Sunday, December 16, 2012

Week of December 17 to December 21

Journalism
Students will work in class to finish the final draft of the 2nd issue dummy. Holiday articles will be due Tuesday 12/18.

Advanced Writing
Students will work on recognizing and correcting common grammatical and structural errors in writing. Final edits of the Ordeal by Cheque draft will be required before Friday 12/21.

English 11
Students will retest Objects and Complements on Monday 12/17. Thesis statements will be due Wednesday 12/19. A quiz on prepositional phrases as modifiers will be given on Thursday 12/20.

Honors English 11
Students will review thesis statements on Monday and will have them completed for submission on Wednesday 12/19. A quiz on prepositional phrases as modifiers will be given on Tuesday 12/18.

Monday, December 10, 2012

Week of December 10 to December 14

Journalism
Students will finish the second issue of the Spartan Spectrum by editing and laying out articles in a predesigned template.

Advanced Writing
Students will complete grammar exercises during class time.

English 11
Students will submit vocabulary homework on Tuesday 12/11 with a quiz to follow on Friday 12/14. A quiz on Objects and Complements will be given on Thursday 12/13. Thesis statements will be due Wednesday 12/19.

Honors English 10
Students will submit vocabulary homework on Tuesday 12/11 with a quiz to follow on Friday 12/14. Worksheets on phrases will be given during the week, completed at home, and corrected during class. A quiz on prepositional phrases as modifiers will be given on Monday 12/17.

Tuesday, December 4, 2012

Week of December 3 to December 7

Journalism
Students will begin working on word value and will submit a numbered article for Friday 12/7. Students will also rewrite a portion of the article to lower the ratio.

Advanced Writing
Students will begin rewrites for the creative fiction piece. Final drafts will be due 12/20.

English 11
Students will work with both grammar and research. General and Specific Topics will be due Friday 12/7. A quiz on Objects & Complements will be given Thursday 12/13. Vocabulary will be due Tuesday 12/11 with a quiz to follow on Friday 12/14.

Honors English 10
Students will work with both grammar and research. General and Specific Topics will be due Friday 12/7. A quiz on Objects & Complements will be given Monday 12/10. Vocabulary will be due Tuesday 12/11 with a quiz to follow on Friday 12/14.

Monday, November 26, 2012

Week of November 27 to November 30

Journalism
Students will work on an in-class assignment where each student will assume the role of reporter to make choices about how to track a beat.

Advanced Writing
The first draft of the creative writing assignment has been submitted and will be discussed in pairs through a structured in-class peer review.

English 11
The Crucible essay responses are due Tuesday 11/27. Vocabulary homework will be submitted on Wednesday 11/28 with a quiz to follow on Friday 11/30. The first grammar quiz will be given on Tuesday 12/4 and will cover parts of speech and basic parts of a sentence.

Honors English 10
Students will continue reviewing grammar. Vocabulary homework will be due Tuesday 11/27 with a quiz to follow on Friday 11/30. The first grammar quiz will be given on Wednesday 12/5.

Monday, November 19, 2012

Week of November 19 to November 21

Journalism
Students will begin researching stylistic elements of editorials and columns. Examples of writing will be due following the Thanksgiving holiday break.

Advanced Writing
The deadline for the Ordeal by Cheque creative writing assignment will be Wednesday 11/21. Peer edits will begin after Thanksgiving break.

English 11
Students will begin the introductory review on grammar and will start with Parts of Speech. A parts of speech test will be given on Thursday 11/29. Vocabulary homework will be due Wednesday 11/28 with a quiz to follow on Friday 11/30.

Honors English 10
The Lyrics in Literature papers will be due on Tuesday 11/20. Students will begin the introductory review on grammar and will start with Parts of Speech. A parts of speech test will be given on Wednesday 11/28. Vocabulary homework will be due Tuesday 11/27 with a quiz to follow on Friday 11/30.

Monday, November 12, 2012

Week of November 12 to November 16

Journalism
Students will begin working on typography terms. A review will be given on Wednesday with a quiz to follow on Thursday 11/15. The film critique will begin in class on Friday and will be due on Monday 11/19.

Advanced Writing
Initial drafts for the Ordeal by Cheque creative writing assignment will be due on Friday 11/16 for the odd group, and Monday 11/19 for the even group.

English 11
Students will submit vocabulary homework and the Act IV study guide on Monday 11/12. Each quiz will be held on Friday 11/16. The Crucible essay prompts will be due Tuesday 11/20.

