STUDYPATH* January 9-13, 2012

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Shakespeare web sites outlining assignment (six sections) is due today
Units Eight and Nine Vocabulary Workshop are due today
Work in Perspectives in Multicultural Literature continues in class this week
Introduction to the Elizabethans and William Shakespeare is scheduled this week;
prereading begins for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop responses are due; test is scheduled for tomorrow
USA Today letter to the editor is due today

Tuesday
Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today
Multiple choice practice for the Periodic Assessment is scheduled for today

Wednesday
Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poem assigned; due date to be announced
Preparing to read The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by William Shakespeare is scheduled in class
Unit Nine Vocabulary Workshop responses are due today; test is scheduled for Friday

Thursday
USA Today letter to the editor is now due on Monday, not Thursday of the following week
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I is scheduled today

Friday
Weekend homework will be announced
Caesar Act I continues in class
Multiple choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment continues in class
Unit Nine Vocabulary Workshop test

Winter Break Assignments

Complete an outline in preparation for the study of the Elizabethans, William Shakespeare, and The Tragedy of Julius Caesar by accessing two web sites listed on the previous blog entry; the shakespeareinamericancommunities.org and bardweb.net sites are available as links by clicking on the appropriate listings. Six sections must be outlined.

Complete Unit Eight and Nine Vocabulary Workshop answers.

All winter break assignments are due the first day back, January 9, 2012.

Questions or concerns, e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net and I will reply.

STUDYPATH* December 12-16, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Winter break homework is discussed in class; outlining Shakespeare in American Communities text and bardweb.net text due January 9
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for tomorrow; responses are announced in class
Catcher in the Rye essay is due tomorrow evening

Tuesday
Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled for today
Catcher in the Rye essay is due this evening at 11:59 P.M. on turnitin.com web site
Outlining Shakespeare example provided on overhead; outlining protocol example provided on Box (see Box downloadable assignments on this web log)

Wednesday
Perspectives in Multicultural Literature nonfiction selections continue in class, including After You Read short answer and multiple choice completion for "Coming of Age...Threshold to Adulthood" selections
Multiple choice practice for the upcoming Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition is scheduled for today
Return Catcher in the Rye books today through Friday; no books accepted for textbook return by teacher if they are not signed back in by this Friday

Thursday
USA Today response to cartoon speech balloon is due today; the letter to the editor for today's in-class edition of the newspaper is due Monday, January 9

Friday
Winter break homework is discussed in class with deadlines set for outlining of Shakespeare in American Communities and bardweb.net web sites
Winter break homework for Vocabulary Workshop units are discussed in class

STUDYPATH* December 5-9, 2011

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
Catcher in the Rye class discussion for Chapters 21-end of book is scheduled for today
Vocabulary Workshop Units One-Six cumulative test is scheduled in class today

Tuesday
Catcher in the Rye class discussion for Chapters 21-26 continues in class today
Catcher in the Rye essay is assigned; essay must be completed on turnitin.com and due date will be announced

Wednesday
Perspectives in Multicultural Literature reading selections are covered in class this week
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven answers are due Friday; test is scheduled for Monday

Thursday
Perspectives in Multicultural Literature reading selections continue in class
USA Today letter to the editor is scheduled today

Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven answers are due today
Weekend homework will be announced
Catcher in the Rye essay is due Tuesday, December 13 at 11:59 P.M. on turnitin.com web site