ATTENTION STUDENTS: I have decided that you will only have to complete a writing assessment for The Color Purple on Tuesday, 13 September. You may also complete the test on Inherit the Wind if you need the additional time. Review your notes and visit the site I have provided below to prepare for your written response.
Monday, September 12, 2011
Saturday, September 10, 2011
Monday, 12 September: Just a reminder (see earlier post): The Color Purple objective test. Once you complete it, you will then receive the Inherit the Wind objective test. Since many of you probably completed the reading of BOTH texts during the early part of the summer, I am providing a resource to "refresh" your memory-Shmoop Reading Guides (click on this link).
NEVER substitute a reading guide for the reading of an actual text.
NOTE: Clicking on "Older Posts" will reveal additional sources to help you prepare for the Summer Reading Assessments.
Please turn-in your student contract signed if you have not yet done so. Indicate your learning style on the contract.
E-Band: Your paragraph response for the Week 1 Quotation is due on Monday, 12 September since your class does not meet on Fridays. From now on, your response to the quotations will be due on Thursdays.
Your Band will take the Short answer assessment (paragraph/essay) for The Color Purple text the next day your class is scheduled to meet. We will have a discussion of both texts focusing on the Grade 11 Theme of Movement and Progress later in the week and throughout the year integrating another texts as well.
Soon, I will post a Conferencing topic (prompt) on Nicenet for Inherit the Wind with deadlines for the posting of your response and for the "Reply" that you will post in response to a classmate's response.
Thursday/Friday: 15/16 September- SAT Vocabulary Test-LIST 1. If you band does not meet on Friday, 16 September-you will take your test on Thursday. Binder checks will be conducted on these days. Paragraph response for Week 2 also due on those days.
A Reminder: You must study ALL 30 words on the list! You will be tested on 10 of those words. See earlier post regarding the SAT Vocabulary Tests.
NEVER substitute a reading guide for the reading of an actual text.
NOTE: Clicking on "Older Posts" will reveal additional sources to help you prepare for the Summer Reading Assessments.
Please turn-in your student contract signed if you have not yet done so. Indicate your learning style on the contract.
E-Band: Your paragraph response for the Week 1 Quotation is due on Monday, 12 September since your class does not meet on Fridays. From now on, your response to the quotations will be due on Thursdays.
Your Band will take the Short answer assessment (paragraph/essay) for The Color Purple text the next day your class is scheduled to meet. We will have a discussion of both texts focusing on the Grade 11 Theme of Movement and Progress later in the week and throughout the year integrating another texts as well.
Soon, I will post a Conferencing topic (prompt) on Nicenet for Inherit the Wind with deadlines for the posting of your response and for the "Reply" that you will post in response to a classmate's response.
Thursday/Friday: 15/16 September- SAT Vocabulary Test-LIST 1. If you band does not meet on Friday, 16 September-you will take your test on Thursday. Binder checks will be conducted on these days. Paragraph response for Week 2 also due on those days.
A Reminder: You must study ALL 30 words on the list! You will be tested on 10 of those words. See earlier post regarding the SAT Vocabulary Tests.
American Rhetoric Movie Speech: Inherit the Wind (1960)
Henry Drummond questions Mathew Brady on the scientific Authority of the Bible
This video is of much better quality than the one I posted earlier.
Henry Drummond questions Mathew Brady on the scientific Authority of the Bible
This video is of much better quality than the one I posted earlier.
Wednesday, September 7, 2011
Summer Reading Assessment
Please be advised that you will be administered an "objective" test and a short answer test (2-3 paragraphs) over your assigned reading: The Color Purple/Inherit the Wind on Monday, 12 September.
Later in the week, we will engage in a class discussion of those texts. Please keep in mind that these literary works could very well be used on the CRITICAL LENS section of the NYS English Regents (January 2012).
Please be advised that you will be administered an "objective" test and a short answer test (2-3 paragraphs) over your assigned reading: The Color Purple/Inherit the Wind on Monday, 12 September.
Later in the week, we will engage in a class discussion of those texts. Please keep in mind that these literary works could very well be used on the CRITICAL LENS section of the NYS English Regents (January 2012).
Sunday, September 4, 2011
Homework Assignment (9/8) Due Friday (9/9)
Refer to handout: "Weekly Quotations/Writing Prompts" and respond to a quote listed for Week #1.
Weekly Quotations
Refer to handout: "Weekly Quotations/Writing Prompts" and respond to a quote listed for Week #1.
Weekly Quotations
Ground Zero by Suzanne Berne
Homework Assignment Date Due TBA
Review content of the Close Reading and Descriptive Essay power points prior to responding to this essay. Specific guidelines will be addressed in class.
Homework Assignment Date Due TBA
Review content of the Close Reading and Descriptive Essay power points prior to responding to this essay. Specific guidelines will be addressed in class.
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