Honors English 10
The vocabulary quiz will be moved to Tuesday 11/13. The propaganda commercial project will be due Friday 11/16. The lyrics for the Lyrics in Literature paper must be submitted and approved by Thursday 11/15 with the final paper to due on Tuesday 11/20.

Monday, November 5, 2012

Week of November 5 to November 8

Journalism
Students will begin an in-class activity for reviews and critiques of artistic performances. The final copy of the review will be due on Tuesday 11/13.

Advanced Writing
Students will continue working on the first draft of the Ordeal by Cheque creative writing assignment. First drafts will be due on Friday 11/16.

English 11
Students will take a test on Act III of The Crucible on Tuesday 11/6 and will continue reading Act IV for the rest of the week. Vocabulary homework and the Lesson 5 quiz will be moved to next week.

Honors English 10
Students will discuss Part 3 of Fahrenheit 451 and will take the final essay test on Thursday 11/8. The vocabulary quiz will be moved to Monday 11/12. The Propaganda project will be due on Wednesday 11/13.

Sunday, October 21, 2012

Week of October 22 to October 26

Journalism
Students will proofread student articles and will work in class to create and finish the paper and digital layout of the first issue of the school newspaper.

Advanced Writing
Students will work in class to complete an outline for the Ordeal by Cheque assignment. Outlines for the Odd section will be due at the end of class on Friday 10/26 and on Monday 10/29 for the Even section.

English 11
Students will complete the Act II quiz for the Crucible on Tuesday 10/23. Vocabulary homework will be due on Wednesday 10/24 with a quiz to follow on Friday 10/26.

Honors English 10
Students will complete an assessment on Part One of Fahrenheit 451 on Monday 10/22. Readings will include pages 71-93 for Tuesday and pages 93 - the end of Part II for Thursday. Vocabulary homework will be due on Tuesday 10/23 with a quiz to follow on Friday 10/26.

Wednesday, October 10, 2012

Week of October 9 to October 12

Journalism
Students will submit inverted pyramid and interview articles on Wednesday 10/10. Obituaries will be due Friday 10/12.

Advanced Writing
Workshops and peer reviews will occur in class. Next week students will prepare for the character development project.

English 11
Vocabulary homework will be checked on Wednesday 10/10 with a quiz to follow on Friday 10/12. Study guides for Act I of The Crucible will also be due on Friday. An in-class review of the content will be covered this week and a quiz on Act I will be held on Monday 10/15.

Honors English 10
Students will read pages 3-32 of Fahrenheit 451 by Tuesday 10/9; class discussions will follow. Upcoming reading assignments include: 32-48 for Thursday 10/11 and 48-68 for Monday 10/15. Vocabulary quiz 2 will be given on Friday 10/12.

Tuesday, October 2, 2012

Week of October 1 to October 5

Journalism
Interview articles will be due Friday 10/5. Students will be watching the film Shattered Glass based upon Stephen Glass and the fictional stories that he submitted and had published through the New Republic magazine.

Advanced Writing
Blindfold sensory observation activity will be due Friday 10/5 for the odd group and Tuesday 10/9 for the even group. Character journals will begin next week.

English 11
Study guides for Act I Parts 1&2 of the Crucible will be due Friday. Homework for Vocabulary list 3 will be due Tuesday 10/9 with a quiz to follow on Friday 10/12.

Honors English 10
The Unit 1 - Short Stories Test will be given Wednesday 10/3. Vocabulary homework for list 2 will be due Tuesday 10/9 with a quiz to follow on Friday 10/12.

Monday, September 24, 2012

Week of September 24 to September 28

Journalism
Media consumption sheets and 6 newsworthy article examples will be due Monday 9/24. A quiz on Parts of a Newspaper and elements of newsworthiness will be given Tuesday 9/25. Leads will be covered in class and three examples will be due Friday 9/28.


Advanced Writing
Students will write a 1,000-word descriptive fictional piece that will  be due one week from the assignment date (Odd class - Friday 9/28, Even class - Monday 10/1).


English 11
Students will submit vocabulary homework on Monday 9/24 with a quiz to follow on Friday 9/28. A test on Unit 1 information will be given on Thursday 9/27; a review will occur on Wednesday and study guides will be distributed.

