9th ECD&I-2 Assignments

Include: What is your specific topic and why people should care about it.

Include: What is your specific topic and why people should care about it.

Include: What is your specific topic and why people should care about it.

Include: What is your specific topic and why people should care about it.

We will be using library databases, and you don't need to do more than consider what you want to research and perhaps some aspects or options. Attached is an excellent example from last year. It needs to be an issue in the UNITED STATES today (not all over the world.

We will be using library databases, and you don't need to do more than consider what you want to research and perhaps some aspects or options. Attached is an excellent example from last year. It needs to be an issue in the UNITED STATES today (not all over the world.

We will be using library databases, and you don't need to do more than consider what you want to research and perhaps some aspects or options. Attached is an excellent example from last year. It needs to be an issue in the UNITED STATES today (not all over the world.

We will be using library databases, and you don't need to do more than consider what you want to research and perhaps some aspects or options. Attached is an excellent example from last year. It needs to be an issue in the UNITED STATES today (not all over the world.

Make sure you have 4-5 NEW I notice/wonder/thinks to share

Keep reading your BOOK club book!

(A reminder that the two slideshows are on my website under Unit 4)

Read at least 20 or so pages of your book!

Read at least 20 or so pages of your book!

Read at least 20 or so pages of your book!

Read at least 20 or so pages of your book!

Annotate, then do a S/M/M for what you think is the heart of the poem.

Annotate, then do a S/M/M for what you think is the heart of the poem.

Annotate, then do a S/M/M for what you think is the heart of the poem.

Annotate, then do a S/M/M for what you think is the heart of the poem.

Complete the whole assignment before class on Thursday.

Rank your top three options, and I will try to make sure that you get one of them! (If you want to review or were absent any days, the information about all six is attached!)

Rank your top three options, and I will try to make sure that you get one of them! (If you want to review or were absent any days, the information about all six is attached!)

Rank your top three options, and I will try to make sure that you get one of them! (If you want to review or were absent any days, the information about all six is attached!)

You may do SketchNotes or Cornell Notes. 

I will also check the Chapter 13 Sketchnotes in class

You may do SketchNotes or Cornell Notes. 

I will also check the Chapter 13 Sketchnotes in class

You may do SketchNotes or Cornell Notes. 

I will also check the Chapter 13 Sketchnotes in class

You may do SketchNotes or Cornell Notes. 

I will also check the Chapter 13 Sketchnotes in class

annotate and then do a S/M/M for the "Heart of the Poem"

annotate and then do a S/M/M for the "Heart of the Poem"

1. Who was Karl Lindner, and why did he visit the Youngers' house?
2. What was Walter's reaction to Lindner? Bennie's? 
3. What presents did Mama get from the family?
4. What news did Bobo bring to Walter?

1. Who was Karl Lindner, and why did he visit the Youngers' house?
2. What was Walter's reaction to Lindner? Bennie's? 
3. What presents did Mama get from the family?
4. What news did Bobo bring to Walter?

1. Who was Karl Lindner, and why did he visit the Youngers' house?
2. What was Walter's reaction to Lindner? Bennie's? 
3. What presents did Mama get from the family?
4. What news did Bobo bring to Walter?

1. Who was Karl Lindner, and why did he visit the Youngers' house?
2. What was Walter's reaction to Lindner? Bennie's? 
3. What presents did Mama get from the family?
4. What news did Bobo bring to Walter?

1. What was Beneatha's family doing when George came in?
2. What did Mama do with her money?
3. What was Walter's reaction to Mama's purchase? Ruth's reaction?

1. What was Beneatha's family doing when George came in?
2. What did Mama do with her money?
3. What was Walter's reaction to Mama's purchase? Ruth's reaction?

1. What was Beneatha's family doing when George came in?
2. What did Mama do with her money?
3. What was Walter's reaction to Mama's purchase? Ruth's reaction?

1. What was Beneatha's family doing when George came in?
2. What did Mama do with her money?
3. What was Walter's reaction to Mama's purchase? Ruth's reaction?

Scene 2 
4. How did Ruth find out Walter hadn't been going to work? Where had Walter been going instead of to work?
5. What did Mama decide to do for Walter, and why do you think she does this?

