Parts I & II of Summer Assignment Due for Every A.P. Comp. Student, Without Exception - assigned last February, 2010 and explained on parent- & student-signed class application
Extra-Credit available, today only, for bringing a printed copy of the syllabus to class with you today (your name must be written, in ink, at the top of every page) and having the signed form complete.
Discuss Classroom Procedures and Syllabus- due to be signed by students and parents by next Mon., Sept. 13th.
ALL 3rd and 4th Hour Students AND ALL Seniors enrolled in 2nd and 5th Hours: Homework, Due, next Wed., Sept. 22nd: Complete reading of all Sample College Application Essays.
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY: Please meet in Computer Lab 204 to complete first SRI test and print upcoming needed class materials from LON-CAPA
(first set of reading from Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves, first set of grammar practice worksheets (due, for completion, Fri., Oct. 08th), and first reading assignment (due next Tues., Sept. 28th) for first practice AP multiple choice quiz (on Thurs., Sept. 30th))
ALL 3rd and 4th Hour Students AND ALL Seniors enrolled in 2nd and 5th Hours:
Assignment of reading of "What's Wrong with Animal Rights?" - due (to be read) and annotated for class discussion next Tues., Sept. 28th (in preparation fro practice A.P. Multiple Choice Quiz on Thurs., Sept. 30th).
Hard copy of essay distributed in class, but can be accessed through LON-CAPA
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: First Formal Essay Assigned - due IN CLASS next Wed., Sept. 29th
CLASS THEME DAY
Complete and Discuss "Dear John" Grammar Practice Activity
Distribution of English Grammar PreTest. All correct test answers given by teacher. Optional Test Corrections assigned (written explanation of why student's chosen wrong answer is incorrect and why correct answer is appropriate) - due Fri., Oct. 15th
Introduction to English Grammar-related class novel (Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves) - begin reading
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Assignment of first set of English grammar practice - all 2nd, 5th, and 6th hour students required to have first set of English grammar reading and worksheets printed (from LON-CAPA) for class today.
(3rd and 4th hour students will receive printed copies in class.)
Will begin reading Eats, Shoots and Leaves excerpt together in class.
Completion of reading and English grammar practice worksheets due Fri., Oct.15th
Distributed and assigned reading due, for dicsussion, this Fri., Oct. 01st: Reading of preface and first chapter of Jonathan Kozol novel (2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours: Amazing Grace / 3rd & 4th Hours: Savage Inequalities). Can also be accessed on LON-CAPA
3rd Hour ONLY: Further discussion about College Application Admissions Essays (due this Wed., Sept. 29th / assigned last Wed., Sept. 22nd)
Discussion over first piece of reading (assigned to be read for class discussion & annotated and distributed in class last Thurs., Sept. 23rd) for practice A.P. multiple choice quiz this Thurs., Sept. 30th
Reading of preface and first chapter of Jonathan Kozol novel due for class discussion - assigned and hard copies distributed in class last Mon., Sept. 27th (2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours: Amazing Grace / 3rd & 4th Hours: Savage Inequalities).
Due to be completed for class discussion on Fri., Oct. 22nd in relation to Preface through Chapter Three.
Assignment of next set of reading from Kozol novel: Please read all of chapter three (hard copy distributed in class - also available in LON-CAPA) - reading due Fri., Oct. 22nd.
Please be prepared to discuss thsis and purpose of chapter three.
Additional reading and written HOMEWORK, also due Fri., Oct. 22nd: Please read assigned chapter of Everyday Use (hard copy distributed in class, but also available on LON-CAPA) and complete accompanying worksheet.
Hard copy distribution of Maya Angelou's "Graduation" (should be read and annotated for next Tues., Oct. 05th class discussion) in preparation for practice A.P. multiple choice quiz next Thurs., Oct. 07th
Will check and discuss - as a class and in small groups - practice A.P. quiz over "What's Wrong with Animal Rights?" - completed in class last Thurs., Sept. 30th
Full credit awarded on quiz for completion of in-class "test corrections."
Begin Discussion of NO/KNOW List, with "NO" portion only, in regard to essay writing
Homework, due next Mon., Oct. 11th: indicate all violations of writing errors from NO List in first formal essay
Hard copy distribution of Jame's Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son to be read and annotated for next Tuesday's class - practice A.P. multiple choice quiz over reading next Thurs., Oct. 14th
Finish Discussion of NO/KNOW List, with "KNOW" portion of list, in regard to essay writing.
Hard copy of Double-Spaced Final Draft of Formal Essay re-writes (with rough drafts attached) due this Fri., Oct. 15th by 2:14 p.m.
ALL SENIORS ONLY: Along with the prompt and word-limit requirement, please write the due date of your college application on the top of your essay, and your word count on the bottom
Students, from every hour, presenting Literary and Rhetorical Presentations 6, 7, 8, 9, and 10 were informed of the need to check the Rhetorical and Literary Terms Page to verify presentation date.
Third Rhetorical and Literary Terms Small Group Presentation - QUIZ over all terms this Thurs., Oct. 14th
Discussion over Jame's Baldwin's Notes of a Native Son (should already be read for today's class and annotated) for practice A.P. multiple choice quiz this Thurs., Oct. 14th (hard copies distributed in class last Thurs., Oct. 07th)
Informed all classes: ALL Senior essays are still, without exception due tomorrow, Fri., Oct. 15th.
ALL Juniors, however, may turn their essays in next Mon., Oct. 18th.
Hard Copy of Double-Spaced Final Draft of Seniors' College Application Essays (with rough drafts attached) due today by 2:14 p.m. - assigned last Mon., Oct. 11th
Along with the prompt and word-limit requirement, please write the due date of your college application on the top of your essay, and your word count on the bottom.
Juniors may turn their essays in next Mon., Oct. 18th
Optional Grammar Pre-Test Corrections DUE today - assigned Fri., Sept. 24th (written explanation of why student's chosen wrong answer is incorrect and why correct answer is appropriate)
Review Calendar Activities and Due Dates for next week (week of Oct. 18th)
Please use the distributed-in-class DISCUSSION QUESTIONS to understand the piece and prepare for the class discussion
Assignment of reading of next essay for practice A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz - will discuss in class on Tues., Oct. 26th. Will be quizzed on Thurs., Oct. 28th: Scott Russell Sanders' 'The Inheritance of Tools'
(Hard copy distributed in class today. Also available on LON-CAPA.)
OPTIONAL EXTRA-CREDIT OPPORTUNITY - available today only: If you have a printed copy of Plato's The Allegory of the Cave in class with you today (with your name written on every page in ink), you will receive two extra-credit points toward the accompanying assignment.
OKTOBERFEST!
CARAMEL APPLES for sale today, during all lunches, for $2.00
PSAT
7:15 a.m.
Please bring a PHOTO ID and a CALCULATOR (IF YOU HAVE ONE).
PENCILS AND SOME CALCULATORS WILL BE PROVIDED.
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Hard Copy of Double-Spaced Final Draft of all Juniors' first formal Essays (with rough drafts attached) due today by 2:14 p.m. - assigned last Mon., Oct. 11th
Personal Theme due - assigned last Wed., Oct. 13th (please be prepared to share with the class)
Every student required to have read both pieces in preparation for class discussion and required to have printed copies of both pieces in class on Nov. 03rd.
Reading of all of chapter three of Jonathan Kozol novel due for class discussion - assigned Fri., Oct. 01st (2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours: Amazing Grace / 3rd & 4th Hours: Savage Inequalities).
(hard copy distributed in class - also available in LON-CAPA)
Jonathan Kozol Reading topic/subject, theme, audience Worksheet also due today - assigned Fri., Oct. 01st. Should be completed in relation to Preface through Chapter Three.
Please be prepared to discuss audience, thesis, and purpose in relation to this worksheet.
Also DUE today (assigned Fri., Oct. 01st): Reading of assigned chapter of Everyday Use (hard copy distributed in class, but also available on LON-CAPA) and completion of accompanying worksheet.
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY: Discuss Plato's The Allegory of the Cave - assigned to be read, in preparation for today's class discussion, Fri., Oct. 15th
3rd and 4th Hours ONLY: Begin viewing The Truman Show
Assigned Optional Extra Credit Essay (due Mon., Nov. 08th): Consider the same questions listed on the Truman Show discussion worksheet to construct a well thought-out, enlightening, and rational essay that explains the similarities between Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave' and the film The Matrix.
Assignment and distribution of next set of reading from Kozol novel, due Fri., Nov. 05th (all of chapter four) - Hard copies distributed in class; also available on LON-CAPA
OPTIONAL EXTRA-CREDIT OPPORTUNITY AVAILABLE IN CLASS TODAY ONLY: If you have a printed copy of Chapter Four from your class's Jonathan Kozol novel -
available in LON-CAPA - in class with you today, you will receive four extra-credit points toward the accompanying assignment (your name must be written, in ink, on every page of your printed packet).
Homework for ALL sections, due tomorrow, Tues., Oct. 26th: Please list as many VERBS as you can brainstorm that describe an action performed by an individual to create an influence (small prize for student in each class who has the most!).
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: After School viewing of The Truman Show
Fourth Rhetorical and Literary Terms Small Group Presentation - QUIZ over all terms this Thurs., Oct. 29th
Discussion of The Rhetorically Accurate Verb (brainstormed list, assigned yesterday, Mon., Oct. 25th (with contest for longest correct list), due today)
Homework, for ALL hours, due tomorrow, Wed., Oct. 27th: Read all of the handout over "The Rhetorically Accurate Verb" (distributed in class today) and complete the blanks in the box on the first page.
Concepts to consider for this week's practice A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz distributed (over Scott Russell Sanders' 'The Inheritance of Tools').
Reading assigned Fri., Oct. 15th.
Will be quizzed on this piece this Thurs., Oct. 28th:
(Hard copy of reading distributed in class Fri., Oct. 15th. Also available on LON-CAPA.)
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: After School viewing of The Truman Show
DUE for ALL hours, Assigned yesterday, Tues., Oct. 26th: Reading of all of the handout over "The Rhetorically Accurate Verb" (distributed in class yesterday, Tues., Oct. 26th) and completion of the blanks in the box on the first page.
