AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 18, 2009

YULETIDE GREETINGS TO ALL

I WISH ALL OF YOU A WONDROUS HOLIDAY SEASON. USE YOUR FREE TIME WISELY: READ!

ALL CLASSES WILL EXPERIENCE SEGMENTS OF CLASSIC FILM TODAY.

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 17, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

I SHALL CONTINUE TO POST MESSAGES TO YOU DURING THE HOLIDAYS.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSE KEEPING

2. MAILBOX MATERIALS

3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. COLLECT HOMEWORK

2. WRAP-UP OF EMILY DICKINSON

3. CONTINUED COLLECTION OF WITCHCRAFT ESSAYS.

4. SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

STUDENTS WILL WRITE A MULTI-SOURCE SYNTHESIS ESSAY ON THE VALUE OF LIFE. THE DETAILS WILL BE GIVE IN CLASS.


DE TE FABULA NARRATUR!

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 16, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

CONTINUE WORKING ON YOUR MATERIALS.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING

2. PHOTOCOPIES

3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. WRAP-UP OF EDGAR ALLAN POE'S "THE RAVEN."

2. READ THE EMILY DICKINSON POEMS ON PAGES 354 AND 358.

3. COPY OUT THE TEXTS OF THE THREE EMILY DICKINSON'S ON PAGE 354 ON YOUR PAPER IN THE LEFT COLUMN OF A PAPER YOU HAVE DIVIDED INTO THREE COLUMNS. IN THE SECOND COLUMN, WRITE WHAT THE POEM MEANS; AND IN THE THIRD COLUMN, WRITE WHY IT MATTERS TO MS. DICKINSON, TO THE READERS OF HER TIME AND TO US.

3. HOMEWORK: "AFTER READING" ON PAGE 358: WRITE OUT QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 9.

4. HOMEWORK: "LITERARY FOCUS: PERSONIFICATION:" WRITE OUT THE EXERCISE.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

CONTINUED WORK WITH THE MULTIPLE SOURCES ON THE VALUE OF LIFE IN PREPARATION FOR THE MULTI-SOURCED, IN CLASS ESSAY TO BE WRITTEN ON THURSDAY.


SCALA CAELI EST

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 15, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

I AM FREE TO MEET WITH YOU ON THURSDAY, THIS WEEK.


SHORTENED DAY


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING

2. MAILBOX MATERIALS

3. CURRENT EVENT


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

YOU WILL CONTINUE TO VIEW RAY BRADBURY'S FILM SOMETHING WICKED THIS WAY COMES.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

YOU WILL CONTINUE TO VIEW LAWRENCE OLIVER'S HAMLET.


PAX DEORUM SIT SEMPER VOBISCUM.

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

CONTINUE YOUR WORK.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING

2. DOOR DECORATION

3. HANDOUTS

4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

USING THE TEXT OF "THE RAVEN" AND A HANDOUT I SHALL GIVE YOU, WRITE A FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY EXPLORING THE SYMBOLISM IN "THE RAVEN.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE TEXTUAL MATERIALS OF THE DISTRICT MANDATED CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES': "ITS NOT ABOUT THE BIKE."



HABAI ITA SWE!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009

PLEASE ATTEND TIS THE SEASON, OUR MAGNET SCHOOL'S HOLIDAY PROGRAM.

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

THE MORE I READ A TALE OF TWO CITIES, THE MORE EXCITING IT BECOMES. PLEASE CONTINUE READING AND ANNOTATING YOUR MATERIALS.


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. STUDENT READING OF POE'S "THE RAVEN" ON PAGES 269 THROUGH 272.

2. CONTINUED TEACHER LED EXEGESIS OF THE POEM.

3. "AFTER READING" ON PAGE 273, QUESTION 1 THROUGH 5.

4. "LITERARY FOCUS" ON PAGE 273.

5. REFER TO THE BLOG OF DECEMBER 6, 2009 FOR DETAILS OF THE ESSAY TO BE WRITTEN ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 14, 2009.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

CONTINUED WORK ON PREREADING AND EXEGESIS OF THE EXCERPT FROM LANCE ARMSTRONG'S IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE. THESE ACTIVITIES ARE IN THE TEACHER'S BINDER, NOT IN THE STUDENT'S TEXTBOOK. THIS LESSON IS FROM THE DISTRICT MANDATED CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' TEXTUAL MATERIALS.

