STUDYPATH* November 16-20, 2009

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Vocabulary Workshop Unit Six test is scheduled for Tuesday, and correct answers for that unit will be read in class on Monday so student papers may be checked. Units One-Six cumulative review pages will be begun in class on Thursday and completed at home; test due date will be announced in class.

The Clinton speech answers will be returned to students with a score and be transferred to the Reader/Writer notebooks, ending the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion unit. The next Secondary Periodic Assessment unit, Exposition, begins this week.

Grammar assigned from English Workshop will be due Thursday; bring textbook to class on Wednesday for grammar lesson.

Fahrenheit 451 novels have been distributed for the next reading and class discussion assignments; please write twenty-five talking points for Part I (The Hearth and the Salamander) of the novel. Class discussion is scheduled for Friday.

Anthologies are due in class on Monday and Tuesday as usual when the next set of ten literary terms will be reviewed. This test will be scheduled and announced in class.

STUDYPATH* November 9-13, 2009

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five test is scheduled for Tuesday. Unit Six answers are due in class on Thursday and the next unit test will be scheduled.

The Clinton speech answers due date has been extended to Tuesday. These questions will be reviewed in class on Monday; answers are written on your own paper and should also be written in the Reader/Writer notebooks. E-mail your responses to jcarmicl@lausd.net by 12:00 A.M.

There is no school on Wednesday, Veterans Day.

Thursday and Friday are scheduled for administration of the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion unit. Because of that testing, no grammar will be assigned this week. However, a reminder that Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop is due on Thursday.

Bring The Catcher in the Rye novels on Monday when the essay is due. The essay should be double-spaced and meet minimum length stated in the prompt. Use twelve-point type size and a standard font. Books will be collected in class on Monday and returned to the textbook room so Fahrenheit 451 may be distributed for the next reading and class discussion assignments.

Anthologies are due in class on Monday and Tuesday as usual when literary terms will be reviewed and the test scheduled for the next set of ten terms.

STUDYPATH* November 2-6, 2009

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Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four test scheduled for today, Monday. Unit Five is due on Thursday of this week, when books are required in class.

Grammar assignment (page 225 in English Workshop) is due Wednesday, when books are due in class. A new grammar lesson and homework wiil be assigned.

Anthologies are due in class Monday and Tuesday for literary terms. Letter to the Editor prewriting for the short story "The Bet" is due Tuesday and the letter due on Friday.

The multiple choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion continues all week in class in preparation for the upcoming test. The Clinton speech will be assigned this week and students should read to answer the depth and complexity questions that were used for the Chavez speech. Reader/Writer notebooks will be used for prewriting the practice persuasive examination to be scheduled next week.

The Catcher in the Rye final exam will be scheduled this week. The essay is due on November 9.

STUDYPATH* October 26-30, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four will be scheduled on Thursday and student should bring textbooks to class; test date will be announced in class.

Multiple choice practice for the persuasion unit of the Secondary Periodic Assessment continues in class. The Chavez speech is due on Tuesday; Monday will be spent on methods to interpret author's purpose and intent using the Multicultural Literature book. The final speech, Clinton's address in Memphis, will be scheduled as well. Students will continue work in the Reader/Writer notebooks.

Grammar assignment is due Monday; English Workshop grammar books are due in class on Wednesday for continuing grammar work.

The Catcher in the Rye talking points for Chapters Twenty-One through Twenty-Six are due on Friday. Complete talking points on each chapter, except for Twenty-Six. The final class discussion is scheduled for Friday. A multiple choice exam and final essay will be scheduled as well.

Anthologies are due in class on Tuesday for the next set of literary terms and a test will be scheduled in class. The letter to the editor assignment from the short story "The Bet" will be assigned on Tuesday and a due date set.

The Sojourner Truth essay prompt has reopened on gomyaccess.com for those students who were not able to complete it. The new deadline is Wednesday, October 28. Handwritten or typed essays of the prompt will receive credit only, not a letter grade for this assignment. All students are encouraged to submit the essay online.

STUDYPATH* October 19-23, 2009

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Literary terms 41-50 from Elements of Literature, 4th Course will be reintroduced on Monday and Tuesday when textbooks are required in class with a test scheduled and to be announced. A "Letter to the Editor" writing assignment will accompany the short story "The Bet" and due dates will be announced in class.

Five talking points per chapter for Chapters Sixteen-Twenty of Catcher in the Rye are due on Friday for our usual class discussion. A test on Chapters these chapters will precede the class discussion.

Grammar assignment from English Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, when books are due in class.

Vocabulary Workshop Unit I-III cumulative review answers are due on Tuesday, and test is scheduled for Thursday in class; students should study the textbook to prepare.

Work on the Chavez speech and Clinton speech will be completed in class this week; multiple choice work for the persuasive secondary periodic assessment will also be completed. The Say-Mean-Matter graphic organizers for the Chavez speech will be assigned and transferred to the Reader/Writer notebooks.

Students who completed the Sojourner Truth essay online will be provided with their essays and scores; those who were unable to log in and complete the speech will be offered a score on an essay format yet to be decided.

STUDYPATH* October 12-15, 2009
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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Cornell Notes will be reviewed on Monday and test is scheduled for Tuesday. Students should study all notes for this test.

Literary terms from Elements of Literature, 4th Course will be introduced on Monday and Tuesday when textbooks are required in class. Last week's 31-40 literary terms tests are scored and will be returned. Students are also responsible for completing reading of "The Bet" and the associated answers to questions downloaded on Homework One are due today in class. A "Letter to the Editor" writing assignment will accompany the short story and due dates will be announced.

Five talking points per chapter for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen of Catcher in the Rye are due on Friday for our usual class discussion. A test on Chapters Six-Ten will be given today before students complete their class discussions from last Friday.

Grammar assignment from English Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, when books are due in class.

Vocabulary Workshop Unit I-III cumulative review will be assigned this week in preparation for a test on the three units. That test date will be announced in class. The Unit III test is scheduled for today in class so study this weekend to be prepared.

Students are responsible for completing the gomyaccess.com persuasive essay on Sojourner Truth by Monday night, when the deadline for the assignment is set. Follow the prompt and deliver an essay online that hopefully measures a 6.0 on the persuasive rubric.

Have a good weekend, and remember hard work is the path to knowledge, and knowledge is power.

Sojourner Truth Essay

Because Vantage Writing and gomyaccess.com is down for the night (Monday), the deadline has been moved to Wednesday night by 10 P.M.

Thank you.

Mr. Carmicle

STUDYPATH* October 12-15, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Cornell Notes will be reviewed on Monday and test is scheduled for Tuesday. Students should study all notes for this test.

Literary terms from Elements of Literature, 4th Course will be introduced on Monday and Tuesday when textbooks are required in class. Last week's 31-40 literary terms tests are scored and will be returned. Students are also responsible for completing reading of "The Bet" and the associated answers to questions downloaded on Homework One are due today in class. A "Letter to the Editor" writing assignment will accompany the short story and due dates will be announced.

