English 12 (Period 3) Assignments

Prepare for your final presentation if you haven't yet presented. Directions for the slide show can be found on the posting for 5/22. Also, make sure you turn your spiral in on the day of the final if you haven't yet given it to me. Remember that I am available to meet with you about grade concerns during Wednesday (5/30) at lunch and on Thursday afternoon from 12:30-2:00.

Spend only 60 more minutes on the timed writing. Then submit to it turnitin.com. I recommend that you submit to turnitin.com by Saturday at midnight because I know you have many other things to worry about. I will give 5 bonus points on this assignment if you submit by midnight on Saturday. However, you MAY submit as late 10 am (3rd period) and 12:20 pm (5th period) without penalty.

1. Read Act IV, scene three (the handout distributed in class) and complete the second Macbeth 4-square.

 

2. Prepare for the SRP presentation. You are scheduled to present one of the next three meetings. See the directions for the presentation attached to 5/22's homework posting. 

Macbeth-Read the 3.2 handout and do numbers 4 and 5 from the back of the handout in the top left corner of the second Macbeth 4-square.

 

SRP-Begin work on your presentation. See the attached directions in lieu of pages 52 and 53 in your handbook.

Read scenes two and three of Act II and complete the bottom two boxes of the first Macbeth 4-square. Also, have your spirals ready to handover for grading during class.

Use the photocopy to read Act I, scene 5 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square as directed in class.

 

 

A bound and attractive hard copy of your total SRP paper is due. Additionally, it must be submitted to turnitin.com before class. See the attached formatting information. For fuller directions about the small introduction (IA) and the small analysis conclusion (ID), see approximately pages 25-27 of the SRP handbook. Pages 4 and 5, as well as many others, may be helpful. Before you email me, please consult your handbook and try to get the answer for yourself. If you email me after 8pm on Wednesday night, do not expect an answer before class on Thursday.

Make progress on all things SRP. The final written copy of your project is due Tuesday. You will get some more class time to work on this Friday.

Finish the bottom boxes of the 109-134 4-square as discussed in class today. Read pages 158-184 and add the vocab and events to the bottom of the 4-square for pages 135-157. Be ready for a quiz on part III of the book. See a previous posting for the vocabulary words to know for the vocabulary portion.

 

 

 

 

Read 135-157 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. Also, finish complete drafts of parts II and III and bring hard copies to class. 

 

Additionally, there will a quiz on the last third of the book on Wednesday, 5/2. For the vocabulary portion, know the following words:

 

1. ensuing (109)

2. wrought (110)

3. vertiginous (112)

4. alighted (115)

5. rendezvous (126)

6. perambulations (131)

7. promontories (135) 

8. connoisseur (165)

9. procuring (165)

10. desultory (170) 

In class on 4/20,  job shadowers showed me 350+ words of their job shadow report. This is worth 20 points. Paper writers showed me their completed outlines. This is also worth 20 points. Anyone absent on 4/20 must show these items to me on 4/24.

 

Read pages 75-105 and complete a new 4-square. See the attached handout for information about what to do in the bottom two boxes.

 

Know the following definitions for the vocabulary portion of this day's quiz on pages 45-105:

 

1. sadistic-47

2. myopia-52

3. blather-57

4. somnambulates-58

5. paroxysm-74

6. perturbed-85

7. quell-87

8. sonorous-93

9. congeal-94

10. superannuated-95

 

Read 45-75 and complete the 4-square.

 

Job shadowers: finish 350/700 words for the job shadow report.

 

Paper writers: complete the outline on pages 46 and 47 in the packet. An electronic copy of the outline is attached, but you can hand write it if you prefer.

Use the attached handout to complete spiral work and study for the quiz on pages 3-41. Have all your SRP things with you so that you can move forward with part II of the project during class.

Job shadowing must be completed. Bring the signed time card as proof to class on this day. I will also need the completed rubric, but remember this must be mailed directly to me by the person you shadowed. Provide that person with a self addressed, stamped envelope. The rubric should be post marked by 4/24.

 

For those who didn't job shadow, your 20 note cards of 10 cd's from 5+ sources (one of which should be a physical book), are due in class. 

 

The reading quiz has been postponed to 4/18.

BY WEDNESDAY,

 

Go to http://voting4schools.com. Search for South Pasadena and nominate a senior for the Weldon Fair Play Award.