PLEASE MAKE SURE I RECEIVE YOU TERM PAPERS NEXT WEEK, YOU WILL NOT BE PERMITTED TO PRESENT IF I DO NOT GET THEM.


NIHIL OBSTAT!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 11, 2009

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 10, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

I MAY NOT BE ABLE TO MEET WITH YOU THIS WEEK OWING TO MEDICAL APPOINTMENTS.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING

2. PHOTOCOPIES

3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. EACH DAY YOUR WITCHCRAFT ESSAY IS LATE, 10 POINTS WILL BE DEDUCTED FROM YOUR SCORE ON THE ESSAY. IT WAS OWING ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009.

2. INTRODUCTION TO POE'S "THE RAVEN."

3. TEACHER LED EXEGESIS OF "THE RAVEN."

4. STUDENTS WILL ANSWER THE QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 5 ON PAGE 273.

5. STUDENTS WILL STUDY THE "POE DECODER" HANDOUT AND THE POEM ITSELF TO PREPARE TO WRITE AN IN-CLASS ESSAY ON THE SYMBOLISM IN "THE RAVEN."


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

STUDENTS WILL CONTINUE WITH THE PREREADING STUDIES ON "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE."


ASTRA CASTRA, NUMEN LUMEN.

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

I HOPE TO MEET WITH YOU ON THURSDAY, THIS WEEK.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING

2. DOOR DECORATION

3. HANDOUTS

4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

USING YOUR TEXTBOOK AND THE HANDOUT ON RALPH WALDO EMERSON, WRITE A FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON SELF RELIANCE IN THE 21ST CENTURY. YOU MAY USE ANY RESEARCH YOU HAVE COLLECTED, BUT BE SURE TO CITE YOUR SOURCES.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' DISTRICT MANDATED MATERIALS: "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE"


PALMAM QUI MERUIT FERAT!

AGENDAS FOR TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009

SHORTENED DAY

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

CONTINUE WORKING ON YOUR MATERIALS


ALL CLASSES:

OWING TO THE SHORTENED TUESDAYS, WE SHALL BEGIN A FILM STUDY LEADING TO AN ESSAY ON THE WEDNESDAY AFTER EACH FILM IS FINISHED. I ENCOURAGE YOU TO RESEARCH EACH FILM WE STUDY.


COGITO, ERGO SUM.

AGENDAS FOR MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

I HAVE MADE A GREAT DEAL OF PROGRESS IN MY STUDY OF A TALE OF TWO CITIES. I WILL SHARE WHAT I HAVE WITH YOU WHEN I MAY.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING

2. PHOTOCOPIES

3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

ALL WITCHCRAFT ESSAYS ARE OWING ON TUESDAY, DECEMBER 8, 2009.

PERIOD 2:

1. INTRODUCTION TO POE'S "THE RAVEN"

2. STUDENTS WILL READ "THE RAVEN" ON PAGES 267 THROUGH 272.

3. STUDENTS WILL ANSWER QUESTION 1 THROUGH 5 ON PAGE 273.

4. HOMEWORK: STUDENTS WILL READ "THE POE DECODER" HANDOUT AND PREPARE TO WRITE AND IN-CLASS ESSAY ON WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 9, 2009 ON POE'S USE OF SYMBOLISM IN THE POEM. THIS WILL BE A FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY EXPLORING THE PURPOSE AND EFFECT OF SUCH USAGE.

PERIODS 5 AND 6:

1. STUDENTS WILL READ AND REREAD PAGE 221 AND USING THE SKILLS GAINED FROM THEIR WORK WITH SAY/MEAN/MATTER AND CORNELL NOTES. DETERMINE THEIR OWN EXEGESIS FOR THIS PAGE. DO NOT WRITE THE SAY/MEAN/MATTER NOR CORNELL NOTES, SIMPLY DO THE PROCESS IN YOUR HEAD.

