Senior English (Period 6) Assignments

Dialectical Journal #2 due on your own Independent reading book. 

 

20 note cards for your SRP due with a printed source list.

Read Letter IV in Frankenstein. Be ready for a little quiz on what we have read so far.

please type up a journal , answering the following for questions  based on our guest speaker's lecture today.

1)Watch crashcourse Frankenstien both of them . take good notes on this jam packed sessions. Here are the links:

 

Find a quote that you like that can relate to the themes presented in these videos.Print and share this doc with me. 

Continue to work on your note cards and research for your senior project.

Due Thursday: your dialectical journal chart for your independent reading book. 

Be ready for open note test, reviewing the Bryan Stevenson research presentations. 

Job shadowing component must be confirmed. 

Due March 19 period 6

Due March 20 period 1

 

Please print your second draft of your  Experience Essay. 

Have printed and uploaded to turnitin your research notes chart about your own presentation. Please print your own copy even if you have a partner. \

Only one person needs to upload to turnitin please.

 

I will be available next week during zero period for make up work with an illness excuse only.

 

take brief notes on Google's Doodle...author of the day Gabriel Garcia Marquez. 

 

Do page 242 exercises 3 and 4 in your grammar book.

Continue to send your surveys out... keep looking for responses. Help is available here during 0 period, and 7th period , and after school by appointment. Mrs. Greenhouse also holds SRP tutoring on Wednesdays 3-4. 

 

Attached is the abstract paper we studied today. 

Reminder ... have your notes ready on the two articles comparing and contrasting the New York Times and The Atlantic's review about the ideas in Outliers.

 

Articles are under Ms. Wiedermann Posts on this website.

Reminder... this is what will be covered on your test. See attached or posts.

no homework due ... please relax and enjoy your weekend. Do something healthy  , read something inspiring, watch something patriotic to honor Presidents' Day :)

Please bring all SRP pages that were due : page 3,6,7,9,10, 13.

this has already been completed mostly in class

If you are working with a partner, bring page 12 please m filled out.

 

Be ready for a short quiz on  The Outliers chapters 1, 2 and 9. 

Please turn in your revision essays. I will not be asking you individually to do so. YOUr due dates are posted and it is up to you to meet your deadlines. Please hand them to me at the beginning of class, unless your chart is still being rechecked by me . Thank you :)

 

Check the Senior Project due dates calendar. It is also posted here on this site. Tomorrow ( or Wednesday for period 1) , your typed interview and survey questions are due, first draft. 

Compare and contrast the two articles posted in the website reviewing The Outliers , one from the New York Times and The Atlantic. 

Please do the exercise on types of nouns on page 237 in your new grammar textbook. Use the chart attached or make your own but it must be handwritten. 

 

Also go online and practice :

PHSchool.com enter webcode: egk1202

Please have typed and printed the CNN Hero assignment , paragraph on your choice for a hero and why you think they should win. (minimum 150 words)

 

Please bring your parent letter signed as well. 

 

See packet for info.

Theme Essay ... see attached file for instructions

Take notes on the FreedomRing Standford Video:

 

Take notes on the index section , Tools of  Master Speaker

Homework : Please type and print . Due when you walk into class. These questions are on ypour CW #41:

 

Student Reflections:

Engaging and Supporting All Students in Learning

What was interesting to you this year? (50-100 words)

Do you have any ideas that would make the lessons more engaging?(50-100 words)

Was there a part of the class that did not engage you at all ? If so what part? (50-100 words)

Do you feel supported ? (1 word max)

What was the best support you received? (50-100 words)

What would you have liked as support that you didn’t get? (50-100 words)

How did you apply growth mindset last semester? (50-100 words)

In terms of GM (Growth Mindset) practices, what will you use more of ? (50-100 words)

In terms of GM practices,what will you do less of? (50-100 words)

(see attachment below to view Growth Mindset Practices we have studied this year)

The final draft of your final essay on Tuesdays with Morrie.  Printed , double spaced, MLA citations, Times New Roman Font size 12. Uploaded to turnitin.com by 8 a.m. More details in class this week. 

FINAL notebook check today .

This is the format expected for the final essay ..

Please type your final essay in the chart posted on your class period's website, Times New Roman 12 font, printed and uploaded into turnitin.com.  We will do the turnit.com part together in class. All final drafts will be collected when you walk in, so please have them printed when you walk into class. 