Scene 2 
4. How did Ruth find out Walter hadn't been going to work? Where had Walter been going instead of to work?
5. What did Mama decide to do for Walter, and why do you think she does this?

Scene 2 
4. How did Ruth find out Walter hadn't been going to work? Where had Walter been going instead of to work?
5. What did Mama decide to do for Walter, and why do you think she does this?

Scene 2 
4. How did Ruth find out Walter hadn't been going to work? Where had Walter been going instead of to work?
5. What did Mama decide to do for Walter, and why do you think she does this?

notice/wonder/think AND S/M/M with "The Heart of the Poem"

notice/wonder/think AND S/M/M with "The Heart of the Poem"

notice/wonder/think AND S/M/M with "The Heart of the Poem"

notice/wonder/think AND S/M/M with "The Heart of the Poem"

How does Ruth feel about her pregnancy?
How does Walter describe his frustration to his Mama?
How does Walter disappoint Mama at the end of Act I?

How does Ruth feel about her pregnancy?
How does Walter describe his frustration to his Mama?
How does Walter disappoint Mama at the end of Act I?

How does Ruth feel about her pregnancy?
How does Walter describe his frustration to his Mama?
How does Walter disappoint Mama at the end of Act I?

Use the library databases to include relevant photos.

Use the library databases to include relevant photos.

Create a chart (handwrite or use the document)

Create a chart (handwrite or use the document)

1. Write a paragraph about how you would define and explain masculinity and/or what it means to be "the man of the house." 
2. Google what $10,000 in 1955 would be worth today. Then, search for the cost of college in the 1950s, the average cost of a house, the cost of a gallon of milk, the cost of a gallon of gas. Then, tell me what you found most surprising. 

1. Write a paragraph about how you would define and explain masculinity and/or what it means to be "the man of the house." 
2. Google what $10,000 in 1955 would be worth today. Then, search for the cost of college in the 1950s, the average cost of a house, the cost of a gallon of milk, the cost of a gallon of gas. Then, tell me what you found most surprising. 

And be ready for characterization work in class. 

And be ready for characterization work in class. 

Read the opening description of the setting to where Travis returns from the bathroom and tells Walter (Daddy) to hurry and go.
In a few sentences, describe the setting and how it reflects the family.

Read the opening description of the setting to where Travis returns from the bathroom and tells Walter (Daddy) to hurry and go.
In a few sentences, describe the setting and how it reflects the family.

Read the opening description of the setting to where Travis returns from the bathroom and tells Walter (Daddy) to hurry and go.
In a few sentences, describe the setting and how it reflects the family.

SketchNotes, Cornell Notes, or outline

SketchNotes, Cornell Notes, or outline

You should include: 

the title of the chapter
main points from each subheading
And incorporate:
color
symbols/images
text

Have THREE body paragraphs (each about a different character) ready for class on a document. We will upload to turnitin.com when you have a final draft. 

Have at least 4 notice/wonder/think statements.

Have at least 4 notice/wonder/think statements.

Have at least 4 notice/wonder/think statements.

questions for the middle:
1. Which identities seem to influence her writing?
2. Which identities connect to If You Come Softly, and how do they connect?

Make sure you explain your answer.

Final brief quiz on the book today.

We will work on this in class. I will post the form under materials.

1. How might music (and art of other forms) help us find our place in the world? What can music do for our sense of self and belonging?
AND
2. Say/Mean/Matter

Bring in the lyrics for a song that you could consider as a poem and annotate it. (The song should be "school-appropriate" in subject matter.) Mark examples of imagery, figurative language, and sound devices (rhyming, alliteration).

Watch her TED Talk, read about her writing and brief bio here, and then take some notes in your notebook on your thoughts and impressions of it all.

Bring If You Come Softly to class.

(Also, keep reading your independent choice book)

(Also, keep reading your independent choice book)

Either on this Kami OR in your notebook, create a say/mean/matter for what you think is the "heart" of the poem

Read the right hand side of the page, answer the questions on a doc, and upload here.

If possible, print two copies before class (one for me, one to send). I have envelopes and stamps; we will address them in class. Don't upload until you print them!