Five talking points per chapter for Chapters Eleven-Fifteen of Catcher in the Rye are due on Friday for our usual class discussion. A test on Chapters Six-Ten will be given today before students complete their class discussions from last Friday.

Grammar assignment from English Workshop is scheduled for Wednesday, when books are due in class.

Vocabulary Workshop Unit I-III cumulative review will be assigned this week in preparation for a test on the three units. That test date will be announced in class. The Unit III test is scheduled for today in class so study this weekend to be prepared.

Students are responsible for completing the gomyaccess.com persuasive essay on Sojourner Truth by Monday night, when the deadline for the assignment is set. Follow the prompt and deliver an essay online that hopefully measures a 6.0 on the persuasive rubric.

Have a good weekend, and remember hard work is the path to knowledge, and knowledge is power.

STUDYPATH* October 5-9, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

This week's study of the Sojourner Truth "Ain't I A Woman" speech will require that students complete an online essay at gomyaccess.com by Friday. This persuasive essay should address the prompt available online. A Cornell Notes quiz is scheduled for this week and students will be given time to study their notes to prepare. Unit III Vocabulary Workshop answers are due on Thursday, and the English Workshop grammar textbook is due in class on Wednesday for a grammar lesson. Elements of Literature, 4th Course books are used on Mondays and Tuesdays and students should be reading the short story "The Bet," and beginning to answer questions posed when Homework One was downloaded earlier in the semester. The next set of literary terms will be assigned as well, with a quiz scheduled either later this week or early next week. Chapters Six-Ten of Catcher in the Rye talking points are due on Friday for our weekly class discussion. Remember to write five talking points per chapter for this week. The "Say-Mean-Matter" graphic organizer will be used in class this week as an additional resource to prepare for the upcoming essay and the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion unit--Period Five will visit the Vantage Writing Lab on Wednesday to work on the essay but is still responsible for bringing the English Workshop text to class for a grammar lesson. The Clinton and Chavez speeches will be assigned soon and multiple-choice practice for the assessment continues in class. "The Cold Equations" changing the ending assignment has been scored and will be returned to students.

Textbook reminder: Elements of Literature--Mondays and Tuesday; English Workshop--Wednesdays; Vocabulary Workshop--Thursdays; Catcher in the Rye--Fridays

STUDYPATH* September 28-October 2, 2009

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This week's blog debuts the weekly schedule in narrative form rather than in a day-by-day format.

Monday is an unassigned day so classes will resume on Tuesday, when students will take a literary terms test in class. "Ain't I A Woman," Sojourner Truth's speech will be discussed as part of the Secondary Periodic Assessment persuasion unit; multiple-choice practice for the persuasive SPA exam will also continue. "The Cold Equations" creative writing assignment is due today and should be stapled on top of the prewriting and prompt paper distributed last week. Textbook days will change slightly and require that the anthology is brought to class Mondays and Tuesday, while English Workshop is required on Wednesdays, Vocabulary Workshop on Thursday, and the assigned novel, Catcher in the Rye on Fridays. Students submitted five talking points for Chapters One-Five of the novel and will participate in a class discussion on Friday. Vocabulary Workshop Unit II answers are due on Thursday with a test date to be announced in class. Reader/Writer notebooks and "Say-Mean-Matter" comprehension strategies will be used with the Truth speech as well as speeches to be assigned from Clinton and Chavez. Students must return the letter to parents and the reading level signed documents. Cornell Notes now have been scored as has Homework One and all graded assignments will be returned; test on Cornell Notes to be announced. Vantage Writing Lab dates are Wednesday-Thursday for Period Five and Period One will receive its orientation on Wednesday--these students will be unable to use the lab but will be required to submit work online the same as Period Five students. Check teacher pages frequently as assignments are added and updated during the week.

STUDYPATH* September 21-25, 2009

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Check teacher pages for homework assignments
2. "The Cold Equations" Homework One due today
3. Cornell Notes on Bloom's Taxonomy and Vocabulary Workshop Skills continue
4. Textbook Days: Anthology (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday); Vocabulary Workshop (Thursday); Novel (Friday)

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Differentiated Assignment: Changing the Ending of "The Cold Equations" due date announced
2. Periodic Assessment: Persuasion (multiple choice practice)
3. Literary terms assigned; see teacher pages for specifics
4. Rhetorical Devices and Argument preparation for Persuasion Periodic Assessment

Wednesday
1. "The Bet" Anton Chekhov short story in class
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Reader/Writer Notebooks
3. Vocabulary Workshop Unit One due tomorrow; test Friday
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion (multiple choice practice)

Thursday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit One due today; test tomorrow
2. Literary terms test tomorrow
3. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two assigned; due Thursday of next week
4. "The Bet" short story in class
5. Meet in library tomorrow (Periods One and Five)

Friday
1. Literary terms test
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit One Test
3. Meet in library for STAR reading level testing

STUDYPATH* September 14-18, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Check teacher pages for homework assignments
2. Read the remainder of the short story "The Cold Equations"; download homework one and answer in detail (typed or or lined paper) Questions #1-6 due Friday, September 18
3. Cornell Notes on Bloom's Taxonomy and Vocabulary Workshop Skills continue
4. Textbook Days: Anthology (Monday-Tuesday-Wednesday); Vocabulary Workshop (Thursday); Novel (Friday)

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Late work policy
2. Cornell Notes class orientation continues
3. Literary terms assigned; see teacher pages for specifics

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab orientation date to be announced
2. Cornell Notes class orientation continues
3. "The Cold Equations" differentiated assignment--"Changing the Ending" to be announced
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion (multiple choice practice)

Thursday
1. Vocabulary Workshop assignment to be announced
2. Literary terms test tomorrow

Friday
1. Literary terms test
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* September 9-11, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Wednesday
1. Textbooks assigned
2. Program cards signed
3. Seating assignment designated
4. Teacher Pages homework assignment

Thursday
1. Teacher Pages homework assignment
2. Literary terms
3. Class Orientation Day One

Friday
1. Class Orientation Day Two
2. Teacher Pages homework assignment
3. Anthologies due in class today and Monday
4. Check blog and teacher pages this weekend for next week's agendas

Fall Syllabus for Honors English 10A

The fall syllabus for this course will be available on teacher pages link on the school website before the end of August. Please e-mail jcarmicl@lausd.net for questions or concerns.

Opening days agenda and initial assignments will be posted in early September.

STUDYPATH* June 27, 2009

Incoming tenth grade students have no assigned summer work. If you wish to read during the summer, this list provides titles at grade level that may provide enjoyment. Reading is one strategy that is helpful in preparation for the rigor involved in completing assigned work in Honors English 10AB. If you have questions or concerns, you may e-mail me at jcarmicl@lausd.net during the summer break.

Alice’s Adventures in Wonderland and Through the Looking Glass
Carroll, Lewis

All Quiet on the Western Front
Remarque, Erich Maria

Black Ice
Cary, Lorene

The Broken Cord
Dorris, Michael

Cry, the Beloved Country
Paton, Alan

David Copperfield
Dickens, Charles

Dune
Herbert, Frank

Eyes on the Prize: America’s Civil Rights Years 1954-1965
Williams, Juan

Fences: A Play
Wilson, August

The Fire Next Time
Baldwin, James

Hiroshima
Hersey, John Richard

Jane Eyre
Bronte, Charlotte

Me Me Me Me Me-Not a Novel
Kerr, M.E.

