9th Grade English (traditional) (Period 7) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Denise Gill
- Term
- SPHS 2018-2019
- Department
- English
- Description
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Past Assignments
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Bring a draft of your personal narrative to the final!
Final terms to know:
Exposition
Rising action
Climax
Falling action
Resolution
Direct characterization
Indirect characterization
External conflict
Internal conflict
Mood
Tone
First person narrator
Third person limited narrator
Omniscient third person narrator
Motivation
Denotation
Connotation
Setting
Theme
Simile
Metaphor
Symbol
Sonnet
Internal monologue
Concrete detail
Commentary
Assertion
Thesis statement
Topic sentence
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Be ready to write about your final IR book today.
Answer the following questions about "They're Loyal Fans and They Bake" on the same page you answered the last questions.
How does Carlip begin the story?
How does Carlip end the story?
Looking at the opening page, list 3 quotes that include descriptive detail and explain how they help the essay.
How does Carlip use dialogue?
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Finish The Poet X.
Read "Midnight Trio" and answer the following:
1. How does she begin the story?
2. Using three quotes, explain how she uses detail to characterize her friends.
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Read to page 331.
Do a reading log for your IR book.
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Read to page 300.
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QW1: How is Caridad a good friend to Xiomara? What should people value in a friend? What do you value in a friend?
QW2: Complete assignment 1 (page 39) OR assignment 2 (page 126)
Make sure your notebook is up-to-date and ready to turn in.
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Read and have at least 4 "I notice . . ."/ "I wonder . . ." annotations for part 2.
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Add another reading log for your final IR book.
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Read to page 192.
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Finish Part 1 of The Poet X by today.
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Complete your Romeo and Juliet essay, and upload it to turnitin.com.
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Rough outline and introductory paragraph for Romeo and Juliet essay due today.
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Add a reading log to your notebook.
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Test today: Romeo and Juliet, Shakespeare, poetic devices
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Act 5 Study Guide due today.
Artistic representation of quote due today.
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Read your Q4 IR book and add a reading log.
Act 4 study guide due today.
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Complete Irony and Figurative Language handout.
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Make sure your re-written paragraph is uploaded to turnitin.com.
How do Romeo OR Juliet’s desires, concerns, and fears change throughout their interactions with one another in this scene?
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Add an IR log in your notebook. Be ready to turn in your notebooks!
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Complete the Act 3 study guide.
Bring IR book to class.
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Test on all 41 tone vocabulary words today.
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Finish Act 3, scenes 1, 2, and 3 and the Act 3 Study Guide #1-19.
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IR book complete and ready to write about in class.
Read Act 3, scene 1 and start the study guide.
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Add another reading log for your IR book.
Complete the attached handout. (You may recreate it on your own paper or print it out.)
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Quiz on Shakespeare, his theater, and Acts 1 and 2.
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Vocab test tone words 3.
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Act 2 Study Guide due.
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Questions from scenes 1 and 2 of the Act 2 Study Guide due today.
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Vocab set #3:
Ominous
Patronizing
Pious
Remorseful
Resigned
Reverent
Sentimental
Solemn
Tranquil
Vindictive
Whimsical
Wistful
Witty
Ominous
Patronizing
Pious
Remorseful
Resigned
Reverent
Sentimental
Solemn
Tranquil
Vindictive
Whimsical
Wistful
Witty
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Quiz on second set of tone words.
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Read Act 1, scenes 1 and 2. Start working on the attached study guide.
Bring your IR book to class.
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More tone vocabulary words due today. Do definitions, sentences with meaning, and images for each word.
- Fatalistic
- Flippant
- Foreboding
- Forthright
- Grandiose
- Incredulous
- Indifferent
- Indignant
- Introspective
- Jovial
- Laudatory
- Menacing
- Morose
- Obsequious
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Complete the attached "translations" from Romeo and Juliet.
Make sure you have at least one reading log for an IR book for LAST WEEK (Jan. 28-Feb. 1), and bring your IR book to class today.
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Vocabulary quiz including spelling today.
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TWO print-outs of your final draft of your letter due today. (One to send, one for me to grade.) Please bring in your rough draft, as well.
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Finish definitions, sentences, and images for each of the 14 tone words.
Alice Bock's and Rose McCullough's family have donated envelopes for us to send letters, but now we will need two first class stamps per student. If your family could donate 4-6 stamps to help us cover this expense, please bring them in! Thanks!
- Aloof
- Ambivalent
- Apathetic
- Belligerent
- Candid
- Conciliatory
- Contemplative
- Derisive
- Didactic
- Dreary
- Ebullient
- Empathetic
- Euphoric
- Facetious
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Complete the attached Voice Lessons and be ready to turn in your notebook.
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Complete the two attached Voice Lessons.
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Study for the poetry quiz, including both definitions and identifying examples.
Read your IR book and add a second reading log.
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Bring in a hard copy (printed out) of your letter.
