Saturday, May 25, 2013

STUDYPATH* May 27-31, 2013

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 is Memorial Day, a legal holiday and classes are not in session

Tuesday
Autobiography is due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. this morning; no late papers accepted
Return all books to classroom
Underlining/italicizing/quotation marks protocol rewrites for book, play, short story and poetry titles are due today from students who received incomplete marks on previous grammar assignment

Wednesday
Editing the autobiography rewrite is due Monday
Resume and personal statement writing continue in class today and tomorrow

Thursday
Preparation for final examination
Resume and personal statement writing continue in class

Friday
Autobiography rewrite is scheduled and due Monday

Saturday, May 18, 2013

STUDYPATH* May 20-24, 2013

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
Gatsby paper is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site; choose one of the three prompts provided on the handout in class
Writing the Autobiography continues in class today and tomorrow; final draft typed and submitted on turnitin.com web site is due Tuesday, May 28 by 8:30 A.M.
Return all textbooks to classroom
Consumable Contemporary Composition textbook is required in class Monday, Tuesday and Wednesday

Tuesday
Writing the Autobiography continues in class

Wednesday
Writing the Autobiography continues in class; paper is due on May 28 on turnitin.com web site

Thursday
Letter to the editor is due
Work on personal statement for college and resume is scheduled

Friday
Work on personal statement for college and resume continues in class

Sunday, May 12, 2013

STUDYPATH* May 13-17, 2013

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
Multiple choice for The Great Gatsby

Tuesday
Multiple choice for The Great Gatsby concludes
Class discussion for Chapter Nine of The Great Gatsby concludes in class

Wednesday
Film screening-Part One
Writer's Choice responses are due; return books to classroom
Return anthologies to classroom 

Thursday
Letter to the editor is due
Film screening-Part Two
The Great Gatsby paper is due today by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Friday
Second segment of writing the autobiography assignment is scheduled; Consumable Contemporary Composition textbook is due in class

Sunday, May 5, 2013

STUDYPATH* May 6-10, 2013

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
Fitzgerald poetry compare-contrast papers returned to students
The Great Gatsby Chapter Nine focus question responses are due Friday for class discussion
Multiple choice for The Great Gatsby is scheduled next Monday
Paper assignment for The Great Gatsby is assigned and due on turnitin.com web site on Tuesday, May 14 by 8:30 A.M.
Prewriting for the autobiography paper is scheduled

Tuesday
Consumable Contemporary Composition textbook is due in class today and tomorrow

Wednesday
Writer's Choice textbook is due in class

Thursday
Letter to the editor is due
Timed writing assignment for autobiography is scheduled today

Friday
Class discussion for The Great Gatsby Chapter Nine is scheduled; focus question responses are due in class
Great Gatsby quotations quiz is due today

Sunday, April 28, 2013

STUDYPATH* April 29-May 3, 2013

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
Period Six responses to "Babylon Revisited" are due; return handouts today
The Great Gatsby responses for Chapters Seven-Eight are due Friday for class discussion

Tuesday
Consumable Contemporary Composition textbook is due in class Tuesday and Wednesday for "How Open is the Door" unit activities

Wednesday
Writer's Choice homework is due today; textbook is required in class

Thursday
Letter to the editor is due
Timed writing is scheduled in class

Friday
Class discussion for The Great Gatsby Chapters Seven-Eight is scheduled; responses are due today


Saturday, April 20, 2013

STUDYPATH* April 22-26, 2013

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
CST Testing Schedule 
Periods Five and Six do not meet today
The Great Gatsby responses for Chapters 5-6 are due Friday for class discussion

Tuesday
CST Testing Schedule
Consumable Contemporary Composition textbook is due in class today and Thursday
F. Scott Fitzgerald's "Babylon Revisited" is assigned and responses are due Monday

Wednesday
CST Testing Schedule
Periods Five and Six do not meet today

Thursday
CST Testing Schedule
Letter to the editor is due today 
In-class timed writing assignment is scheduled today

Friday
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments
The Great Gatsby responses for Chapters 5-6 are due today for class discussion

Saturday, April 13, 2013

STUDYPATH* April 15-19, 2013

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
Read F. Scott Fitzgerald's short story "Winter Dreams" (Pages 585-601) by tomorrow (this was assigned last Thursday when the Mindset and Intelligence assignment was made); complete vocabulary 1-10 on pages 602-603 (write words not sentences); students will be tested on short story tomorrow in class
The Great Gatsby class discussion for Chapters 1-2 concludes in class

Tuesday
F. Scott Fitzgerald short story "Winter Dreams" assignment is due
Consumable Contemporary Composition textbook is due in class today, Wednesday and Thursday for writing assignment from "How Open Is The Door" unit
CST test preparation skills continue in class on selected days

Wednesday
Writer's Choice textbook is required in class; complete Page 554 #1-5 for three exercises--Exercises 23-24-25

Thursday
Letter to the editor from USA Today is due today
Timed in-class writing assignment from the Consumable Contemporary Composition textbook

Friday
The Great Gatsby Chapters 3-4 class discussion is scheduled; ten answers in complete sentences with textual evidence are due in class from handout provided Monday in class