Honors English 10
Students will submit vocabulary homework on Tuesday 9/25 with a quiz to follow on Friday 9/28. First-person perspective papers on The Masque of the Red Death will be due Thursday 9/27. All work for the symbolism project and the corresponding presentation will be due Monday 10/1.  

Sunday, September 16, 2012

Week of September 17 to September 21

Journalism
First articles will be due on Monday September 24; the quiz on parts of a newspaper will also be held on this date. The first media consumption assignment will be due on Friday September 21.

Advanced Writing
Recreations of the blindfold activity will be done at home and shared in class next week.

English 11
Students will begin reading narrative accounts and will keep journal entries that can be completed in class. Original creation stories are due Wednesday September 19. Vocabulary homework for List 2 will be due Monday September 24.

Honors English 10
Students will submit Literary Device projects on Monday September 17. Masque of the Red Death storyboards and perspective writing assignments will be due Monday September 24.

Monday, September 10, 2012

Week of September 10 to September 14

Journalism
Students will be responsible for a review of the information presented in Chapter 2 of the textbook pertaining to First Amendment freedoms and rights, particularly freedom of speech and freedom of the press. Students will have a brief assessment of the processes for design and layout in Adobe InDesign.

Advanced Writing
All writing will be completed in class this week. Students may access the syvum vocabulary tool outside of class to add entries to their notebooks.

English 11
Students will begin work on the original Native American style Origin Myth/Creation Story. Final drafts of the story will be due Wednesday September 19. The quiz for Vocabulary Lesson 1 will be given on Friday September 14.

Honors English 10
Students will continue working with the short stories unit and will be responsible for readings in and outside of class in order to be prepared for class discussions. Stories for this week include W.W. Jacobs' The Monkey's Paw and Shirley Jackson's The Lottery. The quiz for Vocabulary Lesson 1A will be given on Friday September 14 and worksheets for the next lesson will be assigned immediately following the quiz.

Tuesday, September 4, 2012

Week of September 4 to September 7

Journalism
Students will review for the History of American Journalism quiz that will be given on Wednesday 9/5. The first media assignment will be given at the end of the week, but will not be due until Friday 9/14.

Adv. Writing
All assignments will be completed in class this week.

English 11
Students will review literary terms; assignments are due at the beginning of class on Tuesday 9/4; the quiz will follow on Wednesday 9/5. Students will be responsible for reading and outlining the introductory section of the textbook on Native American literature.

Honors English 10
Students will review literary terms; assignments will be due Monday 9/10 with a brief quiz on the same day. Students will also begin reading short stories for specific elements; this week will focus on plot and W.W. Jacobs' The Monkey's Paw.

Tuesday, August 28, 2012

Week of August 27 to August 31

All students in all classes:

The Homework Helpline post response assignment has been cancelled. A new assignment will be discussed in class tomorrow Wednesday 8/29.

Wednesday, May 9, 2012

Week of May 7 to May 11

English 11
Students will finish reading Hamlet and will prepare for a literary analysis writing project that involves making connections between lyrics and Shakespeare's text. Papers will be due Wednesday 5/16.

Honors English 10
Students will continue working on research projects and Julius Caesar. Rough drafts of the paper will be due Friday 5/11; in the event of an absence, papers will be due Monday 5/14 at the beginning of class. The Pathos/Logos essays will also be due Monday 5/14.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

Sunday, April 29, 2012

Week of April 30 to May 2

English 11 - Study guides for Act IV of Hamlet will be due Monday 4.30 with a quiz to follow on Tuesday 5.1. Readings for Act V will occur throughout the week and the corresponding study guide will be due on Monday 4.7.

Honors English 10 - Students will begin working on outlines for the research paper and will submit a final outline on Friday 5.4. Students will finish reading Act III of Julius Caesar which will incorporate a writing activity for homework involving persuasive speeches due Monday 4.7. A quiz covering information in the first three acts will be given on Friday 5.4.; vocabulary homework for Lesson 13 will also be checked on Friday.

SAT Prep - All work will be completed in class.

Monday, April 23, 2012

Week of April 23 to April 27

English 11
Students will submit Act III study guides on Tuesday 4.24 and will also complete the Act III quiz for Hamlet on that day. Study Guides will be distributed after the quiz; sections pertaining to scenes i-iv will be due Friday.

