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
Thursday, September 04, 2008
Friday, August 22, 2008
Class Orientation
Wednesday, September 3, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
Bell Schedule
Honors Standards
Late Work Policy
Web Log, Class Log, and Tardy Log
Summer Work Assignment
Cornell Notes
Monday, August 11, 2008
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
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
Saturday, June 21, 2008
STUDYPATH June 23-27, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab (Room 701) to compose Secondary Periodic Assessment Culminating Essay on To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Classroom textbook returns are complete; return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt
Tuesday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD FIVE MEET IN VANTAGE LAB FOR SEMESTER REFLECTION ESSAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt
Wednesday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD FIVE AND SIX DO NOT MEET TODAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt
Thursday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD SIX MEET IN VANTAGE LAB FOR SEMESTER REFLECTION ESSAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt
Friday-Last Day of School
1. Portfolio organization
2. Preview of Grade Eleven syllabi
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab (Room 701) to compose Secondary Periodic Assessment Culminating Essay on To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Classroom textbook returns are complete; return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt
Tuesday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD FIVE MEET IN VANTAGE LAB FOR SEMESTER REFLECTION ESSAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt
Wednesday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD FIVE AND SIX DO NOT MEET TODAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt
Thursday
1. FINALS SCHEDULE-PERIOD SIX MEET IN VANTAGE LAB FOR SEMESTER REFLECTION ESSAY
2. Return any textbooks on your own to textbook room and obtain a receipt
Friday-Last Day of School
1. Portfolio organization
2. Preview of Grade Eleven syllabi
Saturday, June 14, 2008
STUDYPATH June 16-20, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird five talking points per chapter; chapters twenty-seven through thirty-one due in class for Tuesday discussion
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Day Two
3. Vocabulary textbook due date in class to be announced
4. To Kill A Mockingbird film screening dates to be announced
Tuesday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion and unit architecture
2. Video clip of To Kill A Mockingbird
Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab date to be announced for final essay from To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Prewriting for To Kill A Mockingbird due in class today
Thursday
1. Vocabulary Final Mastery Test in class; book is required
2. Semester Reflection prewriting in class
Friday
1. Vocabulary Final Mastery Test administered; exam is not open book
2. Weekend assignments to be announced
3. Finals Schedule for Period Five: Tuesday and Period Six: Thursday
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird five talking points per chapter; chapters twenty-seven through thirty-one due in class for Tuesday discussion
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Day Two
3. Vocabulary textbook due date in class to be announced
4. To Kill A Mockingbird film screening dates to be announced
Tuesday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion and unit architecture
2. Video clip of To Kill A Mockingbird
Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab date to be announced for final essay from To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Prewriting for To Kill A Mockingbird due in class today
Thursday
1. Vocabulary Final Mastery Test in class; book is required
2. Semester Reflection prewriting in class
Friday
1. Vocabulary Final Mastery Test administered; exam is not open book
2. Weekend assignments to be announced
3. Finals Schedule for Period Five: Tuesday and Period Six: Thursday
Sunday, June 08, 2008
STUDYPATH June 9-13, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Vocabulary book required in class for Units Thirteen-Fifteen review
2. To Kill A Mockingbird talking points due today for Chapters Twenty-Two/Twenty-Six--find and briefly analyze one transition, one example of diction, imagery, alliteration, tone, onomatopoeia, figurative language (simile, metaphor), conflict, and symbolism (ten total answers)
3. Grammar assignment in class
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Vocabulary work continues in class; bring vocabulary book
2. Grammar assignment in class
3. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
