Week of December 19 to December 23

Broadcast Journalism
No newscast this week. All work will be in preparation for January.

Honors English 10
Students will continue working on Verbals and will complete Infinitives this week.

Advanced Writing
Students will continue working on drafts for the creative story. Total count of 5,000 words must be submitted on January 6th,

Practical English 10
Students will finish Act III of Julius Caesar and will submit all completed study guides by Wednesday. A test on Acts I-III will be given on Thursday 12/22.

Week of December 12 to December 16

Broadcast Journalism
Written reactions to network coverage assignment will be due on Friday 12/16. Students will also plan calendar for January schedule.

Honors English 10
Students will continue work with grammar. Prepositional phrase quiz will be on Wednesday. After prepositional phrases, students will begin work on Verbals and will test on all three types on Thursday 12/23. Homework for vocabulary list 4 will be due on Friday 12/16.

Advanced Writing
Students should have submitted work for the writing contest. Students will begin working on a 5,000 word story that will be due on Friday January 6th.

Practical English 10
Reading of Julius Caesar will begin on Monday. Study Guides for Act One will be due Wednesday 12/16, and Study Guides for Act Two will be due Monday 12/19. Students will test on Gerunds on Wednesday 12/14. Vocabulary homework will be due on Friday 12/16.

December 5 to December 9

Broadcast Journalism
Students are responsible for planning the episodes for the remainder of the year. Students must also submit Trivia Questions and Answers for Episode 12.9 by Wednesday.

Honors English 10
Students will submit Lyrics in Literature papers by Tuesday 12.6 at the beginning of class. Object/Complement assignments are due on Tuesday as well. The Object/Complement Quiz will be given on Wednesday 12.7. Vocabulary quizzes for List 4 will be given on Friday 12/9.

Advanced Writing
Students will research online writing contests and must provide a submission for a contest this week. Deadline for submissions must be prior to February.

Practical English 10
Students will focus on preparation for the Keystone Exams, specifically for Extended Response questions in the ACE method. Students must complete Keys 6 & 7 in the Keystone Prep workbooks and submit them by Tuesday. Following the exams, students will begin preparing for Julius Caesar by covering historical elements of Roman culture.

November 21 to December 2

Due to the Holiday, assignments for two weeks will be covered in this post.

Broadcast Journalism
Students must complete the Broadcast Journalism terminology quiz on Tuesday 11/22. Students must then complete a one page paper on a famous American Journalist from 1950-2010; papers will be due by Friday 12/2.

Honors English 10
Students must submit Part 3 Study Guides for Fahrenheit 451 by Monday 11/21. The final test on the novel will be given on Tuesday 11/22. Both submissions for the Propaganda Commercial project are due by Wednesday 11/23 at the beginning of class - all files must be accessible at that time; paper accompaniment must also be given that day. Vocabulary homework for Lesson 3 is due Friday 12/2. The Lyrics in Literature paper must be submitted on Monday 12/5; lyrics must be approved by me no later than Wednesday 11/30.
Students will also spend time in class preparing for the Keystone Exam. All Keystone work must be completed during regular class time. Keystone Literature tests are scheduled for Wed 12/7 and Thurs 12/8.

Advanced Writing
Students must submit a creative piece using the motif of "gratitude" or "family" by Friday 12/2. Papers must be a minimum of 1,200 words. Writings can be fiction or creative nonfiction.

Practical English 10
Students must complete the Participial Phrase Quiz on Tuesday 11/22. Students will continue with Verbals and should submit Gerund Worksheets by Thursday 12/1. A Gerund Phrase quiz will be given on Friday 12/2. The vocabulary homework for list 4 will also be due on Friday 12/2. Students will spend time in class preparing for the Keystone Exam. All Keystone work must be completed during regular class time. Keystone Literature tests are scheduled for Wed 12/7 and Thurs 12/8.

