Wednesday, February 25, 2015

Week of February 23 to February 27

Feature Writing
Students will be responsible for writing a Societal Observation article in which they make an observation about culture or society and draft a 1-page article stating an opinionated stance from their personal perspectives due Thursday 2/26. Students will need to draft a Food Blogger article that will be due Monday 3/2. Students should begin working on the planning phases of the investigative journalism projects; proposals for the projects will be due Friday 3/6.

English 11
Students will need to continue filling out worksheets for Of Mice and Men. The theme worksheet will be collected after the parallel film assignment. After viewing Guardians of the Galaxy, students will be responsible for submitting the Of Mice and Men theme worksheet and the Guardians characterization/theme sheet on Wednesday 3/4. Worksheets for vocabulary Lesson 5A will also be due on Wednesday 3/4.

Practical 12
Students will continue reading Lord of the Flies and will be responsible for answering the corresponding study guide questions for Chapters 5-8. Worksheets for vocabulary List #2 will be due Wednesday 3/4.

Honors 10
Students should continue conducting individual research for projects, finding and collecting relevant articles. Abstracts 6-10 will be due Monday 3/2 and Abstracts 11 and 12 will be due Wednesday 3/4. Completed thesis statements will be due Friday 3/6. MLA format for outlines and paper setup will be discussed throughout the next week with tentative dates not yet scheduled for the outline and rough draft.

Journalism
Students will be responsible for providing example articles for the seven areas of news interested with a paragraph explanation for each. Articles for the Spectrum will be due Monday 3/2.