Homework for the week of August 31
1. Due Tuesday, 9/1: Please completely and neatly fill out the Student
Profile form. Check with your parents for assistance. Also, please get an
appropriate SSR book. You should get a book that you can use for your 1st
Independent Reading book.
2. Due Wed. 9/2: Begin reading your independent reading book. You need to
read for at least 1/2 an hour to fulfil English homework requirements.
Period
6: please read both sides of the sheet on Suzanne Collins and CATCHING FIRE.
3. Due Thurs. 9/3: ALL CLASSES: Turn in your summer reading book forms. You
will be given an overall grade based on neatness, completeness and overall
effort. Additionall, please bring in materials for our class activity.
4. Due Tues. 9/8: The class activity will be due. Remember to have your
rubric as well. Continue reading your Independent Reading book. We will be
reviewing the record sheets and the Independent Reading requirements next
Tuesday.
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HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF 9/8
1. Due Wed. 9/9: Continue to review the handouts from class today. Closely
look over the Independent Reading Record Sheets for fiction and nonfiction
books. Period 6: Due Thurs. 9/9: Fill out the fiction form for THE HUNGER
GAMES. We will be discussing your responses in class. The due dates for the
forms for the quarter are listed on the Announcement link.
2. Due Thurs. 9/10: Please read in your Independent Reading book for 30
minutes. REMEMBER BOX OF KLEENEX AND BOSTON FORMS AND $$$$ TO HOMEROOM.
3. Due Mon. 9/14: Begin working on your first book form. Remember to delete
out any blank white space. The first form will be due Fri. 9/18, and the
forms are now on my website under Handouts.
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1. Due Tues. 9/15: Continue working on Independent Reading forms--all
classes.
Period 6: finish THE HUNGER GAMES theme chart in Writer's Notebook.
2. Due Wed. 9/16: PERIODS 1/4/7: Using the graphic organizer prvided or your
writer's notebook, outline the Harris Burdick short story.
PERIOD 6: Using the graphic organizer or your writer's
notebook, outline the $5.00 bill story. Also, add DYSTOPIA AND ISOLATION to
your Hunger Games chart and fill in.
3. PERIOD 6--Due Thurs. 9/17: Please type up two well-developed paragraphs
in
which you describe your utopia and your dystopia. What would be the best
possible world/environment for you to live in? What would be the worst
possible world/environment for you to live in? (For example, Ms. Scott's
utopia would be a house on the beach on Block Island with sand on the
floors,
an endless supply of novels by her favorite authors, many pairs of flip-
flops, a pale blue Bug convertible, a cupboard full of Easy Mac 'n' Cheese
and the Red Sox winning the World Series every year! Utopia, right???)
4.Due Mon. 9/21--all classes: The rough draft of your baseline writing piece
is due. The rough draft MUST BE TYPED AND DOUBLE-SPACED for peer-editing.
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First turn in date for Independent Reading sheet is this Friday, 9/18.
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HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF MON. 9/21
1. all classes: Due Wed. 9/23 2nd rough draft (typed) incorporating all
editing and revising changes.
2. all classes: Due Fri. 9/25 The "Pyramid of Perfection" will be due. Below
is the order of construction for the Pyramid:
ON THE BOTTOM
1. Story graphic organizer
2. Brainstorming/handwritten draft from Writer's Workshop
3. 1st rough draft showing self editing/revising
4. 2nd rough draft showing peer conferencing
5. Peer Conferencing sheet--if necessary
6. Final draft
7. Rubric with self-evaluation filled out
ON THE TOP
YOUR PAPER MUST BE STAPLED, AND THE PYRAMID MUST BE BUILT BEFORE COMING TO
CLASS
There will be no homework over the long weekend. Please remember that your
next Independent Reading turn in date is 10/2...
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Homework for the week of 9/28
1. Due Wed. 9/30: Please bring in an OLD towel or a black garbage bag to sit
on when we go outside. You MUST have something to sit on or you won't
participate--also, please wear appropriate clothing suitable for sitting on
the grass.
ALSO DUE WED. 9/30: Please journal for 1/2 hour IN YOUR WRITER'S NOTEBOOK
about an experience you had while being outside in Nature. You may use one
of
the suggestion below or come up with one of your own:
Being on a mountain
Sitting in a meadow
Standing on top of a ski slope
Taking a long walk on the beach
Hiking in the woods-or camping
Sailing
2. Due Thurs. 10/1: Please journal IN YOUR WRITER'S NOTEBOOK FOR 1/2 HOUR as
you sit outside and absorb the evening around you. Avoid commenting on
manmade sounds or any modern noises; instead, focus on the natural world
around you. You must do this assignment during twilight or nighttime in
order
for your senses to pick up all that is around you...