Week of November 14 to November 18

Broadcast Journalism
Students will continue planning for the rest of the year. Students will also begin viewing regular news programs and writing a synopsis of a typical story to better construct writing/editing skills of individual story packages.

Honors English 10
Students will continue working on propaganda projects with their groups. Commercials must be completed and submitted by Wednesday 11/23. Readings for Part III will be completed by Thursday 11/17 with daily in-class discussions. Study guides for Part III will be due on Friday 11/18. Final tests for Tuesday 11/22.

Advanced Writing
Students will attempt to recreate a specific element of a chosen author's voice or tone. Students must take notes at the writer workshop at Susquehanna University and must discuss what they learned from their individual shops with the class. Author writings are due Friday 11/18.

Practical English 10
Students will continue working on the Fahrenheit 451 projects. Projects will be due on Friday 11/18. Students will begin working on Verbal Phrases with worksheets due the following day of instruction. Quizzes on each verbal type will follow after three days of practice, setting up the first participial phrase quiz for Friday 11/18.

Week of November 7 to November 11

Broadcast Journalism
Students will work on planning December segments. Groups will begin editing individual packages and the 9th grade Drug Awareness videos.

Honors English 10
Students will begin working on the Propaganda Group projects. Projects will be due Wednesday 11/23. Discussions for Part II readings will take place in class on Tuesday and Wednesday this week. Students will be given new reading assignments for Part III on Tuesday. Study guides for Part II will be due Friday 11/11.

Advanced Writing
Students will begin writing another 1,000 word creative short story due Monday 11/14. All students must have signed permission slips for the SU field trip in by Friday.

Practical English 10
Students will finish reading Fahrenheit 451 and will complete a test on Part III on Wednesday 11/8. Students will also complete a quiz on Prepositional Phrases on Wednesday. Work on verbals will follow immediately and will have a study guide due the following day.

Week of October 31 to November 4

Broadcast Journalism
Students will continue finishing the first round of independent projects, work for the school-wide Veteran's Day program, and work on the studio. All work will be completed during class.

Honors English 10
Students will continue to follow the reading schedule for Fahrenheit 451 which will be posted in class. Paradox assignments will be due Monday 10/31. Part II of the novel will be assigned throughout the next week, and students will begin planning for the Propaganda group project. Specific details on the project will be discussed later in the week. Quizzes for Vocabulary list 2 will be given on Friday 11/4.

Advanced Writing
Students will workshop Cheque by Ordeal stories. Following the workshop, students will begin working on punctuation usage in writing.

Practical English 10
Students will continue reading Part II of Fahrenheit 451 and completing the corresponding study guide. Students will also begin work on Phrases, beginning with prepositional, then moving into verbals (participial, gerund, infinitive). Vocabulary 3 Quiz will be given on Friday 11/4.

Week of October 24 to October 28

Broadcast Journalism
Students will continue working on the Quarterly Community Newsletter. All work for the newsletter is due on Thursday 10/27. Students will also begin working on the hybrid program for Veteran's Day.

Honors English 10
Students will read the following pages in Fahrenheit 451 for class discussions:
Mon 10/24 (18-32), Tues 10/25 (32-40), Thur 10/27 (41-52), Mon 10/31 (52-68).
Worksheets and sentences for the Lesson 2 Vocabulary will be due Friday 10/28.

Advanced Writing
Students will continue to work on Ordeal by Cheque and will submit the writing by Sunday 10/30.

Practical English 10
Students will read passages of Fahrenheit 451 in class and will complete the corresponding Study Guide questions. Study guides for Part I will be due Friday 10/28. Vocabulary HW for List 4 will also be due on Friday 10/28. Worksheets for phrases will be due the day after each is assigned.

Week of October 17 to October 21

Broadcast Journalism
Students will continue working on independent beat projects and will work collectively on the Election piece, and the community newsletter. All writing for the newsletter must be submitted by Wednesday 10/26.

Honors English 10
Students will complete the Unit Test for Short Stories on Monday 10/17. Discussion on dystopian genre and background for Fahrenheit 451 will follow on Tuesday. Students will be responsible for reading Part One of F451 by Wednesday 10/26.

