Saturday, November 7, 2015

STUDYPATH* November 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 November 9
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 91-100 are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow
The Crucible Project-Based Learning group work on scripts continue in class; first draft of Act V scripts are due Thursday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Compare-Contrast papers are due Friday by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; prompt is reviewed and prewriting is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop Diagnostic test is due Monday in class

Tuesday November 10
Words High School Students Should Know 91-100 test is scheduled
The Crucible Project-Based Learning group work on scripts continues in class
Prewriting continues in class on Compare-Contrast paper

Wednesday November 11
Today is Veteran's Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Thursday November 12
The Crucible Act V first draft of scripts are due by 8:30 A.M. today on turnitin.com web site
Prewriting for the Compare-Contrast paper is scheduled in class

Friday November 13
Compare-Contrast paper is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site (postponed from yesterday)
Lincoln-Douglass responses are due in class today (Attack on Fort Sumter; "Gettysburg Address" and "What the Black Man Wants")
Vocabulary Workshop diagnostic test is due Monday in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
Walt Whitman and Emily Dickinson poetry unit is scheduled

Saturday, October 31, 2015

STUDYPATH* November 2-6, 2015

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
D R A F T-Blog will be updated Sunday

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday November 2
81-90 Words High School Students Should Know are due today; test is scheduled Wednesday
Project-Based Learning groups meet to develop scripts for Act V of The Crucible; first drafts of scripts are due Friday, November 6 by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Tuesday November 3
Literary terms 41-50 test is scheduled today
Compare-Contrast Paper is assigned and due Tuesday, November 10
The Crucible film screening Day One is scheduled

Wednesday November 4
81-90 Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) test is scheduled today; Words 91-100 are due Friday
The Crucible film screening Day Two is scheduled

Thursday November 5
Lincoln, Douglass, Dickinson and Whitman

Friday November 6
91-100 Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) are due today
First drafts of The Crucible Act V scripts are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.

AGENDA BIN:
Scripts for Act V of The Crucible are reviewed in class for dry runs and performance assessment

Friday, October 23, 2015

STUDYPATH* October 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 October 26
Anthologies are required in class all week for Project-Based Learning Writing Act V of The Crucible
Emerson's "Self Reliance" and Thoreau's Walden are scheduled in class
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 71-80 are due today; test is scheduled Thursday
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 81-90 are due Monday

Tuesday October 27
Group work continues in class for writing Act V of The Crucible

Wednesday October 28
Group work continues in class for writing Act V of The Crucible
Writer's Choice grammar is scheduled; textbooks are required in class

Thursday October 29
WHSSSK test on Words 71-80 is scheduled today
Group work continues in class for writing Act V of The Crucible

Friday October 30 Pep Rally Special Bell Schedule
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

Agenda Bin:
The Great Gatsby novel is assigned and dialectical journals due date set

Friday, October 16, 2015

STUDYPATH* October 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 October 19
The Crucible Act IV is scheduled in class
Crevecoeur responses are due by end of period
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Literature and Integrated Studies are scheduled
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 61-70 are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow

Tuesday October 20
The Crucible Act IV continues in class
Personal paper is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today
WHSSSK Words 61-70 test is scheduled
Language Power writing activity is scheduled

Wednesday October 21
The Crucible Act IV concludes in class

Thursday October 22
Thoreau-Emerson responses are scheduled in class; textbooks are required

Friday October 23
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 71-80 are due Monday
Thoreau-Emerson responses are due Monday in class

Agenda Bin:

Saturday, October 10, 2015

STUDYPATH* October 12-16, 2015

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs. DRAFT-DRAFT-DRAFT

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday October 12
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 51-60 test is scheduled; Words 61-70 are due Friday
Study Guides for The Crucible, Acts II and III are scheduled in class; complete all work and submit to homework divider

Tuesday October 13
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Literature and Integrated Studies continue in class; textbooks are required in class all week
The Crucible Act IV is scheduled
Crevecoeur's "Letters to an American Farmer" is scheduled
Personal paper is due Monday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.; prewriting continues in class

Wednesday October 14
The Crucible Act IV is scheduled
Writer's Choice grammar assignment is scheduled in class; textbooks are required (no grammar homework is due since any assignment that may have been due will be completed and scored in class)

Thursday October 15
The Crucible Act IV concludes in class
Language Power writing activities continue in class

Friday October 16
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class informationW
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 61-70 are due today
Personal paper is due due Monday by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web sitre

Agenda Bin:

Friday, October 2, 2015

STUDYPATH* October 5-9, 2015

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs. (DRAFT)

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday October 5
Personal paper assigned and due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site on Monday, October 12
The Crucible Act III continues in class
Literary terms (31-40) from Literature and Integrated Studies are scheduled; textbooks are required in class all week
Words High School Students Should Know 51-60 (WHSSSK) are due today; test is scheduled Monday
PSAT multiple choice practices continues in class all week

Tuesday October 6
The Crucible Act III continues in class

Wednesday October 7
The Crucible Act III continues in class
Writer's Choice textbooks are required in class for grammar assignment

Thursday October 8
The Crucible Act IV is scheduled in class
"Letters from an American Farmer" Hector St. Jean Crevecoeur assignment (postponed from last week) is scheduled in class

Friday October 9
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
Personal paper is due Monday, October 12 on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
from The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; from "The American Crisis" Thomas Paine; "Speech in the Virginia Convention" Patrick Henry; "The Declaration of Independence" Thomas Jefferson responses are due in class today
Words High School Students Should Know 51-60 (WHSSSK) test is scheduled Monday
Readings from Ralph Waldo Emerson from "Self Reliance" and Henry David Thoreau from Walden and from "Civil Disobedience" are assigned and due dates set

Agenda Bin:
PSAT administration is scheduled October 14
Eleventh grade Interim Assessment scheduled TBD

Saturday, September 26, 2015

STUDYPATH* September 28-October 2, 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 September 28
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 41-50 are due today; test is scheduled Wednesday
Literary terms from Literature and Integrated Studies continues in class all week; textbooks are required in class
The Crucible Act II is scheduled
Literary analysis paper is due by 8:30 A.M. Thursday on turnitin.com web site
PSAT practice continues in class all week

Tuesday September 29
The Crucible continues in class all week
Literary terms 21-30 test is scheduled in class
From The Autobiography of Benjamin Franklin; from "The American Crisis" Thomas Paine; "Speech in the Virginia Convention" Patrick Henry; "The Declaration of Independence" Thomas Jefferson responses are due Friday October 9
"Letters from an American Farmer" Hector St. Jean de Crevecoeur assignment is scheduled in class

Wednesday September 30
Words High School Students Should Know (WHSSSK) Words 41-50 test is scheduled
Writer's Choice textbooks are required in class; grammar assignment is due; Exercise Three (679)  responses 1-10

Thursday October 1
Readings from Ralph Waldo Emerson from "Self Reliance" and Henry David Thoreau from Walden and from "Civil Disobedience" are scheduled in class and due dates announced for responses
Literary Analysis paper is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Friday October 2
Personal paper assignment is distributed in class
PSAT practice continues in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
PSAT examination is scheduled October 14 during a special bell schedule