Friday, July 31, 2009

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY,, AUGUST 3, 2009

TENTH GRADED ENGLISH:

1. ANTIGONE, SCENE IV, PAGE 723

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE "MAKING MEANINGS, QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 8 ON PAGE 727.

Thursday, July 30, 2009

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, JULY 31, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. ANTIGONE, PAGE 721

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 8 ON PAGE 722.

3. STUDENTS WILL VIEW THE END OF THE FILM ON MALCOLM X.

4. ANTIGONE, SCENE 4, PAGE 723.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. "WINTER DREAMS" ON PAGE 578: STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS

2. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' TEXT: VISUAL RHETORIC, PAGE XV

3. CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' TEXT: VISUAL IMAGES, PAGE3

4. "LOS ANGELES: THE UNREAD CITY, PAGE 9 IN THE CAL TEXT.

Wednesday, July 29, 2009

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 30, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. ANTIGONE, STUDENTS TAKE PARTS, PAGE 707.

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 8 ON PAGE 714.

3. ANTIGONE, STUDENTS TAKE PARTS, PAGE 716.

4. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 9 ON PAGE 722.

ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. ANNOTATION OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AND "BUILDING BACKGROUND" ON PAGE 585

2. STUDENTS WILL CONVERT THE ANNOTATIONS INTO SAY/MEAN/MATTER.

3. STUDENTS WILL CONVERT SAY/MEAN/MATTER INTO CORNELL NOTES.

4. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF "WINTER DREAMS" ON PAGE 586

Tuesday, July 28, 2009

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 29, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. LAST SCENES OF OEDIPUS REX AND POST MORTEM

2. IN-CLASS ESSAY: STUDENTS WILL WRITE AN IN-CLASS ESSAY INCLUDING A COUNTER-CLAIM AND REBUTTAL. THIS IS A SEVEN PARAGRAPH ESSAY.

CHOOSE TOPIC A OR B:

A. OEDIPUS FALLS THROUGH A TRAGIC FLAW.

B. OEDIPUS IS DESTROYED BY FATE.

IN THIS ESSAY, THE WRITER WILL STATE THE THESIS, CREATE A HOOK, AND CLARIFY THE THESIS IN THE INTRODUCTION. HE OR SHE WILL GIVE THREE PIECES OF EVIDENCE FROM THE FILM IN THE THREE EVIDENCE PARAGRAPHS TOGETHER WITH AT LEAST TWO SUPPORTING SENTENCES FOR EACH PIECE OF EVIDENCE. HE OR SHE WILL WRITE A COUNTER-CLAIM, A REBUTTAL AND A CONCLUSION IN WHICH THE THESIS STATEMENT IS RESTATED, THE THREE PIECES OF EVIDENCE ARE RESTATED IN ONE SENTENCE AND A FINAL SENTENCE TO CONVINCE THE READER THAT THE WRITER HAS PROVED HIS OR HER THESIS.

3. ANTIGONE: STUDENTS TAKE PARTS, PAGE 707

ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. POST MORTEM ON THE CRUCIBLE

2. WRITE THE ANSWERS TO QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 8 ON PAGE 134.

3. USING THE INFORMATION IN "LITERARY FOCUS: THEME" ON PAGE 134, DETERMINE WHAT THE THEME OF THE CRUCIBLE IS.

4. STUDENTS WILL WRITE A FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY IN WHICH THE THEME IS THE HYPOTHESIS DISCOVERED IN ITEM 3. STUDENTS WILL USE EVIDENCE FROM THE TEXT TO PROVE THIS HYPOTHESIS.

5. DISCUSSION OF "A CLIMATE OF FEAR" ON PAGES 136 AND 137

6. ANNOTATION OF THE BIOGRAPHICAL SKETCH OF F. SCOTT FITZGERALD AND "BUILDING BACKGROUND" ON PAGE 585

7. STUDENTS WILL CONVERT THE ANNOTATIONS INTO SAY/MEAN/MATTER.

8. STUDENTS WILL CONVERT THE SAY/MEAN/MATTER IN CORNELL NOTES.

9. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF "WINTER DREAMS" ON PAGE 586.

