Thursday 3.31.16: homework

Block E: 

Choose a piece to read at New City on Monday! Bring it in to class tomorrow for polishing. 

Block F: 

Prepare for book club tomorrow. 

Block G:

Review your notes from the film we watched in class and be thinking about the project you will be developing. 

Block B:

Study your vocabulary words for this week. 

Wednesday 3.30.16: Homework

Block G:
Write up a reflection on what you heard in our seminar on Juno today.  Keep in mind the project that you will be working on as part of your reflection.

Block B:
Finish reading up to page 80 in The Great Gatsby. Use your reading road map to help you focus.

Block C:
On Friday we will resume reading Chapter 5 in Gatsby. For tonight, study your new vocabulary words and read your independent reading book.

Tuesday 3.29.2016: Homework

Block B:
Write sentences for your new vocabulary words. Review your reading road map for Chapter 3 in Gatsby. 

Block C:
Write sentences for your new vocabulary words. Review your reading road map for Chapter 3 in Gatsby.
Finish your comic strip for the section you were assigned from Chapter 4.

Block E:
Work on your bracket piece, as well as brainstorm a story idea for your project.

Block F:
Prepare for Book Club on Friday.

Monday 3.28.16: Homework

Block E:
1. Read the excerpt from Stephen King's fantastic book titled On Writing. Ponder his advice, and come to class ready to discuss.
2. Write up your bracket duel, and be sure to include the result of the battle. Brackets continue tomorrow!

Block F:
1. Write out sentences for the new vocabulary words I handed out today.
2. Review your annotations on the scholarly article we read on Frankenstein last week. Remember that you will be charged with writing a similar type of scholarly article on one of the two films we are studying and its relationship to Shelley's Frankenstein. 
3. Write a reflection on what you heard in our seminar today.

Block G:
Prepare for the Socratic Seminar we will have on Juno on Wednesday. If you have not seen the ENTIRE film, you need to come after school to do so before Wednesday to watch what you missed. Or, borrow or rent the DVD. If you plan to participate fully in the seminar, you will need to see the entire film. No excuses.

Thursday 3.24.16: Homework

Block B:

• Complete the character study for the character you were assigned in class (STAR organizer). Be sure to use the language from the text. 
• Study for the vocabulary quiz we will have on TUESDAY! 

Block C:

• Complete the character study for the character you were assigned in class (STAR organizer). Be sure to use the language from the text. 
• Study for the vocabulary quiz we will have on TUESDAY! 

Wednesday 3.23.16: Homework

Block G:

Add on to the one-pager you started on the film Juno and its connection to Frankenstein. Prepare for a Socratic seminar when we return. The question that we will consider is:

What do these two texts, in combination, have to say about: the nature of growing up

, issues of coming of age, the roles and responsibilities of parents, and the

 substantial consequences of giving birth, among many other ideas.  

Friday 3.18.16: Homework

Block F:
Write a one-pager on Juno for Monday. We will finish the film and then have a Socratic seminar.

Block G:
Write a one-pager on what we've watched thus far of Juno. We will finish the film on Monday.

Block B:
Read from page 50 to the bottom of page 58 in Chapter 3 in Gatsby. Use your road map to guide your reading, and be sure to annotate carefully! Reading quiz on Tuesday!

Block C:
Read and annotate up to the stopping point on page 80 in Gatsby. Review what we've already read in the chapter as well so that you will be ready for a reading check. We will finish the chapter together on Tuesday.
Study your new vocabulary words as well.

Thursday 3.17.16

Block B:

•  Finish your postcard project for Chapter 1-2. Remember to incorporate at least 2 quotes from the novel into Nick's message. 
• Write sentences for each of your new vocabulary words. Use the site Words In a Sentence to help you.

Block C:

• Complete the Close Reading packet on imagery and characterization in Gatsby for tomorrow. 
• Study your new vocabulary words

Block E:

• If you did not finish your Choice piece, please do so by Monday. Print it before you arrive to class please!
• Also, avoid rapping with strangers. Rhyme safely. 

