STUDYPATH* September 28-October 2, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

This week's blog debuts the weekly schedule in narrative form rather than in a day-by-day format.

Monday is an unassigned day so classes will resume on Tuesday, when students will take a literary terms test in class. "Ain't I A Woman," Sojourner Truth's speech will be discussed as part of the Secondary Periodic Assessment persuasion unit; multiple-choice practice for the persuasive SPA exam will also continue. "The Cold Equations" creative writing assignment is due today and should be stapled on top of the prewriting and prompt paper distributed last week. Textbook days will change slightly and require that the anthology is brought to class Mondays and Tuesday, while English Workshop is required on Wednesdays, Vocabulary Workshop on Thursday, and the assigned novel, Catcher in the Rye on Fridays. Students submitted five talking points for Chapters One-Five of the novel and will participate in a class discussion on Friday. Vocabulary Workshop Unit II answers are due on Thursday with a test date to be announced in class. Reader/Writer notebooks and "Say-Mean-Matter" comprehension strategies will be used with the Truth speech as well as speeches to be assigned from Clinton and Chavez. Students must return the letter to parents and the reading level signed documents. Cornell Notes now have been scored as has Homework One and all graded assignments will be returned; test on Cornell Notes to be announced. Vantage Writing Lab dates are Wednesday-Thursday for Period Five and Period One will receive its orientation on Wednesday--these students will be unable to use the lab but will be required to submit work online the same as Period Five students. Check teacher pages frequently as assignments are added and updated during the week.

STUDYPATH* September 21-25, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Check teacher pages for homework assignments
2. "The Cold Equations" Homework One due today
3. Cornell Notes on Bloom's Taxonomy and Vocabulary Workshop Skills continue
4. Textbook Days: Anthology (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday); Vocabulary Workshop (Thursday); Novel (Friday)

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Differentiated Assignment: Changing the Ending of "The Cold Equations" due date announced
2. Periodic Assessment: Persuasion (multiple choice practice)
3. Literary terms assigned; see teacher pages for specifics
4. Rhetorical Devices and Argument preparation for Persuasion Periodic Assessment

Wednesday
1. "The Bet" Anton Chekhov short story in class
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Reader/Writer Notebooks
3. Vocabulary Workshop Unit One due tomorrow; test Friday
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion (multiple choice practice)

Thursday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit One due today; test tomorrow
2. Literary terms test tomorrow
3. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two assigned; due Thursday of next week
4. "The Bet" short story in class
5. Meet in library tomorrow (Periods One and Five)

Friday
1. Literary terms test
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit One Test
3. Meet in library for STAR reading level testing

STUDYPATH* September 14-18, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Check teacher pages for homework assignments
2. Read the remainder of the short story "The Cold Equations"; download homework one and answer in detail (typed or or lined paper) Questions #1-6 due Friday, September 18
3. Cornell Notes on Bloom's Taxonomy and Vocabulary Workshop Skills continue
4. Textbook Days: Anthology (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday); Vocabulary Workshop (Thursday); Novel (Friday)

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Late work policy
2. Cornell Notes class orientation continues
3. Literary terms assigned; see teacher pages for specifics

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab orientation date to be announced
2. Cornell Notes class orientation continues
3. "The Cold Equations" differentiated assignment--"Changing the Ending" to be announced
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion (multiple choice practice)

Thursday
1. Vocabulary Workshop assignment to be announced
2. Literary terms test tomorrow

Friday
1. Literary terms test
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* September 9-11, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Wednesday
1. Textbooks assigned
2. Program cards signed
3. Seating assignment designated
4. Teacher Pages homework assignment

Thursday
1. Teacher Pages homework assignment
2. Literary terms
3. Class Orientation Day One

Friday
1. Class Orientation Day Two
2. Teacher Pages homework assignment
3. Anthologies due in class today and Monday
4. Check blog and teacher pages this weekend for next week's agendas