Advanced Writing
Students will begin the Ordeal by Cheque project. Outlines will be due by Wednesday 10/19 and first drafts will be due on Monday 10/24.

Practical English 10
Students will begin Fahrenheit 451 on Monday. Background and discussion on Dystopia will begin. All worksheets for Part One will be due the day after it is assigned. Vocabulary Quizzes for Lesson 3 will be given on Monday 10/17.

Week of October 11 to October 14

Broadcast Journalism

Students will film final segments for the bullying video. Groups must also schedule equipment for individual stories. All individual stories must be filmed, edited, and submitted no later than October 28th.

Honors English 10

Students must submit Literary Response Journals 2 & 3 on Tuesday October 11th. PowerPoint notes for Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket will also be due Tuesday. PowerPoint Notes for A Problem will be due Friday. The creative writing project for Masque of the Red Death will also be due Friday October 14th.

Advanced Writing

Students must submit the Vocabulary Writing; this writing will not be workshopped. Class time and homework will focus on mini grammar lessons. All worksheets must be submitted on Friday October 14th.

Practical Literature 10

Students will review all five of the short stories on Tuesday with the test to follow on Thursday October 13th. Students will then begin a discussion on Dystopia prior to the reading of the novel Fahrenheit 451. 

Practical English 10

Students will begin Object & Complement breakdowns with daily charting for data and growth. A unit test will not occur until next week. All corresponding worksheets will be collected and graded the day after each is distributed. Vocabulary 3 homework will be due on Friday October 14th.

Week of October 3 to October 7

Broadcast Journalism
Students must submit proposals for individual segments by Wednesday 10/5. Students should work collectively on research for the bullying presentation for the remainder of the week. Students will quiz on Chapter 4 of the textbook on Friday 10/7.

Honors English 10
Students will submit all work for Masque of the Red Death by Tuesday 10/4. Vocabulary quiz for Lesson 1B will be given on Friday 10/7. Packets for Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket and A Problem will be due on Tuesday 10/11.

Advanced Writing
Students will work on punctuation, specifically comma usage. All corresponding worksheets will be due Friday 10/7.

Practical Literature 10
A quiz on Parts of Speech will be given on Monday 10/3. Packets for Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket will be due on Tuesday 10/4. Work for A Problem will be due on Friday 10/7. A Vocabulary quiz on Lesson 2 will also be given on Friday 10/7.

Week of September 26 to September 30

**CDT Tests will be given to 10th grade students on the following days.

Period 2 - Wednesday 9/28, Thursday 9/29
Periods 5,6,8 - Monday 9/26, Tuesday 9/27

Broadcast Journalism - Students must complete an independent project in addition to our everyday class assignments prior to Friday 10/28. The completed project includes planning, filming, editing, and submission before the due date.
All students will complete the Chapter 4 quiz on Friday 9/30.

Honors English 10
Due to CDTs students will be responsible for reading the majority of Masque of the Red Death on their own in class. A PPT with a corresponding study guide will be given next week. Students will have the choice to complete LRJs for two of the remaining four short stories in the unit. Due dates will be given in class based on which stories students plan to respond. The homework for Vocabulary Lesson 1B will be due on Friday 9/30.

Advanced Writing
Students will workshop Story Starters on Tuesday 9/27. Students will complete a series of in-class writing activities to focus on change in story, specifically plot.

Practical English 10
Due to CDTs students will read The Contents of the Dead Man's Pocket once the tests are completed. A PPT with a corresponding study guide will be given next week. Students will still continue focus on Parts of Speech and will complete a final quiz on Friday 9/30. The homework for Vocabulary Lesson 2 will be due on Friday 9/30.

Week of September 19 to September 23

Broadcast Journalism
Students will work on interview skills and will focus on the material covered in Chapter 4 of the textbook. All students must complete the camera quiz. Sign ups for individual projects will be open until Friday 9/23.

