English 12 (Period 6) Assignments

Have a first draft of the BLCS paper if you didn't submit it as a timed write on Friday during class.

 

Presenters prepare to present.

Complete the spiral page for BLCS pages 166-175 if you didn't get it done in class. 

 

Be prepared to present. The 6th period signup sheet is attached to the 5/16 posting.

Work on your SRP presentation.

Read 131-146 and do a new spiral page. Continue to work on your SRP presentation.

Read 109-130 and do a new spiral page. 

 

Be ready for a quiz on pages 66-130. Two of the below vocabulary words will appear on the quiz:

 

     71/calabash

     73/undulate

     74/gorge

     80/besotted

     89/prostrated

     91/dowry

     92/reverberated

     110/emphatic

     111/flyleaf

     119/fulminated

 

Continue to make progress on the SRP presentation.

 

 

Read 89-105 and do a new spiral page.

 

Start working on your SRP presentation. See the 5/8 posting for the further updated directions.

Read 66-89 and do a spiral page. Also, an SRP signup sheet will be posted outside the classroom by 7am Friday morning. The sooner you come to signup, the more likely the date you want will be available. 

READING: Read 45-65 in BLCS and do another spiral page.

 

QUIZ: Be ready for a quiz covering pages 3-65. Everyone present this day should attempt the quiz; the makeup quiz will be an essay. Two of the following words will appear on the vocabulary portion of the quiz:

 

1. beatific (6)

2. vertiginous (12) 

3. veneration (14)

4. louts (14)

5. limpid (37)

6. frisson (40)

7. furtive (40)

8. myopia (52)

9. redolent (56) 

10. somnambulism (57)

 

OPEN HOUSE opportunity: There will be no LotF seminar for open house. If you read the summer vacation debate paper or your literature circle paper during open house on Wednesday, you can earn 10 bonus points. If interested, email me by 5 pm on Monday with three times that will work for you and I'll see what I can do for you. If the paper didn't score a B- or better, you must be willing to revise it to B- quality first. 

 

SRP: Signups for SRP presentation dates will begin at 7 am on Friday, 4/26.

Read 21-41 and do a new spiral page for class on Friday, 4/19.

 

 

Read pages 3-20 in Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress and complete the 4-square we started in class.

Grendel and The Lord of the Flies seminars will happen this day. Also, make sure you read the handout I distributed. It will help prepare you to read our next book. Bring your lit. circle book to class. I will take you to the library to trade it for Balzac and the Little Chinese Seamstress.

Electronically submit an essay to turnitin.com before class or participate in a Socratic seminar during class. See the attached detailed directions.

No homework is due.

 

The SRP final draft is due for 200 points!

 

Submit the entire project (minus the cover page, title page, and table of contents) as ONE document to turnitin.com after 5pm on the 28th and by class on the 29th.

 

Also, you must have a hard copy of the entire project including the above things in parentheses. The hard copy must be in color and bound. Lastly, access, print, and check each item of the attached final check list. Turn it in with your project for an additional 10 points.

Finish your LC book before class on this date. During class you'll write your 7th of 7 journals. 

Read your literature circle book and do a 4th journal page.

SRP draft is due. It should be complete, but it CAN be in black and white and NOT bound at this point. DO NOT submit to turnitin.com. Instead, you must bring a hard copy to class. Don't wait until Tuesday morning to print. Attached you will find a pdf of the exact copy of the handbook distributed in October, the most updated rubric as a separate document, and an updated final checklist that you can use to help you with all the details and organization of your paper. You do NOT need to turn the final checklist in at this point. You will complete it for me when you do the final draft of the paper. In class on Tuesday, your peers will use the updated rubric to edit your draft. For those doing part IV, you must include a works cited page. Do not rely on easybib.com for this. Instead I recommend you use the link below to a reputable source.

 

The rough draft of the SRP will be due on TUESDAY. For Friday, please finish the second dialectical journal and read the next chunk of your lit. circle book.

Finish your first of seven dialectical journals if you didn't finish it in class today. Do the next chunk of  your literature circle reading. You will get time to do the second dialectical journal in class on Wednesday. Make some progress on your SRP draft. 

Be 50+ pages into your Lit. Circle book.

Read the first 20 pages of your literature circle book and have it with you in class.

 

 

Survey: follow the link below to an ASB survey.

 

 

Beowulf: Finish annotating the handout page you were assigned. You must identify five examples of diction, one example of non-sight imagery, one example of figurative language, and one example of syntax. Read 191-213 and do the vocabulary and events boxes in preparation for a quiz on pages 87-213. Use your spiral to study for the quiz and be ready to turn it in. Also, know the list of words below. One or two of them will appear on the quiz. 