Monday, July 27, 2009

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 28, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. GENERAL REVIEW OF ESSAY WRITING

2. COLLECTION OF PERMISSION SLIPS FOR VIEWING OEDIPUS REX

3. REVIEW OF THE TRILOGY

4. VIEWING OF OEDIPUS REX WITH PERIODIC EXEGESIS

5. DISCUSSION OF ESSAY TOPICS FOR OEDIPUS REX
ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. GENERAL REVIEW OF ESSAY WRITING

2. ACT IV OF THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 122

3. VIEWING THE LAST FEW MINUTES OF THE CRUCIBLE

4. "AFTER READING" ON PAGE 134, QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 8

5. WRITE "THE LITERARY FOCUS": THEME, PAGE 135,

6. VOCABULARY STUDY ON PAGE 135

Sunday, July 26, 2009

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, JULY 27, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. LAST CALL FOR LATE ESSAYS

2. ISSUANCE OF PERMISSION SLIPS FOR VIEWING OEDIPUS REX AS SUPPORT FOR THE READING OF THE PLAY ANTIGONE

3. ANTIGONE, SCENE 1, PAGE 700

4. EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 706

5. "EXTENDING THE TEXT" ON PAGE 706


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. THE FILM, THE CRUCIBLE, ACT II AND ACT III

2. THE PLAY, THE CRUCIBLE, ACT IV, PAGE 122

3. "AFTER READING," QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 8 ON PAGE 134

Thursday, July 23, 2009

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, JULY 24, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. ESSAYS WILL BE COLLECTED TODAY.

2. PREREADING ACTIVITIES FOR ANTIGONE, STARTING PAGE 690

3. PARTS SELECTION FOR ANTIGONE

4. EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 9 ON PAGE 639.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. ACT III, PAGE 104: THE CRUCIBLE

2. "AFTER READING" ON PAGE 121, EXERCISES 3 THROUGH 7 AND "VOCABULARY STUDY"

Wednesday, July 22, 2009

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 23, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA, PAGE 685

2. STUDENTS WILL SUMMARIZE "THE MYTH OF OEDIPUS," PAGES 688 AND 689.

3. INTRODUCTION OF ANTIGONE , PAGE 690

4. ANTIGONE, PAGE 693

5. I WILL COLLECT THE ESSAYS TOMORROW.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. ACT II OF THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 88

2. ACT II OF THE FILM THE CRUCIBLE

3. I WILL COLLECT THE ESSAYS TOMORROW.

Tuesday, July 21, 2009

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 22, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENT READING AND EXEGESIS, PAGE 228.

2. DISCUSSION OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ, PAGE 230

3. INTRODUCTION OF ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA, PAGE 685

4. STUDENTS WILL SUMMARIZE "THE MYTH OF OEDIPUS" ON PAGES 688 AND 689.

5. INTRODUCTION OF ANTIGONE, PAGE 690

6. ROLE ASSIGNMENTS, PAGE 692

7. ANTIGONE, PAGE 693


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 78, COLUMN 2.

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE FILM, THE CRUCIBLE

3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE "AFTER READING" ON PAGE 87, QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 6 ON PAGE 87.

4. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE VOCABULARY STUDY IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

Monday, July 20, 2009

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 21, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA POSTED FOR YESTERDAY.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE AGENDA POSTED FOR YESTERDAY.

Sunday, July 19, 2009

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, JULY 20, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 219.

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE A SEVEN PARAGRAPH ESSAY FOR HOMEWORK:

CHOOSE ONE OF THESE TWO TOPICS:

A. THE DEATH PENALTY IS JUST.

B. THE COURTS SHOULD NOT IMPOSE THE DEATH PENALTY AS IT IS UNJUST.

WITHIN THE SEVEN PARAGRAPHS, YOU WILL WRITE A COUNTER-ARGUMENT AND A REBUTTAL TO THE COUNTER-ARGUMENT.

3. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE AND USE SAY/MEAN/MATTER TO CREATE CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE" FOR "MAGIC REALISM" (REALISMO MAGICO) ON PAGE 222.

4. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ' "A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS: A TALE FOR CHILDREN" ON PAGE 223.

