June 2010
6 posts
Tuesday, June 8
Ms. Zaidi’s class is officially over for the semester. It’s been a great year and we hope that our tumblr served you all well!
A few last reminders: college search binders will be completely graded by Thursday, so don’t forget to pick them up from D6! Shirts will also be available afterschool on Thursday at D6.
Monday, June 7
College Search due tomorrow
Don’t forget to bring in decorations for your table (school colors/logos/etc)
If you haven’t yet paid for your t-shirt, please bring $12 tomorrow! If you don’t you will not receive a t-shirt
Receive extra credit for reading personal statement out loud :)
Bring in food for eating tomorrow! :D Even if you didn’t sign up feel free to bring some...
Friday, June 4
College Search project due Tuesday!
Bring $12 for t-shirts
Thursday, June 3
Turn in all of your TW papers tomorrow
Part two of the test tomorrow
Don’t forget that 6th period is right after lunch!
Keep working on College Search
Wednesday, June 2
Complete the TW Study Guide, Discussion Question Packet, and TW Bio for tomorrow
MC portion of the test tomorrow, followed by short answer on Friday
Tuesday, June 1
Complete both the study guide passed out today, and the one we printed out (just write down as much information as you can about all of the things listed on the study guide) by Thursday
Our test on Tennessee Williams is Thursday/Friday
For the college survey portion of our college search project, research and make a bulleted list of everything up to and including the bullet on majors—so only...
May 2010
20 posts
Friday, May 28
For those of you who were gone today, hope you had fun at Disneyland! You’ll have to finish reading The Glass Menagerie on your own.
Finish ALL discussion questions for collection on Tuesday.
Bring your lyric assignment to be collected on Tuesday
Print out the Tennessee Williams review sheet Suggested that you do one personal statement this weekend
Thursday, May 27
Finish reading Streetcar by tomorrow!
A couple of notes about our College Search project, which is due on our final day (Tuesday, June 8)
Complete two personal statements
Use prompts from Swift’s website, common app, or one of the colleges you are researching
All of the documents needed for the portfolio can be found on Swift’s website (teacher rec format, template,...
Wednesday, May 26
No homework yay.
…however, Streetcar by Friday!
Tuesday, May 25
Try to bring enough money this week so that you can pay once we get finalized pricing
Finish reading A Streetcar Named Desire by Friday!
Monday, May 24
Complete discussion questions for Scene 5 of The Glass Menagerie - online text can be found here.
Complete the song lyric assignment for Laura, Tom and Amanda
Find a song that represents the character
Write down a portion of the lyrics that demonstrates how the song represents the character
Write down a quote from the character that demonstrates the trait of this character that matches with...
Friday, May 21
Start the College Survey portion of College Search
Read Streetcar by next Friday
Thursday, May 20
Finish the Scene 1 and 2 discussion questions
Wednesday, May 19
Complete Glass Menagerie discussion questions for Scene 1
If you forgot anything or everything from today’s reading, you can find an online version of Glass Menagerie here.
Tuesday, May 18
No homework today, just don’t forget to start reading A Streetcar Named Desire
Monday, May 17
Get Glass Menagerie by Wednesday if you want your own copy. Otherwise, there are in-class copies for use.
Start reading A Streetcar Named Desire and finish by Friday, May 28
Friday, May 15
Start reading A Streetcar Named Desire and finish by Friday, May 28
Personal and Parent Survey due Monday
Thursday, May 13
Bring in Glass Menagerie next week
Start reading Streetcar and finish by Friday, May 28
Personal and Parent Survey due Monday
Wednesday, May 12
AP tests are over! Congratulations on making it through :D
Get A Streetcar Named Desire and read by May 28
Bring in Glass Menagerie to read in class together next week
Complete the Student & Parent Surveys in the College Search packet by Monday. Link to college search packet!
Rest of week is the Proposal! :D
Tuesday, May 11
-Good luck tomorrow, guys! :) Remember your goodie bags & sharpen the pencils inside. :D
Monday, May 10
No homework yay :D
Friday, May 7
Remember, don’t open your notes until AP day!
Be sure not to lose your bag—gotta have your lucky pencils for the test! :D
Thanks to everyone who brought food or other stuff today!
Listen to Mozart ;D
Thursday, May 6
“Lightly annotate” the essay prompts given to us today
Ms. Zaidi’s last day is tomorrow! ):
Wednesday, May 5
Outline an essay for Question 2 (the DCQ prompt) that we were given yesterday
Tuesday, May 4
Do outlines for Question 1 and Question 3 of the essays given to us.
Annotate passages thoroughly
Outline can be written on the back of the prompt
Include a thesis and topic sentences in your outline
Be sure to get The Glass Menagerie and A Streetcar Named Desire and start reading!
Monday, May 3
If you haven’t yet turned in either of your corrections (“Most People” from practice AP test, and the practice we took over the weekend), do so tomorrow because Ms. Zaidi was in a good mood today.
Do the television synthesis essay, found on page 43 of the College Board packet.
Friday, April 30
Complete the multiple choice and 2 practice essays; see previous entry for details.
Do corrections for the multiple choice from the practice AP test
Link to college search packet. It will be due around the last week of school, but start thinking about it because Ms. Zaidi says it’s a lot of work!
April 2010
17 posts
Thursday, April 29
For those who have essays, correct them by tomorrow and remember to give it a score.
