Greenhouse SPRING 21-22-Period 4 Assignments

YOU ALL are required to be present for the full two hours.
YOU ALL will have some reflection questions to answer for participation points. Pay attention to the word count requirements.

YOU ALL will have an optional timed write. This will include a non-BLCS writing option. However, if you choose to write about BLCS, you can use your book. Take this information into consideration when deciding how much time you spend preparing and when you return your books to the textbook room.

ADDITIONALLY, THOSE WHO DIDN'T RCD ON THURSDAY, will have one REQUIRED timed write on BLCS in addition to the optional timed write. If you think you'll want to do both, you may want to do the RCD/Timed Write before class. You could do the assignment on a Google doc ahead of time and come to class to hear directions about how and when to submit it. 

Here is the prompt:
Should schools censor inappropriate literature? What qualifies as inappropriate? Can you think of things that you’ve read at the high school that had glimpses of inappropriateness, but whose positives far outweighed the questionable? Your examples should come from two different texts, Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and one of your choosing. Your answer must be 300+ words long and include three specific details. 


This prompt is one of the three choices for the optional timed write. If you also do the optional timed write, be sure to choose one of the Sleeping Beauty prompts later.

Answer all three of the attached questions on one document and submit it to turnitin.com before the end of class.

This is an OPTIONAL Final Timed Write. See the prompts in the details of the assignment under heading "Final." You will not be penalized by opting to not do this timed write. The grade can only help you. If you choose not to do the timed write, you must remain quiet during the film so that others can watch and write.


The prompts are attached and the assignment is due to turnitin.com by the end of class.

Know pages 109-183 well.

The door will be open for pink slip signing during the following times:

-At lunch on 5/24 or 5/25 (only for those whose grade is NOT dependent on the final exam)
-Between 1:30 and 3:00 on 5/31
-And from 10:30-10:40 and 12:30-12:50 on 6/1

*Please do not ask me to sign pink slips at any other time, especially during a class in which you are not enrolled. Thank you.

No part of the Senior Research Project writing assignments will be accepted after 5/20.

Read pages 76-105 and prepare for a multiple choice quiz. You can choose to work in groups or alone on the quiz. If you still owe me the research paper,  you can opt to take an N/A on the quiz. It is in the best interest of your grade however to take it and do well.

Wear dress shoes, not tennis shoes, please. Anything you've picked out for graduation will work perfectly.

There is no notebook page due with this reading.

DUE BETWEEN 5/10 AND 5/26 depending on your presentation date.

1-COVER SLIDE 
BIG creative title
Normal font-size subtitle Senior Research Project Highlights
Your name
The date
*A graphic is an option.

1-2 RESEARCH JOURNEY SLIDE/s Use this verbiage of mine or make your own.
USE Research Journey as the title of this slide.
"Each year, seniors at South Pasadena High School embark on a career exploration project. I chose to focus on the career of (career). Over the course of this school year I:
Interviewed a mentor, (name/profession).
Gathered information from 10+ online sources.
Interviewed a professional (profession) named (name) OR Read (title) by (author).
Narrowed and synthesized my findings into a written report of 1400+ words.
Decided whether I should move forward with the career choice or not.
Here, I will share some of the highlights."

1 slide on topic 1 (1 CD with in-text citation and bulleted commentary)
1 slide on topic 2  (1 CD with in-text citation and bulleted commentary)
1 slide on topic 3  (1 CD with in-text citation and bulleted commentary)
1 slide on topic 4 and/or 5 (1 CD with in-text citation and bulleted commentary)
1 additional slide from your book or spring interview  (1 CD with in-text citation and bulleted commentary)
*Of the 5 CDs mentioned above, 2 must be the specific two on which you based your thesis in the conclusion of your paper.

1-2 conclusion slides with the thesis from your paper and two reasons rooted in research. Below your thesis, you may want to bullet some CD details from earlier slides. It is not necessary to type the text of the “winning” CDs again. If you do, use proper in-text citations again.

