Monday, January 28

English 12A: Today we began reading The Alchemist. Read for 20 minutes at home and work on your end of the trimester project.

English 12B: Today we covered how to create a bibliography. The notes are below. Also, you can go to https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=WMbfGLOqbJ4 and start at the 2:53 mark for more information:

Bibliography Format

Last name, first name. Title of book in italics. Publisher. Date.

Last name, first name. “Individual website name in quote marks.” Date created. Date accessed.

URL where website can be found.

Last name, first name. “Title of magazine/newspaper article in quotes.” Title of

magazine/newspaper in italics. Publication date: Page number.

Last name, first name. Interview. Date of interview.

Last name, first name. Title of film in italics. Publication date. If viewed online, include URL

where film can be found.

*Your entire bibliography should be in alphabetical order.

**Each entry should be single spaced. First line is on the left margin. Others lines come underneath the first.

***Double space between entries.

****If you lack one of the required pieces of information, include what you do have.

*****Bibliography should be its own separate page.

Thursday, January 16

English 12A: Today we focused on more of The Last Lecture and concluded our Sentence of the Week stuff for this week. Read for 20 minutes three times over the long break.

English 12B: Today we did another entry in our Hero Catch Phrase Project and also read Chapter 6 from They Say I Say, about addressing a naysayer or counter claim. Write for at least an hour over the long weekend.

Tuesday, January 15

English 12A: Today we continued to read The Last Lecture and discussed some issues such as time management, feedback, and the like. Your homework is to read for 20 minutes and to continue to work on your This I Believe essay and presentation. Additionally, if you would like to meet at Parent Teacher Conferences, be advised I have a commitment that requires I leave at 7:30. If you cannot meet before 7:30 but still want to meet, please email me and we can make arrangements  to meet another time.

English 12B: Today we continued to study the hero concept through our Hero Catch Phrase Project and your Capstone research papers. Work on these each night. Additionally, if you would like to meet at Parent Teacher Conferences, be advised I have a commitment that requires I leave at 7:30. If you cannot meet before 7:30 but still want to meet, please email me and we can make arrangements  to meet another time.

Monday, January 14

English 12A: Today we focused on last week's Sentence of the Week and continued to examine how ideas develop both within and among texts by reading more from The Last Lecture and another This I Believe essay. Read for 20 minutes at home and continue working on your end of the tri projects.

English 12B: Today we read from The Elements of Style, focused on last week's Sentence of the Week, and continued to examine the concept of the hero through the Hero Catch-Phrase Project. We also worked more on your Capstone Research papers. You should be done with this in about two weeks. Work on it each night at home.

Friday, January 4

English 12A: Today we concluded our introduction to the end of the trimester This I Believe project. Your homework is to read for 20 minutes and to do a little preliminary work on your end of the trimester project.

English 12B: Today we concluded our study of the monomyth cycle. Remember, your research regarding your Capstone Project topic is due on Tuesday, January 8.  

Thursday, January 3

English 12A: Today we continued our focus on the end-of-the-trimester final project. You read several essays from This I Believe and began to fill out a form for reflections on five essays from their website. You need to complete this tonight at home for Friday's class. You should also read for 20 minutes at home.

English 12B: Today we continued our focus on the monomyth cycle. Remember, your research and index cards are due 1/8, not 1/9 as originally stated.  

Wednesday, January 2

English 12A: Today our focus was on the end-of-the-trimester This I Believe project. Your homework is to spend about 5 more minutes on Phase 1, which can be found on the handout I gave you. This handout is also posted on Canvas. Read for 20 minutes as well.

English 12B: Today our focus was on the monomyth and will continue tomorrow. Remember, I moved your due date up for research and your index cards to 1/8/19, up from 1/9.