The rest of the semester...it's drawing to a close. Upcoming Deadlines...

Hope everyone has a great Thanksgiving Break! See you on Tuesday 12-2-08!

Papers will be passed back next week - all binders need to be organized. The better organized you are the easier it is to find materials you need to study for your final. Binder checks will occur on 12/5/08 (for a homework grade). Reminder - binder needs to have syllabus as page 1 and sections for vocabulary, grammar and literature. ALL papers are to be kept until Semester 2. Day one of semester 2 we'll have a "recycle day" where we clean our binders of papers I know we will not need for semester 2.

Due Wednesday 12-3 - complete SIA. Worksheet is attached. Discussion guide is on same WS. Prepare for discussion.



Due Thursday 12-4 Vocabulary sentences and illustrations for lessons 11-12. Use all 30 words in sentences (underlined) proving understanding of the word's meaning. Illustrate 5 of the sentences.

Final Exam Study Guide - final exam is Tuesday 12-16-08. Review Worksheet.

Friday 12/5 we'll have a vocabulary quiz (lessons 11 and 12) and Friday 12/12 we'll have a vocabulary test covering lessons 8-14 (no vocab on the final)

The week of 12/8 we'll have a grammar quiz on placement of modifiers (verb phrases continued)

The week of finals I'll post OR for Semester 2...you can get a head start of you wish. Deadlines will be roughly the first week of March and the first week of May. Books will need to be approved by me via email (renemacvay@yahoo.com or rmacvay@sahs.org) in order for the OR to be graded.

Deadlines for Thanksgiving Week...and beyond

Remember your paper final draft is due Monday 11-24. Turn a copy in to turnitin.com and bring hard copy attached to ALL rough drafts to class on Monday.

Monday 10-12 SIA is due...worksheet on post from earlier this week.

Rest of SIA due 12-3-08 ... the Wednesday after break. WS to be attached.

Homework for Quiz Review...

To review for the quizzes...

Grammar exercises due Thursday October 19th:
Block 3 page 76 #'s 6-10
Block 4 page 609 #'s 5-10
Block 5 page 76 #'s 1,3 exercise B and 1-3 page 609

Vocabulary Due Friday:
For all 15 vocabulary words, use each in an original sentence. Underline the word as it is used in the sentence. Then illustrate/draw a picture (cut out an image) to help you remember the word (do 5 images). DO NOT try to turn in sloppy work...if your drawing requires a straight line, use a ruler.

November 18th

Complete SIA chapter 8 for Wed and 9 for Thursday

Block 3: page 608 Gerunds - evens
Block 4: page 608 Gerunds - odds
Block 5 page 74 A 6-10 and B 2,3

Week of November 17th

Survival in Auschwitz - active read and answer questions through Chapter 7 by MONDAY 11-17-08

Grammar Homework - due 11-18
Block 1 complete grammar book :
Block 3: even #'s page 608 participles
Block 4: odd #'s page 608 participles
Block 5: page 72 B 1,3 and page 608 participles 1-5

Vocabulary Quiz Lesson 10 on Friday as well as grammar quiz on verb phrases and punctuation

Survival in Auschwitz Read/Answer Questions. WS for 8-12
Chapters 8-9 by Wednesday 11-19
Chapters 10-12 by Monday 11-24
**Book completion over Thanksgiving break. WS to be attached next weekend.

Paper final draft due 11-24 OR your last day before Thanksgiving vacation. Paper MUST be uploaded to turnitin.com and turned in to me with ALL drafts. Failure to turn in drafts and upload to turnitin.com will result in my inability to grade your paper as a final draft.

Week of November 10th

Enjoy Monday off!

Tuesday OR #2 is due. Tuesday You'll get back your vocabulary quizzes - corrections due Wednesday.

We'll start a grammar unit on verb phrases and punctuation (underline, quotes, etc) with a quiz this Friday and next.

We'll have a vocabulary quiz on lesson 10 NEXT Friday...11-21-08.

Survival in Auschwitz...active read...a quiz can happen any day.
Read up to and including chapter 3 by Wednesday 11-12-08
Read up to and including chapter 7 by Monday 11-17-08
Reading WS covers all 7 chapters (definitions to be done for Wed 11-12-08)

REMEMBER...if you need to go to tutoring for your paper draft # 2 you need to do so this week and bring your paper to me by Friday 11-14-08. Final copy is due 11-24-08 OR earlier if your family is taking off for the Thanksgiving holiday sooner.

Week of November 3rd

This week we'll do small group activities the days of retreat. We'll make changes to the vocabulary tests (answer key was incorrect) and also start a new vocabulary lesson.

Bring to class all week BNW, vocabulary book and Survival in Auschwitz.
(Wednesday we are scheduled for a library orientation - meet in class then head to the library.)

Friday we'll have a quiz on vocabulary lesson 9 and have a grammar quiz on verb phrases.

Paper drafts will be returned. Some drafts have a date for a second submission - those must be turned in to me along with the first draft on given due date. Some drafts have tutoring written on them. Students who did not have a clear thesis are required to attend the English Department tutoring one day this week to get peer assistance (Room 323). Tutoring times are T-W-Th 7-7:30 and Th 2-3 pm. Students MUST bring back drafts to me after they meet with peer tutors so that I can review them prior to the final draft being turned in. Deadline for meeting with peer tutors and bringing draft to me: November 14th.

OUTSIDE READING #2 IS DUE TUESDAY 11-11-08