BACK-TO-SCHOOL NIGHT IS WEDNESDAY, 1 OCTOBER

Pre-pay $15 in student store for PSAT on 15 October.
Register for PSAT in Room 43, Tue 3:15 and Thur tutorial

AUTHOR SIGN UP OPENS AT 7:45 a.m. IN ROOM 210

Monday, 29 Sept:  SSR; Author Journal ?s; work on patterns of organization
HOMEWORK:  Final Author Journals A and B are due Wed, 1 Oct

Wednesday 1 Oct:  SSR; collect final Author Journals A and B; discuss final selection of author; read, annotate, and answer questions JFK inaugural address
HOMEWORK:  Terms Quiz on Fri, 3 Oct

Friday, 3 Oct:  SSR; Author Sign Up; 1st author novel; Terms Quiz; work on short story group project
HOMEWORK:  start reading and taking notes on first author novel; short story group presentations on Monday, 6 October

Author Journal A (10 authors) check Fri 9/26
Journal A-B (final 3 authors) due Wed 10/1
Author sign up Fri 10/3

Monday, 22 Sep:  SSR; Fitzgerald (check text marking - class discussion); more composition terms
HOMEWORK:  author journal A check 9/26 (10 entries done in good RD form for peer review)


Wednesday, 24 Sep:  SSR; finish terms; receive Group Author Project
HOMEWORK:   author journal A check 9/26 (10 entries done in good RD form for peer review)

Friday, 26 Sep:  SSR; Author Journal A (check for 10 approved author entries - peer review); work on group project
HOMEWORK:  Author Journal B due Wed 10/1; Group Project

Mon, 15 Sept:  SSR (bring book); Great American Short Stories (student store open at 7:30 am) - discuss Twain short story
HOMEWORK:  read and mark Herman Melville short story and read literary criticism; author journal

Wed, 17 Sept:  SSR (bring book); discuss Melville; Literary Terms #1
HOMEWORK:  read and mark Willa Cather short story; author journal

Fri, 19 Sept:  SSR (bring book); discuss Cather; Literary Terms #1
HOMEWORK:  read and mark F. Scott Fitzgerald short story; author journal

Author Journal A (10 authors) check Fri 9/26
Journal A-B (final 3 authors) due Wed 10/1
Author sign up Fri 10/3

Great American Short Stories is now available in the Student Store for $5 - try to have this in your hands by Friday 12 Sept

Student Store hours:  Mon 7:30-12:30; Tue 9:00 - 2:00; Wed 9:00 -2:00; Thur 11:00-4:00; Fri closed

Monday, 8 Sept:  signed contract due today - non-academic assessment; SOAPstone notes on two articles from one journalist - formative assessment;
HOMEWORK:  have $5 available to pick up Great American Short Stories as soon as it is available; read Ch. 1 in Language of Composition (p. 1-34) bring book to class

Wed, 10 Sept:  do some work around Ch. 1 of Language of Composition ; start author selection process - journal assignment
HOMEWORK:  Read Ch. 2 of Language of Composition (p. 35-49); bring Great American Short Stories to class Friday

Fri, 12 Sept:  discuss reading and marking text - mark "Young Goodman Brown"; discuss short story and read and mark criticism
HOMEWORK:  Author Journal selection process; read and mark Twain's short story for Monday