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Homework 12/14

--Read to page 163 of The Bluest Eye
--Be prepared for discussion with five questions for a Socratic session
--Vocab Lesson 8
1-5 = Although DC, IC.
6-10 = IC because DC.
11-15 = IC, so IC.
16-20 = IC; nevertheless, IC.

Annotated Bibliography is due 1/4/10. You may turn it in early!

Homework!

--Research Proposal/KWL due MONDAY MONDAY MONDAY!
--Read The Bluest Eye to page 131
--Write five discussion questions (look at the themes of beauty, racism and self-hatred)

Homework

Read The Bluest Eye to page 87
Write 5 discussion questions
Study for your vocabulary quiz

Homework!

--Research Paper contract is due MONDAY. I am impressed with how many of you have turned it in early. Keep up the good work!
--Read The Bluest Eye to page 58
--Write ten discussion questions to prepare for Monday's modified Socratic discussion. Remember, if you do not have questions, you will not be allowed to participate.

Welcome back! 11/30/09 Homework

--Vocabulary Lesson 7
1-5 = Because DC, IC.
6-10= IC since DC.
11-15=IC; however, IC.
16-20= IC, so IC.
--Contract for the Research Project Due Monday December 7
--Read The Bluest Eye to page 37

End of Trimester One

--Final Projects will be turned in 10/22--10/23
--Play performances are on Monday/Tuesday.

Homework

--Lesson 6 Vocabulary Sentences
1-5 = IC since DC. -- 13 words
6-10= IC; therefore, IC. -- 13 words
11-15= IC, so IC. -- 13 words
16-20= Because DC, IC.

--Do the next part of your Halloween script - characterization and 2 pages of script.

Homework

--Halloween Play - plot due Oct 13 (see guidelines on handout or on this site)
--Read The Crucible to page 109

Homework

--Study for your vocabulary quiz
--Read The Crucible to page 85

Homework!

This is a good one for your journal (1 page minimum)

Imagine that a cheating scandal has broken out at your school, and you have been accused of being a cheater. You did NOT actually cheat. What would you do? What if you were taken to the principal's office where you were told that you could get out of trouble by naming the people who were a part of the cheating ring? What if you did not know who cheated? Would you name anyone? Who? Why? Keep in mind that in this scenario, you are a senior, and if you are found guilty of cheating, you will lose your college scholarship...

Also, you should have read to page 51 in The Crucible at this point.

Homework!

--Study for the Gatsby test and BRING YOUR BOOK TO CLASS
--Lesson 5 Vocabulary sentences
--Read to page 51 in The Crucible

Homework 9/21-22

Originally, you were to have a vocabulary quiz on Thursday/Friday and a test on The Great Gatsby on Monday/Tuesday. Due to a family emergency, I will have to leave town, and I am pushing back both of those assessments. I'll be back on Monday, and that is when you'll take the lesson 4 vocabulary quiz. The test will be pushed back to Thursday.

Things that are due:
Read pages 3-26 of The Crucible
Journals (4 pages) on The Crucible. I will check these on Monday.

In class Thursday/Friday of this week, you will work on Lesson 5 vocabulary and sentences because you will not have time to do them in class next Monday; however, they will not be due until next Thursday (October 1).

Also

No homework this weekend! Enjoy it!

Homework!

Vocabulary sentences (due in the bin on Thursday/Friday)

1-5 = simple sentences... no more than six words!
6-10 = compound using therefore
11-15 = compound using so
16-20 = complex starting with because

Homework

Write Biopoems for FOUR characters from The Great Gatsby.

First name
Relative [brother, sister, daughter, etc.] of
Lover of - [list three things or people]
Who feels - [three items]
Who needs - [three items]
Who fears - [three items]
Who gives - [three items]
Who would like to see - [three items]
Resident of -
Quote about character from text (said by another character)
Last name

Homework fun!

--Complete a journal for chapter 9 (4 pages)
--Draft 2 of the paper is due next Thursday/Friday (depending on your class). We will be in the library again on Monday/Tuesday, so you will have class time to work. Remember to practice combining sentences to raise your Fleisch-Kincaide grade level!

Homework!

--Bring an electronic (email, flash drive, etc) copy of the paper you just submitted to the next class. We will be getting set up on Turnitin.com
--Read chapter 8, write ten HOTS questions from chapters 7-8
--Complete vocabulary lesson 3 sentences
1-5 = Compound 2 [ IC ], but [ IC ].
6 -10 = Compound 2 [ IC ], so [ IC ].
11-15 = Complex 5 [ DC >, [ IC ].
16- 20 = Complex 6 [ IC ] < DC ].

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Homework 8/27/09

--Draft one of your essay is due August 31. You must have it ready at the beginning of class. It will be used for class on Monday, so do not blow this paper off! It should be typed in Times New Roman size 12 font, double spaced.
--Finish Chapter 7 of The Great Gatsby

Homework!

-Study for your vocabulary quiz!
-Essay - Draft 1 of the Gatsby-inspired essay is due August 31 (Sept. 1 for Tuesday classes)

In The Great Gatsby, Daisy Buchanan says that she hopes her daughter will be “a beautiful little fool.” Daisy believe that, in some cases at least, ignorance is bliss. The contradictory attitude is the commonly stated belief that “knowledge is power.” Write a carefully reasoned, persuasive essay that demonstrates which of these two ideas is the more valid. Use specific references from your observation, reading or experience to develop your position.

Homework 8/20--8/21

Read The Great Gatsby pages 97--119 (this is all of chapter 6 and part of chapter 7), then do a double entry journal (four pages total -- that's two sheets of paper!)