Wednesday 3.16.16: Homework

Block C:
Read your independent reading book tonight. We will begin Chapter 4 in Gatsby tomorrow.

Block E:
Choice piece is due by the end of the block on Thursday. We will have the mobile lab in class tomorrow.

Block F:
Work on your "Hindsight is 20/20" essay response due on Friday. If you were out of class today on a field trip, we started watching the film Juno in class today. If you have access to the film, you should watch the first hour or so. If not, please plan to spend some time after school in the next few days to watch what you missed.

Block G:
Today I collected the take-home section of your exam. If you were out of class today, please turn in this response ASAP.
Read your independent reading book tonight. If you were out of class today, we started watching the film Juno in class. If you have access to the film, you should watch the first hour or so. If not, please plan to spend some time after school in the next few days to watch what you missed.
We will resume our film study on Friday.

Tuesday 3.15.16: Homework

Block E:
Read the funny piece from McSweeney's tonight, and consider how the form works to reveal the characters.

Block F:
Read and annotate the scholarly article by Laura Claridge. Note the directions on the slide below:

Block G:
Complete the take-home section of your Frankenstein exam due tomorrow.

Block B:
Plan your postcard (R.A.F.T) project that we will create in our next class. Arrive with your quotes selected and an idea for the setting you will depict.

Monday 3.14.1

Block G:
Study for the exam on Frankenstein scheduled for tomorrow. Study your notes, annotations, and background materials. The test will include passage identification and analysis, short answers, and one essay question.


Block B:
Finish reading Chapter 2 in The Great Gatsby. Use your "road map" to guide your reading. You should expect a reading quiz tomorrow!

Block C:
Finish reading Chapter 3 in The Great Gatsby. Use your "road map" to guide your reading. You should expect a reading quiz tomorrow!

Friday 3/11/16: Homework

Block B and Block C:

Your essay revisions are due on Monday. Upload your final draft to TURNITIN.COM by 2 p.m. on Monday 3/14/1 and bring all other drafts, including your original, to class with you to be collected.

Block E:
Read the excerpts from Jon Scieszka's anthology Who Done It. We will write a response when you return on Tuesday.


Block F:
Study for your exam on Frankenstein on Tuesday. Work on the "Hindsight is 20/20/What If" essay response due next Friday as well.
Read your book club book too.

Thursday 3.10.16: Homework

Block E:
Choice piece due tomorrow. Bring in something to share!

Block F:
1. Finish reading Frankenstein!
2. Prepare for book club tomorrow.
3. Consider the "what if" question we talked about today and narrow down a moment or a choice that you would like to explore further. Your 2 page exploratory essay response will be due on Friday 3/18/16.
4. The Frankenstein test is scheduled for Tuesday 3.15.16

Block G:
1. Finish reading Frankenstein!
2. The Frankenstein test is scheduled for Tuesday 3.15.16

Wednesday 3/9/16: Homework

Block F:
Read and annotate Chapters 21-22 in Frankenstein. Complete the close reading organizer as well.
Prepare for book club on Friday!

Block G:
Read and annotate Chapters 21-22 in Frankenstein. Select a passage from the reading and complete the close reading organizer as well..

Block B:
Study for your vocabulary quiz on Friday.
Work on your essay revision due on Monday to Turnitin.com.

Block C:
Study for your vocabulary quiz on Friday.
Work on your essay revision due on Monday to Turnitin.com.

Tuesday 3/8/16: Homework

Block B:
Today we worked on your essays in class. I gave you some very specific things to address in the rubric. Tonight you should continue to make revisions so that you can submit the best essay you can when you upload it to TURNITIN.com by Monday 3/14/16.

We will resume our study of The Great Gatsby when we return tomorrow. Be sure that you've read all the way through the end of Chapter 1.

