English 9 (Period 1) Assignments

There will be no seminar. Instead we need to do a third installment of the i-ready test. I will provide a snack break after the first 45 minutes. You may bring snacks to share. Make an effort to bring ones that are healthy and not messy. DO NOT have snacks of any kind delivered to the school. The test will be worth the 25 points planned for the seminar. You will earn these points by trying your best. A bonus point opportunity is available to those who show improvement in their scores from last time. Get rest and eat breakfast before this test. You may also want to bring yearbooks. We may have time to sign yearbooks during the last 30 minutes.

Reading: Read 5.3 and complete the Act V, page 1 spiral assignment.

 

Writing: See the below prompts. Decide if you want to do the last essay as a process essay or timed write. Those wanting to do a process essay should bring a first draft to class. This will enable you to get some peer feedback before the second/final draft is due at the beginning of class on 5/30. Those wanting to do the paper as a timed write will get 50 minutes to complete the essay in class on Tuesday (1st and 3rd) or Wednesday (7th period).

 

Read 4.2-4.3 and do the complete vocab./terms column for Act IV, page 1 spiral work. 

Read 3.4-4.1 and complete the Act III, page 1 spiral page. Don't yet worry about Act IV terms.

Read 3.2-3.3 and add to the events. You must also complete the vocab and terms column for Act III. 

Read 3.1 and study for a quiz on 1.1-3.1. Remember to study your vocabulary and terms for Acts I and II. You do not need to know Act III terms yet.

Read 2.5-2.6 and finish the events column on Act II, page 2 of spiral.

Read 2.1-2.3 and add to events column for Act II.

Read 1.3-1.4 and add to the first spiral page.

 

Also, be ready for a quiz on the Elizabethan English words from page 766 only. The quiz will include 10 of these words and be worth 10 points. 

1. See the attachment for 10 vocabulary words and terms that must be included on the Act I, page I of your spiral notebook. I've included the page numbers where you can find the definitions. You must find five additional words from the act yourself.

 

2. Do Act I, page 2 spiral work as described in class.

 

3. All periods should read scene I.

 

4. Periods 1 and 3 should also read scene 2.

Finish the quick write about difficulty you've had acquiring a new skill. Also, your spiral is due!

Present if you haven't already!

 

Take a redo quiz on The Lord of the Flies, chapters 9-12 if you didn't get a B- or better the first time.

 

Complete the 1/2 page quick write on "language issues." 7th period should also make sure to complete any additional quick writes I assigned. 

No homework is due.

Be ready for a quiz on chapters 9-12. Know the below words for the vocab portion:

 

146-1. festooned (v)

146-2. corpulent

169-3. myopia

173-4. propitiatingly

185-5. jeer

187-6. inimical

196-7. cordon

196-8. ululation

200-9. epaulette

202-10. sob

Read 12 and do the top two boxes. Be ready for Tuesday's class discussion about difs and your character in the last four chapters. See the vocabulary list to study for Thursday's quiz on the 3/28 posting. 

Read 11 and do the top two boxes.

Read chapter 10 and do the top two boxes. If you haven't yet presented, you must do so during our next meeting.

Read chapter 9 and do the top two boxes.

 

It's time to find an IR for 4th quarter. Your book must be a memoir or autobiography. It's best to have it by 3/18, but I can be flexible through 3/20.

 

If you didn't present on Tuesday, then you must present today. See 3/12 and 3/4 postings for detailed requirements.

 

There is a quiz on chapters 5-8. For the vocabulary portion of the quiz, make sure you know the following 10 words:

 

86-derisive

87-effigy

89-decorum

108-mutinously

109-dun

124-astir

127-blundered

133-fervor

134-sensuously

 

Complete the chapter 7 4-square. Read chapter 8 and do the top two boxes. 

 

Everyone must turn poem two into turnitin.com before class on Tuesday. The poem you submit must meet all the same requirements as the one detailed on the 3/4 posting. Additionally, it must contain 10 consecutive lines that all have exactly 10 syllables.

 

Also, half of you will present either poem one or two this day.You must demonstrate that you have memorized 10 consecutive lines of your poem. You must have two hard copies of the one you plan to present. Number each line on both copies. 

Complete the chapter 6 4-square if you haven't already. Read chapter 7 and do the top two boxes. 