 

bawn-91

glutting -93

plaited-97

depredations-123

accoutrement-143

reconnoitre(er) -163

fomented-185

filigree-187

tidings -195

abasement -211

Read 171-191 and do the top two boxes. Most notetakers still need to earn the last 50 points. Please see the last posting for details about what you should do with you cards before class if you want 45/50 points.

 

Complete the bottom boxes for the 131-149 4-square. Read pages 149-171 and do the top two squares. 

 

 

Job shadowers: Make sure I have your time card (50 points). Make sure you have given the rubric to the person you shadowed and explained that they need to mail it directly to me (50 points). Revise parts I and II and draft parts III and V. 

 

Note takers: Make sure you've shown me your 20 completed note cards (50 points). For the remaining 50 points please do the following things before class on Wednesday:

1. Cut and sort by potential paragraph.

2. Eliminate 10 while keeping in mind that you'll need 2+ cd's for each of the 5 body paragraphs.

3. Cross out 10, but don't discard.

4. Complete the outline on pages 41-42 of your SRP packet. An electronic copy is attached below.

5. Staple the 20 cards to the back of your outline.

*Only after you've completed all five steps above should you revise parts I and II and then draft parts IV and V. 

 

 

 

Read 131-149 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. 

 

 

For those doing part III, your job shadowing time card is due. For those doing part IV, your 20 note cards are due. 

 

 

See the attached updated list of useful websites.

 

Also, if you've lost your packet. See the 4th paperclip posting on Wiedermann's website for last year's packet. Pages 4, 46, and 47 will be helpful. This year's part IV is labeled part IIB on this old paperwork; otherwise the information about what you should be taking notes on is unchanged. 

Read pages 111-131 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. 

ATTENTION: Ms. Wiedermann has invited you to hear a guest speaker in room 311 during 7th period on Wednesday. He is a former teacher and assistant principal who currently coaches basketball at Occidental. Please consider taking advantage of this opportunity.

 

Read 87-111 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. It is okay to have this ready on 2/21 if you were busy over the holiday weekend.

Finish the bottom two boxes of the 41-61 4-square. Read 61-87 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. For some bonus points, you can do the bottom two boxes of the the 61-87 4-square; they are optional. Remember that your theme box can focus on a theme the poem presents on the topics: fame, revenge, religion, or the hero/villain dynamic. 

 

Be ready for a quiz on pages 3-87. Be able to spot the most interesting epithets and most metaphorical kennings in lists. Check back for an example below:

 

Are the bold phrases below epithets? Which one can you rule out right away? Which exemplifies the best diction choice?

 

     God-cursed (Grendel)

     iron-braced (door)

     The monster was back-tracking 

 

Which of the bold phrases below is most obviously a kenning? How do you know?

 

 

Job shadowing hours or 20 note cards of research should be completed by 2/21. The note card template is attached.

 

 

 

Read 41-61 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

Beowulf: Read pages 21-41 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

 

SRP/Job Shadowing: If you plan to job shadow, you must secure it by this date. In class you will need to give me the name, profession, company, email, phone number, and specific dates for which you've set up job shadowing. Also, remember that if you want to miss school to shadow, you must give me notice and wait for administrative approval. I cannot clear your absence retroactively.

 

SRP/Interviews: If you have a 2nd interview to do or you got an extension on the first, the transcript and analysis are due this day. 

1. Read Beowulf pages 3-21 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. You'll need 4+ vocabulary words and 4+ events. 6th period must also be ready to give me their maps.

 

2. Also, work on securing someone to job shadow. You'll will have to demonstrate that the job shadowing is all lined up on 2/7.

Find and define 13+ words from pages ix-xxii of the introduction to Beowulf. Then read those pages. Think about the who, what, when, where, why, and how of both the composition of the story and the actual plot. This will help you prepare for the in-class reading check on Friday. 

SRP: Part II of the senior project is due. It is an interview transcript of 8+ questions and answers and a paragraph of analysis. Please see the corresponding pages in the SRP handbook. This assignment should be submitted to turnitin.com in the first 5 minutes of class. No hard copy is necessary.

 

Beowulf: Read the page titled "A Note on Names." It is near the beginning. Then read the page titled "Family Trees" near the back. Sketch a quick map of Denmark, Geatland, and Sweden. 

For 1/28: Bring Outliers so that we can go to the library and swap it for Beowulf. Bring earphones. from 1/28-2/7. 

 

Work on your professional interview. The associated paperwork is due 1/30.

