Today, we began class with an extended Multiple Choice Monday.  This week's MCM focused on PSAT strategies.  We used the PSAT Student Guide and Practice Test to help us prepare for the upcoming PSAT.  Then, we began discussing the various modes of development, for our upcoming synthesis unit.

Reminders:

• Vocabulary unit 4 exercises due Wednesday 10/2 by 11:59 PM
• Vocabulary Quiz 4 Thursday 10/3
• Research paper introduction draft due to turnitin.com Monday 10/7 by 11:59 PM

Today, students took their CTLS Touchstone #1, in the computer lab.  Then, the class was given the remainder of the period to work on their Benjamin Franklin Round Robin Group Project.

Reminders:

• Sadlier Units 1-3 Review due Sunday 9/29 by 11:59 PM​
• USA TestPrep Practice Test #2 due 9/30 by 11:59 PM-Red dot assignment must be completed BEFORE you take this practice test!!!
• Rhetorical Precis #2 (4 precis) due Tuesday 10/1

Today, students made up their Friday Forum presentations.  Then, the class was given the remainder of the period to work on their Benjamin Franklin Round Robin Group Project.

Reminders:

• Sadlier Units 1-3 Review due Sunday 9/29 by 11:59 PM​
• USA TestPrep Practice Test #2 due 9/30 by 11:59 PM-Red dot assignment must be completed BEFORE you take this practice test!!!
• Rhetorical Precis #2 (4 precis) due Tuesday 10/1

Today, we began class with a nine-question, passage-based Multiple Choice Monday exercise. Then, the class was given the remainder of the period to work on their Benjamin Franklin Round Robin Group Project.

Homework:
Read They Say, I Say ch. 1-3 and The Craft of Research ch. 3-5.
Answer reading questions, due tomorrow in class.

Reminders:

• Sadlier Units 1-3 Review due Sunday 9/29 by 11:59 PM​
• USA TestPrep Practice Test #2 due 9/30 by 11:59 PM-Red dot assignment must be completed BEFORE you take this practice test!!!
• Rhetorical Precis #2 (4 precis) due Tuesday 10/1

Today, the class was introduced to and began working on the Benjamin Franklin Round Robin Synthesis Group Project.  The class completed two station and will continue with this assignment, tomorrow in class.

Homework:
Read They Say, I Say ch. 1-3 and The Craft of Research ch. 3-5.
Answer reading questions, due Wednesday in class.

Reminders:

• Sadlier Units 1-3 Review due Sunday 9/29 by 11:59 PM​
• USA TestPrep Practice Test #2 due 9/30 by 11:59 PM-Red dot assignment must be completed BEFORE you take this practice test!!!
• Rhetorical Precis #2 (4 precis) due Tuesday 10/1

​This is a general outline of this week's activities and is subject to change, based  on
the needs of the students. Please continue to check the blog daily, for detailed information on class activities, assignments, requirements, and deadlines.

Today, students who attended class were given the opportunity to work on their USATestPrep or their rhetorical precis, in the Writing Lab.

Reminders:

• Rhetorical Precis #2 (4 precis) due Tuesday 10/1

Today, students took their vocabulary unit three quiz.  Then, they completed their Wendell Phillips rhetorical analysis and ratiocination and turned them in.  The class was given the remainder of the period to read Patrick Henry's "Speech to the Virginia Convention" and answer questions 1-5 in CEI paragraph format.

Reminders:​

• Rhetorical Precis #2 (4 precis) due Tuesday 10/1