Do your best--not for straight quiz points

Read the right hand side of the page for Act 4. Answer the attached on a document and upload

Scene 1
1. Why is Juliet so impatient for the nurse to return? 
2. Describe Juliet’s rapidly changing attitudes toward Romeo in this scene. 
3. What piece of news has upset Juliet the most? 
4. What does the nurse promise to do? 
Scene 3: 
5. Explain Romeo’s reaction to the news of his banishment. 
6. Romeo tells Friar Laurence that the priest cannot know or understand how Romeo feels. Why? 
7. What argument does Friar Laurence use to prevent Romeo from attempting to die by suicide? Be specific, use multiple quotes and explain them.
Scene 4: 
8. What does Capulet tell his wife to say to Juliet? 
Scene 5: 
9. Just as Romeo is about to descend the rope ladder and leave Juliet, what does Juliet say about the way Romeo looks? What literary device is this?
10. Explain the dramatic irony in the conversation between Juliet and her mother.
11. After Lady Capulet breaks the news about Paris, what is Juliet’s response? 
12. How does Capulet behave with Juliet? Explain his behavior and threats. 
13. What is the nurse’s advice to Juliet? 
14. What scheme does Juliet devise to get rid of the nurse and to get out of the house?

format and information is attached.

1. Set aside some time to read your independent choice book. In your answer here, write down the title and some of your thoughts about what you are reading.
2. Decide to whom you will write to ask for a book recommendation and get their MAILING address.

1. Set aside some time to read your independent choice book. In your answer here, write down the title and some of your thoughts about what you are reading.
2. Decide to whom you will write to ask for a book recommendation and get their MAILING address.

1. Set aside some time to read your independent choice book. In your answer here, write down the title and some of your thoughts about what you are reading.
2. Decide to whom you will write to ask for a book recommendation and get their MAILING address.

Act 3, Scene 1:
1. At the beginning of the scene, what does Benvolio want to do? What does Mercutio think? How is this exemplary of their characters? 
2. When Tybalt and Mercutio first begin arguing, what does Benvolio try to get them to do? 
3. What does Tybalt call Romeo? 
4. Why won’t Romeo fight Tybalt? 
5. What does Mercutio think is the reason Romeo refuses to fight? 
6. Why does Mercutio keep repeating, “A plague o’ both your houses”? 
7. Why does Romeo call himself “fortune’s fool”? 
8. When Benvolio relates to the Prince what happened, what does he say Romeo tried to do before Mercutio was killed? Is his description accurate?
9. Of what does Lady Capulet accuse Benvolio? Why? 
10. What is Romeo’s punishment for killing Tybalt?
11.  Who should share the blame for the deaths of Tybalt and Mercutio? (Explain your opinion)

You can continue with what you were reading or start a new book. If you already have one, bring it in!

Complete the Close Reading Handout I gave you in class!

Finish reading the right hand side of Act 2. On a doc, answer the following--for quotes, use the left side--and upload here: 

Scene 3: 
Explain lines 21-22: “Virtue itself turns vice, being misapplied,/And vice sometime by action dignified”? 
When Friar Laurence sees Romeo, what comment does Friar Laurence make about seeing Romeo so early in the morning? 
What does Friar Laurence mean when he says to Romeo, “Young men’s love then lies not truly in their hearts, but in their eyes? 
Friar Laurence agrees to perform the marriage ceremony for Romeo and Juliet for what reason? 
Scene 4: 
According to Mercutio, what kind of man is Tybalt? 
What is the nurse saying to Romeo in lines 150 – 159? 
How will Juliet meet Romeo? 
Scene 5: 
The nurse is supposed to be gone only a half hour, but she is actually gone for how long? 
How is the nurse behaving that is frustrating to Juliet? 
Scene 6: 
What does Friar Laurence mean when he says, “Therefore, love moderately; long love doth so”? 
Is Friar Laurence wise to agree to marry them? Explain why or why not.

Read the right hand side of the page for Act 2, scenes 1 and 2 if you have not yet. However, any quotes should come from the LEFT side.

Use the linked resources to define the following terms: 

Britannica (you only need the basic definitions in your own words unless otherwise indicated): stanza 
rhyme/end rhyme
meter/metre
rhythm

Oregon State U English
sonnet

Review the charter. Should anything be changed?