Homework Schedule
Mass Media Week of December 21, 2009
Monday: Due: Bring a picture of yourself to class for the magazine
cover.
Due: Step 2: Magazine story outline.
Class: Work on magazine project—create cover design of
magazine.
I am available after school for those students who need additional time to
work on the magazine project. You may also come to room 205 to use the
computers during the day.
Tuesday: Class: Continue to work on magazine project.
Wednesday: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
ENJOY YOUR VACATION!!
*** Above assignments subject to minor revisions.
Keep working on Chapter 2 Book questions.
AP English Language Week of December 21, 2009
Monday: Due: Reading of Anna Quindlen’s “Blessed is the Full Plate.”
Class: Review and wrap up discussion of American Dream. Close
reading of a nonfiction text—identify main idea and use synthesis to develop
a position for/against the main idea. Discussion of Quindlen essay.
Begin to gather ideas for American Dream essay—journal assignments.
Tuesday: Due: Readings in New St. Martin’s Handbook, Part 1, Section 6f:
special purpose paragraphs—concluding paragraphs, pp. 128-130.
Class: Writing effective conclusions. Analyze conclusions of
essays we have read.
Conclusion exercises due after vacation.
Wednesday: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
ENJOY YOUR VACATION!!
Keep reading Angela’s Ashes.
Language and Literature Week of December 21, 2009
Monday: Class: Introduce I Heard the Owl Call My Name—anticipation
reaction guide.
Tuesday: Due: List poem—include drafts, peer revise sheet, and final typed
copy (using color).
Class: Analysis of “She should have died hereafter; / There
would have been a time for such a word . . .” Act V, scene v, lines 17-28, p.
515.
Wednesday: HAPPY HOLIDAYS!!
ENJOY YOUR VACATION!!
Memorization quiz coming up: Act V, scene v, lines 17-28.
Macbeth test, Acts IV-V after vacation.
Find your quotes identification sheet—be able to identify quoted passages
from Acts IV and V.
Keep reading I Heard the Owl Call My Name.
Above assignments subject to minor revisions.
