Saturday, May 29, 2010

STUDYPATH* May 31-June 4, 2010

In-class assignment and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

All pages in Vocabulary Workshop between the end of Unit Fifteen and the Final Mastery Test are due in class. To help facilitate the submission of this assignment because the Tuesday field trip to UCLA is so important, Wednesday is permissible as the due date. Likewise, the answers for five of the twelve questions for To Kill A Mockingbird will also be due on Wednesday.

Multiple choice in preparation for the upcoming Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis will be completed in class.

"Lamb to the Slaughter" multiple choice and essay prompt will be completed in class.

Students will access internet sources using laptop computer cart on Wednesday and Thursday in class in preparation for the June 7 research paper deadline.

English Workshop and the tenth grade anthologies should be returned beginning Tuesday so these texts may be submitted to the textbook room.

Monday is a legal holiday, Memorial Day, and classes are not in session.

Sunday, May 23, 2010

STUDYPATH* May 24-28, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR


Friday is a scheduled furlough day; classes are not in session.

Students continue practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis by completing sample multiple choice items, identifying not only correct answers but justifying two or more skills necessary to successfully complete each item, including discussion of stems and answer choices.

To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters class discussion continues for both classes on Monday.

Jury duty research paper is assigned with a due date of June 7; students access OWL (Online Writing Lab) online to ascertain formatting and style requirements. Thesis statements, working outlines, and sources list are returned so students may begin writing draft of paper. To Kill A Mockingbird is scheduled to be screened Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday of this week.

Holt Grammar and English Workshop continues in class and as homework.

Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for Tuesday; answers to Unit Fifteen textbook activities will be announced Monday.

Saturday, May 15, 2010

STUDYPATH* May 17-21, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

California Standards Test schedule is in effect this week.

Period One meets Monday, Wednesday, and Friday.

Period Five meets Tuesday, Thursday, and Friday.

Students continue practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis by completing sample multiple choice items, identifying not only correct answers but justifying two or more skills necessary to successfully complete each item, including discussion of stems and answer choices.

To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Twenty-Six to Thirty-One talking points are due in class on Friday for class discussion. Class discussion continues for both classes on Monday.

Jury duty research paper is assigned with a due date of June 7; students access OWL (Online Writing Lab) online to ascertain formatting and style requirements. An essay that precedes the jury duty research paper is assigned on gomyaccess.com and was due on Friday.

Holt Grammar and English Workshop continues in class and as homework.

Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Workshop is due Friday; test is scheduled for Monday before the wrap up class discussion.

Friday assignment: Record in reader/writer notebooks the preliminary outline for research paper, the thesis statement, and a list of sources to be accessed.

Sunday, May 09, 2010

STUDYPATH* May 10-14, 2010

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Students continue practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis by completing sample multiple choice items, identifying not only correct answers but justifying two or more skills necessary to successfully complete each item, including discussion of stems and answer choices.

To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five talking points are due in class on Friday for class discussion. Class discussion continues for both classes on Monday.

Jury duty research paper is assigned this week; students access OWL (Online Writing Lab) online to ascertain formatting and style requirements. An essay that precedes the jury duty research paper is assigned on gomyaccess.com and due on Friday.

Holt Grammar and English Workshop continues in class and as homework.

Unit Fourteen Vocabulary Workshop is due Thursday; test is scheduled for Friday before the class discussion.