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 29
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six is scheduled in class; Unit Seven responses are due Thursday and test is scheduled Friday
The Crucible Reading Quiz Acts One and Two is due in class; anthologies are due in class all week
Writing the Literary Analysis examples and quotations and outline is due in class today
Tuesday January 30
Back to the Lake anthologies are due in class for Bruce Catton's "Grant and Lee" (Pages 377-382) reading selection; respond to For Close Reading #1-#4 and Strategies and Structures #4 and Thinking about Language #1 and #4; class discussion is scheduled for Thursday
Writer's Choice Lesson 13.4 Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences is scheduled in class Thursday; textbooks are required in class
Wednesday January 31
Syntax Lesson; Shields due in class
Thursday February 1
Back to the Lake anthologies are due for class discussion of Bruce Catton's "Grant and Lee" reading selection
Writer's Choice Lesson 13.4 Complex and Compound-Complex Sentences is scheduled in class; textbooks are required and assignment is due next Thursday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven responses are due in class; test is scheduled tomorrow (postponed to tomorrow, February 2)
Friday February 2
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven test is scheduled in class (postponed to Monday)
Syntax Lesson: Wilson due in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Research is library is scheduled in April
Sunday, January 28, 2018
Friday, January 19, 2018
STUDYPATH* January 22-26, 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 22
The Crucible continues in class and anthologies are required in class Tuesday-Friday
Naviance presentation by college counselor is scheduled in class
Tuesday January 23
Back to the Lake anthology is due in class for "All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale" from The Onion (Pages 257-260); respond to For Close Reading #1-#5 and Strategies and Structures #1 and #2 and Thinking about Language #3 and #4; class discussion is scheduled Thursday
Writer's Choice Lesson 13.3 Simple and Complex Sentences, 13. 4 and 14. 5 (Pages 538-539) are scheduled in class Thursday; textbooks are required in class
Wednesday January 24
Syntax Lesson: Shaw due in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six responses are due today; test is scheduled Friday
Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 18 is due in class
Thursday January 25
Back to the Lake anthologies are due for class discussion of The Onion's "All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale" and "Back to the Lake" (postponed from last week)
Writer's Choice textbooks are required in class for Lesson 13.3 Simple and Complex Sentences; 13. 4 and 13. 5 (Pages 538-539)assignments are due today
Friday January 26
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six test is scheduled in class
Syntax Lesson: Donne due in class
The Great Gatsby Chapters Four-Six dialectical journals (one per chapter) are due today for class discussion; novels are due in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Library lessons changed to April 23-27, 2018
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday January 22
The Crucible continues in class and anthologies are required in class Tuesday-Friday
Naviance presentation by college counselor is scheduled in class
Tuesday January 23
Back to the Lake anthology is due in class for "All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale" from The Onion (Pages 257-260); respond to For Close Reading #1-#5 and Strategies and Structures #1 and #2 and Thinking about Language #3 and #4; class discussion is scheduled Thursday
Writer's Choice Lesson 13.3 Simple and Complex Sentences, 13. 4 and 14. 5 (Pages 538-539) are scheduled in class Thursday; textbooks are required in class
Wednesday January 24
Syntax Lesson: Shaw due in class
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six responses are due today; test is scheduled Friday
Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 18 is due in class
Thursday January 25
Back to the Lake anthologies are due for class discussion of The Onion's "All Seven Deadly Sins Committed at Church Bake Sale" and "Back to the Lake" (postponed from last week)
Writer's Choice textbooks are required in class for Lesson 13.3 Simple and Complex Sentences; 13. 4 and 13. 5 (Pages 538-539)assignments are due today
Friday January 26
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six test is scheduled in class
Syntax Lesson: Donne due in class
The Great Gatsby Chapters Four-Six dialectical journals (one per chapter) are due today for class discussion; novels are due in class
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Library lessons changed to April 23-27, 2018
Saturday, January 13, 2018
STUDYPATH* January 15-19, 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 15
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday January 16
Back to the Lake anthology reading assignment for a leading essayist of his day E.B. White's "Back to the Lake" due Thursday for class discussion; respond to For Closing Reading #1-4, Strategies and Structures #4 and Thinking about Language #2 and #5
Writer's Choice Lesson 13.2 Subordinate Clauses is scheduled in class Thursday; textbooks are required in class
Anthologies (My Perspectives) are due in class Tuesday-Thursday for Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Literary analysis paper: thesis statements
Winter break work for The Crucible due in class today
Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 17 distributed in class and due tomorrow
Wednesday January 17
Syntax Lesson: Hoffer due in class
Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 17 responses due in class
Anthologies (My Perspectives) are due in class Tuesday-Thursday for Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six responses are due today; test is scheduled Friday (postponed to Wednesday, January 24-test postponed to Friday, January 26)
Thursday January 18
Writer's Choice Lesson 13.1 (Page 535 due in class); Exercise 13.2 Subordinate Clauses is scheduled in class; textbooks are required in class and assignment is due next Thursday
Anthologies (My Perspectives) are due in class Tuesday-Thursday for Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Friday January 19
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six test is scheduled in class
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals Chapters One-Three (one per chapter) are due in class; novels are required in class for discussion
Syntax Lesson: Darwin due in class
Anthologies (My Perspectives) are due in class next week for Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Research document library assignments
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday January 15
Today is Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr. Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session
Tuesday January 16
Back to the Lake anthology reading assignment for a leading essayist of his day E.B. White's "Back to the Lake" due Thursday for class discussion; respond to For Closing Reading #1-4, Strategies and Structures #4 and Thinking about Language #2 and #5
Writer's Choice Lesson 13.2 Subordinate Clauses is scheduled in class Thursday; textbooks are required in class
Anthologies (My Perspectives) are due in class Tuesday-Thursday for Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Literary analysis paper: thesis statements
Winter break work for The Crucible due in class today
Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 17 distributed in class and due tomorrow
Wednesday January 17
Syntax Lesson: Hoffer due in class
Enriched Vocabulary Lesson 17 responses due in class
Anthologies (My Perspectives) are due in class Tuesday-Thursday for Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six responses are due today; test is scheduled Friday (postponed to Wednesday, January 24-test postponed to Friday, January 26)
Thursday January 18
Writer's Choice Lesson 13.1 (Page 535 due in class); Exercise 13.2 Subordinate Clauses is scheduled in class; textbooks are required in class and assignment is due next Thursday
Anthologies (My Perspectives) are due in class Tuesday-Thursday for Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Friday January 19
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six test is scheduled in class
The Great Gatsby dialectical journals Chapters One-Three (one per chapter) are due in class; novels are required in class for discussion
Syntax Lesson: Darwin due in class
Anthologies (My Perspectives) are due in class next week for Arthur Miller's The Crucible
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information
AGENDA BIN:
Research document library assignments
Friday, December 22, 2017
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
*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
Thursday, December 14, 2017
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
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
Saturday, December 9, 2017
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
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
*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
- The Crucible
Reading Pages 544-628 Respond to questions on Pages 546-547; 549-552; 560; 596-600; 624-628
- Back to the Lake Chapters (to be assigned in class)
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
Friday, December 1, 2017
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
*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
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