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.