5. READING AND DISCUSSION OF "MEET THE WRITER" ON PAGE 230

6. INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA ON PAGE 685


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. CONTINUED "ACTING" THE PARTS IN THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 70

2. FOR HOME WORK, STUDENTS WILL WRITE A SEVEN PARAGRAPH ESSAY WHICH INCLUDES A COUNTER-CLAIM AND A REBUTTAL ON ONE OF THESE TOPICS:

A. WITCHCRAFT IS A HARMLESS AMUSEMENT

B. IT IS DANGEROUS TO BECOME INVOLVED WITH "THE DARK ARTS."

Thursday, July 16, 2009

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, JULY 17, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF ANTON CHEKHOV'S "THE BET" ON PAGE 212

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 219.

3. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE AND USE SAY/MEAN/MATTER TO CREATE CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE" FOR "MAGIC REALISM" ON PAGE 222.

4. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ' "A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS: A TALE FOR CHILDREN" ON PAGE 223

5. READING AND DISCUSSION OF "MEET THE WRITER" ON PAGE 230

6. INTRODUCTION TO ANCIENT GREEK DRAMA, PAGE 685.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. CONTINUED STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF THE INTRODUCTION TO THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 65, TOP OF COLUMN 2

2. PARTS ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE CRUCIBLE

3. THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 66

Wednesday, July 15, 2009

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 16, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE AND USE SAY/MEAN/MATTER TO WRITE CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE" ON PAGE 209.

2. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF ANTON CHEKHOV'S "THE BET"

3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 219.

4. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE AND USE SAY/MEAN/MATTER TO CREATE CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE:" FOR "MAGIC REALISM" ON PAGE 222.

5. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ' "A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS: A TALE FOR CHILDREN" ON PAGE 223


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. READING AND DISCUSSION OF "BEFORE READING" ON PAGE 61

2. GENERAL REVIEW OF WITCHCRAFT AND THE CHARGED ENVIRONMENT AT SALEM AT THE TIME OF THE SETTING OF THE CRUCIBLE

3. PARTS ASSIGNMENT OF ROLES IN THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 62

4. INSTRUCTION ON THEATRICAL READING

5. PART TAKING IN THE CRUCIBLE, PAGE 63

Tuesday, July 14, 2009

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 15, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 8 ON PAGE 285.

2. A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: "A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO LA CASA OF MY CHILDHOOD," PAGE 191

3. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE, USE SAY/MEAN/MATTER AND CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE" ON PAGE 209.

4. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF ANTON CHEKHOV'S "THE BET" ON PAGE 210

5. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 219

6. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE, USE SAY/MEAN/MATTER, AND CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE: MAGIC REALISM" ON PAGE 222.

7. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF GABRIEL GARCIA MARQUEZ' "A VERY OLD MAN WITH ENORMOUS WINGS: A TALE FOR CHILDREN" ON PAGE 223.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 6 ON PAGE 60.

2. A&E/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC DOCUMENTARY ON THE SALEM WITCHCRAFT HYSTERIA.

3. READING AND DISCUSSION OF "BEFORE READING" ON PAGE 61

4. PARTS ASSIGNMENTS FOR THE CRUCIBLE ON PAGE 62

5. INSTRUCTION ON THEATRICAL READING

6. STUDENT READING OF THE CRUCIBLE

Monday, July 13, 2009

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, JULY 14, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENTS WILL HAND IN THEIR CORRECTED ESSAYS TOGETHER WITH THE ORIGINAL.

2. CONTINUED READING AND EXEGESIS OF "THROUGH THE TUNNEL,"PAGE 278, COLUMN 2

3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 8 ON PAGE 285.

4. A NEWSPAPER ARTICLE: "A SENTIMENTAL JOURNEY TO LA CASA OF MY CHILDHOOD," PAGES 191

5. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE, USE SAY/MEAN/MATTER AND CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE," ON PAGE 209.

6. STUDENT READING AND EXEGESIS OF ANTON CHEKHOV'S "THE BET," PAGE 210

7. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 7 ON PAGE 219.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. TEACHER RENDERING OF "SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD"

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 6 ON PAGE 60.

3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE "VOCABULARY STUDY" ON PAGE 60.

