Honors English 10 (Period Per. 7) Assignments
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- 2016-17 School Year
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In Honors English 10 students study World Literature and Composition. World Lit. is literature usually written first in a foreign language, then translated into English. This class is also writing intensive, as students are being prepared to enter A.P. English Language in the Junior year of high school.
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Final Exams:
Period 1: Tuesday, June 6 - 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Period 2: Wednesday, June 7 - 8:00-10:00 a.m.
Period 7: Friday, June 9 - 9:00-11:00 a.m.
Bring the following:
1. Your blue literature book, marked with your quotes for the Julius Caesar essay
2. #2 pencil
3. All ungraded Julius Caesar guides, which I will collect and score
To prepare for the Final Exam:
1. Julius Caesar test: Go over your Julius Caesar study guides. Quotes on the test will be strongly representative of each character. You will be expected to identify literary devices from the play, but you should be able to identify examples of metaphor, personification, foreshadowing, allusion, etc. without even reading the play!
2. Julius Caesar essay: The essay (which is really a long analysis paragraph) will focus on an author's message regarding your chosen topic (betrayal, loyalty, politics, manipulation, and the personal quest for power). You might want to give some thought to a strong author's message regarding your theme, and one that can be supported by the quotes you have chosen. Read over your quotes - collectively, they should give you some ideas. Perhaps also give some thought to a hook!
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Homework due Thursday, June 1:
Julius Caesar: Finish the Act V study guide for Scenes iii, iv, v.
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Homework due Wednesday, May 31:
1. Julius Caesar: Read and complete the last study guide for Act V, Scene iv.
2. Prepare for Final Exam Julius Caesar Analysis Paragraph: Mark your four (or more) quotes in your big, blue literature textbook, based on an author's message you will devise for your chosen topic. Choose from: politics, loyalty, betrayal, the manipulation of others, or the personal quest for power. Bring the book to class!
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Homework due Tuesday, May 30:
1. Julius Caesar: Read and complete the last study guide for Act V, Scenes iii-iv-v. For Tuesday, you only need to complete Scene iii, but you might want to finish the entire guide over the weekend.
2. Vocabulary 8: Make flash cards and study for the test.
3. Prepare for Final Exam Julius Caesar Analysis Paragraph: This assignment is not due until Wednesday: Mark your four (or more) quotes in your big, blue literature textbook, based on an author's message you will devise for your chosen topic. Choose from: politics, loyalty, betrayal, the manipulation of others, or the personal quest for power.
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Homework due Friday, May 26:
Word Roots: Make flash cards and study for the test on Roots 23-24.
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Homework due Thursday, May 25:
Julius Caesar: Read and complete study guide for Act V, Scenes i and ii.
See attached poster on a playwriting contest for students!
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Homework due Wednesday, May 24:
Julius Caesar: Finish the study guide for Act IV, Scene iii.
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Homework due Tuesday, May 23:
Julius Caesar: Read and complete study guide for Act IV, Scene iii, up through line 156.
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Homework due Monday, May 22:
Julius Caesar: Read and complete the study guide for Act IV, Scene i-ii.
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Homework due Friday, May 19:
Julius Caesar: Finish the study guide for Act III, Scene 2.
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Homework due Thursday, May 18:
Julius Caesar: Read and complete study guide for Act III, Scene 2 up to line 169.
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Homework due Wednesday, May 17:
Word Roots: Complete lists 23-24.
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Homework due Tuesday, May 16:
Julius Caesar: Read and complete second half of study guide for Act III, Scene 1.
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Homework due Monday, May 15:
Julius Caesar: Read and complete study guide for Act III, Scene 1 to line 143.
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Homework due Friday, May 12:
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Homework due Thursday, May 11:
Julius Caesar: Read and complete second half of study guide for Act II, Scenes ii, iii, and iv.
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Homework due Wednesday, May 10:
Julius Caesar: Read and complete half of study guide for Act II, Scenes ii, iii, and iv.
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Homework due Monday, May 8:
CHANGE IN CALENDAR!
1. Julius Caesar: Read and complete the study guide for Act II, Scene i, line 162 to end.
2. I-Search Cover Page: Print (preferably in color) and bring in a copy of your I-Search cover page for classroom display.
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Homework due Tuesday, May 9:
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Homework due Friday, May 5:
1. Julius Caesar: Read and complete the study guide for Act II, Scene i to line 161.
2. I-Search Cover Page: Print (preferably in color) and bring in a copy of your I-Search cover page for classroom display.
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Homework due Wednesday, May 3:
Julius Caesar: Read Act I, Scene ii, line 79 to end, and Scene iii, and complete the study guide.
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Homework due Tuesday, May 2:
Julius Caesar: Finish study guide for Act I, Scene I and Scene 2 to line 78.
