{"id":539,"date":"2011-08-23T01:44:54","date_gmt":"2011-08-23T01:44:54","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/www.everysecondofeveryday.com\/mrshawke\/english\/?p=539"},"modified":"2011-08-23T01:44:54","modified_gmt":"2011-08-23T01:44:54","slug":"calendars-august-22-26","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/everysecondofeveryday.com\/mrshawke\/english\/2011\/08\/23\/calendars-august-22-26\/","title":{"rendered":"Calendars: August 22-26"},"content":{"rendered":"

Click on the links to download the calendar PDFs. (You will need Adobe Reader<\/a> to download them.)<\/p>\n

AD English 9 Calendar – August 22-26<\/a><\/p>\n

English 10 Calendar – August 22-26<\/a><\/p>\n

As you can see, everyone’s starting off the week with a practice SOL essay. This will be graded on completion, but also on its merits in composing, written expression, and usage\/mechanics. (For more information on the SOL Writing Domains, you can see my post here<\/a>.)<\/p>\n

Ninth-graders have begun their independent novel-reading, To Kill a Mockingbird<\/em>. The first reading quiz is Thursday, on chapters 1-6. Calendars list reading assignments by day; if these homework assignments are followed, the reading is fairly easy, usually less than 15 pages a night. Note-taking is encouraged, and notes may be used on quizzes. <\/p>\n

I will be contacting a lot of parents this week about grades. I worked hard this weekend to get everything graded, so I could have an accurate picture of where each student is. <\/p>\n

Finally, I checked materials today and will finish doing so tomorrow. Unfortunately, there are far too many students who don’t have the materials required for class yet. This is for a grade, as specified on the syllabus.<\/p>\n

<\/a>Required Materials<\/h3>\n

These should be brought to class every day:<\/strong><\/p>\n

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  1. A binder<\/li>\n
  2. Loose-leaf paper<\/li>\n
  3. Two wireless, bound composition books<\/li>\n
  4. Blue or black pen<\/li>\n
  5. Red pen or pencil<\/li>\n
  6. No. 2 pencil<\/li>\n
  7. White-out<\/li>\n
  8. Highlighter<\/li>\n<\/ol>\n

    To keep in class:<\/strong><\/p>\n