Standard English 9 (Period 4) Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Lisa Greenhouse
- Term
- SPHS 2019-2020
- Department
- English
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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ISDL, week 8
Finish reading your IR book.
Email me a reading affirmation and some feedback about distance learning.
Do Power Write, week 8. It should be submitted to turnitin by 3 pm on 5/29.
Much fuller directions can be found in our Google classroom.
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ISDL, week 7
FINISH READING The Odyssey (ends on page 1046).
COMPLETE AND SUBMIT Reading Check, week 7.
WRITE AND SUBMIT Power Write, week 7.
VIEW my note about next week in this week's directions in Classroom.
*This week's assignments are due to turnitin by 3 pm on 5/22.
**Much fuller directions are available in our Google classroom.
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ISDL Week 6
VIEW my turnitin comments by 3 pm on 5/15 (20 points).
CHOOSE which of your last two Power Writes for which you'd like a quality score. SEND me an email to indicate your choice by 3 pm on 5/15.
READ pages 999-1017 in The Odyssey.
DO Reading Check, week 6. Submit it to turnitin by 3 pm on 5/15 (30 points).
*Much fuller directions are available on classroom.
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ISDL Week 5
CHECK TURNITIN at least once a week for feedback on your writing.
SUBMIT remaining assignments to turnitin.
READing -Start The Odyssey. Read from page 978- to the middle of 999.
DO READING CHECK #4
Answer questions 3-5 from page 984. Then answer questions 1-4 from page 1004. Submit this assignment to turnitin by 3 pm on 5/8 (25 points).
Answer questions 3-5 from page 984. Then answer questions 1-4 from page 1004. Submit this assignment to turnitin by 3 pm on 5/8 (25 points).
RESPOND to POWER WRITE #5. Submit it to turnitin by 3 pm on 5/8 (50 points).
SELECT a new IR book.
SEND ME AN EMAIL by 3 pm on 5/8 to let me know what book you've begun to read (10 points). You must finish the book by 5/29.
*Much fuller directions are available on classroom.
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Week 4 ISDL
STUDENTS MUST READ THE FULLER WEEK 4 DIRECTIONS IN CLASSROOM.
This week's assignments:
1. Read pages 212-222 in your textbook.
2. Do READING CHECK #3 and submit to turnitin by 3 pm on 5/1 (25 pts.).
3. Do POWER WRITE #4 and submit to turnitin by 3 pm on 5/1 (50 pts.).
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*As a reminder, my office hours are 1:30-3:30 each day. The best way to reach me at that time is by email. This week's assignments are due by 3 pm on 4/24. All of these assignments are described in much fuller detail in the classwork tab or our Google classroom.
2. Do Reading Check #2 and submit it to turnitin.com. You might want to do this assignment on Thursday.
3. Do Power Write #3 and submit it to turnitin.com. You might want to save this assignment for the end of the week once you've done the previous two.
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1. Read 3-95 in Funny in Farsi. You might try to finish the reading by Wednesday.
2. Do Reading Check #1 and submit it to turnitin.com. You might want to do this assignment on Thursday.
3. Do Power Write #2 and submit it to turnitin.com. You might want to save this assignment for the end of the week once you've done the previous two.
*These assignments are due by 3 pm on 4/17.
**All of these assignments are described in much fuller detail in the classwork tab or our Google classroom.
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Please see week 1's assignments in Google classroom.
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I hope we'll be back in class by 4/6. I plan to reveal the next IR project (a personal narrative or poem) on 4/8 or 4/9.
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Have a new IR book by this date. It needs to be a memoir or autobiography of about 200
pages.
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Complete the Act IV, page 2 page in your spiral. Use any Act IV or V spiral pages to study for a quiz on Acts IV and V. Be sure to bring your spiral to class and turn it in. For further studying, I recommend considering the lit. analysis questions in the margins of the following pages: 863, 865, 869, 871, and 872.
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Reread 4.5 and try to figure out what's funny in the comic relief at the end of that scene.
Finish the play (5.1-5.3) and the vocab/terms and events page in your spiral.
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Read 4.4 and 4.5 and complete the events column for the act. Also do the one 4-square question assigned in class.
Memorize the first 10 lines of your IR project. Bring two printed copies to class. Prepare to read your work to the class. If you want an extension, you must email me by 2 pm on 3/5. Any extension will be contingent on you coming to get help either from 12:00-12:20 on Friday or next Tuesday after school.