Every student required to have read both pieces in preparation for class discussion and required to have printed copies of both pieces in class on Nov. 03rd.
3rd and 4th Hours ONLY: Continue viewing The Truman Show
Every student required to have read both pieces in preparation for class discussion and required to have printed copies of both pieces in class on Nov. 03rd.
3rd and 4th Hours ONLY: Finish viewing The Truman Show
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: After School viewing of The Truman Show
Reading of Second set of Lynn Truss' Eats, Shoots and Leaves and completion of Second Grammar Packet DUE Today - assigned and distributed in class Fri., Oct. 15th
Continue reading English Grammar-related class novel (Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves) (pages 54 through 86) - begin reading
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Assignment of third set of English grammar practice - ALL students required to have second set of English grammar reading and worksheets printed (from LON-CAPA) for class today.
Completion of Eats, Shoots and Leaves reading and English grammar practice worksheets due Fri., Nov. 19th
Homework for ALL Hours: Assignment of reading
- All of "Introduction for Students: Active Reading & the Writing Process," AND
- All of "Annotation Acronyms" in the packet distributed in class today AND
- Listing of ALL personal questions about the Rhetorical Precis (after attempting to begin composing) AND
- Listing of EVERYTHING you know about the Socratic Seminar
- due next Mon., Nov. 01st.
Third Hour ONLY: Finish viewing last scene of The Truman Show
TurnItIn.com Discussion Activity for The Truman Show versus The Allegory of the Cave opens today (first posting (initial response to at least ten questions) due by 11:59 p.m. on Wed., Nov. 03rd)
Hard copy of questions distributed and read through, together, in class last Mon., Oct. 25th. TurnItIn.com discussion assignment parameters given last Wed., Oct. 27th in class
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: After School viewing of The Truman Show
November2010
ASSIGNMENTS COMPLETED BY STUDENTS WHO CHOOSE TO NOT PRE-READ AND FOLLOW INCLUDED DIRECTIONS WILL RECEIVE SCORES OF ZERO.
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Today is a Green Tuesday (albeit Monday) for 2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only
DUE TODAY (Assigned last Fri., Oct. 29th): Assignment of reading
- All of "Introduction for Students: Active Reading & the Writing Process," AND
- All of "Annotation Acronyms" in the packet distributed in class last Fri., Oct. 29th AND
- Listing of ALL personal questions about the Rhetorical Precis (after attempting to begin composing) AND
- Listing of EVERYTHING you know about the Socratic Seminar
ALL WILL BE DISCUSSED IN CLASS TODAY
May begin submitting Rhetorical Precis #1 through TurnItIn.com - Due no later than 3:14 p.m. this Friday, November 05th through TurnItIn.com (printed hard copies will not be accepted).
EITHER annotate, in class, based on specific instructions provided, OR complete for homework annotation of
"Some Remarks on Humor" by E.B. White
DISCUSSION TO FOLLOW
Homework, for ALL Hours due this Thurs., Nov. 04th: Read and annotate (based on ALL included directions) the essay on "AP Test Essay Analysis - Prewriting Notation" page, in the packet distributed in class last Fri., Oct. 29th
NOSCHOOL
Teacher Professional Development Day
Very quickly check last week's Vocab and M.C. Quizzes
Record which date each student is assigned to lead his/her Socratic Seminar, to record on the class website.
Every student required to have read both pieces in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed copies of both pieces in class today.
First posting for The Truman Show and The Allegory of the Cave due no later than 11:59 p.m. tonight (ten postings to ten different discussion questions).
Please use TurnItIn.com to complete this assignment
Hard copy of questions distributed and read through, together, in class Mon., Oct. 25th. TurnItIn.com discussion assignment parameters given Wed., Oct. 27th in class
Hard copies of this Thurs.'s and this Fri.'s packets distributed to all students attending "Tour of Schools" (Thurs.) and/or the Spanish Class Field Trip (Fri.)
DUE Today for ALL Hours: Reading and annotation of (based on ALL included directions) "Some Remarks on Humor" by E.B. White and the essay on "AP Test Essay Analysis - Prewriting Notation" page, in the packet distributed in class last Fri., Oct. 29th
Continue discussing
ANNOTATION, based on above due assignment and begin notes on Annotation.
Homework, due next Mon., Nov. 08th, for ALL Hours:Attempt to complete up through "Brackets" section of notes in Annotation packet distributed in class today (will be scored for effort of thought NOT correctness), and
read and completely annotate prompt for and Gary Soto essay and
the following (final) essay in your first Annotation packet (which is also what your practice multiple choice quiz will be over next Thurs., Nov. 11th).
Hard copies of today's "Annotation Packet" distributed in class yesterday, Wed., Nov. 03rd, to all students attending "Tour of Schools" today.
Rhetorical Precis #1 DUE through TurnItIn.com no later than 3:14 p.m. today (printed hard copies will not be accepted).
Next set of reading from Kozol novel DUE today - assigned Fri., Oct. 22nd (ALL HOURS: all of chapter four) - Hard copies distributed in class; also available on LON-CAPA
Chapters five and six (remainder of Savage Inequalities) (3rd & 4th hours)
- DUE Fri., Dec. 03rd.
Assignment to be completed, in realtion, in class on reading due date.
Hard copies distributed in class today. Both available on LON-CAPA
Hard copies of today's Jonathan Kozol Novel Assignment distributed in class last Wed., Nov. 03rd to all students attending the Spanish Field Trip today (Due next Mon., Nov. 08th).
HHS Drama Club Performance of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 7:30 p.m.
One dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to Meals on Wheels
Second posting for The Truman Show and The Allegory of the Cave due no later than 11:59 p.m. tonight (six responses to six different initial discussion postings).
Please use TurnItIn.com to complete this assignment
Hard copy of questions distributed and read through, together, in class Mon., Oct. 25th. TurnItIn.com Discussion assignment parameters given Wed., Oct. 27th in class.
HHS Drama Club Performance of The Lion, the Witch and the Wardrobe - 2:30 p.m.
One dollar from every ticket sold will be donated to Meals on Wheels
DUE today, for ALL Hours (assigned last Thurs., Nov. 04th):
Attempt to complete up through "Brackets" section of notes in Annotation Packet distributed in class last Thurs., Nov. 04th (will be scored for effort of thought NOT correctness), and
reading and completely annotating prompt for and Gary Soto essay and
the following (final) essay in your first Annotation Packet (which is also what your practice multiple choice quiz will be over this Thurs., Nov. 11th).
WILL CHECK FOR CREDIT AND DISCUSS IN CLASS
Hard copies of "Annotation Packet" distributed in class last Wed., Nov. 03rd to all students attending "Tour of Schools" last Thurs., Nov. 04th.
Optional Extra Credit Essay DUE no later than 11:59 p.m. Today (assigned Mon., Oct. 25th): Please consider the same questions listed on the Truman Show discussion worksheet to construct a well thought-out, enlightening, and rational essay that explains the similarities between Plato's 'Allegory of the Cave' and the film The Matrix.
Please submit this essay through TurnItIn.com in your specific class hour course. No paper submission, of any kind, required.
Today is a Teal Tuesday for 3rd & 4th Hours Only
Fifth Rhetorical and Literary Terms Small Group Presentation - QUIZ over all terms this Thurs., Nov. 11th
In same small groups used during the previous two class periods, complete answering the seven questions of the other groups.
Please meet in the HHS Media Center for an A.P. Comp. "Work Day"
Required ALSO use time to print all needed upcoming class reading materials listed in the calendar to date (needed between today and the next scheduled HHS Media Center "Work Day" of Wed., Dec. 01st).
Third posting for The Truman Show and The Allegory of the Cave due no later than midnight tonight (three replies to three different responses made toward your initial postings).
Please use TurnItIn.com to complete this assignment
Hard copy of questions distributed and read through, together, in class Mon., Oct. 25th. TurnItIn.com discussion assignment parameters given Wed., Oct. 27th in class
Fifth Rhetorical and Literary Terms QUIZover all terms presented in class last Tues., Nov. 09th
Practice A.P. Multiple Choice Quiz over last essay in your first Annotation Packet (assigned to be read and annotated last Thurs., Nov. 04th, due and discussed in class last Mon., Nov. 08th)
HOMEWORK: Assign reading and annotation of excerpt from Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Vature-Deficit Disorder - due next Tues., Nov. 16th (remember to consider diction, syntax, subject matter, and figurative language).
Hard copies distributed in class. Also available on LON-CAPA
HHS Parent/Teacher Conferences
4:00 - 7:00 p.m.
NOSCHOOL
Parent/Teacher Conferences
7:24 - 11:00 a.m.
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Announcement of CONTEST - running through Thurs., Dec. 02nd
Discuss class-composed/chosen rhetorical precis and group answers to group questions about chapter four of your class' Jonathan Kozol novel (related to last week's group activity).
3rd Hour Only: Quickly check last Thursday's (Nov. 11th) Practice A.P. Multiple Choice Quiz
3rd Hour Only: Begin Discussing annotation of Gary Soto essay and related A.P. exam essay prompt (due last Mon., Nov. 08th). Every class should consider PURPOSE for this essay and be prepared to discuss tomorrow, Tues., Nov. 16th
Homework for 2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Reading of Prepatory Material for this week's practice ACT English-related quiz (this Thurs., Nov. 18th). Hard copies distributed in class today - also available on LON-CAPA
Homework for 3rd & 4th Hours Only: Reading of excerpt from Man's Search for Meaning - due for this Thurs., Nov. 18th's practice A.P. English Langugae Quiz (hard copies distributed in class today).
Today is a Green Tuesday for 2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only
Sixth Rhetorical and Literary Terms Small Group Presentation - QUIZ over all terms this Thurs., Nov. 18th
Every student is required to have read the piece in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed and brought piece to class today (printed copies distributed in class by teacher last Wed., Nov. 10th).
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Practice ACT English-related quiz (prepatory material distributed in class last Mon., Nov. 15th - available on LON-CAPA).