Wednesday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
2. Grammar assignment in class
Thursday
1. Chapters Twenty-Two/Twenty Six class discussion for To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird literary analysis assignment
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Vocabulary book required in class for Units Thirteen-Fifteen review
2. To Kill A Mockingbird talking points due today for Chapters Twenty-Two/Twenty-Six--find and briefly analyze one transition, one example of diction, imagery, alliteration, tone, onomatopoeia, figurative language (simile, metaphor), conflict, and symbolism (ten total answers)
3. Grammar assignment in class
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Vocabulary work continues in class; bring vocabulary book
2. Grammar assignment in class
3. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
Wednesday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
2. Grammar assignment in class
Thursday
1. Chapters Twenty-Two/Twenty Six class discussion for To Kill A Mockingbird
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird literary analysis assignment
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice (literary analysis)
Sunday, June 01, 2008
STUDYPATH June 2-6, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen will be completed in class; textbooks are required
2. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Sixteen through Twenty-One are due today; five talking points per chapter
Tuesday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice in class
2. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen test tomorrow
Wednesday
1. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen test today
2. Secondary Period Assessment practice in class
Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion for Chapters Sixteen through Twenty-One
2. To Kill A Mockingbird homework assigned due tomorrow
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird activities
2. Weekend homework to be announced
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen will be completed in class; textbooks are required
2. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Sixteen through Twenty-One are due today; five talking points per chapter
Tuesday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment practice in class
2. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen test tomorrow
Wednesday
1. Vocabulary Unit Fifteen test today
2. Secondary Period Assessment practice in class
Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion for Chapters Sixteen through Twenty-One
2. To Kill A Mockingbird homework assigned due tomorrow
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird activities
2. Weekend homework to be announced
Monday, May 26, 2008
STUDYPATH May 26-30, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone final exam (multiple-choice)
2. Anthologies are required in class today; grammar assignment
3. Talking points for Chapters Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, and Fourteen for To Kill A Mockingbird are due today for class discussion on Thursday and Friday
4. Vocabulary Workshop books are due in class next Monday, June 2
Wednesday
1. Antigone final exam (multiple-choice) continues
2. Grammar assignment
3. Bring To Kill A Mockingbird novels for tomorrow's class discussion
Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird talking points Chapters Nine-Fourteen are due today
2. Strategies for preparation of Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion and activities continue
2. Weekend homework to be announced
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
MEMORIAL DAY HOLIDAY
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone final exam (multiple-choice)
2. Anthologies are required in class today; grammar assignment
3. Talking points for Chapters Nine, Ten, Eleven, Twelve, Thirteen, and Fourteen for To Kill A Mockingbird are due today for class discussion on Thursday and Friday
4. Vocabulary Workshop books are due in class next Monday, June 2
Wednesday
1. Antigone final exam (multiple-choice) continues
2. Grammar assignment
3. Bring To Kill A Mockingbird novels for tomorrow's class discussion
Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird talking points Chapters Nine-Fourteen are due today
2. Strategies for preparation of Secondary Periodic Assessment-Literary Analysis
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion and activities continue
2. Weekend homework to be announced
Saturday, May 17, 2008
STUDYPATH May 19-23, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
CST TESTING MONDAY-THURSDAY; CLASS SCHEDULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Monday: Periods One, Four, Five and Six
Tuesday: Periods One, Two, and Three
Wednesday: Periods One, Two, and Three