 

For anyone who missed class the day of the power outage, access the below link. Using the first stanza of the Neruda poem about poetry, do a 4-square where you apply all the steps for all the letter of DIFS.

 

If you haven't yet done the Summer Vacation essay, it is due at the end of class on Thursday. 

 

If you haven't done the survey analysis, it is due at the end of class on Thursday. If you don't have enough results to do the survey analysis, you can interview a mentor. The transcript and analysis of the mentor interview can be turned in as late as 1/30.

 

Everyone must also interview a professional in their chosen field. The transcript and analysis of the professional interview is due 1/30. Try to schedule the interview asap. The interview must be recorded. Be sure to get permission to do an audio recording.

 

Fine tune your spiral notebook. I want to score them in class on Thursday.

Replace any of the 20 interview questions that aren't open-ended. Highlight your favorite 10. Also, complete page 21 in the SRP packet with the interview we listened to in class in mind. The link will take you to the 10 minute interview.

 

Draft 20+ open-ended questions for the SRP interview. See page 23 for examples of open-ended questions. An electronic copy is fine. There's no need to print the questions yet.  

1. Be prepared for the DIFS quiz. You must know the definitions for each box. You must have the steps for each box memorized. You must be able to apply the steps to the any passage from the Outliers handout I gave on 1/9.

 

2. Finish the DIFS 4-square we started in class today. Please use the four sentences I gave you for the first part of step 2 in each box. 

 

*See the two attachments.

 

 

Read the handout I distributed in class (Outliers, chapter 9's section 2). Make sure you have the top two boxes of a new 4-square done. This includes definitions for the 4 vocabulary words and 2 pertinent points -as discussed in class.

Happy new semester! Be sure to have your SRP book and Outliers with you in class this day.

Remember that I will take your comments on other people's presentations as well as your 12 note cards on the summer vacation debate this day. Also, be ready to read your paper or present parts of your survey analysis if you haven't already done so. There is no opportunity to work on your semester grade after 12:20 this day.

Your final is due. It is either the SRP Survey Analysis or the Teacher Directed SV Paper. There is no choice for you to make. If I directed you to do the SV Paper, then that's what you must do. Your final must be submitted to turnitin.com before class today. See previous postings about other details related to this date and the scheduled final. The prompt for the Teacher Directed SV Paper is attached.

 

Additionally, please be clear that any opportunity to work on your first semester grade ceases at 12:20 pm on 12/20 for 4th period and at 12:20 pm on 12/21 for 6th period. At those specified times the term is officially over. Please be patient with the grading. Grades won't be officially calculated until mid week during our first week back. 

If you had 0-2 responses as of the beginning of class on Wednesday, then you must do the alternative assignment I explained in class. If you had 3+ responses as of the beginning of class on Wednesday, then you must complete the survey analysis. This assignment is your final exam. It must be submitted to turnitin.com before class on Tuesday. You must be ready to present and discuss the essay or one slide from your survey analysis when called on Tuesday or the day of our scheduled final. 

With the summer vacation question in mind, take three note cards on chapter nine of Outliers. This will give you 12 total. All 12 are due at the beginning of class. 

 

Also, make sure you have done all I've required you do to try to get 10 responses to your survey. I recommend you begin drafting your analysis in class on Wednesday.

Complete three note cards on each of the two articles linked to the 12/6 posting. See either of the attached note card templates.

 

Monitor how many responses to your survey are coming in. Once you have 10 responses, begin to draft part I A, B, and C as described on pages 29-30 in your SRP handbook. This polished draft is your final and must be turned in on 12/17. If by 12/11, you have at least three responses, you should begin drafting the assignment without waiting for further responses. If come 12/11, you have 0-2 responses, you must alert Mrs. Greenhouse and get guidance.

SRP: How many responses have you received to your survey? Now is the time to make a second attempt.

 

I'd call and say: "Hi my name is___. I am a student at South Pasadena High School. As part of a school project I sent you an electronic survey. I'm really interested in your feedback and am wondering the best way to get you to complete my short survey. Can I bring a physical copy to you or do you prefer I send it electronically again? I really appreciate your time. Thanks so much."

 

Next class, you will need to show all your correspondence. You will get a grade based on the number of times (2) you have reached out to the number of people (14).

 

Other class work/Outliers: Think about whether or not you agree with Gladwell's argument that the American summer vacation should be eliminated. Read the two articles linked below. You may do the optional spiral work as a way to make up old spiral points. We discussed the setup in class. However, keep in mind that spiral makeup points can only elevate your spiral grade to a 70% at best.

