HONORS AMERICAN LIT/CONT COMP (Period 5) Assignments
- Instructor
- Elizabeth Grofsky Ramos
- Term
- Spring 2016
- Department
- English
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Assignment
Read the attached handout.
Operation Daisy #3
Research Harry Houdini 1/2 page
Define:
1. cataract
2. harlequin
3. gaudy
4. innuendo
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Assignment
NewsELA article: Japan Debris
Collect: Art Assignment of Yellow Wallpaper
Collect: Selection Test "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Collect: PPD Test
Grammar: Semicolons
Audio: "Winter Dreams"
Words to Know SkillBuilder: "Winter Dreams"
Selection Quiz: "Winter Dreams"
Next Week: The Great Gatsby
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Assignment
"The Yellow Wallpaper"
News ELA: "Pop Superstar Prince dies at his Minnesota home"
Vocabulary Boxes 8 words
Read Charlotte Perkins Gilman page 781
Note- taking on YouTube video
"5 Myths about Postpartum Depression"- Mental Health with Kati Morton
1/2 page of notes
3rd period: One page research on PPD
5th period: Two page research on PPD
Classwork: "The Yellow Wallpaper"
Vocabulary in Action Ex.A 1-10
Read the short story, "The Yellow Wallpaper"(Audio)
Active Reading Questions (9)
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC, 3, and 6
Art Assignment: Activities & Explorations
#2 Wallpaper Design
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Assignment
Emily Dickinson
Author Study 746 - 748
page 751 #4
page 752 #3
page 753 #1
page 754 #1
page 756 #3
page 757 #3
page 758 #3
page 759 Thinking Through the Literaure 1,CC,2 and 5
Research: Bright's Disease
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Assignment
Agenda for the day:
Warm-up: Belgium Bombing
Review Power Presentation
Connotation Assignment
HW: Vocabulary Boxes Page 516
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Assignment
Agenda for the day...
Collecting the Classwork for:
"Self-Reliance"
Connect to Your Life
Vocabulary in Action
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,3 and 6
"Civil Disobedience"
Vocabulary in Action A and B
Connect to Your Life
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,2,4 and 8
All the work is due today, regardless if you were taking the Performance Task in the computer lab or not. Students on the field trip have one extra class meeting to complete the assignments.
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Assignment
Agenda for the day...
Warm-up: "NYC pulls reins on plan for Central Park horse carriages"
Collect: "Self-Reliance" and "Civil Disobiendience"
Menu
Classwork:
Read pgs. 394-395
Answer Your Turn page 395
Re-write Strategies for Reading (Paraphrase)
"I Hear America Singing", "I Sit and Look Out" from "Song of Myself"
Connect to Your Life pg. 396
Thinking Through the Literature pg. 398 1,2,3
Thinking Through the Literature pg. 399 1,2,3
Thinking Through the Literaure pg. 404 1, CC, 2,3,5, and 8
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Assignment
Agenda for the day...
Warm-up: "NYC pulls reins on plan for Central Park horse carriages"
Collect: "Self-Reliance" and "Civil Disobiendience"
Menu
Classwork:
Read pgs. 394-395
Answer Your Turn page 395
Re-write Strategies for Reading (Paraphrase)
"I Hear America Singing", "I Sit and Look Out" from "Song of Myself"
Connect to Your Life pg. 396
Thinking Through the Literature pg. 398 1,2,3
Thinking Through the Literature pg. 399 1,2,3
Thinking Through the Literaure pg. 404 1, CC, 2,3,5, and 8
Working outside and due today.
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Assignment
Agenda for the day...
Collecting the Vocabulary Boxes for "Self-Reliance" and "Civil Disobedience".
