Week at a glance April 1 - 5, 2013

This week we will wrap up our very brief Career Research Project.  Students will have one more day to polish their projects with color and pictures.  All students should save their presentations to their student drive before class on Tuesday.  We will do the presentations on Tuesday and Wednesday.  Thursday we'll begin our final major essay of the semester, a short Definition Essay in which students will select a word and analyze both its connotations and its denotations with evidence and analysis.  We'll wrap up the week with reading time for the IBP and by writing the first paragraph of the Definition Essay.

• Mon: Career Research Project - final polish for color and pictures.  All student presentations should be saved in the student's school drive prior to class on Tuesday.
• Tues: Career Research Project Presentations
• Wed: Career Research Project Presentations
• Thurs: Definition Essay - assignment overview. Select a word and complete the Concept Map.
• Fri: 4th Qtr IBP reading time. Definition Essay - create the first paragraph & thesis.

Students should have their 4th Qtr IBP book

selected by Friday, April 12, 2013

Week at a glance March 25 - 29, 2013

This week we'll start in on our Career Research Project.  This will be a very brief project in which students will select a potential topic and develop a quick PowerPoint presentation of research detailing the training involved, the salary, the advantages, the disadvantages, and the future outlook for the career.  Our time in the lab is short, so students will have to work at a steady pace.  We will polish the presentations early next week and begin oral presentations shortly afterward.

• Mon: Career Research Project assignment overview.  Preview research sources.  Review MLA citations.  Select a topic by the time you return on Tuesday.  Meet in the computer lab Tuesday to begin research.
• Tues: Set up slides and begin research.
• Wed: Continue researching and incorporating the research onto the slides.
• Thurs: Finish researching for the Career Research Project.
• Fri: No school - Teacher In-service

Week at a glance March 11 - 15, 2013

In this first full week in over a month (and a week before spring break, of course), we will get started on our 4th Qtr Independent Reading Project, reflect on current grades, revise the Death of a Salesman Essay, and be done with Willy once and for all as we wrap up the week by turning in final copies of the essay.

• Mon: Discuss expectations for the 4th Qtr IBP.  Go to the Library and check out a book.  Read in class the rest of the hour.
• Tues: Pass back and discuss the results of the DoaS Exam, as well as 3rd Quarter grades. Bring a book to class to read for the 4th Qtr IBP.
• Wed: Pass back and discuss DoaS Essay rough draft. Note common errors to fix. Peer review.
• Thurs: Meet in the computer lab to begin typing the DoaS Essay Final Draft.
• Fri: DoaS Final Draft due to turnitin.com by 5:00 pm.

 
*** Have a safe and fun Spring Break ***

Week at a glance March 4 - 8, 2013

We are at the end of the 3rd quarter - already!  However, that doesn't mean we don't still have plenty of work to do.  This week we'll wrap up the 3rd quarter by concluding the Independent Book Project, completing a draft of the Death of a Salesman Essay, and taking the Death of a Salesman Exam.  The DoaS Exam will be simple -- 40 multiple choice questions -- that we've already reviewed for with the essay; however, we'll still have a separate review day on Thursday of this week.

• Mon: Death of a Salesman handwritten rough draft due.  Independent Book Project Presentations
• Tues: Independent Book Project Presentations
• Wed: Review for the Death of a Salesman Exam
• Thurs: Death of a Salesman Final Exam
• Fri: No school - end of the 3rd Quarter