Read chapter 6 and complete the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

Write a poem about a significant character or topic in your IR book. The poem must 10+ lines long, include at least three lines of non-sight imagery or figurative language. It must demonstrate thought and care. This poem must be submitted to turnitin.com before class on Monday. The presentation of the memorized poem will happen on a future date. I will announce the date in time for you to practice.

 

Read chapter 5 and do the entire 4-square.

 

Read chapter 4 and do all 4-boxes. For the difs box, do the three steps with one example you find in the second full paragraph of page 62. For the character box, characterize Roger's behavior in that same paragraph.

 

Be prepared for a quiz on chapters 1-4. 

 

Know the below 10 words:

 

1. embossed (chap. 1)

2. officious (chap. 2)

3. gesticulated (chap. 3)

4. rapt (chap. 3)

 

and from chapter 4:

5. belligerence (60)

6. chastisement (60)

7. crooning (61)

8. dubious (59)

9. impalpable (61)

10. detritus (61)

 

1. Complete the chapter 2 4-square by doing the difs box. Use one of the two passages below:

 

a. "He stood now, warped out of the perpendicular by the fierce light of publicity, and he bored into the coarse grass with one toe" (Golding 35). 

 

OR

 

b. The largest paragraph on page 44.

 

2. Read chapter 3 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

IR project: Begin work on your project. It will be due as early as 2/28.

 

LotF: Read chapter 2 and do the top two boxes.

1. The IR project will be revealed on Wednesday, 2/20.

 

2. Do a rough draft of a works cited page for the TKaM paper. You will need to show me your electronic copy in class on Wednesday. It need not be perfect yet, but it should be clear that you've attempted all three entries. This is worth 10 points. The final draft must be perfect; it is worth 20 points.

 

Do this as a Google doc. Do not use easybib.com. Do consult the Purdue Owl link below and construct your own citations. Check your current TKaM entry against the Purdue Owl resource too. You will also need to reference the links to the other two sources we used for the paper. For those, see postings from 1/25 and 1/29. If you included a fourth source of your own, then you must do a works cited entry for that too.

 

 

 

Read chapter one of LotF and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

Bring TKaM so that we can trade it for Lord of the Flies.

See the further updated BP's 1 and 2 attached. Fine tune your alterations to BP3 (topic sentence, cd's, citations). Then start to work on a title, hook, and conclusion with a go beyond. The total paper will be due at the end of class on Friday. I will give you the whole period to work on the paper.

See the attached three body paragraphs. The order they'll appear in the full essay has changed. The first two paragraphs have been altered in the following ways: a thesis has been added, cd's have been removed, topic sentences have been altered or added, and citations have been fixed. Read all three. 

 

For homework, you and your partner should change the last body paragraph where necessary. Consider adding or removing cd's, altering or adding a topic sentence that works as a transition, and fixing citations. Hand write the whole paragraph (with any changes you make) in your spiral notebooks. This is due at the beginning of class. 

 

Next time, you'll get at least half the period to work on a title, hook, and conclusion with a go beyond. The full essay is due on Friday.

1. Develop a title you can love.

 

2. Be 125 pages into your IR book.

 

3. Read the attached student paragraphs. Be ready to talk about them on Monday. These are the body paragraphs we will use for our research paper. We will work on the introduction and conclusion next week.

1. Read your IR book for 20-30 minutes.

 

2. Have a great title for the TKaM paper in mind.

1. Have earphones with you all of next week.

 

2. Write the final body paragraph. This paragraph will be only about the #'s, the frequency of black/white relationships. This paragraph should include 2+ cd's from 2 different sources. The two links below will help. The 2nd and 3rd links from the posting dated 1/25 might also help. 

 

 

 

 

Bring hard copies to class. You'll need to print 3 if you are in a group of 2 or 3 people. Put your id #'s instead of names on this paragraph.

 

 

In class on 1/23, spend some time reading parts of each of the below sources. The numbers correspond to the numbers from that giant works cited attached to the last link of the 12/7 posting. Some of you worked with these specific sources last night. Now, read the parts I direct you to for each. Look for information that can help us determine the frequency of black/white relationships in the 1930's and/or how those couples were treated by the small and big communities of which they were parts. For today's assignment, you don't need to deal with both parts of the question. Just pick the two best cd's. Then write a paragraph. The paragraph should argue that two cd's from one or more of these sources are potentially helpful in this essay we're in the middle of. You may also consider the source you read last night if you think it's a stronger source. Right now, try not to worry about how this paragraph fits into the larger paper that we will write together. It is okay to use I, we, us in this particular paragraph.