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE LITERARY TERM "TRANSCENDENTALISM. THE TEXT SHOULD NOT BE COPIED , BUT MAY BE QUOTED WITH THE STUDENT' EXPLANATION.

3. STUDENTS WILL READ "SELF RELIANCE" BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON ON PAGES 222 AND 223.

4. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE "AFTER READING" QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 5 ON PAGE 224 IN COMPLETE, COHERENT PARAGRAPHS.

5. FIND AND COPY OUT THE FIGURES OF SPEECH IN "SELF RELIANCE " SO THAT YOU WILL BE READY TO DO THE LITERARY FOCUS.

6. STUDENTS WILL WRITE OUT THE "LITERARY FOCUS."

EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

PERIOD 1: LANCE ARMSTRONG'S "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE"

PERIOD 4:

1. WRITTEN QUESTIONS FROM THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' TEXTUAL MATERIALS.

2. "IT'S NOT ABOUT THE BIKE"

GAUDEAMUS IGITUR IUVENES DUM SUMUS!

AGENDAS FOR FRIDAY, DECEMBER 4, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

CONTINUE READING AND ANNOTATING THE TEXTUAL MATERIAL.


MY PERSONAL AFTER-SCHOOL TUTORING:

NEXT WEEK: MY ONLY AVAILABLE DAY IS THURSDAY OWING THE THERAPY SESSIONS FOR INJURIES TO MY BACK.


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

ALL WITCHCRAFT ESSAYS WILL BE COLLECTED ON TUESDAY DECEMBER 8, 2009. THIS COLLECTION DATE WILL NOT ALLOW ME TO CORRECT THE ESSAYS IN TIME FOR THIS PROGRESS REPORT.

PERIOD 2 :

1. STUDENTS WILL READ AND REREAD PAGE 221, AND USING THE SKILLS GAINED FROM THEIR WORK WITH SAY/MEAN/MATTER AND CORNELL NOTES DETERMINE THEIR OWN EXEGESIS FOR THESE TEXTS.

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THEIR INTERPRETATION OF THE LITERARY TERM "TRANSCENDENTALISM. THE TEXTS SHOULD NOT BE COPIED, BUT MAY BE QUOTED WITH THE STUDENTS EXPLANATION.

3. READ "SELF RELIANCE" BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON ON PAGES 222 AND 223.

4. WRITE THE "AFTER READING" QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 5 ON PAGE 224 IN COMPLETE, COHERENT PARAGRAPHS.

5. FIND AND COPY OUT THE FIGURES OF SPEECH IN "SELF RELIANCE" SO THAT YOU WILL BE READY TO DO ITEM 6 IN THIS AGENDA, THE "LITERARY FOCUS: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE."

6. WRITE THE "LITERARY FOCUS: FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE" ON PAGE 224. (NOTE: THE FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE GLOSSARY IS IN THE BACK OF THE TEXT BOOK, STARTING ON PAGE 968.)


PERIODS 5 AND 6:

STUDENTS WILL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE LIBRARY FOR THEIR LAST SHOT ON CLASS TIME TO FINISH RESEARCH AND PRINTING OF THE WITCHCRAFT ESSAY.

PERIODS 5 AND 6 WILL FOLLOW THE FRIDAY AGENDA OF PERIOD 2 ON MONDAY, DECEMBER 7, 2009.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

PERIOD 1:

1. ELMO PRESENTATION OF QUESTIONS POSED BY THE AUTHORS OF THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' TEXTUAL MATERIALS.

2. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS TO THESE QUESTIONS DURING CLASS TIME.

3. HOMEWORK: STUDENTS WILL PROOFREAD AND POLISH UP THEIR SENIOR PROJECT TERM PAPERS FOR DELIVERY BY DECEMBER 10, 2009

4. STUDENTS WILL PREPARE THEIR POWER POINTS FOR DELIVERY TO MR. MENDIZZA SO THAT HE MAY SET THEM UP FOR THE COMPUTERS TO BE USED FOR THE SENIOR PROJECT PRESENTATIONS IN JANUARY.


PERIOD 4 STUDENTS WILL WRITE A COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY OF FIVE PARAGRAPHS ON THE SPEECHES OF HAMLET AND MACBETH.

