In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Literacy Essay in class (Alexie, Cisneros, and Douglass are choices) using Reader/Writer's notebooks
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment administered Thursday and Friday
3. "The Bet" Chekhov Capital Punishment Debate scheduled for Monday, December 17
4. Final Literary Terms test scheduled
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Levels of Questioning in class
2. Literacy Essay continued in class using Reader/Writer's notebooks
Wednesday
1. Portfolios organized for semester reflection
2. Final exam in Vantage Lab; multiple-choice final for Catcher in the Rye and semester reflection essay
3. Literary Terms test
4. Return anthologies to counter for return to textbook room
Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition (Day One)
2. Return anthologies to counter for return to textbook room
Friday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition (Day Two)
2. Preparation for Debate on Monday