Saturday, November 14, 2009

STUDYPATH* November 16-20, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six test is scheduled for Tuesday, and correct answers for that unit will be read in class on Monday so student papers may be checked. Units One-Six cumulative review pages will be begun in class on Thursday and completed at home; test due date will be announced in class.

The Clinton speech answers will be returned to students with a score and be transferred to the Reader/Writer notebooks, ending the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion unit. The next Secondary Periodic Assessment unit, Exposition, begins this week.

Grammar assigned from English Workshop will be due Thursday; bring textbook to class on Wednesday for grammar lesson.

Fahrenheit 451 novels have been distributed for the next reading and class discussion assignments; please write twenty-five talking points for Part I (The Hearth and the Salamander) of the novel. Class discussion is scheduled for Friday.

Anthologies are due in class on Monday and Tuesday as usual when the next set of ten literary terms will be reviewed. This test will be scheduled and announced in class.