AGENDAS FOR ALL CLASSES: MONDAY, JULY 30, 2007

Period 1, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. Owing to the CELDT, one-minute autobiographical speeches will begin today.

2. The audience will be respectful of the speakers!

3. Definition of your topic essay will be collected on Friday.

4. Begin preparing your definition speeches for delivery to the class.

5. Start work on your "compare/contrast" essay on your topic. A Venn Diagram might be useful for this essay.

Period 3, Senior Composition/Senior Project:

1. The one-minute in-front-of-class autobiographical speeches will continue.

2. The audience will be respectful of the speakers!

3. Definition of your topic essay will be collected on Friday.

4. Begin preparing your definition speeches for delivery to the class.

5. Start work on your "compare/contrast" essay on your topic. A Venn Diagram might be useful for this essay.


Period 2, Honors 11Th. English using the AP Curriculum:

1. Figures of speech quiz, Page 971

2. Standard vocabulary quiz

3. Reading, annotation, analysis, and discussion of "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson.

4. Students will continue reading and annotating Huck Finn at home in preparation for discussion in class and the upcoming essay.


Periods 5, American Lit/comp:


1. Figures of speech test, Page 970.

2. Vocabulary test Page 976, Column 1.

3. New Figures of speech, Page 971.

4. New Vocabulary, Page 976, Column 2.

5. New dictation assignments.

7. Textbook assignment: "Doctor Heidegger's Experiment."


Period 6, American Lit/Comp:


1. Owing to the cancellation of the CELDT Test, and the time expended counting heads, you will have a grammar-in-context dictation.

2. Figures of speech for Tuesday: Page 971.

3. Vocabulary for Tuesday: Page 976, Column 1.

4. New dictation.

5. Textbook assignment: "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment."


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