Wednesday, April 26, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday April 26, 2006

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1. Julius Caesar Act V and What Happens In Act V due Wednesday, April 26; Final Exam on Julius Caesar on Friday, April 28
2. Response to Literature Periodic Assessment (Week of May 1-5); Good Luck!
3. Grammar Wednesday-Friday April 26-28; HRW Text Pages 1040-1041; 1043; 1052; English Workshop Pages 81-82; 177-178; 291-292 due Monday, May 1, 2006
4. Literary Terms 51-60 Test Monday, May 1
5. Accelerated Reader or Essays on Dialectical Journals due Monday, May 1 (original deadline was extended by one week)
6. All Caesar assignments (selection tests and graphic organizers) to be scored in class Wednesday-Friday, April 26-28
7. Response to Literature Essays (two copies for triad members) on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle scored and returned to students by Monday, April 24
8. Common Assessment-The Play (Vantage Writing Lab) Prompt on gomayaccess.com; lab visit scheduled on Tuesday/Wednesday May 2 and 3
9. Unit Tests on Cases Two (Period Four) and Three (Period Six) in class on Friday, April 28; Water Conservation (Water Politics) Research Paper Writing Workshop (to be assigned); Water Cases Four and Five both due on Tuesday, May 2 (Periods Four/Six)
10.Julius Caesar 1953 MGM Film-screened in class on Thursday-Friday, April 27-28









 

Sunday, April 23, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, April 24, 2006

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1. Julius Caesar Act V and What Happens In Act V due Wednesday, April 26; Final Exam on Julius Caesar on Friday, April 28
2. Unit Ten “Level E” Vocabulary Test Monday, April 24
3. Grammar Wednesday-Friday April 26-28; HRW Text Pages 1040-1041; 1043; 1052; English Workshop Pages 81-82; 177-178; 291-292 due Monday, May 1, 2006
4. Literary Terms 41-50 Test Monday, April 24
5. Accelerated Reader or Essays on Dialectical Journals due Monday, April 24; this original deadline has been extended one week to Monday, May 1
6. Response to Literature practice exam in class Monday and Tuesday, April 24, 25 (no textbooks necessary in class)(bring textbooks on Wednesday for grammar assignments)
7. Response to Literature Essays (two copies for triad members) on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle scored and returned to students by Monday, April 24
8. Common Assessment-The Play (Vantage Writing Lab) Prompt on gomayaccess.com; lab visit scheduled on Tuesday/Wednesday May 2 and 3
9. Unit Tests on Cases Two (Period Four) and Three (Period Six) in class on Monday, April 24; Water Conservation (Water Politics) Research Paper Writing Workshop (to be assigned); Water Cases Four and Five both due on Monday, April 24 (Periods Four/Six)

Wednesday, April 19, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, April 19, 2006

1. All Caesar handouts (Acts I-IV) completed and due by Friday, April 21
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten due Friday, April 21; test on Monday, April 24
3. Literary Terms 41-50 (meter-personification) Test Monday, April 24
4. Water Cases Four and Five assigned to Periods Four and Six; due Monday, April 24
5. CST Practice (Tuesday and Thursday dispatches)
6. Textbook Checks (various days)
7. Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle excerpt response to literature essays (triads) due Friday, April 21
8. Common Assessment-Mark Antony’s Funeral Speech in Vantage Lab-date to be announced
9. Julius Caesar Act V to be completed by end of week; What Happens in Act V and Act V Selection Test due by end of class Friday, April 21
10.Water Conservation (Water Politics) Research Paper Writing Workshop (to be assigned)
11.Accelerated Reader Tests or Essays on Dialectical Journals due by Monday, April 24

Monday, April 17, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, April 17, 2006