Thursday: Periods One, Four, Five and Six
Friday: Periods One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six
Weekly assigned work TBA in class with these exceptions:
Bring Vocabulary textbook on Monday for in-class work on Unit Fourteen
Bring To Kill A Mockingbird novels on Friday for class discussion; Chapters Seven and Eight Talking Points (five per chapter) are due Monday, May 19
Bring Textbook for Antigone Monday May 19
Grammar assignments will be assigned Monday and Friday
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
CST TESTING MONDAY-THURSDAY; CLASS SCHEDULES ARE AS FOLLOWS:
Monday: Periods One, Four, Five and Six
Tuesday: Periods One, Two, and Three
Wednesday: Periods One, Two, and Three
Thursday: Periods One, Four, Five and Six
Friday: Periods One, Two, Three, Four, Five and Six
Weekly assigned work TBA in class with these exceptions:
Bring Vocabulary textbook on Monday for in-class work on Unit Fourteen
Bring To Kill A Mockingbird novels on Friday for class discussion; Chapters Seven and Eight Talking Points (five per chapter) are due Monday, May 19
Bring Textbook for Antigone Monday May 19
Grammar assignments will be assigned Monday and Friday
Sunday, May 11, 2008
STUDYPATH May 12-16, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Five talking points each for Chapters Four, Five, Six of To Kill A Mockingbird for Thursday class discussion; due date was postponed from last week because of AP European History Exam
2. Antigone Scene Three
3. Grammar assignment
4. UNIT FOURTEEN VOCABULARY DUE NEXT MONDAY, MAY 19
Tuesday
1. Antigone Scene Three continued
2. Grammar assignment
Wednesday
1. Antigone Scene Four
2. Grammar assignment
Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Unit continues with talking points and class discussion
2. TKAM talking points for Chapters Seven-Ten due Monday
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Unit continues
2. Weekend homework to be announced
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Five talking points each for Chapters Four, Five, Six of To Kill A Mockingbird for Thursday class discussion; due date was postponed from last week because of AP European History Exam
2. Antigone Scene Three
3. Grammar assignment
4. UNIT FOURTEEN VOCABULARY DUE NEXT MONDAY, MAY 19
Tuesday
1. Antigone Scene Three continued
2. Grammar assignment
Wednesday
1. Antigone Scene Four
2. Grammar assignment
Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Unit continues with talking points and class discussion
2. TKAM talking points for Chapters Seven-Ten due Monday
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird Literary Analysis Unit continues
2. Weekend homework to be announced
Sunday, May 04, 2008
STUDYPATH May 5-9, 2007
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Unit Review Vocabulary answers in class
2. Unit Thirteen Vocabulary in class assignment; books are required
3. Antigone Scene Two
4. Grammar assignment Adverb Phrases
5. Literary Terms test
Tuesday
1. Antigone Scene Three
2. Grammar assignment
3. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Four-Six talking points due Friday for class discussion
Wednesday
1. Antigone Scene Three (continued)
2. Grammar assignment
Thursday
1. Cisneros multicultural selection; preparation for Secondary Periodic Assessment
2. TKAM talking points due tomorrow
3. Literary Terms test in class
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion
2. Weekend homework to be announced
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Unit Review Vocabulary answers in class
2. Unit Thirteen Vocabulary in class assignment; books are required
3. Antigone Scene Two
4. Grammar assignment Adverb Phrases
5. Literary Terms test
Tuesday
1. Antigone Scene Three
2. Grammar assignment
3. To Kill A Mockingbird Chapters Four-Six talking points due Friday for class discussion
Wednesday
1. Antigone Scene Three (continued)
2. Grammar assignment
Thursday
1. Cisneros multicultural selection; preparation for Secondary Periodic Assessment
2. TKAM talking points due tomorrow
3. Literary Terms test in class
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird class discussion
2. Weekend homework to be announced
Sunday, April 27, 2008
STUDYPATH April 28-May 2
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Antigone Scene One continued
2. Unit 10-12 Review and Cumulative Review in class; book is required
3. Literary Terms
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone Scene One and Two
2. Literary Terms
Wednesday
1. Literary Terms
2. Antigone continued
Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird unit begins; secondary periodic assessment skills tomorrow in class
2. Literary Terms test scheduled for Friday
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird continued
2. Unit Thirteen vocabulary in class on Monday; books are required
