Saturday, March 20, 2010

STUDYPATH* March 22-26, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Anthologies are due in class on Monday for tragic flaw and tragic hero lesson from Antigone. Antigone multiple choice exam is scheduled.

Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten test is scheduled for Monday. Unit Eleven is due on Thursday, March 25, with test scheduled for Friday, March 26.

To Kill A Mockingbird texts will be assigned by end of week in preparation for the upcoming Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis. Reading assignments will be scheduled for the first five chapters and talking points to accompany those chapters.

Grammar work continues with Holt Grammar textbooks with homework assigned from English Workshop.

Nonfiction, short story, and poetry genres begin in class anthology.

Saturday, March 13, 2010

STUDYPATH* March 15-19, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The California High School Exit Examination is administered this week on Tuesday and Wednesday. Students are encouraged to continue practicing skills in the book that was assigned and taken home.

Holt Grammar
lessons in preparation for the CAHSEE continue on Monday.

Antigone Scene Three graphic organizer and multiple choice handout is due on Thursday. Scenes Four and Five are scheduled for later this week.

Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten is due today, with the test to be scheduled.

Anthologies should be brought to class on Thursday and Friday for the continuation of Antigone.

Sunday, March 07, 2010

STUDYPATH* March 8-12, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Holt Grammar assignments will be made in class this week with accompanying assignments from English Workshop textbooks.

The persuasive essay on Antony's funeral speech is due online on Thursday, March 11. Use no contractions and no first or second-person pronouns when writing; gomyaccess.com features many devices such as spell check and my editor to assure an error-free essay and a high score. Rubric for this essay is available online at the web site by clicking the link to resources.

Antigone continues with Scene One; students must bring anthologies to class every day this week. Graphic organizer question number eight is due today.

Unit Ten Vocabulary Workshop answers are due on Monday, March 15 with the unit test to be scheduled.

Proofreading warm ups continue in class.