Today we (1) discussed TGG ch. 1 & 2 and (2) began completing a chart comparing the parties in these chapters. Students turned in their career passport documents and their TGG ch. 1 & 2 home responses.

HMWK: Vocabulary 25 and TGG party chart for ch. 1 & 2.

Today we watched the A & E Biography of F. Scott Fitzgerald and made note events in Fitzgerald's that affected his writing. Tomorrow bring whatever you need to work on your Career Passport documents.

HMWK: Career Passport documents

Today (1) students individually responded to a question about TGG chapter 1 and (2) as a class discussed the chapter.

HMWK: Career Passport documents are due on March 7.

Today we began reading The Great Gatsby, starting with page 3.

HMWK: Read ch. 1 by tomorrow; career passport documents due by on March 7.

Today students (1) received instructions on submitting their work essays (click here for instructions) and (2) received their resume worksheet packets.

HMWK: Submit work essays to Turnitin.com by 11:59 p.m. and complete your resume worksheet.

 Today we (1) discussed and shared examples of the Paramedic Method and (2) received today's revision instructions. Click here for today's revisions. The final draft is due to Turnitin.com on Wednesday evening by 11:59. Bring a hard copy of your drafts along with your final draft to class on Thursday.

HMWK: Revision.

Today we (1) went over vocabulary 22, (2) highlighted in yellow the changes based on chapter 3 of They Say/I Say and discussed them in workshop groups, and (3) learned about this weekend's revision, the Paramedic Method. Click here for a link for information about the Paramedic Method.

HMWK: Revise at least part of your work essay using the Paramedic Method for Tuesday.

Today I introduced three chapters from They Say, I Say.  We read and discussed chapter 3, "The Art of Quoting."

HMWK: Complete chapter 3, exercise 2: Use the book's suggestions on all of the quotes in your work essay.

Yesterday we had a snow day.

Today we (1) finished the workshop group work and (2) turned in registration forms.

HMWK: Revised essay due Friday (new due date)

 Today we began workshop groups for the work essay.

HMWK: Edit group member's papers by Tuesday; Revised draft due on Thursday.

 Today we (1) went over vocabulary 21, (2) conferred about course selections, and (3) worked on the work papers.

HMWK: Work paper peer-editing on Monday; bring a paper copy to class

 I have been ill this week and have fallen behind on my blog. Here's what we've done:

Monday--We had guest speakers discuss course possibilities for next year. Mrs. Kelly talked about DECA, Mrs. Caserta talked about AP English Lit and Comp, Mr. Ross talked about the Vietnam Experience and Reader's Workshop. I talked a little about College English and the second semester UT option.

Tuesday--We reviewed Vocab Unit 4 and worked on the netbooks.

Wednesday--I was absent. I postponed the vocab quiz to Thursday and students worked in the Adobe lab.

Thursday--Students took the voabulary unit 4 quiz and students worked on papers in the Adobe lab. I changed the peer-editing day to Monday, 2/13 and the revised draft due date to Thursday, 2/16. I will have office hours at Grounds for Thought on Sunday evening from 5-7. Drop in if you need help.

Today we (1) went over vocabulary lessons 19 and 20, (2) took the section IV TEoS quiz, and (3) went over the section I quiz. On Monday we will meet in the classroom instead of the back library lab to work on the work papers and hear presentations from Mrs. Kelly and Mrs. Caserta about next year's course selections.

HMWK: Vocabulary Unit 4 puzzle and Test 1 are due on Tuesday; the quiz is on Wednesday. Work on your essay's outline or synthesis chart.

Today we worked in the Adobe Lab. Students conferred or worked on their "Works Cited" pages or both. Students turned in their "WC" pages.

HMWK: Vocab 20 and TEoS section IV quiz is tomorrow.

 Today we worked in the Adobe lab. I conferred with students about topic proposals and gave advice on Works cited pages.

HMWK: Works Cited pages due by the end of the period tomorrow; TEoS ch. 4 quiz will be on Friday.

