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.