Print the MC packet and take the test by Monday. The whole .pdf is 87 pages, so for reference, the MC test itself starts on page 20 and ends on page 36. The 2 writing prompts she wants us to do start on page 38 (page 37 is the Pink Flamingo prompt that we already did in class) and ends on page 41. There are more...
Wednesday, April 28
See Tuesday’s post.
Tuesday, April 27
CST Testing Today-Thursday. See you guys on Thursday with the essays graded!
Monday, April 26
Grade essay. Remember to give it a score!
Friday, April 23
Read sections 4 and 5 of the packet. For section five we only need to read “The Huxley” essay
Thursday, April 22
Read Section 2 from the packet Practice test tomorrow, we have to stay after school until 6pm
Wednesday, April 21
Complete the timed writing given to us today in class
Small assessment on the terms and such from the packet; see yesterday’s post for details.
Tuesday, April 20
Zen is due tomorrow! Although it doesn’t mention writing thesis statements anywhere in the word document, be sure to write a thesis statement for each of the eight DCQ-type prompts! (As well as your own three)
In that huge packet we were given today, there are a few things you should do for Thursday when we will have an assessment
Section One: Know all of the terms (found in the first...
Monday, April 19
Complete ZEN assignment by Wednesday; see previous post for details
Do the writing prompt she gave us today in class. Be sure to time yourself; this will only be counted for homework points, not actually graded, so don’t cheat yourself!
Friday, April 16
Complete ZEN from Ms. Zaidi’s photos/file by Wednesday. Suggested that you start on it over the weekend because it’s pretty long
Complete MC corrections if you didn’t do them already
Thursday, April 15
MC corrections due tomorrow!
Articles for tomorrow’s Gay Marriage group can be found here and here. The group would like to ask everyone to:
Read each article and annotate/list all the arguments you can find in each one, as well as the main points of each argument. Also think of any arguments you remember from Proposition 8 campaign ads and/or other sources and write them on the list,...
Wednesday, April 14
Articles for tomorrow’s Racial Profiling group can be found here and here. Be sure to annotate!
Tuesday, April 13
The two articles to print and annotate for tomorrow’s Separation of Church and State presentation are here and here.
Make sure that you print and annotate the articles for today’s presentation and turn them in tomorrow if you haven’t done so already (here, here, and here)
Get A Streetcar Named Desire and start reading it.
Monday, April 12
Extra Credit opportunity was cancelled ): But there will be another chance for some extra points later
Student Loans group will finish presenting tomorrow
Outsourcing group is presenting tomorrow; please print their articles (here, here, and here) and annotate by tomorrow, plus come up with questions to ask them
Don’t forget to finish up your documentary if you haven’t already!
Friday, April 2
Don’t forget that your documentaries are due the day we get back!
Extra credit opportunity after school on Monday, April 12. Stay for a maximum of an hour after school to help CP kids edit their essays.
Print out articles (one and two) for the group presenting Monday.
Read articles over break and annotate for purpose, issue, opposing arguments, and write down three questions you may have...
Thursday, April 1
Gatsby Party tomorrow: remember to dress up and get ready to present your groups!
If you didn’t bring your 2 dollars today, please remember to bring it tomorrow for the food group.
April 12 (the Monday after spring break) we will be having an extra credit opportunity after school helping CP kids with their essays. Maximum time to stay will be one hour.
If you’re not going to be here the...
March 2010
23 posts
Wednesday, March 31
1920s party Friday; keep working on your presentations and getting clothes for yourself.
Final draft of American Dream essay due tomorrow! It should be stapled in the order
Rubric
Final draft including works cited
Peer Edit Sheet
Rough draft
Outline
Annotated Bibliography
Thesis (if you changed it include the final one)
Tuesday, March 30
Sign up for Turnitin!
Class/Section ID: 2939530
Enrollment Password: period6
Bring rough drafts tomorrow to finish peer editing in class
Bring $2 to give to the food group for our party on Friday
Essays due this Thursday!
Monday, March 29
Final draft of American Dream essay due this Thursday!
1920s Party groups who did not present today will be going on Friday, be sure to prepare
Everyone has to get clothes to dress up for the party on Friday
Don’t forget to be working on your documentaries, which will be due as soon as we get back from Spring Break
Friday, March 26
Fashion and music groups, be ready to present on Monday Final draft of essay should be in the order Rubric Final draft including works cited Rough draft Outline Annotated Bibliography Thesis (if you changed it include the final one)
Thursday, March 25
Bring materials to work on Gatsby project tomorrow in class
Essay due next Thursday
Read over your timed writing and make corrections in pen, directly on the paper. This is similar to how you would grade someone else’s timed.
April 12 (the Monday after spring break) we will be having an extra credit opportunity after school helping CP kids with their essays. Maximum time to stay will be...
Wednesday, March 24
American dream essay rough draft due tomorrow!
Don’t forget to read over your timed writing and make corrections (not a full rewrite), but she hasn’t given us a date for this yet
April 12 (the Monday after spring break) we will be having an extra credit opportunity after school helping CP kids with their essays. Maximum time to stay will be one hour.
Tuesday, March 23
Look over your timed writing and make corrections
American Dream essay rough draft moved back to this Thursday
American Dream final draft due April 1
Party group signups will begin tomorrow