Week of 3/21

JUNIOR INTERVIEWS are this week!  Make sure to come prepared with professional attire, with your (almost) perfect resume, and with your swag on.

Periods 1, 2, & 4A: Tuesday, 3/22

Period 4B: Wednesday, 3/23

Period 6: Thursday, 3/24

Periods 1, 2, & 6:

• Junior Interviews
• Study Hall
• HOMEWORK for 3/21-3/22: Vocab Unit 9 Quiz on Thursday/Friday (for period 6)

Periods 4A & 4B:

• Junior Research Paper
• Research Paper Source Search
• http://infotrac.galenet.com/itweb - Username & Password: elli29753
• http://pac.hcpss.org/hcps - Centennial High School Card Catalog
• http://scholar.google.com
• The Great Gatsby Chapter One
• AP Practice Multiple Choice

Week of 3/14

Junior Interviews are next week!  Make sure you're putting the finishing touches on your resumes and preparing your professional attire for that day.  Specific dates for specific classes to be announced later.

Periods 1, 2, &6:

• The House on Mango Street pp. 58-73 & Study Questions
• SAT Review
• Vocab Unit 9 Introduction & Practice
• Resume Revisions
• HOM pp. 70-73 Reading
• HOMEWORK on 3/14: Read pp. 58-69 of The House on Mango Street, Resume Revisions due Tuesday for Period 6
• HOMEWORK on 3/15: Finish study guide questions and read pp. 70-73
• HOMEWORK on 3/16: JUNIOR INTERVIEWS ON TUES. 3/22 FOR PERIODS 1 & 2, THURS. 3/24 FOR PERIOD 6

Periods 4A & 4B:

• F. Scott Fitzgerald Introductory PPT 
• Vocab Unit 4 Introduction
• Research Paper Reading Time
• Resume Revisions
• RP Checkpoint #2
• Research Paper Source Search
• HOMEWORK on 3/14-3/15: READ FOR RESEARCH PAPER!, 2nd RP Checkpoint on Wednesday/Thursday of this week
• HOMEWORK ON 3/16-3/17: Resume Revision due next class, RP Reading & Source Search during next class, JUNIOR INTERVIEWS ON TUES/WEDS 3/22-3/23

Week of 3/7

A four day week is upon us.  :)

Periods 1, 2, & 6:

• Vocabulary Unit 8 Practice (Vocab Unit 8 Quiz on Thursday)
• The House on Mango Street Study Questions
• Resume Draft Two
• HOMEWORK on 3/7: Answer two questions for pp. 49-55 & read "The First Job" (pp. 53-55)
• 1. Why does the author juxtapose the talk about hips (and the girls' emerging sexuality) with the jumprope songs?  What effect does this have?
• 2. What does Esperanza mean when she says, "She [Nenny] is in a world we don't belong to anymore"?
• HOMEWORK on 3/8: Finish "Papa Who Wakes Up Tired in the Dark" Journal - Write about a time when you've experienced a role reversal, VOCAB QUIZ on THURSDAY 
• HOMEWORK on 3/9-3/10: Study for Unit 8 Vocab Quiz on Thursday, Revised Resume #2 due on Monday, 3/14 (with graded resume #1 attached)

Periods 4A & 4B:

• "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock" - DO YOU DARE DISTURB THE UNIVERSE?
• Research Paper Book Check and Reading Time
• HOMEWORK: Prufrock Analysis Sheet (Do not answer the Diagnosis questions at end)
• Link to poem - http://people.virginia.edu/~sfr/enam312/prufrock.html
• HOMEWORK on 3/9-3/10: Research Paper Book Reading - Make sure you are taking every opportunity to read.  Your second RP checkpoint will be on Wednesday/Thursday, 3/16-3/17 (You are not expected to be finished with your book by now, but you are expected to have read a good portion of the book)