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Homework due Monday, May 1:
Julius Caesar: Read the play in the blue literature textbook only and complete the study guide for Act I, Scene I. The rest of the guide (Scene 2 to line 78) will be assigned on Monday, so you may want to go ahead and finish it over the weekend.
You cannot read the play in any other source, including online, because the page numbers and line numbers to which I refer will not be the same in another source, nor will the sidebar notes be the same. The study guides direct you to pages, lines, and sidebar notes!
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Homework due Friday, April 28:
Words Roots: Complete lists 23 and 24.
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Homework due Thursday, April 27:
Night: Study all study guides for literature test on Night.
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Homework due Wednesday, April 26:
Roots 19-20: Make flash cards and study for the quiz.
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Homework due Tuesday, April 25:
Word Roots: Complete lists 21 and 22.
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Homework due Monday, April 24:
Night: Complete last study guide for Chs. 7-8-9.
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Homework for Monday and Tuesday night, due Wednesday, April 19:
Work on final I-Search Paper!
View checklist for format in your hand-out titled "Writing the I-Search Paper," and scrutinize the rubric. Make sure you have addressed all requirements, including submitting to Turnitin and printing the Text Only Originality Report.
Attached is a PDF sample of a completed I-Search paper, with notes on the side identifying the paragraphs. View at 75%. Note that the header in the upper-right corner begins with page 1 on the first page of text, and ends with the final page numbers on the Works Cited pages. Check carefully to make sure you have a minimum of seven paragraphs in your paper: 1) opening, 2) first body paragraph about organizing research and writing your business letter, 3-4-5-6) regular body paragraphs on outline sections I-II-III-IV, 7) closing paragraph. I graded two body paragraphs - you are on your own for the other two!
The cover page and outline are not part of this larger document, because if so, the header would appear on those pages (which you do not want). Print them separately. Note that the outline includes the main research question.
Here is the order of pages (but do not staple! We will staple in class):
- Cover
- Outline
- Body of paper with all paragraphs, and header with last name and page numbers
- Appendix page(s)
- Works Cited page(s)
- Copy of email reply if your email recipient answered you!
- Turnitin Text Only O.R.
- Packet titled "Writing the I-Search Paper"
Here are some reminders:
1. If your email recipient answered you after you wrote your opening, make sure you revise your opening to include that he/she answered, and what they said.
2. If your email recipient answered and you used their information in the paper, do not forget to list that person as a source on your Works Cited page, formatted as an email.
3. If you used information from any sources found after you wrote your initial Works Cited page, add them to the page!
4. If you did not actually use and cite any one of your sources already on your Works Cited page, remove them from the page! You still need a minimum of 10 sources, however.
5. If the A-B-C-D sections from your outline are not in A-B-C-D order in your body paragraph, then change the order on your outline so that outline section matches your body paragraph.
6. Do not wait until the morning the paper is due to submit to Turnitin - it may take a while for the O.R. to show up.
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Homework due Monday, April 17 for Period 7:
Night: Read and complete the study guide for Chapter 5.
Work on I-Search Paper: To see the sample I-Search paper and reminders for completion, see the homework due Tuesday for Period 1 on my Homework page.
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Homework due Friday, April 14:
I-Search Cover page: I have attached below the examples shown in class today in a PDF - change the size to view at 50% to see each page separately. An appropriate image must cover most of the page. Your creative title must be placed in a position that makes it easy to read - in a color box, if needed. Your "heading" information belongs near the bottom of the page, either centered or in an appropriate position so the image is not interfering with your text. Place in a color box, if needed. The date should be your due date. Print in COLOR, if possible.
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Homework due Thursday, April 13:
I-Search Closing Paragraph: Make sure you view the checklist for the requirements of the paragraph in your "Writing the I-Search Paper" hand-out. Write a good clincher as the last sentence, which circles back around either to your hook, or to something else memorable from your opening paragraph.
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Homework due Wednesday, April 12:
Night: Read and complete the study guide for Ch. 4.
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Homework due Tuesday, April 11:
I-Search body paragraph: First, make sure you have revised your outline according to the comments on the graded outline. Then write a second regular body paragraph, reporting on your research. Take a look at your graded paragraph to see where you went right and where you went wrong! Make sure you type your main research question above the paragraph. Print the document.
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Homework due Thursday, March 30:
If you committed to bringing a treat on Friday, don't forget to bring it! You can drop it off in the classroom in the morning if you want.
Night: Finish the Ch. 3 study guide.
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Homework due Wednesday, March 29:
Night: Read and complete half the study guide for Ch. 3.