Block C:
Today we worked on your essays today. I gave you some very specific things to address in the rubric. Tonight you should continue to make revisions so that you can submit the best essay you can when you upload it to TURNITIN.com by Monday 3/14/16.

We will resume our study of The Great Gatsby when we return tomorrow. Be ready to share what you know about the end of Chapter 2.

Block E:
Choice piece is due Friday. Read the segment from Mindy Kaling's memoir tonight and be ready to talk about it when we return.

Monday 3/7/16: Homework

Block C:
Tonight I would like you to read page 33-end of Chapter 2. In this part of the chapter, Nick is invited to Myrtle's apartment for a party. He gets pretty drunk, so pay attention to his descriptions.
In this chapter, you should be on the look out for the following:

1. Myrtle changes her clothes. Pay attention to how Nick describes this detail.

2. Nick meets a few people at the party--the McKee's, Catherine (Myrtle's sister). They gossip and drink and things get a little out of control.

3. Myrtle has some unkind things to say about her husband George. What does she say?

4. As the night goes on, and the alcohol takes its effect, Myrtle and Tom get into a fight. Pay attention to what starts the fight, and how it ends.

5. Finally, take note of where Nick ends up at the end of the chapter. Why? How?

• Don't forget that you need to come to class with THREE questions that you have about the reading. 

Finally, you need to finish the work on your revision project. We did not talk about how to write your Work Cited page, so upload your essay without it and we will talk about the Works Cited tomorrow. 



Block E:
1. Read and annotate "The Puppies" for tomorrow.


Block F:
Read and annotate through Chapter 20 for Wednesday. Victor has been asked to make a lady friend for the Creature. Take note of the persuasive argument the Creature makes to Victor, as well as the conditions Victor establishes.

Study for your vocabulary quiz on Wednesday

Block G:
Read and annotate through Chapter 20 for Wednesday.
Study for your vocabulary quiz on Wednesday.

The Great Gatsby Audio Book

If it would help you to listen to the novel as you read, you can do so HERE!

Friday 3/4/16: Homework

Block E:
Read and annotate "Breadman" for Monday.

Block F:
Prepare your research and response examining the following ideas:

Ignorance is bliss.

Knowledge is power.

Which does the Creature prefer?

Block G:

Read and annotate Chapter 17 &18 in Frankenstein.

Block B:

Complete the front side of the Great Gatsby character chart that we started in class on Friday. Use evidence from the novel to complete each section. 

Thursday 3.3.16: Homework

Block G:
Read and annotate Chapter 15&16. Complete your Creature chart, using lots of good evidence from the text.

Block B:
Finish reading and annotating Chapter 1 in The Great Gatsby. 
Work on your essay revision project due on Tuesday 3/8/16


Block C:
Read Chapter 2 to the bottom on page 33 in The Great Gatsby.
Work on your essay revision project due on Tuesday 3/8/16.

Wednesday 3/2/16: Homework

Block E:
Choice piece due Friday. We will have lab time on Friday to work. Check out another episode of "This American Life" here.

Block F:
Read and annotate Chapters 15-16 and continue to map the Creature's experiences on your chart.
Get a copy of your book club book and start reading! First book club meeting is scheduled for March 11th!

Super Tuesday 3/1/16: Homework

Block F:

Read and annotate Chapters 13-14 and work on creating your Creature chart.

Get a copy of your book club book--we'll set dates tomorrow

Block G:

Read and annotate Chapters 13-14 and work on updating your Creature chart.

Block B:

Read and annotate Chapter 1 in The Great Gatsby up to page 5. Be ready for a reading quiz when you return.

Remember to be working on your revision project due on March 8th!

Block C:

Work on your revision project due on March 8th!

Monday 2/29/16: LeapYear Homework

Block B:
Study for your vocabulary quiz!

Block C:
Study for your vocabulary quiz!

Block E:
Choice piece due on Friday this week. Look over the prompts in the packet "Folks Like You."