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Finish the homework due 2/28.
Also read 4.3.
Do a 4th and final draft of your IR project. Do not delete any previous drafts. The structure of this final draft is mostly up to you. The only requirements are that it be at least 10 lines long and contain a qualifying extended metaphor or character foil as well as a creative title. It doesn't need to be a sonnet or do anything special with regards to syllables or rhyme at this point. You do not need to print this final draft yet, but I will ask to see an electronic copy in class. The first ten lines must be memorized for our class readings on Friday, 3/6.
Did you enjoy the visits from poets? Check out the link to their organization.
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Draft 3 of your IR project is due. It must be exactly 14 lines of 10 syllables each.
Do 15+ vocabulary and terms for Act IV. This includes the term dramatic irony and the 7 words at the bottom of 844. Then read 4.1 and 4.2.
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Finish reading 3.5 and complete the events column of your spiral 2-square for Act III. Also, complete the Act III, page 2 spiral page. Be ready for a quiz on Act III.
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Read 3.2-3.3.
Finish the required work on draft 1 of your IR project. Then do a 2nd draft. See the attached directions.
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Read 3.1. Complete the Act III vocabulary and terms column with 15+ items. Decide on a favorite line of your draft 1 of the IR project. Circle that line.
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Write the nine definitions for terms and vocab words I directed you to on page 818 of your textbook.
Write a handwritten first draft of your IR project. See the attached directions.
*You should have been able to complete at least 50% of this homework in class on 2/12.
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You'll take a quiz on Acts I and II of Romeo and Juliet. Make preparing for the quiz your homework focus. After the quiz, you will get class time to work on a first draft of your IR project. It is a poem or a paragraph about a significant character in your IR book. You must either create an extended metaphor by comparing the character to something or demonstrate how the character works as a foil to another character at some part of the book.
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Read 2.4-2.6. 2.6 is very short. Finish the events column in your spirals. Also, your IR book should be finished by this date. Bring it to class.
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Read 2.2 and 2.3 and add 6-10 events for scenes 2.1-2.3 to your events column in your spiral.
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Track the rhyme scheme and count the syllables of the sonnet that is Romeo and Juliet's first conversation on page 789. This is done in your spiral. Leave the bottom half of that page blank.
Define blank verse and the 9 words at the bottom of 794 on the first Act II page of your spiral.
Read 2.1. It's only a couple of pages.
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Read 1.5 and complete the events box and the second spiral page for Act I if you didn't finish it in class.
Also, talk about next year's schedule with parents and bring back the skills mastery form. Parents should NOT yet sign this form.
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Read 1.4 (pages 784-787). Add to the events column on your spiral page for Act I.
Study the Elizabethan English words from page 766. There will be a short quiz at the beginning of class on Wednesday. I will give you three words from that page and you will have to give me the definitions. The quiz will not cover anything else.
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Due Monday: Define the 8 terms I gave you from 769. These go in the vocab. column of a spiral 2-square for Act I of Romeo and Juliet. Then read the first scene of the play. It's about six pages.
On WEDNESDAY: You will have a small quiz on the words at the bottom of page 766.
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The link below will take you to Neruda's poem "poetry." Read the poem and complete the two spiral pages we started in class today.
Be ready for a quiz on rhyme schemes (using the letters of the alphabet), counting syllables, and your difs steps.
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Complete the two spiral pages we started in class. One requires you track the rhyme and syllable count in a Shakespearean sonnet, while the other requires you copy and then translate each line of the prologue of Romeo and Juliet.
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Finish the DIFS notes if you didn't do so during class. See the attachment.
Use the link below to view Pablo Neruda's poem "Poverty" and the original version in Spanish, "La pobreza." Do one spiral page where you mark the rhyme and syllabic pattern for the English translation and the rhyme only for the Spanish.
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Finish the spiral page for "Siren Song" on pages 1054-1055 and complete another for "Ithaca" on pages 1059-1060 in your green textbook.
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Have a quarter 3 IR book by this date. It can be a collection of poetry by a single poet and may also be less than 200 pages. Another option is to choose any kind fiction you want. The fiction must be about 200 pages. This is the most free of your IR reading assignments. For 4th quarter, you must read a memoir or autobiography.
Also, read the three poems on pages 1053-1055 and 1059-1560 in your green textbook. Be ready for a short reading quiz on these poems. You do NOT need to bring your textbook to class.
