Friday, January 30, 2015

English 12:  Watch Surviving Progress in class.  For Monday, complete the Style Guide #5 check in items.  Also, briefly write about one aspect of your issue that at one point was considered progress/positive but has come to represent more negatives than positives (ideas, inventions, mindsets, policies, etc.)

English 10H: Wordwright 3 words (wordwright will be Monday, Feb 9)  Discuss quiz from Tues/Wed.  Class discussion of essay prompts and process.  Read A1 S1 in Caesar in class.  Annotate for Monday, focusing on Marullus' long speech, the conflict that is foreshadowed between the upper and lower classes in Rome, and the general atmosphere that Shakespeare begins to establish.

Wednesday, January 28, 2015

English 12: Vocabulary Test 10.  Continued individual senior paper meetings.  SP Style and Usage Guide Check #5 for Monday:

OWL-->Gen. Writing-->Academic Writing-->Establishing Arguments
         *Developing Strong Thesis
              -Example(s) of a debatable/narrow thesis for your topic
         *Types of Claims
              -Examples that fit your issue

English 10H: Vocabulary Test 8.  In-class quiz.

Monday, January 26, 2015

English 12: Work day for Stasis Theory Questions. Vocabulary test tomorrow

English 10H: In-class essay.  Vocabulary test tomorrow/Wednesday

Sunday, January 25, 2015

Friday 1/23

English 12: Individual senior paper meetings.

English 10H: Prep for Monday's in-class essay.  It will be argumentative.  It will involve 7 Ages and Demeter.  It will be related to the concepts of fate and cycles in life.  You will have access to the texts, any notes you prepare, and the argumentation rubric.  You will have approximately 45 minutes to interpret the prompt and craft your response.

Wednesday, January 21, 2015

English 12: Stasis Theory- For Friday, answer each of the Stasis Theory questions for your topic.  Vocabulary List 10

English 10H: Vocabulary List 8  Group work on The Seven Ages of Man- expanded on the individual analysis from yesterday.  On Friday we will read Demeter in class and do some comparative work between it and Seven Ages.