4. A&E/NATIONAL GEOGRAPHIC'S DOCUMENTARY ON THE SALEM WITCH TRIALS

5. EDITORS' DISCUSSION OF THE CRUCIBLE PAGE 61

Sunday, July 12, 2009

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, JULY 13, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. REVIEW OF THE ESSAY ON CONFORMITY OR INDIVIDUALITY IN DRESS.

2. ISSUANCE OF ERROR LIST ON THESE ESSAYS.

3. STUDENTS WILL REWRITE THE ESSAY MAKING THE INDICATED CORRECTIONS FOR HOMEWORK. STUDENTS WILL RETURN THE ORIGINAL ESSAY WITH THE CORRECTED COPY.

4. ANNOTATION, SAY/MEAN/MATTER, AND CORNELL NOTES FOR "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE" AND THE "SHADED" RECTANGLE ON OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW, PAGE276

5. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF "THROUGH THE TUNNEL," PAGE 277


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. REVIEW OF THE ESSAY ON "OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION"

2. ISSUANCE OF ERROR LIST ON THESE ESSAYS

3. STUDENTS WILL REWRITE THESE ESSAYS MAKING THE INDICATED CORRECTIONS. STUDENTS WILL RETURN THE ORIGINAL ESSAY TOGETHER WITH THE CORRECTED ESSAY.

3. ANNOTATION, SAY/MEAN/MATTER, AND CORNELL NOTES ON "BUILDING BACKGROUND," PAGE 55

4. STUDENT READING AND TEACHER EXEGESIS OF THE SELECTION FROM THE DIARY OF SAMUEL SEWALL

5. "SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD," A SERMON BY THE TEACHER.

6. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS TO "MAKING CONNECTIONS," AND "VOCABULARY STUDY" ON PAGE 6O.

Thursday, July 9, 2009

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, JULY 10, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

STUDENTS WILL VIEW SELECTIONS FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X TO REINFORCE THE READING FROM THE TEXT.

1. CONTINUED READING AND EXEGESIS OF "IT CAN'T BE HELPED" FROM FAREWELL TO MANZANAR, PAGE 357, COLUMN 2.

2. STUDENTS WILL READ AND DISCUSS "MEET THE WRITERS" ON PAGE 359.

3. READING AND EXEGESIS OF "NISEI DAUGHTER: THE SECOND GENERATION," PAGE 360

4. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS TO EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 6 ON PAGE 362 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

5. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE "MAKE THE CONNECTION," "ELEMENTS OF LITERATURE," AND THE SHADED RECTANGLE ON OMNISCIENT POINT OF VIEW ON PAGE 276.

6. STUDENTS WILL USE THE ANNOTATIONS TO CREATE THE "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" EXERCISE.

7. STUDENTS WILL CONVERT THE INFORMATION IN THE "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" EXERCISE INTO CORNELL NOTES.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:


1. BASED ON YESTERDAY'S DISCUSSION AND THE INFORMATION ON PAGE 30, STUDENTS WILL WRITE A FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON THE STYLE OF "OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION." THE DISCUSSION LED TO THE CONCLUSION THAT THE STYLE WAS FORMAL. IN YOUR ESSAY USE EXAMPLES OF VOCABULARY, SENTENCE STRUCTURE, IDIOMATIC EXPRESSIONS, ALLUSIONS, AND IMAGERY TO SHOW HOW THE AUTHOR ACHIEVED THIS FORMAL STYLE. REMEMBER: INTRODUCTION, THREE BODY PARAGRAPHS GIVING YOUR EXAMPLES, AND A CONCLUSION THAT RESTATES YOUR THESIS STATEMENT.

2. DISCUSSION OF THE PURITAN VIEW OF "ORIGINAL SIN," SPIRITS, BIBLE READING, PUBLIC AND PRIVATE BEHAVIOR, SEXUAL MORES, DANCING, SINGING, AND "PSYCHIC" AMUSEMENTS.

3. "SINNERS IN THE HANDS OF AN ANGRY GOD," PAGE 58

4. READING AND EXEGESIS OF A SELECTION FROM THE DIARY OF SAMUEL SEWALL

Wednesday, July 8, 2009

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, JULY 8,2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

PLEASE TURN IN PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED WORKSHEETS.

1. STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE ANNOTATION, "SAY/MEAN/MATTER," CORNELL NOTE ASSIGNMENT ON PAGE 354.

