ENGLISH HW FOR MONDAY, FEB 1, DAY 2

CORRECTION FOR CLASS THREE: WE WILL BEGIN BOOK V--NOT BOOK IV--ON MONDAY. SORRY FOR ANY CONFUSION.

English HW Monday, Jan 31, day 2

CLASS ONE: SEE YESTERDAY'S POST.

CLASS THREE: NO WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT. WE'LL START BOOK IV MONDAY.

CLASS FOUR: (1) GET A BOOK TO READ FOR INDIE READING. (2) READ TO PAGE 28 IN "The Odyssey" (3) COMPLETE THE "CHARACTER SPREADSHEET" GRAPHIC ORGANIZER. THIS IS A LONG TERM ASSIGNMENT.

CLASS SIX: USING THE "WHAT'S IMPORTANT" SHEETS, SELECT THE MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE IN BOOK ONE AND COMPLETE THE SHEET

Patriot Act Broadcasts & Essay

Taking Sides on the Patriot Act

As part of our lessons US Citizenship, all students are expected to form an opinion for or against the controversial law called the USA PATRIOT Act....

Essay assigned on Fri 1/29 in Periods 3 and 4
and on Monday 2/1 in Periods 1 and 2

DUE DATES ~

Per 1 = Wed. 2/3 (time to work on it in class on Tue. 2/2)
Per 3 = Mon 2/1: rough draft, Wed 2/3: final
Per 4 = Mon 2/1: rough draft, Tue 2/2: final
Per 6 = Wed. 2/3 (time to work on it in class on Tue. 2/2)

To help back up the opinions expressed in your essays, you must take ideas from the 2 broadcasts we viewed in class...
The links to these broadcasts are below so that you can watch them again at home if it helps!
...
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/terrorism/july-dec03/patriot_8-19.html# = Report showing some ideas from both sides of the controversy
... &
http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/jan-june03/patriot_2-24.html# = Report showing some ideas from both sides of the controversy

English HW for Friday, Jan 28, Day 1

CLASS ONE: Select the most important sentence (just one) in Book I. First: copy the line exactly. Then: reference the line (or lines) number. Third: identify the speaker and the listener/audience. Finally: explain why this sentence is the most important sentence in Book I in an 8-11 sentence paragraph (Hint: there is no correct answer--just a well defended one.)

CLASS THREE: FIRST-choose a character from Book I and "attach" him or her, mortal or immortal to one of the vocab words (diffident-swagger-mentor-brazen-prophecy) and explain in a brief five to eight sentence paragraph why that character SHOULD BE ASSOCIATED WITH A PARTICULAR VOCAB WORD. THEN DO THE SAME AS CLASS ONE: MOST IMPORTANT SENTENCE.

CLASS FOUR: READ PAGES 5-12. USE YOUR STICKY NOTES TO MARK UP THE TEXT.

CLASS SIX: SEE YESTERDAY'S POST.

English HGW thursday, Day 6, Jan 28

CLASS ONE: FIRST: complete word maps. THEN: finish reading Book 1.

CLASS THREE: finish reading Book 1.

CLASS FOUR: finish word maps.

CLASS SIX (FOR FRIDAY): FIRST: FINISH WORD MAPS. THEN: MATCH A CHARACTER FROM YOU MORTALS/IMMORTALS LIST TO EACH ONE OF THE VOCAB WORDS.EXPLAIN YOUR MATCH-UP IN A SHORT (FIVE TO EIGHT SENTENCE) PARAGRAPH.

TO ALL STUDENTS: MAKE CERTAIN THAT YOU BRING YOUR Odyssey AND YOUR INDIE READING BOOK EVERY DAY TO CLASS.

English Wednesday Jan 27, Day 5

Class One: No written work. Bring your copies of the Odyssey and your Indie Novel.

Class Three: Same as Class One.

Class Four: See Monday's posting.

Class Six: Read chapter one of the Odyssey. Create T-Notes for immortals vs. mortals.

English HW for tuesday, Day 4, Jan 25

CLASS FOUR: Read the first chapter of the "Odyssey" and make a list of Gods/Goddesses and mortals that you meet.

ALL OTHER CLASSES: NO WRITTEN WORK. MAKE SURE YOU BRING YOUR BOOK FOR INDIE READING.

English HW for Monday, Jan 25, Day 3

Monday is a six period day and the firstn day of Term Three. Make sure that (1) you all bring your new term three Indie Reading Book (2) let me know if you would like your own copy of "Romeo and Juliet." I need a count nso I can order them. Cost will be about $5.00-probabgly a little less.

English Mid Term Exams.

ALL CLASSES: BRING YOUR MARKED-UP COPY OF "Thank You, M'am." YOU MUST TURN IT IN WITH YOUR TEST MATERIAL.

ALL CLASSES: YOU MUST TURN IN ANY PAST DUE WORK NO LATER THAN TUESDAY, JAN 19TH.

ALL CLASSES: GOOD LUCK TO ALL OF YOU NEXT WEEK. IF YOU HAVE ANY QUESTIONS, I'LL BE AROUND EVERY DAY UNTIL 2:30 OR SO.

English for Friday, Day 4, Jan 15

CLASS ONE: Bring "Thank You, M'am" to class.