3rd & 4th Hours Only: Practice A.P. English Language Quiz over excerpt from Man's Search for Meaning (assigned (and hard copies distributed in class) for reading last Mon., Nov. 15th).
Distribution to all 11th graders of hard copy of Activity Worksheet (short answers focusing on using appropriate textual support) related to today's A.P. Exam practice used for 12th graders' practice A.P. Quiz (over excerpt from Man's Search for Meaning). To be used by 11th graders at their liesure for A.P. exam prep - not being used in class.
Quick "What's coming up on the calendar?" Reminder
Very quickly check and return yesterday's Vocabulary QUiz #6
Reading of Third set of Lynn Truss' Eats, Shoots and Leaves (pages 54 through 86) AND completion of Third Grammar Packet DUE Today - assigned and distributed in class Fri., Oct. 29th
Continue reading English Grammar-related class novel (Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves) (pages 86 through 121) - begin reading in class together
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Assignment of fourth set of English grammar practice worksheets - (available in LON-CAPA).
Completion of above Eats, Shoots and Leaves reading and English grammar practice worksheets due Fri., Dec. 10th
Hard copies of reading for next practice A.P. practice Multiple Choice Quiz (on Thurs., Dec. 02nd) distributed in class. Also available on LON-CAPA
Reading due Tues., Nov. 30th
(Dave Barry's "Lost in the Kitchen" and Sorjourner Truth's "Aren't I a Woman?")
Reading Homework Assignment, DUE Mon., Nov. 29th: Packet of various pieces of writing to be considered for class discussion on due date (hard copies distributed in class).
open in LON-CAPA until 7:30 p.m. on Fri., Dec. 03rd.
Your overall test score will be based on the number of correct answers out of the number of completed questions.
First Day of THANKSGIVING BREAK
THANKSGIVING BREAK
THANKSGIVING BREAK
THANKSGIVING BREAK
November 29
November 30
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DUE Today (assigned and hard copies distributed in class Fri., Nov. 19th): Packet of various pieces of writing to be read for today's class discussion.
Please be prepared to discuss your "Suuport an Issue" idea - discussion began last Tues., Nov. 23rd.
May begin submitting Rhetorical Precis #2 through TurnItIn.com - Due no later than 3:14 p.m. this Friday, December 03rd through TurnItIn.com (printed hard copies will not be accepted).
IN CLASS ACTIVITY RELATED TO Reading and annotation of excerpt from Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Vature-Deficit Disorder (assigned Mon., Nov. 15th). Please remember to consider diction, syntax, subject matter, and figurative language).
Hard copies distributed in class on assignment day. Also available on LON-CAPA
2nd Hour Only: Discussannotation of Gary Soto essay and related A.P. exam essay prompt (due to be read and annotated Mon., Nov. 08th). Every class should have considered PURPOSE for this essay and be prepared to discuss today.
3rd Hour Only: Continue Annotation Notes
Begin collection of food boxes, with the overall goal of raising at least 500 boxes by Fri., Dec. 10th to earn a free Work Day during the month of January.
Seventh Rhetorical and Literary Terms Small Group Presentation - QUIZ over all terms this Thurs., Dec. 02nd
Discuss reading for this week's (this Thurs., Dec. 02nd) practice A.P. practice Multiple Choice Quiz - reading assigned and hard copies distributed in class Fri., Nov. 19th. Also available in LON-CAPA.
(Dave Barry's "Lost in the Kitchen" and Sorjourner Truth's "Aren't I a Woman?")
We're on Seminar Schedule today, but ONLY LINK is meeting
Please meet in the HHS Media Center for an A.P. Comp. "Work Day"
Seventh Rhetorical and Literary Terms QUIZover all terms presented in class last Tues., Nov. 30th
Practice A.P. Multiple Choice Quiz over reading assigned Fri., Nov. 19th, discussed last Tues., Nov. 30th (Dave Barry's "Lost in the Kitchen" and Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?")
Will check both quizzes in class today.
Last day of Telephone Book CONTEST, begun & announced in class Mon., Nov. 15th
We saved over 2,000 telephones books from being dumped in a land-fill!!
How many boxes have we collected as of today?
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End of second marking period
Reading of
Only chapter five (2nd, 5th, & 6th hours)
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Chapters five and six (remainder of Savage Inequalities) (3rd & 4th hours)
- DUE Today.
Third and fourth hours will complete a content quiz over the entire novel.
Assigned Fri., Nov. 05th.
Hard copies distributed in class Fri., Nov. 05th. Both available in LON-CAPA
You have until 7:30 p.m. tonight to optionally complete all 118 questions on the Second Cumulative Vocabulary Test, available in LON-CAPA
Remember that once you open the first question, the two hour time limit begins, and does not stop, even if you log out of LON-CAPA
The Hartland Players' Encore Youth Theatre
Presentation of
A Christmas Carol
7:30 p.m.
Hartland Music Hall
The Hartland Players' Encore Youth Theatre
Presentation of
A Christmas Carol
7:30 p.m.
Hartland Music Hall
The Hartland Players' Encore Youth Theatre
Presentation of
A Christmas Carol
2:30 p.m.
Hartland Music Hall
December 2010
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DUE Today (assigned and hard copies distributed in class Fri., Nov. 19th): Packet of various pieces of writing to be read for today's class discussion.
Please be prepared to discuss your "Suuport an Issue" idea - discussion began last Tues., Nov. 23rd.
May begin submitting Rhetorical Precis #2 through TurnItIn.com - Due no later than 3:14 p.m. this Friday, December 03rd through TurnItIn.com (printed hard copies will not be accepted).
Homework, due nextMon., Dec. 06th: Brainstorm (in writing) ideas for this year's MLK Day Video and find at least one piece of writing (print out and bring to class) related to this year's MLK Day Video (Topic: Anti-Bullying)
2nd Hour Only: Discussannotation of Gary Soto essay and related A.P. exam essay prompt (due to be read and annotated Mon., Nov. 08th). Every class should have considered PURPOSE for this essay and be prepared to discuss today.
3rd Hour Only: Continue Annotation Notes
Begin collection of food boxes, with the overall goal of raising at least 500 boxes by Fri., Dec. 10th to earn a free Work Day during the month of January.
Seventh Rhetorical and Literary Terms Small Group Presentation - QUIZ over all terms this Thurs., Dec. 02nd
Discuss reading for this week's (this Thurs., Dec. 02nd) practice A.P. practice Multiple Choice Quiz - reading assigned and hard copies distributed in class Fri., Nov. 19th
How many boxes have we collected as of today?
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We're on Seminar Schedule today, but ONLY LINK is meeting
Please meet in the HHS Media Center for an A.P. Comp. "Work Day"
How many boxes have we collected as of today?
135
Seventh Rhetorical and Literary Terms QUIZover all terms presented in class last Tues., Nov. 30th
Practice A.P. Multiple Choice Quiz over reading assigned Fri., Nov. 19th, discussed last Tues., Nov. 30th (Dave Barry's "Lost in the Kitchen" and Sojourner Truth's "Ain't I a Woman?")
Will check both quizzes in class today.
Last day of Telephone Book CONTEST, begun & announced in class Mon., Nov. 15th
We saved over 2,000 telephones books from being dumped in a land-fill!!
How many boxes have we collected as of today?
189
End of second marking period
Reading of
Only chapter five (2nd, 5th, & 6th hours)
OR
Chapters five and six (remainder of Savage Inequalities) (3rd & 4th hours)
- DUE Today.
Third and fourth hours will complete a content quiz over the entire novel.
Assigned Fri., Nov. 05th.
Hard copies distributed in class Fri., Nov. 05th. Both available on LON-CAPA
Distribution of hard copies of next week's practice ACT (2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY) materials - also available on LON-CAPA
You have until 7:30 p.m. tonight to optionally complete all 118 questions on the Second Cumulative Vocabulary Test, available in LON-CAPA
Remember that once you open the first question, the two hour time limit begins, and does not stop, even if you log out of LON-CAPA
The Hartland Players' Encore Youth Theatre
Presentation of
A Christmas Carol
7:30 p.m.
Hartland Music Hall
The Hartland Players' Encore Youth Theatre
Presentation of
A Christmas Carol
7:30 p.m.
Hartland Music Hall
The Hartland Players' Encore Youth Theatre
Presentation of
A Christmas Carol
2:30 p.m.
Hartland Music Hall
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Today is a Teal Tuesday (albeit Monday) for 3rd & 4th Hours Only
DUE Today, Assigned last Mon., Nov. 29th: Brainstorming of (in writing) ideas for this year's MLK Day Video and finding of at least one piece of writing (print out and bring to class) related to this year's MLK Day Video (Topic: Anti-Bullying)
Related Class Discussion.
Assign finding of at least one video clip for School MLK Day Video - due this Fri., Dec. 10th
This week's meetings are TODAY (not tomorrow).
8th Rhetorical and Literary Terms Small Group Presentation - QUIZ over all terms this Thurs., Dec. 09th
3rd and 4th Hours Only: Quickly check Content Quiz over Jonathan Kozol's Savage Inequalities
IN CLASS ACTIVITY RELATED TO Reading and annotation of excerpt from Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods: Saving Our Children from Vature-Deficit Disorder (assigned Mon., Nov. 15th). Please remember to consider diction, syntax, subject matter, and figurative language).
Hard copies distributed in class on assignment day. Also available on LON-CAPA
4th, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Discussannotation of Gary Soto essay and related A.P. exam essay prompt (due to be read and annotated Mon., Nov. 08th). Every class should have considered PURPOSE for this essay and be prepared to discuss today.
LINK LEADER HOLIDAY PARTY $2 DUE TODAY
to Mrs. Haglund, Mrs. Schingeck, or Mrs. Szabo
(party this Thurs., Dec. 09th)
We are on SEMINAR SCHEDULE today, but it is for Sophomore Testing; there are NO MEETINGS
2/3 of the class period spent on Second Student-Directed Socratic Seminar over
Tragedy and the Common Man by Arthur Miller
Every student is required to have read the piece in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed and brought piece to class today.
