Sept. 2 - 6

Welcome back! I enjoyed meeting you, and look forward to a lively and productive autumn with everyone. There are several "housekeeping" types of tasks to take care of at the beginning of the year, but this week we'll get started on the reading and analysis, debate and discussion that is the heart of the course.

WEDNESDAY: Journal warm-up. Collect the "Castle of My Own" assignment. Introduce The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass, and ways to obtain a copy or read it online. Reading and four-corner debate: should juveniles be tried as adults?

Due: "A Castle of My Own" assignment.

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Homework: Study for vocab quiz covering Vocab #1, summer reading.

Bring signed syllabus page and Turnitin.com form. 

FRIDAY: Journal warm-up. First quiz covering Vocabulary List #1 and summer reading (up to 15 multiple choice questions). Pass back Interest Inventory sheets. Show TheWeek.com current event e-mails. The Glass Castle discussion, spiderweb style. Presentation from the College and Career Center highlighting the resources available and a suggested schedule for college planning for junior year.

Due: Signed syllabus page and Turnitin.com form.

Homework:
1. Complete any blank spaces on the Interest Inventory assignment for Tuesday.

2. Obtain a copy of Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass. Please read chapters 1-2 (page 1-9 in the Dover edition.)

Here are some ways to obtain a copy:

• Check it out from the PV High library
• Check it out from another local library
• Buy it in-person at a bookstore
• Order it online through Amazon for $1.62 by yourself
• Add to Ms. Mogilefsky's order for $1.62 (let me know if you'd like to add to my class order and pay later)
• Read it for free online at Project Gutenberg

 3. Note that the quiz on Thursday, September 12 will cover material from the four "10 things you need to know today" e-mails from Sunday,  September 8 through Wednesday, September 11. I will post a Word document containing that information on Wednesday, September 11 to the class website and will remind everyone in class by showing the e-mails.