Friday, September 28

American Studies:

1. Watch “Far and Away” (If you are absent for this, you have 2 options: come to a make-up viewing Monday/Tuesday after school or rent the movie on your own. There is an assignment that goes along with this movie, so you need to make sure to watch this!)
2. HWK: F451 p. 68 for Tuesday

AP Language:

1. SL Reading Time
2. HWK: SL end of novel by Thurs.; Vocab #4 by Wednesday

Thursday, September 27

American Studies:

1. Unit Exam (Multiple Choice, 1st hour; Essay, 2nd hour)
2. Collected essay outlines 2nd hour
3. *************Next F451 reading due TUESDAY, not Friday. Page 68 for TUESDAY!*

AP Language:

1. SL Quiz 12-18
2. SL Discussion
3. HWK-SL 18-end for next Thursday

Wednesday, Sept. 26

American Studies:

1. Game Day!!
2. Put together a study packet. Include:
   1. The Reader
   2. Lit Study guides for:
      1. The crisis
      2.  White Take Over
      3. Slavery (handwritten paper)
3. HWK–Unit exam tomorrow!!! Three outlines for 3 prompts due tomorrow!

AP Lang:

1. Vocab Quiz #3
2. Football Read around analysis
3. HWK–SL chapts 12-18 (Thurs)

Tuesday, September 25

American Studies:

1. F451 DYR #1
2. 3D and Essay prep for Thursday’s exam 3D Ppt. Exam Prompt

3D Handout

HWK–Use the 3D method to prepare ALL three prompts for Thursday’s exam. You will be asked to turn this work in on Thursday. (Decipher, diagramm, detail)

AP Lang:

1. Collect Word Essays
2. Present Word essays (What is your word? Why did you chose it? Read 4-5 sentences out loud to us)
3. HWK-Vocab #3 tomorrow; SL chapters 12-18 for Thursday

Monday, September 24

American Studies:

1. F451 activities (no make-up)
2. Grab your F451 notes and review. Write a 6 sentence summary at the end of your notes.
3. HWK-F451 page 68 by Friday

AP Language:

1. Discuss Shaw article
2. HWK-word essay due tomorrow! Make me LOVE your word!

Friday, September 21

American Studies:

1. F451 Intro Power Point
2. Pass out books
3. HWK- Page 28 by Tuesday (reading schedule has changed for the first day) Reading Schedule

AP Language

1. SL discussion
2. Read Shaw article: Who is the audience; what is the purpose?
3. HWK-word essay (Tuesday); vocab #3 (Wednesday), SL 12-18 (Thursday)

Happy Weekend!!

Thursday, Sept. 20

American Studies:

1. Turn in gameboard
2. Finish Slavery
3. Do LSG for Slavery on note paper from yesterday (LSG questions are at the end of the reading in Reader)
4. HWK: Socrates Cafe Friday

AP Language:

1. SL Quiz #2
2. SL Discussion
3. HWK: football analysis, SL 12-18

Wednesday, Sept. 19

American Studies:

1. Pre-reading activity: Using the 12 vocab words from “Slavery: A Practice Totally Repugnant,” write a paragraph about you and a friend going on an adventure. Incorporate all 12 vocab words.
2. On the same paper, describe the pre-Revolutionary relationship between the colonists and Britian. How was this like slavery?
3. Begin “Slavery: A Practice Totally Repugnant” in reader
4. HWK: gameboard due, Socrates Cafe due Friday

AP Language:

1. Vocab #2 Quiz
2.  Analysis handout–discuss
3. Use legalization piece and handout to write a brief analysis
4. HWK–chapters 6-11 in SL, football quote analysis due Friday

New Grades!

New grades have been posted as of 9/18. These include Frederick Douglass Exam scores. Please email me with any questions!

Tuesday, September 18

American Studies:

1. FD exam
2. Socrates Cafe handout–complete for Friday socrates-cafe.doc
3. HWK–FD graphic map (Wednesday) graphic-map.doc
4. HWK–Board Game (Thursday) game-board.doc

AP Language:

1. Football quote analysis handout–due Thursday
2. Naylor article
3. HWK–Vocab #2 (Wednesday); SL 6-11 (Thursday) FB quotes (Thursday)