 

1. Source 9/Read the introduction. It is approximately one page.

 

 

2. Source 44/Read the summary and the introduction. It is approximately two pages.

 

 

3. Source 131/Read the two paragraphs that start with the words "...Although nontrivial..." Do not request the full text from the website.

 

 

Write this paragraph with your same group. Bring 1 or 3 (for groups) hard copies to class on Friday.

Go to the 12/7 (12/6 for 7th period) posting. Access the last link available on that posting. Scroll down to the document's works cited. Find your assigned source. On the back side of your second paragraph, answer the following questions about this source: 

 

1. Is the source a book, part of a book, or an article?

2. Is it available online? PDF? If yes, spend 20 minutes reading it and then skip to 5. If no, proceed to 3-5.

3. Do the cities of South Pasadena and Los Angeles carry this book at any of their library branches?

4. Is it available for purchase through Amazon?

5. Does the source seem useful? Explain.

A hard copies of the draft of a 2nd body paragraph is due. If you are in a group of two or three, I need THREE copies of your paragraph. Those who are working alone only need to print one copy.

 

Use 2+ cd's; I recommend direct quotes. Your draft need not be perfect, but should be complete. Again, use id #'s.

 

See the attachment for the link to the source for paragraph two and potential cd's.

 

Have a hard copy of the paragraph you started in class on Monday. Look back at the 1/14 posting for fuller directions.

 

Complete the additional DIFS 4-square assigned in class. Set it up exactly as you did the one that was due on 1/10. Please use the following passages:

 

Periods 1 and 7: "Her voice soared over the clink of coffee cups and the soft bovine sounds of the ladies munching their dainties" (Lee 311). 

 

Period 3: "The ladies were cool in fragile pastel prints: most of them were heavily powdered but unrouged; the only lipstick in the room was Tangee Natural" (Lee 307).

 

 

Remember that we are working on an essay about mixed couples in the 1930's. The question is ultimately about whether TKaM gets two facets about mixed relationships right when compared with real history. 1. What was the frequency? And 2. How were such couples treated by their communities? Today, work individually or in groups of two or three, draft a body paragraph that talks about how TKaM deals with these questions. For now, you don't need to worry about real history. How many mixed couples are there in the text? How are those people treated by the town of Maycomb? Incorporate two or more quotes into your paragraph.

 

 

214-215 

End of chapter 19

Beginning of chapter 20

 

Due: This draft need not be perfect; it is a draft. However, it must be complete. It must include the ID #'s, not names, of all group members, and you MUST have one hard copy in class on Wednesday for points. Additionally, the library is closed for at least part of the day Wednesday. Be prepared. Print early. 

Bring TKaM until further notice. Bring a new IR book; it can be a collection of poetry or any kind of fiction. In your spiral, finish the DIFS page we started in class. Write all four definitions. For two boxes, simply list the steps. For the other two boxes, APPLY/DO the steps. Number the steps for the last two boxes too please.

 

1st period should use this passage: "The ladies were cool in fragile pastel prints: most of them were heavily powdered but unrouged; the only lipstick in the room was Tangee Natural" (Lee 307). 

 

3rd and 7th periods should use this passage: "I sat quietly, having conquered my hands by tightly gripping the arms of the chair, and waited for someone to speak to me" (Lee 307).

Happy new semester! Bring your copy of TKaM and your 3rd quarter IR book to class this day. The new book can be a collection of poetry or any kind of fiction.

Complete your IR project and submit it to turnitin.com before class on Monday. Look at previous homework postings for details. You should be ready to present your slides or read your essay if called on on Monday. The difs quiz will happen the day of our scheduled final.

Work on your IR project. It is a significant portion of your semester grade and is due on 12/17, NOT on the day your class meets officially for its final.

 

Remember that you choose between an essay and a visual presentation. Please use either Google docs or Google slides for this project.

 

 

*Remember that titles, hooks, and go-beyonds require inspiration. For that reason, I recommend that you work on those particular items last.

