AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, OCTOBER 20, 2009

DEAR STUDENTS,

I HAVE A MEDICAL APPOINTMENT THAT REQUIRES MY BEING ABSENT PERIODS 4, 5, AND 6.

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:


AS I MENTIONED YESTERDAY, I HAVE RESEARCH I MAY RELEASE TO YOU. I HOPE TO VISIT WITH YOU ON FRIDAY OF THIS WEEK TO DO SO.

ADVISORY:


1. CORRIDOR TRASH POLICING.

2. MS. CORNELL IS PREPARING MORE STUDY MATERIALS FOR YOU. STUDY HABITS AND STUDY AREAS. I WILL DISCUSS MISE EN PLACE.

3. ANY MATERIALS IN MY MAILBOX WILL BE ISSUED AND WORKED ON IF REQUIRED.


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE TAKING ROLES IN THE CRUCIBLE.

2. STUDENTS WILL ANNOTATE AS THE TEXT UNFOLDS DURING THE ROLE TAKING.

3. STUDENTS WILL TAKE THEIR ANNOTATIONS HOME TO FINISH SAY/MEAN/MATTER AND CORNELL NOTES ON THE PASSAGES OF THE PLAY COVERED DURING THE ROLE TAKING. I SHALL PROVIDE PERIODIC EXEGESIS.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

1. RETURN OF AUTOBIOGRAPHIES

2. STUDENTS WILL TAKE THEIR PAPERS AND PREPARE NOTE CARDS OR SMALL NOTES TO USE FOR ORAL PRESENTATIONS. YOU KNOW YOUR HISTORY. THE NOTES YOU USE SHOULD BE KEY WORDS OR PHRASES ONLY. THIS PROCESS SHOULD ALLOW YOU TO GET MORE EYE CONTACT THAN WHEN YOU READ FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' TEXTUAL MATERIALS. EYE CONTACT IS MOST IMPORTANT WHEN YOU PRESENT BEFORE THE JUDGES. REMEMBER: I SHALL BE INVITING STAFF AND ADMINISTRATION TO ACCUSTOM YOU TO SPEAKING IN FRONT OF NON-PEERS.

3. THE TECH DEPARTMENT PROMISED ME WE WILL HAVE THE ELMO, LAPTOP, AND LCD PROJECTOR THIS WEEK. PLEASE KEEP IN MIND THAT THEY ARE RESPONSIBLE FOR 600 COMPUTERS. WE CAN HOPE.

4. CONTINUED WORK WITH THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' DISTRICT MANDATED MATERIALS.


HINC LUCEM ET POCULA SACRA.