In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The screening of Truffaut's Fahrenheit 451 will be shown Tuesday, Wednesday, and Thursday in class. Vocabulary for the first part of the book will be reviewed briefly; definitions, parts of speech, syllabication, and diacritical markings will be due on Tuesday; test is scheduled for Wednesday in class, with spelling a critical component. Any unfinished class discussion on Part Three "Burning Bright" will be completed on Monday.
Students will read The Tragedy of Julius Caesar over the break completing various assignments that will be announced in class, including outlining portions of the prewriting assigned.
Students will complete and organize portfolios before week's end so that assignments are in order for review and scoring.
The Fahrenheit 451 "History of the Firemen" essay is due Monday. Follow directions on the prompt paper that was completed with prewriting annotations. The final test for the novel is scheduled before the end of this week.
"Finding the Right Key" lesson will be reviewed by Learning Team members and returned to students with a score.
Secondary Expository Assessment-Exposition multiple choice test taking skills will be assigned in class this week.
Saturday, December 12, 2009
Sunday, December 06, 2009
STUDYPATH* December 7-11, 2009
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Literary terms from the anthology will be reviewed today in class with the test scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday. Anthologies should be brought to class on Monday.
Fahrenheit 451 essay prompt will be presented to students so they may prewrite the essay; prewrites are due on Wednesday and the essay due date is Monday, December 14. Twenty-five talking points for Part Three "Burning Bright" are due on Friday for our usual class discussion. The discussion of Part Two was not completed by either class on Friday so books are due in class today for completion of the talking points' class discussion.
F451 vocabulary (ten words) will be reviewed in class on Friday with a quiz set: additional vocabulary for F451 will be assigned in class.
Grammar lessons this week include subordinate clauses assignments, with some work being done in class and some assigned as homework. English Workshop is not due this week in class; instead we will use the Holt Grammar Handbook which is a class set.
Cisneros' "Straw Into Gold" and Alexie's "Superman and Me" are both scheduled for in-class work as the Expository Secondary Periodic Assessment continues. Some multiple-choice practice will be completed in class to prepare for the next assessment.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Literary terms from the anthology will be reviewed today in class with the test scheduled for tomorrow, Tuesday. Anthologies should be brought to class on Monday.
Fahrenheit 451 essay prompt will be presented to students so they may prewrite the essay; prewrites are due on Wednesday and the essay due date is Monday, December 14. Twenty-five talking points for Part Three "Burning Bright" are due on Friday for our usual class discussion. The discussion of Part Two was not completed by either class on Friday so books are due in class today for completion of the talking points' class discussion.
F451 vocabulary (ten words) will be reviewed in class on Friday with a quiz set: additional vocabulary for F451 will be assigned in class.
Grammar lessons this week include subordinate clauses assignments, with some work being done in class and some assigned as homework. English Workshop is not due this week in class; instead we will use the Holt Grammar Handbook which is a class set.
Cisneros' "Straw Into Gold" and Alexie's "Superman and Me" are both scheduled for in-class work as the Expository Secondary Periodic Assessment continues. Some multiple-choice practice will be completed in class to prepare for the next assessment.
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