Honors English 10
Students will finish Acts I & II of Julius Caesar and will complete corresponding study guides and graphic organizers before Friday 4.27. Vocabulary 12 quiz will be given on Tuesday 4.24.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

Sunday, April 15, 2012

Week of April 16 to April 20

English 11
Students will review for Act II of Hamlet and will complete the quiz on Tuesday 4/17. Students will begin reading Act III and must complete the study guides by Tuesday 4/24.

Honors English 10
Students will submit the first set of resource cards on Monday 4/16 for review. The second set will be due on Friday 4/20; the third set will be due on Wednesday 4/25. Students will also begin reading Julius Caesar at this time and will have assignments for each of the five acts that will be specified at a later date.

SAT Prep
Students will work on different styles of writing and will focus on organization of ideas in the prewriting stage which will then be followed by drafting and revision.

Monday, March 26, 2012

Week of March 26 to March 30

English 11
Students begin reading Hamlet Act I and are responsible for completing the study guide. Scene i-iii are due Tuesday 3/27 and scenes iv & v are due Thursday 3/29 along with character number sheets. Students must be prepared to contribute to class discussions. The quiz for Vocabulary 13 will be given on Friday 3/30.

Honors English 10
Students will continue working on clauses and corresponding worksheets will be due on Thursday 3/29. Thesis statements will be discussed in class and final submissions will be due on Friday 3/30. The quiz for Vocabulary 11 will be given on Friday as well.

SAT Prep
Students will work on developing concept maps and outlines for timed writing prompts. All work will be completed in class.

Sunday, March 18, 2012

Week of March 19 to March 23

English 11
Students will submit vocabulary homework on Tuesday 3/20. Worksheets will be assigned for infinitives during the week; each will be due the following day. The infinitive quiz will be given on Friday 3/23.

Honors English 10
Students will begin working on clauses and the initial stages of the research project. General and Specific topics will be due at the end of the week. Clause worksheets will be due the day after each is assigned. Vocabulary will be due on Tuesday 3/20.

SAT Prep
All work will be completed in class.

Monday, March 5, 2012

Week of March 5 to March 9

English 11
Students will submit rough drafts of the research paper that will be reviewed and returned on Wednesday. The final draft will be edit after return and submitted on Monday 3/12. A quiz on participles/participial phrases will be given on Tuesday 3/6. Vocabulary will be checked on Wednesday 3/7; the quiz date will be announced next week due to PSSA scheduling. A gerund quiz will be given on Friday 3/9.

Honors English 10
Students will view the film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Vocabulary will be checked on Wednesday 3/7; the quiz date will be announced next week due to PSSA scheduling. Papers for the novel will be due Friday 3/9. Group projects will be due on Thursday 3/15.

SAT Prep
Students will continue working with common grammatical errors and working toward solutions. All work will be completed in class.

Monday, February 27, 2012

Week of February 27 to March 2

English 11
Students will submit outlines on Monday 2/27 and will have to finish worksheets on participial phrases that will also be submitted for a point value. Vocabulary Quiz 11 will be given on Tuesday 2/28. Rough drafts of the research paper will be due at the end of class on Friday 3/2.

Honors English 10
Students will finish To Kill a Mockingbird on Tuesday 2/28 and will have a brief quiz about the last chapters. Students will also complete the Vocabulary 9 quiz on Tuesday. Review of the final chapters will occur during the week and a comprehensive test will be held on Friday 3/2.

SAT Prep
Students will continue working on exercises involving common grammatical mistakes. All work will be completed in class.

Monday, February 20, 2012

Week of February 21 to February 24

English 11
Students will submit Vocabulary homework on Tuesday 2/21. The second round of note cards and bibliography source cards will be due Wednesday 2/22. Students will work on Participial Phrases for the first half of the week and will be given worksheets to complete in class; any incomplete class assignment will become homework for the following day. Students will be working on an MLA style sentence outline for the research project. The finished version will be due Monday 2/27. Vocabulary quizzes will be given Friday 2/24.

Honors English 10
Students will submit Vocabulary homework on Tuesday 2/21. Vocabulary quizzes will be moved into the following week. Students are responsible for reading Chapters 23-26 of To Kill a Mockingbird by Thursday 2/23 and should be prepared to participate in a brief assessment and open class discussion. The remaining chapters of the book will be due on Tuesday 2/28.

SAT Prep
Students will be completing SAT workbook activities on identifying and correcting common grammatical errors. All work will be completed in class.