Have a reading log for your new IR book in your notebook.
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1. Define the attached poetry terms.
2. Find the lyrics to a song (in English, with school-appropriate content) and bring them printed to class.
3. Make sure you have a Q3 IR book.
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For the non-essay part of the final
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Finish IR book 2 by today and be ready to write.
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Read to the bottom of page 124, "The bell rings."
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Research Summary due TODAY in class.
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How much did it cost?
Research, and write what you find in your notebook.
How much would $10,000 in 1955 be in today's dollars?
How much did a public college cost in the late 1950s?
How much did milk cost in the 1950s?
How much might a suburban house cost in the 1950s?
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Please, if you are able, bring something new to add to the backpacks for the kids on the reservation in North Dakota. We have a backpack for a first grade girl and a 12th grade boy, but there are backpacks all over campus that need filling, and we need them filled by this Friday! This is to the reward the kids for continuing to go to school. We could use more school supplies (even little things like crayons, pencils) and cozy warm mittens and hats. https://docs.google.com/spreadsheets/d/1lY1E-Wm5KjNXzN-RHkzK7UhqfGu8APiL14QNNjEW-BE/edit?usp=sharing
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In your notebook, describe the setting of the apartment in A Raisin in the Sun and explain the family members.
Work on researching and decide what the specific focus of your research summary will be. You need to synthesize and summarize in 3-4 pages, double spaced, so you do not want the subject to be too broad and overwhelming.
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Final draft of essay due today. Please bring it in *with* your peer-edited last draft, and make sure you upload to turnitin.com.
Read your IR book and add a reading log in your notebook.
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2nd reading log in your notebook by today.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Final Essay
Write a complete, well developed 4-paragraph essay explaining how Harper Lee uses symbolic mockingbirds to create a theme for To Kill a Mockingbird.
Guidelines: After brainstorming how Tom Robinson and Boo Radley are Mockingbirds, you must create a chart of CD and CM to support the points you will make. The chart should have at least two CDs and four CMs for each of the two characters. Then you must create topic sentences for each of the body paragraphs, and match the topic sentences with the appropriate parts of the chart. (You may write the charts and topic sentences on the same page.) You will then make sure you have a thesis statement to cover the entire essay.
You may work with a partner when creating topic sentences and charts, but each partner must have a copy. When writing the essay, each student must write independently. The final draft must be both printed out and turned in to turnitin.com.
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Test on To Kill a Mockingbird today.
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Make sure you have at least one reading log from your 2nd quarter IR by today.
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Read THROUGH chapter 27 by today.
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Read through chapter 23 by today.
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Make sure you have read through chapter 18 by today.
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Big quiz today on To Kill a Mockingbird.
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Reading quiz today on chapters 1-9
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Read through chapter 4 by today.
You will write about your IR book in class today. You may bring and use the book and/or your reading logs. You may *not* use the internet or any outside sources. You should also be able to list all of the IR reading that you have done this quarter, including books you did not finish. Write down titles and authors.
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Test really is today.
Finish chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird by today.
Finish chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird by today.
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Add one more reading log in preparation for Thursday.
Unit 1 test today.
Unit 1 test today.
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Definitions for class:
bias
prejudice
stereotype
racism
sexism
Research your part of the African-American History handout (attached below).
Groups A and B:
Group C:
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Big quiz today on:
1. the Alma Mater
1. the Alma Mater
2. purpose and audience
3. growth vs fixed mindset
4. argumentation and rhetoric including:
4. argumentation and rhetoric including:
- claims (know the various kinds we reviewed)
- appeals (identify examples of all four)
- the concept of fallacies (you do not need to memorize the different terms)
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1. Finish definitions and examples of fallacies from Purdue OWL. (see handout that is attached)
2. Find and explain examples of at least two fallacies from commercials or political speeches.
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/logic_in_argumentative_writing/fallacies.html
https://owl.purdue.edu/owl/general_writing/academic_writing/logic_in_argumentative_writing/fallacies.html
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1. Finish reading and annotating the excerpt from Malcolm X's autobiography. You may answer the persuasion questions below on the text itself or on a separate sheet of paper.
2. Bring earbuds/headphones to class.
3. Be ready to write about your IR book in two weeks.
2. Bring earbuds/headphones to class.
3. Be ready to write about your IR book in two weeks.
Persuasion questions:
What are they persuading their audience to do? Who is their audience?
Do they develop credibility (ethos)? If so, how do they develop it?
Do they consider timing and context (Kairos)?
Do they appeal to logic (logos)? If so, where and how? (use quotes)
Do they appeal to emotion (pathos)? If so, where and how? (use quotes)
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1. Take notes on inductive and deductive reasoning.
2. Bring earbuds to class.
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1. Final draft of essay due. Bring a hard copy of your final draft AND your rough draft to class. Also upload your final draft to turnitin.com
2. Quiz on rhetorical appeals today.
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1. Complete essay, printed out, due in class today.