PERIOD 4 STUDENTS WILL THEN FOLLOW THE AGENDA OF PERIOD 1 ON MONDAY AS LISTED ABOVE


DEUS NOBIS HAEC OTIA FACIT!

AGENDAS FOR THURSDAY, DECEMBER 3, 2009

ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

CONTINUE TO FOLLOW MR. TUOMALA'S INSTRUCTIONS.


AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING:

MY PERSONAL AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING IS CANCELLED THE REST OF THIS WEEK.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING

2. MAILBOX MATERIALS

3. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

1. USING YOUR TEXTBOOKS, THE NOTES AND THE GRAPHIC ORGANIZER YOU WROTE FOR HOMEWORK, WRITE A FIVE-PARAGRAPH, COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY ON THE TREATMENT OF WOMEN AND THE TREATMENT OF SLAVES IN THE TWO HISTORICAL DOCUMENTS YOU STUDIED YESTERDAY. THE TEXTS ARE ON PAGES 184, 185, AND 186. THIS ESSAY SHOULD NOT DISCUSS THE SITUATIONS WE FIND OURSELVES IN TODAY'S WORLD. STICK TO THE FACTS MENTIONED IN THE TEXT.

2. READ AND REREAD PAGE 221.

3. WRITE YOUR INTERPRETATION OF THE MEANING OF TRANSCENDENTALISM TO BE COLLECTED. DO NOT COPY THE TEXT.

4. READ "SELF RELIANCE" BY RALPH WALDO EMERSON ON PAGES 222 AND 223.

5. WRITE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 5 ON PAGE 224 IN COMPLETE, COHERENT PARAGRAPHS.

6. REREAD THE TEXT AND COPY OUT THE FIGURES OF SPEECH IN "SELF RELIANCE."

7. HOMEWORK: BE PREPARED TO WRITE A FIVE PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON THE CONCEPT OF SELF RELIANCE AND HOW MUCH WE SHOULD DEPEND ON THE GOVERNMENT (THE TAXPAYERS). YOU ARE FREE TO ADD ANY RESEARCH YOU DO TO YOUR ESSAY REMEMBER TO CITE YOUR SOURCES IF YOU USE THEM. THIS IS AN IN-
CLASS ESSAY TO BE WRITTEN ON FRIDAY (SECOND PERIOD), AND ON MONDAY FIFTH PERIOD AND SIXTH PERIODS

8. I SHALL COLLECT YOUR MLA FORMATTED ESSAYS ON WITCHCRAFT ON TUESDAY.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

PERIOD 1: STUDENTS WILL WRITE A COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY OF FIVE PARAGRAPHS ON THE SPEECHES OF MACBETH AND HAMLET.

PERIOD 4: STUDENTS WILL RESTUDY HAMLET'S SPEECH ON PAGE 37 OF MODULE IV IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES ' TEXTUAL MATERIALS.

PERIOD 4: STUDENTS WILL STUDY THE "MACBETH" HANDOUT. THIS WILL BE FOLLOWED BY A DISCUSSION ON HAMLET AND MACBETH.

PERIOD 4: HOMEWORK: STUDENTS WILL PREPARE A GRAPHIC ORGANIZER, AND WRITE NOTES TO PREPARE FOR AN IN-CLASS, COMPARE/CONTRAST ESSAY ON THE TWO SPEECHES. THE ESSAY WILL BE WRITTEN IN CLASS ON MONDAY.


LABORARE EST ORARE.

AGENDAS FOR WEDNESDAY, DECEMBER 2, 2009

A MESSAGE TO ALL STUDENTS:

WE ARE NOW IN THE MONTH OF DECEMBER. PLEASE TURN IN YOUR ESSAYS AND TERM PAPERS AS SOON AS POSSIBLE. PAPERS MISSING AFTER DECEMBER 10TH CANNOT BE SCORED AND COUNTED ON THE NEXT PROGRESS REPORT. PLEASE MAKE SURE YOU HAND IN ALL YOUR PAPERS ON TIME AND MAKE SURE I PUT A CHECK MARK ON YOUR LINE TO SHOW THAT YOU TURNED THE PAPER IN ON TIME. HOMEWORK DONE DURING MY CLASS OR OTHER CLASSES WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. HOMEWORK IS TO BE DONE ON YOUR OWN TIME, PRESUMABLY, AT HOME. THAT IS WHY IT IS CALLED HOMEWORK. WHEN I HEAR THAT YOU ARE DOING MY WORK IN OTHER CLASSES, I WILL NOT COUNT IT FOR YOU.