Finish taking the test in the Performance Task in E32 if you did not finish on Wednesday. You will have to do the following assignments for HW:
Menu for "Self-Reliance"
Connect to Your Life
Vocabulary in Action
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,3 and 6
Menu for "Civil Disobedience"
Vocabulary in Action A and B
Connect to Your Life
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,2,4 and 8
All the work is due on February 17th, 2016 regardless if you were taking the Performance Task in the computer lab or not.
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Assignment
Agenda for the day...
Finish taking the test in the Performance Task in E32.
Vocabulary Boxes were done in the lab and will be finished for homework.
Page 363 from "Self-Reliance"
Page 369 from "Civil Disobedience"
Menu for "Self-Reliance"
Connect to Your Life
Vocabulary in Action
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,3 and 6
Menu for "Civil Disobedience"
Vocabulary in Action A and B
Connect to Your Life
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,2,4 and 8
We will be reading these selections in class. Vocabulary boxes for both selections are due 2/10/16
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Assignment
Agenda for the day...
Collect Idioms worksheet.
Students will complete the Performance Task in E32. Timelines will be collected on the 8th of February.
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Agenda for the day...
Words to Know SkillBuilder "Stride Toward Freedom" Parts A and B
Collect Classwork
Review SAT Rubric
Persuasice Essay Outline/Argument
Groups of 5 for Dussicusion
Complete Outline
Writing Option Page 308
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Assignment
Warm up: their, they're, there
Collect: Selection Test
Collect: Thomas Jefferson Biography Highlighting
Independent Work: Declaration of Independence 1,CC,2,3,6
Vocabulary Boxes p.271
HW: Vocab Boxes p. 300
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Assignment
Agenda:
Warm-up: Their/They're/There
Collect: Thomas Jefferson
Classwork:
Declaration of Independence 1,CC,2,3 and 6
Vocabulary Boxes Declaration of Independence
HW: Vocabulary Boxes Page 300
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Assignment
Today's Agenda...
Collect: Stone Mountain's Civil War NEWSELA
Collect: Patrick Henry Art Work (200 points)
Warm-up: Words to Know SkillBuilder. "Speech in the Virginia Convention"
Collect Evidence Folder 500 points
- decorate folder
- green sheet
- close reading
- classwork
Selection Test
On your own:
Declaration of Independence Page 270 (Moved to Thursday: Classwork)
Thinking Through the Literature 1,CC,2,3 and 6 (Moved to Thursday: Classwork)
HW: Close Reading Thomas Jefferson
Art Assignment: Activities and Exploration #3 Page 280 Colonial Cartoon
Imagine that you are an 18th-century cartoonist who either supports
or rejects the ideas in the Declaration of Independence. Draw an editorial cartoon that expresses your point of view. Then display your cartoon on a classroom bulletin board.
or rejects the ideas in the Declaration of Independence. Draw an editorial cartoon that expresses your point of view. Then display your cartoon on a classroom bulletin board.
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Assignment
Agenda for the day:
Warm-up: Stone Moutain
Collect Patrick Henry Art Assignment
Listen to Obama Speech
Close Read Obama Speech "Paris Summit"
Complete Green Sheet for Rhetoric Text Analysis
Homework:
Complete Green Sheet
Decorate Evidence Folder
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Assignment
Warm-up: Ranchers who Inspired
Collect Vocabulary Boxes "Speech at the VA Convention"
Review Classwork from last session.
Learning Text Analysis (Green Sheet)
YouTube Patrick Henry's "Speech at the VA Convention"
HW: Decorate Folder
HW: Ten Things About Patrick Henry Art Assignment Must be computer generated.
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Assignment
Today's Agenda
Page 253: Assessment Practice Revising & Editing 1-6 Letter Answers Only (30)
Page 255 Grammar Exercise Rewrite the Sentence (15)
Page 260 Rewrite Persuasion in Action (5 bullets) (15)
Paraphrase the 3 Workings of an Argument (30)
Paraphrase the 3 Styles of Persuasion (30)
HW: Page 262 Vocabulary Boxes, "Speech in the Virginia Convention"