1. Julius Caesar Act IV and What Happens In Act IV handout completed
2. Unit Ten “Level E” Vocabulary (Pages 117-123 Due Friday, April 21); Test Monday, April 24
3. Vocabulary Workshop Cumulative Review (Pages 114-116) due Tuesday, April 18; Test on Wednesday, April 19
4. Literary Terms 31-40 Test Monday, April 17
5. Accelerated Reader or Essays on Dialectical Journals due Monday, April 24
6. Hollywood High School Library Book Fair, Monday, April 17
7. Response to Literature Essays (two copies for triad members) on Upton Sinclair’s The Jungle excerpt due today, Monday, April 17
8.Common Assessment-The Play (Vantage Writing Lab) to be assigned and scheduled
9.Water Politics Project Case Two (Period Four) and Case Three (Period Six) due Monday, April 17; Unit Tests on Cases Two and Three in class Monday, April 17

Thursday, April 13, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, April 12, 2006

1. All Caesar handouts completed and due by Friday, April 14
2. Vocabulary Workshop Review Units Seven-Nine (pages 105-113) due Friday, April 14; test in class on Monday, April 17
3. Literary Terms 31-40 Test Monday, April 17
4. English Workshop Pages 125-126; 169-170 due Friday, April 14; Corrected work on Friday, April 14 (Periods Four/Six)
5. CST Practice (Tuesday and Thursday dispatches)
6. Textbook Checks (various days)
7. Water Politics project Case Three due Monday, April 17 (Period Six only)
8. Water Politics project Case Two due Monday, April 17 (Period Four only)
9. Response to Literature Essay Practice (Booklet and Prompt issued Friday, April 14); Two Essays (triads) due Monday, 4/17
10.Research Paper Writing Workshop (to be assigned)

Monday, April 10, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, April 10, 2006

1. Julius Caesar Act II and What Happens In Act II handout completed
2. Unit Nine “Level E” Vocabulary Test Monday, April 10
3. Vocabulary Workshop Review Units Seven-Nine (pages 105-113) due Friday, April 14
4. Literary Terms 21-30 Test Monday, April 10
5. Periodic Assessment makeups due no later than Tuesday, April 11
6. Julius Caesar graphic organizer, vocabulary, and grammar component due Monday, April 10
7. English Workshop Pages 125-126; 169-170 due Friday, April 14
8. CST Practice (Tuesday and Thursday dispatches)
9. Conjunctions, Interjections and Clauses Grammar in class this week
10.Textbook Checks (various days)
11.“Time” Expository Essays returned Monday, April 3
12.Water Politics project-video and Case Two due Wednesday, April 12

Wednesday, April 05, 2006

Assignment Menu Wednesday, April 5, 2006

1. Julius Caesar Act II, Scenes 1, 2 and "What Happens in Act II" handout completed in triads
2. Unit Nine, Level "E" Workshop completed by Friday, April 7; Unit Nine Vocabulary Test on Monday
3. Grammar-Tense Consistency Quiz on Wednesday, April 5; Active-Passive Voice English Workshop 231-232 due Friday
4. CST Practice-Tuesdays and Thursdays
5. Water Politics-Case II due Monday, April 10
6. Literary Terms Quiz (Words 21-30) on Friday, April 7
7. Makeups for Expository Periodic Assessments on Friday, April 7
8. Complete Act II Test on Julius Caesar in class with triads

Sunday, April 02, 2006

Assignment Menu Monday, April 3, 2006

1. Julius Caesar Act II and What Happens In Act II handout completed
2. Unit Nine, Level “E” Workshop completed by Friday, April 7; Unit Nine Test Monday
3. Proofreading Warm Ups submitted (corrections and rewrites)
4. Literary Terms 21-30 (study terms in handout); test on Friday, April 7
5. Julius Caesar Act I Essay (exchanged in triads on Monday; rewrites due Wednesday, April 5
6. English Workshop Verb Tense Consistency Pages 229-230 due Tuesday, April 4 (HRW Textbook 1027-1028 in class)
7. Complete Act I Test Julius Caesar and What Happens in Act I; submit Tuesday, April 4
8. CST Practice (Tuesday and Thursday dispatches)
9. Shakespeare’s Stratford Outlines and Act I Essays due Monday, April 3 (Period Six only)
10.Textbook Checks (various days)
11.“Time” Expository Essays returned Monday, April 3
12.Water Politics project-video and Case One due Tuesday, April 4