5th Hour Seniors Only : Completed "Man's Search for Meaning" Activity
LINK LEADER HOLIDAY PARTY TODAY AFTER SCHOOL.
$2 to attend - payable to Mrs. Haglund, Mrs. Schingeck, or Mrs. Szabo (due Tues., Dec,. 07th)
Finding of at least one video clip for School MLK Day Video DUE TODAY - assigned last Mon., Dec. 06th
Reading of Fourth set of Lynn Truss' Eats, Shoots and Leaves AND completion of Fourth Grammar Packet DUE Today - assigned and distributed in class Fri., Nov. 19th
Reminder of Cumulative Grammar Exam, over EVERYTHING (reading AND practice) in first four grammar packets on Fri., Jan. 07th
Assignment of e-mailing of all questions over any English grammar concepts from the first four packets. Any questions e-mailed before 2:14 p.m. on Wed., Dec. 22nd will be anonymously posted, with detailed answers, on the class website for all students' to use. Any prepared questions not e-mailed before Dec. 22nd will be discussed in class Mon., Jan. 03rd.
Assign reading and annotation of E.B. White's Once More to the Lake and Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens - both due next Tues., Dec. 14th
Attached to back of Style Analysis Packet (only complete above assigned reading and annotation in packet for due date) distributed in class today. Also both available in LON-CAPA.
Please have Style Analysis Packet in class for next Mon., Dec. 13th's lesson
Assignment of completing at least one of each of the following for class next Mon., Dec. 13th:
Last day for collection of food boxes, with the overall goal of raising at least 400 boxes (begun Mon., Nov. 29th) to earn a free Work Day during the month of January.
Over 621 TOTAL BOXES COLLECTED!
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SNOW DAY
Today is a GREEN TUESDAY for 2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY
Completion of at least one of each of the following due today (collected) (assigned last Fri., Dec. 10th):
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Reading of Chapter Six and Epilogue of Amazing Grace (finish novel) - DUE TODAY
Assigned Fri., Dec. 03rd and hard copies distributed in class - also available in LON-CAPA
WARNING OF UPCOMING CONTENT QUIZ SHARED.
Begin discussing ANALYSIS versus SUMMARY by starting to complete in-class NOTES together.
All classes should have #1 on notes completed by this Thursday - Mrs. Erickson is not looking for correctness, she is looking for effort of thought.
Homework, for 4th & 6th Hours Only (DUE this Thurs., Dec. 16th): List the Thesis, Purpose, and Audience of your excerpt of Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods and compose a BRIEF Summary and Analysis.
Verbal directions given for tomorrow's complwetion of "Santa Letter."
Please meet in the Computer Lab 204 for a Work Day and to complete your "Santa Letter" (Verbal directions given in class yesterday, Tues., Dec. 14th).
5th Hour Only: Please meet in the classroom and bring work you can complete without the use of a computer.
Homework for ALL Classes: Please review the Pre-Survey for the MLK Day Video (for prompting small group discussions) and either e-mail Mrs. Erickson ANY concerns/suggestions or plan to discuss your ideas tomorrow, Fri., Dec. 17th in class (the survey needs to be finished, printed, and ready for distribution by next Mon., Dec. 20th)
DUE Today for 4th & 6th Hours Only (assigned last Tues., Dec. 14th): Listing of the Thesis, Purpose, and Audience of your excerpt of Richard Louv's Last Child in the Woods and composition of a BRIEF Summary and Analysis.
Complete any needed discussion over the Pre-Survey for the MLK Day Video (for prompting small group discussions). Please remember: the survey needs to be finished, printed, and ready for distribution by next Mon., Dec. 20th
Quickly check Ninth Rhetorical and Literary Terms Quiz completed in class yesterday, Thurs., Dec. 16th
Introduction of Second Class Novel (Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe). Copies of novels distributed in class.
Assignment of reading of chapters one through six - due to be read and prepared to discuss, based on accompanying discussion questions (hard copies distributed in class), Fri., Jan 14th
Begin discussing Style Analysis, based on in-class notes.
Needed packet distributed in class last Fri., Dec. 10th
HOMEWORK for FIFTH HOUR ONLY: (Due next Wed., Dec. 22nd): Reading and annotation of Thomas L. Friedman's "Globalization: The Super Story" and consideration of included discussion questions (hard copies distributed in class - also available in LON-CAPA).
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Reading and annotation of E.B. White's Once More to the Lake and Alice Walker's In Search of Our Mothers' Gardens DUE TODAY (assigned Last Fri., Dec. 10th)
Attached to back of Style Analysis Packet (only complete above assigned reading and annotation in packet for today) distributed in class on assignment date. Also both available in LON-CAPA.
Continue discussing Style Analysis, based on in-class notes.
Assignment of reading for next school week's Practice Multiple Choice Quiz (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") - due to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 04th and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 06th
Hard copies distributed in class - also available through LON-CAPA
Continue discussing Style Analysis, based on in-class notes.
Every student is required to have read the piece in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed and brought piece to class today.
DUE Today for FIFTH HOUR ONLY: Reading and annotation of Thomas L. Friedman's "Globalization: The Super Story" and consideration of included discussion questions (hard copies distributed in class - also available in LON-CAPA). Assigned last Fri., Dec. 17th
Complete, in small groups, essay assignment - due at the end of the hour.
This should be completed, individually, by any students absent today and submitted on Mon., Jan. 03rd.
Final day (before 2:14 p.m.) to e-mail all questions over any English grammar concepts from the first four grammar packets. Any questions e-mailed by today will be anonymously posted, with detailed answers, on the class website for all students' to use.
Any prepared questions not e-mailed before today will be discussed in class Mon., Jan. 03rd.
HOMEWORK REMINDER GIVEN FOR ALL HOURS OVER ELEVEN DAY BREAK, IN PREPARATION FOR END-OF-SEMESTER SUCCESS:
(1) Please complete ALL blanks, for ALL sections of the Style Analysis Packet and read all four essay attached ot the back of the packet (all four available in LON-CAPA).
(2) Please make sure you read and annotate the two essays (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") over which your next A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz is over (to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 08th, and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 10th) - hard copies dictributed in class last Fri., Dec. 17th and both are available on LON-CAPA.
(3) Please prepare any questions over any English Grammar Concepts from the first four packets for Cumulative Grammar Exam on Fri., Jan. 11th.
(5) Please remember that reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is due Fri., Jan. 14th
(6) Finally, Have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!
FIRST DAY OF WINTER BREAK!
Merry Christmas Eve
Merry Christmas Day
HOMEWORK REMINDER FOR ALL HOURS OVER ELEVEN DAY BREAK, IN PREPARATION FOR END-OF-SEMESTER SUCCESS:
(1) Please complete ALL blanks, for ALL sections of the Style Analysis Packet and read all four essay attached ot the back of the packet (all four available in LON-CAPA).
(2) Please make sure you read and annotate the two essays (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") over which your next A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz is over (to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 08th, and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 10th) - hard copies dictributed in class last Fri., Dec. 17th and both are available on LON-CAPA.
(3) Please prepare any questions over any English Grammar Concepts from the first four packets for Cumulative Grammar Exam on Fri., Jan. 11th.
(5) Please remember that reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is due Fri., Jan. 14th
(6) Finally, Have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!
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HOMEWORK REMINDER FOR ALL HOURS OVER ELEVEN DAY BREAK, IN PREPARATION FOR END-OF-SEMESTER SUCCESS:
(1) Please complete ALL blanks, for ALL sections of the Style Analysis Packet and read all four essay attached ot the back of the packet (all four available in LON-CAPA).
(2) Please make sure you read and annotate the two essays (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") over which your next A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz is over (to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 08th, and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 10th) - hard copies dictributed in class last Fri., Dec. 17th and both are available on LON-CAPA.
(3) Please prepare any questions over any English Grammar Concepts from the first four packets for Cumulative Grammar Exam on Fri., Jan. 11th.
(5) Please remember that reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is due Fri., Jan. 14th
(6) Finally, Have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!
HOMEWORK REMINDER FOR ALL HOURS OVER ELEVEN DAY BREAK, IN PREPARATION FOR END-OF-SEMESTER SUCCESS:
(1) Please complete ALL blanks, for ALL sections of the Style Analysis Packet and read all four essay attached ot the back of the packet (all four available in LON-CAPA).
(2) Please make sure you read and annotate the two essays (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") over which your next A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz is over (to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 08th, and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 10th) - hard copies dictributed in class last Fri., Dec. 17th and both are available on LON-CAPA.
(3) Please prepare any questions over any English Grammar Concepts from the first four packets for Cumulative Grammar Exam on Fri., Jan. 11th.
(5) Please remember that reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is due Fri., Jan. 14th
(6) Finally, Have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!
HOMEWORK REMINDER FOR ALL HOURS OVER ELEVEN DAY BREAK, IN PREPARATION FOR END-OF-SEMESTER SUCCESS:
(1) Please complete ALL blanks, for ALL sections of the Style Analysis Packet and read all four essay attached ot the back of the packet (all four available in LON-CAPA).
(2) Please make sure you read and annotate the two essays (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") over which your next A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz is over (to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 08th, and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 10th) - hard copies dictributed in class last Fri., Dec. 17th and both are available on LON-CAPA.
(3) Please prepare any questions over any English Grammar Concepts from the first four packets for Cumulative Grammar Exam on Fri., Jan. 11th.
(5) Please remember that reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is due Fri., Jan. 14th
(6) Finally, Have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!
HOMEWORK REMINDER FOR ALL HOURS OVER ELEVEN DAY BREAK, IN PREPARATION FOR END-OF-SEMESTER SUCCESS:
(1) Please complete ALL blanks, for ALL sections of the Style Analysis Packet and read all four essay attached ot the back of the packet (all four available in LON-CAPA).
(2) Please make sure you read and annotate the two essays (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") over which your next A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz is over (to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 08th, and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 10th) - hard copies dictributed in class last Fri., Dec. 17th and both are available on LON-CAPA.
(3) Please prepare any questions over any English Grammar Concepts from the first four packets for Cumulative Grammar Exam on Fri., Jan. 11th.