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Antigone Scene One continued
2. Unit 10-12 Review and Cumulative Review in class; book is required
3. Literary Terms
Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Antigone Scene One and Two
2. Literary Terms
Wednesday
1. Literary Terms
2. Antigone continued
Thursday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird unit begins; secondary periodic assessment skills tomorrow in class
2. Literary Terms test scheduled for Friday
Friday
1. To Kill A Mockingbird continued
2. Unit Thirteen vocabulary in class on Monday; books are required
Sunday, April 20, 2008
STUDYPATH April 21-25, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Unit Twelve Vocabulary in class; textbooks are required
2. Film Screening: Tragedy of Julius Caesar
3. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
4. Literary Terms
Tuesday
1. Antigone by Sophocles
2. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
3. Literary Terms
Wednesday
1. Antigone
2. PSAT practice
3. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
4. Literary Terms
Thursday
1. Multicultural Literature selection
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment: Literary Analysis practice
Friday
1. Unit Thirteen in class on Monday; book is required in class
2. Multicultural Literature selection continued
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Unit Twelve Vocabulary in class; textbooks are required
2. Film Screening: Tragedy of Julius Caesar
3. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
4. Literary Terms
Tuesday
1. Antigone by Sophocles
2. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
3. Literary Terms
Wednesday
1. Antigone
2. PSAT practice
3. Grammar assignment in class and as homework
4. Literary Terms
Thursday
1. Multicultural Literature selection
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment: Literary Analysis practice
Friday
1. Unit Thirteen in class on Monday; book is required in class
2. Multicultural Literature selection continued
Friday, April 11, 2008
STUDYPATH April 14-18, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class updates and class assignments trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Literary Terms test
2. Unit Eleven Vocabulary due today; test tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment
Tuesday
1. Julius Caesar final exam
2. Film Screening: Julius Caesar Part I
3. Unit Eleven Vocabulary test
Wednesday
1. Film Screening: Julius Caesar Part II
2. Caesar essay annotations due today; rewrite for Vantage Lab to be scheduled
Thursday
1. Multicultural Literary Analysis unit continued
2. Grammar assignment
Friday
1. Vantage Lab rewrite of Caesar essay to be scheduled
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Meet at library for first twenty minutes of period for Book Fair
4. UNIT TWELVE VOCABULARY WILL BE DONE IN CLASS MONDAY; BRING BOOK FOR CLASSWORK
In-class updates and class assignments trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Literary Terms test
2. Unit Eleven Vocabulary due today; test tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment
Tuesday
1. Julius Caesar final exam
2. Film Screening: Julius Caesar Part I
3. Unit Eleven Vocabulary test
Wednesday
1. Film Screening: Julius Caesar Part II
2. Caesar essay annotations due today; rewrite for Vantage Lab to be scheduled
Thursday
1. Multicultural Literary Analysis unit continued
2. Grammar assignment
Friday
1. Vantage Lab rewrite of Caesar essay to be scheduled
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Meet at library for first twenty minutes of period for Book Fair
4. UNIT TWELVE VOCABULARY WILL BE DONE IN CLASS MONDAY; BRING BOOK FOR CLASSWORK
Sunday, April 06, 2008
STUDYPATH April 7-11, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
CHECK BLOG ON SUNDAY NIGHTS FOR UPDATED INFO.
Monday
1. Vocabulary Unit Ten answers due today
2. Anthologies due in class for literary terms
3. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V; Caesar essay scheduled
Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
2. Vocabulary Unit Ten test
3. Literary terms and grammar assignment
Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar final examination
2. Introduction to Antigone and Sophocles
3. Literary terms and grammar assignment
4. F451 Final Examination
Thursday
1. Multicultural Literature: "Salomon's Story" Rudolfo Anaya; reader/writer notebooks
2. Vocabulary books due in class tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment
4. F451 film screening Part I
Friday
1. Unit Eleven Vocabulary answers due in class Monday
2. Vocabulary books due in class today
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. F451 film screening Part II
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
CHECK BLOG ON SUNDAY NIGHTS FOR UPDATED INFO.
