LITERACY+110

September 6 Welcome to the new school year! Please complete your student information sheet, get your course outline signed, and remember to bring a novel to class tomorrow.

Monday, September 10: Please ensure that you bring the following items to class: SSR novel, writer's notebook, completed forms.

Tuesday, September 11: Complete Dr. Seuss quickwrite in your writer's notebook (if you did not finish in class).

Wednesday, Sept. 12: No homework assigned. We started work on article of the week #1 today. The final writing assignment for this is due on Sept. 19.

Thursday, Sept. 13 -- Make sure that you have completed one close reading of the Article of the WEEK (#1) for tomorrow.

Friday, Sept. 14 -- Article of the week #1 -- second close reading completed.

Tuesday, Sept. 18 -- Article of the Week #1 is due tomorrow. It will be evaluated. The rubric was provided in class today.

Wednesday, Sept. 19 -- Article of the Week #1 was collected today. Several students did not have the assignment finished. Failure to pass it in tomorrow will result in a referral to the lunch time Learning Lab for completion.

Thursday, September 20 -- complete your first reading of Article of the Week #2. All work on this article is due on September 27.

Monday, Sept. 24 -- Sentence Structure worksheet

Tuesday, Sept. 25 -- Paragraph from Topic Sentence and Controlling Idea handout

Wednesday, Sept. 26 -- Article of the Week #2 due tomorrow

Thursday, Sept. 27 -- Graphic Organizer for paragraph

Friday, Sept. 28 -- Final copy of edited and revised paragraph if not completed in class.

Tuesday, October 2: One page book report due next Wednesday. Any missing work is to be caught up this week.

Oct. 3: Period 1 -- finish rewrite of WN piece. Period 2 -- nothing due to today's evacuation.

Thursday, Oct. 4 -- WN pieces should be rewritten and passed in, reading comprehension questions on "The Innertube" should be done (for Friday), and your one page book report has to be done for Wednesday (late policy applies to this).

Friday, Oct. 5 -- one page book report due on Wednesday.

Wednesday, Oct. 10 -- read handout ("Going Down the Road") and identify examples of strong traits of good writing.

October 11 - no homework assigned.

Friday, October 12 -- essay topic ready for Monday. Complete the WN entry started in class today for Monday.

Monday, October 15: work on graphic organizer for personal narrative essay. Article of the Week #3 is due on Thursday.

Tuesday, October 16: Work on the draft of your personal narrative essay. Article of the Week #3 is due on Thursday, as is your completed essay draft.

October 17 (Wednesday) -- Article of the Week #3 and essay draft are to be done for tomorrow. Today was an entire class for writing.

Thursday, Oct. 18 -- work on the revison of your essay draft.

Friday, October 19 -- complete self revision of your narrative essay.

Tuesday, October 23 -- final editing of essay and beginning of final copy work in class tomorrow.

Wednesday, October 24 -- final copy of essay (including graphic organizer and draft) due at the beginning of class tomorrow.

Thursday, October 25 -- no new homework assigned

Friday, Oct. 26 -- we used today as a "catch up" day. No new work was assigned.

Monday, October 29 -- Writer's Notebook -- generate list from writing prompt ideas.

Tuesday -- Word Choice Activity will be picked up in class tomorrow (after SSR) Complete 3 paragraph narrative draft in Writer's Notebook

Thursday, Nov. 1 -- working in class on an article. No homework assigned.

Friday, November 2 -- response to "The Teenage Brain" due Tuesday. We will work on it in class on Monday.

Tuesday, November 6 -- WN drafts completed for tomorrow.

Thursday, November 6 -- WN completed piece (final copy) for Monday if not finished in class today.

Tuesday, November 13 : Article of the Week #4 for November 22

Wednesday, November 14: Essay topics: 1. Many high school students have part-time jobs. Think about the effects having a part-time job has on students. Essay question: Do part-time jobs hinder or help a student's educational goals? 2. Many students feel that taking physical education in school is not necessary, while others see a great benefit in it. Essay question: Should the completion of physical education courses be a graduation requirement? 3. Celebrities normally get paid many times the amount that police officers, fire fighters, and teachers (for example) earn. Essay question: Should celebrity salaries be lowered?

Period 1 -- no new homework assigned Period 2 -- choose essay topic and begin pre-writing (pro and con list, for example)

Thursday, November 15: Graphic organizers for essays should be as complete as possible. We will be drafting the first copy in class tomorrow.

Friday, November 16 -- first draft should be completed for Monday.

Monday, November 19 - draft completion. Article of the Week #4 due on Thursday, Persuasive essay due on Friday. Wednesday, November 21 -- continue editing persuasive essay (due Friday). Article of the Week #4 due tomorrrow.

Thursday, November 22 -- Persuasive essay is due tomorrow.

Friday, November 23 -- "One pager" book report due on Thursday, November 29.

Monday, November 26 -- no new homework assigned

Tuesday, November 27 -- "one pager" book report is due on Thursday, Nov. 29.

Friday, November 30 -- no homework this weekend!

Monday, Dec. 3 -- Article of the Week #5 due on December 12.

Wednesday, Dec. 5 -- no new hw assigned.