English HW for Tuesaaday, Day 1, Nov 17

CLASS ONE: this is due Wednesday-bring in your favorite poem.

CLASS THREE: vocab quiz from War. Bring in your favorite poem.

CLASS FOUR: in a short (one to three paragraphs) essay, explain how and why Liam O'Flaherty and Jack London used irony in The Sniper and War.

CLASS SIX: final draft due comparing and contrasting the themes of Liam O'Flaherty's The Sniper and Jack London's War.

for all classes: From today forward, all major assignments (those assignments that are scored based on 100 points), are to be passed in on the due date. If those assignments are not turned in on the due date, you have until 7:30 THE NEXT DAY to turn it in without penalty. If you do not turn in missing work by 7:30 the next day, you will be penalized ten points for the first day late and twenty points for the second day late. I will not accept papers etc. after 48 hours and you will receive a zero. Late work will NOT be given a redo chance. So--do the work, pass it in on time, and take advantage of redos. If there are extenuating circumstances (illness, family commitments), we can possibly work something out.

MISSING OR LATE WORK WILL CAUSE ME TO CALL HOME.

English HW for Monday, Day 6, Nov. 16

CLASS ONE: final draft of War and Sniper due along with your first draft and your graphic Organizer.

CLASS THREE: final draft of compare and contrast essay due. ALSO: vocab quiz on Tuesday.

CLASS FOUR: those of you who did not pass in the RAFT today, you must turn it in Monday without fail. ALSO: WRITE AN ENDING TO War. YOUR ENDING MUST BE ONE TO TWO PAGES LONG, DOUBLE SPACED.

CLASS SIX (DUE TUESDAY): final draft of compare and contrast essay due Tuesday. Also the vocab redo quiz will given on Tuesday. Remember: you must-repeat must-turn in your corrections and word squares BEFORE you take the test.

VOCAB WORDS FOR PERIOD THREE: vistas, cessation, compulsory, repugnant, pungently, myriad, reconnoiter, detested, maddeningly, fusillade, unslaked, sheepishly, appalled. Vocab quiz on Tuesday.

English HW for Friday, Nov 13, Day 5

FRIDAY IS A SIX PERIOD DAY.

CLASS ONE: first draft due for compare and contrast the protagonists of War and The Sniper.

CLASS THREE: first draft of compare and contrast War and The Sniper. we'll peer edit most of the class. Final draft due Monday.

CLASS FOUR: RAFT based on War. See yesterday's post for details.

CLASS SIX: Compare and contrast how London and O'Flaherty use key literary elements to develop their themes.

HISTORY- Test Reminder!

All Classes!!

History Test #2 is coming in all classes....

Per. 1 - Friday November 13
Per. 3 - Friday November 13
Per. 4 - Monday November 16
Per. 6 - Friday November 13

The test will cover...
Road to Revolution (itesm from 2 sets of notes... Boston Massacre, Sons of Liberty, Intolerable Acts etc), battles/events from the project (Lexington & Concord, Bunker Hill, Trenton, Saratoga, Yorktown, Winter @ Valley Forge), Abigail Adams & Mumbet, and the End of Revolution notes

English Homework for Thursday, Nov 12, Day 4

CLASS SIX ONLY-A CLARIFICATION: you do not have to write an essay in which you compare and contrast "the scout" and "the Republican sniper." You MUST compare and contrast these two protagonists using the graphic organizer of your choice, such as a Venn diagram or the three column graphic organizer we have used in class. We will use those graphic organizers to write the compare ans contrast essay in class on Thursday following the VOCAB QUIZ.

English HW for Thursday, Nov 12, Day 4

CLASS ONE: based on what the protagonist does, says, thinks, and what others say about him (in this case it would be the narrator.) analyze the black-eyed scout as a character. You must use a graphic organizer such as the 3 column graphic ORGANIZER.

CLASS THREE: NO WRITTEN WORK BUT BRING YOUR COPY OF WAR AND THE SNIPER.

CLASS FOUR (FOR, FRIDAY:) write the following RAFT: your role: the black-eyed scout. your audience: loved ones at home. your Format: a letter. Your topic: the war you are part of, your mission (by the way it's your final mission before going home,) and your encounter earlier that day with the enemy.

CLASS SIX: FIRST: compare and contrast the character "scout" to the character "the Republican sniper." THEN: vocab quiz from "War." the following words are the words that we have studied and worked with all week: apprehend, pungently, repugnant, lurk, appalled, myriad, essayed, aperture, maddeningly, tattered, reconnoiter, invade, fusillade, ere.

Winter Clothing Drive!!

We Need Your Help!!

Each year LHS's GIVE community service club runs a warm clothing drive for those in the Leominster community who would otherwise go without winter clothes this year!

... this year GIVE is working with Student Council to combine the warm clothing and canned food drives so that the families who must go to the souip kitchen for their Thanksgiving dinner can receive the gift of warm winter clothes at the same time!

In support of this drive all of Mrs. Oshman's history classes will be competing to find out which class can contribute the most to this important drive...
Items will be tallied for each class and the class who wins will receive a day of movies and games to reward them for their holiday community service!!

Items for donation may include...

coats,

scarves,

earmuffs,

mittens or gloves,

hats (must be new),

socks (must be new),

or any other item of clothing that might be needed this winter!

Please help in any way you can!! Thank you so much!

English HW for Thursday, day 6, Nov 5

CLASS ONE: finish marking up chapter II of "War."

CLASS THREE: finish reading and marking up "War."

CLASS FOUR: tomorrow is the last say I'll accept the sniper RAFT.

CLASS SIX (DUE FRIDAY): FIRST: read and mark up "War." THEN: pick out difficult vocab words.

Englishy HW for Wednesday, Nov 3, Day 5

CLASS ONE: FIRST-finish hiliting vocab words in"War." THEN-Read and mark-up "War" chapter 1

CLASS THREE: short story revision due. also pass in the first draft with sticky notes.

CLASS FOUR: RAFT for the "Sniper" due. Vocab redo quiz.

CLASS SIX: same as Class Three.