1 slide that addresses what your next career-explanation steps are.

1 works cited slide (only include entries that appear in this slide show).

1 thank you for your time slide.

Make sure your slides are complete and free of mechanical errors.


Submit your slide deck to this post.

Any work from Jan.-Apr. that you'd like to submit for partial credit, must be received by 5/4. 

If you're very behind, focus on non-SRP things. 

Three April assignments will continue to be accepted for partial credit for a few more weeks: The SRP Narrowed SRP Note-taking, the REVISED SRP Rough Draft of the Body, and the SRP Final Draft.

Have your notebook ready at the beginning of class and be ready to leave it over the weekend.

Signups are now open to all. Use a pen to add your name to the signup sheet posted outside our classroom. Be sure to consider your personal calendar.

Can you think of 5 things you know about the Chinese Cultural Revolution and Re-education without Googling? Write those down in the K column. What are 2-3 things you want to know? Write those things down in the W column.

There will be a signup sheet taped to the 313 door beginning at 8:30 am on Friday morning. AP students have first choice of dates. All other students are free to sign up as early as Tuesday morning.

We read chapter 11 and started the notebook page in class on 4/26. The page is the same as recent Grendel pages. 

Have you finished the notebook page?

Read this last chapter and do page A77. It is setup like the other recent Grendel pages.

We'll go to the library as a class at the end of the period on Thursday. DO NOT return Beowulf and Grendel early on your own.

Grendel grows, but does he mature? It's a good idea to focus on where he ends up. So you may want to pull your two quotes from the last two chapters. You can build in a discussion of any of the philosophies, but it's not required. If interested, search the philosophies using the Britannica link in the research tab of our library's webpage. Your writing should be 3/4 a page long. It is worth 20 points and will be stamped today.

BE SURE TO READ THE BELOW INFORMATION AND THE ATTACHMENT. 

It makes sense to not get started on the Final Draft until after Wednesday's class when you have had a chance to see peer feedback on your Rough Draft. Nevertheless, here are the directions.

Clean up your paper based on peer feedback. 

If you feel like you'd like more feedback, seek additional help from another person whose writing you trust. 

It is okay to use the word “I” ONLY in the conclusion of this paper. 

ADD an introduction. It may be less than a paragraph long. Provide a few sentences about the Senior Research Project. “Seniors at South Pasadena High School are asked to research a career of interest…” “This paper takes a look at information that is available about career X…” Go on to add a few sentences about the conceptions people generally have about the career. You can then simply plop them on top of the first body paragraph if it's not enough to warrant a full paragraph.

ADD a conclusion. The conclusion may be multiple paragraphs long. It should start with your thesis. Is this career for you or not? Give two specific reasons that are rooted in your research. You should reference the cds (2+) that helped you decide and cite them again. Then, whether you plan to pursue the career or not, what are the next steps? How will you continue your career investigation/preparation into next year? Together, the intro and conclusion should add an additional 400 words to your paper. 

ADD a creative title.

The turnitin post will be available the afternoon of 4/22. 

Return to this post and click "done" once you have submitted to turnin.com.

Read the 10th chapter of Grendel and do a 4-square. This page should be set up just like A67.

Read the 9th chapter of Grendel and do a 4-square. This page should be set up just like A67.

Everyone must resubmit the SRP Rough Draft of Body. This assignment is called REVISED SRP Rough Draft of Body. Make sure you have followed all the directions for the original SRP Rough Draft of Body in Classroom AND remove all labeling so that it presents as 1000+ words written in regular body paragraphs. Keep your in-text citations within your quotes, your alpha works cited entries at the end, and add the word count with a stand alone sentence that reads: "The word count of this body is_____." This stand alone sentence goes after your last paragraph and just before your first works cited entry. The word count must not include the works cited entries. Submit this REVISED version to turnitin.com before class on 4/18.

Read the 8th chapter of Grendel and do a 4-square. This page should be set up just like A67.

