December 17-21, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. The Great Debate
2. Return textbooks to counter for return to textbook room

Tuesday
CLASS DOES NOT MEET TODAY

Wednesday
1. Period Five Final in Vantage Lab; Expository Periodic Assessment Essay and Semester Reflection
2. Return textbooks in class

Thursday
1. Period Six Final in Vantage Lab; Expository Periodic Assessment Essay and Semester Reflection
2. Return textbooks in class.

Friday
1. Off-track assignment issued
2. Last day of Track A for Semester A

December 10-14, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Literacy Essay in class (Alexie, Cisneros, and Douglass are choices) using Reader/Writer's notebooks
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment administered Thursday and Friday
3. "The Bet" Chekhov Capital Punishment Debate scheduled for Monday, December 17
4. Final Literary Terms test scheduled

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Levels of Questioning in class
2. Literacy Essay continued in class using Reader/Writer's notebooks

Wednesday
1. Portfolios organized for semester reflection
2. Final exam in Vantage Lab; multiple-choice final for Catcher in the Rye and semester reflection essay
3. Literary Terms test
4. Return anthologies to counter for return to textbook room

Thursday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition (Day One)
2. Return anthologies to counter for return to textbook room

Friday
1. Secondary Periodic Assessment-Exposition (Day Two)
2. Preparation for Debate on Monday

December 3-7, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. Staple final draft of Catcher in the Rye Essay on top of the two peer revision copies and submit no later than Wednesday
2. Vocabulary Level E Unit Seven answers due Monday, December 3 in class; test postponed to Wednesday due to UCLA field trip for 10th graders
3. Literary Terms continued in class
4. AR Book Student Record Report was due in class Friday, November 30; no late reports will be accepted
5. Expository Literacy Essay prewriting due in class last Friday is postponed; deadline is TBA

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Field Trip to UCLA for 10th graders
2. Vocabulary Level E Unit Seven test in class tomorrow

Wednesday
1. Vocabulary Level E Unit Seven test in class today; return books to class to turn in to textbook room
2. Literary Terms continued in class
3. Debate-Montage ("The Bet" and "Through the Tunnel") plans announced in class
4. Levels of Questioning practice
5. Catcher in the Rye final drafts of essays due today

Thursday
1. Grammar continues in class
2. Poetry Examination
3. Exposition-Secondary Periodic Assessment testing to be announced

Friday
1. Literacy Narrative Essay on Alexie, Cisneros, and Douglass as in class timed writing
2. Weekend homework to be announced

November 26-30, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

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

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

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

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

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

November 19-23, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

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

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

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

Thursday
Happy Thanksgiving!

Friday
Thanksgiving Day Holiday

November 12-16, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

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

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

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

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

November 12-16, 2007

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

Tuesday, November 13 is a shortened day.

November 5-9, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

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

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

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

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

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

October 29-November 2, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. PHBAO Night is Thursday; progress reports will be distributed 6-8 P.M.
2. "Superman and Me" connotation activity is due in class today
3. Unit Six Vocabulary Level E answers due in class
4. Literary Terms (next set of ten) continued

Tuesday
1. "Superman and Me" Sherman Alexie practice for the Expository Periodic Assessment
2. Test on Unit Six Vocabulary Level E today
3. Literary Terms continued in class
4. Grammar assignment as homework

Wednesday
1. Grammar assignment as homework
2. Catcher in the Rye Chapters 11-15 talking points due for Friday discussion
3. "Straw Into Gold" by Sandra Cisneros introduced in class
4. Portfolio Management in class

Thursday (Minimum Day)
1. PHABO Night tonight in cafeteria from 6-8 P.M.
2. Grammar assignment as homework

Friday
1. Catcher in the Rye class discussion (Chapter 11-15)
2. Weekend homework to be announced

October 22-26, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

REMINDER: If students feel essay rewrite scores should be higher, they must write a request, using the specific language of the generic (or tailored) rubric, to justify why the essay should be re-read and re-scored.

