November 26-30, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Catcher in the Rye Essay (two typed copies) due tomorrow in class for triad members
2. Vocabulary Level E Unit Seven answers due Monday, December 3 in class; test Tuesday
3. Literary Terms continued in class
4. AR Book Student Record Report due in class by Friday, November 30
5. Expository Literacy Essay prewriting due in class Friday, November 30; essay to be scheduled

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Catcher in the Rye two typed essay copies due in class today
2. Grammar continued in class and as homework all week
3. Literary Terms continued in class

Wednesday
1. Poetry Unit continued
2. Literary Terms continued in class
3. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essay rewrites due by Friday, November 30

Thursday
1. Grammar continues in class
2. Vocabulary Unit Seven answers due in class Monday; test Tuesday, December 4
3. Poetry Unit continues in class

Friday
1. AR Book Student Record Report due in class today; no late reports accepted
2. Prewriting for Expository Literacy Essay due in class today
3. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman rewrites due in class today
4. Vocabulary books due in class today for Unit Seven Vocabulary

November 19-23, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Unit One-Six Level E Vocabulary Test (postponed from Friday)
2. Literary Terms continued
3. Timed Writing Poetry Essay in class Wednesday (Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman)

Tuesday
1. Literary Terms continued
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment Practice-Exposition
3. Poetry Unit continued

Wednesday
1. Weekend homework assigned
2. Catcher in the Rye essay due Tuesday (two typed copies)
3. In-class timed writing (Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman)

Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday
Thanksgiving Day Holiday

November 12-16, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Tuesday Shortened Day
1. Chapters 21-end of book due for Catcher in the Rye on Friday for class discussion.
2. Vocabulary answers for Units One-Six due in class today; test to be announced; use Units One-Six tests to study for this cumulative exam
3. Grammar (pages twenty-five and twenty-six) completed in class; "Avoiding Needless Changes in Tense" assigned in class and as homework
4. Literary Terms (new set of ten assigned)

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms continued in class
2. Grammar continued in class
3. "Narrative in the Life of Frederick Douglass" SPA practice

Thursday
1. Chapters 21-end of book Catcher in the Rye talking points due tomorrow for class discussion
2. Literary Terms continued
3. Frederick Douglass nonfiction continued

Friday
1. Test-Vocabulary Level E Units One-Six Cumulative
2. Catcher in the Rye final class discussion
3. Weekend homework to be announced

November 12-16, 2007

Blog will be updated Monday, November 12, which is a legal holiday and school is not in session.

Tuesday, November 13 is a shortened day.

November 5-9, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. No vocabulary due until next Tuesday; Units One-Six Review answers due November 13
2. Anthology due in class; literary terms continued
3. "Straw Into Gold" Sandra Cisneros nonfiction piece in preparation for Exposition SPA
4. Catcher in the Rye class discussion continues; book due in class

Tuesday
1. Anthology due in class
2. Literary terms continued in class; test on terms to be set
3. Cisneros nonfiction piece in preparation for Exposition SPA continued

Wednesday
1. Anthology due in class
2. Poetry Unit begins

Thursday
1. Anthology due in class
2. Poetry Unit continued in class
3. Chapters 16-20 Catcher in the Rye talking points due tomorrow, Friday

Friday
1. Vocabulary answers for Units One-Six due in class on Tuesday
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Catcher in the Rye talking points Chapters 16-20 due today for class discussion