 

 

Make sure you really like your electronic survey. Please see the attached for suggestions regarding language of the actual survey and the email you'll use to introduce it. You may use this exact wording if it will all work for your particular survey. Then send out your survey! Only those who seminared on 11/28 may send out their surveys as late as during Friday's seminars in class. 

4TH PERIOD, WHEN MS. WILKERSON CAME BACK TO PRESENT TO 6TH PERIOD SHE'D DISCOVERED THAT WHEN YOU CLICK THE AIRPLANE/SEND BUTTON, THERE IS NOW AN OPTION TO CLICK "COLLECT EMAIL ADDRESSES" IN THE TOP LEFT CORNER. SHE RECOMMENDED YOU CLICK ON THIS FEATURE, BUT ALSO STILL ASK FOR THE EMAIL ADDRESS IN THE BODY OF YOUR SURVEY. I CAN EXPLAIN WHY IN CLASS ON FRIDAY.

Prepare for Wednesday's seminars. Each student will be randomly pulled into one of three seminars. You may prepare one page (front and back) of handwritten notes for the seminar. This is one page total, not one for each question. You may also use your copy of Outliers. To earn a top score, you should:

 

1. Know the pertinent points for chapter nine.

2. Make sure you thoroughly answer the biggest question in each prompt.

3. Find examples of the question's givens in chapter nine.

4. Speak two of more times.

5. Quote the text (with page numbers) two or more times. 

6. Listen and respond to others' ideas.

7. Add insight to the conversation.

 

The prompts below are from the last few pages of Outliers.

 

1. Malcolm Gladwell argues that there's no such thing as a s self-made man and that super achievers are successful because of their circumstances, their families, and their appetite for hard work. How is this view different from the way you have thought about and understood success in the past?

 

4. Do you believe there is such a thing as innate talent? What, according to Gladwell, is the difference among talent, preparation, and opportunity? What link does practice have to success?

 

8. Gladwell writes about meritocracies influenced by advantages some people have over others by virtue of opportunities, education, and coaching. As the income gap in the United States continues to widen, do you think that social mobility, which is an essential part of achieving success, will continue to suffer?

There was no new homework assigned.

 

Read chapter 9 and do the top boxes. Turn in the last 4 spiral pages for Outliers. There is a quiz on chapters 6-9. See the attached pertinent points.

 

 

This is the last day for the professional contact list to be turned in for full points. You must have the first five columns completely filled out. Also, a Google Forms draft of 10+ graphable questions is due.

 

 

 

Reading:

Finish chapter 8 and do the top two boxes. 

 

SRP:

Complete as much of the professional contact list as possible (pages 15-16). This can be handwritten.

 

Read 200-223 (the last part of chapter 7) and do the top two boxes.

 

Your contact list is not yet due, but it's a good idea to have three specific businesses/organizations in mind by the beginning of class.

Reading: Read 177-200 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. Also, spirals are due.

 

SRP: Check back later for more information.

Read chapter 6 and do the top two boxes.

Prepare for a quiz on chapters 1-5 of Outliers.

 

Know these ten words for the quiz. They are not necessarily in chronological order.

 

1. meritocracy (between pages 20-40)

2. savvy (chap. 2)

3. threshold (82-102)

4. idiocy (102-121)

5. repugnant (102-121)

6. wistful (chap. 4)

7. subsumed (chap. 5)

8. antecedents (chap. 5)

9. litigation (page 125)

10. matrimonial (page 127)

 

Also, return the signed parent letter for 5 points.

1. Read chapter 5 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.

 

2. Also if you still need to complete either of the two SRP worksheets from Monday, please do so before we meet on Friday.

 

 

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

Read chapter 3 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. Also, be sure to have the first two 4-squares done for spiral signing.

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

 

 

1. Read chapter 1 of Outliers and complete the first 3 of 4 boxes for a new 4-square in your spiral.

 

2. Draft 2 of your personal statement or personal poetry is due. Turn a hard copy in at the beginning of class along with either the poetry worksheet or a scored rubric with two suggestions for changes recorded by you or someone you trust to give you writing feedback. Additionally, draft 2 must be submitted to turnitin.com before class.

 

 

 

 

 

1. Your revised personal statement or two personal poems are due. You'll need to submit hard copies of both drafts and the editing and rubric scoring peers did for you during class on Wednesday or the poetry worksheet you filled out for one of the two poems you wrote. This time, I will give you class time to submit an electronic copy to turnitin.com.