Silent Spring
Carson, Rachel Louise

A Summer Life
Soto, Gary

A Tale of Two Cities
Dickens, Charles

Where the Lilies Bloom
Cleaver, Vera

STUDYPATH* June 15-19, 2009 FINALS

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*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Assignment Menu-Finals Week

Period Two Semester Reflection in Vantage Lab Wednesday
Period Three Semester Reflection in Vantage Lab Thursday
Period Four Semester Reflection in Vantage Lab Thursday
To Kill A Mockingbird excerpt screening
Portfolio preparations for final exam
Return all textbooks; sign in and leave on utility desk

STUDYPATH* June 8-12, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday-Friday Last Week of Instruction Assignment Menu

1. Fahrenheit 451 Final Examination Multiple Choice and True False Test
2. Fahrenheit 451 Talking Points and Class Discussion
3. Vantage Writing Lab Wednesday and Thursday
4. "A Narrow Fellow in the Grass" Extended Metaphor poetry assignment
5. Semester Reflection Reader Writer Notebook Questions and Answers
6. Fahrenheit 451 Film Screening
7. Anthologies returned to textbook room
8. Periods Three and Four ONLY--Antigone; meet in Room 503 Monday, June 8
9. PERIOD FOUR ONLY: Twenty-five talking points for Part Three of Fahrenheit 451 due on Tuesday

STUDYPATH* June 1-5, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Vocabulary books due in class; complete Final Mastery test using the book; record answers neatly on your own lined paper; book due in class tomorrow
2. Periods One and Two: Read Part Three "Burning Bright" of Fahrenheit 451; record twenty-five talking points for Friday class discussion
3. Unit One-Fifteen review due today; Grammar test on sentence structure due today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Final Mastery test continues in class; vocabulary books due in class
2. Fahrenheit 451 Part Two talking points due in class Friday for class discussion for Period Four only

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab dates to be announced
2. Anthologies due in class for literary terms

Thursday
1. Anthologies due in class for literary terms
2. F451 talking points due in class tomorrow for class discussion (Part Two for Period Four and Part Three for Periods Two and Three)

Friday
1. Class Discussion of talking points for F451
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* May 25-29, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Memorial Day is a legal holiday.
2. Fahrenheit 451 Part Two talking points due Friday; twenty-five talking points due for class discussion
3. Vantage Writing Lab scheduled for Wednesday-Thursday; meet at Room 701
4. Anthologies and vocabulary books due in class tomorrow for grammar and vocabulary assignments

Tuesday
1. Anthologies and vocabulary books due in class for grammar and vocabulary assignments
2. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab Room 701 Wednesday and Thursday
3. Literary terms continued

Wednesday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab Room 701 today for F451 essay
2. F451 novels due in class

Thursday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab Room 701 today for F451 essay
2. F451 novels due in class

Friday
1. Fahrenheit 451 class discussion on Part II; twenty-five talking points due
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* May 18-22, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Period Four meets today; Periods Two and Three meet Tuesday and Wednesday
2. Grammar assignment continues
3. Vocabulary assignment continues
4. Research paper due today for all classes
SPECIAL NOTE: THIS DEADLINE IS A DATE CERTAIN ASSIGNMENT; LATE WORK POLICY DOES NOT APPLY
5. Say Mean Matter Question "Since Feeling is First"; anthologies due in class
6. Literary terms continued; anthologies due in class
7. Fahrenheit 451 Part One twenty-five talking points due Friday for class discussion

Tuesday
1. Period Two and Three meet today; Period Four meets on Thursday
2. Grammar assignment continues
3. Vocabulary assignment continues
4. Say Mean Matter Question "Since Feeling is First"; anthologies due in class
5. Literary terms continued; anthologies due in class

Wednesday
1. Period Two and Three meet today; Period Four meets on Thursday
2. Grammar assignment continues
3. Vocabulary assignment continues
4. Say Mean Matter Question "Since Feeling is First"; anthologies due in class
5. Literary terms continued; anthologies due in class

Thursday
1. Period Four meets today
2. Grammar assignment continues
3. Vocabulary assignment continues
4. Say Mean Matter Questions "Since Feeling is First"; anthologies due in class
5. Literary terms continued; anthologies due in class

Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced
2. Vantage Writing Lab dates to be announced
3. Fahrenheit 451 Part One twenty-five talking points due for class discussion

STUDYPATH* May 11-15, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Grammar assignment continues in class; anthology due in class Monday and Tuesday
2. Vocabulary assignment continues in class; book due in class Monday and Tuesday
3. Research paper due May 18
4. Literary terms continued
5. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion continues

Tuesday
1. Grammar assignment continues in class
2. Vocabulary assignment continues in class
3. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab tomorrow and Thursday

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab scheduled for Thursday and Friday-meet in Room 701
2. Vocabulary books and anthologies due in class Friday
3. Research paper due Monday

Thursday
1. Vantage Writing Lab-meet in Room 701
2. Portfolios in class tomorrow

Friday
1. Vocabulary books and anthologies due in class today
2. Portfolios in class
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Research paper due Monday

STUDYPATH* May 4-8, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Fifteen Vocabulary test tomorrow
2. Anthologies due in class Wednesday-Friday
3. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 26-31 talking points class discussion
4. Vantage Writing Lab assignments continue next week

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Unit Fifteen Vocabulary test
2. Research Paper due date Tuesday May 19
3. To Kill A Mockingbird talking points class discussion continues
4. Anthologies due in class Wednesday-Friday

Wednesday
1. Grammar in-class assignment; anthologies due in class
2. Literary terms test on Friday

Thursday
1. Grammar in-class assignment; anthologies due in class
2. Literary terms review; test tomorrow

Friday
1. Grammar in-class assignment continues
2. Literary terms test

STUDYPATH April 27-May 1, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Literary terms test Periods Two and Three only
2. Anthologies due in class for grammar and literary terms assignment
3. Research paper due date set; make certain to check library site for OWL research
4. Vantage Writing Lab on Wednesday and Thursday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Anthologies due in class for grammar and literary terms assignment
2. Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Workshop due Friday
3. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion finalized on Friday; books due in class

Wednesday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab
2. Research paper due date reviewed; questions answered

Thursday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab
2. Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Workshop due tomorrow

Friday
1. Unit Fifteen Vocabulary Workshop due today
2. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion finalized

STUDYPATH* April 20-24, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab-Room 701 for To Kill A Mockingbird essay-DAY ONE
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Fourteen test today
3. Welcome to the Western Association of Schools and Colleges

Tuesday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab-Room 701 for To Kill A Mockingbird essay-DAY TWO
2. Vocabulary Workshop assignment to be announced

Wednesday
1. Anthologies due in class Wednesday and Thursday for grammar and literary terms assignments
2. To Kill A Mockingbird talking points for Chapters Twenty-Six through Thirty-One due Friday for class discussion