 

 

FOR THURSDAY'S CLASS,

 

Read 21-41 in BLCS and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

 

 

FOR NEXT WednesDAY:

 

You will be quizzed on pages 3-41 on Wednesday (4/18). To prepare for the vocabulary portion of the quiz, know the following 10 words:

 

surreptitious (5)

eunuch (12)

alcove (13)

veneration (14)

unabashedly (25)

anthracite (28)

infinitesimal (29)

erratic (33)

poultice (37)

furtive (40)

 

 

Read pages 3-20 of BLCS and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. Do 4 vocabulary and 4 events.

 

Be ready to present if your group hasn't gone yet.

 

This is the absolute cut off date by which you must prove that the job shadowing is set up.

Apply the five questions at the end of the Literary Criticism handout to the first chapter of TTTC. Consider Martha in the first chapter. With her in mind, how can you answer the five questions? Each answer should be at least 3 sentences long. This work should go on the next page of your spiral. Do not set this page up as a 4-square.

 

Bring any novels you have checked out for this class; you'll go to the library to get the next book.

 

Also, I will clear job shadowing through the end of class on Friday. You must send me an email detailing the person you will shadow, their title, their email address, and the dates on which the shadowing will occur. This must be done even if I am not present in class on Friday.

 

Your group will present on Monday after only 10-15 minutes of practice in class that day. The presentation must be 2-5 minutes long, contain up to 7 slides, contain 6+ pertinent facts from 2+ sources, and be practiced and professional in delivery. Everyone in your group is required to speak.

 

Also, you must confirm your job shadowing contact by this date. I'll need to know:

 

1. The professional's name.

2. What their specific job title is.

3. How I can go about contacting them (email or phone number).

4. And on what dates the shadowing is to occur.

 

 

1. Look at pages 27-30 in the SRP packet. Consider job shadowing. You must secure an agreement from someone who will let you shadow by 3/26. The actual shadowing can start at anytime and must be completed by 4/16.

 

2. Each person in your reading group must find two websites that might prove helpful for the short presentation your group will do on Thursday of next week. You will get some class time to work on this on Tuesday. You don't need to print anything. Just have the url's typed onto a Google doc.

 

3. Also, bring an independent reading text to class. It should be about 200 pages, of interest to you, and perhaps connected to things we've done or read this school year.

 

Interview transcript is due. You must give me a hard copy. Also, read the first chapter of The Things They Carried  (about 25 pages) and do the accompanying 4-square. Lastly, be ready for the vocabulary and comprehension quiz on that one chapter. See the tips below.

 

 

1. Kiowa

2. Ted Lavender

3. Martha

4. Henry Dobbins

5. Jimmy Cross

6. Norman Bowker

7. Mitchell Sanders

 

 

1. Rucksack (1)

2. Intransitive (3)

3. Taut (4)

4. Topography (5)

5. Bandoliers (5)

or Bandoleers (alternative spelling)

6. Sullen (11)

7. Insignia (14)

8. Poise (18)

9. Wistful (19)

10. Encyst (19)

 

And lastly, begin to think about an independent reading text you'd like to read during 4th quarter. It should be something that is somehow connected to something we've read or discussed as part of this course.

There is no specific homework due. However, you have two things do next time so look ahead!

There is no school on this day. However, please aim to have your interview completed by the end of this business day. The transcript is due 3/16.

1. SRP

Your 10+ graphs and subsequent paragraphs of analysis are due. On 3/5, any group without the minimum 3 responses must seek an extension. This must be done in writing during class on 3/5. Additionally, you were to formally thank your survey participants by 3/5. On 3/7, I may ask to see electronic proof that you met this requirement.

 

2. Grendel

You will do a timed writing in class. This is a single draft essay. You will get the majority of the period to complete this assignment. It will be submitted to turnitin before the end of the period. The prompt will be connected to March 5's seminar questions.

 

3. Spirals

I will begin to get these into Aeries while you work on the timed writing. This will take me several days. Continue to have your spirals with you each day for the rest of the quarter.

1. SRP

Send emails to thank your survey participants and formally ask for an interview. See the attachment below for ideas about how to word the email.

 

2. Grendel

The timed writing has been rescheduled for 3/7, but we WILL have a Socratic seminar on 3/5. Be ready to talk about diction and themes present in three different passages of chapter 10:

 

A. Page 138 to "I snatch up a stone" on page 140.

 

B. From "At dusk.." on page 140 to "So it goes" on page 142.

 

C. From "In my cave..." on page 145 to "The world is white" on 148.

 

You may use your books, spirals and one additional page of notes during the seminar. However, the notes must be handwritten and can only cover one side of a normal sheet of loose leaf paper.