Honors English 10
Students can review previous Literary Response Journals and must submit the first LRJ for The Monkey's Paw by Friday 9/23. The vocabulary quiz for Lesson 1A will be given on Friday 9/23 with the review of words for Lesson 1B to follow immediately afterward. Group projects for Literary Devices must be submitted by the beginning of class on Monday 9/26.

Advanced Writing
Workshop #1 will end on Monday 9/19. The Story Starter assignment will begin on Tuesday and must be submitted for workshop by Sunday 9/25 at midnight.

Practical Literature 10
Students will submit all worksheets for Masque of the Red Death by Monday 9/19 at the end of class. Symbolism projects will be due at the beginning of class on Tuesday 9/20. Students will begin reading The Lottery and will be responsible for completing necessary worksheets.

Practical English 10
The quiz for Vocabulary Lesson 1 will be given on Friday 9/23. Students will begin Charting data for comprehension on parts of speech usage beginning Tuesday 9/20. Each week will cover a new skill.

Week of September 12 to September 16

Broadcast Journalism
Students must complete the equipment test before Friday 9/16. Students will take notes on Newsworthy elements of stories and will take a quiz corresponding to the notes on Friday 9/16.

Honors English 10
Figurative Language poems are due Friday 9/16. Group projects for Literary Device Visuals must be submitted and presented on Monday 9/26. Literary Response Journals for The Monkey's Paw will be due on Monday 9/19.

Advanced Writing
1,000 word picture stories will be submitted and read on Monday 9/12. Workshops for current student writing will follow a practice workshop of previous student pieces.

Practical Literature 10
Students will begin reading Masque of the Red Death and will complete the corresponding worksheets and study guides. After completion of the study guides, students must complete the visual symbol project to explain the story,

Practical English 10
Students must complete the Vocabulary 1 worksheets by Friday 9/16. Worksheets on Objects and Complements will be completed in class and a quiz will follow on Thursday 9/15.

Week of September 6 to September 9

Students in every class are responsible for returning signed copies of the classroom contract and approval or denial of the Remind Text Service Use.

Broadcast Journalism
Students will continue to work toward completion of 9/9 episode of In the News. In addition to their collective reporting and editing efforts, students will also work on studio set up and equipment proficiency. All students must test on camera use by Thursday 9/8. On Friday students will work on Chapter 4 of the textbook and are responsible for drafting mock interview questions due Tuesday 9/13.

Honors English 10
Students will continue on the Literary Terms & Devices PPT and will begin working on the group project. Directions for the project will be given on Wednesday 9/7 and a due date for the project will be discussed in class and will then be posted on next week's homework helpline post (This date will also be sent out via Remind Text). Students will have some class time this week to work on the project but are also expected to complete work outside of class as well. Terminology for Vocabulary Lesson 1A will be reviewed on Friday 9/9.

Advanced Writing
Students will begin the "A Picture's Worth 1,000 Words" project and must submit a photograph for approval on Wednesday 9/7. Students must complete the 1,000 word project and must email it to the workshop by Monday 9/12 by 9 A.M. Students will then read all submissions by Tuesday's class.

Practical Literature 10
Students will begin W.W. Jacobs' The Monkey's Paw and will discuss literary devices such as plot, foreshadowing, and characterization. Readings will be completed in class and will also include worksheets that must be completed; any work not completed in class must be submitted at the beginning of class the following day. Following The Monkey's Paw, students will then begin on Shirley Jackson's The Lottery.

Practical English 10
Students will continue an in-class review of Parts of Speech and are expected to complete the corresponding worksheets and activities. Students will then begin working on Objects and Complements and will also have worksheets for those. Terminology for Lesson 1 Vocabulary will be reviewed on Friday 9/9.