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Homework due Monday, March 27:
Vocabulary 8 PowerPoint: For this list on Confused and Misused Words, you must get your information from the little American Heritage book titled 100 Words Almost Everyone Confuses and Misuses, which is in the classroom or behind the circulation desk at the library (just ask for it). If you are referred to Merriam-Webster Online instead, make sure you write down the specific definitions that are indicated on the vocab. list. When you email me the PowerPoint, type "Vocabulary 8 - Period 1 (or 2)" on the subject line.
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Homework due Thursday, March 23:
Change on calendar!
Night: Complete the guide for Chapter 2.
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Homework due Wednesday, March 22:
ASSIGNMENT ADDED TO THE QUARTER CALENDAR!
1. I-Search Outline: Make sure outline is formatted properly! Revise your current outline if needed. Please type your main research question on the outline, word for word, between the title and the Roman numeral I section.
2. Vocabulary 7: Make flash cards and study for the test. Make sure you know which of the fallacies fall within these three groups: Fallacies that change the subject, fallacies that miss the point, and fallacies that appeal to emotion.
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Homework due Tuesday, March 21:
1. I-Search Research 9: One new source, with at least a half-page of notes. Please go online to Ted Talks first and see if you can something; otherwise, you can use any type of source. If your email recipient replied to you, make sure you use that person as a source.
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Homework due Monday, March 20:
1. Night study guide: Complete Chapter One.
2. I-Search First Body Paragraph: You know the drill: Times New Roman, 12 pt., proper heading, double-spaced. Follow the directions and checklist carefully in the hand-out titled "Writing the I-Search Paper." You are not reporting any of your researched facts in this paragraph! Title the doc "I-Search First Body Paragraph" AND precede the paragraph with your main research question, word for word! Do not include the main research question within the body of the paragraph, however.
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Homework due Friday, March 17:
Night study guide: Complete questions 1-5 for Chapter One.
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Homework due Wednesday, March 15:
Night Introduction: Type a document with a proper heading. The first part of the assignment involves research on Elie Wiesel; the second part involves watching two short videos, and then responding to a prompt about the videos that will go into your Writing grade. The entire document must be double-spaced. Do not forget to submit to Turnitin under Holocaust Reflection and print the Text Only Originality Report.
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Homework due Tuesday, March 14:
Study packet on Practice in Citing Sources in MLA 8th Edition for the test on Tuesday! You will not be tested on citing an email or interview, but will be tested on regular online sources, database sources, a print periodical, and a book.
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Homework due Monday, March 13:
I-Search Works Cited page: Follow directions carefully! Need proper heading, title (Works Cited), and make sure the entire paragraph is evenly double-spaced (no extra spaces between entries), and make sure all entries are in alphabetical order according to the first word of the citation. Print your document to turn in.
Note: If the source has no author, and the first word of the article title begins with A, An, or The, then put the entry in alphabetical order according to the second word. For example, if the title is "A New Law Causes Havoc," you would put in alphabetical order according to the word "New."
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Homework due Friday, March 10
Research: One new source, half-page of notes.
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Homework due Thursday, March 9:
I-Search Opening Paragraph: Follow directions and checklist on hand-out titled "Writing the I-Search Paper." Your document must be in Times New Roman 12 pt., with a proper heading, and double-spaced. Title it "I-Search Opening Paragraph." I want to see some great HOOKS, and make sure your main research question is typed word for word, as approved on your "Narrowing and Choosing a Topic" worksheet! PRINT the document to bring to class, of course!
BTW, you are not turning in to Turnitin.
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Homework due Tuesday, March 7:
I-Search Research: One new source (can be regular Internet source, database source, print periodical, or book) and a half-page of notes.
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Homework due Thursday, March 2:
I-Search Research: Find a new database source from the school databases (see the second page of the hand-out on Evaluating Research) and take half a page of notes. Make sure you write out the source information correctly, and match up your notes with your outline.
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Homework due Tuesday, February 28 (Leap Year day! Any poor little babies born between 12 a.m. tonight and 11:59 p.m. tomorrow night will only see their "for reals" birthday every four years!):
I-Search Research 2: Your homework is to find one periodical article, and take half a page of notes. Do not forget your "Thoughts on my progress," and matching up your notes with a section of your outline.
Tomorrow night your homework will be the same, with another periodical article, so if you find two good ones tonight, you might want to take notes on both and you will be FREE of work tomorrow night!
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Homework due Monday, February 27:
I-Search Business Letter Rewrite: Rewrite your business letter, correcting everything written in red ink! Submit to Turnitin under I-Search Business Letter - Revision 1. Print the new letter AND the O.R., and make sure you ALSO have the original letter in class with you on Monday!
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Homework due Friday, February 24:
I-Search Research 1: For this assignment you need to find two sources, and take a half-page of notes on each in your I-Search Journal. Do not research randomly - research questions from your outline in the hand-out on organizing and planning your research. Also refer to your worksheet in the Evaluating Research assignment described above. It is important to follow the example in the Journal, and write out your source information in MLA format!
