IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS
Monday
1. Meet in Hollywood High School Library for STAR Reading Level diagnostic and Accelerated Reader book choice; anthologies not required until Thursday in Room 120
2. Literary Terms resume on Thursday; test on terms on Friday, September 14
3. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" prewriting due tomorrow in Vantage Lab, Room 701; use "Yes-No" debate article and "Too Early for Teens" to form an opinion
4. Grammar to be assigned in class this week
5. Marks update issued and distributed to students
6. "Why Johnny Can't Pass Hit Fitness Test" essays scored and returned to students
Tuesday
1. Meet in Vantage Lab, Room 701 for gomyaccess.com orientation and prewriting for "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay
2. Rubric for persuasive essay reviewed on gomyaccess.com website
3. Anthologies due in class on Thursday
Wednesday
1. Meet in Vantage Lab, Room 701 to complete essay begun on Tuesday
2. Meet in Room 120 on Thursday and Friday of this week
3. Dialectical Journals are being scored and returned to students
Thursday
1. Meet in Room 120; anthology is required for "The Cold Equations" and literary terms
2. Review of Speech Analysis and Rhetorical Devices; Bill Clinton speech assigned as homework; reader/writer notebooks Cornell Notes continue in class
3. Academic Vocabulary introduced in preparation for Persuasive Periodic Assessment
Friday
1. Anthology required for "The Cold Equations" and "Changing the Ending" differentiated assignment scheduled for Godwin's short story
2. Literary Terms test today in class
3. Reader/Writer notebooks Cornell Notes completed in class; review of rhetorical devices for Bill Clinton speech that was previously assigned
4. Weekend homework assignments to be announced
