English 9-Period 2 Assignments
- Instructor
- Katya Cantey
- Term
- 2022-2023 School Year
- Department
- English
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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ELA 9 Fall Final Project
Please make sure to turn in your script along with your video!
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Do Now 12/16: What was the self-care goal you set during our Do Now on November 28th? How have you prioritized self-care over the past two weeks? What will you do for self-care during finals week?
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"Romeo and Juliet" Act II Quiz
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Do Now 12/15: Who are you working on your final project with? What is the setting of your reinterpretation of Act II, Scene II? When is your group planning to record your scene?
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Do Now 12/13: Watch the video and answer the following questions: What is the setting for this scene? How does this scene reinterpret Shakespeare’s original source material? Is this an accurate adaptation of The Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet? Why or why not?
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"West Side Story" Comparison
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Do Now 12/9: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Act II, Scene II
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Do Now 12/7: What is the significance of the balcony in Act II, Scene II? What kinds of theatrical elements (i.e. costuming, make-up, vocal delivery, etc.) should be used in this scene?
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Act 1, Scene V
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"Romeo and Juliet" Act 1 Quiz
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Do Now 12/5: Write a paragraph explaining how you would stage the scene we performed last Tuesday (Act 1, Scene 1). Include details about both the vocal delivery and the visual delivery. Explain why you think your staging ideas would be effective.
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Reflection 12/1: Rate your comfort level with reading and performing Shakespeare on a scale of 1 (lowest) to 10 (highest). Explain your rating. What are your strengths and challenges?
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Do Now 12/1: Why is Romeo heartbroken when we first meet him? Who has Capulet arranged for his daughter (Juliet) to marry? Why does Romeo agree to go to the Capulet’s party?
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Act 1, Scene 3 Analysis
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Do Now 11/29: What are some things you did over Thanksgiving Break? How did you prioritize self-care over Thanksgiving Break? How can you prioritize self-care over the next three and a half weeks?
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Edpuzzle - Shakespeare Biography
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Do Now 11/18: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is one challenge you faced this week? What are your plans for Thanksgiving Break?
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Do Now 11/16: Take a look over the PDF titled “Shakespearean Insults” attached to this assignment. Use the formula at the top of the page to create 3-4 insults!
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"The Poet X" Final Essay (FINAL DRAFT)
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"Poet X" Final Essay (ROUGH DRAFT)
Please attach Google Doc with rough draft to this assignment!
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Do Now 11/9: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is one challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to about the long weekend?
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Peer-Response Letter
Please see the directions for the letter on the handout you picked up on your way into class.
Write the letter in a separate Google Doc. Please turn this Google Doc in by the end of the period. Make sure to share the letter with your partner before turning it in!
Write the letter in a separate Google Doc. Please turn this Google Doc in by the end of the period. Make sure to share the letter with your partner before turning it in!
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Do Now 11/7: Identify the issue with each of the following MLA citations and fix the error: When Xiomara read the note written from “A bright light lit up inside me.” (110) “Ms. Galiano asks me about the Spoken Word Poetry Club, and I try to pretend I forgot about it. But i think she can tell by my face or my shrug that I’ve been practicing,” (89 Acevedo).
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Do Now 10/31: What would you do if you won the lottery? In general, is winning the lottery good or bad? Why?
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Do Now 10/27: Do first impressions matter? Why or why not? When is a time that you made a good first impression on someone? How did that feel? When is a time that you made a bad first impression on someone? How did that feel?
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Do Now 10/25: What is one person/place/thing that motivates you? Why does that person/place/thing motivate you? How could that person/place/thing motivate others?
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Do Now 10/21: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What’s ONE challenge you faced this week? What’s ONE thing you’re looking forward to this weekend?
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Reading Journal Part 3
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Assignment 2-Last Paragraph of Your Biography
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"Two Kinds" By Amy Tan
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Exit Slip 10/19: Compare and contrast “Two Kinds” by Amy Tan and Poet X by Elizabeth Acevedo. What is similar about the two mother/daughter relationships? What is different about them? What do these texts suggest about the nature of parent/child relationships?
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"The Poet X" Reading Journal (Part Two)
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"The Poet X" Part 2 Reading Quiz
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Do Now 10/17: Bucket list: List of things you want to do before you die (kick the bucket). What are at least FIVE things that would go on your own personal “bucket list”?
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"This I Believe" Essay (FINAL DRAFT)
Please attach the Google Doc with your final draft to this assignment.
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"This I Believe" Essay (ROUGH DRAFT)
Please attach the Google Doc with your rough draft to this assignment.
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Do Now 10/11: "We write to taste life twice, in the moment and in retrospect" (Anais Nin). 1. Paraphrase this quote. 2. What does this quote mean? 3. Why does this quote matter?
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Do Now 10/7: What are some of your strengths as a writer? What are some areas of your writing that you would like to improve? What’s one goal you can create for our next writing assignment?
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Homework: Read pages 128-178 of "The Poet X" and answer the questions listed in the instructions.
1. Xiomara says she finds “in music what i’ve always searched for: a way away” (96). What serves as an escape or a way away for you?
2. Xiomara does much to displease her mother and gets a lot of lectures. Is this something you identify with? What seems familiar about it?
3. Xiomara and Father Sean have a discussion about Eve. Regardless of your religion, Eve or the idea of her plays a large role in our society. What do you know about Eve and what she represents? How might your conception of Eve be seen as a sexist story?
4. In October, Xiomara and Aman’s relationship grows. How is he a support to her?
5. Beginning on page 152, Xiomara’s concept of Father Sean begins to shift. Why do you think she is starting to see him differently?
2. Xiomara does much to displease her mother and gets a lot of lectures. Is this something you identify with? What seems familiar about it?