Monday
1. Vocabulary Unit Ten answers due today
2. Anthologies due in class for literary terms
3. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V; Caesar essay scheduled
Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act V
2. Vocabulary Unit Ten test
3. Literary terms and grammar assignment
Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar final examination
2. Introduction to Antigone and Sophocles
3. Literary terms and grammar assignment
4. F451 Final Examination
Thursday
1. Multicultural Literature: "Salomon's Story" Rudolfo Anaya; reader/writer notebooks
2. Vocabulary books due in class tomorrow
3. Grammar assignment
4. F451 film screening Part I
Friday
1. Unit Eleven Vocabulary answers due in class Monday
2. Vocabulary books due in class today
3. Weekend homework to be announced
4. F451 film screening Part II
Saturday, March 29, 2008
STUDYPATH March 31-April 4, 2008
CHECK BLOG ON SUNDAY NIGHTS FOR UPDATES
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab for Caesar essay rewrite; book, prompt, and first draft required
2. Answers due today for Units Seven-Nine and Cumulative II vocabulary
Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV
2. Fahrenheit 451 ten talking points due Friday for Part III and class discussion
3. Literary terms and grammar assignments continue
Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV, Act V
2. Literary terms and grammar assignments continue
Thursday
1. Reader/Writer notebooks and Multicultural literature selection
2. Vocabulary Workshop texts due in class tomorrow
3. Literary terms test
4. Grammar assignment
Friday
1. Fahrenheit 451 Part III class discussion and talking points due today
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten answers due in class on Monday
3. Weekend homework to be announced
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Meet in Vantage Writing Lab for Caesar essay rewrite; book, prompt, and first draft required
2. Answers due today for Units Seven-Nine and Cumulative II vocabulary
Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV
2. Fahrenheit 451 ten talking points due Friday for Part III and class discussion
3. Literary terms and grammar assignments continue
Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV, Act V
2. Literary terms and grammar assignments continue
Thursday
1. Reader/Writer notebooks and Multicultural literature selection
2. Vocabulary Workshop texts due in class tomorrow
3. Literary terms test
4. Grammar assignment
Friday
1. Fahrenheit 451 Part III class discussion and talking points due today
2. Vocabulary Workshop Unit Ten answers due in class on Monday
3. Weekend homework to be announced
Friday, March 21, 2008
STUDYPATH March 24-28, 2008
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Anthologies due in class Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III, Act IV
3. Unit Nine Vocabulary due today; test tomorrow
Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV continued
2. Unit Nine Vocabulary test today
3. Literary terms test on ten terms and grammar assignment in class
4. Ten talking points due Friday for class discussion of Part II of Fahrenheit 451
Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV, Act V
2. Literary terms and grammar assignment
Thursday
1. "Two Kinds" Amy Tan
2. Reader/Writer notebooks; academic language
3. Vocabulary book due in class tomorrow
Friday
1. Unit Seven-Nine and Cumulative Review II vocabulary answers due on Monday
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Fahrenheit 451 Part II ten talking points due today; class discussion
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. Anthologies due in class Monday, Tuesday, and Wednesday
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act III, Act IV
3. Unit Nine Vocabulary due today; test tomorrow
Tuesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV continued
2. Unit Nine Vocabulary test today
3. Literary terms test on ten terms and grammar assignment in class
4. Ten talking points due Friday for class discussion of Part II of Fahrenheit 451
Wednesday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act IV, Act V
2. Literary terms and grammar assignment
Thursday
1. "Two Kinds" Amy Tan
2. Reader/Writer notebooks; academic language
3. Vocabulary book due in class tomorrow
Friday
1. Unit Seven-Nine and Cumulative Review II vocabulary answers due on Monday
2. Weekend homework to be announced
3. Fahrenheit 451 Part II ten talking points due today; class discussion
Saturday, March 15, 2008
STUDYPATH March 17-21, 2007
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act II (all Scenes)
2. Literary Terms (test to be scheduled)
3. Ten talking points for Part I (The Hearth and the Salamander) due for Fahrenheit 451
4. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop answers due in class today (late work policy applies)
5. Fahrenheit 451 reading check test in class
6. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
7. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan and Reader/Writer notebooks for academic vocabulary for Literary Analysis
Tuesday
1. Imitative Writing assignment for Fahrenheit 451 due in class today
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act II (continued)
3. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
4. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan (continued)
5. Vantage Lab scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday for Julius Caesar, Act I essay; mandatory to bring reading check answers to lab
6. Prewriting for Act I, Julius Caesar essay due today
Wednesday
