Pleasant Valley High School

Thursday, January 10, 2010

       * List of terms for CAHSEE/CST subsites/Jenn-Flory/documents/test prep/CAHSEE Literary Terms Review for flashcards.doc

       * Article of the Week #1

Monday, January 14

*  Article of the week assignment

*Article of the week activities

*Article of the week summary verbs and author's purpose







Tuesday, January 15

* Video Tutorial:  How to set up your paper in MLA format (MS Word 2010)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=qUvK70XSc9M&safe=active

*Article of the Week Example Paper (for reference only)

Article of The Week Example paper (formatted in MLA)

Article used to write the example paper (linked above)


Wednesday, January 30

Practice CAHSEE prompt (argumentative/persuasive)

How to write a thesis in 3 steps

Outline for 5 paragraph argumentative essay

Word Trash ppt

Article of the Week (AoW) #2 - Sports Drinks


Wednesday, January 30

Practice CAHSEE prompt (argumentative/persuasive)

How to write a thesis in 3 steps

Outline for 5 paragraph argumentative essay

PBS Newshour:  Poetry in Prison Video

Monday, February 11

Poetry and Drama Terms to look up in HOLT (part 1)

Tuesday, February 12

Poetry and Drama Terms to look up in HOLT (part 2)

"When Did I Grow Up?" poem example and directions (including specific criteria)

Poetry Project PPT (directions)


How to Create a PPT presentation using MS 2010 (Website handout to view or to print if you need a tutorial)

Helpful site for studying LOTF

Includes flashcards to print for characters, symbols, comprehension, vocab, etc.