Friday, February 22, 2013

Week of February 25, 2013
11th Academic English
This week we'll continue grammar work in Sentence Classification.  Monday through Thursday we will use worksheets and text exercises to identify clauses and classify sentences.  On Friday you will have a quiz on Part II of O Pioneers! Be sure to complete your Part II study guide by Thursday of this week.  Next week you will take a test on Sentence Classification, so be prepared!

12th Academic English
On Monday you will turn in Documentation Packet #3.  This week we will discuss MLA formatting, preparing a topic outline in Harvard format, preparing a Works Cited page, and creating your final draft of the research project.  You must make sure that you follow all procedures and formatting correctly for the final phases of the research project.  Your Outline will be due this Friday, March 1st.  Works Cited page is due on Wednesday, March 6th and the Final Draft of the project is due on Wednesday, March 13th.

Tuesday, February 19, 2013

Week of February 18, 2013
11th Academic English
This week we'll begin to look at classifying sentences according to structure.  We'll review information on Clauses, will identify both Independent and Subordinate Clauses in sentences, then will use that information to classify sentences.  We'll also continue our work with the novel, O Pioneers!.  On Tuesday, you will take a quiz on Part One of this novel.  Friday, you'll take Vocabulary Quiz #11, will turn in Newsweek summary #10, and will work on Vocabulary List #12.

12th Academic English
On Tuesday, you will turn in Documentation Packet #2 and will continue processing research for Documentation Packet #3, due on Monday, February 25th.  Library work will continue on Wednesday and Thursday of this week.  On Friday, you'll take Vocabulary Quiz #11 and will work on Vocabulary List #12.  Make sure you keep pace with the work you need to complete for this research project.

Friday, February 1, 2013

Week of February 4, 2013
11th Academic English
Well, early dismissals, a field trip and a snow day put us behind a little, but now we're back on track!  This week we will continue our review of the Parts of Speech and the Parts of the Sentence.  You'll use your grammar text exercises and some worksheets for this review.  On Thursday, you will take Vocabulary Quiz #10, will turn in Newsweek summary #9 and will work on Vocabulary List #11.  Don't forget to continue your reading of O Pioneers!.

12th Academic English
We will continue our work on the Research Project.  Monday through Wednesday and continuing on Friday you will continue to work in our library gathering research for your position paper.  On Thursday, you will take Vocabulary Quiz #10 and will work on Vocabulary List #11.  Don't forget that  your first set of documentation summaries is due on Wednesday at the start of the class period.