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By Monday, March 23rd

Develop a brief outline which clearly lays out the details of how you plan to tackle your upcoming teaching exercise. Also, include a short essay explaining your plan of attack. If you are using slides, explain why. If you have decided not to pass out handouts, explain why. Will you be writing on the board or not? Why did you choose to focus on one aspect of the topic while completely avoiding another aspect? Which questions should you be prepared to answer? Don’t forget that you will lose a few minutes of time answering the questions!

By Friday, March 27th

Study the handout on “Delivery and Judging” in preparation for a test which will be proctored by your parents on Thursday, March 26th. If you have lost your handout on “Delivery and Judging”, it can be downloaded here or your parents can arrange a time to pick up a hardcopy at the school.

Parents - Please avoid giving the student any hints whatsoever.  I will try to be available on Wednesday to answer any questions pertaining to the test.

There will be no new assignments for next week (March 30th - April 3rd).

Please continue reading the material passed out this week, especially for Literature.

For the Rhetoric work that was due this week:  Here is the Rhetoric Test for Thursday, March 26th.

No new assignments for this week. Please read “The Most Dangerous Game” for in class discussion.

Don't forget that the 3rd quarter ended on March 27th. If for some reason you were unable to turn in an assignment during the drop off on Friday, March 27th, please send in the assignment via email or contact Mr. Cichos to arrange a time when he can meet you at the lower school.

Assignments for April 20th - 24th

No assignments this week. We will start discussing our graduation speech assignment. Our first assignment will be given out next week.

Assignments for May 4th - 8th

Work on your graduation speech.

Your rough draft will be due on Monday, May 11th.

Assignments for May 11th - 15th

I will be reviewing your graduation speeches over the next couple of days and emailing each of you with suggestions for your final drafts.

As soon as possible, please revise your speeches and turn in your revised copy next Monday.