Week of August 26 to August 30

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All announcements pertaining to homework and project deadlines, test schedules, or changes will be listed under each specific class. If you have questions about anything posted on the block feel free to email me at ssmith@northschuylkill.net or address it in class.

Journalism
Students will review classroom expectations and course syllabus. The first Unit will cover the history of American journalism including important events and figures in the field. Presentations will be assigned at the conclusion of the Unit - Dates will be posted at the end of this week.


Advanced Writing
 Students will review classroom expectations and course syllabus.The first Unit will cover purpose and audience in writing. Writing assignments will occur on a regular basis and will be assigned throughout the course of the week. A written list of these assignments will be posted on a dry-erase board in the classroom.

Keystone Literature
Students will review classroom expectations and course syllabus.The first week will include pre-assessments to determine strengths and weaknesses in reading comprehension.

English 10
Students will review classroom expectations and course syllabus. The first Unit will cover literary terms and devices. A project involving 10 of the literary devices will be assigned Friday 8/30 and will be due Tuesday 9/3.

Honors English 10
On Monday 8/26, students will review study guides and cover material from the summer reading texts, The Joy Luck Club and The Hunger Games. The summer reading test will be given on Tuesday 8/27; students must score 70% or higher to remain in the Honors course and those who do not meet the requirement will be placed in an Academic section. Students will review classroom expectations and course syllabus and will begin the first Unit on literary terms and devices. All students must have a 1 Subject Notebook specifically for English class by Wednesday 8/28.

Week of May 13 to May 17

Feature Writing
Students will finish all necessary terminology for the final exam. Reviews will be given in class.

Advanced Writing
Final assignments (Nonfiction Reflection and Scholarship Submissions) are due for Seniors on 5/13 and Juniors on 5/17.

English 11
Students will complete the grammar unit and will be responsible for reading short stories in the Literature book.

Honors English 10
Iambic Pentameter Projects will be due on Monday 5/20. Due dates for clause assessments will be given during the week.

Week of April 29 to May 3

Feature Writing
Students will focus on typography terminology with a quiz on Thursday 5.2.13.

Advanced Writing
Students will work on the Writer's Toolkit during class. Upcoming assignments include a 3-page nonfiction reflection due on May 13th for seniors and May 17th for juniors.

English 11
Students will review gerunds and will complete quiz on Thursday 5.2.13. Corresponding worksheets will be given throughout the week and will be due at the beginning of the next class day.

Honors English 10
Students will complete the Act I-III Quiz for Julius Caesar on Monday 4.29.13. Study guides for Acts IV and V will be due Friday 5.3.13. Vocabulary homework will be due Tuesday 4.30.13 with a quiz to follow on Friday 5.3.13.

Week of April 22 to April 26

Feature Writing
Students will be tested on newsroom terminology on Tuesday and we receive more notes on article presentation and development of leads.

Advanced Writing
Students are responsible for writing critique letters to two separate students about their poetry submissions. These letters will be due Tuesday 4/23 for the odd section and Wednesday 4/24 for the even section. Students must have read all poems for the remaining 10 students in class for the workshop discussion.

English 11
Students will finish watching the film adaptation of Hamlet and must finish the writing prompt for Friday 4/26. Students will also switch between phrases in the grammar book and Study Island reading comprehension sessions that will be assigned in class later in the week,

Honors English 10
Students are required to read Act III, scene i of Julius Caesar for Monday 4/22. In-class readings and discussion will finish Act III by Wednesday. Students will discuss ethos, pathos, and logos on Wednesday and will be assigned a speech assignment that will be due on  Friday 5/3. Information covered in Acts I-III will be reviewed Thursday 4/25 and quizzed on Friday 4/26.

Week of April 15 to April 19

Feature Writing
Students will continue the Immersion Project and will also start covering aspects of the history of American journalism and other industry terminology.

Advanced Writing
Students will work on the quote submission. Students in the odd section will submit their writings on Wednesday 4/17 and students in the even section will submit their assignments on Thursday 4/18.

English 11
Students will complete a quiz on Act IV of Hamlet on Monday 4/15. Act V will be read in class on Tuesday and Wednesday. Study guides will be due on Thursday 4/18. The Act V review will begin on Friday 4/19 with a quiz to follow on Monday 4/22.

Honors English 10
Students will continue reading Julius Caesar and completing study guide responses. Vocabulary homework will be due on Tuesday 4/16 with a quiz to follow on Friday 4/19.

Week of April 8 to April 12

Feature Writing
Interviews will be due on Tuesday and independent research for immersion writing will be discussed in class.

Advanced Writing
Portfolio designs will be discussed and students will choose selections and draft new pieces for a collective class literature magazine. Submissions can include prose, essay, and poetry.

English 11
Study guide responses for Act IV scenes i and ii of Hamlet will be due Monday. Responses for scenes iii and iv will be due Tuesday. scenes v-vii will be due Friday. The quiz for vocabulary list 11 will be given on Wednesday 4/10. The Hamlet Act IV quiz will be Monday 4/15.

Honors English 10
Abstract Art projects will be due Monday 4/8. Maycomb Yard Sale video projects will be submitted and viewed on Friday 4/12. Make sure that the video is saved on a flash drive or disc in case it cannot be accessed via a YouTube page.

Week of April 3 to April 5

Feature Writing
Students will review interview skills and will conduct one half-hour interview and will submit an article summary on Monday 4/8.

Advanced Writing
Students will submit revisions for the last creative writing project on Wednesday 4/3 and Thursday 4/4 depending on which day student sections meet in class. Students attending the field trip to the Writer's Institute on Friday 4/5 should be prepared to leave from the lower lobby immediately following homeroom.

English 11
Students will review Act III of Hamlet; study guides for Act III will be due on Wednesday 4/3. Vocabulary homework will be checked on this day as well, with a quiz to follow on Thursday 4/4. The quiz for Act III will be completed on Friday 4/5.

Honors English 10
Students will continue to watch the 1961 Academy Award winning film adaptation of To Kill a Mockingbird. Vocabulary quizzes for list 10 will be given Friday 4/5. The Abstract Adjective Art Project/Research Essay will be due Monday 4/8 and the Maycomb Yard Sale Video Projects will be due on Friday 4/12.