2. POPCORN READING AND EXEGESIS OF "IT CAN'T BE HELPED" FROM FAREWELL TO MANZANAR

3. SELECTED PORTIONS OF THE TEXT WILL BE ASSIGNED FOR ANNOTATION, "SAY/MEAN/MATTER," AND CORNELL NOTE ACTIVITIES.

4. DICTATION SELECTIONS FROM FAREWELL TO MANZANAR



ELEVENTH GRADE LITERATURE:


PLEASE TURN IN PREVIOUSLY ASSIGNED WORKSHEETS.

1. STUDENTS WILL COMPLETE THE ANNOTATION, "SAY/MEAN/MATTER," AND CORNELL NOTES ON "LITERARY FOCUS" ON PAGE 30.

2. POPCORN READING AND EXEGESIS OF "OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION"

3. SELECTED PORTIONS OF "OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION" WILL BE ASSIGNED FOR ANNOTATION, "SAY/MEAN/MATTER," AND CORNELL NOTE ACTIVITIES.

4. DICTATION SELECTIONS FROM "OF PLYMOUTH PLANTATION

Tuesday, July 7, 2009

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, JULY 8, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1.USING YOUR TEXT BOOKS, YOUR "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" AND CORNELL NOTES, YOU WILL WRITE A PERSUASIVE FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY USING ONE OF THESE TWO THESIS STATEMENTS:

A. IT IS BEST TO CONFORM TO THE BEHAVIORAL AND SARTORIAL NORMS ESTABLISHED BY YOUR PEERS.

B. IT IS BEST TO BE YOURSELF AND DRESS IN A MANNER THAT SHOWS YOUR INDIVIDUALITY.


2. STUDENTS ANNOTATE "MAKE THE CONNECTION," AND "BACKGROUND" ON PAGE 354.

3. STUDENTS WILL USE THESE ANNOTATIONS TO CONSTRUCT A "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" PAGE.

4. STUDENTS WILL USE THE "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" PAGE TO WRITE CORNELL NOTES.

5. STUDENTS WILL BEGIN READING "IT CAN'T BE HELPED" FROM FAREWELL TO MANZANAR .


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. READING AND EXEGESIS OF PAGES 9 AND 10.

2. STUDENTS WILL WRTIE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 7 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE VOCABULARY STUDY ON PAGE 12 IN COMPLETE SENTENCES.

4. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE "LITERARY FOCUS" ON PAGE 30.

5. STUDENTS WILL USE THE ANNOTATIONS TO WRITE A "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" PAGE.

6. STUDENTS WILL USE THE "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" TO WRITE CORNELL NOTES.

Monday, July 6, 2009

AGENDAS FOR SUMMER SESSION, JULY 7, 2009

TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE WORKING WITH THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X, PAGE 348.

STUDENTS WILL BEGIN THE STUDY OF FIGURES OF SPEECH, PAGE 995.



ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:


STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TO WORK WITH "HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE," PAGE 6.

STUDENTS WILL BEGIN THE STUDY OF FIGURES OF SPEECH, PAGE 968.

Sunday, July 5, 2009

SUMMER SESSION AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, JULY 6, 2009

WELCOME TO SUMMER SESSION


TENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENTS WILL PRODUCE A WRITING SAMPLE OF ONE PAGE.

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X

3. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE PREREADING PARAGRAPHS FOR "HAIR" FROM THE AUTOBIOGRAPHY OF MALCOLM X.

4. STUDENTS WILL USE "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" STRATEGIES FOR THESE PARAGRAPHS.

5. STUDENTS WILL USE THE ANNOTATIONS AND "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" TO WRITE CORNELL NOTES.


ELEVENTH GRADE ENGLISH:

1. STUDENTS WILL PRODUCE A WRITING SAMPLE OF ONE PAGE.

2. INTRODUCTION TO THE CHEROKEE PEOPLE

3. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE PREREADING PARAGRAPHS FOR "HOW THE WORLD WAS MADE."

4. STUDENTS WILL USE "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" STRATEGIES FOR THESE PARAGRAPHS.

5. STUDENTS WILL USE THE ANNOTATIONS AND "SAY/MEAN/MATTER" TO WRITE CORNELL NOTES.