(5) Please remember that reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is due Fri., Jan. 14th
(6) Finally, Have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!
Have a Safe New Year's Eve
HOMEWORK REMINDER FOR ALL HOURS OVER ELEVEN DAY BREAK, IN PREPARATION FOR END-OF-SEMESTER SUCCESS:
(1) Please complete ALL blanks, for ALL sections of the Style Analysis Packet and read all four essay attached ot the back of the packet (all four available in LON-CAPA).
(2) Please make sure you read and annotate the two essays (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") over which your next A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz is over (to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 08th, and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 10th) - hard copies dictributed in class last Fri., Dec. 17th and both are available on LON-CAPA.
(3) Please prepare any questions over any English Grammar Concepts from the first four packets for Cumulative Grammar Exam on Fri., Jan. 11th.
(5) Please remember that reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is due Fri., Jan. 14th
(6) Finally, Have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!
January 2011
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Have a Safe New Year's Eve
HOMEWORK REMINDER FOR ALL HOURS OVER ELEVEN DAY BREAK, IN PREPARATION FOR END-OF-SEMESTER SUCCESS:
(1) Please complete ALL blanks, for ALL sections of the Style Analysis Packet and read all four essay attached ot the back of the packet (all four available in LON-CAPA).
(2) Please make sure you read and annotate the two essays (Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug") over which your next A.P. Multiple Choice Practice Quiz is over (to be discussed in class Tues., Jan. 08th, and quizzed over Thurs., Jan. 10th) - hard copies dictributed in class last Fri., Dec. 17th and both are available on LON-CAPA.
(3) Please prepare any questions over any English Grammar Concepts from the first four packets for Cumulative Grammar Exam on Fri., Jan. 11th.
(5) Please remember that reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart is due Fri., Jan. 14th
(6) Finally, Have a wonderful Christmas and safe New Year!
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Finalization of Dr. MLK Jr. Day Video
Distribute hard copies of first English Grammar Concepts Study Packet - also available in LON-CAPA
Will discuss, in class, any prepared questions over English grammar concepts from first four grammar packets in preparation for this Friday's cumulative grammar exam.
Continue (2nd hour finished) discussing Style Analysis, based on in-class notes.
Second Hour Only: Assignment of Style Analysis Essay - due Tues., Jan. 18th
Assignment directions and prompts printed at end of Style Analysis Packet (used in class during last several weeks).
Copies of four reading choices over which to complete your essay can be found in LON-CAPA
Today is a Teal Tuesday for 3rd & 4th Hours Only
Tenth Rhetorical and Literary Terms Small Group Presentation - QUIZ over all terms this Thurs., Jan. 06th
Reading of this week's Practice Multiple Choice Quiz pieces DUE Today (assigned Mon., Dec. 20th)
Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug"
You will be A.P. quizzed over both this Thurs., Jan. 06th
Hard copies distributed in class - also available through LON-CAPA
Select First Grade "Forgiveness" Definitions for Dr. MLK Day Video
Please post Dr. MLK, Jr. Day discussion question ideas on white board in classroom by end of school day today.
2nd, 3rd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Please meet in the HHS Media Center for an A.P. Comp. "Work Day"
4th Hour ONLY: Please meet in the classroom to work on Dr. MLK, Jr. Day stuff
Select High School "Forgiveness" Definitions for Dr. MLK Day Video
Submit re-wording of survey data for Dr. MLK, Jr. Video.
Distribute second English Grammar Concepts Study Packet (based on student requests from yesterday, Mon., Jan. 03rd)
ALL A.P. Composition Students: Please feel free to have lunch (during your assigned lunch period) in room 208 to participate in the discussion about Dr. MLK, Jr. Day stuff
Tenth Rhetorical and Literary Terms QUIZover all terms presented in class last Tues., Jan. 04th
Deborah Tannen's "There is no Unmarked Woman" and Marie Winn's "Television: The Plug-In Drug"
Discussed in class last Tues., Jan 04th - assigned for reading Mon., Dec. 20th
Hard copies distributed in class - also available through LON-CAPA
Receive partner and class assignments for leading of Dr. MLK, Jr. Day Small Group Discussion (next Thurs., Jan. 13th) ~ please see Mrs. Erickson ASAP with any concerns.
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Receive titles of readings (also available in LON-CAPA) over which Part I of first semester final exam (on Mon., Jan. 24th) will test through A.P. multiple choice questions.
You may use your annotated versions of these texts on the exam.
FIRST CUMULATIVE GRAMMAR EXAM - over packets (all reading and worksheets one through four)
Assign continued reading of English Grammar-related class novel (Lynn Truss's Eats, Shoots and Leaves) (pages 121 trhough 150)
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Assignment of fifth set of English grammar practice worksheets - (available in LON-CAPA).
Completion of above Eats, Shoots and Leaves reading and English grammar practice worksheets due Fri., Jan. 21st
3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Finish discussing Style Analysis, based on in-class notes.
Assignment of Style Analysis Essay :
Due for 5th & 6th Hours on Tues., Jan. 18th
Due for 3rd & 4th Hours on Mon., Jan. 31st
Assignment directions and prompts printed at end of Style Analysis Packet (used in class during last several weeks).
Copies of four reading choices over which to complete your essay can be found in LON-CAPA
4th Hour Only: Receive titles of readings (also available in LON-CAPA) over which Part I of first semester final exam (on Mon., Jan. 24th) will test through A.P. multiple choice questions.
You may use your annotated versions of these texts on the exam.
2nd Hour Only: Read and discuss piece to be distributed in class.
AFTER-SCHOOL OPTIONAL ACTIVITY: Attend a casual gathering - with snacks - in room 208 to meet with your Dr. MLK, Jr. Day Events partner about leading ideas for this Thursday.
PLEASE MEET IN the classroom to complete
Third Cumulative Rhetorical and Literary Terms TESTover all terms presented in class during last four presentations (seven, eight, nine, and ten)
Every student is required to have read the piece in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed and brought piece to class today.
3rd Hour Only: Receive titles of readings (also available in LON-CAPA) over which Part I of first semester final exam (on Mon., Jan. 24th) will test through A.P. multiple choice questions.
You may use your annotated versions of these texts on the exam.
5th Hour Only: Read and discuss piece to be distributed in class.
Fourth Annual HHS Drama Club Student Showcase
at 7:00 p.m. in the HHS Auditorium
consisting of five short student written and directed plays
$5.00
We're on Seminar Schedule today so you can lead your small group discussions about forgiveness.
In class discussions about today's Dr. MLK, Jr. Day events.
Reading of chapters one through six of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart DUE Today. Please be prepared to discuss, accompanying discussion questions (hard copies distributed in class) - assigned Fri., Dec. 17th
Brief content quiz over above reading assignment
Assignment of reading of chapters seven through thirteen - DUE Fri., Feb 04th
Quickly check previous Practice ACT English Grammar Quiz
Reading of Fifth set of Lynn Truss' Eats, Shoots and Leaves AND completion of Fifth Grammar Packet DUE Today - assigned and distributed in class Fri., Dec. 10th
Part I of Final Exam - Complete A.P. Multiple Choice Exam - hard copies of related readings distributed in class Fri., Jan. 07th (also available in LON-CAPA) - you may use these annotated copies
on today's exam.
First and Second Hour Final Exams over ALL Literary and Rhetorical Terms from all of first semester
You may use a pre-made 5x7 "cheat sheet" - this will be collected with your exam
Third and Fourth Hour Final Exams over ALL Literary and Rhetorical Terms from all of first semester
You may use a pre-made 5x7 "cheat sheet" - this will be collected with your exam
Fifth and Sixth Hour Final Exams over ALL Literary and Rhetorical Terms from all of first semester
You may use a pre-made 5x7 "cheat sheet" - this will be collected with your exam
Every student is required to have read both pieces in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed and brought both pieces to class today.
Forty minute Sixth Student-Directed Socratic Seminar over
The Divine Revolution by Vaclav Havel
Every student is required to have read the piece in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed and brought piece to class today.
3rd and 4th Hours ONLY: Read hard copies of all the below listed essays (all available on LON-CAPA) distributed in class today - reading due Thurs., March 10th for practice A.P. multiple choice exam. You may use pre-annotated copies of your essays on the exam.
1.) "On Compassion" by Barbar Lazear Ascher
2.) "Learning to Read" by Malcolm X
3.) "No Name Woman" Maxine Hong Kingston
4.) "Salvation" by Langston Hughes
5.) "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau
Juniors, your Course Selection Sheets for next school year are due in your Social Studies class today.
ALL A.P. Composition Seniors: Editorial about Hotel Rwanda and Genocide Prevention due to be posted on TurnItIn.com by 11:59 p.m. tonight.
ALL A.P. Composition Seniors:Response to at least two classmates' editorials about Hotel Rwanda and Genocide Prevention due to be posted on TurnItIn.com by 11:59 p.m. tonight.
12th grade A.P. Literature Applications for the 2011 - 2012 school year due to Ms. Tyer in room 207 no later than today (distributed in class Fri., Feb. 04th). (Original due date of Tues., Feb. 22nd changed due to snow days.)
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY: Assignment of reading and distribution of hard copies of all the below listed essays (all available on LON-CAPA), due Thurs., March 10th for practice A.P. multiple choice exam. You may use pre-annotated copies of your essays on the exam.
1.) "On Compassion" by Barbar Lazear Ascher
2.) "Learning to Read" by Malcolm X
3.) "No Name Woman" Maxine Hong Kingston
4.) "Salvation" by Langston Hughes
5.) "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau
Every student is required to have read the piece in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed and brought piece to class today.
Every student is required to have read the piece in preparation for today's discussion. Also required to have printed and brought piece to class today.
Distribution of answer key for sixth grammar packet to use to prepare for any conceptual questions during grammar time this Fri., March 04th.
Third
"Quacktivity"
Reading of Sixth set of Lynn Truss' Eats, Shoots and Leaves AND completion and checking of Sixth Grammar Packet DUE Today - assigned and distributed in class Fri., Jan. 21st (answer keys distributed in class last Wed., March 02nd and yesterday, Thurs., March 03rd)
Finish Argument (Please have previously-used "Argument" packet in class today.)
