Sophomore English (Period 4) Assignments
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- 2017 - 2018 School Year
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MY LIT CLASS RULES AND AGREEMENTS
Please copy this contract in your own handwriting and sign that you agree to honor the rules.
Due Period 3 August 18, 2017
Due Period 4 August 21, 2017
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Do the practice test review sheet you received today (with your name written on it).
Second round review test next week !
period 3: 4/26
period 4: 4/27
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Please write a journal answering the prompt:
Describe a time you felt different from others?
Describe a time you felt like you belonged ?
One page hand written skipping lines.
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Grammar homework. Please do page 355 on antecedents. Study for your review test.
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Make your flash cards for the literary elements list 1.
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- the apostrophe page of grammar " cavities" page 233
- journal on one of the topics on your do now
- last double -sided journal for The Alchemist pages 142-end of book
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Please do page 227 on apostrophes in the grammar document I posted for you. you can print it or hand-write it.
Finish your double entry journal for pages 121-132.
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HW : Read Alchemist pages 112-120
Be ready for a little quiz on the content to practice your for your next test.
From pages 112-120, do your double-sided journal including the connection to how it is relevant to your present or future, using the + sign.
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Study for your quarter 3 test.
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Ivan Estrada (Gooch) uploaded this assignment. ;) :0
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After attending College Night , please type a 330 word paragraph explaining what you learned about the colleges and application process? Upload it into turnitin.com.
If you couldn't make it , do the attached assignment.
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3rd paragraph of the Coehlo and Alexie Comparison Essay draft is due today.
To clarify, this is the second body paragraph, or third paragraph of the entire essay.
MAP OUT A 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY ANSWERING THE FOLLOWING PROMPT:
How are the authors of two very different novels similar?
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Pages 85-112bin The Alchemist , double sided journal, adding 5 of the ten entries to be relevant to your future.
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no homework due ... please relax and enjoy your weekend. Do something healthy , read something inspiring, watch something patriotic to honor Presidents' Day :)
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Please finish your ten double- entry journals you received in class today. Due at the beginning of the period , having read through page 48 in The Alchemist.
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Write the introduction and first paragraph for the comparison essay we started in class , using the essay chart template posted online.
Remember one line per box. Typed, printed, and submitted to turnitin.com.
Due : period 3 (1/26)
Due : period 4 (1/29)
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Finish Paolo Coehlo Webquest. Upload it to turnitin.com. Please print it and have it ready at the beginning of class.
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Please bring your Alchemist books to class today.
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Write a journal, double spaced, about your favorite story of all time and why it's you favorite.
word count must be 150-200 words.
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Please take one page of handwritten notes on three internet sources for Oedipus Rex, as a preview for our reading.
Crash course on youtube ; https://youtu.be/Cj7R36s4dbM
Oedipus Rex- The Short Version: on youtube
Litcharts Oedipus Rex summary only https://www.litcharts.com/lit/oedipus-rex/summary
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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)
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THE final Essay Due:Turn in the chart printed, Introduction, 3 body paragraphs, Conclusion
THIS WILL BE YOUR FINAL DRAFT…
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FINAL notebook check today .
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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.
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Rough draft due of your five paragraph essay... typed , printed, and double spaced using 12. Times New Roman font.
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Write a journal ... finding and explaining the one message from the book we finished today that will stick stick with you in the future. Handwritten 3/4 of a page skipping lines.
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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.
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Be ready for a notebook check .. have all CWs in order and your 5 tabs.
Please finish your lists of joyful things, the one you started in class.
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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.
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Go to this website and take notes on Alexie's bio, memoir, and the video , The Interview wit Bill Moyers:
click the video button at the bottom of stories for the video
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Watch and take notes on the following videos:
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Prepare for a grammar quiz
Do the worksheet these apples.... use appropriate highlighters
Finish you literary element slide
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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.
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Continue to work oj True Diary study guide pages 82-117. Due 10/9/17.
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True Diary Study Guide will be due next week, Tuesday October 3.
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this is the doc that has all exercises 5 - 11.
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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.
- In the bushes along the road stood an elephant with purple spots in front of his eyes.
- You may during noon except Saturdays.
- 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.
- At the beginning of the year, students must learn rules concerning the playground and regarding the lunch line.
- On the fifth of November, everyone but my brother and sister should arrive in Phoenix by plane.
- During the football game many spectators sat behind the goal posts and went frequently to the snack bar.
- Near the museum stands a statue of Paul Bunyon and his ox.
- Go down the street for a cup of milk.
- You may not go between the buildings or outside the school campus from eight o’clock until four o’clock.
- The can of soup is below the sink, above the stove, or besides the refrigerator.
- Over the bridge, under the freeway, and through the field ran the team.
- After the game the girls in the blue sweaters walked to the auditorium.
- After class you must go out the door and into the street for a parade.
- The book concerning politics is against discrimination.
- By noon we had walked over a mile beyond our goal.
Exercise 6 Prepositions
Directions: Cross out the prepositional phrases. Underline the subject once and the verb/verb phrase twice.
- Some spectators in the back row of the rodeo jeered at the clowns after the last event.
- Around the house and across the street ran a little squirrel with an acorn in his mouth
- During the storm, the wind blew inside the house from the north.
- Our maid cleaned the top of the counter and looked amid the groceries throughout the refrigerator.
- We will be at the mall by Sears within an hour.
- Three of the students were against shorter vacations for teachers.
- The letters for Mary and John concerning college and regarding admission costs were outside the house in the mailbox.
- All cars except the blue one were sold before noon by that salesman.
- Between you and me, the crickets were singing in the oleander after the rain.
- Our plane flew through a storm over the Rio Grande River.
- The yacht sailed across the Potomac River and under the Mason Bridge.
- Do not go past the line until the end of the game.
- All of my cousins except John went to the zoo without their jackets.
- Down the slopes toward the Swiss village came the mountain climbers.
- The matter concerning the parking ticket was decided by the judge at the court on Monday.
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Finish the True Dairy questiobns for pages 1-43. due when you walk into class.
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Turn in the SMART goals chart and poster slide on Friday 9/15/17.
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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
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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.