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Finish the 2nd and final draft of your research essay. You do not need to print it. I will give you a few minutes to submit to turnitin.com during class on Tuesday. See the attachment. It has been updated to show proper internal citations for my 5 highlighted concrete details.
Also, finish your IR book by this date.
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Work on your paper and finishing your IR book. The paper is due Tuesday. The book must also be finished by Tuesday.
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A complete first draft is due. An electronic copy is fine. See the attached research steps. Completing the steps is worth points! If you didn't yet get your thesis approved, you must do the first draft anyway. Remember, it's a draft. It doesn't need to be perfect yet.
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On 12/9, you will need to show me the Google doc you generate in class on 12/5. To help, I've attached a sample from my own research.
If you finish the classwork (generated 10 cd's and highlighted 4), your only homework is to read your IR book. You must finish your book by 12/17.
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Before class you must:
1. Decide on a topic. Decide if you are partnering or working alone. Put your name and topic at the top of a fresh Google doc.
2. List the pages numbers from TKaM where your topic comes up.
3. List your research question.
4. Cut and paste url's for three sources that look valid.
5. Read them. Then pick others if necessary.
*See the attachment for a list of topics.
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We will look at the links during class today. This is not homework.
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Read your current IR book for 30 minutes.
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Finish the KLW chart we started for TKaM. Make sure your chart has at least 10 bullets. An example of a K is FDR was president. An example of an L is the Scottsboro Boys stories. An example of a W is wanting to learn more about early real cases of black folks being acquitted by white juries or otherwise "winning" after being falsely accused by white folks.
Sleep, eat, and breathe in preparation for Wednesday's timed write.
Access the attachment to see the prompts.
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THE WRITING ASSIGNMENT SCORES THAT WERE MISTAKENLY ERASED HAVE BEEN RETRIEVED AND RE-ENTERED.
For homework, study for the TKaM quiz on chapters 20-31.
Also, spend some time considering what you have learned about the American South during 1930's through your reading of TKaM. What questions about real history weren't answered by the book? Which of the questions you have would you most like to further research? Doing some of this thinking will prepare you for a writing assignment we will do on Wednesday, 11/20.
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DUE TO TECHNICAL DIFFICULTIES, THE QUIZ HAS BEEN MOVED TO MONDAY.
For Thursday, read chapters 30-31 and start studying the vocabulary words below. The comprehension questions will be done during class time.
1. discreet 268
2. strolling 280
3. cynical 287
4. wary 304
5. squalid 305
6. varmint 319
7. feeble 328
8. carcass 334
9. untrammeled 357
10. utmost 369
Also, have an IR book with you in class and be ready to present if you still haven't.
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Read 27-29 and do the top two squares of a new 4-square.
Keep searching for an IR book if you haven't yet secured one.
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Read chapters 25 and 26 and do the top two boxes of another 4-square.
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Read 22-24 and do the top two boxes.
Select an IR book by Monday and try to have it in your possession.
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1. Be ready to present if you haven't yet.
2. Read chapters 20-21 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.
3. Until further notice, keep spirals handy for an official spiral check.
4. Have a new IR book by Monday. It must be realistic fiction, about 200 pages long, and set in a researchable time (1999 or earlier) and place.
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1. Finish the bottom right boxes of the last three 4-squares.
2. You'll have a quiz on chapters 12-19. See the previous posting for vocabulary words.
3. Start shopping for an independent reading book. It needs to be realistic fiction.
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Read 18-19 and do the top two boxes. We will deal with the comprehension questions in class next time.
Start studying for Tuesday's quiz. The words to know for the vocabulary portion of the quiz are:
1. garish-159
2. innate-160
3. flighty-172
4. infallible-187
5. elucidate-213
6. unobtrusive-217
7. amiably-226
8. acrimonious-229
9. conceded-247
10. ex cathedra-262
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All periods: Presentations start today. See the attached directions.
Periods 4 and 6: also, read chapters 16-17 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.
Period 5: read 223-260 in The Poet X.
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Due today as homework:
Read 14 and 15 and do the top two boxes.
During class:
Answer the attached comprehension questions with page numbers.
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Read chapters 12-13 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. If you want to begin your IR project, the directions are attached to the homework posting for 10/23.
Also, there will be an earthquake drill on this date. Wear something that will allow you to comfortably get under your desk.