Today is a GREEN TUESDAY for 2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY
Ugly Sweater Day
2nd, 5th, and 6th Hours Only: Please meet in the Career Center for your 2011 - 2012 school year Scheduling Meeting with your Counselor
ALL CLASSES: Work on Argument Analysis Reading and Writing Activity (needed materials distributed in class yesterday, Mon., March 07th)
Clubs will meet today during seminar time.
PROM COMMITTEE MEETING in room 208
Decades Day
2nd, 3rd, & 5th Hours Only: Mrs. Gregory distributed A.P. Exam Registration forms (due, with $87 per exam, next Tues., March 15th, for ALL A.P. classes (whether or not you are taking the exam).)
Please meet in the HHS Media Center for an A.P. Comp. "Work Day"
Western Day
Practice Multiple Choice AP Exam on LON-CAPA, based on essays distributed in class last Fri., Feb. 18th (titles listed below - also available on LON-CAPA)
1.) "On Compassion" by Barbar Lazear Ascher
2.) "Learning to Read" by Malcolm X
3.) "No Name Woman" Maxine Hong Kingston
4.) "Salvation" by Langston Hughes
5.) "Where I Lived, and What I Lived For" by Henry David Thoreau
4th and 6th Hours Only: Distribution of A.P. Exam Registration forms (due, with $87 per exam, next Tues., March 15th, for ALL A.P. classes (whether or not you are taking the exam).)
Reading of Seventh and Final set of Lynn Truss' Eats, Shoots and Leaves AND completion and checking of Seventh and Final Grammar Packet DUE Today - assigned and distributed in class last Fri., March 04th
Will check for completion and correctness in class.
End of fourth marking period.
HHS Winterfest Dance
7:00 - 10:00 p.m.
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Continue Argument
Explain how to cite sources in Things Fall Apart project (due next Mon., March 21st). This also applies to citing in Synthesis Essay.
*A.P. Exam Request Forms and payment ($87 per exam) are due today for ALL your A.P. classes, whether or not you are taking the exam - distributed in classes last Wed., & Thurs.
Complete, in small groups, Analytical Precis in response to one DofI Writing Prompt - please be prepared to present this in class tomorrow, Wed. March 16th
Present small group Analytical Precis constructed in class yesterday (2nd & 3rd hours) or today (4th, 5th, & 6th hours), Tues., March 15th, in response to one DofI Writing Prompt
Reading of remainder of Chinua Achebe's Things Fall Apart (chapters twenty through twenty-five) -due today.
Please be prepared to discuss accompanying discussion questions(hard copies distributed in class on assignment day - Fri., March 04th).
CUMULATIVE CONTENT EXAM and THEMATIC GROUP ACTIVITY
*If more than half of you in your hour bring in a rough draft (to be kept by Mrs. Erickson) of your Things Fall Apart Synthesis Essay today, I will move the final due date to Thurs., March 24th, expecting the final drafts to be improved over the original rough drafts.
2nd, 3rd, & 4th Hours Only: Assignment of "Longest Grammatically Correct Sentence" - due next Tues., March 29th, Please be prepared to present to class.
ALL HOURS: Assign consideration of education-related ideas distributed in class today - due this Thurs., March 24th
ALL HOURS: Assign collection of four articles about significant current issue - DUE next Tues., March 29th
ALL HOURS: Ballots distributed, allowing students to select class t-shirt design and color - please submit by this Thurs., March 24th
5th & 6th Hours Only: Consideration of education-related ideas distributed in class last Tues., March 22nd DUE today
WILL DISCUSS IN CLASS
Assignment of construction of own Aristotilean Appeals ~ DUE this Fri., April 01st
2nd, 3rd, & 4th Hours Only: Begin practice identifying Aristotelian Appeals audio/visual activity (please have handout from today's class with you tomorrow, Tues., March 29th )
Counted numer of students needing copy of first set of reading from next class novel, our Native American novel (2nd, 5th & 6th Hours: Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony) (3rd & 4th Hours: Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven)
*If you were absent today, please let Mrs. Erickson know whether or not you purchased or plan to purchase your own copy.
Please check the spread sheet hanging on the inside of the classroom door A.S.A.P. to make sure you are registered for all the correct official A.P. Exams. Please see Mrs. Gregory in the front office or an A.P. teacher A.S.A.P. if any corrections are necessary.
Prom Committee Members to stay after school to finalize preparation of Prom Invitations
Today is a Teal Tuesday for 3rd & 4th Hours Only
ALL HOURS: Collection of four articles about significant current issue (printed directly from internet, not cut&pasted into a Word document) DUE today - assigned last Tues., March 22nd
2nd, 3rd, & 4th Hours Only: Begin Verbal Presentation of "Longest Grammatically Correct Sentence" (please write word count on paper containing sentence) - assigned last Tues., March 22nd
5th Hour Only: Given handout needed for practicing identifying Aristotelian Appeals using audio/visual aid (please have in class this Thurs., March 31st)
6th Hour Only: Begin practice identifying Aristotelian Appeals audio/visual activity
5th & 6th Hours Only: Assignment of "Longest Grammatically Correct Sentence" assigned - DUE this Fri., April 01st (5th Hour Only: Please be prepared to share with the class.)
BLOOD DRIVE
Please check the spread sheet hanging on the inside of the classroom door A.S.A.P. to make sure you are registered for all the correct official A.P. Exams. Please see Mrs. Gregory in the front office or an A.P. teacher A.S.A.P. if any corrections are necessary.
Prom Committee Members to stay after school to finalize preparation of Prom Invitations
Clubs will meet today during seminar time.
8th Student-Led Socratic Seminar over Sherman Alexie's "Superman and Me"
2nd, 3rd, & 4th Hours Only: Construction of own Aristotilean Appeals DUE ~ assigned last Thurs., March 24th
Please check the spread sheet hanging on the inside of the classroom door A.S.A.P. to make sure you are registered for all the correct official A.P. Exams. Please see Mrs. Gregory in the front office or an A.P. teacher A.S.A.P. if any corrections are necessary.
Prom Committee Members to stay after school to finalize preparation of Prom Invitations
(along with 5th hour) Finish practice identifying Aristotelian Appeals audio/visual activity (please have handout from yesterday's class with you today)
6th Hour Only: Complete practice multiple choice exam with a partner, focusing on evaluation of questions.
Please check the spread sheet hanging on the inside of the classroom door A.S.A.P. to make sure you are registered for all the correct official A.P. Exams. Please see Mrs. Gregory in the front office or an A.P. teacher A.S.A.P. if any corrections are necessary.
5th & 6th Hours Only: Construction of own Aristotilean Appeals DUE ~ assigned last Mon., March 28th
5th & 6th Hours Only: "Longest Grammatically Correct Sentence" DUE today - assigned last Tues., March 29th (5th Hour Only: Please be prepared to share with the class.)
ALL HOURS:
CUMULATIVE GRAMMAR EXAMOVER ALL MATERIALS (reading and grammar practice) IN ENGLISH GRAMMAR PACKETS FIVE, SIX, AND SEVEN
ALL HOURS: Students leading 10th Socratic Seminar on Wed., April 30th required to announce specific David Sedaris pieces that will be discussed for above detailed Socratic Seminar.
Please check the spread sheet hanging on the inside of the classroom door A.S.A.P. to make sure you are registered for all the correct official A.P. Exams. Please see Mrs. Gregory in the front office or an A.P. teacher A.S.A.P. if any corrections are necessary.
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Assignment of both 'final exam' posters for seniors - due Mon., May 23rd
Extra-Credit Available to ALL JUNIORS ONLY, TODAY ONLY: Have this assignment sheet printed out, with your name written in ink on the top of the page, in class with you today.
Introduction to Analyzing Visual Sources and Political Comics
Extra-Credit Available to ALL students: Have all of one chapter of this reading assignment printed out, with your name written in ink on the top of every page, in class with you today.
Students informed of A.P. Exam Registration dates and times (Wed., April 20th @ 7:00 a.m. in HHS Commons OR Thurs., April 21st @ 2:30 p.m. in HHS Commons)
Today is a GREEN TUESDAY for 2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY
Assign and begin reading of current event articles with written assessment of credibility - DUE this Thurs., April 14th
Extra-Credit Available to ALL students: Have this entire packet printed out (and only one of the below worksheets - either the odd or even set), with your name written in ink on the top of every page, in class with you today.
3rd and 4th Hours Only: Distribution of pre-discussion worksheet over assigned reading of Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven due tomorrow, Wed., April 13th (assigned Wed., March 30th) - also due tomorrow, Wed. April 13th.
As long as every students completes this worksheet, before class tomorrow, there will be no reading quiz tomorrow. If even one students does not have the pre-discussion worksheet complete, you will all have a content quiz tomorrow, Wed. April 13th.
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours: You WILL have a content quiz today over assigned reading to determine if you will have a graded content quiz over the next set of assigned reading.
3rd and 4th Hours: As long as every students completes the pre-discussion worksheet (before class today), distribuited in class yesterday, there will be no reading quiz today. If even one students does not have the pre-discussion worksheet complete, you will all have a content quiz today.
Next set of Native American novel reading assigned - due Wed. April 27th
(2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours: pages 62 thru very top of 116)
3rd & 4th Hours Only: Distribution of hard copies of pages 59 through 129 of Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven (to be read for class on Wed., April 27th)
*If you keep this information a secret AND write The cow stepped forward on your scantron form for today's practice test, I will add one extra-credit point to your test score.
*5th Hour Only: You are required to attend a presentation in the HHS auditorium this hour (after checking into class).
It was decided through class discussion that you will make this test up either before school, aftr school, or during multiple lunch periods and/or seminar times no later than next Wed., April 20th.