 

2. Bring your copy of Outliers to class each day from this point forward.

Be ready for Wednesday's quiz. Read pages 28-33 in your new reading packet. Your quiz will be on one of these poems. I will give you another copy of the poem to use during the quiz, but it will be helpful to have read it ahead of time. Allusions will not be included. DIFS and theme questions will appear on the quiz. Know your DIFS steps; you'll need to have them memorized. These are in your spirals and attached to the 9/27 posting.

 

Also, complete and print a typed draft of the personal statement options 1, 2, or 3. See the attached directions.

 

Do NOT begin reading Outliers, but do keep it in your backpack.

See the link below. Pick two of the eight UC Personal Insight questions. Your handwritten responses should fill another page of your spiral (a half page+ for each of the two questions).

 

 

Also, read the packet of Miller poetry (page 16-27). Be ready to talk about which is your favorite and why.

 

 

1. Bring the two recent poetry packets to class.

 

2.Choose one of the seven common application prompts (the link will take you directly to those seven) and respond to your favorite in your spiral. Fill the page as you would a free write. This will be a very rough, and probably incomplete draft.

 

 

Read the packet of poetry distributed in class on Thursday. Prepare to discuss the poems by marking each with the letters d, i, f, and s to indicate where you see evidence of each. 

Complete your art project. Directions are attached to the 9/21 posting.

 

Bring headphones.

 

Read the E. Ethelbert Miller poems and preface. Be ready for a ready quiz on the Faye Moskowitz (page 23) short work in your reading packet and/or the E. Ethelbert Miller poems. There will likely be vocabulary, reading comprehension and plot, theme and other analysis (difs) questions on the quiz. See the attached DIFS2T notes. The attached notes include information on symbolism and tone, but you won't need to know those two for this quiz.

 

If you were absent on 9/21, you should also answer the four questions about your experience with your presentation group. This is also attached below.

Your art project is not due until Thursday, 9/27.

 

For Tuesday's class, read the attachment and prepare to discuss.

 

Make a bit of progress on your symbols project. Bring supplies; we'll work more on the project for at least 50 minutes of Friday's class. Also, it is very important that you have your spirals with you during class this day.

Complete the brainstorm we started underneath your symbolism notes. Bring supplies for the art project. Also, be sure to have your spirals handy for the rest of the week.

 

Spirals are due. We've done 10 assignments in the spiral so far. Be sure to label any free write you don't want me to read with "DO NOT READ" at the top in pen. Also, please put three stars atop any free write that contains information you may want to include in your upcoming personal statement. Be prepared for your group's assigned presentation date of either Monday or Wednesday.

1. Complete free write six. The topic is the passing of someone you admired. It can someone you were close to, but may also be someone you never met. 

 

2. If your group volunteered to present Thursday, please be ready at the beginning of the period.

 

3. For 5 bonus points toward the first spiral grade, please bring any magazines your home is looking to recycle. 

Do free write number 5. The topic is once again "a lesson." Be sure to fill an entire page of your spiral.

 

You may want to make progress on your group's presentation, but you will get 30 minutes to work together on Tuesday. Some groups have volunteered to present on Thursday. If your group changes its mind, you must do so by Tuesday.

 

See the attached directions for the presentation.

Read the rest of the reading packet I gave you near the beginning of the year. Know your group's assigned passage well.

 

 

BAC activity part 1 should have been submitted to turnitin.com during class on 8/31. If you were absent, you have nothing to submit, but please do enroll in the turnitin.com class before Wednesday.

 

turnitin.com Class ID's and Enrollment Keys:

 

Period 4: 18922577 and PPP4

 

Period 6: 18922603 and PPP6

 

BAC activity part 2 will be a seminar on Wednesday and possibly Friday. If you were absent 8/31, you can choose to jump into the seminar or write a makeup essay instead. For the masses doing the seminar, you may use your turnitin submission and your book during the seminar. However, you may not use Chromebooks or phones. You must print your part 1 before class if you want to use it. 

Complete free write #4 about some lesson you've learned.

 

Be ready to talk/write about Born a Crime. Bring your copy of the book to class. If you miss class, you will have until 9/11 to make it up. Please get the assignment from me when you return. 

 

Lastly, make sure that you have read your group's assigned passage at least once prior to class. 

 

During class, you will access the attachment.

 

Do a third free write. Fill the page. The topic is illusions. Have you experienced any miracles? Or can you think of a time when your view of something shifted suddenly? Another idea is to write about a time when you traveled to another city and were surprised by what you found. 

Complete the 6-square of the readings about first loves. Also, do free write #2. Fill an entire page. The topic is first love. You don't have to write about romantic love.

Complete free write #1. This is the first page in your spiral. You should completely fill the page. The topic is "beginnings." You can write about how you began at any one thing or several things.