Thursday
1. Anthologies due in class for grammar and literary terms assignments
2. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion tomorrow

Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion Chapters Twenty-Six through Thirty-One
2. Research paper due date announced
3. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* April 13-17, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Administration of Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
2. Unit Fourteen Vocabulary Workshop due Friday
3. Anthology due Wednesday in class for grammar lessons
4. Literary terms continued; test to be announced

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Administration of Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
2. Unit Fourteen Vocabulary test scheduled for Monday
3. Anthology due Wednesday for grammar assignments
4. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Twenty-One through Twenty-Five due on Thursday for class discussion

Wednesday
1. Grammar assignment; anthologies due in class
2. Literary terms continued; test to be scheduled
3. Accelerated Reader book test to be scheduled this week

Thursday
1. Grammar assignment in class; anthologies due in class
2. Literary terms continued; test tomorrow
3. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Twenty-One through Twenty-Five class discussion

Friday
1. Class discussion To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Twenty-One through Twenty-Five continues in class
2. Literary terms test today
3. Unit Fourteen Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test Monday

Vantage Lab Prompts

If you cannot access the To Kill A Mockingbird and Antigone prompts and complete them online by Monday evening, send your completed work to jcarmicl@lausd.net and you will meet the deadline.

I will NOT be available to answer e-mails from Tuesday until Sunday.

Have a great spring break and thanks for your hard work and diligence.

Mr. Carmicle

STUDYPATH* March 30-April 3, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Sixteen-Twenty class discussion continues; book due in class
2. Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Workshop test tomorrow
3. Anthology due Wednesday in class for grammar lessons
4. Literary terms continued; test Wednesday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Sixteen-Twenty class discussion continues; reader/writer notebook assignment
2. Unit Thirteen Vocabulary test
3. Anthology due Wednesday for grammar assignments
4. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Twenty-One through Twenty-Five due on Friday for class discussion

Wednesday
1. Grammar assignment
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
3. Accelerated Reader book assignment; AR book test administered week after spring break
4. Literary terms test
5. Antigone essay due Friday, April 3

Thursday
1. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
2. Antigone essay due tomorrow

Friday
1. Class discussion To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Twenty-One through Twenty-Five
2. Spring Break April 6-10, 2009

STUDYPATH* March 23-27, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Antigone multiple-choice final continued
2. Antigone Scene Five reading check
3. Antigone final essay due April 3
4. Grammar assignment
5. Multiple-choice practice for Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
6. Unit Nine-Twelve Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test tomorrow

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Chapters Sixteen-Twenty talking points due for To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion Friday
2. Unit Thirteen Vocabulary Workshop answers due Friday; test Monday
3. Grammar assignment
4. Unit Nine-Twelve Vocabulary Workshop test today

Wednesday
1. Grammar assignment
2. Accelerated Reader book assignment due at end of spring break
3. AR Book test administered week after spring break

Thursday
1. Multiple-choice practice for Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
2. Vocabulary Workshop answers due tomorrow

Friday
1. Class discussion Chapters Sixteen-Twenty of To Kill A Mockingbird; book due in class
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* March 16-20, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. CAHSEE administered Tuesday and Wednesday
2. Anthologies due in class Monday for Antigone
3. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters 11-15 talking points due today for Thursday class discussion
4. Vocabulary Workshop Cumulative Review due Friday; test Monday
5. Reader/Writer Notebooks due Monday for To Kill A Mockingbird Secondary Period Assessment questions

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. CAHSEE administered today
2. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion on Thursday

Wednesday
1. CAHSEE administered today
2. Vocabulary Workshop Cumulative Review due Friday

Thursday
1. Class discussion Chapters 11-15 To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Antigone multiple-choice final exam completed Monday after Cumulative Review Units 1-12 test

Friday
1. Antigone essay assigned
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* March 9-13, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Literary terms
2. Grammar assignment
3. Antigone Scene Five and Exodos
4. Anthologies required in class Monday-Wednesday
5. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Six-Ten talking points due today for class discussion Friday
6. Unit Twelve Vocabulary Workshop answers reviewed; test Tuesday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone continues
2. Literary terms
3. Grammar assignment
4. Unit Twelve Vocabulary Workshop test today

Wednesday
1. Units Nine-Twelve Vocabulary Workshop due Monday
2. Antigone continues
3. Grammar assignment
4. Literary terms test

Thursday
1. Frederick Douglass piece continues; reader/writer notebook work continues
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
3. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion tomorrow

Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion Chapters Six-Ten today
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Vocabulary Workshop Units Nine-Twelve due Monday

STUDYPATH* March 2-6, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Antigone continues; anthologies required in class Monday-Wednesday
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Literary Analysis periodic assessment
3. Grammar assignment
4. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Twelve due Friday; test Monday
5. Chapters One-Five To Kill A Mockingbird talking points due today for class discussion Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment skills and strategies
2. Grammar assignment
3. Antigone continues
4. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion on Friday

Wednesday
1. Grammar assignment
2. Antigone continues
3. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Twelve due Friday

Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment skills and strategies continue
2. Reader/Writer notebook work continues

Friday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Twelve due today
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion; Chapters Six-Ten talking points due Monday for next week's class discussion

STUDYPATH* February 23-27, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Antigone continues; anthologies required in class Monday-Wednesday
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Literary Analysis periodic assessment
3. Grammar assignment
4. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Eleven due today; test tomorrow

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Unit Eleven Vocabulary test today
2. Grammar assignment
3. Antigone continues
4. To Kill A Mockingbird novels assigned for the Literary Analysis periodic assessment

Wednesday
1. Grammar assignment
2. Antigone continues
3. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters One-Five talking points due Monday for class discussion

Thursday
1. Frederick Douglass piece continues
2. Reader/Writer notebook work continues

Friday
1. Frederick Douglass piece continues
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* February 16-20, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Presidents' Day Holiday
2. Anthologies due Tuesday and Wednesday in class

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone continues; anthologies required in class
2. Literary terms
3. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten test today; Unit Eleven Vocabulary Workshop due Monday

Wednesday
1. Antigone continues; anthologies required in class
2. Literary terms
3. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition continues; Frederick Douglass piece and reader/writer notebooks
2. Unit Eleven Vocabulary Workshop due Monday; test Tuesday
3. Literary terms
4. Grammar assignment

Friday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition continues; Frederick Douglass piece and reader/writer notebooks
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Multiple-choice practice for the Literary Analysis Secondary Periodic Assessment

STUDYPATH* February 9-13, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Antigone continues; textbooks due in class Monday, Tuesday, Wednesday
2. Grammar assignment
3. Literary terms
4. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten due Friday; test Monday
5. Sherman Alexie essay assigned; due Tuesday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone continues; textbooks due in class Tuesday, Wednesday
2. "The Bet" debate preparation strategies and skills
3. Literary terms
4. Grammar assignment

Wednesday
1. Antigone continues; textbooks due in class
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment literature for Frederick Douglass on Friday
3. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten answers due Friday
3. Literary terms

Thursday
1. Multiple-choice practice for the Periodic Assessment
2. Literary terms test in class today