Sunday, February 12, 2012

Week of February 13 to February 16

English 11
The first set of bibliography/citation cards will be due Monday 2/13 along with prepositional phrase worksheets. Students will continue independent research for their papers and will continue in-class reviews of phrases. An adjective/adverb phrase quiz will be given Thursday 2/16. Vocabulary homework will be checked on Tuesday 2/21.

Honors English 10
To Kill a Mockingbird reading assignments are as follows: Chapters 16-19 (pg. 155-199) will be due Tuesday 2/14, Chapters 20-22 (pg. 199-217) by Thursday 2/16, Chapters 23-26 (pg. 217-247) by Thursday 2/23, Chapters 27-31 (pg. 247-281) by Tuesday 2/28. Vocabulary homework for lesson 9 will be due Tuesday 2/21.

SAT Prep
Students will be taking practice quizzes on grammar review: complements and phrases.

Sunday, February 5, 2012

Week of February 6 to February 10

English 11
Students will work on research note cards. First set of 10 sources will be due Monday 2/13. Vocabulary will be checked on Monday with a quiz to follow on Friday 2/10.

Honors English 10
Students will submit vocabulary homework on Monday 2/6 with a quiz to follow on Friday 2/10. An essay test on the first part of To Kill a Mockingbird on Monday 2/6. Reading assignments are as follows: Chapters 12-15 and notes due by Thursday. Chapters 16-18 due by Monday 2/13.

SAT Prep
Students will continue grammar review. All work will be completed in class.

Sunday, January 29, 2012

Week of January 30 to February 4

English 11
Students will continue reviews of objects and complements and will have written homework assignments for each. A quiz on both will be given on Wednesday 2/1. Students will be responsible to continue independent research for their papers both in school and at home. Vocabulary terms will be due Monday 2/6.

Honors English 10
Students will finish Part One of To Kill a Mockingbird and will have written assessments this week. The essay test will be given on Friday and a smaller pop quiz will be given earlier in the week. Vocabulary terms will be due Monday 2/6.

SAT Prep
Students will have a quiz on Literary Devices on Tuesday 1/31 and will begin a review of grammar.

Monday, January 23, 2012

Week of January 23 to January 27

English 11
Students will continue review of Objects and Complements worksheets and lessons. Preliminary research will begin and library sessions will be devoted to independent search of web resources. Vocabulary quizzes for lesson 9 will be given on Thursday. Thesis statements will be due Friday Jan. 27.

Honors English 10
Students will be required to read up to and including chapter 5 of To Kill a Mockingbird, take notes and complete study guide questions. Vocabulary quizzes for Lesson 8A will be given on Thursday.

SAT Prep
Students will continue working with literary devices and will be required to give examples of each.

Monday, January 16, 2012

Week of January 17 to January 20

English 11
Students will begin working on the research paper. A list of assignments and due dates will be given. Broad and specific topics with both be due Friday 1/20. Vocabulary terms and sentences will also be due on Friday.


Honors English 10
To Kill a Mockingbird novels will be distributed with corresponding study guides and will be completed during independent reading. Vocabulary terms and worksheets will not be due until Monday 1/23.


SAT Prep
Class introductions and discussion of classroom expectations will be given. 

Tuesday, January 10, 2012

Week of January 9 to January 13

Midterm Exams will be given during 1/10-1/13.

English 11
Vocabulary terms will be due Wednesday 1/18. Students will begin preparing for the research paper.

Honors English 10
Vocabulary terms will be given Friday 1/13 and will be due the following week. Students will begin preparing for the research paper.

Monday, January 2, 2012

Week of January 3 to January 6

English 11
Students will continue working with grammar and will have a subject predicate quiz on Wednesday Jan. 4th. Vocabulary will also be due on Wednesday with a quiz to follow on Friday. During this week students will also receive study guides and other materials to review for the midterm exam.

Journalism
Students will work on the final activities for the class. The word strength ratio will be due on Wednesday Jan 4th. Students will also have a perspective article due on Thursday Jan. 5th. During this week students will also receive study guides and other materials to review for the midterm exam.

Honors English 10
Vocabulary will be due on Wednesday. Students will complete a comprehensive test on phrases on Thursday Jan. 5th. Students will work in groups to present a 20-minute instructional session on a given topic in grammar. Presentations will be graded.

SAT Prep
Students will complete final review exercises and will discuss any remaining concerns that they may have in regard to performing well on standardized assessments.