 

 

Spirals are due. I have moved the seminar to next Monday. Thursday's quiz will cover vocabulary, philosophies, and comprehension only.

Read 154-158 carefully. Find one diction and one theme example from those four pages and do a box with all three steps for each to complete chapter 11's 5-square.

 

Also, read chapter 12 and complete the first three boxes of a new 4-square.

1. Keeping trying and hoping for more responses to your SRP survey.

 

2. A hard copy of draft 2 of the interview questions is due. It must contain 15 open-ended questions.

 

3. Read chapter 11 and do 3 of the 4 squares.

 

Vocabulary words to know for the 3/1 quiz are:

 

1. epoch -149

2. cavernous -169

3. inexorable -152

4. carbuncle -164

5. sheepish -173

6. runes -171

7. astir -173

8. grotesquely -155

9. tedium -144

10. metaphysical -159

 

1. Bring a hard copy of first draft of interview questions. Just 10 questions are required. See page 21 in the handbook for guidelines and suggested questions.

 

2. Your 10 responses to the survey are due. If you don't have them, be ready to show that you've sought responses electronically at least twice.

 

3. Read chapter 10 and do 3 of the 4 required boxes.

Be ready for a quiz on chapters 7-9. See the previous posting for the vocabulary words that could appear on the quiz.

Read chapter 9 and do three of the four boxes of a new 4-square for Tuesday. Also, send your surveys electronically.

 

There is a quiz on chapters 7-9 on Thursday, 2/15. Make sure you know the following words:

 

1. portents (93)

2. blighted (96)

3. brachiating (112)

4. meritorious (117)

5. transmogrified (112)

6. obsequious (127)

7. stalactites (128)

8. Inchoate (129)

9. epitomized (132)

10. grandeur (133)

Read Grendel's chapter 8 and do the accompanying 3-square. Also, make sure you really like your electronic survey by the beginning of Friday's class. Please see the attached for suggestions regarding language of the actual survey and the email you'll use to introduce it.

Read chapter 7 and do the accompanying 3-square.

Study for Monday's quiz. See the 2/1 posting for the words to know.

Read chapter 6 and do three of the four boxes for a new 4-square. There will be a quiz on 2/5. The words to know are:

 

1. burgeoning (47)

2. belligerent (49)

3. undulant (57)

4. requisite (67)

5. jargon (67)

6. juxtaposed (72)

7. dictum (74)

8. interminable (81)

9. insinuation (87)

10. petulant (89)

 

 

Read chapter 5 and do 3 of the 4 boxes of a new 4-square. Bring a printed copy of draft two of the survey. Also, please return the editing sheet to me. Finally, return the completed parent letter (page 3 of the packet). 

Read chapter 4 and do 3 of the 4 boxes. Also, bring a printed copy of your survey draft for the SRP.

Make sure chapter 3's 4-square is complete. There is a quiz on chapters 1-3. See the previous posting for the list of 10 vocabulary words to know. 

You should now have a 4-square for chapter 2 complete. Read chapter 3 and do three of the four boxes of a new 4-square. In the third box, find three references to the 3rd sign of the zodiac. There will be a quiz on chapters 1-3 on 1/24. Know the following vocabulary words:

 

1. docile-6

2. sycophanish-7

3. fuliginous-10

4. implore-11

5. dogmatism-14

6. cynical-19

7. enmity-22

8. adder-30

9. mired-38

10. intoned-42

 

Complete the 4-square for chapter 1. Read chapter 2 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

Read the first chapter of Grendel and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. Do 5+ vocabulary and events. 

Have some opinions about the movie you saw in class on Tuesday. We will have some discussion and perhaps an informal seminar about it.

Read through page 213 and finish the book. Complete the 4-square. Bring the final 3 4-squares to class. Be ready for a quiz on pages 113-213.

 

 

covet 119

alacrity 125

ensconced 131

pyre 145

valour or valor 149

infallible 175

enamelled 175

rampart 183

broached 192

bereft 203

 

Also, as part of your final, we will have a Socratic seminar. You can opt out of the seminar by writing an essay. You do not need to print a hard copy of this essay, but you must submit it to turnitin.com before the time of your scheduled final. Prompts for the essay and seminar are as follows:

 

1. What is a main theme about fame that the text offers? 

 

2. What is a main theme about revenge that the text offers?

 

3. Do a close reading of Beowulf's battle with one of the three monsters in the text. Consider the D, I, F, and S. Which of these style elements is the most pervasive in your chosen passage?

