SENIORS: We started work on the COVER LETTER  for your Senior Portfolio (see the school website for specifics).  The letter is due tomorrow, Friday, Feb.1.  You can give me a hard copy or share it through email.

SOPHOMORES: We finished all three graphic organizers. I collected #1 and #3; you still have #2 because the HW is to write the summary that is asked of you at the bottom of #2.  Have that done for tomorrow.  Also, tomorrow, you will need to tell me which option you are choosing for the Argument Process Piece.

SENIORS: Your resume' was due today, either hard copy or shared to me via email.  You'll know by Monday whether or not you need to rework anything.  For tomorrow, our focus will be on the cover letter, which will be due this Friday; again, either by hard copy or email.

SOPHOMORES: We finished watching President Clinton's speech and finished Graphic Organizer #1.  We got through parts of Graphic Organizer #2; finishing it is HW, to be ready for tomorrow.

SOPHOMORES: THE HOMEWORK FOR TONIGHT (TUES. JAN.29) : Finish reading Clinton's speech; transfer your annotations to the graphic organizer; fill in the front of the graphic organizer.

SENIORS: We continued the work on resumes' and cover letters.  The resume' is due at the end of the period (that's PERIOD, not day) tomorrow, Wednesday, Jan.30.  You can give me a hard copy or send it to me via email (make sure you send it as Resume'; please do not send me an untitled message).

 SOPHOMORES: There was a lot on our plate today.  You received 3 handouts: Clinton's speech, a graphic organizer for Clinton's speech, and the instructions for the Argument Process Piece.  We listened and watched Clinton give his speech (we got about half-way through) and did some annotations that will help in filling out the graphic organizer.  For the Process Piece, you will need to decide which option to take: 1) Debate with 3 other students; 2) Speech; 3) Essay (note: for the essay, the maximum grade you can get is a B).  You need to have this decision made by Friday, Feb.1.  Once you have decided on an option, you will NOT be allowed to switch to a different option.  The final due date for this assignment is Feb.20.  See me for the handouts.  Clinton's speech can be observed on YouTube and is titled:" Remarks to the Convocation of the Church of God in Christ, Nov. 1993."

SENIORS: A new semester brings new responsibilities; to that end, I went over the classroom rules and consequences so that we can have a more productive learning environment.  This was followed by the introduction of our new unit, the Senior Portfolio and Exhibition.  We will start with working on the RESUME' and the COVER LETTER.  Some of you may already have completed these items for another class; if so, your HW is to bring copies of the resume' and copy letter, or email them to me (make sure you identify them to me).

SOPHOMORES: In order to create a better learning environment for the new semester, I went over the class rules and consequences.  This was followed by the completion of our work on Dr. King's speech: we created new word groupings based on RELIGION, CIVIL RIGHTS, and NON-VIOLENCE.  These groupings show us Dr. King's diction (word choice); and through those choices, we can determine what kind of man Dr. King was, what his argument was, and who he was trying to reach.  This work was done in your notebook; so if you were absent, you will need to look at a classmate's work and get that in your notebook as well.  There was no HW.

SENIORS: Because of the problem with the Jan.10 blog, you had today's period to do the required highlighting on your novel.  Your class period was your deadline, unless you have an EXCUSED absence.  Make sure you know what page from your novel you will share on FINALS day.

SOPHOMORES: We continued preparing for the midterm, using website quizzes.  Make sure you go over the terms that you wrote down in your notebooks.

SENIORS: Don't know what happened to the Jan.10 blog.  Here's what needs to be highlighted: Inciting incident and climax in yellow (just the first sentences) and the rising action in light purple (again, just the first sentences).