STUDYPATH* October 27-31, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Homework2pdf. due today
2. Units One-Three Cumulative assignment due Wednesday; test to be scheduled
3. Persuasion Periodic Assessment ends; Expository Periodic Assessment begins
4. Catcher in the Rye class discussion on Chapters 21-26; talking points due today
5. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Expository Periodic Assessment assignment
2. Catcher in the Rye essay assigned as timed writing
3. Literary Terms continued; test to be scheduled

Wednesday
1. Units One-Three Cumulative assignment due in class today; test on Monday
2. "Straw Into Gold" homework assignment
3. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Multiple-Choice strategies for the Expository Periodic Assessment
2. "Straw into Gold" by Sandra Cisneros; reader/writer notebooks and class discussion

Friday
1. Timed writing in class of The Catcher in the Rye essay
2. Literary Terms test
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due today

STUDYPATH* October 20-24, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Catcher in the Rye Chapters 21-26 talking points due Monday, October 27 for class discussion
2. Literary Terms
3. Grammar assignment
4. Speeches for Persuasion Periodic Assessment on Wednesday in class
5. Unit One-Three Vocabulary Cumulative Test on Tuesday, October 28
6. Practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment administered Thursday and Friday of this week
2. Practice for speeches in class tomorrow
3. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Speeches in class for Persuasion Secondary Periodic Assessment Unit
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment administered Thursday and Friday

Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment Day One
2. Homework to be announced

Friday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment Day Two
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Catcher in the Rye Chapters 21-26 class discussion postponed to Monday; talking points due in class

STUDYPATH* October 13-17, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. "The Cold Equations" Changing the Ending assignment scored and returned to students
2. Back-To-School Night Thursday, October 16
3. Literary Terms test on Wednesday
4. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Sixteen-Twenty talking points due on Friday for class discussion
5. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion Unit; multiple-choice test taking strategies and Clinton-Chavez speeches
6. Index card with topic for student speech due in class today
7. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test tomorrow

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop test today; books required in class
2. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essays assigned; due date announced
3. Homework2 pdf. due on Friday, October 24
4. Literary Terms test tomorrow

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms test in class today
2. Back-To-School Night tomorrow night 5:30-7:30 P.M. in Room 422
3. Talking points due Friday for Catcher in the Rye
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment strategies continued
5. Grammar assignment
6. Advisories-Scholastic Aptitude Test

Thursday
1. Back-To-School Night 5:30-7:30 P.M. in Room 422
2. Portfolios organized in class tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment strategies continued
5. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; due date announced
6. Student speeches dates to be announced

Friday
1. Portfolios organized
2. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Sixteen-Twenty class discussion; talking points due
3. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* October 6-10, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Changing the Ending creative writing for "The Cold Equations" deadline now set at Friday, October 10; see last week's blog for format requirements
2. Unit Two Vocabulary test today; books are required in class
3. Catcher in the Rye class discussion continues in class today; book required
4. Grammar assignment
5. Literary Terms continued; test on Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Clinton speech strategies continued in class for Periodic Assessment practice
2. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Eleven-Fifteen due Friday; five talking points per chapter
3. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due Monday; test on Tuesday
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice

Wednesday
1. Clinton speech strategies continued in class
2. Catcher in the Rye talking points due Friday for in-class discussion
3. Grammar assignment
4. Thursday is Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
5. Literary Terms test
6. Homework2 pdf due Friday, October 24

Thursday
1. Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
2. Portfolios organized in class tomorrow; bring scored assignments

Friday
1. Catcher in the Rye class discussion on Chapters Eleven-Fifteen; book required
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due in class Monday
4. Portfolios organized