STUDYPATH* December 1-5, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. "The Bet" letter to the editor due today (see format suggestion at end of this week's blog)
2. Anthologies due in class all week for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
3. Literary Terms
4. Homework Three printout due in class for in-class assignment
5. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test on Friday
6. Grammar assignment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Act II
2. ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org outline due December 15
3. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Caesar Acts II and III
2. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Caesar Acts II and III continued
2. Grammar assignment

Friday
1. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary Workshop test today
2. Caesar Act III
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Literary Terms test today

"The Bet" Letter to the Editor format suggestion:

Letter to the Editor (center title on top line of paper); make sure standards are in upper right hand corner; do not pass margin; skip one line after title for text; this letter is in block form, meaning all text begins inside left hand margin

November 25, 2008

Editor
The Crimson Chronicle
1521 N. Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028


Dear Editor:

I am writing this letter to state my opinion regarding capital punishment. I firmly believe that capital punishment is inhumane and unjust...

(this is sample text; your letter must be different from the sample text)


Respectfully,

Suzy Student (signed)

Suzy Student (typed)

STUDYPATH* November 24-28, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Six Vocabulary test today in class
2. Grammar assignment from anthology
3. Anthologies due in class for Caesar Act I, Scenes 2,3
4. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary due on Monday
5. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essays due today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Act I, Scenes 2, 3 continued
2. Anthologies due in class; grammar assignment
3. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday; format introduced in class

Wednesday
1. School holiday Thursday and Friday
2. Caesar Act I continued; Act II assignment
3. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary due Monday

Thursday
1. Thanksgiving Day holiday

Friday
1. School holiday

STUDYPATH* November 17-21, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop test
2. Review of Cornell Notes; poetry unit exam tomorrow
3. "The Man He Killed" Thomas Hardy poem assignment
4. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Poetry Unit exam today
2. Grammar assignment
3. Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due Friday

Wednesday
1. Shakespeare in American Communities assignment
2. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essay tomorrow in class timed writing
3. Literary terms
4. www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org

Thursday
1. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essay in class
2. "The Bet" letter to the editor due tomorrow

Friday
1. "The Bet" letter to the editor due
2. Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test Monday
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Anthologies due in class Monday for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

STUDYPATH* November 10-14, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop test today
2. Poetry Unit continues; Raleigh-Marlowe-Housman essay assigned
3. Literary Terms (next ten terms with test to be scheduled)
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice
5. Grammar lesson in class

Tuesday
1. Veterans Day school holiday
2. Poetry Unit continues Wednesday

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms continue all week
2. Poetry Unit Raleigh-Marlowe-Housman essay prewriting due
3. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; postponed from last week
4. Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop answers due Friday; test on Monday

Thursday
1. Unit Five Vocabulary answers due Friday; books required in class tomorrow
2. Poetry Unit continues

Friday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five test today Monday
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment
3. Grammar lesson in class
4. Weekend homework to be announced
5. Literary Terms test today in class
6. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday

STUDYPATH* November 3-7, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers due Thursday; test on Friday
2. Catcher in the Rye final essay timed writing in class Thursday; prewriting due Tuesday
3. Literary Terms in class; test to be scheduled
4. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due today; make certain spell-grammar check is used with no use of "you" or contractions
5. Grammar lesson in class
6. Poetry Unit begins

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice
2. Poetry Unit continues
3. Literary Terms in class; test on Wednesday
4. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; due Monday

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms test in class
2. Poetry Unit continues
3. Catcher in the Rye essay timed writing in class tomorrow; prewriting is mandatory and must be stapled behind essay
4. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers due tomorrow; test on Friday

Thursday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary answers due today; books required in class tomorrow
2. Catcher in the Rye final essay in class timed writing

Friday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four test today; books required in class
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment
3. Grammar lesson in class
4. Weekend homework to be announced
5. New set of ten literary terms introduced
6. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday