Friday, April 24, 2009

Friday, April 24

Film Lit:
Finish The Usual Suspects and begin essay (due to www.turnitin.com no later than 11:59 p.m. Wednesday, April 29)
HW - Final project proposals due Monday!

ALH:
1. 8 vocabulary sentences
2. book clubs: discuss characters and make chart; check annotations
HW - Continue reading

Am Lit:
Read "Richard Cory" and "Miniver Cheevy" in textbook and complete the following:
-chart for each as demonstrated on pg. 830
-pg. 831 #1-5
-pg. 833 #2-8 and comprehension check

Valhalla:
1. Photoshop Lesson 1 Quiz
2. Begin Photoshop Lesson 2
3. Received details about the remaining assignments for the year - keep up with that. First batch (2 headlines, 1 article, 1 alt copy) due Wednesday!

Wednesday, April 22, 2009

Thursday, April 23

Film Lit:
Continue The Usual Suspects
HOMEWORK: final project proposal due Monday, April 27 (Final project is worth 50% of final exam grade. No projects will be accepted without an approved proposal. All proposals and changes must be approved no later than May 13. No exceptions.)

ALH:
Continue reading independent novels; first book group meeting tomorrow, beginning of hour - bring annotations and discussion ideas

Am Lit:
1. Vocabulary Quiz 11
2. Receive List 12 and Practice (3 parts this week - analogies, sentence completion, and writing exercise - all due Monday)

Valhalla:
Photoshop Lesson 1 - learning the workspace (quiz tomorrow!)

Wednesday, April 22

Film Lit:
Continue The Usual Suspects
HOMEWORK: final project proposal due Monday, April 27 (Final project is worth 50% of final exam grade. No projects will be accepted without an approved proposal. All proposals and changes must be approved no later than May 13. No exceptions.)

ALH:
Continue reading/annotating independent novel (The Awakening or Their Eyes Were Watching God)

Am Lit:
1. Quickwrite - Where I Live
2. Spider diagram
3. Poem - one of two formats/perspectives: either that of "Lucinda Matlock" or of "Chicago"
All work for both poems should be submitted with original draft tomorrow, draft on top.

Valhalla:
Photoshop Lesson 1 - learning the workspace (quiz Friday!)

Tuesday, April 21

Film Lit:
Intro to and begin The Usual Suspects (view first 20 minutes)
HOMEWORK: final project proposal due Monday, April 27 (Final project is worth 50% of final exam grade. No projects will be accepted without an approved proposal. All proposals and changes must be approved no later than May 13. No exceptions.)

ALH:
Intro to novel groups - timeline and assignments; first group meeting Friday

Am Lit:
Edgar Lee Masters' "Lucinda Matlock" - spider diagram and #1-4 following poem

Valhalla:
Photoshop Lesson 1 - learning the workspace (quiz Friday!)

Monday, April 20

Film Lit:
Brick as film noir chart

ALH:
practice AP prompt - ICEE chart only (Anne Bradstreet's "An Author to Her Book")

Am Lit:
Carl Sandburg's "Chicago" - spider diagram, #1-8, comprehension check, and literary analysis (tone)