Friday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten due today; test Monday
2. Frederick Douglass literature for the Secondary Periodic Assessment Unit
3. Grammar assignment
4. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* February 2-6, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Antigone continues
2. Grammar assignment
3. Literary Terms
4. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Nine due

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone continues
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Nine test
3. Literary Terms
4. Grammar assignment

Wednesday
1. Final Exams Periods Two/Three
2. Semester Reflections
3. Period Four does not meet today
3. Portfolio preparation

Thursday
1. Final Exams Periods Five/Six
2. Literary terms in class

Friday
1. Final Exams Periods One/Four
2. Semester Reflections
3. Periods Two and Three do not meet today
3. Portfolio preparation

STUDYPATH* January 26-30, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test tomorrow
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition
3. Frederick Douglass and Sherman Alexie assignments continue
4. Literary Terms test today

Tuesday (Shortened Day-Senior Projects)
1. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop test
2. Multiple-Choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
3. Reader/Writer journals assignment
4. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Nine answers due Friday; test Monday
5. Fahrenheit 451 assignment after books are issued

Wednesday (Shortened Day-Senior Projects)
1. Frederick Douglass assignment
2. Multiple-Choice practice continues
3. Unit Nine Vocabulary Workshop answers due on Monday; test Tuesday
4. Participants for debate set

Thursday
1. Protocol for debate set
2. Date protocol and procedure set
3. Antigone introduction and Sophocles biography; textbooks required in class Thursday and Friday
4. Literary terms

Friday
1. Unit Nine Vocabulary Workshop answers due today
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* January 19-23, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Dr. Martin Luther King Jr. Day
2. School holiday

Tuesday
1. Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop test
2. Multiple-Choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment
3. Sherman Alexie's "Superman and Me" continued
4. Short Constructed Response continues in class
5. Fahrenheit 451 books issued this week

Wednesday
1. Frederick Douglass assignment
2. Multiple-Choice practice continues
3. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop answers due on Monday; test Tuesday
4. Participants for debate set

Thursday
1. Protocol for debate set
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment

Friday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* January 12-16, 2009

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Seven answers due Friday; test Monday
2. Expository Periodic Assessment multiple-choice/essay skills all week in class
3. Proofreading Warm-Ups rewrites due Thursday; attach rewrites in front of assignment
4. Grammar assignment; textbooks due in class Monday-Thursday of this week
5. Mark Antony's Funeral Speech essay from The Tragedy of Julius Caesar due today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Expository Periodic Assessment skills and literature continued; "Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie and Frederick Douglass pieces assigned
2. Multiple-Choice practice for the Expository Periodic Assessment continues in class
3. Classroom debate protocol announced
4. Grammar assignment

Wednesday
1. Grammar assignment
2. Expository Periodic Assessment skills and literature continue all week in class

Thursday
1. Grammar assignment
2. Expository Periodic Assessment skills and literature continue all week in class
3. Proofreading Warm-Ups rewrites due today

Friday
1. Capital Punishment debate linked to Chekhov's "The Bet" dates and participants announced
2. Expository Periodic Assessment skills and literature continued
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Unit Seven Vocabulary Workshop test Monday

Julius Caesar Essay

Here are instructions for completing the Caesar essay due Monday January 12:

Double space typed essay
No "you" and no contractions in formal prose
Cite specific text references to support opinions/statements/assertions
Six paragraphs minimum
Paper standards and formatting rules must be followed
Address the prompt! (if necessary, read the prompt several times and highlight exactly what is being asked)


Write jcarmicl@lausd.net if there are questions
The January 12-16 web log will be posted this weekend.
Enjoy the remainder of winter break.

Syllabus for Honors Ten English 10B DRAFT

February 9-June 19,2009 DRAFT
Semester B Syllabus
Grade Ten Honors English 2008-2009
Instructional Dates/Material To Be Covered/Semester "B"

Week One
Opening Week Activities: Late Work Policy; Secondary Periodic Assessment Response to Literature Diagnostic; Bradbury Biography and Introduction to Fahrenheit 451; Preparation for Exposition Secondary Periodic Assessment

Presidents Day Holiday February 16, 2009

Week Two
Fahrenheit 451 Part One "The Hearth and the Salamander"; Imitative Writing from Fahrenheit 451; Talking Points Part One and Class Discussion; Exposition Secondary Periodic Assessment administered

Week Three
Fahrenheit 451 Part Two "The Sieve and the Sand"; Talking Points and Class Discussion

Week Four
Fahrenheit 451 Part Three "Burning Bright"; Talking Points and Class Discussion

Week Five
Literary Genre: Play
Introduction to Greek Tragedy and Sophocles; Before You Read Antigone; The Myth of Oedipus; To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters One-Five

Week Six
Antigone: Prologue and Parados

Week Seven
Antigone: Scene One and Ode One; Scene Two and Ode Two

Week Eight
Antigone: Scene Three and Ode Three; Scene Four and Ode Four

SPRING BREAK April 6-10, 2009

Week Nine
Antigone: Scene Five, Paean, and Exodos

Week Ten
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty Six to Thirty-One

Week Eleven
To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters One-Five

Week Twelve
To Kill A Mockingbird Part One: Chapters Six-Eleven

Memorial Day Holiday May 25, 2009

Week Thirteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twelve-Fifteen

Week Fourteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Sixteen-Twenty

Week Fifteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty-One to Twenty-Five

Week Sixteen
To Kill A Mockingbird Part Two: Chapters Twenty Six to Thirty-One

Week Seventeen
To Be Announced

Week Eighteen
To Be Announced

Useful Web Sites

Online Writing Labs http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Composition formatting

Oxford English Dictionary http://www.oed.com/
Vocabulary for the AP student

Strunk and White http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
Rules of style for written prose

Teacher Web Log http://www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Weekly blog postings of assignments due

Apex Learning http://www.apexvs.com/
AP diagnostic tests; literary terms; study strategies

Go My Access/Vantage Learning http://www.gomyaccess.com
Intellimetric prompts and rubric-scored writing

STUDYPATH* December 15-19, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org outline due tomorrow
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts IV and V
3. Proofreading Warm-Ups in class
4. Reading Checks for Acts I, II, III, IV, and V due at end of play
5. Mark Antony's Funeral Speech essay due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Outline due today
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
3. Julius Caesar film screened Wednesday and Thursday in class
4. "The Bet" letters to the editor rewrites due by Friday
5. Grammar assignment

Wednesday
1. Julius Caesar film screening
2. "The Bet" final rewrites due by Friday

Thursday
1. Julius Caesar film screening
2. Caesar essay due Friday

Friday
1. Caesar essay due today
2. "The Bet" final rewrites due today
3. Winter Break December 20-January 11

STUDYPATH* December 8-12, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Acts III and IV all week; anthologies due in class
2. Homework Three continued in class
3. Outline of ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org due on Monday, December 15
4. Literary Terms
5. Grammar assignment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Homework Three continued in class
3. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Caesar Acts III and IV continued
2. Caesar essay assigned tomorrow; due on Wednesday

