In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers are due today; test is scheduled for Wednesday.
Planning for the persuasive essay in-class speeches is scheduled for today; index cards for notes are distributed as students work to plan remarks. Logical, ethical, and emotional appeals and a call to action are required for the three-minute delivery.
New literary terms are introduced; test is scheduled for Thursday.
Cesar Chavez speech response are due today.
Tuesday
Multiple choice strategies and skills for the upcoming (SPA) Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion are covered.
Literary terms are continued in class.
Wednesday
Multiple choice strategies and skills for the SPA continue in class.
Literary terms test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Persuasive essay speeches begin in class today.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four test is scheduled for today.
Thursday
Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop responses are due Monday; test day will be announced.
Persuasive essay speeches continue in class today.
Friday
Weekend homework will be announced.
Persuasive essay speeches continue in class today.
Catcher in the Rye novels are assigned and talking points are due next Friday (five talking points per chapter for Chapters One-Five); class discussion is set for November 12.
Friday, October 29, 2010
Saturday, October 23, 2010
STUDYPATH* October 25-29, 2010
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Screening of Fahrenheit 451 continues in class today.
Unit One-Three Vocabulary Workshop answers are announced; test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Literary terms from the anthology are introduced.
Cesar Chavez speech is assigned and responses due Thursday.
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Unit One-Three Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.
Wednesday
Literary terms from the anthology are continued in class; test date is announced.
Multiple choice skills for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion are scheduled.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four answers are due on Monday.
Thursday
Literary terms test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Chavez speech is discussed in class and assigned responses discussed.
Friday
The persuasive essay is due today; rewrites are to be stapled on top of the originals and the essays must be typed.
Weekend homework will be announced.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Screening of Fahrenheit 451 continues in class today.
Unit One-Three Vocabulary Workshop answers are announced; test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Literary terms from the anthology are introduced.
Cesar Chavez speech is assigned and responses due Thursday.
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Unit One-Three Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today.
Wednesday
Literary terms from the anthology are continued in class; test date is announced.
Multiple choice skills for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion are scheduled.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four answers are due on Monday.
Thursday
Literary terms test is scheduled for tomorrow.
Chavez speech is discussed in class and assigned responses discussed.
Friday
The persuasive essay is due today; rewrites are to be stapled on top of the originals and the essays must be typed.
Weekend homework will be announced.
Saturday, October 16, 2010
STUDYPATH* October 18-22, 2010
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Literary terms are reviewed in class and test date is announced.
Fahrenheit 451 essay on censorship is due on Thursday.
Students in Periods One and Three, and selected students in period Five deliver the Sojourner Truth speech to peers.
Multiple choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion continues in class.
Vocabulary Workshop books must be brought to class today for assignment of Unit One-Three Review.
Response for the Clinton speech are due in class today.
Tuesday
Literary terms test is scheduled for today.
Read Around Groups for the persuasive essay are scheduled in class; rewrites due date is announced.
Wednesday
The next ten literary terms from the anthology are introduced.
Persuasive essay read around groups continue in class today.
Thursday
Film screening of Fahrenheit 451 is scheduled for today.
Friday
Film screening of Fahrenheit 451 is scheduled for today.
Weekend homework is announced.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Literary terms are reviewed in class and test date is announced.
Fahrenheit 451 essay on censorship is due on Thursday.
Students in Periods One and Three, and selected students in period Five deliver the Sojourner Truth speech to peers.
Multiple choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion continues in class.
Vocabulary Workshop books must be brought to class today for assignment of Unit One-Three Review.
Response for the Clinton speech are due in class today.
Tuesday
Literary terms test is scheduled for today.
Read Around Groups for the persuasive essay are scheduled in class; rewrites due date is announced.
Wednesday
The next ten literary terms from the anthology are introduced.
Persuasive essay read around groups continue in class today.
Thursday
Film screening of Fahrenheit 451 is scheduled for today.
Friday
Film screening of Fahrenheit 451 is scheduled for today.
Weekend homework is announced.
Sunday, October 10, 2010
STUDYPATH* October 11-15, 2010
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Class discussion of Farenheit 451 Part II continues in class; books are required.
"Ain't I A Woman" Sojourner Truth speech is reviewed as students practice oratory skills.