Monday
1. Unit Five Vocabulary Level E answers due in class today; test tomorrow
2. "No News From Auschwitz" Selection Test Tuesday (Period Five still needs to read piece)
3. Anthologies due in class; literary terms continued and test to be scheduled
4. The Catcher in the Rye class discussion on Chapters 1-5; talking points are due today
5. Grammar homework assigned

Tuesday
1. "No News From Auschwitz" Selection Test today (Period Five still needs to read piece)
2. Grammar homework assigned
3. Unit Five Vocabulary test in class today
4. Talking Points for Chapters 6-10 of The Catcher in the Rye due Friday for class discussion

Wednesday
1. "Hair" excerpt by Malcolm X in class today
2. Literary Terms continued in class
3. Grammar homework assigned
4. Preview of upcoming Poetry Unit

Thursday
1. "Hair" Selection Test in class
2. Literary Terms test in class today
3. Talking Points for The Catcher in the Rye due tomorrow for class discussion

Friday
1. Class discussion on Chapters 5-10 for The Catcher in the Rye
2. Grammar homework assigned

October 15-19, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

Monday
1. "Through the Tunnel" selection test completed and scored in class
2. Unit Four Vocabulary answers due in class today
3. Window opens for Persuasive Periodic Assessment
4. Literary Terms in class
5. The Catcher in the Rye assigned to both classes

Tuesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab scheduled for Periods Five and Six on Wednesday
2. Literary Terms continued in class; test to be scheduled
3. Unit Four Vocabulary test in class
4. The Catcher in the Rye Chapters One-Five talking points due Friday (10 talking points per chapter--no plot summary for talking points)

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab
2. Grammar assigned as homework

Thursday
1. Grammar assigned as homework
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Day One)

Friday
1. Grammar assigned as homework
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Day Two)
3. Talking points due for The Catcher in the Rye

October 8-12, 2007

In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.

REMINDER: If students feel essay rewrite scores should be higher, they must write a request, using the specific language of the generic (or tailored) rubric, to justify why the essay should be re-read and re-scored.

Monday
1. Units One-Three Cumulative Level "E" answers due in class today; test Tuesday
2. Literary Terms next set of ten introduced in class
3. "Through the Tunnel" Doris Lessing short story; graphic organizer

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Units One-Three Cumulative Level "E" exam
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment Practice (Persuasion)
3. Vantage Lab is scheduled for Wednesday
4. "Violence in Video Games" prewriting is due in class today

Wednesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab; "Violence in Video Games" essay typed on Vantage; persuasive writing rubric available
2. Speeches for Persuasive Unit are due tomorrow in triads; index cards to be turned in
3. Grammar homework to be assigned

Thursday
1. Grammar homework to be assigned
2. Speeches for Persuasive Unit due today in triads
3. Literary Terms (next set of ten) continued; test on Monday
4. Novel to be assigned; talking points due on Monday

Friday
1. Grammar homework to be assigned
2. Window opens for Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasion); exam to be scheduled
3. Unit Four Level "E" Vocabulary introduced; book is due in class
4. Novel assigned; talking points due Monday
5. Portfolios organized

October 1-5, 2007

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS


Monday
1. “Through the Tunnel” graphic organizer/vocabulary/multiple-choice in class this week
2. Annotations in reader/writer notebooks for speaking/debating skills
3. Level “E” Vocabulary Unit Three answers due in class today
4. Grammar Page Nine and Ten assigned as homework; due Tuesday
5. Textbook Weekly Schedule: Anthology M-TH; Vocabulary F
6. Literary Terms 11-20 test in class this week
7. Editorial prewriting assigned from “The Bet” and due in class tomorrow in Vantage Lab—Meet in Vantage Lab on Tuesday, October 2
8. Index cards to prepare for Periodic Assessment Persuasive Speech due in class

Tuesday
1. Vantage Writing Lab scheduled today, October 2 for editorial writing assignment
2. Academic Vocabulary Cornell Notes continued in class in reader/writer notebooks
3. Grammar homework Pages 7/8 assigned as homework due today
4. Unit Three Level “E” Vocabulary test in class today
5. Literary Terms 11-20 test today in class
6. Violence in Video Games essay prompt assigned in class; essay due Monday

Wednesday
1. Practice for the Persuasive Periodic Assessment
2. Grammar assigned as homework
3. “Violence in Video Games” essay assigned; essay due Monday
4. Back To School Night tomorrow night