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Reading of excerpt from Nickel and Dimed by Barbara Ehrenreich DUE today - assigned last Tues., April 12th
Optional extra-credit for ALL students today: print out and bring full copy, with your name written in ink on every page, of today's handout (link above)
Homework tonight for all hours (due tomorrow, Tues., April 19th): Complete, in writing, group discussion questions and specific chapter questions for Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed in above linked handout
2nd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Hours: Jig-sawed reading of "Synthesizing Sources: Entering the Conversation" DUE today - assigned last Mon., April 11th
DUE today (assigned yesterday, Mon., April 18th): Complete, in writing, group discussion questions and specific chapter questions for Barbara Ehrenreich's Nickel and Dimed in above linked handout
Optional extra-credit possible for students who have this entire packet (link above) printed out in class with them today, with their name written in ink on every page.
Homework, due tomorrow, Wed., April 20th: Reading of Philip Knightly essay "The First Televised War" from Kathleen Bell's book Developing Arguments and answer the preceding 19 questions - both in the Synthesis Essay packet
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Clubs will meet today during seminar time.
A.P. Exam Registration in HHS Commons at 7:00 a.m.
DUE today (assigned yesterday, Tues., April 19th): Reading of Philip Knightly essay "The First Televised War" from Kathleen Bell's book Developing Arguments and answer the preceding 19 questions - both in the Synthesis Essay packet
Homework due next Mon., April 25th (all from Synthesis Essay packet): Read Jennie Bristow's "Harry Potter and the Meaning of Life" and complete the preceding THREE assignments
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Read Bill Gates' "Commentary: What's Wrong with American High Schools?", Diane Ravitch's "Failing the Wrong Grades," and All six letters to the New York Times editor under "Where Do Good Schools Begin" and record the thesis of each on the preceding packet page and complete the assignment at the bottom of that same page (collection of five specific types of visual aids specifically supporting your related-to-the-accompanying-reading opinion about education)
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Practice in-class A.P. Multiple Choice Exam
A.P. Exam Registration in HHS Commons at 2:30 p.m.
*You will have a substitute teacher today and a very special visitor during C lunch.
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
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Reading of Bill Gates' "Commentary: What's Wrong with American High Schools?", Diane Ravitch's "Failing the Wrong Grades," and All six letters to the New York Times editor under "Where Do Good Schools Begin" and recording of the thesis of each on the preceding packet page AND
Completion of the assignment at the bottom of that same page (collection of five specific types of visual aids specifically supporting your related-to-the-accompanying-reading opinion about education)
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Homework tonight, due tomorrow, Tues., April 26th: FINISH Synthesis Essay Packet by reading all three sample synthesis prompts and sources and scoring - with brief explanation - all sample student response essays
Students informed of opportunity to select type of final A.P. essay (style analysis, free response, or synthesis) for exam on Tues., May 03rd - choices due to Mrs. Erickson by this Fri., April 29th
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Optional extra A.P. Language and Composition Multiple Choice Exam practice available to every student every day this week - your highest score, of all the practice exams you choose to complete thsi week after school (you may complete one every day) will be added to your final class semester grade for extra-credit
DUE today (assigned yesterday, Mon., April 25th): FINISH Synthesis Essay Packet by reading all three sample synthesis prompts and sources and scoring - with brief explanation - all sample student response essays
Optional extra A.P. Language and Composition Multiple Choice Exam practice available to every student every day this week - your highest score, of all the practice exams you choose to complete thsi week after school (you may complete one every day) will be added to your final class semester grade for extra-credit
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
ONLY JUNIORS will meet today during seminar time.
Native American novel reading due - assigned Wed., April 13th
(2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours: pages 62 thru very top of 116)
Assignment of final reading assignment for both novels (completion of reading of both novels)
Both Due Mon., May 16th
10th Student-Led Socratic Seminar over the David Sedaris pieces selected by today's leaders - announced in class Fri., April 01st
Please click here to see which pieces your class is required to read
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Optional extra A.P. Language and Composition Multiple Choice Exam practice available to every student every day this week - your highest score, of all the practice exams you choose to complete thsi week after school (you may complete one every day) will be added to your final class semester grade for extra-credit
In-class practice Synthesis Essay Writing
Optional extra A.P. Language and Composition Multiple Choice Exam practice available to every student every day this week - your highest score, of all the practice exams you choose to complete thsi week after school (you may complete one every day) will be added to your final class semester grade for extra-credit
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Choice of type of final A.P. essay exam (style analysis, free response, or synthesis) due to Mrs. Erickson today (for next Tues., May 03rd's exam) - assigned last Mon., April 25th
Discuss specific A.P. Exam Writing
Homework, due next Mon., May 02nd: Read and score (with brief written explanation) every sample essay in the A.P. Exam packet distributed in class today
Took class t-shirt ($8.50) orders
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Optional extra A.P. Language and Composition Multiple Choice Exam practice available to every student every day this week - your highest score, of all the practice exams you choose to complete thsi week after school (you may complete one every day) will be added to your final class semester grade for extra-credit
DUE t oday (assigned last Fri., April 29th): Reading and scoring (with brief written explanation) every sample essay in the A.P. Exam packet distributed in class last Fri., April 29th
DISCUSSED IN CLASS
Also finished reading typed "notes" section of packet.
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Today is a GREEN TUESDAY for 2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY (will collect names of students who brought in paper today tomorrow, Wed., May 04th and this Thurs., May 05th )
ALL HOURS: Last in-class practice A.P. essay exam (students permitted to chose type (style analysis, free response, or synthesis) - choices due to Mrs. Erickson last Fri., April 29th)
*Please bring a blue or black ink pen with you to class to complete your essay
Distribution of extra practice A.P. Multiple Choice Exams and answer keys for personal study
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Optional After-School Activity: Viewing of grand review of Quack! Videos
These is a Prom Committee meeting today in room 208
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Begin viewing class-related-reading film (unless you weren't here yesterday, Tues., May 03rd, in which case you will WRITE yesterday's essay today)
3rd & 4th Hours Hour Only: Timed scoring of student-written A.P. essays (unless you weren't here yesterday, Tues., May 03rd, in which case you will WRITE the essay today)
*Please bring a blue or black ink pen with you to class to complete your essay
4th Hour Only: Complete Senior Survey in Career Center
*Any A.P. Composition student taking the A.P. Calculus Exam this morning is welcomed to attend 5th or 6th Hour A.P. Composition this afternoon to complete today's assignment.
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Optional After-School Activity: Viewing of grand review of Quack! Videos
Last in-class practice A.P. Multiple Choice Exam
3rd, 4th, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Received handout detailing scores of student sample A.P. exam essay from last A.P. scoring packet.
Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets on sale today in all lunches - $45 each
Optional After-School Activity: Viewing of grand review of Quack! Videos
Help support Hartland and the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event!
Twenty luminaries are available from Mrs. Erickson for the discounted donation price of $5. Decorate and submit your luminary by Monday, May 16th, when it will be judged on creativity and beauty. The top five luminary designers will win a 2009 A.P. Comp. t-shirt!
ALL HOURS (except 3rd): You will be completing only one of the following three activities (you will not complete an activity you have already completed previous to today):
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(1) Timed scoring of student-written A.P. essays,
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(2) Writing of last in-class practice A.P. essay exam (students permitted to chose type (style analysis, free response, or synthesis) - choices due to Mrs. Erickson last Fri., April 29th),
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(3) In-class reading-related film viewing
2nd Hour Only: Received handout detailing scores of student sample A.P. exam essay from last A.P. scoring packet.
3rd Hour Only: Please meet in the Career Center to complete your Senior Survey.
Then head to classroom to begin viewing Smoke Signals
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours ONLY: Distribution of hard copies of second half of Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony (all due to be read by Mon., May 16th) - also available in LON-CAPA
HEY CURRENT A.P. COMPOSITION JUNIORS! Do you and your buddies want to leave your legacy in the A.P. Comp classroom at HHS?!? Well, here's your opportunity! Present your artistic idea in writing to Mrs. Erickson (due no later than Thurs., May 26th) for your "Three Words" that best represent this school year's A.P. Composition experience (please see http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Your3Words/ for inspiration and ideas). The best and most creative representation will get to create their artistic experience on a ceiling tile to forever be displayed in Mrs. Erickson's classroom.
You may work with as many current 11th grade A.P. Comp students as you like, from whichever hours you like, and all your names will be prominently displayed on your tile for all the HHS world to see.
*Any A.P. Composition student taking the A.P. European Exam this afternoon is welcomed to attend 2nd or 3rd Hour A.P. Composition this morning to complete today's assignment.
Today is the very last day (without exception) to purchase Prom (at Crystal Gardens on Fri., May 20th, 7:30 - 10:30 p.m.) tickets in all lunches - $45 each
Help support Hartland and the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event!
Twenty luminaries are available from Mrs. Erickson for the discounted donation price of $5. Decorate and submit your luminary by Monday, May 16th, when it will be judged on creativity and beauty. The top five luminary designers will win a 2009 A.P. Comp. t-shirt!
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ALL HOURS: EITHER Make-up of last weeks essay-writing OR essay-scoring activity
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In-class reading-related film viewing
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Optional completion of one more practice A.P. Multiple Choice Exam
Optional After-School Extra-Credit Opportunity: Comprehensive Quack! Vocabulary Test
Help support Hartland and the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event!
Twenty luminaries are available from Mrs. Erickson for the discounted donation price of $5. Decorate and submit your luminary by Monday, May 16th, when it will be judged on creativity and beauty. The top five luminary designers will win a 2009 A.P. Comp. t-shirt!
Extra-Credit In-Class Overall Review Activity
Optional After-School Extra-Credit Opportunity: Comprehensive Quack! Vocabulary Test
Help support Hartland and the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event!
Twenty luminaries are available from Mrs. Erickson for the discounted donation price of $5. Decorate and submit your luminary by Monday, May 16th, when it will be judged on creativity and beauty. The top five luminary designers will win a 2009 A.P. Comp. t-shirt!
Official A.P. English Language and Composition Exam at 8:00 a.m.
(If you are not taking the official A.P. Comp. exam, you will be completing your class final exam today.)
Help support Hartland and the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event!
Twenty luminaries are available from Mrs. Erickson for the discounted donation price of $5. Decorate and submit your luminary by Monday, May 16th, when it will be judged on creativity and beauty. The top five luminary designers will win a 2009 A.P. Comp. t-shirt!