Persuasive essay assigned last week is due tomorrow; no late assignments are accepted.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three is reviewed; test is postponed until tomorrow.
Literary terms twenty-one to thirty are reviewed in class and the next test is scheduled.
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Clinton speech is assigned as homework; students respond to speech by answering questions from the Secondary Periodic Assessment content lessons.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three test is scheduled for today.
Persuasive essay is due today; no late assignments are accepted.
Wednesday
Tenth grade students are scheduled to take the PSAT examination today.
Thursday
Tenth grade students are scheduled to take the CAHSEE Diagnostic examination today.
Friday
Fahrenheit 451 Part III talking points are due today for class discussion.
Weekend homework will be assigned.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Class discussion of Farenheit 451 Part II continues in class; books are required.
"Ain't I A Woman" Sojourner Truth speech is reviewed as students practice oratory skills.
Persuasive essay assigned last week is due tomorrow; no late assignments are accepted.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three is reviewed; test is postponed until tomorrow.
Literary terms twenty-one to thirty are reviewed in class and the next test is scheduled.
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
Clinton speech is assigned as homework; students respond to speech by answering questions from the Secondary Periodic Assessment content lessons.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Three test is scheduled for today.
Persuasive essay is due today; no late assignments are accepted.
Wednesday
Tenth grade students are scheduled to take the PSAT examination today.
Thursday
Tenth grade students are scheduled to take the CAHSEE Diagnostic examination today.
Friday
Fahrenheit 451 Part III talking points are due today for class discussion.
Weekend homework will be assigned.
Sunday, October 03, 2010
STUDYPATH* October 4-8, 2010
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Fahrenheit 451 Part I class discussion continues; talking points for Part II "The Sieve and the Sand" are due Friday for class discussion.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two test is scheduled for today; Unit Three answers are due Friday.
Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion essay due date is announced after Cornell Notes and opinion statements are reviewed.
Multiple choice practice for the upcoming periodic assessment continues in class.
Literary terms test on terms Eleven-Twenty is scheduled for tomorrow.
Tuesday
Multiple choice practice continues in class with "thinking about how you think" strategies introduced previously.
Introduction to the Secondary Periodic Assessment Speeches begins with Sojourner Truth, Cesar Chavez and Bill Clinton assignments.
Literary terms Eleven-Twenty test is scheduled for today; new terms Twenty-One to Thirty are reviewed.
Fahrenheit 451 "The History of the Fireman" essay is assigned and due date announced.
Wednesday
Grammar assignment is completed in class.
Literary terms review is continued in class.
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker short story selection is reviewed and inference questions assigned.
Cornell notes in Reader/Writer notebooks are continued in class.
Thursday
Grammar assignment is completed in class.
Speeches for the Secondary Periodic Assessment are scheduled for class activity today.
Friday
Twenty-five talking points for Part II of Fahrenheit 451 are due today before class discussion.
Weekend homework is announced.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Monday
Fahrenheit 451 Part I class discussion continues; talking points for Part II "The Sieve and the Sand" are due Friday for class discussion.
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two test is scheduled for today; Unit Three answers are due Friday.
Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion essay due date is announced after Cornell Notes and opinion statements are reviewed.
Multiple choice practice for the upcoming periodic assessment continues in class.
Literary terms test on terms Eleven-Twenty is scheduled for tomorrow.
Tuesday
Multiple choice practice continues in class with "thinking about how you think" strategies introduced previously.
Introduction to the Secondary Periodic Assessment Speeches begins with Sojourner Truth, Cesar Chavez and Bill Clinton assignments.
Literary terms Eleven-Twenty test is scheduled for today; new terms Twenty-One to Thirty are reviewed.
Fahrenheit 451 "The History of the Fireman" essay is assigned and due date announced.
Wednesday
Grammar assignment is completed in class.
Literary terms review is continued in class.
"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker short story selection is reviewed and inference questions assigned.
Cornell notes in Reader/Writer notebooks are continued in class.
Thursday
Grammar assignment is completed in class.
Speeches for the Secondary Periodic Assessment are scheduled for class activity today.
Friday
Twenty-five talking points for Part II of Fahrenheit 451 are due today before class discussion.
Weekend homework is announced.
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