Thursday (Minimum Day) BACK TO SCHOOL NIGHT
1. Review of Speech Analysis and Rhetorical Devices for Cesar Chavez speech
2. Reader/Writer Notebook Cornell Notes continue for rhetorical devices
3. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasive) practice in class
4. Academic Vocabulary for Persuasive Secondary Periodic Assessment continued
5. Literary Terms next set of ten introduced

Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced, including grammar
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasive) practice continues
3. Unit Four Level “E” Vocabulary assigned today; answers due in class Monday
4. Vocabulary Workshop textbooks due in class today

September 24-28, 2007

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS


Monday
1. “The Bet” graphic organizer/vocabulary/multiple-choice in class
2. Cesar Chavez Speech annotations due in class today; annotations in reader/writer notebooks
3. Level “E” Vocabulary Unit Two answers due in class today
4. Grammar Page Five and Six completed in class
5. Textbook Weekly Schedule: Anthology M-TH; Vocabulary F
6. Literary Terms 11-20 reviewed in class; test Friday
7. “Changing the Ending” from “The Cold Equations” prewriting assigned and due in class tomorrow
8. Index cards to prepare for Periodic Assessment Persuasive Speech due Friday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. Vantage Writing Lab scheduled tomorrow, September 26
2. Academic Vocabulary Cornell Notes continued in class in reader/writer notebooks
3. Vantage Writing Lab for “Changing the Ending” of “The Cold Equations” prewriting is due in class today and will be collected
4. Grammar homework Pages 7/8 assigned as homework; due tomorrow
5. Unit Two Level “E” Vocabulary test in class today
6. Literary Terms 11-20 test in class Friday

Wednesday
1. Practice for the Persuasive Periodic Assessment
2. Grammar assigned as homework
3. “Violence in Video Games” essay assigned; prewriting due Friday
4. Vantage Lab may be assigned later this week; to be announced in class
5. Index cards due Friday; “Why Johnny Can’t Pass His Fitness Test” or “Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?” are possible topics
6. MEET IN VANTAGE WRITING LAB TODAY

Thursday
1. Review of Speech Analysis and Rhetorical Devices for Cesar Chavez speech
2. Reader/Writer Notebook Cornell Notes continue for rhetorical devices
3. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasive) practice in class
4. Academic Vocabulary for Persuasive Secondary Periodic Assessment continued
5. Literary Terms 11-20 test tomorrow
6. “Letter to the Editor” prewriting assigned in preparation for classroom debate on capital punishment related to Chekhov’s “The Bet”

Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced, including grammar
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasive) practice continues
3. Unit Three Level “E” Vocabulary assigned today; answers due in class Monday
4. Vocabulary Workshop textbooks due in class today

September 17-21, 2007

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS


Monday
1. “The Cold Equations” graphic organizer/vocabulary/multiple-choice in class
2. Clinton Speech annotations due in class today
3. Level “E” Vocabulary Unit One answers due in class today
4. Grammar homework assignment
5. Textbook Weekly Schedule: Anthology M-TH; Vocabulary F
6. Literary Terms 1-10 reviewed in class; test Tuesday

Tuesday (Shortened Day)
1. “The Bet” Anton Chekhov short story
2. “The Bet” graphics organizer/vocabulary/multiple-choice in class
3. Vantage Writing Lab for “Changing the Ending” of “The Cold Equations” scheduled for September 26
4. Grammar homework due today; corrected in class
5. Unit One Level “E” Vocabulary test in class today
6. Literary Terms 1-10 test in class today
Some assignments carry over to Wednesday

Wednesday
1. Practice for the Persuasive Periodic Assessment
2. Cesar Chavez speech assigned in class; rhetorical devices discussion in triads
3. Grammar assigned as homework
4. “Violence in Video Games” essay assigned; prewriting due Friday
5. “The Bet” continues in class
UPDATE FOR PERIOD FIVE AND SIX: Literary Terms Test postponed until Thursday

Thursday
1. Review of Speech Analysis and Rhetorical Devices for Cesar Chavez speech
2. Reader/Writer Notebook Cornell Notes continue
3. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasive) practice in class
4. Academic Vocabulary introduced for Persuasive Secondary Periodic Assessment
5. Literary Terms 11-20 in class