Prepare for this RCD by reading chapters 5-8 of Grendel and doing the accompanying 4-squares in your notebook.

Read the 7th chapter of Grendel and do a 4-square. This page should be set up just like A67.

1. Make sure you don't start the Rough Draft of the Body until you've fully completed Narrowed SRP Note-taking or an alternative to which Mrs. Greenhouse has agreed. 

2. Make a copy of Narrowed SRP Note-taking and title it SRP Rough Draft of the Body.

3. Check that you have in-text citations for all 10 of your chosen Say's/CD's and that they match perfectly to the beginning of each works cited entry.

4. Move all your works cited entries to the end of the document and alphabetize them.

5. Move the 10 SMM's under each topic listed at the top.

6. Treat each topic like a body paragraph. Add a topic sentence to each.

7. Read through your paper.

8. Consider the arrangement. You can now decide to organize the body differently if you like. You might decide to collapse two paragraphs if you have one that’s short on SMM's. You might decide to arrange SMM's according to their positive or negative tone about the career. Or, you might decide to arrange them by source (not recommend). It is also very acceptable to leave the paragraphs organized by topic.

9. This rough draft should be about 1000 words (this does NOT include the works cited page). If it's not yet 1000, you may include additional SMM's from Note-taking Draft 3 and/or your book, or one of your interviews.
10. Submit to the rough draft to turnitin.com before class on Tuesday, 4/12.

Have you completed this assignment?

Read the 6th chapter of Grendel and do a 4-square. This page should be set up just like A67.

Read Grendel's chapter 5 and do a 4-square on this page. In the bottom right box, write three sentences arguing that some of Grendel's behavior is consistent with one of the five philosophies your took notes on for A66.

Follow these directions in the precise order. AND DON'T DELETE until I use the word "delete!"
1. Go to SRP NT Draft 3. Make a copy. Title the copy “Narrowed SRP Note-taking.”
2. Choose 5 SMM’s. What’s your most important finding for topics 1-5? Enlarge the font of those SMM’s.
3. Choose 1 SMM from your book (pages A60-A63). What’s the most important finding?
4. Make sure you’ve already selected from 5+ sources (book must be one).
5. Choose more important findings (SMM’s) for a total of 10. Topics and sources of your choice. Here, you can also consider using Q and A's from your interviews.
6. Check originality highlights in turnitin's SRP Note-taking Draft 3 submission. Make sure Say's are in quotes on both ends. Make sure quotes within quotes are done correctly. Make sure any mean or matter material that is more than four consecutive words, or contains any author style, is in quotes! If you Say's are fact driven, and your mean is repetitive, maybe delete the mean. 
7. Delete unwanted SMM’s from this copy.
8. Use free software (easybib or citation machine) to create works cited entries for each of your sources and finetune your in-text citations to match your wc entries. Include URL's. Remember that if there’s no author, title or organization are acceptable defaults, BUT the in-text citations must match the beginning of their respective wc entries. So, let the software take the lead. Your works cited entries can replace the links in this doc. Don't worry about putting them in an alphabetized list yet.
9. Submit to turnitin.com during class.

Remember that there is NO NEW HOMEWORK over break. 

However, if you are behind on the reading, notebook, or SRP Note-taking, you may want to catch up over break. 

Remember that before break we:

1. Read through chapter 3 of Grendel.
2. Completed the notebook through page A65.
3. Submitted draft 3 of the SRP Note-taking (9 sources and 22 SMM) to turnitin.com. This assignment is still worth 45/60 if done well and submitted to turnitin.com before class on 4/4/22.

DIRECTIONS: Update draft 2 to include a total of 9 electronic sources and 22 SMM's. Make sure that you've listed the 5 topics at the top of your doc, noted with brackets the topic number for each Say/CD, and included at least 1 Say/CD for each topic. It's more ideal to include 2+ Say/CD's per topic. FURTHERMORE, you must now also include in-text citations for each of the 22 Say/quotes. See the Purdue OWL link for details on proper MLA in-text citations. The link can be found under the FOR REFERENCE heading.


