Wednesday 12/23/15: Homework

Block B:
Read and annotate "The Man I Killed" over the break. We will be watching an interview with O'Brien when we return.

Block C:
Complete your 400 word Reader Response to "The Man I Killed" and "Ambush."

Block E:
Type up a project proposal for your independent project, and then get psyched!
Here's what your proposal should include:
1. Genre/form
2. Audience
3. Process/steps you will take
4. Research/preparation needed
5. Rationale (reason for choosing this project)

Block F:
Write your synthesis essay on "The Body" due on Tuesday.

Tuesday 12/22/15: Homework

Block E:
Read and annotate the collection of 2 sentence holiday stories I gave you today. Choose one of them and add on to the story. Bring your response, and today's pass-it-along story to class tomorrow. We will share them!

Block F:
Over the break, write your synthesis essay on "The Body" using at least two other texts we've studied along with the novella.  Your choices are:

• Arthur Biddle's article "The Mythic Journey in "The Body"
• the film Stand by Me
• the film Moonrise Kingdom

Your response is due on Tuesday 1/5/2016.

Block G:

Over the break, TYPE your essay plan on "The Body" using at least two other texts we've studied along with the novella. Your choices are:

• Arthur Biddle's article "The Mythic Journey in "The Body"
• the film Stand by Me
• the film Moonrise Kingdom

On the Monday you return from break, you should have a working thesis, and an outline that follows the essay structure I gave you on the handout in class. You will have lab time on Monday to develop a rough draft for Tuesday. 

Thursday 12/17/15: Homework

Block C:
Study for your vocabulary test tomorrow!

Block E:
Finish your Flash Fiction project due tomorrow!

Block F:
Great discussion today! Consider the prompt I gave you today and do some planning for Monday's writing workshop.

Study for your vocabulary quiz next week!

Block G:
Study for your vocabulary quiz next week!

Wednesday 12/16/15: Homework

Block E:
Continue to work on your flash fiction project due Friday.
Select a poem to share on your assigned day.

Block F:
Consider topics, motifs, and themes that the texts we've studied recently share. Map out some ideas for an essay topic to explore. We will have a full discussion tomorrow.

Block G:
Consider topics, motifs, and themes that the texts we've studied recently share. Map out some ideas for an essay topic to explore. We will have a full discussion tomorrow.

Block B: 
Study for your vocabulary test on Friday
Read the next section of "Sweetheart" and complete the second page of the Venn diagram

Tuesday 12/15/15: Homework

Block G:
Write a one-pager on Moonrise Kingdom.
Study your new vocabulary words

Block B:
Study for your vocabulary test on Friday!
Research some background information on the Green Berets for tomorrow's reading

Block C:
Study for your vocabulary test on Friday!
Finish reading the last two pages of "The Sweetheart of the Song Tra-Bong" and complete the final page of the Venn diagram in your packet.

Monday 12/14/15: Homework

Block B:

1. Make flash cards for Friday's first 40 Vocabulary test. I will check tomorrow! 

2. Answer the journal prompt we started in class about how war affects those who fight it. 

Block C: 

1. Make flash cards for Friday's first 40 Vocabulary test. I will check tomorrow! 

You can see use the quizlet Mr. Decker set up in the comments under December 10. 

2. Complete the second page of the Venn diagram for "Sweetheart."

Block E:

Flash fiction project due on Friday! 

Block F:

One pager on Moonrise Kingdom for the discussion on Wednesday. 

Friday 12/11/15: Homework

Block E:
Work on your flash fiction collection due next Friday 12/18 and continue to revise and/or upload your entry to the Scholastic Art and Writing competition. The deadline is 12/15!

Block F:
Procure a copy of your next book club selection!

Block G:
Review your notes from today's film and begin brainstorming the connections you see between the film and the other texts we've recently studied.

Thursday 12/10/15: Homework

Block F:
1. Research new titles for your next book club selection.
2. Read up on film director Wes Anderson. We will be studying MoonRise Kingdom next.

Block G:
1. Finish your 2 paragraph response to the Biddle article, using the template I gave you in class today. We will have a discussion tomorrow.

Block B:
1. Finish your story map on "On the Rainy River" that we started in class today. Be sure to follow directions carefully.
2. Study your vocabulary for the First 40 test next week!

Block C:
1. Study your vocabulary for the First 40 Test next week!
2. Read "The Sweetheart of the Song-Tra Bong" up to page 97 and fill out the first Venn Diagram in handout I gave you in class today.

Wednesday 12/9/15: Homework

Block C:
Read and annotate the chapter of Tim O'Brien's memoir titled "Beginnings." Then, answer the following question in a well-supported CER paragraph:

Which text portrays Tim O'Brien's decision to go to war more effectively: "Beginnings," which is a work of non-fiction, or "On the Rainy River," which is a work of fiction.

Be sure to provide textual support for your response.

Block E:
Begin crafting your flash fiction collection, using the story starters you picked out of the envelopes today. Have fun, and choose your words carefully!

Tuesday 12/8/15: Homework

Block E:
Continue to work on your flash fiction collection, and polish your entry for the Scholastic Writing competition.

Block F:
1. Study for your vocabulary quiz on Thursday.
2. Prepare for your final book club meeting on Thursday.

Block G:
1. Read and annotate the article by Biddle. Make Cornell notes as you read to winnow the most important parts of the argument.

Block B:
1. Read and annotate the rest of "On the Rainy River." Be ready for a reading quiz tomorrow!

Monday 12/7/15: Homework

Block G:
Prepare are one-page Reading Response on the film Stand By Me. We will be incorporating your ideas and observations in a Socratic seminar tomorrow.

Block B:
Make a set of flashcards or a quizlet for your vocabulary words (The First 40) from which to study. I will be checking your work for credit when we meet.

Block C:
1. Make a set of flashcards or a quizlet for your vocabulary words (The First 40) from which to study. I will be checking your work for credit when we meet.

2. Finish your story map for "On the Rainy River" due on Wed. Be sure to follow the directions carefully so that you can receive credit.

Wednesday 12/2/15: Homework

Block F:
1. Begin working on your analytical response to the Biddle article, which will be due on Tuesday (not Monday, as I originally stated in class...we do not meet as a class until Tuesday!)
2. Study your new vocabulary words.

Block G:
1. Study your new vocabulary words.
2. Read your independent reading book.

Block B:
1. Finish reading and annotating the story "The Things They Carried" for tomorrow. You will have time in class to create your story map.

Block C:
1.Finish responding to today's journal prompt about decision-making. Read your independent reading book. We will begin our study of the next story in O'Brien's collection titled "On the Rainy River" in class on Friday.

Tuesday 12/1/15: Homework

Block B:
1.Study for your vocabulary quiz tomorrow!!!

2. Begin work on your "The Things They Carried" story map, using the portion of the story that we've read so far. We will finish the story in class tomorrow.


Block C:
1. Study for your vocabulary quiz tomorrow!!!

2. Finish your "The Things They Carried" story map, using the language in the story for support.

Block E:
Begin your flash fiction festival of fun project! Start looking for material (even in the grocery store).