* January 26-30, 2015

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
Cause-Effect paper thesis statements are due in class today; prewriting continues this week in class
Anthologies are due in class Tuesday-Friday for literary terms and rhetorical devices
"How Open is the Door" unit from Contemporary Composition book continues in class this week

Tuesday
WHSSSK test postponed to Thursday
"How Open is the Door" unit continues in class
Cause-Effect paper prewriting continues in class

Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 61-70 are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow

Thursday
WHSSSK Words 61-70 test is scheduled
USA Today Letter to the Editor is due today
Writer's Choice grammar assignment is due (Page 554 Identifying Run-On Sentences)

Friday
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 11-15 class discussion is scheduled; dialectical journal entries are required in class 
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Sunday, January 18, 2015

STUDYPATH* January 19-23, 2015

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
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) 51-60 due today
Cause-Effect paper prewriting and assignment due date is scheduled in class
Anthologies are required in class Tuesday and Wednesday for literary terms
Contemporary Composition textbook assignment is scheduled ("How Open is the Door")

Wednesday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 51-60 test is scheduled

Thursday
USA Today letter to the editor is due today
Writer's Choice grammar assignment (Page 552, Exercises 1-25) due today; textbooks are required in class

Friday
The Scarlet Letter Chapters 6-10 class discussion is scheduled; Custom House introduction in-class review continues
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Wednesday, January 7, 2015

STUDYPATH* January 12-16, 2015

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
Winter recess work must be submitted on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today; late work is not acceptable
Anthologies are due in class for rhetorical devices and literary terms
Contemporary Composition textbooks assigned this week for writing assignments
Literary terms test is scheduled Wednesday

Tuesday
Grammar assignment from Writer's Choice; textbook is required in class
WHSSSK next set of words assigned and due Friday

Wednesday
Contemporary Composition textbook assignments are scheduled
Literary terms test is scheduled today

Thursday
Contemporary Composition textbooks assignments are scheduled

Friday
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