Thursday, February 27, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework: Feb. 27 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
1. Daily Language Practice #4B
2. EAP Workshop - Rubric and Sample Response Analysis

Homework
1. Elaborate and Expand "Corn Planting" Essay Responses.
2. Upload revision.

Tuesday, February 25, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework - Feb. 25 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
1. Daily Language Practice #3B
2. "The Corn Planting" Debrief
3. Reading Response - "The Corn Planting" Argument Essay

Homework
Parallelism Review Exercise

Friday, February 21, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework - Feb. 21 (Fri)

Daily Agenda
1. Daily Language Practice #2B
2. Group Analysis - "The Corn Planting"

Homework
1. Parallelism Review Exercises
2. Finish Discussion Questions (if NOT completed as a group)

Thursday, February 20, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework - Feb. 19 (Wed)

Daily Agenda
1. Complete "In Another Country" Corrections & Revisions
2. Daily Language Practice #1
3. Begin Literature Competency #1 Review/Reflection

Homework
1. "Corn Planting" E-Mail Assignment
2. Finish Save the Last Word For Me responses (if not completed on time for today's class)

Tuesday, February 18, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework - Feb. 13 (Thur)

Daily Agenda
1. Classical Roots Lessons #5-6 Quiz
2. Begin Corrections/Annotations of "In Another Country" Paragraph

Homework
1. Read "The Corn Planting," pgs.815-819 in your textbook. 
2. Prepare 5 Reading Responses to quotations read in the text.  Follow the models on the handout distributed in class.


Tuesday, February 11, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework - February 11 (Tue)

Daily Agenda
Literature Competency/Test #1

Homework
1. Review your completed Lessons #5-6 Review Exercises (see ANSWER KEY below).
2. Study for Thursday's Vocabulary Quiz

ANSWER KEY: Lesson 5-6 Review Exercises

Exercise 1: 1.c, 2.e, 3.b, 4.a, 5.e, 6.d, 7.c
Exercise 2: 1.b, 2.d, 3.e
Exercise 3: a.levity, b.leaven, c.ponderous, d.transcendent, e.cataclysmic, f.subjective, g. subterfuge, h.averred, i.debased.
Exercise 4: Responses will vary.

Friday, February 7, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework - Feb. 7 (Fri)

Daily Agenda
1. Classical Roots Exercise #6C
2. "In Another Country" Theme Circle Map
3. Writing Workshop: Preparing a Works Cited page.

Homework
1. Vocabulary Exercise #6D and Lessons #5-6 Review Exercises
2. Review Literary /Rhetorical Devices for Tuesday's Literature Test

Wednesday, February 5, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework: Feb. 5 (Wed)

Daily Agenda
1. Classical Roots Exercise #6B
2. "In Another Country" Close Reading Review
3. Writing workshop: Revising/Formatting Your Writing

Homework
1. Revise, upload, and print second draft of "In Another Country" response

Monday, February 3, 2014

Daily Agenda & Homework - Feb 3 (Mon)

Daily Agenda
1. Classical Roots Exercise #6A
2. Reading Workshop: Impact of Diction/Language in Literature

Homework
1. Write a two-chunk response answering this question: What is the impact of Hemingway's language on our understanding of the characters, conflicts, or tone/mood in "In Another Country"?  Upload your response to turnitin.com and bring a print copy to class.