ACADEMIC DECATHLON:

CONTINUE YOUR ASSIGNMENTS.


AFTER SCHOOL TUTORING:

I WILL NOT BE AVAILABLE TODAY, WEDNESDAY, OR THURSDAY OF THIS WEEK.


ADVISORY:

1. HOUSEKEEPING

2. PHOTOCOPIES

3. MAILBOX MATERIALS

4. CURRENT EVENTS


AMERICAN LITERATURE AND COMPOSITION:

PERIOD 2:

1. STUDENTS WILL PREWRITE WHAT THEY WOULD PUT IN A PERSONAL DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. NO MORE THAN 10 MINUTES TIME.

2. STUDENTS WILL READ THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE ON PAGES 178 THROUGH 181 ON THEIR OWN.

3. STUDENTS WILL WRITE THE ANSWERS TO "AFTER READING." QUESTIONS 1 THROUGH 6 IN SHORT COHERENT PARAGRAPHS (PAGE 182).

4. STUDENTS WILL WRITE "LITERARY FOCUS: TONE" ON PAGE 182 IN A COMPLETE, THOUGHTFUL PARAGRAPH.

5. HOMEWORK: STUDENTS WILL WRITE A FULL PAGE REVIEW OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE. BE SURE TO SHOW THOSE POINTS ON WHICH YOU AGREE AND DISAGREE. YOU WILL BE EXPECTED TO WRITE ABOUT THE TONE, VOCABULARY, WHO THE AUDIENCE IS, STYLE, AND WHETHER OR NOT THE AUTHOR ACHIEVED THAT WHICH HE INTENDED.

6. READ ABIGAIL ADAMS' LETTER TO HER HUSBAND ON PAGES 184 AND 185. BE PREPARED TO WRITE A SHORT DICTATION FROM HER LETTER.


PERIODS 5 AND 6:

1. REREAD ABIGAIL ADAMS' LETTER TO HER HUSBAND AND BE READY TO WRITE A DICTATION FROM HER LETTER.

2. READ "THE PETITION TO THE MASSACHUSETTS GENERAL ASSEMBLY" ON PAGE 186.

3. WRITE THE EXERCISES 1 THROUGH 6 ON PAGE 187 IN COMPLETE, COHERENT PARAGRAPHS.

4. WRITE THE "LITERARY FOCUS: MAXIMS" IN A COMPLETE COHERENT PARAGRAPH.

5. HOMEWORK: PREPARE TO WRITE A FIVE-PARAGRAPH ESSAY ON THE TWO ABOVE DOCUMENTS IN CLASS TOMORROW. SUGGESTION: REREAD BOTH DOCUMENTS AND MAKE NOTES. BRING THE NOTES TO CLASS FOR CHECKING AND USE TO WRITE YOUR ESSAY.


EXPOSITORY COMPOSITION:

PERIOD 1 WILL BEGIN "THE VALUE OF LIFE" IN THE CALIFORNIA STATE UNIVERSITIES' DISTRICT REQUIRED TEXTUAL MATERIALS. UNIT 4

1. PREWRITE: WHAT IS THE VALUE OF LIFE TO YOU?

2. HAMLET VS. MACBETH PAGE 37 IN THE TEXT.

3. DISCUSSION

4. HOMEWORK: STUDENTS WILL PREPARE TO WRITE AN IN-CLASS ESSAY COMPARING AND CONTRASTING THE VIEWS OF HAMLET AND MACBETH.


PERIOD 4 WILL REPORT DIRECTLY TO THE LIBRARY FOR THE LAST SHOT ON CLASS TIME TO RESEARCH AND PRINT THE SENIOR PROJECT TERM PAPER.


AUDENTES FORTUNA IUVAT!