Sunday, September 30, 2007

October 1-5, 2007

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS


Monday
1. “Through the Tunnel” graphic organizer/vocabulary/multiple-choice in class this week
2. Annotations in reader/writer notebooks for speaking/debating skills
3. Level “E” Vocabulary Unit Three answers due in class today
4. Grammar Page Nine and Ten assigned as homework; due Tuesday
5. Textbook Weekly Schedule: Anthology M-TH; Vocabulary F
6. Literary Terms 11-20 test in class this week
7. Editorial prewriting assigned from “The Bet” and due in class tomorrow in Vantage Lab—Meet in Vantage Lab on Tuesday, October 2
8. Index cards to prepare for Periodic Assessment Persuasive Speech due in class

Tuesday

1. Vantage Writing Lab scheduled today, October 2 for editorial writing assignment
2. Academic Vocabulary Cornell Notes continued in class in reader/writer notebooks
3. Grammar homework Pages 7/8 assigned as homework due today
4. Unit Three Level “E” Vocabulary test in class today
5. Literary Terms 11-20 test today in class
6. Violence in Video Games essay prompt assigned in class; essay due Monday

Wednesday

1. Practice for the Persuasive Periodic Assessment
2. Grammar assigned as homework
3. “Violence in Video Games” essay assigned; essay due Monday
4. Back To School Night tomorrow night

Thursday (Minimum Day) BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT

1. Review of Speech Analysis and Rhetorical Devices for Cesar Chavez speech
2. Reader/Writer Notebook Cornell Notes continue for rhetorical devices
3. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasive) practice in class
4. Academic Vocabulary for Persuasive Secondary Periodic Assessment continued
5. Literary Terms next set of ten introduced

Friday

1. Weekend homework to be announced, including grammar
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasive) practice continues
3. Unit Four Level “E” Vocabulary assigned today; answers due in class Monday
4. Vocabulary Workshop textbooks due in class today