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Homework due Thursday, February 23:
I-Search Evaluating Research: Read the entire document, and view my example page on possible resources for researching Oxford University. On the worksheet, try to fill in boxes with every possible source for your own topic. Surf the Internet for appropriate websites for your topic, and search the Amazon or Barnes and Noble websites for book titles. Think creatively!
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Homework due Wednesday, February 22:
1. I-Search Business Letter: Pay attention to the instructions and the rubric! Besides your printed letter and Turnitin O.R., make sure you have the instruction packet in class to staple to your documents. The score for this letter is going in the Writing portion of your grade.
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Homework due Thursday, February 16:
I-Search Organizing and Planning Research: Organize your 15 top questions by grouping them by category. Come up with a general heading for each category, as shown on the example outline, and on the worksheet pencil in your Roman numeral headings (each of which should be expressed as a question) and the sub-questions that go with them.
You must have at least four Roman numeral subsections (I, II, III, IV) and no more than five (V). You must have at least a question A, B, and C for each Roman numeral section, but can add D, E, etc. You must place all 15 of your top questions, but can also add questions if needed!
My suggestion was to make a copy on your printer of your questions, then cut them into strips. This is an easy way to move the questions around on a tabletop into groups of relevance so you can decide on your sub-sections before you start writing on your worksheet.
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Homework due Wednesday, February 15 (no homework due on Valentine's Day!):
Vocabulary 6: Make flash cards and study for the test on Wednesday. Make sure you read all the information and view the examples about each term in the packet on Deductive and Inductive Reasoning for better understanding!
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Homework due Monday, February 13:
I-Search Business Letter Recipient: Find a recipient to whom you can email. This person must be a professional (active or retired) in the field of your main research question. Type up and print a document with proper heading, double spaced, in Times New Roman 12 point. Include the following:
- Your main research question
- First and last name of your recipient
- Recipient's title or position or profession
- Name of recipient's place or work, such as company or university name
- Recipient's business street address
- Recipients's email address
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Homework due Friday, February 10:
I-Search Questions worksheet: Complete information on page 2, and then brainstorm 25 questions about your main research question. Last, read over your 25 questions and put a star or check mark in the left margin for the 15 most important questions.
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Homework due Wednesday, February 8:
Author's Message & Tone Analysis 2: Review your first author's message analysis to see where you gained points on the rubric, and where you lost points. Type up a second author's message/tone analysis for your new, assigned text, following the rubric carefully (also shown below). Print your document, and submit to Turnitin under Author's Message Analysis 2. Print the Turnitin Text Only Report. If you cannot find the Text Only Report, I suggest you come see me at brunch or lunch!
Remember that your analysis must tell how the tones, supported by your quotes, lead to the author's message. The requirements for articulating the author's message are specific, so follow directions! View my sample analysis on Lincoln's Second Inaugural Speech for a good author's message, which is not specific to "The Civil War started" but expresses a broader, universal statement about conflict.
In case you cannot find your original hand-out, it is attached below.
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Times New Roman 12 pt. |
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Topic sentence / hook |
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Two complementary tones |
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Quote/s supporting tones |
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High-level author’s message |
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Analysis of tones leading to author's message |
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Closing sentence |
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Turnitin Text-Only O.R. |
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Homework due Monday, February 6:
A few of you did not do Word Roots 18 - remember they are due on Monday!
I-Search Choosing & Narrowing a Topic: Follow directions carefully to develop three topics into main research questions on the last two pages of the packet you received in class.
Remember that two of the three must be from the topics I numbered on your graded Personal Profile. The third topic can be anything you want - the topic did not need to appear on your Profile, or, you can choose a third topic from your Profile.
Your main research questions should have some aspect of arguability; in other words, your research should lead to a conclusion regarding your gathered information and evidence. Remember that you are not writing a report, such as providing expository information on the planet Jupiter or on how the electoral college works. You will be conducting an investigation on a narrowed yet multi-faceted question, for which you research relevant information in order to (we are hoping) thoroughly answer your question.
Be thoughtful about this assignment, because you will spend the next twelve weeks researching one of your three main research questions!
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Homework due Thursday, February 2:
Tone Shift Analysis 2: Carefully scrutinize your first Tone Shift analysis to see where you went right, and where you went wrong. View the rubric (posted below). Type your analysis, meeting all requirements of the rubric, and submit to Turnitin under Tone Shift Analysis 2. Print your document and the Text Only Report O.R.
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Heading / dble-spc / TNR 12 pt |
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Complementary initial tones |
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Quotes supporting initial tones |
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Analysis of initial tones |
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Complementary tones after shift |
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Quotes for shifted tones |
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Analysis of shifted tones |
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Analysis extension |
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Turnitin Text Only Report |
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Evaluator Score: /20 |
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Homework due Tuesday, January 31:
I-Search Personal Profile: Make sure you follow directions for each question carefully! Submit to Turnitin, but do not print the O.R. - just print the original document. Remember that your answers will lead to your research topic, so make them thoughtful!
