English 1-2 College Prep (Period 4) Assignments

Socratic Seminar: Create 5 questions based on Postman's "The Disappearance of Childhood." The majority of the questions should address interesting, confusing, exciting, and/or controversial ideas you find in the essay. At least two of the questions should connect the reading to Catcher in the Rye and Dead Poet’s Society.

 

 

Due: Holden Letter

Due: Read your assigned poem and follow the instructions on the document. If you were absent, select any poem, except for "Walden".

Due (Optional): All Rewrites

Due: Quarter 4 Outside Reading Project

Quiz: CR, 17-21

Due: Final draft of I-Search submitted to Turnitin.com

Also, bring your paper copy of the scoring rubric to class.

Due: First draft I-Search for Peer Evaluation

YES...THE DATE CHANGED. See additional attached documents for dialogue format and for a sample paper. I will cover this info in class on Monday

Due: Catcher, Lit Circle assignment for chapters 11-16

Quiz: Catcher, 11-16

Quiz: Catcher, 7-10

Quiz: Chapters 1-6 and video, Catcher in the Rye

You will be given the class period to either read or work on your I-Search. Come prepared if you plan to work on your I-Search: Computer? Texts?

Due: Typed I-Search topic paragraph.

Exam: Romeo and Juliet

Quiz: Act IV Romeo and Juliet

Due: Act IV Study Questions

Due: Read Juliet and Friar Lawrence's speeches in Act IV.1 (lines 78-122). List, in your own words, every major detail (about 10) Friar Lawrence outlines that will make his plan work. This list can be typed or written but must be on a single sheet of paper to turn in.

Due: R&J Act III.1 article final draft

Due: Typed, printed draft of new article.

Due: Outside Reading Presentation. Share your Google presentation with me at [email protected]. Additionally, submit all text in a separate document to www.turnitin.com.

 

Bring materials necessary to work on your Outside Reading Project: novel and electronic device.

Quiz: R&J, Act II

Due: R&J Act II Study Questions

Due (Optional): Application form and letter for Accelerated English (10th Grade)

Bring your Outside Reading novel to class. You may have time left over after your R&J assignment.

Due: First draft of Adaptation. Must be typed and complete for full credit. Email or share with me at [email protected].

 

Just an FYI: Here's the translation of the act 2 opening we looked at in class.

Due: Group Transcript, R&J: Act 2, Scene 2

Quiz: Romeo and Juliet Act I and Shakespeare bio

Due: Act I Study Questions

If you were absent Thursday and/or Friday, make sure you have read Act I scenes 1 and 2 in Romeo and Juliet before class on Monday.

Due: Select your top five choices from the 100 memoirs included in the link below. Write down your choices (and your partner if you have selected one) on the attached document and bring to class. You can preview the presentation assignment via the attached rubric as well.

 

Due: Lit device sonnet analysis. See attachment.

Due: Stanford Prison Experiment Reflection. Substitute the final instructions on page three for the following or print the attachment with the modified instructions:

 

 Pick two different “groups” you are part of (Consider family, friends, athletics, school, class, extra-curricular activities, social media activity, gaming…any social situation you are in with people on a regular basis.) and the “role” you play in that group. (Consider your behavior: actions, language, tendencies, expectations, etc.) Then, explain the effect that role has on you given the situation the group puts you in. How does it make you feel? What does it make you think about yourself, the people you are with, the world? When you pick your groups, pick one that has a positive effect and one that has a negative effect.

Due: Portfolio. See the attached inventory.

Due: Complete the Socratic Seminar Debriefing on the back of the packet you received today.

 

Socratic Seminar: Symbolism in Lord of the Flies. Prepare using the attached document. You will be graded on this seminar.

Quiz: LF, chapters 9-12

Due: Complete chapters 7-8 discussion questions.

Quiz: LF, Chapters 7-8

Due (optional): All revisions of major writing assignments

Due: Second Quarter OR Project. Select a title from the attached list and complete one of the projects per the instructions I give in class. Make sure you format your paper using the MLA format guidelines I have attached. You can also consult the Writing Manual on my home page.

 

Submit your project to turnitin.com. If you forgot your password, change it using the appropriate link on the site--do not create a new account. If you are new to my class, create an account (if you don't already have one), and use the following class ID and password to enroll in my class so you can submit:

 

Period 3: 10502936, Password: Samson

Period 4: 10502953, Password: Samson

Period 5: 10502983, Password: Samson

Quiz: LF, Chapters 5-6

Due (Writers): Send ad, poll,quiz, or crossword to your publisher.

