//www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/443168/assignments/ Class Name: English 3-4 A Per. 5 Instructor(s): Zamira Skalkottas Location: 33 en-us SchoolSitePro //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2583820 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/443168/assignments/
HW: study for final test on Friday; prepare presentations; book reviews due Fri.
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HW: book review; study for final test; prepare final presentation; be prepared to turn in journals/reading logs and any unredeemed passes on the day of the final.
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HW: SSR book review; final test and presentation
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HW: TW tomorrow on Sir Gawain
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HW: finish reading SSR book; work on book reviews and presentations for final; study for final test; TW on Friday on Sir Gawain (4 paragraphs only)
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HW: nothing due tomorrow--try to finish SSR book; work on final presentations.
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HW: read the general prologue from Canterbury Tales and answer the questions; try to finish SSR books
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HW: Sir Gawain packet; Beowulf boast/rap due Friday
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HW: Gawain packet is due Thursday
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HW: TW tomorrow; boast/rap due Friday
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HW: Beowulf test Monday, including vocab.; Timed Writing Tuesday
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HW: journal (1 page on Kennings and 1 page on Worldview--see appropriate slides in attached ppt.); annotated Sir Gawain and the Green Knight will be collected tomorrow; Beowulf test including vocabulary is now Monday
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HW: annotate parts 1-2 of Sir Gawain; Beowulf test Thursday.
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HW: read Sir Gawain and the Green Knight; read as much as possible in your outside reading book; finish phrases review exercises if you did not already
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HW: assigned questions; Macbeth essay is due tomorrow; hard copy to class; electronic copy to turnitin.com
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HW: finish journal if not done in class; finish defining vocab words; final draft of McB essay due Friday (hard copy and electronic copy to turnitin.com); finish reading Beowulf (chapters 38-43)
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HW: final draft of essay due Friday--hard copy to class with rubric attached; electronic copy uploaded to turnitincom; quiz tomorrow on background information to Beowulf; read chapters 34-37 in Beowulf
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HW: phrases review exercises; read Beowulf chapters 24-33; essay final draft due Friday (hard copy to class, electronic copy to turnitin.com); quiz on Wednesday on introduction to Beowulf.
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HW: peer edit; read Beowulf--chapters 18-23; review Oral Literature notes (see attached)
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HW: essay due tomorrow; read Beowulf, chapter 12-17; Advent calendar question:Name one of the famous artists whose work I have displayed in my classroom. Email me the answer and you can open the next window in the advent calendar.
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HW: outlines will be checked tomorrow; essay due Friday
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HW: essay outline due tomorrow; read chapters 1-6 of Beowulf; final draft of essay due Friday
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HW: soliloquy recitations are due tomorrow; discussion topic presentations tomorrow; read the background to the Anglo-Saxon Historical Period; essay outline due Friday; final draft essay due Friday
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HW: finish discussion topics if not done in class; bring in copy of religions mini-research paper with my comments for portfolio; new SSR book due Monday--you may check out a book on Monday from the library collections too; McB objective test Mon; soliloquies due Tuesday; essay is due Friday 12/9
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HW: journal #7 (titled "Modern-Day Macbeth--see slide 15 in ppt. attached); new SSR book due Monday; objective multi-choice test on Macbeth Monday; soliloquies due on Tuesday (see attached)
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HW: the rest of the scene performances will be tomorrow; acts 3-5 quiz tomorrow (all multi-choice)
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HW: review acts 3-5 for multiple-choice quiz tomorrow; work on scene performance due Thursday
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HW: Act 5 questions; Acts 3-5 quiz on Tuesday; Scene performances start Thursday (the visual project is an alternative assignment if you do not want to do the performance--both are attached)
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HW: journal # 5--Lady Macduff--see the appropriate slide in ppt. attached; body paragraph is due tomorrow--turn in a hard copy to class and upload to turnitin.com by 11:59 pm on 11/18
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HW: finish note cards if not finished in class and practice speech; read Act 5 of Macbeth; body paragraphs due Friday
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HW: paragraph due Friday; bring annotated outside reading books tomorrow to prepare notecards (presentations on Thursday).
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HW: Macbeth vocab quiz tomorrow; Act 4 questions; paragraph due Friday
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HW: Act 4--read and answer questions (attached) by Tuesday; body paragraph is due Friday, 11/18
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HW: finish Act 3 questions (attached)
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HW: finish reading act 3 and do act 3, scenes 4-6 questions by Thursday
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HW: Act 3, scenes 1-3 questions
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HW: Acts 1-2 quiz Monday; read Act 3, Scenes 1-3; finish SSR book
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HW: finish Act 2 questions if not done; finish SSR book by next week; acts 1 and 2 quiz postponed till monday.
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HW: be ready to present passage analyses tomorrow; Act 2 questions
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HW: read Act 2; finish reading SSR book by Monday, Nov. 7th
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HW: try to finish up SSR book this week
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HW: try to finish or get close to finishing the outside reading book; vocabulary worksheets for Acts 1 and 2
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HW: finish journal; scenes 4-7 questions; review for quiz on tragedy
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HW: finish reading Act 1; quiz on Shakespearean drama and tragedy Friday; SSR book should be finished by Monday, Nov. 7th
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HW: quiz on Greek/Latin prefixes and roots and Greek, Roman, Norse mythology words; quiz Friday on Aristotelian/Shakespearean tragedy
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HW: Act 1, Scenes 1-3 questions (attached); SSR books should be finished by Nov. 7th; quiz on Greek/Latin prefixes and roots and Greek/Roman/Norse myth words Tuesday
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HW: read Macbeth, act 1, scenes 1-3 and complete Literary Devices Practice
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HW: finish reading and annotating Poetics; bring Macbeth books; Composition Books collected Friday.
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HW: Introduction to Shakespeare's Language (2 worksheets--1 is attached); upload the Men of Respect assignment to turnitin.com by 11:59 pm tonight and bring a hard copy to class tomorrow; if you have your own copy, start bringing Macbeth to class on Thursday
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HW: Watch Men of Respect if you haven't already and do the assignment (attached) and submit to turnitin.com
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HW: watch Men of Respect by Tuesday and do the assignment (attached)
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HW: prepare for seminar; watch Men of Respect by Tuesday (see instructions attached)
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HW:
1. finish annotating "The Grand Inquisitor"
2. Finish Greek, Latin, Norse mythology word/phrase definitions and stories--note: the book I have is The Dictionary of Classical, Biblical, and Literary Allusions; you may be able to find an online version of this or search specifically for "English words from Norse mythology."
3. Watch Men of Respect by Tuesday (instructions attached)
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HW: finish reading the Grand Inquisitor; work on the Greek/Roman/Norse words assignment (due Thurs.)
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HW: Step 4 in the Introduction to Research Paper--after completing this step email your paper to me including the rubric as the last page; also create a Google docs account if you don't already have one.
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HW:
1. step 3 of the Intro. to Research Paper: add in-text or parenthetical citations to your summaries--1 citation at the end of each summary/paragraph is enough--and create a Works Cited page listing all of the internet sources you used to get your articles and be sure to format it correctly.

