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Archived Homework
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Assignments for August/September 2021
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Date |
Classwork |
Homework |
Due Today
Submit assignments in Schoology unless
noted. |
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Week 1 |
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Mon
8/23 |
Teacher
In-ServiceNo
Students |
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Tues
8/24 |
Teacher
In-ServiceNo
Students |
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Weds
8/25 |
First Day of
School
Let's just breathe today:
Lay o'the land.
Get to know each other.
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Please
complete the
online survey by
11:59 PM on
Sunday 8/29.
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In-class
essay on summer reading on
Monday 8/30.
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Summer
Reading assignments due for partial points on
Monday 8/30.
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Summer Reading
Assignments due. Bring a hardcopy to class OR upload
to Schoology for your class and period. |
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Thurs
8/26 |
Let's talk about learning gains.
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Please
complete the
online survey by
11:59 PM on
Sunday 8/29.
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In-class
essay on summer reading on
Monday 8/30.
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Summer
Reading assignments due for partial points on
Monday 8/30.
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Learning Gains Reflection.
Upload to Schoology by
11:59 on Tuesday 8/31.
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Fri
8/27 |
Rally Schedule
Sign up for AP
Test
Join Codes:
-Period 2:
MXW7D6
-Period 3:
XAXJ2E
-Period 4:
NQ4XJN
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Get "Join
Code for your period/section
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Go to
mywp.collegeboard.org
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Use your
College Board username and password to sign in to My AP.
If you have never had a College Board account, create
one through the Sign Up link.
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Click the
"Join a Course or Exam" button for your period.
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Enter your
Join Code and hit "Submit
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Check the
course information. Make sure this information is
for this course. If it is, click "Yes"
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Fill out
registration information. If this is the first
timee joining a class, you will need to provide some
additional information. You only have to do this
once.
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Please
complete the
online survey by
11:59 PM on
Sunday 8/29.
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In-class
essay on summer reading on
Monday 8/30.
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Summer
Reading assignments due for partial points on
Monday 8/30.
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Learning Gains Reflection.
Upload to Schoology by
11:59 on Tuesday 8/31.
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Complete the
online survey by
11:59 PM on
Sunday 8/29. |
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Week 2 |
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Mon
8/30 |
Intro to course |
Learning Gains Reflection.
Upload to Schoology by 11:59 on
Tuesday 8/31. |
Summer Reading
assignments due for partial points.
Upload to Schoology by 11:59 tonight. |
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Tues
08/31 |
Writing
Diagnostic on Summer |
Learning Gains Reflection.
Upload to Schoology by 11:59
tonight. |
Learning Gains Reflection due by
11:59. |
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Weds
09/01 |
Let's look at
that imposing
syllabus...at last
Literary Tool Box
Building the Big Six (a review and activity)
Character,
Setting,
Structure |
I got nuthin'.
Run free teenagers...run free. |
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Thurs
09/02 |
Literary Tool Box
Building the Big Six (a review and activity)
Character,
Setting,
Structure |
More nuthin... |
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Friday
09/03 |
Mrs. Van Horn:
Suicide Prevention |
Nuthin for the
long weekend. Enjoy people. |
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Week 3 |
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Mon
09/06 |
Labor Day
No Students |
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Tues
09/07 |
Literary Tool Box
Building the Big Six (a review and activity)
Character,
Setting,
Structure,
Narration |
Get emotionally
ready for outside reading: oh boy. |
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Weds
09/08 |
Literary Tool Box
Building the Big Six (a review and activity)
Character,
Setting,
Structure,
Narration |
Get emotionally
ready for outside reading: oh boy. |
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Thurs
09/09 |
Putting it all
together.
Intro to Literary Analysis: Deconstructing Children's
Literature |
Get emotionally
ready for outside reading: oh boy.
Please put together some questions for Mrs. Burns' visit
tomorrow. |
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Fri
09/10 |
Mrs. Burns on all
things college.
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You can work on
your posters, but we will also have time in class. |
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Week 4 |
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Mon
09/13 |
Literary Tool Box
Putting it all
together.
Intro to Literary Analysis: Deconstructing Children's
Literature |
No homework, but
you can add to your posters. |
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Tues
09/14 |
Before we move on to our posters: A little more on
that figurative language thing: Diction, Detail, Imagery,
Syntax, Tone... |
No homework, but
you can add to your posters. |
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Weds
0/15 |
Literary Tool Box
Last day to work on projects |
No homework, but
you can add to your posters. |
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Thurs
09/16 |
Literary Tool Box
Present projects |
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Friday
09/17 |
Introduce college
essays
First group
outside reading introduced. |
Draft 1: The
College Essay. Submit whatcha got in
Schoology by 11:59 PM on Monday. |
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Week 5 |
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Mon
9/20 |
Minimum Day
College essay: searching for a topic
Audience and purpose |
Draft 1: The College Essay. Submit whatcha got in
Schoology by 11:59 PM on Monday. |
College essay: In Schoology by
11:59 PM. |
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Tues
9/21 |
College essay:
review prompts
finding your voice |
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Weds
09/22
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Finding the
Bigger Life of Your Story |
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Thurs
09/23 |
What's your
metaphor? |
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Fri
09/24 |
Adding to
character
Moving to voice:
diction, syntax, tone, imagery and detail. |
Draft 1: The
College Essay. Submit whatcha got in
Schoology by 11:59 PM on Monday. |
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Week 6 |
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Mon
09/27 |
Last of it: final
peer edits for college essay.
Follow rubric
from this week's Schoology folder noting: One Focus. |
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College essay:
In Schoology by
11:59 PM. |
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Tues
09/28 |
Unit 1: The Short
Story Voice
Lessons/Diction: High Tide in Tucson
Let's read: "The Birthday Party" by Kate Brush, 1946 |
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Wed
09/29 |
Unit 1: The Short
Story
Voice Lessons:
Detail: "Samuel Johnson" by Thomas Babington Macaulay
Flip Book: Let's
infer |
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Thurs
10/30 |
Back to School Night
Short Day Unit 1:
The Short Story
Voice Lessons: Imagery: "The Rime of the Ancient Mariner" by
Samuel Taylor Coleridge |
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Fri
10/01 |
First Chapter
Friday: A
Thousand Splendid Suns by Khaled Hosseini
I Notice That...
I Wonder Why... |
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