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Homework due Monday, January 23:
Study for the Final Exam! Your Final is scheduled for Tuesday, January 24, from 1 to 3 p.m. See the hand-out on preparing for the Final:
1. Vocabulary Test: You will be tested on the terms in the first four vocabulary lists. These are the literary and rhetorical terms. You must know the definitions, and be able to identify an example of each term. You will not be tested on functions. Quiz yourself with your flash cards for at least 20 minutes each day between now and Tuesday!
2. Short essay on Antigone: Decide on an Honors-level, arguable, profound author's message (remember: this is a message to the audience from Sophocles) for Antigone. Find four quotes in the play to support your author's message, and flag them in your book. Your author's message should not contain the words "you" or "your"! If your author's message is advice to the audience, it should contain a "because" clause.
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Homework due Friday, January 20:
Vocabulary 5: Make flash cards and study for the test.
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Assignment due Thursday, January 19:
Antigone: Complete the study guide for pp 35-52.
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Homework due Tuesday, January 17:
No homework due on Tuesday!
However, you could prepare for the final exam by beginning to study your vocabulary terms from Lists 1-4, and deciding on an author's message from Antigone. Remember you should find four quotes to support your message.
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Homework due Friday, January 13:
Whimsy: Complete worksheet on Alliteration, underlining all examples.
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Homework due Thursday, January 12:
Antigone: Complete the study guide for pp 20-34.
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Homework due Wednesday, January 11:
Whimsy: Find the allusions in the Whimsy story, and underline.
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Homework due Tuesday, January 10:
Antigone: Complete half the study guide for pp 20-34 (up through about page 28 of the text).
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No homework over Winter Break!
Have a wonderful holiday,
and be present and engaged with your family!
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Homework due Tuesday, December 20:
Word Roots: List 17.
Note: Your calendar says Roots 15, but you already did that list!
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Homework due Monday, December 19:
Antigone: Complete the study guide for pp 1-19.
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Homework due Thursday, December 15:
Word Roots: List 16.
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Homework due Wednesday, December 14:
Word Roots: List 15.
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NOTE: You will have your first homework assignment in Antigone this week, and you cannot check out the book until you have turned in your Alchemist and True Diary books! Don't forget to bring them to school!
Homework due Tuesday, December 13:
Vocabulary 5 PowerPoint: Read the information about your term carefully in the "Deductive and Inductive Arguments" packet.
Your PowerPoint must have two example slides (and your examples can come from the packet), but does not need a function slide. Make sure you include a Yes-No-Why slide and a Sources slide for your images.
Do not seek information online unless you have been assigned "fallacy" or "equivocation" - all information for the other terms must come from the packet or from the vocabulary list!
Email me your PowerPoint with the subject line "Vocabulary 5 - Period 1 (or 2)." If you have any questions about your term, make sure you email me, but make the subject line "Question about vocabulary."
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Homework due Monday, December 12:
1. Word Roots 11-12: Make flash cards and study for the test on Roots 11-12.
2. Vocabulary 5 PowerPoint: Due Tuesday, December 13. Read the information about your term carefully in the "Deductive and Inductive Arguments" packet.
Your PowerPoint must have two example slides (and your examples can come from the packet), but does not need a function slide. Make sure you include a Yes-No-Why slide and a Sources slide for your images.
Do not seek information online unless you have been assigned "fallacy" or "equivocation" - all information for the other terms must come from the packet or from the vocabulary list!
Email me your PowerPoint with the subject line "Vocabulary 5 - Period 1 (or 2)." If you have any questions about your term, make sure you email me, but make the subject line "Question about vocabulary."
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Homework due Friday, December 9:
The Alchemist: Read over your last two study guides to prepare for the test on pp 87-167.
Here is information on the Vocabulary 5 PowerPoint in case you want to begin working on it. It is due on Tuesday, December 13:
Vocabulary 5 PowerPoint: Read the information about your term carefully in the "Deductive and Inductive Arguments" packet.
Your PowerPoint must have two example slides (and your examples can come from the packet), but does not need a function slide. Make sure you include a Yes-No-Why slide and a Sources slide for your images.
Do not seek information online unless you have been assigned "fallacy" or "equivocation" - all information for the other terms must come from the packet or from the vocabulary list!
Email me your PowerPoint with the subject line "Vocabulary 5 - Period 1 (or 2)." If you have any questions about your term, make sure you email me, but make the subject line "Question about vocabulary."
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Homework due Wednesday, December 7:
Vocabulary 4: Make flash cards and study for the test. You will need to know spelling, definitions, functions, and be able to recognize an example of each term!