Week of April 11 to April 15

Honors English 10
Students will submit the TKAM Abstract Adjective project on Monday 4/11. Readings for Julius Caesar are as follows: Monday - III.i, Tuesday - III.ii, and III.iii. Review of Acts I-III will be covered on Wednesday with a test to follow on Thursday 4/14. Friday will be reserved for finishing work on the TKAM Board Game Project which will be due on Monday 4/18.

Honors English 12
Students will complete an in-class reading of Christopher Marlow's Doctor Faustus. Students will also participate in class discussions relating the events of the play to Washington Irving's The Devil and Tom Walker. Students will complete an essay test on Thursday 4/14. Completed research papers must be submitted by Friday 4/15.

Feature Writing
Students will submit the Oral History paper on Monday 4/11. Students will spend the week writing an editorial of their choice and must also work on one of two video editing projects for the district. Editorials will be due on Friday 4/15.

Week of April 4 to April 8

Honors English 10
Students will read Act I of Julius Caesar and will be responsible for taking notes as a synopsis for each scene. Students should also outline the characters of Caesar, Brutus, and Cassius. Abstract Adjective Character Projects for To Kill a Mockingbird will be due on Friday April 8.

Honors English 12
Students will continue working on the APA research paper. Students will have access to the computer lab until Friday April 8. Completed papers must be submitted by Friday April 15. Next week students will begin an in-class reading of Doctor Faustus.

Feature Writing
Students will transcribe the interviews of the Oral History project into a thematic story that will be due on Friday April 8. Students will also begin submitting proposals for the immersion writing assignment that will be completed over the next three weeks.

Journalism
Students will plan segments of In the News for the month of April. All work will be completed in class.

Week of March 28 to April 1

Honors English 10
Students will continue working on both the Abstract Adjective Character Depiction project and the TKAM Board Game project. Class time on Monday - Wednesday will be devoted to group work on the projects. Students will then begin the introduction to Shakespeare on Thursday.

Honors English 12
Students will work on APA research papers. The final submission of research abstracts will be due on Wednesday 3/30.

Feature Writing
Students will plan, conduct, and record the Oral History interview by Tuesday 3/29. Students will then convert the recording into a written piece of at least 1,000 words. Students will be graded on the article as well as the questioning techniques used during the interview.

Week of March 21 to March 24

Honors English 10
Students will complete the Final Test on To Kill a Mockingbird on Wednesday 3/23. All time in class on 3/22, 3/24, 3/28, 3/29, and 3/30 will be dedicated to group work for the Abstract Adjective Character Depiction and the To Kill a Mockingbird Board Game projects. Due dates for both projects have yet to be determined but will definitely be in the 4th marking period.

Honors English 12
Students will complete the Final Test on 1984 and will submit the completed assignment on Thursday 3/24. Abstract revisions will be due on Tuesday 3/22 and the final article submissions will be submitted on Tuesday 3/29. Outlines will also be collected on Tuesday 3/29. Students should begin organizing information for an initial draft of the research project.

Feature Writing
Students will plan to conduct an extensive recorded interview as the first step of the Oral History project. Students must submit the name and topic of their interview for approval by Wednesday 3/23 and must complete the interview by Tuesday 3/29. Once the interview is complete, students will work on transcribing information during class to form a completed article. The final project will be due Friday April 1.

Journalism
Students will plan the "In the News" filming schedule for April and will begin assigning stories and packages.

Week of March 7 to March 11

Honors English 10
Students will continue individual readings of To Kill a Mockingbird and will contribute with notes to in-class discussions. The for readings is as follows: Chapters 22-23 (284-304) for Wednesday 3/9; Chapters 24-25 (305-323) for Friday 3/11; Chapters 26-27 (324-340) for Tuesday 3/15; Chapters 28-31 (341-376) for Thursday 3/17. The final test on To Kill a Mockingbird is tentatively scheduled for Wednesday 3/23.

Honors English 12
Students will submit for articles to be used in the research paper on Monday 3/7; an additional four articles on Monday 3/14; and a final two articles on Monday 3/21. Outlines for the paper will be due on Monday 3/28. Students will also continue reading 1984. All readings for Part Two will be completed by Friday 3/11.

