Agenda for 28 January

1. Review synth

2. Synth essay

Monday

                RA scoring workshop

                Please read the anchor sets on Schoology over the weekend

                You can print out your own copy, if you want, but it is not required

Other Info

                Report cards in 4^th period

                                May be incorrect, because of district issue

                3^rd quarter novel choice test

                                Should have your book and be reading

Agenda for 26 January 2016

1. SAT info

                Practice passage

Next class, Thursday, 28 January

1. Introduce outline

2. Synth essay

Next week begins the scoring workshop

                Monday, RA

                Wednesday, RA and Arg

                Friday, Arg

1. ACT Grammar notes

2. ACT Grammar practice

Tuesday,

    SAT prep

Other info

    Annotated bibliography on 2nd quarter will be for completion

         50 pts for turning in both hard copy and digital copy before 20 January

         25 pts for turning in either hard copy or digital copy before 20 January

         0 pts for not turning in either hard copy or digital copy before 20 January

        ** Will be graded for accuracy and entered in the third quarter

Agenda for 19 January 2016

1. Visual rhetoric assignment due

                Goes on 3^rd nine weeks

2. ACT intro

                Notes

                Practice

Next class, 21 January 2016

SAT intro and practice

Other info

                Expect grades to updated by the end of the day

                Annotated bibliography will take longer

                              You must submit this to Turnitin.com before Thursday at midnight or you will receive a zero, even if you turned in a hard copy.

                Novel Choice assignment on 3^rd nine weeks

Agenda for 14 January 16

Annotated Bibliography DUE

                Make sure you turn it in on Turnitin.com by midnight tonight

                Every day it is late, hard or digital copy, you will lose 5 points

1. Visual rhetoric notes

                Discussion and practice

2. Novel Choice assignment

                Complete and turn in book and gray sheet to the front table

3. When you have completed the Novel Choice assignment, complete the visual rhetoric assignment, due on Tuesday, January 19

Next class, Tuesday, 19 January

                SAT prep (focus on changes to SAT)

Thursday, 21 January

                ACT prep

Agenda for Tuesday, 12 January

1. Midterm

                90 minutes

                You may write on the test

                Use STRATEGIES!

                No notes or dictionaries

                Turn in scantron and test to front desk

                No phones until all tests are collected

Next class, Thursday, 14 January

                BRING YOUR NOVEL TO CLASS

                Complete Novel Choice test

                Visual Rhetoric assignment

                Annotated Bibliography due

                                Hard copy in class

                                Digital copy on Turnitin.com by midnight on Thursday

Tuesday, 19 January

                SAT prep

Thursday, 21 January

                ACT Prep

Other info

                Amnesty day is today

                                All work must be turned in

                                All essays, quizzes, and tests must be made up by today

                Essays for scoring workshop

                                You have until January 26 to make up both essays

Agenda for 8 January 2016

1. RA essay

2. Arg essay

**If you were absent today, please make these essays up as soon as possible.

Agenda for 6 January 2016

1. RA essay review

2. RA essay re-write

Next class

RA essay

Arg Essay

Dates and Grades

January 20-end of quarter

January 12-midterm

                APMC questions, full class period, 4 passages

                20% curve          

January 12-Amnesty Day

January 14-Novel Choice Test

                Bring your novel to class, you will be turning it in

January 14-Annotated Bibliography

Grades

                Peer review RA from last class- 10 pts, graded

                In class MLA citation-10 pts, graded

                2010 RA re-write-50 pts, today

                2011 synth re-write, to be graded

                Topic/Thesis-15 pts, graded

                Slave Narratives assignment-25 pts, graded

                Annotated Bibliography-65 pts, to be graded

                Current Event Summary-25 pts, graded

Agenda for 4 January 2016

1. Research

                Submit to Schoology by midnight tonight

                                1. 1 citations in MLA format

                                2. 1 annotations

2. RA peer review

Upcoming Info and Due dates

1. End of Quarter-Wednesday, January 20

2. Novel Choice test- Tuesday, January 12

3. Amnesty Day-Tuesday, January 12

4. Annotated Bibliography Due-Thursday, January 14

5. Midterm-AP Multiple Choice, date to be determined by testing coordinator

                Probably January 12 or 14, if January 12, Novel Choice test will be January 14

5. Grades update on Wednesday