AS YOU ENTER CLASS TODAY, PLEASE PLAN TO COMPLETELY PURGE YOUR HOUR'S "GRADED PAPERS READY TO BE PASSED BACK FOLDER" (PLACING ANY PAPERS NOT BELONGING TO YOUR HOUR IN THE CORRECT FOLDER & RETURNING PAPERS OF ABSENT CLASSMATES TO YOUR FOLDER) AND TO REMOVE ALL RHETORICAL & LITERARY TERMS POSTERS AND TAPE FROM THE WALLS AND/OR CEILING FOR RECYCLING. THANK YOU.
2nd, 3rd, and 4th Hours Only: In-class reading related film viewing
5th and 6th Hours Only: Socratic Seminar Make-ups
2nd and 5th Hours Only each have one ballot they can complete for one of their classmates' Academy Award Video
Help support Hartland and the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event!
Twenty luminaries are available from Mrs. Erickson for the discounted donation price of $5. Decorate and submit your luminary by Monday, May 16th, when it will be judged on creativity and beauty. The top five luminary designers will win a 2009 A.P. Comp. t-shirt!
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Show Sample Videos of previously student-made Academy Award Final Exam project Video
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Ballots for your group's Class Academy Awards DUE no later than today (final project due Mon., June 06th)
Assigned Mon., April 11th
3rd & 4th Hours Only: Intro to Resume & Cover Letter Writing and Interviewing using this packet - final optional extra-credit resume and/or cover letter due Thurs., May 19th
Assignment of this weekend's homework due next Mon., May 16th: Printed example of one of each of the following with ability to explain reasons for rating:
'Good' Resume
'Bad' resume
'Good' Letter of Intent
'Bad' Letter of Intent
The A.P. Composition students listed on this link ordered an A.P. Composition t-shirt. If your name is listed here and you have not yet paid for ordering a shirt, please bring $6.50 to class next Mon., May 16th. If you ordered, you are required to pay.
Help support Hartland and the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event!
Twenty luminaries are available from Mrs. Erickson for the discounted donation price of $5. Decorate and submit your luminary by Monday, May 16th, when it will be judged on creativity and beauty. The top five luminary designers will win a 2009 A.P. Comp. t-shirt!
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The A.P. Composition students listed on this link ordered an A.P. Composition t-shirt. If your name is listed here and you have not yet paid for ordering a shirt, please bring $6.50 to class today. If you ordered, you are required to pay.
DUE today for 3rd & 4th Hours AND 2nd & 5th Hour Seniors: Printed example of one of each of the following with ability to explain reasons for rating:
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Complete all ballots for Academy Awards videos yet to be completed.
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Reading of all of Leslie Marmon Silko's Ceremony due today (reading of the entire novel should be finished for today's class) - assigned Wed., April 27th
CUMULATIVE TEST
Assignment of final cumulative novel project - due Tues., May 31st
3rd & 4th Hours Only: Reading of all of Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto Fistfight in Heaven due today (reading of the entire novel should be finished for today's class) - assigned Wed., April 27th
CUMULATIVE TEST
Scores on today's test will determine whether or not there will be a final project assigned for this novel - the project would be due next Mon., May 23rd
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Help support Hartland and the American Cancer Society's annual Relay for Life event!
Decorated luminaries are DUE today to be judged on creativity and beauty. The top five luminary designers will win a 2009 A.P. Comp. t-shirt!
Today is a Teal Tuesday for 3rd & 4th Hours Only
PHYSICS CEDAR POINT TRIP
Begin viewing in-class reading-related film - to be finished this Fri., May 20th
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Intro to College application and scholarship essay writing using this packet - final essays due Thurs., May 26th
3rd & 4th Hours Only: Continue discussion over Sherman Alexie's The Lone Ranger and Tonto
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Resume & Cover Letter Writing and Interviewing - final optional extra-credit resume and/or cover letter due Thurs., May 19th
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Optional extra-credit Resume and/or Cover Letter DUE today for Seniors - assigned last Fri., May 13th
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Continue College application and scholarship essay writing using this packet - final essays due Thurs., May 26th
3rd & 4th Hours Only: Finish Interviewing
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Finish viewing in-class reading-related film begun last Tues., May 17th
PROM at Crystal Gardens - 7:30 - 10:30 p.m. (absolutely no admittance after 8:30 p.m.)
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
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Both of Seniors' Posters DUE today - assigned Mon., April 11th (please be prepared to present them in class). Did you get your poster board for this project from Mrs. Erickson?
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Finish discussing College application and scholarship essay writing - final essays due Thurs., May 26th
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Please meet in the HHS Media Center to work on editing/revising/proofing/peer-editing your College and Scholarship Application Essays
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
2nd, 5th, & 6th Hours Only: Please meet in Computer Lab 204 to complete your final SRI Test
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
HHS Seniors' yearbooks will be distributed today at the after-school Senior Picnic.
Distribution will begin at approximately 2:30 until approximately 4:00 pm. MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR STUDENT ID or a PICTURE ID WITH YOU TO PICK UP YOUR BOOK. If you cannot be at your distribution time, send a friend with a signed note to pick yours up for you.
Did you forget to order a yearbook? Make sure to get on the waiting list. We did order some extra books and they are on sale for $75.00 each. To be on the list, please drop off a check for $75 to Mr. Wabel and you will get your book at distribution time. If we don’t have enough for everyone on the list, you get your money back…. Preference goes to the Class of 2011. Underclassmen: preference is first come, first served
Undergraduate Awards Night at 7:00 p.m. in the HHS Auditorium with refreshments to follow in the commons.
ALL Juniors' Final college application and scholarship essays due today - assigned Wed., May 18th
HEY CURRENT A.P. COMPOSITION JUNIORS! Do you and your buddies want to leave your legacy in the A.P. Comp classroom at HHS?!? Well, here's your opportunity! Present your artistic idea in writing to Mrs. Erickson (due no later than TODAY - assigned Fri., May 06th) for your "Three Words" that best represent this school year's A.P. Composition experience (please see http://abcnews.go.com/GMA/Your3Words/ for inspiration and ideas). The best and most creative representation will get to create their artistic experience on a ceiling tile to forever be displayed in Mrs. Erickson's classroom.
You may work with as many current 11th grade A.P. Comp students as you like, from whichever hours you like, and all your names will be prominently displayed on your tile for all the HHS world to see.
Underclass yearbook distribution will be today during all lunches in the commons. MAKE SURE TO BRING YOUR STUDENT ID or a PICTURE ID WITH YOU TO PICK UP YOUR BOOK. If you cannot be at your distribution time, send a friend with a signed note to pick your up for you.
Did you forget to order a yearbook? Make sure to get on the waiting list. We did order some extra books and they are on sale for $75.00 each. To be on the list, please drop off a check for $75 to Mr. Wabel and you will get your book at distribution time. If we don’t have enough for everyone on the list, you get your money back…. Preference goes to the Class of 2011. Underclassmen: preference is first come, first served
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
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Today is your LAST GREEN TUESDAY!
Distribution of Class of 2012 Senior Class T-Shirt Order Forms (due this Thurs., June 02nd)
Literary Review Activity
Optional extra credit possibility: Bring to class a printed copy of the explanation and example for a literary term you find that you have never before heard of - you are required to be the first student OF THE ENTIRE DAY who submits this term. Once a term has been submitted, NO OTHER A.P. Composition student may earn extra-credit for it.
There is an A.P. Lit Class Meeting for all students enrolled in the class next school year (2011 - 2012) after school today (2:30 p.m.) in Mr. Wabel's room
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
ALL OVERDUE FINES WILL BE FORGIVEN BY THE HHS MEDIA CENTER THIS WEEK - PLEASE RETURN YOUR BORROWED HHS MEDIA CENTER BOOKS!
Practice Multiple Choice A.P. Literature Exam
ATTENTION Class of 2012 Officers: You all have a Homecoming 2011 meeting today after school in room 302.
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ALL OVERDUE FINES WILL BE FORGIVEN BY THE HHS MEDIA CENTER THIS WEEK - PLEASE RETURN YOUR BORROWED HHS MEDIA CENTER BOOKS!
Class of 2012 Senior Class T-Shirt Order Froms DUE Today (distributed in class last Tues., May 31st)
In Class Literary Analysis Precis Writing and Reflection Essay
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ALL OVERDUE FINES WILL BE FORGIVEN BY THE HHS MEDIA CENTER THIS WEEK - PLEASE RETURN YOUR BORROWED HHS MEDIA CENTER BOOKS!
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
ALL OVERDUE FINES WILL BE FORGIVEN BY THE HHS MEDIA CENTER THIS WEEK - PLEASE RETURN YOUR BORROWED HHS MEDIA CENTER BOOKS!
Senior Baccalaureate at 4:00 p.m.
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Final Class Academy Award Group Video Project DUE today - assigned Mon., April 11th
Begin viewing FINAL EXAM ACADEMY AWARDS VIDEOS
2nd and 6th Hours Only: Received Practice A.P. Literature Exam Scores
All Hours: Received handout containing needed information about requirements for your senior photos for next year's yearbook
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Continue viewing FINAL EXAM ACADEMY AWARDS VIDEOS
5th Hour Only: Received Practice A.P. Literature Exam Scores
Seniors' Honors Night at HESSC PAC at 6:30 p.m.
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
View the film The Sixth Sense, considering use of rhetorical strategies
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Graduation Commencements at 7:00 p.m. at Compuware in Plymouth, MI
SENIOR ALL-NIGHT PARTY
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View the film The Sixth Sense, considering use of rhetorical strategies
LAST DAY OF THIS SCHOOL YEAR!
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
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Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Want to offer advice (to be displayed on the A.P. Comp. website) for upcoming A.P. Composition students, to help them be successful and enjoy A.P. Composition? If so, please e-mail your advice to APCompAdvice@GMail.com no later than July 11th, 2011 - please indicate whether or not you would like your name displayed with your advice on the A.P. Comp website.
Link to March, 2011 HHS Scholarship Gazette
