Film Lit:
**Extension! Complete your peer reviews by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28. (http://www.turnitin.com/)

ALH:
1) **Extension! Complete your persuasive essay peer reviews by 11:59 p.m. Friday, Nov. 28. (http://www.turnitin.com/) If possible, complete the reviews. Your feedback is valuable to your classmates. If the system is still bumping you out, I'll let the moderators know so it's fixed the next time around.
2) Read ch. 1-7 of Catcher in the Rye and respond to the posts online (http://sadwers.wordpress.com/) by 11:59 Wednesday, Nov. 26.
3) Complete journal for ch. 1-7 (1 pg. min. each chapter).
Reminder: vocabulary quiz Monday, Dec. 1

Am Lit:
1) Read ch. 1-7 of Catcher in the Rye and answer study guide questions.
2) Study vocabulary (lists 6-10). Review test Thursday, Dec. 4.

Valhalla:
Check your email. Do your work. Email an editor or me if you have questions about what to do.
**Deadline 1 is just a couple of weeks away! Stay on top of things, meet your due dates, ask for help when you need it, and all will run smoothly.

November 24, 2008

Film Lit:

Finish essay and submit to http://www.turnitin.com/.



Am Lit:

1) finish helmet laws essay (myaccess.com)
2) revise helmet laws essay
3) introduction to The Catcher in the Rye (read ch. 1-7 and answer study guide questions by Monday, Dec. 1)
HW - study vocab (quiz Dec. 4); read Catcher ch. 1-7 and answer study guide questions by Monday, Dec. 1

ALH:
1) upload persuasive essays to turnitin.com and begin peer reviews (reviews must be complete by 11:59 p.m. Wed., Nov. 26)
2) intro to Catcher in the Rye - book distribution, journal requirements, and blogging
HW - read ch. 1-7, journal (1 pg. per chapter), post responses at http://sadwers.wordpress.com

Valhalla:
1) Lab time - check in all steps 1-4 today for credit!
2) Check your email and be prepared for tomorrow's assignment selection

Film Lit:
Finish essay

ALH:
Finish essay and upload to www.turnitin.com
HW - sentences for vocab list 6 due Monday if you scored lower than 20/24 on the last quiz; we will begin The Catcher in the Rye on Monday, so if you will not be here, please contact me.

Am Lit:
1) vocab quiz 10
2) receive review list - vocab lists6-10 - quiz Dec. 4
3) pg. 316 #1-7 (due Tuesday; extra credit if handed in Monday)

Valhalla:
Continued Intro. to Maestro (mock teams)
Photo Contest #1 Results
*Reminders: first half of winter sports interviews and photos due Dec. 12; photo contest #2 (mandatory) due Dec. 19

Film Lit:
Finish Strangers on a Train and begin essay

ALH:
1) Share paragraph persuasive responses
2) Begin extending one paragraph response into a full-length con-pro-pro essay

Am Lit:
Baseline writing assessment in lab (myaccess.com - curfew prompt)

Valhalla:
Intro. to Maestro (mock teams)

Film Lit:

Continue Strangers on a Train



ALH:

Paragraph responses: Construct a well-written response to three of the following. Your paragraphs should address all points and be concise. Focus on tight formulation of your argument and appropriate word choices to be effective. Writing Suggestion #2 – pgs. 508, 514, 530, 538, 549 For each paragraph, explain what argumentative technique(s) you employed and how the technique(s) served your goal.



Am Lit:

Introduction to MyAccess.com and baseline writing assignment (bike helmets)

HW - study for vocabulary quiz



Valhalla:

1) intro to Maestro (two powerpoints and feedback sheet - due end of hour)

2) continue Steps 3 & 4

3) check Pinnacle - a few of you are behind on coverage and need to get caught up quickly!

Film Lit:
1) Suspense/thriller background and Hitchcock bio (notes)
2) continue Strangers on a Train

ALH:
Warm-up: cubing last night's homework (3 responses x 2 min. each)
1) debrief vocab quiz 5 - if you scored below 20/24, you must write sentences for list 6 (due Mon., Nov. 24) - vocab quiz 6 will be Mon., Dec. 1
2) Read Rodriguez essay (532-6) and answer questions that follow (1-3 x 3 on 537)
3) persuasion quiz will be Wed., 11/26

Am Lit:
Finish last week’s persuasive essay (use of violence to achieve a goal)

Valhalla:
**Meet Step 2 & 3 deadlines!

Film Lit:
1) Intro. to Hitchcock
2) Begin Strangers on a Train

ALH:
Warm-up: vocab list 6
Read/annotate whichever piece you opted out of last week (pg. 504-7 OR pg. 510-3) and answer #1-3 x 3

Am Lit:
Warm-up: DOL
1) Intro. to "Advertising and Children" (handout) - focus question
2) Read article and answer questions that follow

Valhalla:
Continue work toward deadlines. Work was due today for Step 2 (Nov. 12 and 17). A few of you have fallen behind. Get caught up quickly so it doesn't affect the rest of the staff.

for Friday, Nov. 14

Film Lit:
Finish Chicago responses (due end of hour). We will begin Hitchcock on Monday.

ALH:
1) Read and annotate pg. 540-548 and answer the three sets of questions that follow (due Mon.)
No homework

Am Lit:
Write persuasive essay - due end of hour.
No homework

Valhalla:
Check email and continue work towards step 2 deadline (Nov. 12 or 17, depending on assignment). If you are behind in submissions, email me to get caught up.

for Thursday, Nov. 13

Film Lit:
Begin Chicago responses (4 of 9). Work will be collected end of hour. Responses and questions are not to go home.