I was absent yesterday. Students (1) turned in their work paper proposals and (2) read section IV of The Elements of Style and took notes.

Today we were in the Adobe lab. Students (1) finished TEoS partners quiz and (2) worked on their "Works Cited" pages that are due on Thursday. We'll be in the Adobe lab tomorrow and Thursday, too.

HMWK: Finish section IV notes and work on paper/"Works Cited" pages.

(2-hour delay schedule)

Today students (1) took TEoS partners quiz that we'll finish on Monday, (2) received a stamp for vocab 19, (3) turned in TEoS books or packets, and (4) received the work essay schedule.

HMWK: Work essay proposal due on Monday, Jan 30th

Today in the back library lab, we (1) completed TEoS presentations and (2) conferred and worked on essay topic proposals.

HMWK: Vocab 19 due tomorrow; TEoS chapters 1 & 2 group quiz tomorrow

Today we met in the back library lab where we (1) worked on the work paper proposal and (2) finished TEoS presentation over principle 19.

HMWK: Work paper proposal due on Monday

Today we (1) went over last night's LoC work, (2) discussed the "Work Paper" assignment (prompts on pages 256-257), and (3) completed TEoS presentations 17 & 18.

HMWK: Choose a paper topic; proposals due Monday, 1/30.

Today we (1) discussed and wrote a short response to "I Stand Here Ironing" (LoC 224-230) and (2) completed TEoS principle 16 (& 17 for period 2) presentation.

HMWK: Read LoC 252-254 and complete Exercises 1 and 3 on pages 254 and 255. Also, vocabulary 19 is due on Friday.

Today we (1) went over vocabulary 18, (2) completed TEoS presentation on principle 15, and (3) discussed "...Snail's Pace."

HMWK: Read "I Stand Here Ironing" (LoC 224-230); Extra credit option: Write a letter.

Today we (1) discussed "from A Writing Life," turned in the precis, and (3) completed TEoS principle 14 presentation.

HMWK: Read "In Praise of a Snail's Pace" (no questions or precis!) and complete vocabulary 18 for tomorrow.

Today students (1) finished planning their TEoS principles of composition presentation, (2) worked on their precis, and (3) learned about principle 13.

HMWK: Precis on "From The Writing Life" due tomorrow

Today we (1) finished TEoS rules 10 and 11 presentations and (2) worked on the principles presentations that begin tomorrow.

HMWK: Precis for the Dillard piece due Thursday, 1/19; vocab. 18 due Friday

Today we (1) went over vocabulary 17, (2) completed TEoS presentations through rule 9, and (3) took about 15 minutes for TEoS group work.

HMWK: Read "from The Writing Life" (LoC 212-220) and make vocabulary list. Precis due Thursday.

 Today we completed TEoS presentations and discussed "The Travelling Bra Salesman's Lesson."

HMWK: Read "from Labour" (LoC 209-211) and complete the questions in your LoC journal.

Today students (1) watched and took notes on TEoS rules 5 & 6 presentations and (2) concluded discussion on "The Surgeon as Priest."

HMWK: Pd. 1--Read "The Travelling Bra Salesman's Lesson" and complete questions 1, 2, 3, 4, & 6 in LoC journal; Pds. 2 & 3--Precis due tomorrow

 Students watched and took notes on TEoS rules 3 & 4 presentation. Periods 2 and 3 began discussing "The Surgeon as Priest." All classes turned in their precis.

HMWK: Periods 2 & 3--"The Traveling Bra Salesman's Lesson" precis due on Thursday

Today we (1) had TEoS presentations of rules 1 and 2 and (2) worked on the "Surgeon as Priest" precis.

HMWK: Precis due tomorrow; TEoS rules 3 & 4 presentations tomorrow 

Today we went over vocab. 16 and began reading "Surgeon as Priest" (LoC 197-204).

HMWK: Read and make vocabulary list for "Surgeon as Priest" (LoC 197-204); precis due on Tuesday, 1/10

Today we worked in groups on The Elements of Style presentations that will begin on Monday.