Due: (Publishers Only): First draft of the magazine. Title page, Table of Contents, and Articles with images and captions only. Either print 2 copies or share them with me and editors for revision. Check your email for sample magazines.

Quiz: LF, Chapters 2-4

Due (Reporters Only): Final revisions of Tabloid Article. Include one image with a caption. Send via instructions given in class.

Quiz: Chapter 1, Lord of the Flies

Exam: Oedipus, Irony and Elements fo Tragedy

Quiz: Oedipus, Episode 3-Epilogue

Due: Oedipus Study Questions, Episode 3-Epilogue

Due (Editor's only): Revisions to Reporters' Articles.

Quiz: Oedipus, Prologue through the end of Episode 2

Due: Study Questions

Due (Staff Writers only): Typed and printed draft of your Tabloid Article

Due: OR novel in. Bring your copy of the book or proof of purchase.

Due: Final draft of your "Scarlet Ibis" essay. Submit in MLA format to turnitin.com by the beginning of class today.

Bring in a device to draft your conclusion for your essay and to work on revision. If you do not have a device to bring in, bring a printed copy of your paper to work with.

Due: Typed draft of your first body paragraph for your Scarlet Ibis essay.  I will also check the introduction you drafted in class on Thursday.

Bring in an electronic device, if you have one, that you can draft a paper on (tablet, laptop, etc.). We will work on constructing a thesis and an outline. I have attached the story and the prompt in case you were absent.

Due: Final Draft Outside Reading Project. You must include your peer evaluation form stapled to the back of the project.

Due: Outside Reading Project. Select any novel from the list of recommendations posted on the school website. When you have finished the novel, complete one of the attached projects. Instructions to access the website are below:

 

• Go the the library website (mchslibrary.org) and select Summer Reading at the top (or, directly, http://www.mchslibrary.org/summer-reading.html)
• Click the top hyperlink on the page: View Summer 2015 Student Book Review Site
• When you click it, you are asked to enter the password: mchsbooks
• Once you enter the password, you go to a page with a hyperlink to the site. 

Presentation: By now you should have read the chapter on your hero, completed the story notes and the character trait analysis. In class, you will have to orally tell your story to your assigned group (using your notes) in an engaging, dramatic fashion. If you were absent on Friday, select either Perseus, Theseus, Atalanta, or Odysseus and complete all of the attached forms except the form dedicated to Hercules.

Due: If you did not take the Summer Reading Survey in class, please do so at:  https://www.surveymonkey.com/r/JD8CM7S 

Due: Print attachment and rank your top three choices per the instructions on the handout.

Due: Introduction Questions, Greek Mythology

Exam: Parts of the Sentence

Due: Complete all of pages 30-31 and 33-34, and only A or B of 32 (Subject Compliments/Objects of)

If you selected an Outside Reading title that requires parent permission (refer to our one-on-one consultation) have that permission via note or email to me by today.

Due: Complete pages 37, 38, and 39--Subjects in Unusual Positions

Due: Compound Subjects and Predicates/Sentence Types (Complete All of pages 31, 32, 34, and 35; complete only A or B of pages 33 and 36.)

Due: Subjects and Predicates (Complete All of pages 25, 26, 28, and 29; complete only A or B of pages 27 and 30.)

Exam: Of Mice and Men. See the attached study guide. I will select 4 or 5 questions the day of the exam. You won't know which ones they are until then, so be prepared to respond to all of them.

Socratic Seminar: "To a Mouse." Text will be provided in class.

Due (Optional): If you do not want your Summer Reading Review published to the school website for other students to see, please enter the address bit.ly/removemyreview into your browser, fill out the form, and submit. 

Quiz: Chapters 4-6, Of Mice and Men.

Quiz: Chapters 1-3 in Of Mice and Men. There will be questions from the Great Depression documentary as well; for these, you will be able to use your notes.

Due: Bring a 3-ring binder and 5 subject dividers into class so we can build your portfolio.

Print and sign both the Class Expectations and Ethics Policy documents. These are available through "Administrative Info and Course Content" link on my homepage.

Due: Summer Reading Assignment. See Mira Costa's Homepage. The assignment is posted under the "Academics" link.