 

Essays should include 4+ cd's and be 4+ paragraphs long.

 

For top seminar scores, be prepared to share 2+ DQ's with page numbers for each question. Remember you could be asked to participate in a seminar on any 1 of the 3 questions. You may bring your book and one side of one page handwritten notes to the seminar. 5th period should check the site again after 5pm on Wednesday. I may provide fuller information based on 3rd period's seminar.

 

Read 143-183 and do the accompanying 4-square.

Read 113-143 and do the accompanying 4-square. Also, remember your contact list is due. You must complete every cell for each of your contacts. Individuals must have 10 contacts. Pairs or trios must have 15 contacts. The contact list should be typed. See an electronic copy on the posting for 12/11. Bring a hard copy to class.

Read 90-113 in Beowulf and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. There is a quiz on pages 3-113. Study the below vocabulary words. YOU ONLY NEED TO STUDY THE WORDS ASSIGNED TO YOUR PERIOD. As many as two of them may be on the quiz. Also, spirals are due.

 

 

renege

anathema

thane

tapering

stalwart

reprisal

kith

solace

embossed

requite

 

 

anathema

hawser

formidable

vehemently

keenly

forestalled

harrowed

requite

splayed

frothing

 

 

 

Beowulf-read pages 59-91 and do the top two boxes of another 4-square. Include 4+ vocabulary words and events.

 

SRP-Add to your professional contact list. People working individually must find 10 contacts. People working in pairs or triads must find 15 contacts. One typed list with all cells completed is due on 12/15. DO NOT actually contact anyone on your list before Monday's class. You will see an electronic copy of the professional contact sheet and an outline of the whole project that runs through June attached to this posting.

Read pages 40-59 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. Also, see the two-page attachment. Open it and then scroll down to the five questions on the second page. Finish answering these questions in your spiral. Keep in mind any conversation you had when you met in your cluster during class.

Read pages 3-21 in Beowulf and do the top two boxes of the accompanying 3-square. Don't worry about the "SRP Getting Started" questions I mentioned in class on Wednesday. You will have a chance to do them in class on Friday.

Make sure you've exchanged Outliers for Beowulf. Officially caste your vote for one of CNN's Heroes of 2017. Finish the spiral page of the 12 micro/macro issues you care about.

Please bring Outliers to class so that we can swap it out for Beowulf. There is no additional homework:) Happy Thanksgiving! 

Do a 2nd and final draft of your synthesis paper on summer vacation. Consider the editing advice your peer editor gave in class. (Your editor' s comments are worth points. Be sure to turn the sheet in with your two drafts on Thursday). You should also use the attached checklist to make sure you paper is formatted correctly. (The checklist is not worth additional points, but using it will optimize your chances of earning a good grade). Also, you must use easybib.com to create an alphabetized works cited list that includes complete url's. Finally, submit your essay to turnitin.com before our class meets on Thursday. Happy Thanksgiving!

Make sure you have a topic sentence for each of your body paragraphs written down in your spiral, below your thesis. Put them in the order you plan to use them in. Then, write an explanation of the order. Also, do a complete first draft of the essay. You must have a hard copy of the paper in class on Tuesday.

Finish 9 total cards. Choose 5 from 3 sources that you'd like to use on the paper. 1+ must be from Outliers and 1+must be on an opposing argument. Write a well developed thesis and put it on the next available page of your spiral.

Five note cards are due. If you want the details about what the note cards should cover, or if you have a hard time with this attachment, please see the other posting for this date.

Five notecards are due. One is the sample we did in class. Two more should come from the article you found. The last two must come from chapter 9 of Outliers. If you have trouble with the attachment, try the Adobe document attached to the other posting for this date.

Know where you stand with the prompt about summer vacation. Also, find an additional online article that you think you might want to use in a future synthesis paper on the topic. Print the article and bring it to class. It must be printed if you want points.

Prepare for Tuesday's Socratic seminar. The class will seminar in three different groups. You won't know which group you're in until the beginning of class so you'll need to prepare for all three seminars. Groups A and B must quote Outliers twice. Group C must quote Outliers once and quote one of the three connected articles.  By 5pm on 10/27, two articles will be linked to the bottom of this post and one will be attached. Make sure you read all three. You may use your books and the articles as well as one page of HANDWRITTEN notes during the seminar. You MAY NOT use Chromebooks though. So, to be super prepared, you should probably also print one of the three articles to have with you during the seminar.