Friday
1. Caesar essay assigned; due Wednesday
2. Grammar assignment
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Outline due Monday, December 15

STUDYPATH* December 1-5, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. "The Bet" letter to the editor due today (see format suggestion at end of this week's blog)
2. Anthologies due in class all week for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar
3. Literary Terms
4. Homework Three printout due in class for in-class assignment
5. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test on Friday
6. Grammar assignment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Act II
2. ShakespeareinAmericanCommunities.org outline due December 15
3. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Caesar Acts II and III
2. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Caesar Acts II and III continued
2. Grammar assignment

Friday
1. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary Workshop test today
2. Caesar Act III
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Literary Terms test today

"The Bet" Letter to the Editor format suggestion:

Letter to the Editor (center title on top line of paper); make sure standards are in upper right hand corner; do not pass margin; skip one line after title for text; this letter is in block form, meaning all text begins inside left hand margin

November 25, 2008

Editor
The Crimson Chronicle
1521 N. Highland Avenue
Los Angeles, CA 90028


Dear Editor:

I am writing this letter to state my opinion regarding capital punishment. I firmly believe that capital punishment is inhumane and unjust...

(this is sample text; your letter must be different from the sample text)


Respectfully,

Suzy Student (signed)

Suzy Student (typed)

STUDYPATH* November 24-28, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Six Vocabulary test today in class
2. Grammar assignment from anthology
3. Anthologies due in class for Caesar Act I, Scenes 2,3
4. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary due on Monday
5. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essays due today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Caesar Act I, Scenes 2, 3 continued
2. Anthologies due in class; grammar assignment
3. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday; format introduced in class

Wednesday
1. School holiday Thursday and Friday
2. Caesar Act I continued; Act II assignment
3. Unit Four-Six Vocabulary due Monday

Thursday
1. Thanksgiving Day holiday

Friday
1. School holiday

STUDYPATH* November 17-21, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop test
2. Review of Cornell Notes; poetry unit exam tomorrow
3. "The Man He Killed" Thomas Hardy poem assignment
4. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Poetry Unit exam today
2. Grammar assignment
3. Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due Friday

Wednesday
1. Shakespeare in American Communities assignment
2. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essay tomorrow in class timed writing
3. Literary terms
4. www.shakespeareinamericancommunities.org

Thursday
1. Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman poetry essay in class
2. "The Bet" letter to the editor due tomorrow

Friday
1. "The Bet" letter to the editor due
2. Unit Six Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test Monday
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. Anthologies due in class Monday for The Tragedy of Julius Caesar

STUDYPATH* November 10-14, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop test today
2. Poetry Unit continues; Raleigh-Marlowe-Housman essay assigned
3. Literary Terms (next ten terms with test to be scheduled)
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice
5. Grammar lesson in class

Tuesday
1. Veterans Day school holiday
2. Poetry Unit continues Wednesday

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms continue all week
2. Poetry Unit Raleigh-Marlowe-Housman essay prewriting due
3. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; postponed from last week
4. Unit Five Vocabulary Workshop answers due Friday; test on Monday

Thursday
1. Unit Five Vocabulary answers due Friday; books required in class tomorrow
2. Poetry Unit continues

Friday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Five test today Monday
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment
3. Grammar lesson in class
4. Weekend homework to be announced
5. Literary Terms test today in class
6. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday

STUDYPATH* November 3-7, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers due Thursday; test on Friday
2. Catcher in the Rye final essay timed writing in class Thursday; prewriting due Tuesday
3. Literary Terms in class; test to be scheduled
4. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due today; make certain spell-grammar check is used with no use of "you" or contractions
5. Grammar lesson in class
6. Poetry Unit begins

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice
2. Poetry Unit continues
3. Literary Terms in class; test on Wednesday
4. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; due Monday

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms test in class
2. Poetry Unit continues
3. Catcher in the Rye essay timed writing in class tomorrow; prewriting is mandatory and must be stapled behind essay
4. Unit Four Vocabulary Workshop answers due tomorrow; test on Friday

Thursday
1. Unit Four Vocabulary answers due today; books required in class tomorrow
2. Catcher in the Rye final essay in class timed writing

Friday
1. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Four test today; books required in class
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment
3. Grammar lesson in class
4. Weekend homework to be announced
5. New set of ten literary terms introduced
6. "The Bet" letter to the editor due Monday

STUDYPATH* October 27-31, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Homework2pdf. due today
2. Units One-Three Cumulative assignment due Wednesday; test to be scheduled
3. Persuasion Periodic Assessment ends; Expository Periodic Assessment begins
4. Catcher in the Rye class discussion on Chapters 21-26; talking points due today
5. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Expository Periodic Assessment assignment
2. Catcher in the Rye essay assigned as timed writing
3. Literary Terms continued; test to be scheduled

Wednesday
1. Units One-Three Cumulative assignment due in class today; test on Monday
2. "Straw Into Gold" homework assignment
3. Grammar assignment

Thursday
1. Multiple-Choice strategies for the Expository Periodic Assessment
2. "Straw into Gold" by Sandra Cisneros; reader/writer notebooks and class discussion

Friday
1. Timed writing in class of The Catcher in the Rye essay
2. Literary Terms test
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay due today

STUDYPATH* October 20-24, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Catcher in the Rye Chapters 21-26 talking points due Monday, October 27 for class discussion
2. Literary Terms
3. Grammar assignment
4. Speeches for Persuasion Periodic Assessment on Wednesday in class
5. Unit One-Three Vocabulary Cumulative Test on Tuesday, October 28
6. Practice for the Secondary Periodic Assessment

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment administered Thursday and Friday of this week
2. Practice for speeches in class tomorrow
3. Literary Terms

Wednesday
1. Speeches in class for Persuasion Secondary Periodic Assessment Unit
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment administered Thursday and Friday

Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment Day One
2. Homework to be announced

Friday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment Day Two
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Catcher in the Rye Chapters 21-26 class discussion postponed to Monday; talking points due in class

STUDYPATH* October 13-17, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. "The Cold Equations" Changing the Ending assignment scored and returned to students
2. Back-To-School Night Thursday, October 16
3. Literary Terms test on Wednesday
4. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Sixteen-Twenty talking points due on Friday for class discussion
5. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion Unit; multiple-choice test taking strategies and Clinton-Chavez speeches
6. Index card with topic for student speech due in class today
7. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due today; test tomorrow

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop test today; books required in class
2. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essays assigned; due date announced
3. Homework2 pdf. due on Friday, October 24
4. Literary Terms test tomorrow

Wednesday
1. Literary Terms test in class today
2. Back-To-School Night tomorrow night 5:30-7:30 P.M. in Room 422
3. Talking points due Friday for Catcher in the Rye
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment strategies continued
5. Grammar assignment
6. Advisories-Scholastic Aptitude Test

Thursday
1. Back-To-School Night 5:30-7:30 P.M. in Room 422
2. Portfolios organized in class tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment strategies continued
5. "The Bet" letter to the editor assigned; due date announced
6. Student speeches dates to be announced