Homework 8/17/09

--Read chapters 4-5 of The Great Gatsby
--Write HOTS questions (5 questions, one of each type) for each chapter. One question from each chapter must include a quote from the text.
--Vocabulary Lesson 2
Sentences as follows:
1 -5= simple
6-10= compound 3
11-15= complex 6
16-20= complex 5

Homework 8/13--8/14

--Complete a double entry journal for chapter 3 of The Great Gatsby
This should be four pages total (two sheets of paper, front and back)

Homework 8/10-8/11

--Read The Great Gatsby chapters 1 and 2
--Study for your vocabulary quiz
--Come get your vocab if I haven't given it back to you!

Homework 8/6--8/7

Answer the following questions in your journal:
--What do you most want in the world?
--How far would you go to get it?
--Is it ever ok to lie to impress others? When? Why?
--Is it important to be wealthy? Why?
--Does it matter if you earned your wealth/money dishonestly? Why or why not?
--What is the most extreme action you have taken to impress someone? (If it's "nothing," what WOULD you do to impress someone and why?)

August 2, 2009 - First homework assignment!

--Sign the English Department Contract (also have your parent/guardian sign it) and bring it back to me next class period. This is worth points!
--Complete vocabulary lesson one. Two steps to vocab:
1. Write the word and definition (please number all of the words)
2. Write a sentence (simple, compound, complex) using the word (the sentence should indicate that you understand the word's meaning and can use it correctly).

For the first lesson:
1-5 - simple
6-10 - compound 3 (you will need the sentence patterns sheet in order to know the types of sentences)
11-15 - complex 5
16-20 - complex 6

Summer

is almost over...

Homework

--Lesson 17 vocabulary - 10 compound, 10 complex sentences. TEN extra credit points if all of your sentences are about The Great Gatsby!
--Gatsby paper (four choices as outlined on the handout) due June 2.

Homework 5/15

--Read chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby
--Write biopoems for three characters of your choice: Nick, Gatsby, Tom, Daisy, Myrtle, Wilson or Jordan.

Homework 5/8/09

--Read chapters 2-3 of The Great Gatsby
--Choose ten quotes (total) and write one half page per quote answering the following questions:
-Why did you choose this quote?
-What is the significance?
-What literary devices are in the quote? How do they connect to meaning?

Homework

--Vocabulary Note Cards (4 of each of the 5 types of sentence structures)
--Close read excerpts from Ralph Waldo Emerson's "Self-Reliance"

Homework 4/23

--Do a close reading of the excerpts from "Civil Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau
Keep in mind his influence on men like Gandhi and Dr. Martin Luther King.

Homework 4/14

--Complete vocabulary 14 note cards
10 sentences DC, IC.
10 sentences IC DC.
--Finish Slaughterhouse-Five by Friday
--Complete the study guide by Tuesday

Homework

--Read Slaughterhouse-Five chapters 6-7
--Complete the study guide for those chapters

Homework 4/7

--Socratic discussion on Thursday on Fate vs. Free Will (discuss this in terms of Slaughterhouse Five AND in general.)
--Read Slaughterhouse Five chapter 5
--Complete a paraphrase AND a summary of chapter 5. Submit on Turnitin.com
--Study for your vocabulary quiz

Homework 4/3/09

--Bring in the lyrics for a narrative song
--Slaughterhouse-Five - Chapters 3, 4
--Study guide for SL5

3/31/09 - Homework

--Vocabulary lesson 13 note cards. On the backs of cards, write sentences using the words--ten complex, ten compound, your choice.
--Read Slaughterhouse-Five chapters 1 -2
--Complete the corresponding study guide questions on a separate sheet, writing answers in complete sentences.

Homework

--Be prepared for a Socratic Discussion on the Flannery O'Connor story
--Write a sentence for every vocabulary word
5 sentences - dependent clause, independent clause.
5 sentences - independent clause dependent clause.
5 sentences - independent clause; therefore, independent clause.
5 sentences - independent clause, and indeppendent clause.
--Vocab. lesson 11 quiz Friday

Homework

--Rough draft due 2/18/09
--Finish "A Good Man Is Hard to Find" by Flannery O'Connor. Write discussion questions for it because you will do a Socratic discussion on the theme of the story in the next class.
--Lesson 11 vocabulary note cards

Homework

Notes for the research project are due 2/6

Homework

--Bring the 15 quotes to class since we didn't get to them Friday
--Work on your notes for the research project (due 2/6, but trust me, you do NOT want to wait until the last minute!)

Homework

--Complete your annotated bibliography
--finish reading The Bluest Eye

Homework

--Read The Bluest Eye to page 183
--Research Proposal/KWL due Friday
--Study for your vocabulary quiz

Homework

--Read The Bluest Eye to page 153
--Look for examples of racism, self-loathing and beauty in the text, then write ten quotes (at least three on each of these concepts)
--The research project begins...
--Turn in your contract

Homework 1/13/09

--Read The Bluest Eye to page 109
--Overarching question for Friday's Socratic Seminar: How important is beauty in society?
--Write 5 quotes and 5 quotes for The Bluest Eye that fall under that topic
--Complete the lesson 9 vocabulary cards

Homework 1/12/09

--Read books 16, 17, 18, 19
(Most of you did not read 16 & 17)
Write 5 Hots questions for each chapter (those of you who did this are exempt from repeating the assignment for 16 &17
--Lesson 9 vocabulary note cards
--Get your progress reports signed. This counts as a grade.

Homework

--Read The Bluest Eye to page 37
--Write five quotes that strike you as interesting, confusing or discussion-worthy
--Write five discussion questions about the reading
--Study for vocab quiz

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