2. Don't forget to save a copy of the rubric if you have not already

2. Exs. 17 and 18 in the prefixes and roots packet
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HW: parts 1 and 2 of the Introduction to Research Paper (make sure to save a copy of the assignment instructions/rubric to your computer--see attached)

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HW: do exercises 15 and 16 in the roots and prefixes packet; do parts 1 and 2 of the mini-research paper (see rubric attached) and save the rubric to your computer, so you have a copy.


]]> Fri, 07 Oct 2011 13:16:34 PDT //www.miracostahigh.org/homeworkItem2374622 //www.miracostahigh.org/apps/classes/443168/assignments/ HW: presentations start tomorrow; test on Friday on Biblical Literature
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HW: work on presentations (due Wed); Bible test on Fri
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HW: Writing assignment due Monday; Biblical Literature presentations due Wed.
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HW: creative writing assignment due Monday; presentations start Wed.
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HW: Creative Writing Assignment due Monday, Oct. 3rd.; Biblical Literature presentations start Wednesday, Oct. 5th
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HW: finish journal; Biblical image assignment due Monday; start working on your presentations; bring SSR books Monday
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HW: finish questions; biblical image due Monday
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HW: finish journal; read exodus
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HW: Genesis, part 4 questions; work on presentations; read outside reading book
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HW: finish parts 2-3 questions (chapters 15-33); read part 4 of Genesis, chapters 37-50


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HW: finish questions and also read Genesis parts 2 and 3 (chapters 15-25) and answer questions (attached); bring outside reading books regularly on Mondays and Fridays.
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HW: editorial is due tomorrow; read Genesis, chapters 1-12; bring SSR book tomorrow and every Monday and Friday after that
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HW: study for quiz; editorial due Friday
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HW: finish vocabulary chart; quiz on introduction to bible thurs.; editorial due friday
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HW: Biblical allusions assignment (attached)
Op-Ed piece due Friday
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HW: respond to the "Why Literature? prompt in your journal (attached); have an outside reading book picked out for Monday; editorial is due Friday 9/16
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HW: reading quiz on "Zero-Tolerance"; outside reading book by Mon.
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HW: answer questions on the reading last night; read and annotate the article "Zero-Tolerance Society"; think of a world problems song and you can bring your IPOD to class tomorrow
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HW: finish journal prompt if not done in class; read and annotate Tolerance (see attached essay and annotation guide, called "descriptive outlining"); study for quiz (covering the Classroom Policies, Ethics Policy, Class Norms, and Seating Chart--all of these are on my website homepage if you need more copies)
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