Friday
1. Portfolios organized
2. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Sixteen-Twenty class discussion; talking points due
3. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* October 6-10, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Changing the Ending creative writing for "The Cold Equations" deadline now set at Friday, October 10; see last week's blog for format requirements
2. Unit Two Vocabulary test today; books are required in class
3. Catcher in the Rye class discussion continues in class today; book required
4. Grammar assignment
5. Literary Terms continued; test on Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Clinton speech strategies continued in class for Periodic Assessment practice
2. Catcher in the Rye Chapters Eleven-Fifteen due Friday; five talking points per chapter
3. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due Monday; test on Tuesday
4. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice

Wednesday
1. Clinton speech strategies continued in class
2. Catcher in the Rye talking points due Friday for in-class discussion
3. Grammar assignment
4. Thursday is Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
5. Literary Terms test
6. Homework2 pdf due Friday, October 24

Thursday
1. Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
2. Portfolios organized in class tomorrow; bring scored assignments

Friday
1. Catcher in the Rye class discussion on Chapters Eleven-Fifteen; book required
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Unit Three Vocabulary Workshop answers due in class Monday
4. Portfolios organized

STUDYPATH* September 29-October 3, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Notes and answers to questions for Clinton speech reviewed in class
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two answers due Friday; test next Monday
3. Tuesday is Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
4. Prewriting for Changing the Ending essay for "The Cold Equations" due in class today

Tuesday
1. Unassigned Day (classes not in session)
2. Wednesday, Thursday, and Friday assignments posted Tuesday night; check blog

Wednesday
1. Changing the Ending of "The Cold Equations" differentiated assigned due Monday, October 6; typed, double-spaced, formatted for dialogue, spell-grammar checked, and proofread before submitted
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two answers due Friday; test Monday
3. Clinton speech persuasive unit strategies continued in class
4. The Catcher in the Rye Chapters Six-Ten five talking points per chapter due Friday for class discussion

Thursday
1. Clinton speech persuasive unit strategies continued in class
2. Multiple-choice practice for the Persuasive Periodic Assessment in class
3. Catcher in the Rye novels due in class tomorrow
4. Homework2 posted as pdf. file on school downloads; due date to be announced
5. Literary Terms next set of ten assigned; test to be scheduled

Friday
1. Class discussion of Chapters Six-Ten of The Catcher in the Rye
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Two answers due in class today
3. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* September 22-26, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Carmicle Grade 10 HW1.pdf answers due date changed to Friday, September 26
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit One answers due in class tomorrow; test scheduled for Wednesday
3. Catcher Fridays begin September 26; five talking points per chapter for Chapters One-Five due Friday for class discussion
4. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essays due today, Monday, September 22; no contractions, no "you," typed double spaced, correct paper standards as well as all other requirements as stated on the prompt and passage
5. Cornell Notes quiz to be scheduled this week
6. STAR Reading Level documents signed by parents due today

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Unit One Vocabulary answers due in class; test tomorrow
2. Bring Vocabulary Workshop books to class tomorrow; Catcher in the Rye books in class Friday for class discussion
3. Grammar assignment in class

Wednesday
1. Unit One Vocabulary Workshop test; books due in class for Unit Two review after test
2. Cornell Notes to be announced
3. "Ain't I A Woman" Sojourner Truth nonfiction in class
4. Next ten literary terms reviewed and test date announced

Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Clinton speech assigned as homework
2. Catcher in the Rye novels due tomorrow for class discussion; twenty-five talking points presented in class
3. "The Cold Equations" and "The Bet" essay prompts announced and deadlines set
4. Carmicle Grade 10 HW1.pdf answers due tomorrow

Friday
1. Twenty-five talking points and novels required in class today for Chapters One-Five class discussion of The Catcher in the Rye
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* September 15-19, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Carmicle Grade 10 HW1.pdf answers due date: Monday, September 22
2. Persuasion Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice continues
3. Cornell Notes recopied and submitted for grade; due Friday
4. Alliteration-autobiography literary terms reviewed in class
5. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essays due Monday, September 22; no contractions, no "you," typed double spaced, correct paper standards as well as all other requirements as stated on the prompt and passage

Tuesday
1. Grammar assigned in class and as homework: relative clauses
2. Multiple-choice practice continues
3. "Ain't I A Woman" Sojourner Truth nonfiction in class
4. Meet in Hollywood High School Library on Friday
5. Alliteration-autobiography literary terms test in library on Friday

Wednesday
1. Grammar assigned in class and as homework: relative clauses
2. Vocabulary Workshop books assigned to students
3. "Ain't I A Woman" nonfiction continued

Thursday
1. Vocabulary Workshop books due in class for assignment
2. Cornell Notes recopies due tomorrow; quiz to be scheduled
3. Meet in Hollywood High School Library tomorrow
4. The Catcher in the Rye novels assigned to students; assignment to be announced

Friday
1. STAR reading level activity administered in Hollywood High School Library; literary terms test precedes STAR activiity
2. Weekend homework to be announced

STUDYPATH* for September 8-12, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Monday
1. Review Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasion); multiple-choice practice
2. Who/That/Which grammar due today; Unit ninety-two relative clauses classwork
3. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" informal interviews due today
4. One-page summary of syllabus due today; purpose of syllabus, marks threshold, late work policy, and academic useful web site links to be included in summary
5. Cornell Notes on literal/figurative usage, synonyms and antonyms, and structure/context of vocabulary

Tuesday
1. (Persuasion) Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice practice continues
2. Who/That/Which Unit ninety-two grammar due in class today
3. Cornell Notes for Vocabulary: synonyms, antonyms and context clues

Wednesday
1. Thank you Mr. Morales for visiting Honors English 10A class today to see how students learn; we appreciate your support and share your vision for success for our school and our students
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice skills (continued)
3. Downloaded Homework One due on September 19; see school's main web site for downloaded assignment; thorough and precise original responses are expected
4. Cornell Notes for synonyms, antonyms, and context clues (continued)

Thursday-Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment multiple-choice skills (continued)
3. Cornell Notes continued
4. Persuasion Unit-"Ain't I A Woman" by Sojourner Truth; Frederick Douglass quickwrite

Day Three September 5, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Friday
1. Check blog Sunday evening for next week's agendas and assigned work
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Persuasion (practice free-responses and multiple-choice)
3. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essay (continued)
4. Cornell Notes on denotation-connotation (continued)
5. Grammar assignment as homework; due Monday

Day Two September 4, 2008

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Potential, Achievement, Thought, Honor

Thursday
1. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essay assigned; due September 12
2. Textbooks assigned; downloaded homework from school web page due September 19
3. Cornell Notes continued (letter-word-sentence-paragraph)
4. Homework due Monday: One-page summary of Grade Ten syllabus addresses bulleted items
5. Grammar (who/that/which) in-class assignment

Class Orientation

Wednesday, September 3, 2008

POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR

Bell Schedule
Honors Standards
Late Work Policy
Web Log, Class Log, and Tardy Log
Summer Work Assignment
Cornell Notes

Syllabus for Honors English Tenth Grade

Essay One: "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" Due: September 12

