Friday, February 26, 2016

STUDYPATH* February 29-March 4, 2016

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday February 29
Interim Assessment is scheduled in class
Freedom Americanism paper is due (hard copy)
Antigone play postponed to next week; anthologies are not required in class this week
Political cartoon #1, 2, 3, 4, 5 and 1, 2 and 3 are due in class today

Tuesday March 1
Vocabulary Workshop unit review test is scheduled
Vocabulary Workshop textbooks are required in class

Wednesday March 2
Interim Assessment is scheduled in class
Holt Grammar textbook is due in class; Page 110 Exercises 1 and 2 are due in class today

Thursday March 3
Interim Assessment is scheduled in class
Film screening Day One is scheduled

Friday March 4
Interim Assessment is scheduled in class
Film screening Day One is scheduled
Dialectical journals for To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 16-20 (one per chapter) are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.; class discussion is scheduled to Friday, March 11

AGENDA BIN:
Research paper deadline is April 1; library dates are March 9-10-11

Saturday, February 20, 2016

STUDYPATH* February 22-26, 2016

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday February 22 (SPECIAL BELL SCHEDULE FOR SHELTER-IN-PLACE DRILL)
Vocabulary Workshop review assignments for Units Ten, Eleven and Twelve are due Thursday
Resiliency Unit continues in class
Americanism Freedom paper is scheduled in class this week and due date set
Holt Grammar textbook is required in class Wednesday
Multiple choice practice is scheduled this week
"Letter to the Birmingham Jail" unit Martin Luther King, Jr. unit to be scheduled
Dialectical journals for To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Eleven-Fifteen are due Friday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.
Antigone is scheduled in class; anthologies are required in class all week and play and author responses are due tomorrow
Letter to the Editor is due Thursday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M.

Tuesday February 23
Antigone play and author responses are due today in class (hard copy); play dramatic reenactment is scheduled in class all week

Wednesday February 24
Holt Grammar textbook is required in class for grammar assignment
Antigone continues in class

Thursday February 25
Review units Ten, Eleven and Twelve are due in class from Vocabulary Workshop
Antigone continues in class
Letter to the Editor is due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site

Friday February 26
Dialectical journals (one per chapter) are due by 8:30 A.M. on turnitin.com web site for To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Eleven-Fifteen)
Class discussion on To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 11-15 is scheduled

AGENDA BIN:
Jury verdict fairness research paper dates scheduled for March 9-10-11 in library (see previous blog for library assignments)

Sunday, February 14, 2016

STUDYPATH* February 15-19, 2016

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday February 15
Today is Presidents' Day, a legal holiday, and classes are not in session

Tuesday February 16
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Twelve responses are due Wednesday; test is scheduled Thursday
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V concludes in class by Wednesday
"What Freedom Means to Me" Americanism paper prewriting is scheduled and due date set

Wednesday February 17
Holt Grammar textbook is due in class for grammar assignment (Chapter Review Pages 61-63 Review C 26-35 and Review E 46-50)
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Twelve responses are due

Thursday February 19
Introduction to Sophocles and Antigone
To Kill A Mockingbird dialectical journals for Chapters 6-10 are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. (two per chapter)
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Twelve test is scheduled

Friday February 19
To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 6-10 class discussion is scheduled
Introduction to Sophocles and Antigone continues
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
Research paper for jury verdicts is scheduled in the library March 9, 10 and 11

  1. Research techniques, library guides, digital library 
  2. Relevant sources and permissible web sites
  3. Online Writing Lab at University of Purdue MLA Guidelines
  4. Pagination, outlining, subheads, thumbnails, works cited, embedded (in-text) citations

Saturday, February 06, 2016

STUDYPATH* February 8-12, 2016

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up

Monday February 8
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Eleven is due Wednesday; test is scheduled Thursday
Act IV and V of The Tragedy of Julius Caesar is scheduled in class this week; anthologies are required in class until end of play
Letter to the Editor #9 due by 8:30 A.M. February 10 on turnitin.com web site

Tuesday February 9
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts IV and V are scheduled in class
Literary terms and rhetorical devices from Pre-AP Readings and Exercises are scheduled

Wednesday February 10
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Eleven responses are due today; test is scheduled tomorrow

Thursday February 11
Vocabulary Workshop Unit Eleven test is scheduled
To Kill A Mockingbird dialectical journals for Chapters 1-5 are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today for tomorrow's class discussion (postponed to Friday on turnitin.com)

Friday February 12
To Kill A Mockingbird dialectical journals for Chapters 1-5 of the novel (two per chapter) are due today for class discussion; novels are due in class (postponed to today on turnitin.com)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

AGENDA BIN:
Antigone Sophocles
Research paper library dates are March 9, 10 and 11