3. Due Fri. 10/2: The next Reading Record Sheet turn in date is today.
Please
bring a pen or pencil and an SSR book to class.
4. Due Mon. 10/5: Journal for 1/2 hour in your writer's notebook about
retracing Thoreau's footsteps. The prompt is the second bullet point on the
Transcendentalism activities sheet. PLEASE ADDRESS THE FOLLOWING QUESTIONS
IN
YOUR RESPONSE:
1. WHAT WILL YOU BRING WITH YOU?
2. WHAT WILL YOU DO FOR THE YEAR?
3.WHAT DO YOU HOPE TO ACHIEVE DURING THE YEAR?
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Homework for the week of Mon. 10/5
1. No homework for Tues. 10/6. Remember to look at the Announcements section
on the homepage for the next RRS turn-in date...
2. Due Wed. 10/7: Period 1: Finish Ginger Katz reflection in your writer's
notebook. Read and highlight Hawthorne bio. PERIODS 4/6/7: Finish reading
and
highlighting Alcott bio. Read and highlight Hawthorne piece--both sides.
3. Due Thurs. 10/8: Read and highlight Emerson's "Self-Reliance." Write down
three quotations that resonate with you and explain in your writier's
notebook. Your explanations should be elaborated!!
4. Due Fri. 10/9: Read and highlight Thoreau's bio. Write down 5 important
facts in your writer's notebook. Read WALDEN. Highlight 3 quotations that
resonate with you.
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HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF 10/19
1. Due Tues. 10/20: Finish the Boston journal entries. You should have 4 in
total--one choice from each of the groupings. These entries should be
specific and detailed.
1A. ADVANCED: Due Tues. 10/19 BOOK FORM #3 ON LEVEL: DUE FRI. 10/23 BOOK
FORM
#3.
2. Due Wed. 10/21: Check over your Boston journal entries in the BLUE BOOK.
If you did not get to do a free choice, select one location that we visited
and journal about it--from what you remember. Also, you may need to expand
your Concord and Lexington entries. You need to have 3 ENTRIES IN TOTAL FROM
THE BLUE BOOK.
3. Due Thurs. 10/22: Finish the "Found Poem" outline worksheet. Continue to
brainstorm Portfolio materials.
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SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT: ON LEVEL BOOK FORM #3 NOW DUE MON 10/26
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4. Due Fri. 10/23: Revise, expand and then type up one journal entry for the
first part of your portfolio...double-spaced, 12 or 14 font. Title the entry.
5. Due Mon. 10/26: TECHNOLOGY BOYCOTT PROJECT. Remember that you must do a
full four hours-either in one block of time or in two blocks of two hours
each. You must also have three journal entries from the experience:
BEFORE/DURING/AFTERWARD. Enjoy your TRUE Transcendental experience! :)
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HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF MON. 10/26
1. Due Tues. 10/27: Rough draft of "Found Poem" due...MUST BE TYPED! Review
the Transcendental Portfolio rubric that you received in class. Be sure you
understand all the criteria and how you will be assessed.
2. Due Wed. 10/28: The second journal entry is due--TYPED, DOUBLE-SPACED.
Bring supplies to class to design your cover. Look at the portfolio
guidelines sheet for cover requirements.
3. Due Thurs. 10/29: The third journal entry will be due--MUST BE TYPED.
Bring all elements of portfolio to class as you will be using a Peer
Checklist to insure that you have met all the requirements.
4. Due Fri. 10/30: Transcendental Portfolio and PEER EDITING/REVISION
CHECKLIST. Put the rubric on top.
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HOMEWORK FOR THE WEEK OF 11/2/09
1. Due Wed. 11/4: Please completely complete the "Who is William
Shakespeare"
handout and the "Shakespeare's London" handout. You may bullet point the
facts, and you MUST ELABORATE on the questions that ask you to explain your
position.
2. Due Thurs. 11/5: Please complete the handout on the Globe Theater--BOTH
SIDES. You should elaborate where necessary.
3. Due Mon. 11/9: Complete "What Do I Believe" questions. Then, the two
statements must be typed, 12 font, double-spaced, ONE FULL PAGE EACH. Follow
the directions on the bottom of the page. Please do not define what the
statement means. Please type the statement at the top of the page.*****Also,
make sure to add your "What Is Love" statement from the point of view from a
4-8 year-old kid. Add it to either statement essay.