2. Read your IR book and add another reading log.
Prompt: Write a synthesis essay, using multiple sources, that explains what a student should do to be successful in high school.
You should synthesize ideas from your reading to explain how a student could best set himself or herself up for success. One of your sources should be chapter three, “The Truth about Ability and Accomplishment,” from Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, and another should be the “Eleven Essential Questions” excerpt from Benedict Carey’s How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens.Due:
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1. Big Quiz today on the Alma Mater, purpose and audience, claims, and SPHS writing terms.
2. Read your IR book for at least a half an hour, and add another reading log to your notebook. (Your book should be finished by Oct. 11th.)
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For the following prompt, create a rough thesis statement and at least two topic sentences (for body paragraphs) for your essay. Identify at least three supporting details from each of the packets that you may use in your body paragraphs. Write them out, including page numbers for reference.
Prompt: Write a synthesis essay, using multiple sources, that explains what a student should do to be successful in high school.
You should synthesize ideas from your reading to explain how a student could best set himself or herself up for success. One of your sources should be chapter three, “The Truth about Ability and Accomplishment,” from Carol Dweck’s Mindset: The New Psychology of Success, and another should be the “Eleven Essential Questions” excerpt from Benedict Carey’s How We Learn: The Surprising Truth about When, Where, and Why It Happens.Due:
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1. Quiz on different claims today.
2. Finish reading and taking notes on Chapter 3 of Mindset.
3. Be ready to turn in your notebook.
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1. Answer the questions about the TED talk. For re-watching: https://youtu.be/pN34FNbOKXc
2. Read Temple Grandin's "This I Believe" and determine what her primary purpose is.
3. Finish reviewing the chapter "Chameleon" in Born a Crime. Determine his primary purpose in this chapter, and be prepared (bring your book!) to add information after we discuss claims in class.
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Read your independent choice book for at least 30 minutes, then add a reading log with your reflections in your notebook.
Bring Born a Crime to class today.
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Read/listen to Tony Hawk's "Do What You Love" essay: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5568583
then read/listen to Ying Ying Yu's "A Duty to Family, Heritage, and Country" essay: http://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=5552257
(If the links aren't working, use the word documents attached below.)
Then, answer these questions:
1. Hawk and Yu have essentially the same audience, but very different purposes. For each of them, write what you think the central purpose of the essay is, and explain why you think that is the purpose.
2. They both use personal details to support their points. For each of them, select at least two personal details given. Explain how the detail helps make their point stronger.
3. Which of them do you believe has the right idea? Or are they both correct? Explain your perspective.
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Quiz on the Alma Mater, Purpose & Audience in class today.
Complete the Mindset Survey/Quiz.
Find your copy of Born a Crime, and read/review the chapter "Run." Bring the book to class.
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1. Read over your notes and write a few sentence summary at the bottom of your Purpose and Audience notes.
2.Read Sally Ride's "Single Room, Earth View," in the textbook and answer the questions below. (This should be on a separate paper to turn in, not in the notebook.)
2.Read Sally Ride's "Single Room, Earth View," in the textbook and answer the questions below. (This should be on a separate paper to turn in, not in the notebook.)
Purpose Questions
1. What do you think is her purpose for writing this essay/text? (Start with one of the three broad purposes--to inform, to persuade, to entertain--and then explain more specifically. Remember that many texts have more than one purpose.)
2. What details from the text help you understand her purpose? Use 2-3 quotes or paraphrased details, and explain how those details connect to her purpose. This response should be several sentences of explanation.
3. Who do you think is her audience and why?
3. Who do you think is her audience and why?
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Bring in your textbooks.
Quiz on the SPHS Alma Mater today. (Attached is a clip of it being sung by the SPHS choir a few years ago. The tune should help you remember.)
All hail, South Pasadena,
Our Alma Mater strong.
We've come to pay you homage,
Emotion voiced in song.
We love you for your stateliness,
Your grace portraying truth.
The spirit so intangible,
Of love, of life, and youth.
Long years will never mar you,
But only add to your charm;
Our hearts will shield your memories,
And guard your name from harm.
- (4 thumps)
Fortress of inspiration, defender of ideals.
Where lasting friendship seeds are sown,
Bound fast with Tiger seals.
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Explain the difference between self-compassion and self-esteem to an adult, then write a paragraph about the conversation you had and your own reflections about self-compassion. The paragraph may be hand-written or word-processed, but please PRINT a hard copy if you use a computer to do it.
*Some people have asked about supplies for class. I don't have a supply list, but many students find it helpful to have something specific for what I call "the notebook." It may be a composition book, a spiral notebook, a folder, or even stapled together pages (as long as you don't lose any of the pieces). Obviously, you will need black or blue ink pens and/or a pencil, as well as paper for class, and at times it will be helpful, but not required, to bring different colored pens. I have back-ups for those who need them.
If you would like another view of the TED talk, here it is: https://youtu.be/IvtZBUSplr4