On FRIDAY (10/18), by 7:30 am, a signup sheet for presentations will be posted outside the classroom. Pick a date and use a pen to add you name to the list.
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Your only homework was to finish your IR book. Because this announce was posted late, know that you should be fine to start the project today as long as you are very close to being done with the book.
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1. Prepare for color day.
2. Be rested and well fed for Friday's timed write.
3. Remember you must finish your IR book by Tuesday.
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Read 9-11 and totally complete a new 4-square. The technique box was revealed in class and the questions for the comprehension box are attached.
Remember there is a quiz on Wednesday. It will be 10-20 questions long with no more than 20% vocabulary in nature. See the previous posting for a list of the 10 words to know for that portion of the quiz.
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Read 6-8 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.
Words to know for Wednesday's quiz:
1. repertoire
2. assuage
3. vapid
4. impotent
5. tacit
6. aberrations
7. malignant
8. guilelessness
9. obstreperous
10. inordinately
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Read chapters 4 and 5 and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square.
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PERIODS 4, 5, and 6 should seek to understand the score earned on the writing benchmark. Remember that the "text" was a Tedtalk by Clint Smith. The title of that Tedtalk is "How to Raise a Black Son in America." Remember that the prompt was "Accurately identify Smith's message about humanity and identity. Develop your analysis with well-chosen, relevant evidence (quotations) from the text." BRING THE BENCHMARK BACK TO CLASS ON MONDAY/TUESDAY.
PERIODS 4 and 6 ONLY should also read chapters 2 and 3 of TKaM and do the top two boxes of a new 4-square. This includes 5+ vocabulary and 5+ events.
PERIOD 5 ONLY should also do the below two things:
1. Complete the Happiness and Human Connection 4-square by finishing 3+ pertinent points from the Belong excerpt we read in class on Friday.
2. Lastly, you can leave A Different Mirror at home for now, but do have The Poet X with you in class until further notice.
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1. See my attached pertinent points from Belong if you missed them in class.
2. Follow the link below and watch the video about the Scottsboro boys. Please know that some of To Kill a Mockingbird is a clear reference to the infamous Scottsboro boys. That won't become obvious until deep into the book, but understanding that historical connection right away can be helpful.
3. Read the first 10 pages of To Kill a Mockingbird and do 3+ vocabulary and 3+ events (like pertinent points for fiction). Also make sure you understand who Scout, Jem, and Dill are. What's each kid's gender and race? What's important to know about the family history with which the book opens?
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Finish reading the Belong excerpt and complete the vocabulary(3+) and pertinent points(3+) boxes. Also, try to get 60% of the way through your IR book.
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1. Bring your headphones again.
2. Spend 30 minutes reading your IR book.
The link below will take you to the TEDtalk if you'd like to see it again.
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1. Bring headphones if possible.
2. Try to make some time to read your IR book.
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In your spiral, do the two boxes I discussed in class. In the "Food Labels" box, write three or more sentences about what you see on the packaging of some food you eat regularly; remember my Kind bar example. In the "Happiness" box, do a 3+ sentence quick write answering this question -how important do you think positive social connections are to a person's overall happiness?
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1. Be ready to seminar on summer reading if you haven't yet.
2. Also, have your up-to-date spirals handy.
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Bring your summer reading book to class and be ready to do a related activity.
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This posting may be updated after class on 9/3 and 9/4. Please check back.
Encourage your parents to come to Back to School Night on 9/5.
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Bring your IR book each day. You'll have a chance to read it in class this week.
Always have your spirals with you. You'll finish the 4-square we started on 8/27.
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Know the alma mater.
Have your IR book handy.
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Be ready to recite the alma mater if you haven't done so yet.
Get your IR book cleared by Friday.
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1. In class on Thursday (8/22)- Read the below article on breathing. Do the top two boxes of a 4-square. Find and define 5 vocabulary words and 5 pertinent points. The two boxes are due in class on Monday. Leave the bottom boxes blank for now.
2. Memorize our Alma Mater by 8/26. See your tiger guide or the link below.
3. Search for an independent reading book for 1st quarter. It must be about 200 pages and NOT narrative. This means that you should avoid fiction as well as memoirs, autobiographies, and biographies. Try to have a book in mind by 8/28. I recommend checking your book out from a local library. If you choose to purchase your book, please clear it with me first.
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Finish reading "The Power of Sleep" and complete each box of the 4-square we started in class.
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Bring a college-ruled spiral notebook of about 70 pages.