Also, I talked with Ms. Wilkerson about the titles vs. corporation-as-an-author dilemma. She said that as we make the transition from MLA 8 to 9, either option works. So remember that a single author is always the first choice. Yet, without an author, use either the corporation as the author OR the title freely. See the attachment for an example of two different citations that will work for a single quote.

Don't forget that student samples and a narrative about what each does well can be found in the SRP Note-taking Draft 2 post.

This document is now due to turnitin.com before class on Thursday.

Like A64, this 4-square's boxes should include: 3+ vocab./terms with definitions, 3+ events, 3+ zodiac connections, and 3+ adjectives to describe Grendel's thoughts or behavior with corresponding page numbers.

Update draft 1 to include a total of 5 sources and 15 SMM's. This will not need to be submitted to turnitin.com again until it's complete (9 sources and 22 SMM's) on 3/21. However, I could ask you to show me during class that you have kept pace.

Sample 1 follows the exact formatting directions that I gave for draft 1.

Sample 2 follows a traditional outline format. This will be accepted too. Sample two has stronger matters than sample 1 because the matter directly addresses the "is the say attractive to prospective employees" question. However, this sample's matters could be even stronger by staying away from "I" and "me" language. 

Sample 3's first matter does the best job of the three samples. However, it can be even stronger by avoiding "you" language and instead using "one," "anyone," or the "would-be" physical therapist.

Remember to include the list of the 5 topics I gave you at the top of draft 2. You may add a 6th topic of your choosing, but it's not required. Also, please put the number of the corresponding topic in brackets just after each quote.

8 dialectical journals from your SRP IR book.


Use the SMM approach. Do 2 per page. Be sure to use quotation marks and note page numbers.


Focus on these topics. You do not need to give them equal attention at this point.


Duties, responsibilities, weekly hours


Education and skills needed


Salary and benefits


Motivational aspects and job satisfaction


Stress associated with the career

A60-A63 should be done along with the reading of up to 200 pages of your SRP book. Have your notebook handy so I can enter points for all of these pages into Aeries.

Using the information Ms. Wilkerson shared last week, find at least 2 articles related to your SRP topic. Link the articles to a Google doc. Then, quote each article 3+ times. Follow each quote with a mean and matter. Remember that in the matter you comment on whether or not the quoted material is attractive to a prospective employee.

To start, go to the school's website, go to Academics at the top, click on Library, click on Reference & Research on the right side. You can then log in to Proquest using Clever or scroll to the bottom to access the SRP Career Research Websites.

The Google doc. including 2+ sources and 6+ say/mean/matters is due to turnitin.com during the last 10 minutes of class.

See the attached student sample.

The attached updated list of SRP books is being made available to all seniors in this course right now. Many of these books are available at our library starting at brunch today. They are not searchable in the library catalog; you will need to tell Ms. Wilkerson or Ms. Hernandez that you want to search the SRP books and they will direct you to the physical shelf. I will now NOT take our class to the library on 2/23. Instead, the books will be available to all on a first come, first served basis.

Wealhtheow -41 and 83
Hildeburh-71-81
Grendel’s mom-103-109
Prompt: Characterize the characterization of the character (Is the female character portrayed fairly?). What power does the woman have?
2 quotes
SMM should help! Messages? Connections to modern times?

A58 is room to brainstorm. Blank pages will get 0 points.
A59 should read like a paragraph answer of at least 3/4 a page.

Be sure to also bring whatever IR book you are currently reading to class with you this day.

We prepared to talked about the reading detailed in the RCD 1, day 1 post.

1. On the bottom of A53, list various topics that come up in your text.
2. Think of an important passage that touches on one of the topics.
3. On page A56, make four boxes for a Say/See/Mean/Matter.

