HONORS AMERICAN LIT/CONT COM (Period 1) Assignments
- Instructor
- Elizabeth Grofsky Ramos
- Term
- Spring 2015
- Department
- English
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Agenda for the day...
Conflict and Expansion Unit Four
"A House Divided" Pages 558-559
- How realistic does Thoreau's Challenge seem to you?
- What can you infer about Robert E. Lee's feelings toward secession and Civil War from his letter to his son?
- What does Mary B. Chestnut mean when she states that the situation is life or death?
Vocabulary Boxes: HW due March 4th
Page 562
from "The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglas"
Videos of Nuclear Power Plants (Viewed in class)
"How Nuclear Power Plants Work/Nuclear Energy"
"Understanding the accident of Fukushima Daiichi"
- Takes notes on the videos.
- Include title, producer and if the video is Factual, Opinionated or Neutral.
- Notes will be graded and used for an essay to be assigned.
Create timeline project (1850-1900)
- Pages 556-557
- Use yellow paper given in class.
- 5 events in American Literature
- 5 events in US History
- 5 events pertaining to your academy theme.
- Period 5 must do 10 events in the medical field.
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1850 to 1900 Unit
Read Pages 558 - 560
Answer three questions given by the teacher.
HW: Vocabulary Boxes page 562
Videos:
"How Nuclear Plants Work"
"Understanding the accident of Fukushima"
Create timeline for 1850-1900. Must be done on the yellow paper given by the teacher. Include 5 events from literature, US History and events included in your academy. Period 5 must do 10 events in medical history. Due Friday.
Group Meetings
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Today's agenda:
project due
classwork due
vocabulary boxes due
In class:
Selection Test "Masque of the Red Death" 200 points
Vocabulary Boxes "Dr. Heidegger's Experiment" page 500
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Agenda...
Reminder: Poe Project is due Friday. No late work will be accepted.
3 Rotations
Vocabulary Boxes "The Raven"
Classwork: "The Raven"
Connect to Your Life
Vocabulary in Action Part A
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,3,4 and 6
Writing Option #3 Page 463
HW: Finish CW and Vocabulary Boxes
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Collect Piktograph (Honors Only)
Agenda: (2 Rotations)
Continue reading "Masque of the Red Death"
Connect to Your Life (10)
Questions Blue (35)
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,2,4,5,6,7 and 8 (paragraph) (55)
Reminder:
Poe Project Due Feb. 13, 2015
Reflective Essay Due Feb. 18, 2015
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Three Rotations
R1
R2
R3
Selection Quiz: from Civil Disobedience
Nature Writing
Black Death Articles
(all of the following materials must be picked up from class)
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Vocabulary Boxes page 349 all. 100 points.
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Project Due (100 points)
Design and Technology
Activities and Explorations #2 Page 348
All other academies
#1 Photo Collage
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Agenda
Pass back papers.
Assign homework.
Menu
From "Self-Reliance"
Vocabulary in Action page 368
Connect to Your Life
Read Build Background
Read Focus Your Reading
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,3,4,5,6,7 and 8
Selection Test for " Psalm of Life" due 1/22/15
Homework:
Vocabulary Boxes page 349 due 1/20/15
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Agenda for the day...
Review Timeline 1800-1855
Whole Group: Celebrations of the Self
Read: Longfellow
"A Psalm of Life"
Connect to Your Life (paragraph) 10 points
Thinking Through the Literature 1,3,5, 6 and 7 25 points
* Work collected at the end of class.
HW: Project Due 1/20/15
Activities & Explorations
Design Technology: #2 Bumper Sticker
Humanitas,
Medical,
Arts & Media,
Collage #1
Directions:
Put one stanza in the middle. Surround the stanza with images. This must be academy driven. Stick to one theme.