Friday, August 26, 2016

STUDYPATH* August 29-September 2, 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 August 29
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop responses are due in class today; test is scheduled Thursday
"The Cold Equations" short story responses are due Wednesday (answer One-Fifteen only); responses Sixteen-Eighteen will be completed in class
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop practice test is scheduled; responses are due tomorrow
LA Times letter to the editor assigned and due Friday on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. (postponed to Tuesday after Labor Day holiday)

Tuesday August 30
Holt Grammar textbook is due in class; assignment responses (Pages 234-236 Exercises One-Twenty from A Glossary of Usage) are due
Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop practice test responses are scored in class

Wednesday August 31
CAHSEE multiple choice practice is scheduled in class
Anthologies are due in class for "The Cold Equations" short story; responses are due in class for One-Fifteen

Thursday September 1
Timed writing is scheduled in class (postponed to Thursday, September 8)
Vocabulary Workshop textbooks are due in class today; Unit Two Vocabulary Workshop test is scheduled in class
Pro-Con Argument paper rewrites are due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. today; "If Decency Doesn't, Law Should Make us Samaritans" and "Good Samaritans U.S.A. are Afraid to Act" informational pieces (postponed to Thursday, September 8)

Friday September 2
Today is California Admissions Day and classes are not in session
LA Times letter to the editor assignment due on turnitin.com web site by 8:30 A.M. (postponed to Tuesday after Labor Day Holiday)
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

Saturday, August 20, 2016

STUDYPATH* August 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 August 22
Scaffolding and prewriting for the "If Decency Doesn't, Law Should Make Us Samaritans" and "Good Samaritans U.S.A. Are Afraid To Act" informational pieces continue in class; in-class writing assignment is schedule for Thursday; Cornell Notes are returned; academic vocabulary is reviewed
Summer assignment for newly enrolled students is due no later than Friday; assignment is posted on SAS website under summer assignments on school web site
Syllabus signed document is due no later than Friday
Turnitin.com account set up no later than Friday; use 13244642 for Period Three and 13244645 for Period Four class ID; use bricklion for password
Unit One Vocabulary Workshop practice test is scheduled

Tuesday August 23
Special bell schedule for Small Learning Community Professional Development
Grade level assemblies are scheduled in the auditorium for all periods
Information pieces prewriting, outlining and thesis statement continues in class today and tomorrow; timed writing is scheduled Thursday
Holt Grammar textbook is due in class every Tuesday for assignment

Wednesday August 24
Informational pieces prewriting, outlining and thesis statement continues in class; Cornell Notes are finalized for in-class writing assignment tomorrow
Anthologies are due in class every Wednesday for reading and writing assignment

Thursday August 25
Timed writing for the informational pieces from Perspectives in Multicultural Literature is scheduled in class
Unit One Vocabulary Workshop responses are due; textbook is required in class every
Thursday; test is scheduled tomorrow

Friday August 26
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One test is scheduled; Unit Two responses are due Monday
Syllabus signed document is due no later than today
Summer assignment for newly enrolled students is due in class no later than today
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class information

Monday, August 01, 2016

STUDYPATH (OPENING OF SCHOOL YEAR) August 15-19, 2016

In-class assignments an class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

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

Monday August 15
Unassigned day for students; first day of instruction is August 16

Tuesday August 16
Turnitin.com account instructions; verification of account set up due by Friday
Summer work assignment due no later than Friday, August 19 (available at hollywoodhighschool.net)
Student Opening Bulletin distributed and due Friday, August 19
Grade Ten Honors English syllabus is available on BOX feature (at right of this blog)
Perspectives in Multicultural Literature Informational Text: Evaluation Arguments--Pro and Con

Wednesday August 17
Pre-AP Readings and Exercises An Introduction to Nonfiction--Issues of Comprehension: Denotation
Perspectives in Multicultural Literature Informational Text: Evaluation Arguments continues in class

Thursday August 18
Perspectives in Multicultural Literature Informational Text: Evaluation Arguments continues in class

Friday August 19
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend for next week's assignments and class updates
Turnitin.com account verification is required in class today
Summer work assignment due today in class