In-class assignments and class updates trump published blogs.
*POTENTIAL, ACHIEVEMENT, THOUGHT, HONOR
The Lesson of Ups
Show Up, Keep Up, Speak Up, Measure Up
Monday August 14
First Day Back for Teachers-No Classes are Scheduled
Tuesday August 15 (Students First Day Back)(Turnitin.Com Class ID: 15793217; Password will be Distributed in Class
Writing Workshop Lesson Orientation
CollegeBoard.Org account and Turnitin.Com account are required by Friday
Vocabulary Workshop Warm-Up Test is scheduled in class
Turnitin.com accounts and CollegeBoard.org accounts are required by Friday
2017-2018 Instructional Texts and Course Information distributed for student notes
2017-2018 9th Grade Honors Course Contract distributed and due Friday
Late Work Policy distributed and due Friday
Opening Day Bulletin distributed and due Friday
Wednesday August 16
Ninth Grade Practice Test is scheduled in class today and tomorrow (grammar)
Letter to the Editor #1 due on turnitin.com web site by 8:15 A.M. Monday, August 28
Thursday August 17
Vocabulary Workshop Unit One is scheduled in class
Friday August 18
Check STUDYPATH over the weekend of next week's assignments and class information
CollegeBoard.Org and Turnitin.com accounts verifications are due today
INSTRUCTIONAL SEQUENCE
Monday-Tuesday
Multiple Choice Practice for PSAT (Preliminary Scholastic Aptitude Test) Administration
Vocabulary Workshop Level C Unit One-Fifteen
Literary and Rhetorical Terms
Wednesday
Perspectives Textbook Literature and Nonfiction Selections
Perspectives in Multicultural Literature-Nonfiction and Fiction Selections
Holt Grammar Common Usage Errors-Sentence Structure-Phrases and Clauses-Conventions
Thursday
Timed Writing TBD
Friday
Political Cartoons, Adages, Idioms and Proverbs (Dispatch Responses)
Novel or Play
Testing Segments-Vocabulary Workshop Units One-Fifteen and Holt Grammar Grade Nine