3. Xiomara and Father Sean have a discussion about Eve. Regardless of your religion, Eve or the idea of her plays a large role in our society. What do you know about Eve and what she represents? How might your conception of Eve be seen as a sexist story?
4. In October, Xiomara and Aman’s relationship grows. How is he a support to her?
5. Beginning on page 152, Xiomara’s concept of Father Sean begins to shift. Why do you think she is starting to see him differently?
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Do Now 10/5: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: How has Xiomara’s relationship with Aman grown? Why is Xiomara questioning her religious upbringing? On page 172, Xiomara talks about her friendship with Caridad. Reread the page. Do you agree with her ideas? Explain your answer.
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"This I Believe" 5 Skill Reading Response Worksheet
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Do Now 9/30: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What would you like the class to STOP doing? What would you like the class to START doing? What would you like the class to SUSTAIN?
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Do Now 9/28: Please rewrite the following sentences as one smooth sentence. Remember, there are multiple options for how to combine each pair. We had pizza together. It was pepperoni. Shirley is the captain of our cheer team. She created many new cheers for us. We had to search for our lost ball. It rolled into the bushes. We made chocolate cake for the class. It melted in the car. My baby sister cries. She does that whenever my mom leaves the house.
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Grammar Quiz #2
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Assignment 1-Most Impactful Day
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Complex Sentence Notes
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"Poet X" Part One Reading Quiz
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Do Now 9/22: Caridad, Twin, and Xiomara are all very different. Do you think this is good or bad for their relationship? Support your answer with an example from the text. Asylum means safety. How does music function as an asylum for Xiomara? What gives you asylum?
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Do Now 9/20: “Sometimes it seems like writing is the only way I keep from hurting” (41). Paraphrase the above quote. What is the deeper meaning of this quote? Why does this quote matter?
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Poems of Place
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"Poet X" Part 1 Characters
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Do Now 9/16: Please answer the following questions in complete sentences: What do we know so far about the narrator of Poet X, Xiomara? What is one external conflict (issue with the outside world) Xiomara faces? What is one internal conflict (mental or emotional issue) Xiomara faces?
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Edpuzzle - Elizabeth Acevedo Introducing The Poet X
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Grammar Quiz #1
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Do Now 9/14: “Poetry is the spontaneous overflow of powerful feelings: It takes its origin from emotion recollected in tranquility.” - William Wordsworth Put the above quote in your own words. What does the quote mean? Why does the quote matter?
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Write-Pair-Share: In the first few pages, we see the way men in the neighborhood talk to Xiomara. Have you experienced this yourself or talked to a person this way, (page 4)? How do you think this feels if you haven’t experienced it yourself? If you have experienced it, how did it make you feel?
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Common Writing Assessment: Fall 2022
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Do Now 9/8: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Song Analysis Assignment
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Do Now 9/1: Please identify the simple subject and simple predicate of the following sentences. You can simply list the subjects and predicates: “California regulators on Thursday moved forward with a landmark plan to phase out the sale of gas cars over the next 13 years” (The Guardian). “Monkeypox cases in some large US cities appear to be declining” (The Guardian). “The FBI told a judge they expected to find "evidence of obstruction" of justice in a search of former President Donald Trump's Florida home” (BBC).
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Quick-write: Imitating Cisneros Tell me a little more about yourself. Remember, this could be a story, list, poem, letter, etc. Refer back to your “Brainstorm Bank” to gather ideas. Use “Eleven” as a guide for writing. You may want to use the phrase “What they don’t understand about…” to begin your piece. Example: “What they don’t understand about being a swimmer is…”
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"Eleven" By Sandra Cisneros
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Do Now 8/30: “Mavis helped me learn so much about who I am, and who I wanted to be. I love comedy and now surround myself with people who love to talk about it just as much as I do” (Kaling). Please put this quote in your own words. What is the deeper meaning behind this quote? Why does this quote matter?
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"Is Everyone Hanging Out Without Me?"
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Quick-write: Describe to me how you met your first real friend. This friend can be a person, pet, relative, etc. You may choose any form to write your response. Some examples you may want to use… Paragraph Poem Personal letter Dialogue or script Story News article Try to imitate Kaling’s style as much as possible in your writing.
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Write-Pair-Share: “Let America be America again...Let America be the dream the dreamers dreamed--” Why would Takaki refer to this Langston Hughes poem in the first chapter of his book? Do you think America has ever lived up to its own ideals? Why or why not?
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Do Now 8/26: What are TWO good things that happened this week? What is ONE challenge you faced this week? What are you looking forward to this weekend?
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Do Now 8/24: For each of the following sentences, identify the subject and predicate: Who can tell me the answer to the question about the Civil War? The boy in the third row explained the role of slavery in the Civil War. Several of the students were thinking about the final examinations in the history course. Which of the following words in this list have been misspelled? Did Mary have time to call her brother this morning?
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"Dry" Collaborative CER
Make a copy of the “Dry’ Collaborative CER” document, and share the document with the rest of the group members. All group members should be writing on the same document.
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Simple Sentence Notes
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Do Now 8/22: What are some things you should include in a paragraph? What does it mean to “cite evidence”? How do you know when to start a new paragraph?
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Quick-Write: In "Dry," Kelton and his family had prepared both their home and their bug-out for survival in case of a crisis like the Tap-Out. What would be in your survival kit? What items should everyone have in an emergency kit?
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Do Now 8/18: Watch the warm-up video and answer the following questions: What is one example of sensory imagery that Beaty uses in his poem? Do you think that Beaty’s presentation of his poem is effective? Why or why not?
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Beginning of the Year Survey
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Do Now 8/16
Make sure to highlight ALL examples of sensory language in the passage. Also, don’t forget to answer the question at the end of the passage.
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