Fall Semester Class Blog
My blog is arranged by week and date so that you can easily find assignments, daily agenda, quizzes, tests, papers, and projects. The Resources section contains handouts, forms, slide shows, and other information. A Google calendar with due dates is located at the bottom of this page.
Please note, there are times it is necessary to revise due dates to accommodate learning and occasional schedule interruptions. These changes will be announced in class and updated on the blog as soon as possible.
Please note, there are times it is necessary to revise due dates to accommodate learning and occasional schedule interruptions. These changes will be announced in class and updated on the blog as soon as possible.
Weekly Agenda Week 1: August 1-2 Week 2: August 5-9 Week 3: August 12-16 Week 4: August 19-23 Week 5: August 26-30 Week 6: September 3-6 Week 7: September 9-13 Week 8: September 16-20 Fall Break! September 23-27 Week 9: September 30-October 4 Week 10: October 7-11 Week 11: October 14-18 Week 12: October 21-25 Week 13: October 28-November 1 Week 14: November 4-8 Week 15: November 11-15 Week 16: November 18-22 Week 17: December 2-6 Week 18: December 9-13 Week 19: December 16-20 Final Exams |
Resources
Fourth Parallel Book: Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi Copy of book due in class Thursday, November 21 Third Parallel Book: Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom - Due in class on Monday, October 21. "Mitch Albom: Making Each Moment Matter" handout Tuesdays With Morrie Study Guide Reading Schedule:
Nonfiction Unit Nonfiction Lit. Terms: Guided Notes PP Presentation Rhetorical Strategies: Guided Notes PP Presentation Springboard: "America's Schoolchildren" pages 70-76 "Education Still Pays" pages 66-67 "An Early Start on College" pages 81-82 "Why College Isn't..." pages 83-85 "Actually, College is Very..." pages 86-89 Nonfiction TEST - Wednesday, Nov. 20 Study:
available above in case you lost your copy from class.)
Opening of School Syllabus Remind and Vocabulary.com Instructions "Reading 6 Minutes a Day Reduces Stress" Of Mice and Men Resources Of Mice and Men audio book Of Mice and Men **Optional Study Guide** John Steinbeck: An American Writer video Vocabulary List Unit #1 Of Mice and Men Short Story Resources "Scarlet Ibis" full text "Scarlet Ibis" Study Guide Short Story Literary Terms Margaret A. Edwards List for Choice Books Vocabulary List Unit #2 Short Stories "The Interlopers" full text "The Interlopers" Study Guide "The Most Dangerous Game" Full Text Vocabulary List Unit 3 Video of "Marigolds" Video review of "The Scarlet Ibis" Video review of "The Most Dangerous Game" Video of "The Interlopers" (It's the story but with different names) "The Masque of the Red Death" full text What to study for the test. Parallel Reading Resources How to format your Parallel Reading Test Document Tuesdays With Morrie by Mitch Albom (Follow link to resources) |