-In the Say box = Quote an important line from the passage you chose. Include the page number.
-In the See box = Sketch the action in the quote. Take two minutes.
-In the Mean box = Paraphrase a theme/message present in the quote or larger passage. Provide some context. Make sure the theme reads like a statement about life. Starting with the words "people should" might help.
-In the Matter box = Answer the bigger question: how is this message/theme applicable to a teen's life in 2022? Be specific. 

4. Spend more time on the sketch if time allows. You will not be charged for the quality of your drawing.

You may choose to work alone or work with others who read the same book. If you work together, your work can be very similar, but you must each complete your own notebook page. You must also indicate who you worked with. This assignment is due for a signature at 11:25 am.

You can make the quiz up at lunch on 2/15. Please report to room 313 by 12:25. The quiz will be a short open-book writing assignment.

We prepared to talked about the reading detailed in the RCD 1, day 1 post.

Prepare for a reading check discussion by rereading the following:


1. The article "Why We're Reading Beowulf in the Bathtub."  See the recent post under the heading Assigned Reading.
2. Beowulf lines 2020-2068 about Freawaru.
3. Beowulf lines 2208-2236, 2278-2286, 2397-2416 about the peasant/thief.

This quiz will cover vocabulary from the last half of the book, the entire plot, as well as some analysis. Be sure to review the Words Worth Knowing (vocab. slides). Look for my comment on the best sentence produced by a group as well as the slide on kennings. Additionally, please see two standout mean and matter examples attached here. Thank you Adio and William for your contributions!

What messages are present regarding fame, revenge, the hero villain dynamic, religion, feminism, motherhood, or socio-economic status in your assigned passage? 

1. Say = Quote from your assigned pages. Include the page number.
2. See = Sketch the action in the quote. Take two minutes.
3. Mean = Paraphrase a theme/message present in the quote. Make sure the theme reads like a statement about life. Starting with the words "people should."
4. Matter = Then, answer the bigger question: how is this message/theme applicable to modern times? Be specific. It may help to include a detailed example from 2022.
5. Return to the sketch if time allows.
6. Produce a SSMM slide.

*Everyone must submit a physical copy, but only the slide will be scored. Keep in mind, you may need to present your slide/s later this week.

Read these pages. There is no notebook page associated with this reading. 

Read these pages. There is no notebook page associated with this reading. Also, we will do some coloring next class. Bring your own colored pencils, crayons, or markers if possible.

1. Identify the most interesting vocabulary word in your assigned pages. Clear the word with Mrs. Greenhouse.
2. Quote the sentence in which the word appears. Note page number also.
3. Write down both the part of speech and definition. The definition should match the use in the text.
4. Create an original sentence that uses the word and teaches the meaning of the word. The more memorable the better.
5. Number items 1-4.
6. Draw a sketch illustrating the action in your sentence.

1-3 should demonstrate shared thinking. 4 and 6 can be individual. Everyone records each step on their own paper.

Pick the best and turn it into a slide. Be sure your group number and all group member names appear on your slide/s.

*Anyone absent on 1/28 does not need to worry about this assignment.

Read these pages. There is no notebook page associated with this reading. Also, we will do some coloring next class. Bring your own colored pencils, crayons, or markers if possible.

1. Create 2-4 slides that show your best work. 
2. Note whose work you use, who does the typing, and who will present in the speaker notes. All member names should appear.
3. Be careful to not write over another group's work.
4. Add your group number to the top of each of your slides.

Read these pages. There is no notebook page associated with this reading. Also, we will do some coloring next class. Bring your own colored pencils, crayons, or markers if possible.

Read these pages. There is no notebook page associated with this reading. Also, we will do some coloring next class. Bring your own colored pencils, crayons, or markers if possible.

Read these pages. There is no notebook work assigned for this reading.

Copy the attached timeline at the top and write your own free write about fame, revenge, or the hero/villain dynamic at the bottom.

Read pages 3-21 in Beowulf. Read the marginal notes as a guide first. Be sure to consult the family trees in the back of the text also. There is no additional notebook work associated with this reading.