Friday
1. Weekend homework to be announced
2. Secondary Periodic Assessment (Persuasive) practice continues

September 10-14, 2007

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS

Monday
1. Meet in Hollywood High School Library for STAR Reading Level diagnostic and Accelerated Reader book choice; anthologies not required until Thursday in Room 120
2. Literary Terms resume on Thursday; test on terms on Friday, September 14
3. "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" prewriting due tomorrow in Vantage Lab, Room 701; use "Yes-No" debate article and "Too Early for Teens" to form an opinion
4. Grammar to be assigned in class this week
5. Marks update issued and distributed to students
6. "Why Johnny Can't Pass Hit Fitness Test" essays scored and returned to students

Tuesday
1. Meet in Vantage Lab, Room 701 for gomyaccess.com orientation and prewriting for "Should High School Start at 9:00 A.M.?" essay
2. Rubric for persuasive essay reviewed on gomyaccess.com website
3. Anthologies due in class on Thursday

Wednesday
1. Meet in Vantage Lab, Room 701 to complete essay begun on Tuesday
2. Meet in Room 120 on Thursday and Friday of this week
3. Dialectical Journals are being scored and returned to students

Thursday
1. Meet in Room 120; anthology is required for "The Cold Equations" and literary terms
2. Review of Speech Analysis and Rhetorical Devices; Bill Clinton speech assigned as homework; reader/writer notebooks Cornell Notes continue in class
3. Academic Vocabulary introduced in preparation for Persuasive Periodic Assessment

Friday
1. Anthology required for "The Cold Equations" and "Changing the Ending" differentiated assignment scheduled for Godwin's short story
2. Literary Terms test today in class
3. Reader/Writer notebooks Cornell Notes completed in class; review of rhetorical devices for Bill Clinton speech that was previously assigned
4. Weekend homework assignments to be announced

September 4-7, 2007

IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENTS AND CLASS UPDATES TRUMP PUBLISHED BLOGS

Tuesday
1. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essay due Wednesday; late essays will receive credit only and not a letter grade; Cornell Notes and assignment prompt with prewriting must be attached in back of essay
2. Distribute PSAT booklets in class
3. Bring anthologies to class Wednesdays, Thursdays, and Fridays
4. "Ain't I A Woman" Sojourner Truth speech in class using reader/writer notebooks; multicultural literature book homework to be announced; outlining skills to be covered
5. Course Work Surveys returned to students; usage, grammar and format problems discussed

Wednesday
1. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essay due (see Tuesday instructions); students share thesis statements and introductory paragraphs with triads
2. Anthologies due in class for "The Cold Equations" short story genre and literature terms One-Ten; literature terms test on Friday
3. Track A Orientation today
4. Grammar-Parts of Speech and Usage Problems

Thursday
1. "The Cold Equations" continues in class; graphic organizers for the short story
2. "Ain't I A Woman" Sojourner Truth speech continues in class
3. Meet in Hollywood High School Library Monday, September 10 (Periods Five/Six); Accelerated Reader book choices and STAR Reading Levels tested
4. Vocabulary Root Words, Diacritical Markings, Pronunciation Guides, and Analogies

Friday
1. Literature Terms One-Ten test in class today
2. "The Cold Equations" continues in class; "Changing The Ending" assignment scheduled for Vantage Writing Lab (lab visit to the scheduled)
3. Grammar-Parts of Speech and Usage Problems continue
4. Persuasive Essay to be assigned for weekend homework

September 2, 2007

Course Work Surveys are being scored and will be returned to students on Tuesday.

This week's assignments will be posted Monday evening on this blog.

Friday August 31, 2007

1. Check blog on Sunday evening for next week's assignments
2. Rubric for "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essay in class
3. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essay due on Wednesday, September 5
4. Dialectical Journals are due
5. Questions on online syllabi assigned and due on Tuesday
6. Labor Day Holiday on Monday
7. Parent Letter and Academic/Behavior Standards documents due today, Friday

Thursday August 30, 2007

1. Coursework survey due today in class
2. Parent Letter/Academic and Behavior Standards due Friday
3. Dialectical Journals Collected
4. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" explained and assigned
5. Great job in class today, Wednesday!