CLASS THREE: First draft of RAFT due.

CLASS FOUR: Those of you who owe work, please get it in either today or Tuesday.

CLASS SIX: Final draft of poem analysis due-NO EXTENSIONS.

ALL CLASSES: BRING THE SHORT STORY "THANK YOU, M'AM" TO CLASS.

English HW for Jan 14, Day 3

CLASS ONE: bring the short story "Thank you, M'am" to class.

CLASS THREE (for Friday): first draft of RAFT based on "Thank You, M'am."

CLASS FOUR: READ PAGES 1, 2, 3, 4 OF "Thank You, M'am."

CLASS SIX: IDENTIFY THE THEME OF "A Dream Deferred." THEN WRITE A MULTIPLE PARAGRAPH ESSAY EXPLAINING HOW THE POET DEVELOPS AND SUPPORTS THE THEME. TAKE NOTICE OF FIGURATIVE LANGUAGE (SIMILES, ETC.), DICTION (WORD CHOICE), STRUCTURE, RHYME

ALL CLASSES: DON'T LOSE "THANK YOU, M'AM" YOU MUST BRING IT, MARKED-UP, TO THE TEST.

English HW for Wednesday, Day 2, Jan 13

WEDNESDAY IS A HALF DAY. ONLY PERIODS 1, 3, 5 WILL MEET.

CLASS ONE: SEE YESTERDAY'S POST.

CLASS THREE: NO WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT.

CLASSES FOUR (FOR THURSDAY): READ PAGES 1, 2, 3, 4 OF "Thank You, M'am."

CLASS SIX: FOR "A Dream Deferred:" Identify the theme and write a multiple paragraph essay describing and explaining how the poet develops and supports his theme.

English HW for Tuesday, Jan 12, Day 1

CLASS ONE: explain in an 8-11 sentence paragraph why the mother in "Mother to Son" is giving her son a "pep talk"

CLASS THREE: SAME AS CLASS ONE.

CLASS FOUR: NO WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT. IF YOU OWE WORK FROM TODAY, FINISH IT TONIGHT.

CLASS SIX: SEE FRIDAY'S POST.

English HW for Monday, Jan 11, Day 6

CLASS ONE: no written assignment.

CLASS THREE: NO WRITTEN ASSIGNMENT.

CLASS FOUR: FIRST: read the poem "Mother and Son." then mark it up (I notice, i wonder, etc.) Finally answer the questions that follow the poem.

CLASS SIX: Write a multiple paragraph essay addressing the following prompt for the text "A Dream Deferred:" Identify the key elements of Langston Hughes's poem and explain how those key elements develop and explain the poet's theme.

ALL STUDENTS: YOUR INDEPENDENT READING JOURNALS ARE DUE AT THE END OF THE DAY (2:15) MONDAY, JAN 11.

HISTORY - Test #3

All classes will be having a history test at the beginning of next week...
...the rest of the week all classes will be reviewing for Midterms

Per 1 Test -Monday 1/11
Per 3 Test - Monday 1/11
Per 4 Test - Monday 1/11
Per 6 Test - Tuesday 1/12

What's on the test:
- drafting the US Constitution (Constitutional Convention, The Great Compromise, 3/5 Compromise, Electoral College)
- Federalists, Anti-Federalists, ratification
- Bill of Rights and other amendments to the constitution
- Types, Levels, & Branches of government
- people in government / responsibilities of government

Eeglish HW for Friday, Jan 8, Day 5

CLASS ONE: FIRST-scan your sonnet. THEN-summarize your sonnet in three or four sentences.

CLASS THREE: GOOGLE "SHAKESPEARE'S SONNETS." THEN SELECT A SONNET, SCAN YOUR SONNET, AND FINALLY, SUMMARIZE YOUR SONNET.

CLASS FOUR: SEE YESTERDAY'S POSTING.

CLASS SIX: same as class one.

ALL CLASSES: YOUR INDIE READING JOURNAL IS DUE MONDAY, JAN 11TH BY THE END OF THE DAY--NO EXCEPTIONS.

English HW for Thursday, Jan 7, Day 4

CLASS ONE: no written assignment

CLASS THREE: no written assignment

CLASS FOUR: google "Shakespeare's sonnets" browse through them, select one, print it, and bring it into class.

CLASS SIX: same as CLASS FOUR.

A REMINDER FOR ALL CLASSES--INDIE READING JOURNALS ARE DUE MONDAY, JAN 11TH. NO EXCEPTIONS.

English HW for Wednesday, Jan 6, Day 3

ALL CLASSES: READ AND MARK-UP AS BEST YOU CAN THE TWO SONNETS.

ALL CLASSES: INDIE READING JOURNALS DUE MONDAY, JAN 11--END OF THE SCHOOL.

English HW for Tuesday, JNan 5, Day 2

Welcome back everybody.

For all classes: your Indie Reading Journals are due next Monday, Jan 11. All journals must be in the correct drawer by the end of the day.

For all classes: semester exams start Jan 19. I'll have the schedule for each class tomorrow.

For all classes: vocab quiz ("My Last Duchess") is tomorrow. You'll have a short text to rewrite, replacing the underlined words with the correct synonym.