Make progress on your IR project. See the attached directions for information about exactly how far along you should be for our next class.

 

Also, have your difs steps memorized by Tuesday. There will be a small quiz on the steps at the beginning of class.

 

1. Read the two poems again. Can you find even more examples of difs?

 

2. Narrow your IR topics to your favorite three. Then find three different sources to help you research your first choice. Cut and paste those URL's into a Google doc. 

 

 

 

Take the link below to a quick survey. Complete the survey honestly.

 

 

Below are the first two sources we'll consult for our TKaM paper.

 

https://www.npr.org/templates/story/story.php?storyId=104190048

https://www.ncbi.nlm.nih.gov/pmc/articles/PMC2882688

 

 

1. Read the poems on pages 326 and 327 in your textbook. Keep your difs notes in mind. Where do you see diction, imagery, figurative language, and syntax in the poems? This does not need to be written down anywhere and you DON'T have to bring your books to class. The notes we took in class are attached to this posting for anyone who missed class.

 

2. Do the following three things on the next page of your spiral:

 

A. List as many examples as you can of big things in your IR book that might be worth researching.

 

B. List as many examples as you can of small things in your IR book that might be worth researching.

 

C. Consult one or more reputable sources on the time period and place in which your book is set. Consider up to 15 years prior to the setting your book. Write down the URL. Does this source contain other information worth researching regardless of whether or not the information appears in the IR book?

 

Narrow your list of IR topics to your three favorite.

Check out turnitin.com to read my comments about your writing (IR Project 1).

 

Finish your current IR book. The 2nd IR project will be revealed in class.

There is no homework over break:)

Read 29-31 and complete the 3-square. See the attachment for the three comprehension questions. 

 

Be ready for a quiz on chapters 23-31.

Read 25-28 and do the top two boxes for Wednesday. A final quiz on chapters 23-31 will take place on Friday.

Read chapters 23-24. The bottom box is for comprehension questions. There will be at least 6 eventually. The first 3 are below and should be answered before class on Friday (7th period can wait to do the comprehension questions in class on Friday). We'll do 3 or 4 more during class on Friday. There is no quiz this Friday as originally planned.

 

1. How does Atticus explain the fact that women can't serve on juries in Alabama?

2. What does Atticus say about his decision to let Mr. Cunningham sit on Tom's jury?

3. What does Jem conclude about Boo Radley?

Read 19-22 and complete the top two boxes.

 

The quiz has been moved to 11/7. It will now cover plot from chapters 12-22, but only vocabulary from 15-18.

 

Be sure to have your spirals each day.

 

 

1. Read 17 and 18 and complete the 3-square. See the attached comprehension questions.

 

2. Prepare for the quiz. There will only be one or two vocabulary words. You only need to study the 12 words I gave you for 15-18 combined.

 

3. Spirals are due.

 

Read 15-16 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. Remember that you'll need 6 events.

1. Read chapters 12-14 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

 

2. Try to be 75 pages into your IR book.

Finish the 7-9 4-square. Read 10-11 and do the 3-square. Study for a quiz on chapters 1-11.

 

One or two of the below words will appear on the vocabulary portion of this quiz: 

 

1. apothecary

2. quaint

3. expound

4. fractious

5. magisterial

6. aloof

7. aberration

8. obstreperous

9. alist

10. jubilantly

11. passe 

12. apoplectic

 

 

1. According to Miss Maudie, why is it a sin to kill a mockingbird?

2. Why does Tim Johnson need to be killed?

3. What's Miss Maudie's explanation for why Atticus doesn't use a gun anymore?

4. What does Jem do to Mrs. Dubose's camelia bushes? Why?

5. What is the punishment for Jem's crime?

6. How does Atticus explain "courage" to Jem?

 

Read 7-9 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

Read chapters 5 and 6 of TKaM and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

1. Read chapters 3 and 4 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

 

2. If you had a writing conference on Monday and you chose to redo your final draft for the IR project, you must submit the new final draft to turnitin.com before class. Additionally, you must complete the bottom right box of the chapters 1 and 2 4-square. 