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No homework due Monday, December 5th!
We will continue the Socratic Seminar.
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Homework due Thursday, December 1:
Word Roots: Complete List 14.
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Homework due Tuesday, November 29:
Alchemist or True Diary quote tags: Find your next 6 quote tags in either book, referring to the list on the Socratic Seminar hand-out. Be sure to mark the quotes with labeled Post-Its.
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Homework due Wednesday, November 16:
1. Operation Walking Shield: Remember that the goal is to provide a joyful holiday for two six-year-olds on an Indian reservation in cold, cold North Dakota. If you have not yet contributed your $2.00 (about the cost of a large Coke at McDonald's), remember to bring to the next class - it will be your last chance to contribute as the backpacks are due the day we return from Thanksgiving Break. And you are receiving an entire week to be thankful for what you have, so share that thankfulness with a little kid!
2. True Diary Quote Tags: In preparation for the Socratic Seminar, you will find one quote for each of the twelve themes for discussion listed on your Socratic Seminar hand-out. On Wednesday, six quote tags are due. Mark the page of each quote with a Post-It or other device, such as a paper clip and a tag. Each tag must be marked with the topic (such as "Disloyalty") so the topic name shows outside the page edge. The tag should be placed near the quote.
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Homework due Thursday, November 10:
The Alchemist: Study for the test on pp 1-87.
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Homework due Wednesday, November 9:
Whimsy Literary Terms: Complete the worksheets for Personification and Metaphor. Be careful - there are many examples in each story section!
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Homework due Tuesday, November 8:
The Alchemist: Finish the study guide for pp 116-167. Do not forget to submit to Turnitin!
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Homework due Monday, November 7:
1. Greek Theatre PowerPoint: Check your hand-out to make sure you follow all directions: You need 6-10 content slides, plus a title slide and Sources slide. No more than four short bullet points per slide in readable text, great graphics, and sources listed in MLA format. When you email to me, type "Greek Theatre - Per. 7" in the subject line, please.
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Homework due Thursday, November 3:
The Alchemist: First half of study guide for pp 116-167; complete guide for pp 116-140. See attached Word doc below.
Operation Walking Shield: Please remember to bring $2.00 (or more) in the next week to contribute to Christmas backpacks for two six-year old Indian Reservation children in North Dakota!
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Homework due Wednesday, November 2:
Word Roots: List 13.
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Homework due Friday, October 28:
The Alchemist: Second half of study guide for pages 87-116. Do not forget to submit to Turnitin.
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Homework due Thursday, October 27:
The Alchemist: Half the study guide for pp 87-116 (which means # 1-5, at least). See the attached Word document below.
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Homework due Wednesday, October 26:
Ancient Greek Theatre Research: Second half of research (which means a minimum of three sources for the entire research) for your assigned topic on the hand-out. You can copy and paste sections from a web page onto a Word doc, or print entire web pages. If you copy and paste on a doc, make sure you also copy and paste the URL of the site! Highlight (with a yellow highlighter) the information which is most relevant to your topic if you print entire web pages.
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Homework due Tuesday, October 25:
Ancient Greek Theatre Research: Half of research (which means a minimum of three sources for the entire research, so on Tuesday you need information from at least one source) for your assigned topic on the hand-out. You can copy and paste sections from a web page onto a Word doc, or print entire web pages. If you copy and paste on a doc, make sure you also copy and paste the URL of the site! Highlight (with a yellow highlighter) the information which is most relevant to your topic if you print entire web pages.
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Homework due Friday, October 21:
Word Roots 9 and 10: Make flash cards and study for the test.
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Homework due not Wednesday, October 19, but Thursday, October 20:
REMINDER: Go through the closets at your house and find old but usable shoes you can donate for the Skills USA Shoe Drive! Deadline is Thursday!
Vocabulary 4 PowerPoint: Review the rubric at the end of the hand-out on Vocabulary Presentations to make sure you address all requirements and number of slides for your assigned term or literary genre. Email to me, and write on the subject line of the email "Vocabulary - Period 7."
Attached below is the vocabulary list with the definitions and functions of the words. Remember that your examples of the rhetorical device must illustrate how it is used persuasively.
Make your PowerPoint colorful and creative, following a theme with great images (those doing "epitaph" could make theirs a scary Halloween theme!). If you can find a short video to illustrate your example of how your term is used, all the better. If the video is not short, choose the (about) 1 minute of the video you want the class to view, and on that slide tell at which time-stamp number the video should begin and end. Make sure your text is large and readable, and do not forget to set up a Sources slide at the end and cite the URLs of your online sources.
If you forget your assigned word, email me!
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Homework due Monday, October 17:
The Alchemist: Finish the study guide for pages 59-87. Don't forget to submit to Turnitin!