Journalism & Feature Writing
Students will aid the Yearbook staff by writing contributions to introductory sections of each extracurricular activity. Students will be required to schedule interviews with members of each activity in order to obtain the necessary information to draft each section. Feature Writing students must also submit a project proposal for the Immersion Writing Paper by Friday 3/11.

Week of February 22 to February 26

Honors English 10
Students will complete a constructed response exam based on information covered in Part One of To Kill a Mockingbird on Monday 2/22. Students are responsible for reading Chapters 12-15 (pgs 153-207) by Wednesday 2/24. CDT Testing will take place on Thursday 2/25 & Friday 2/26.

Honors English 12
Students are responsible for reading Chapter 5 of 1984 by Monday 2/22, and Chapters 6-8 by Thursday 2/25. Research topics will be discussed in individual conferences on Tuesday 2/23 & Wednesday 2/24. A test on Part One of 1984 will be given Friday 2/26.

Feature Writing
Students will spend Monday 2/22 & Tuesday 2/23 reading examples of "How To" articles and discussing specific elements of each in class. Wednesday 2/24 & Thursday 2/25 will cover a "Top 10" article and will have similar discussion. Students will write examples of each in class.

Journalism
Students will prepare for the script writing elements of the broadcast news by drafting sample introductions for five separate stories.

Week of February 8 to February 11

Honors English 10
Students should have read up to and including Chapter 7 of To Kill a Mockingbird and completed the corresponding study guide questions. All work for identity charts, article responses, and acrostic poems are due Monday 2/8. Students will continue to discuss Part I of the novel in class throughout the week and will be responsible for taking notes and completing an assignment on archetypes and urban legends.

Honors English 12
Students must submit a thesis for the APA Research Project by Thursday 2/11. Throughout the week students will be given instruction on the expectations for the project and must begin compiling resources in their intended field of study following graduation. Students are responsible for conferencing with a "partner" who is a NS alum and is currently studying in that same field. Partner names must be submitted by Thursday as well.

Feature Writing
Students will continue viewing the documentary Supersize Me and will take notes on the film's content as well as its effectiveness in conveying news. Students will also be responsible for contributing to news packages for this week's morning broadcast.

Week of January 26 to January 29

Honors English 10
Students will continue the introduction to the reading of To Kill a Mockingbird and will focus on elements of characterization including stereotype, identity, and a disclosure of some sensitive content presented in the novel. Students will be responsible for reading Chapters 1-3 by Friday 1/29 and completing the Study Guide questions and journal assignments.

Honors English 12
Students will discuss the final chapters of Frankenstein and will give a comprehensive analysis in class. The final assessment will be given on Friday 1/29. Students will submit potential topics for research by Tuesday 2/2.

Feature Writing & Journalism
Students will view examples of investigative journalism through documentary style films and television series episodes. During the videos, students will take notes on common elements used in gathering information and presenting it in a way that differs from typical news.

Week of January 19 to January 22

Honors English 10
Students will continue the anticipatory discussion of morality in preparation to read To Kill a Mockingbird. Students will be responsible for taking notes during the introductory PowerPoint and must complete the assignment on racism in society by Monday 1/25.

Honors English 12
Students will continue reading Frankenstein. Chapters 17-19 will be discussed on Thursday 1/21. Chapters 20-21 will be discussed on Friday 1/22. Chapters 22-24 will be discussed on Tuesday 1/26. After the completion of the novel, a comprehensive project for the novel will be introduced. Students should also begin considering topics for the research paper.

Feature Writing
Students will be introduced to types of investigative journalism by viewing documentary style episodes of Morgan Spurlock's CNN Series Inside Man. Students will choose a topic for investigation for their first article due Friday 1/29.

Journalism
Students will begin the course with a brief overview of the history of journalism and its development and also the impact it had on the growth of the nation. Students will be responsible to draft a short article on a prominent figure in the field of journalism.