Week of 09.27.10

AVID 10
CST #3 09.28.10
CST #4 09.30.10

English 10 Honors
Read Book III The Odyssey for 09.28.10.
Lit Circle 1.2 due 09.29.10
Read Book IV The Odyssey for 09.30.10.
Read Book V The Odyssey for 10.01.10.
"Sing in me, Muse" 16 line poetry due 10.04.10

English 10 College Prep
Read Macho! Ch. 3 for 09.28.10.
Read Macho! Ch. 4 for 09.29.10.
Read Macho! Ch. 5 for 09.30.10.
Read Macho! Ch. 6 for 10.01.10.
turnitin.com Discussion questions due Friday, 10.01.10

Homework

09.24.10

English 10 Honors
- Read Book II The Odyssey. Collect epithets and epic similes from the text.
- Lit Circle 1.2 due 09.29.10.

English 10 College Prep
- Complete Voc Fun Sheet #1 Macho!

AVID
Collect Cornell Notes and/or Learning Logs on Monday, 09.27.10.

Homework

English 10HP

- Have Book 1 of The Odyssey finished by Friday, 9.24.10.
- Have your new Literature Circle role prepared for next Wednesday, 9.29.10.

English 10 College Prep
- Read Ch. 1 Macho! by Friday, 09.24.10

Homework

English 10HP

- Bring Literature Circle tomorrow.
- Have Literature Circle role prepared (left side of the column where your questions should be).
- Read Book 1 of The Odyssey by Fri.

English 10 College Prep
- Bring SSR books everyday! If you've already finished yours, great job! Make sure you check out another book in its place.

Homework

English 10HP
- Research paper (1-2 pages not including Works Cited page) due Tues. , 09.21.10
- Bring A Long Way Gone for baseline essay Mon., 09.20.10 (not required but suggested)

Homework

English 10HP

- Watch Chimamanda Adichie's "The Danger of the Single Story"
- Discussion Q1 and Q2 for Friday on turnitin.com

More documents

Steps to theme focusing on The Chosen

Socratic Seminar - Long Way Gone

September 14, 2010

AVID 10
Letter of Introduction to teachers signature page due Friday, 09.17.10.
Prepare for CST#1 on Thursday, 09.16.10.

English 10 College Prep
Vocabulary quiz on Friday, 09.17.10.
Create turnitin.com account.

English 10 Honors
Close reading analysis (annotations only) for A Long Way Gone due tomorrow.
turnitin.com Discussion Q1-2 due Friday, 09.17.10.

September 13, 2010

AVID 10
Letters of Introduction to teachers signature page due Friday, September 17th.
Create account on turnitin.com. See Ms. Magnuson or one of your classmates for teacher ID# and password!

English 10 College Prep
Create an account on turnitin.com.
Complete Socratic Seminar questions by tomorrow.

English 10 Honors
Create an account on turnitin.com. Answer Q1-2 on Discussion tab by Friday, Sept. 17th.
Complete Socratic Seminar questions by tomorrow.

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The following are links to the documents passed out in class since the beginning of the school year. If you were absent, you can see what you missed.

• Student Survey
• Parent Survey

Also, the following are links to the class notes.

• September 8th notes front
• September 8th notes back
• September 10th notes

This blog will be continuously updated and will also contain your homework assignments.

Homework for 09.13.10

English 10 Honors
- Get Literature Circle book
- Finish A Long Way Gone

Welcome back!

AVID 10
Signed syllabus due Friday, 09.10.10.

English 10 Honors
- Bring The Chosen and free choice book tomorrow
- Signed parent letter and completed parent survey due 09.10.10

English 10 College Prep
Signed parent letter due 09.10.10.
Bring outside reading book asap!