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.