Friday, January 16, 2009

Syllabus 1/19 to 1/23

*If you missed the quiz on Friday, you must see me during a study hall by the end of school on Wednesday.

Monday

· MLK: NO SCHOOL

Tuesday
In class:
§ Due: CtBC: chapters 6-10
§ Obama inauguration: school wide lessons.
§ Articles, journal, discussion
§ Fun!
HOMEWORK:
§ Due Tomorrow: outlines, word lists, drafts = anything else you need to workshop and write your spoken word poem.
§ Due Tomorrow: CtBC reader’s response questions (on the blog)
§ Due Thursday: Spoken Word Poem


Wednesday
In class:
· Due: CtBC response questions (on the blog)/spoken word poetry “stuff”
§ Review response questions (15 min)
§ Workshop for remainder
HOMEWORK:
· Due tomorrow: SAT writing Prompt

Thursday

In class:
· Due: Spoken Word Poetry
· Poetry slam and featured guests (faculty and teachers)
· You may read off of your TYPED paper
· Remember: you will be chosen at random so you must be prepared. If you are not here to read your poem, you will not get credit.

HOMEWORK:
· Due Tomorrow: Spoken word poetry

Friday

In class:
· Poetry slam and featured guests (faculty and teachers)
· You may read off of your TYPED paper
· Remember: you will be chosen at random so you must be prepared. If you did not read yesterday to read your poem, you have to read today. You must read your poem to get credit.
HOMEWORK:
· Due Monday: CtBC: chapters 11 to 14
· Due Wednesday: CtBC in-class essay: On blog.