 

3. Bring your IR book to class each day until further notice.

1. Submit your 3rd draft of the IR project to turnitin.com BEFORE CLASS ON MONDAY. This was at the request of 3rd period, but 1st period may take advantage of the extra time as well. 1st period, I only took your 1st draft, so I will need the hard copy of your 2nd draft on Monday also. Be sure that you submit the 3RD/best draft to turnitin.com. 7th period submitted during class on Thursday.

 

2. Read the first two chapters of TKaM and do the top two boxes of the 4-square we started in class.

 

3. Have your new IR book with you. It must be realistic or historical fiction. You must also be able to determine where and approximately when the book is set.

During class on 10/9, set up a new 4-square and do the following things in order. If you don't finish, complete the 4-square as homework.

 

1. Do a quick write in the top left box. The question is "what can we learn about real life through fiction?" Answer with 3+ sentences.

 

 

2. Look online for reputable sources of information about life in the American South during the 1930's. Specifically we are interested in social, political, and economic realities of the time. Record the names of 3+articles and their url's in the top right box of the 4-square.

 

3. Actually read the source that looks to be the best of the three and record 3 facts you didn't know before doing this research. This should be done in the bottom left box of the 4-square.

 

1. Make changes to one of your responses to the two IR project prompts you've drafted. Print the second draft.

 

2. Have your copy of To Kill a Mockingbird with you.

 

3. Be in search of a new IR book. The text should be 200+ pages, realistic or historical fiction, and have an identifiable time and setting. You must have this book in class with you beginning 10/15.

Do a rough draft of 2 of the 4 prompts. Please do them in a single Google doc. Each paragraph needs its own good title. Print the document and bring it to class.

Finish your IR book. Make sure you have the 9/28 assignment done. Look ahead to the assignment due on 10/5 and pick the 2 of 4 prompts you'll do. 

In your spiral, attempt an answer to all parts of all three attached questions. I understand you may be able to answer more fully once you've had a chance to finish the book.

 

Also, please bring headphones.

In the top left box of a new 4-square we took notes on three things that make for great titles. Use that information to help you with the bottom left box of that same spiral page. Leave the two right boxes for class.

 

Complete your IR book by 10/3. If you finish it early, you'll still need something to read on Wednesday and Friday. 

 

Lastly, bring head phones or earbuds. Wireless will work too.

IR. You must complete the book by 10/3.

If you haven't yet presented, be ready to do so. If you aren't yet 100 pages into your IR book, read for 30 minutes.

Prepare for your presentation. Look back at the updated directions from the 9/11 or 9/14 posting.

Make some progress on your presentation. See attached directions.

Use the link below to read the article on stress management and do the top half of a 2-square.

 

Watch Shawn Achor's TED Talk, "The Happy Secret to Better Work." It's about 12 minutes long. Then complete the two left boxes of the 1 happiness 4-square.

Read your IR book for 20+ minutes at home. Bring it back to class. You should have it in your backpack each day.

1. Don't worry about part 2 of the BAC activity, but do keep your book in your backpack so we can get back to working on it in class on the 4th or the 6th. Part 1 should have been submitted already. Period 1 was shorted some time to do this. However, only a few people still need to submit. Those people should spend 5 minutes trying to submit to turnitin.com on their own time. I will make time to help them in class on 9/4 if necessary. 

 

turnitin.com Class ID's and Enrollment Keys:

 

Period 1= 18920949 and PPP1

Period 3= 18921733 and PPP3

Period 7= 18921750 and PPP7

 

2. Have your IR book in your possession.

 

3. Periods 1 and 3 only, find a health article you want the whole class to read. Print one copy please.

Find Born a Crime and bring it to class. Be ready to write and/or talk about the book.

 

Periods 1 and 3, watch 30 more minutes of something funny. Do this right before your hardest homework. In class, I'll ask you to write about whether or not the laughter helps you concentrate on the homework that follows. 

Complete the first three boxes of the 4-square for "Curing What Ails You" if you didn't finish in class. Then, prepare to do the last box in class on Tuesday by watching 30 minutes of something funny during daylight hours sometime this weekend.

 

On Tuesday, I will take you to the library and you'll have a chance to look for an informational IR book. You must have an IR book in your possession by 9/4.

 

Lastly, we will do an in class activity with Born a Crime on Thursday.

 

Finish reading the laughter article. Complete 3.5 of the 4 boxes on the first page of your spiral.