 

Expository Essay Prompt : What message does Tuesdays with Morrie reveal through the conversations with his professor ?

Narrative Prompt : Describe the  world did Morrie or Mitch came from and howit shaped his aspirations.

Analytical Essay : What is the author’s message and how is it furthered by the use of literary elements?

finish the Lit Element chart ... use the pdf on line Tuesdays With Morrie...

Just a reminder to study your preps and helping verbs for a grammar diagramming test. It's the same charting we have done all year.

work only on your own college applications... nothing new due

Be ready for a notebook check. 

Be ready for a second round of prep and helping verb quiz.

Continue to work on you lit element chart.

Draft 1 of 4 of the UC prompts due Friday 11/17/17

Please do the worksheet chart on infinitives. The handout stays in your notebook;  the chart is what is to be turned in at the beginning of class.

Interview With A Senior due . Handwritten is acceptable. You can also create a short film if you interview on video . The film must be edited and display the questions and responses clearly.

Write a second draft of your personal statement. Do not delete anything from draft 1.  Just add the following elements to your draft and make revisions as you see fit: 

include your family background

your dream / purpose

reflect a stregnth

one or more stories from your top ten

one or more acco9mplishments

an obstacle is optional.

 

Weave in these new aspects of your draft ina cohesive manner. Please print . Due when you walk into class. 

 

Please print the following 6 documents if you haven't already:

 

 

Please fill in your diagramming chart " I put the casserole" one in the. 

the worksheet which is both attached and posted 

finish your brag sheet if you haven't already

reminder:

• 1-Prepare for a grammar quiz  
• 2-Do the worksheet these apples
• 3-Stop by and get the brag sheet from the counseling office or go to Naviance, home screen, click documents, click college forms, click senior brag sheet
• 4-Finish your literary element slide

Please open the preposition quiz document attached , and in your own handwriting , list all the prepositions you find there. You may refer to your notes. Due when you walk in the door.

Finish "My Sentence " worksheet. Due 10/5/17. Be thorough and follow all instructions.

No homework tonight. Make sure you turned in your Cal Grant forms.

Please use the attached chart for your answers. Printing is free in the library and in my room, but not available during class time. 

 

You can also make the chart by hand.

reminder ... hand written answers please always   ... only chart is available for printing.

Use this pdf for better printing

Due on Wednesday Sept. 20th: Notes on Bryan Stevenson and notes on Hero's Journey

Copy and diagram the sentences in exercises 5 and 6 in the attached file. Follow the usual directions. 

 

Exercise 5 Prepositions

Directions: Cross out the prepositional phrases. Underline the subject once and the verb/verb phrase twice.

1. In the bushes along the road stood an elephant with purple spots in front of his eyes.
2. You may during noon except Saturdays.
3. Until Christmas, the shoppers will travel through stores, across streets, between cars in parking lots, and past decorated windows in search of the perfect gift.
4. At the beginning of the year, students must learn rules concerning the playground and regarding the lunch line.
5. On the fifth of November, everyone but my brother and sister should arrive in Phoenix by plane.
6. During the football game many spectators sat behind the goal posts and went frequently to the snack bar.
7. Near the museum stands a statue of Paul Bunyon and his ox.
8. Go down the street for a cup of milk.
9. You may not go between the buildings or outside the school campus from eight o’clock until four o’clock.
10. The can of soup is below the sink, above the stove, or besides the refrigerator.
11. Over the bridge, under the freeway, and through the field ran the team.
12. After the game the girls in the blue sweaters walked to the auditorium.
13. After class you must go out the door and into the street for a parade.
14. The book concerning politics is against discrimination.
15. By noon we had walked over a mile beyond our goal.

Prep quiz on L-O. Bring 5 dividers for your notebook. If you need help see me before or after class.

Grammar Exercises 3 and 4

Please copy every sentence by hand and diagram it as we do in class:

 

Prepositional phrases : cross out entire phrase

Subject: underline once

Verb Phrase : underline twice

 

Due as you enter the room

 

Please do exercises 3 and 4 in your own handwriting.

 

LOCATING PREPOSITIONAL PHRASES

Copy every sentence. Cross out the prepositional phrase. Underline the subject once. Underlne the verb phrase twice.