ALH:
1) Vocab Quiz 5
2) Read EITHER pg. 504-507 OR pg. 510-513 and answer the three sets of questions that follow the passage (due tomorrow).

Am Lit:
1) Vocab Quiz 9
2) Pick up List 10
3) Resume work on persuasive essay chart (begun in class Wed.) - finish by end of hour and hand in.
(No homework)

Valhalla:
Check email and continue work towards step 2 deadline (Nov. 12 or 17, depending on assignment). If you are behind in submissions, email me to get caught up.

Film Lit:
Finish Chicago

ALH:
Warm-up - Obama & King speeches (similar, different, effective)
1) discuss annotations
2) read pgs. 523-529 (Advertising & Children)
3) answer three sets of questions following (1-3, 1-3, 1-3) and Writing #2

Am Lit:
Warm-up: sentences for three vocab words
1) Intro. to essay (handout)
2) Chart on first page of packet due end of hour
HW - vocab quiz tomorrow

Valhalla:
Check email and continue work towards step 2 deadline (Nov. 12 or 17, depending on assignment). If you are behind in submissions, email me to get caught up.

Film Lit:
Continue Chicago

AHL:
Warm-up: brainstorming (MLK's "I Have a Dream")
1) Read pgs. 497-500 in text
2) Answer #1-3, #1-3, #1-3 (only responsible for knowing words in #3)
3) Read/annotate Obama's victory speech focusing on similarities to King's speech

Am Lit:
Warm-up: vocab (6 sentences)
1) pg. 304 #1-3
2) pg. 307 #1-8
3) pg. 308 – Writing option (outline or prewrite/plan only – do note write entire essay)
**Hand all work in with charts completed yesterday. You will need the charts to answer the questions for today’s assignment.

Valhalla:
Check email and continue work towards step 2 deadline (Nov. 12 or 17, depending on assignment). If you are behind in submissions, email me to get caught up.

Film Lit:
1) notes on mise-en-scene (classical, mannerist, expressionistic); Chicago focus: power, colors, staging & choreography, costuming, lighting, dialogue, morals/laws/social codes
2) begin Chicago

ALH:
Warm-up: PMI your weekend
1) Read pgs. 482-493 in Prentice Hall Reader
2) Read/annotate "Love is a Fallacy"

Am Lit:
Warm-up: PMI your weekend
1) Read "Stride Toward Freedom" and "Necessary to Protect Ourselves" and complete both charts and follow-up (handout)
2) study vocabulary for Thursday's quiz (list 9)

Valhalla:
Check email and continue work towards step 2 deadline (Wednesday 11/12)
If you're going to St. Louis, bring your completed forms tomorrow!

Film Lit:
Finish essay - due end of hour

ALH:
Read remainder of "Civil Disobedience" (pgs. 517-522). Annotate for figurative language, persuasive rhetoric, and faulty reasoning (see handout from Wed.)
HW - vocab sentences due Mon.

Am Lit:
Impromptu (persuasive)

Valhalla:
1) Check Pinnacle
2) Check email
3) Do make-up work for Monday

Film Lit:
1) finish The Shining
2) begin impromptu (due end of hour Fri.)

ALH:
Impromptu - figurative language and persuasive rhetoric in "Civil Disobedience"
HW - one sentence per vocab word (required for some of you, optional for others) due Monday

Am Lit:
1) vocab quiz 8
2) received vocab list 9
3) pg. 378 comprehension check & #1-8 (skip #3) - due tomorrow

Valhalla:
1) ads due tomorrow (extension if it's obvious you've gotten out and started selling)
2) Step 1 due for all assignments (10 points if completed by end of 1st hour tomorrow)

Film Lit:
Continue The Shining (to last few minutes)

ALH:
Warm-up: small group - civic duty discussion
1) persuasive rhetoric and faulty reasoning handout (add to notes)
2) Read Henry David Thoreau bio in textbook; read and annotate excerpts from "Civil Disobedience" (handout) - annotation focus should be on figurative language and persuasive rhetoric

Am Lit:
Warm-up: small group - civic duty discussion
1) read pgs. 369-376 ("Civil Disobedience" excerpts) and answer all blue guided reading questions

Valhalla:
1) choose assignments - all have Step 1 due date of Nov. 7
2) AD SALES!!! sales and refusal forms due Nov. 7

VALHALLA:
**Check your email! All late work must be submitted no later than Wednesday afternoon. See Pinnacle to see what you're missing. Contact me ASAP if you'd like make-up work for something you didn't do. Email gpnyearbook@gmail.com or text me.
*Photo contest submissions (pics & captions) may be emailed to me tomorrow, or if you'd prefer to come in, let me know when, and I'll be sure a lab is available for your use. I'll be at North in the a.m. and South in the p.m.

Film Lit:
Continue The Shining and take notes

ALH:
Warm-up - Self-reliance quickwrite
1) Share "Rip Van Winkle" annotations (figurative language)
2) Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance" - Read pgs. 342-344 and 393-398 and answer response questions (handout) - due Wed.

Am Lit:
Warm-up - Self-reliance quickwrite
1) pg. 360 #1-8 (due end of hour)
2) Read 363-366 ("Self-Reliance")
3) Answer blue guided reading questions (4 of them) and pg. 367 comprehension check and #1-8 (all due Wed.)