Assignments

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25	26	27 First Draft of Persuasive Essay for Speech is Due Today- Submit here 11:59 PM	28	29 Speech Presentation Practice- in front of the class is this Thursday 11:59 PM	30 Missing- Late Work MUST be submitted- emailed, etc... to me by Friday night- 11:59 PM	1
2	3	4	5	6 Speech Presentations- be prepared with your note cards- you will not be aloud to bring the essay or a large print out to do the speech- don't memorize! 11:59 PM	7	8
9	10 Revise Speeches Based on Feedback Today- final presentations are today- type out the speech as well and post here 11:59 PM Check out 1984 by George Orwell- from the library- bring in when we have class 11:59 PM	11	12 Read Ch. 1 of 1984- annotate- mark the text using post its or strips of paper for notes- write out your thoughts, feelings about the text- be prepared for a quiz on the reading 11:59 PM Write the longest complex sentence you can on the back of the grammar sheet you got in class today- be prepared to share your sentence with the class 11:59 PM	13	14	15
16	17	18 Read 1984- chapters III and IV- 3 and 4 ends on page 48- annotate with post-its or notes- identify areas of confusion, important quotes, and write out your thoughts and feelings- annotations will help with analysis and essays- listen to the free audio version of the book while you read and visualize what you are reading - a link to a free audio version is in the instructions 11:59 PM Find one credible and relevant article on an example of a country who has Democracy- and one for a country who has authoritarianism- use the school databases - instructions on how to access the databases is in the instructions. Print out and annotate- mark the text- underline important quotes and write out your thoughts in the margins 11:59 PM	19	20 Grammar Test - Study! 11:59 PM	21	22
23	24 Read 1984 Ch. 5 & 6- annotate using post-its or slips of paper- mark significant quotes, thoughts, etc...- connections to today and the things we've discussed? 11:59 PM	25	26	27	28 Read 1984- ch. 7- annotate your reading 11:59 PM Who are the proles? 11:59 PM	29
30	31	1 Look back at chapter 4 of 1984- watch the video clips in the links in the instructions here and write a paragraph comparing what we see happening in chapter 4 to things happening today and what this means for our society- include three pieces of evidence- at least one quote from the chapter showing the elements you are comparing and two from the video links- examples from video links will be paraphrased and the example from the book will be quoted. You may also use evidence from the video clip we say last time. Submit here what you have been able to do by the end of class - you MUST submit here using google docs in order to receive credit for this by the end of today 11:59 PM Read ch. 8 and part 2- chapter 1- continue with annotations 11:59 PM	2	3 Read the second article in the Fake News Packet- attached below- it's called Fake or Real? How to Self-Check the News and Get the Facts- annotate it- be prepared for a quiz 11:59 PM Read 1984- part 2- chapters 2 and 3- take annotation notes on the doc we created in class- looking for similarities to our world today - and what it all means- write out significant quotes 11:59 PM Are we moving toward the world of "Big Brother" or away from it as a society in America today? Write a paragraph- need at least one characteristic identified, one quote from the book which proves the characteristic and one example from today 11:59 PM	4	5