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Homework due Friday, October 14:
The Alchemist: Complete study guide for pages 59-73, using the attached Word document below.
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Remember we are meeting on Diamond for the Hearing/Vision testing: go straight there after Period 6!
Homework due Thursday, October 13:
Word Roots: Complete list 11.
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Homework due Tuesday, October 11:
The Alchemist: Complete the study guide for pp 25-42. See the Word document of the questions attached below.
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Homework due Monday, October 10:
The Alchemist: Complete the study guide questions for pp 1-25, and print. Remember to submit to Turnitin, but do not print the O.R.!
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Homework due Thursday, October 6:
The Alchemist: Read pages 1-12 and answer the questions in the study guide, using the online study guide attached below! Follow all directions carefully, but do not submit to Turnitin until the study guide is completed!
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Homework due Wednesday, October 5
Note: You have a new,revised calendar!
Word Roots 7-8: Make flash cards and study for the quiz.
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Homework due Tuesday, October 4:
Vocabulary 2: Make flash cards and study for the Vocabulary 2 test.
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Homework due Monday, October 3:
1. Vocabulary 3: Typed courtroom skit script, with prop. If you have any doubt about how your assigned term is used, or how you can use the device persuasively in a courtroom scene, make sure you email me. And I do NOT mean late Sunday night!
I have attached a skit example. Note that the details of the case are briefly announced at the beginning of the skit so the audience knows who is on trial, and possibly why. In this skit, the accusation is made known at the end.
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Homework due Friday, September 30:
College Personal Statement: Typed, with Originality Report. Have the following in class:
a. Typed original document, double-spaced, Times New Roman 12 pt., proper heading, etc. Check the format requirements on your instructions hand-out.
b. Turnitin Text Only Originality Report.
c. Graded Ideas document with your three ideas.
d. Graded Opening Paragraph document.
e. The hand-out on the paper with instructions and rubric.
Follow the plan on your graded Ideas document for your chosen topic!
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Homework due Thursday, September 29:
CHANGE IN THE CALENDAR:
1. Word Roots: Complete Lists 9-10.
2. Vocabulary 3 Courtroom Skit: Due Monday, October 3. Follow directions for typing skit on the back of the Vocabulary 3 hand-out.
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Homework due Tuesday, September 27:
CHANGE IN THE CALENDAR! The True Diary test has been moved to Wednesday, September 28.
Due Tuesday: Word Roots 7-8.
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Homework due Thursday, September 22:
1. Word Roots 5-6: Make flash cards and study for the test.
2. True Diary: Complete the rest of the study guide for pp 178-196.
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Homework due Wednesday, September 21:
Tone Shift Analysis: Following directions carefully, write a tone shift analysis for your assigned section in the packet. Begin by placing the speech or article in context, such as writing "In his resignation speech, President Nixon's initial tones were..." or "In an article explaining why Nazi troops abandoned Rome to the Allied Forces, the initial tones in the article are..."
After identifying initial tones, tell how the tones contribute to a larger idea, such as author's message, conflict, etc. (see list below). Make sure you include short quotes to support your tones. Then identify the tones after the tone shift, again telling how they contribute to a larger idea. Finally, tell how the four tones and the shift contribute to a larger idea of analysis.
Submit to Turnitin under Tone Shift Analysis, and print the original Word doc and the Turnitin Text Only Originality Report.
Choices for extending your analysis are to relate the tones to:
Mood, theme, author's message, plot, characterization, conflict, foreshadowing, or suspense.
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Homework due Tuesday, September 20:
True Diary: First half of study guide for pp 159-177.
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Homework due Monday, September 19:
1. College Essay Opening Paragraph: Follow instructions! Type, double-spaced, with proper heading. Include the prompt and identify your topic above the text of the paragraph. Use Times New Roman 12 pt. Do not submit to Turnitin.
2. Word Roots: Complete List 6.
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Homework due Thursday, September 15:
1. True Diary: Complete study guide for pp 139-158 in the text.
2. Vocabulary 2 Skit: (Due Friday, Sept. 16) First look up the definition of your rhetorical term as it relates to persuasive speech. Then look at the function of the term, and decide what product, service, or charitable agency you could sell or promote in a television commercial, using your assigned rhetorical strategy to sell or promote the product or service or charity. A commercial is usually between 15 and 30 seconds, so keep it short. You must have a prop for your skit. Do not actually use your word in the skit; the class will guess what strategy (rhetorical device) you used.
Type your script, with a proper heading, using Times New Roman 12 pt. Bring to class to turn in. The script must have the definition and function of your word above the script dialogue, so you can present that information to the class after performing your skit.
