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.