Week One
Literature Genre: The Short Story
"The Cold Equations" Tom Godwin (9)
Barton, the pilot of a lightweight spacecraft, has only hours to help a teenage stowaway, Marilyn Lee Cross, understand and accept the inevitable and fatal consequences of her action.*
Differentiated Assignment--Changing the Ending: You are a researcher in the year 2196. You discover some pages of an ancient textbook containing a short story called "The Cold Equations." However, the final pages are missing. The last bit of text you can read is Marilyn's "I'm ready" on page 27. Write a plausible resolution for the story that is different from the present ending. Suppose you are an optimistic researcher. Is it possible to find a happy ending?*

Week Two
"The Bet" Anton Chekhov (210)
In 19th Century Russia, a young lawyer agrees to undergo fifteen years of solitary confinement to prove that imprisonment for life is preferable to capital punishment.*
Differentiated Assignment--Debate: Where do you stand on the question of life imprisonment vs. the death penalty? Do you agree with the lawyer that, "to live anyhow is better than not at all"? Or do you believe as the banker does that a quick execution is more humane than a lifetime of confinement? Write an editorial for the school or local newspaper, expressing your views on the subject. Be sure to evaluate the conflicting claims of the community, of victims, of victims' families, and of convicted individuals. Using your editorial stand as a resource, participate in a classroom debate involving imprisonment vs. the death penalty.* Debate skills are covered on page 1018.

Persuasion Periodic Assessment Selection: "Ain't I A Woman?" Sojourner Truth

Essay: School Junk Food: Due September 26

Week Three
"Through the Tunnel" Doris Lessing (277)
While on vacation at the seashore, Jerry learns about an underwater tunnel that older boys are swimming through. Determined to do the same, Jerry spends a week training for the event.*
Differentiated Assignment--Collage: A collage is an arrangement of images (photographs, magazine art, drawings), words, and other objects (sand, shells, stones, and so forth) glued to a surface. Make a collage called "The Wild Bay." Find words from the text that can go with your images. What mood do you wat to convey in your collage?*

Persuasion Periodic Assessment: Speeches by Bill Clinton and Cesar Chavez
Assessment Writing Task

Week Four
Literature Genre: Nonfiction
"Hair" from The Autobiography of Malcolm X (345)
Malcolm X relates what he learned about himself the first time he conked his hair, turning it straight, like a white person's hair.*
Differentiated Assignment--Research/Drawing: Look up pictures of hairstyles throughout the course of history. Draw four or five of them, and write an informative caption for each. Some possible examples: conked hair; the pageboy; the Afro; cornrows; long hippie hair; punk hair; the crew cut; ponytail; ducktail; powdered wigs; the squash-blossom hairstyle of the Hopis.*

Essay: Violence in Video Games Due: October 10

Administration of the Persuasive Periodic Assessment

Week Five
"No News From Auschwitz" Rosenthal (410)
A journalist visits the memorial at the infamous concentration camp of Auschwitz.*
Differentiated Assignment--Drawing, Poster, Collage, Exhibit: Maya Ying Lin was a twenty-one-year-old architecture student when she submitted the winning design for the Vietnam Veterans Memorial in Washington, D.C.: two long black granite walls inscribed with the names of those who died in the war. Choose an important historic event (it does not have to be tragic) that interests you, and think about the visual ways that could be used to remind people of what happened and why it is important. You may want to brainstorm ideas with a partner or small group. Then, create a poster, a collage, an exhibit, or a model or drawing of a monument to memorialize the event.*


*Credit: Elements of Literature, 4th Course (Holt-Rinehart-Winston Publishing)

Week Six
Literature Genre: Poetry
Forms of Poetry and Metrical Feet: Iambus, Trochee, Spondee, Dactyl, and Anapest; Marlowe-Raleigh-Housman's "Passionate Shepherd, Nymph's Reply and One and Twenty"; Literary Ballad: "Rime of the Ancient Mariner" Coleridge; Ballade: "She Dwelt Among the Untrodden Ways" Wordsworth; Blank Verse: Hamlet (Act I, Scene 3) Shakespeare

Week Seven
Sonnets: "On First Looking Into Chapman's Homer" Keats; "No. 73" Shakespeare; "Courage" Sexton; "Mending Wall" Frost; "Mother to Son" Hughes
Differentiated Assignment--Parody: A parody is a work that makes fun of another work by imitating some aspect of the writer's style. In her parody, "Mending Test" Penelope Bryant Turk, meaning no disrespect to Frost, offers her apologies at the outset. Work with a partner or group to parody the style or format of a poem or song lyric.

Week Eight
Wrap-up of Short Story, Nonfiction, and Poetry Genres

November 11
Veterans' Day Holiday

Week Nine
Literary Genre: Play
Introduction to The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, The Elizabethans and William Shakespeare

Week Ten
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I

November 27-28
Thanksgiving Day Holiday

Week Eleven
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II

Week Twelve
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III

Week Thirteen
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV

Week Fourteen
The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
Persuasive Essay on Mark Antony's Funeral Speech in Act III

Week Fifteen
Portfolio Preparation and Student Reflections September 3-December 19, 2008

Late Work Policy
It is the policy of this class that students who are absent and provide an acceptable excuse may make up assignments or tests the day following their return to class; the assignment or test will be scored and returned to students. Students must mark on the assignment or test the following information: the specific date of absence, the day they first returned to class, the assignment number and date the assignment is actually submitted. If an assignment or test is not completed on the day following the return to class, the assignment or test will be scored as “credit” and not receive a letter grade. That “credit” neither raises nor lowers the students’ overall grade average. Verified truancies and unexcused absences from class will result in no credit received for work submitted.

Assigned vocabulary work must be received by due dates; five points will be deducted from test scores for work not received when due and ten points will be deducted from test scores for no work received.

Summer assignments that are not submitted by due date will be scored as “0,” which may negatively affect a student’s overall course score and earned class grade point average. Assignments that are completed and submitted late will receive only a “credit,” and not earn a letter grade; in this case a student must complete the work to avoid receiving a “0” but will still earn no letter grade for work that was completed. It is in the student’s best interest to meet deadlines and submit work of the highest quality by due dates.
*This policy supersedes all previous late work policy information.

Useful Web Sites
Online Writing Lab
http://owl.english.purdue.edu/
Composition formatting
MLA Style Citations
http://www.cas.usf.edu/english/walker/mla.html
Research Paper Works Cited formatting
Oxford English Dictionary
http://www.oed.com/
Vocabulary for the AP student
Strunk and White
http://www.columbia.edu/acis/bartleby/strunk/
Rules of style for written prose
Teacher Web log
http://www.hollywoodhighschool.net
Weekly blog postings of assignments due
Apex Learning
http://www.apex.com
AP diagnostic tests; literary terms; study strategies
Go My Access/Vantage Learning
http://www.gomyaccess.com
Intellimetric prompts and rubric-scored writing
College Board Online
http://www.collegeboard.org/ap

Grading System (Marks Thresholds)
Marks on individual assignments are based on the following scale:
A 92.5 % or better
B 82.5 % or better
C 72.5 % or better
D 62.5 % or better