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Homework due Wednesday, September 14:
CHANGE IN CALENDAR
1. Vocabulary 1: Make flash cards and study for the test on Wednesday. You will need to know a) how to spell the words, b) the definitions of the words, c) the functions of the words, and d) how to identify a sample of each literary device. The flash cards are worth 20 points - make sure you have them in class.
2. True Diary: Your homework last night was to read and complete the study guide for the first half of pp 118-158. It was noted in class that the web link for question 2 is not working; use this one instead: https://www.ihs.gov Also, there is a reference in question 13 to a hand-out titled "Unit 1: Stories and Storytellers." I have not distributed this hand-out yet, so I have attached a PDF of it, below!
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Homework due Tuesday, September 13:
CALENDAR CHANGE! The Voc. 1 test will be held on Wednesday.
True Diary: Complete study guide for pp 118-138.
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Homework due Monday, September 12:
Personal Statement Ideas: Type up information for three, different possible essays, following the format shown on the hand-out. You must choose a minimum of two topics that I have marked as #1, 2, or 3 on your Personal Profile, choosing the best prompt to go with the topic. Your third topic can be from the Profile, or can be a completely new topic, as long as it is appropriate for one of the four UC prompts. Submit to Turnitin and print the Text Only Originality Report to turn in with your Ideas document.
Note: You must develop a plan for three different topics; however, the three topics could possibly all be for the same prompt. For example, for the prompt on what you sets you apart from other applicants, you could write about your family dynamics AND (in a separate essay idea) a personal talent AND (in a separate essay idea) a risk you took. So you do not need to develop essay ideas for three different prompts, but the essays must be on three different topics.
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Homework due Friday, September 9:
Study True Diary study guides for test on pages 1-117. All questions on the test come directly from the study guides!
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Homework due Wednesday, September 8:
Tone Analysis 2: Follow directions on hand-out. Type the tone analysis for your assigned speech, and print. Also submit to Turnitin, and print the O.R. (Originality Report). You will turn in both papers. Pay careful attention to the rubric at the end of the hand-out, especially to the analysis extension. Also, do not forget to put your key words of analysis (including the complementary tones) in bold-face italics. See my Mark Twain analysis sample.
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Homework due Tuesday, September 6:
Personal Profile: Follow directions carefully - make sure you print a hard copy to bring to class!
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Homework due Friday, September 2:
1. True Diary: Read and complete study guide for pp 100-117.
2. Study for Roots 1-2 Test: Make flash cards and study for quiz on Roots lists 1 and 2. For the test, you do not need to memorize the origins of the words (Greek, Latin, etc.) - you must memorize one definition for each prefix, and one example word that is relevant to the definition you have chosen. Example: If you choose the definition "toward" for ad- the example word could be "adapt" or "advance," but not "adverb." You will not need to write the definition of the example word.
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Homework due Wednesday, August 31, 2016:
True Diary guide: Complete pp 82-92.
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Homework due Tuesday, August 30, 2016:
1. Word Roots: Complete Lists 1 and 2. Follow directions!
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Homework due Monday, August 29:
True Diary: Study guide for pp 63-81.
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Homework due Friday, August 26:
1. Vocabulary 1 PowerPoint: Remember that either you or your partner must email me the PowerPoint by the time class starts on Friday. Subject line: Vocabulary - Period 7. You should email me an attachment, preferably a PowerPoint and not a Google Slides document, as sometimes they won't open. Also, do not "Share" your document with me on Google because then I have to log into my Google Drive and search for it.
NOTE: In class I said you are finishing up the current True Diary study guide - that's wrong! The completed study guide is not due until Monday!
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Homework due Thursday, August 25:
1. True Diary: Complete study guide for pp 44-62.
2. Vocabulary 1 PowerPoint: Due Friday, August 26. Follow directions carefully (on Vocabulary Presentations hand-out) to create a six-slide PowerPoint for your assigned literary term. You and your partner can work on Google Slides, but try to convert to PowerPoint before sending to me. Either you or your partner must email me the PowerPoint by the time your class starts (on the due date) with the subject line "Vocabulary - Period 1 (or 2)".
3. Turnitin: By Friday, August 26, add my class to your account on Turnitin.com, following directions on the hand-out.
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Homework due Tuesday, August 23:
1. Class Contract: Signed contract is due, unless you have already turned it in.
2. True Diary: Study guide for questions relevant to pages 1-21.
3. Syllabus Test: Study Syllabus for the test on Wednesday. If you read the Syllabus, take the practice test in the Syllabus, and read over the answers from the Scavenger Hunt, then you will do well!
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Your homework due Monday, August 22 for Periods 1 and 7 and on Tuesday, August 23 for Period 2 is:
1. English binder with marked dividers (see instructions attached in a PDF below)
2. Summer Reading List, completed and signed by parent
3. Signed Class contract (really due the next class, but you will earn extra points if you turn in early)