1. Textbooks required in Vantage Lab for writing the essay for Act I of Julius Caesar
2. Fahrenheit Friday class discussion; book and talking points are required
Thursday
1. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan continued
2. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
3. Vocabulary textbooks due in class Friday for Unit Nine assignment
Friday
1. Unit Nine assigned and due on Monday
2. Fahrenheit Friday class discussion
3. Weekend homework to be announced
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act II (all Scenes)
2. Literary Terms (test to be scheduled)
3. Ten talking points for Part I (The Hearth and the Salamander) due for Fahrenheit 451
4. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop answers due in class today (late work policy applies)
5. Fahrenheit 451 reading check test in class
6. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
7. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan and Reader/Writer notebooks for academic vocabulary for Literary Analysis
Tuesday
1. Imitative Writing assignment for Fahrenheit 451 due in class today
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar, Act II (continued)
3. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
4. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan (continued)
5. Vantage Lab scheduled for tomorrow, Wednesday for Julius Caesar, Act I essay; mandatory to bring reading check answers to lab
6. Prewriting for Act I, Julius Caesar essay due today
Wednesday
1. Textbooks required in Vantage Lab for writing the essay for Act I of Julius Caesar
2. Fahrenheit Friday class discussion; book and talking points are required
Thursday
1. "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan continued
2. Grammar assignment from grammar handbook
3. Vocabulary textbooks due in class Friday for Unit Nine assignment
Friday
1. Unit Nine assigned and due on Monday
2. Fahrenheit Friday class discussion
3. Weekend homework to be announced
Saturday, March 08, 2008
STUDYPATH March 10-14, 2007
POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I (anthologies due in class)
2. California High School Exit Exam Tuesday and Wednesday
3. Literary Terms
Tuesday
1. California High School Exit Exam
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I (continued)
3. Cornell Notes test on Thursday
Wednesday
1. California High School Exit Exam
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II
3. Cornell Notes test on Thursday
4. Shakespeare test on Thursday; students read Shakespeare information on line, both the Elizabethan Age and The Elizabethan Theater sections; see last week's blog for link
5. Answer questions a.b.c. at the end of Act II after reading Scene 1
Thursday
1. Fahrenheit 451 books issued; talking points for Part I due tomorrow (revised to due Monday
2. Cornell Notes test
3. Reader/Writer Notebooks for "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan
4. Elizabethan Age/Elizabethan Theater quiz today (see link from last week's blog)
Friday
1. Fahrenheit Friday; talking points due today (revised to talking points due Monday)
2. Imitative Writing for Fahrenheit 451 due today (revised to due Tuesday)
3. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop due Monday
In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
Monday
1. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I (anthologies due in class)
2. California High School Exit Exam Tuesday and Wednesday
3. Literary Terms
Tuesday
1. California High School Exit Exam
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act I (continued)
3. Cornell Notes test on Thursday
Wednesday
1. California High School Exit Exam
2. The Tragedy of Julius Caesar Act II
3. Cornell Notes test on Thursday
4. Shakespeare test on Thursday; students read Shakespeare information on line, both the Elizabethan Age and The Elizabethan Theater sections; see last week's blog for link
5. Answer questions a.b.c. at the end of Act II after reading Scene 1
Thursday
1. Fahrenheit 451 books issued; talking points for Part I due tomorrow (revised to due Monday
2. Cornell Notes test
3. Reader/Writer Notebooks for "Two Kinds" by Amy Tan
4. Elizabethan Age/Elizabethan Theater quiz today (see link from last week's blog)
Friday
1. Fahrenheit Friday; talking points due today (revised to talking points due Monday)
2. Imitative Writing for Fahrenheit 451 due today (revised to due Tuesday)
3. Unit Eight Vocabulary Workshop due Monday
Friday, March 07, 2008
Special Note to Students for Caesar Reading Assignment
Attention Grade Ten Students:
It was a very productive week, and I appreciate your hard work and dedication to this course. I am adjusting your homework reading assignment for Julius Caesar that is due on Monday. You do NOT need to read Act I of the play since we will cover that in class on Monday. Additionally, you may answer the reading check questions in class. Please check the blog on Sunday evening for the specific pages required for Monday. Thank you again for a very productive first week and your hard work and dedication to English Honors 10B.
It was a very productive week, and I appreciate your hard work and dedication to this course. I am adjusting your homework reading assignment for Julius Caesar that is due on Monday. You do NOT need to read Act I of the play since we will cover that in class on Monday. Additionally, you may answer the reading check questions in class. Please check the blog on Sunday evening for the specific pages required for Monday. Thank you again for a very productive first week and your hard work and dedication to English Honors 10B.
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