 

Group A will deal with questions 1 and 6 from the back of Outliers.

 

Group B will deal with questions 2 and 8 from the back of Outliers.

 

Group C will deal with the prompt: "The American summer vacation should be eliminated. Defend, challenge, or qualify this statement."

 

 

Be ready for a quiz on chapters 6-9. See the 10/25 posting for the vocabulary words you'll need to know for the quiz.

Read chapter 9 and do the accompanying 6-square. Be rested for the benchmark on Wednesday. On Friday you will have a quiz on chapters 6-9. The following vocabulary words could appear on the vocabulary portion of the quiz. You must know parts of speech and definitions.

 

1. jibe (246)

2. grit (261)

3. efficacy (237)

4. unequivocal (172)

5. pernicious (253)

6. autonomous (236)

7. predisposition (221)

8. contingent (163)

9. irascible (169)

10. collegiality (213)

 

BECAUSE THIS ASSIGNMENT WASN"T ADDED ON TIME, those who have chapter 8's 6-square for class Monday will earn an extra spiral point. I WILL also accept it Wednesday for full, but not extra, credit. 

Read the last half of chapter 7 and do the 6-square as assigned in class.

Read pages 177-200 and do the 6-square as assigned in class. 

Read chapter 6 and do the 4-square as assigned in class.

Prepare for a quiz on chapters 1-5. See 10/6 posting for the list of 10 words that could appear on the vocabulary portion of the quiz.

Read the rest of chapter 5 and do the 4-square as assigned in class. Your quiz on chapters 1-5 will be on 10/10. The quiz will cover vocabulary, comprehension, and analysis. One or two words from the following list will appear on the quiz. You will need to know the definitions and parts of speech.

 

1. meritocracy

2. arbitrary

3. paradigm

4. threshold

5. despondent

6. brevity

7. subsume

8. antecedents

9. solicitous

10. garment

Read chapter 4 and do the 4-square as assigned in class.

Read chapter 3 and do the 4-square as assigned in class.

Read chapter two and complete the 4-square as assigned in class.

Read the first chapter of Outliers and complete the 4-square as assigned in class.

For draft 4, consider where you can be more concise. Also, have an awesome title. Make any other changes you want; it's your personal statement. The 4th and final draft is due Wednesday. You must bring hard copies of all four drafts and submit your 4th draft to turnitin.com by the beginning of class. 

 

Enroll in my turnitin class with the following information:

 

Period 3:

Class ID: 16193512

Enrollment key: GHP3

 

Period 5:

Class ID: 16193534

Enrollment key: GHP5

Use the rubric to make additional changes to your personal statement. Draft three is due this day. Have a hard copy in class.

Build one example of purposeful diction, imagery, figurative language, and syntax into the 2nd draft of your personal statement. Print a hard copy. Bring both drafts 1 and 2 to class on Thursday.

Pick two UC prompts or one Common Application prompt and type your response/s. You must print your drafts out and bring them to class on Tuesday.

 

 

Bring your lime green book or photocopied reading packet to class on Friday. We will use them again in class.

 

Your art project is due. The quick write assigned in class is due. Also, you need to be ready for the summer reading tests. You can use your book on the test.  

1. Work on your "Images and Identity" visual. It is due on 9/6. However, you can earn 5 additional points by turning it in by 3:15 on Thursday, 8/31. You can earn 2 additional points by turning it in during class on Friday, 9/1.

 

I encourage you to submit it early so that you can focus on preparing for the Socratic seminar and/or timed writing assignment about the summer reading book. That seminar and/or writing assignment is also happening on 9/6.

 

2. Lastly, be prepared to talk about the Mary Gordan essay. It starts on page 273 in your reading packet or the lime colored book. 

Make sure you've read the entire reading packet. For those of you with books, this includes the speeches that start on pages 265, 267, 269, and 273. 3rd period almost finished the packet, but 5th didn't get to any of these last four readings. Both periods must finish all of these assigned readings. Also, do a 7th free write. The suggested topic is "A Lesson." Lastly, bring any magazines you don't mind cutting up. We can use them as we begin an art project in class. 

 

Finish the Susan Richards Shreve speech that starts on page 97 and the Tobias Wolff speech that starts on 104. Then do free writes 5 and 6. One can be about a first love and the other can be about illusions.

Finish the two QUICK writes if you didn't finish in class. Also, make sure that both FREE writes 3 and 4 are complete.