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See below for essay topics/ theses.
 * Reading //Of Mice and Men,// by John Steinbeck.
 * Viewing first two chapters of the film, then continuing to read through the end of the book.
 * Culminating assignment, Essay 2-3 pps.

Your Rubric for this essay:

**OUR CLASS CALENDAR...** media type="googlecalendar" key="uc6rj6sqqd1fujsmt1cqtlacv8%40group.calendar.google.com" ARG0="&ctz=America/New_York" height="420" width="557" __** "What books do we have to cover?" **__ //Twisted//, by L. H. Anderson //The 7 Habits of Highly Effective Teens,// by Sean Covey //Mary Ellen Guffey’s Award Winning Business English// Ed, 9

//__** Ongoing throughout the course: **__//


 * P.S.S.A. practice and activities/ test-taking skills
 * Reading Strategies
 * Writing Strategies/ tips and practice (routinely)

__** "What are we going to do in this class?" **__
 * **//Email format – ongoing (will require online password and username)//**
 * **//Intro. Resume’ – 1- week//**
 * **//Memo writing- 1-week and ongoing//**
 * **//Business letter- 1-week/ throughout the course//**
 * Presentation(s) of assigned book chapter- 1 month/ ongoing
 * Instruction manual- 2 weeks
 * Marketing project - 1-2 weeks/ ongoing
 * Summative Course resume’- 1 week +final exam.
 * Bus. Eng. 12 Cover letter - 1- week

//__** Your Language Skills (routine throughout the course) **__// • “warm ups" - grab them as you enter the class • Grammar Lessons integrated throughout. • Vocabulary Practice and techniques • Essay Writing, newspaper, editorials + "Friday Writes"

__** "But I don't have a computer?" **__ You have a wireless Mac. Laptop assigned to you and ready for you to use EVERYDAY after having signed our class contract: