Monday 10.31.16: Halloween Homework

Block F:

Work on developing your ideas and gathering your evidence for your analytical essay. Use the organizers we gave you today to get started!

Block A and B:

Prepare for your Socratic Seminar on Serial tomorrow. You will be earning two grades: a grade for your written responses to the questions (preparation) and your active engagement in the discussion (seminar). We are looking for you to be thoughtful and thorough!

Here are the questions you should prepare responses to:

1. What does Serial teach us about storytelling that traditional stories may not say as loudly? How does it do this?

2. What does Serial teach us about the power of the narrator? How does it do this?

3. What does Serial teach us about the relationship between truth and memory? How does it do this?

In all of your responses, you should be prepared with specific examples that you've drawn from the text and your notes. 

Friday 10.28.16

Blocks A:
Study vocabulary for next week's quiz.

Block B:
Work on your essay revisions. Final revisions due to Turnitin on Monday. Please print out a final copy and attach with your other drafts.

Block C:
Study for your vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.
Read through Chapter 17 for Wednesday. Be prepared  to present if you are scheduled to do so!
Work on your comparative essay due on 11/7/16

Block D:
Fill out your motif organizer to prepare for the essay you'll write next week.
Study for your vocabulary quiz next week.

Wednesday 10.26.16: Homework

Block D:
If you didn't finish gathering your evidence for the motif work we started in class today, do so this weekend.
Study your new vocabulary words too!

Block F:
If you didn't finish gathering your evidence for the motif work we started in class today, do so this weekend.
Study your new vocabulary words too!

Block A:
Work on your essay revision, using the feedback we gave your to guide you. If you are struggling, you should come after school for extra help.

Monday 10.24.16

Block A:

Read your independent reading book.

Block B:

Work on your essay--revision is due tomorrow! Don't forget to Turnitin! 

Block C:

Read and annotate the first two chapters of "The Body."

Study your new vocabulary words

block D:

Work on your motif mind map. 

Friday 10.21.16

Block C:

Be ready to participate in our next Socratic seminar on T.S. Eliot's poem "Burnt Norton."

Get a copy of your new book club book and start reading!

Blocks D and F:

Finish your Alexie mind map and study your vocabulary. The weekly check-in is happening when we next meet!

Thursday 10.20.16: Homework

Block F: 
Finish your response to Smoke Signals and continue to work on your mind map.

Block A:
Review the feedback we gave you on your essays and start revising! Come by for extra help if you need it! Final drafts are due on Monday. Don't forget to TURNITIN!
Also, study for your vocabulary quiz on Monday.

Block B:
Review the feedback we gave you on your essays and start revising! Come by for extra help if you need it! Final drafts are due on Tuesday. Don't forget to TURNITIN!
Also, study for your vocabulary quiz on Monday.

TURN IT IN!

Here's what you will need to log it to our TURNITIN.COM class account:

Block A:   

Class ID: 13836324

Password: Englishrocks

Block B: 

Class ID: 13836356

Password: Englishrocks

Tuesday 10.18: Homework

Block B:
Study your new vocabulary words and practice writing sentences!

Block C:
Prepare for our Socratic seminar on Friday.
Study for this week's check-in, also on Friday.
Procure a copy of your new book club book.

Blocks D and F:
Work on your Alexie mind map and study your new vocabulary words.

Monday 10.17.16: Homework

Block D:
Continue to add to your mind map.
Study your new vocabulary words

Block F:
Review the mind map assignment which we will start tomorrow.
Study your new vocabulary words.

Block A:
Review your new vocabulary words and write sentences using them in context.
Read your independent reading book too!

Friday 10.14.16: Homework

Block F:
Read your independent reading book.

Blocks A and B:
Finish your essay due on Monday (A) and Tuesday (B). Bring in a printed copy at the start of class! Refer to yesterday's blog post for links to resources that will help you with citations!

Block C:
Finish Room and prepare for our final book club meeting on Tuesday! Use the format from last week to prepare for your meeting (see handout for literature circles).
Also, find a new book club book that you would like to read with your friends! Bring your serious selections so we can get organized!

Thursday 10.13.16: Homework

Blocks A and B:
Get busy on those essays! They are due early next week, and some of you haven't made much progress! Be sure to reference the Writer's Guide on the school website HERE for support. The MLA Guidelines have changed this year (they are actually much easier!) so check out THIS SITE for  help with your citations.

Block C:
Refer to the agenda I gave you in class today. Finish reading Room, prepare for Socratic seminars, study your new vocabulary, and find yourself a great new book to read with your pals in class. Do all the things!


Block D:
Work on your Alexie Mind Map--it is worth 30 points! Use lots of specific examples and quotes as you build your connections.

Wednesday 10.12.16: Homework

Block C:
Continue to read Room for our next and final book club. I'll have an agenda for you tomorrow

Block D:
Study for your weekly check-in tomorrow!

Block F:
Study for your weekly check-in on Friday!

Friday10.7.16

Block F:
1. Read True Diary up to page 218. Stop at the chapter titled "Talking about Turtles."
2. Finish writing your response on "Why We Play Basketball." Use language from the poem in your response!
3. Study for your vocabulary quiz on Friday 10.14.16

Block A and B:
1. Continue working on your synthesis essay, using the materials we gave you in class today.
2. Study for your vocabulary quiz on Thursday 10.13.16

Block C: 
1. Study your vocabulary words for Wednesday's vocabulary words! We have a quiz first thing when we return!
2. Prepare for your book club, using the new format and prompts I gave you last week.
3. Read and annotate the personal essay by Anthony Doer titled "Costume Drama."

Block D:
Study for your vocabulary quiz on Thursday 10.13.16!
Finish reading True Diary up to page 218. Stop at the chapter titled "Talking about Turtles."

Wednesday 10.5.16: Homework

Block B:
Begin working on your essay topic development. Use the ideas you've gathered on your mind map to help you start to develop an essay idea.
Study this week's vocabulary words!

Block C:
Create a mind map to prepare for tomorrow's in-class write. Bring all of your materials, as you will have the entire block to respond to the prompt.
Study this week's vocabulary words!

Blocks D and F:
Read up to page 218  in True Diary for our next class.
Study your vocabulary words!

Tuesday 10.416 Homework

Block D:Read to page 179  in True Diary

Block F: Read to page 198  in True Diary

Block A: Begin planning your theme statements for your essay.

Monday 10.3.16: Homework

Block F:
Read to page 179 in True Diary. 

Block A and B:
Write your reading response to Smoke Signals and finish your mind map for tomorrow.

Block C:
Write a reading response on Pleasantville for Wednesday.