HAPPY NEW YEAR!

This morning we adjusted to the new year and received The Elements of Style (TEoS) assignments. Group presentations will begin on Monday and continue through next week.

Homework: TEoS work and vocabulary 16 is due on Friday.

Today we discussed the readings and synthesis essays. Students learned to use a synthesis essay organizing chart.

Homework: (1) Complete the Narration, two Confirmation, and Counterargument/Refutation columns of an organizing chart for the "Conversation: Focus on Community Service" prompt (LoC 74) and using one of the working thesis statements (from LoC 83). (2) Vocabulary #3 is due Friday also.

Today students took the second Tropes and Schemes quiz and analyzed the source-usage style of a professional journalist.

Homework: Read "The Synthesis Essay" and "Conversation: Focus on Community Service" (LoC 72-82)

Today we began LoC chapter 3. Students read pages 61-66 and began tonight's homework assignment, the "Assignment" on pages 66-68. The second Schemes and Tropes quiz is tomorrow over these terms: cumulative sentence, hortative sentence, imperative sentence, and inversion.

Today we discussed the first four of the tropes and schemes that are new to students: anaphora, antimetabole, antithesis, and asyndeton. Students will be quizzed on these when we meet in the back library lab tomorrow.

Homework: This evening students are to plan and begin to write two analysis paragraphs for the assignment at the bottom of LoC page 57.

I was absent yesterday, but students watched and read President Kennedy's 1961 inaugural address. They then worked in class and completed for homework the first two parts (annotation and questions) of the assignment on page 55 in LoC journals.

Today we discussed last night's assignment, and I collected the journals. No homework tonight!

Today we went over vocabulary chapter 1 and the LoC Princess Diana documents. I collected LoC journals. As a class we read through pages 35 and 36. We began page 37, up through the bulleted questions.

Homework: Read LoC 37-47 for Monday.

Today we discussed the information from the notes (LoC 13-25) and the homework assignment (LoC 26). We read through and watched a film excerpt from Pride & Prejudice (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tWx7AF8B0R8) to see an example of ineffective rhetoric, and then we watched a 5-minute biography of Princess Diana (http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TIhlp9LL4f8) to prepare for tonight's homework assignment.

Homework: "Assignment" on LoC 28 in journal; vocabulary chapter 1

Today in the back library computer lab, students completed the Exercise Central Diagnostic Test and completed the LoC reading (13-25) and assignment (26) that is due tomorrow.

Today students shared the information they learned about Afghanistan, and we discussed it. I gave three handouts, and we discussed these, too. Students turned in their research summary papers.

Today we discussed the homework assignment and then analyzed political cartoons by completing the "Assignment" (LoC 12) in small groups. Students in period 3 went to a class meeting. Those students who came to see me got the make-up assignment; those who didn't will be given the assignment in class on Wednesday

Homework due Thursday: Read and take notes on "Arrangement" (LoC 13-25) and complete the "Assignment" on page 26 in your journal.

Today we reviewed the information presented on LoC pages 1-9, particularly the rhetorical triangle and the persuasive appeals.

Homework: Complete "Assignment" on pages 10-11 in LoC journal and read "Visual Rhetoric" on pages 10-11. 

Today students worked on The Great Honors English 11 Scavenger Hunt in the 231 computer lab. They also received their The Language of Composition (LoC) textbooks.

Homework due Monday: (1) Complete Internet Scavenger Hunt, if you have not yet finished it; (2) cover LoC book; and (3) read pages 1-9 of LoC, making note of any questions. Do NOT complete the assignment on page 9.

Today students wrote timed essays about their summer reading books. Tomorrow we will meet in the 231 computer lab. Also, first period students received their The Language of Composition books. Second and third period students will receive theirs on Monday.

Homework: Complete vocabulary chapter 1 for next Friday.

Welcome back to school! Today students completed an information card, received their course description, and turned in their summer book notes. Tomorrow students will complete a timed essay based on their summer reading.

Homework: Due tomorrow

This evening we will eat hot dogs and meet each other.