Eng.+12+Oct. 


 * Sept. 30, 2013

[|WITD]

[|Examine examples of scholarship/application essays]

Begin writing on two topics from the lists below (or from colleges/scholarships which interest you):

[|List 1]

[|List 2] (taken from MSU and GVSU apps.)

[|Grading Information for College Essays] || Oct. 1

[|WITD]

Continued work on college essays.

[|TedTalk--Jessica Wise]


 * Listen & discuss


 * Together, review questions at the end of TedTalk
 * Begin book pass, if time allows || Oct. 2

Begin independent reading unit and continue individual conferences on writing

Book Pass

Writing partners meet and revise using P-Q-S || Oct. 3

[|Editing essays]

Establish reading calendar and ground rules

Continued writing of college essays

Continue individual conferences on writing || Oct. 4

Grammar--mini-lesson and practice

Begin reading journals

Continue individual conferences on writing ||
 * Oct. 7, 2013

Read for 30 min. & reading journals

Grammar--mini-lesson and practice

Continue individual conferences on writing || Oct. 8, 2013

Lit. Circle

Work on college essays || Oct. 9, 2013

Read for 30 min. & reading journals

Work on essays || Oct. 10, 2013

Read for 30 min. & reading journals

Work on essays || Oct. 11, 2013

Lit. Circle

Submit essays by end of class ||
 * Oct. 14, 2013

Spirit Week--camo day

Read for 30 min. & reading journals

Grammar--mini-lesson and practice || Oct. 15, 2013

Spirit Week--pink day

Read for 30 min. & reading journals

Grammar practice || Oct. 16, 2013

Lit. Circle

Grammar Practice || Oct. 17, 2013

Read for 30 min and journal

Writer's notebook || Oct. 18, 2013

Lit. Circle

Grammar Quiz

Homecoming game tonight ||
 * Oct. 21, 2013

Grammar practice--case of pronouns Revise essays || Oct. 22, 2013

Substitute

Grammar Quiz Revise essays Begin r[|esume]writing || Oct. 23, 2013

Revised essays are due

Resume and letter of application

Get [|letters of recommendation] || Oct. 24, 2013

Grammar activities

Begin novel || Oct. 25, 2013

Resume and letter of application are due

Begin novel and [|background on novel]

[|Beginning notes and responses to Lord of the Flies]

ACT tomorrow morning! ||
 * Oct. 28, 2013

Substitute || Oct. 29, 2013 || Oct. 30, 2013 || Oct. 31, 2013 || Nov. 1, 2013

End of First Marking Period ||