Week at a glance November 5 - 9, 2012

Root words for this week (root - definition - examples):

1. bene - well - benefit, benediction, benefactor
2. cred - believe - credit, creed, incredible
3. cres, cret, cru - rise or grow - crescendo, increase, concrete
4. luc, lum - light - lucid, lucrative, luminescent, illuminate
5. phil - strong love for - philosophy, philanthropy, bibliophile
6. sopho - wisdom - sophisticated, philosophy, sophomore

This week we'll wrap up the rough draft for the Junior Research Essay.  Students will submit their rough drafts through a site new to WRHS: turnitin.com.  This site will speed up our ability to analyze and evaluate student essays.  It is also one of the top anti-plagiarism sites online and will carefully scrutinize students' use of sources in the essay.

The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - students will check out their own books this Friday. Students will do the majority of the reading of the novel on their own; however, we will occasionally have some time in class to be reading it. Students struggling with the novel have multiple options. I would prefer that they come see me either before or after school first. Another possible option is to use the online resource I have posted under the Course Materials section of this site. The site is done well and ties to what we are doing in class. The site also has chapter summaries that students may wish to use as a guide when they read. The chapter summaries will be best used only as a guide and not a substitute for reading as much of our work will be far more detailed than a simple summary of a chapter.

• Mon: New root words; quiz on Friday.  Junior Research Essay - complete the shaping packet to create the rough draft.
• Tues: Junior Research Essay - shaping packet due by the end of the hour.
• Wed: Meet in the computer lab.  Create a turnitin.com account.  Begin typing the Junior Research Essay rough draft.
• Thurs: Meet in the computer lab.  Continue typing the Junior Research Essay rough draft.  Finish the rough draft and submit it electronically through turnitin.com by 4pm on Friday.
• Fri: Meet in the classroom. Root words quiz.  Check out Huck Finn books.  For Monday - read Chapters I - IV, pages 1 - 18.