Archived Homework
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Assignments for February 2018
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Date |
Class
Work |
Homework |
Due Today |
Week 1 (20) |
Mon
01/29 |
Minimum Day
Vocabulary 1b Deno/Conno
Read the philosophical metaphor "I Become a Transparent
Eyeball" (textbook pg. 225) |
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Reader's Response:
From "I Become a Transparent
Eyeball" (textbook pg. 225). What is
Transcendental about the work. Pick one line and
align to One of the four basic premises of
Transcendentalism. Remember to include all
elements of the Reader's Response (see past efforts for
guidance). Due Wednesday
1/31
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Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Don't forget
your iPad tomorrow. We will be taking another
Illuminate practice test for CAASP testing.
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Chapters 37-43
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Tues
01/30 |
Ms. G out for
full day meeting
Illuminate practice test for CAASP |
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Reader's Response:
From
"I Become a Transparent Eyeball" |
Weds
01/31 |
Review Pillars of
Rhetoric (Analysis
Packet, page 8)
Transcendentalism
in the concrete world:
READ:
Self-Reliance (textbook, pg. 226)
"A
Nonconformist"
"Traveling"
"Reliance
on Property"
"Man Thinking"
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Thurs
02/01 |
Transcendentalism
in the concrete world:
READ:
Self-Reliance (textbook, pg. 226)
"A
Nonconformist"
"Traveling"
"Reliance
on Property"
"Man Thinking"
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Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Reader's Response:
"Man Thinking"
(textbook page 227). Consider the central metaphor
of the work. Select one rhetorical element that
supports this metaphor. Remember to include all
elements of the Reader's Response (see past efforts for
guidance). Due
Monday 2/05. Let's
reschedule for next week.
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Study for
Vocabulary 1b (See
Quizlet)
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Fri
02/02 |
Vocabulary 1b
Transcendentalism
in the concrete world:
READ:
Self-Reliance (textbook, pg. 226)
"A
Nonconformist"
"Traveling"
"Reliance
on Property"
"Man Thinking"
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- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Week 2 (21) |
Mon
02/05 |
READ: Thoreau's Walden selections:
"Why I Went Into
the Woods"
"Why I Left the Woods" (textbook pg.
232) |
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Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF).
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Reader's Response:
"Man Thinking"
(textbook page 227). Consider the central metaphor
of the work. Select one rhetorical element that
supports this metaphor. Remember to include all
elements of the Reader's Response (see past efforts for
guidance). Due Thursday 2/08
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Tues
02/06 |
Journal
1b
Is there a cause
for which you would break the law? What is that cause, and
why would you risk your freedom for it? Cite examples from
history in which a citizen broke the law for a "higher
truth."
READ: "Civil
Disobedience" by Henry David Thoreau, (textbook pg. 240)
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Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF).
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We will meet in the library to practice the California
Assessment for Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP).
I will leave a note on the door to remind you. Get
some sleep and eat a great breakfast.
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Weds
02/07 |
CAASPP Testing
Block 1 - Mixed Bag
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Thurs
02/08 |
Introduce
Anti-Transcendentalism READ: "What Redburn Saw In Lancelott's-Hey" by Herman Melville
(textbook p.274)
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Reader's Response:
"Man Thinking"
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Fri
02/09 |
"The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (textbook
p. 253) |
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Week 3 (22) |
Mon
02/12 |
President's Day
No Students |
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Tues
02/13 |
Vocabulary 2b
Deno/Conno
Discuss Anti-Trans. tenets in
Hawthorne's work.
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Wed
02/04 |
What is
Gothic/Arabesque/Grotesque?
Intro to
American Gothic -- discussion of arabesque and
grotesque literature
READ: "Anabel Lee"
(textbook pg. 212)
"The Raven"
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Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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We will meet in the library to practice the California
Assessment for Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP).
I will leave a note on the door to remind you. Get
some sleep and eat a great breakfast.
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Thurs
02/15 |
CAASPP Testing
Block 2 - Information Text |
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Fri
02/16 |
Vocab 2b Quiz
READ: "Hop Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe
(textbook pg. 206) |
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Week 4 (23) |
Mon
02/19 |
President's Day
No Students |
- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Tues
02/20 |
Finish "What Redburn Saw
in Lancelott's-Hey" by Herman Melville
(textbook p.274)
Begin "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (textbook
p. 253)
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- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Reader's Response:
"What Redburn Saw in Lancelott's-Hey"
(textbook page 274). What is Anti-Transcendental
about the work. Select one tenet and discuss.
Thursday 2/22.
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Weds
02/21 |
Ms. Gerber out,
work on assignments |
- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)We
will meet in the library to practice the California
Assessment for Student Performance and Progress (CAASPP).
I will leave a note on the door to remind you. Get
some sleep and eat a great breakfast.
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Reader's
Response:
"What Redburn Saw in Lancelott's-Hey" (textbook
page 274). What is Anti-Transcendental about the
work. Select one tenet and discuss. Thursday 2/22.
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Thurs
02/22 |
CAASPP Testing
Block 3 - Writing Revision
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- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Fri
02/23
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Ms. Gerber out, work on assignments
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- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Reader's
Response:
"What Redburn Saw in Lancelott's-Hey" (textbook page
274). |
Week 5 (24) |
Mon
02/26 |
Minimum Day
Vocab 3b Deno/Conno
Continue "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (textbook
p. 253) |
- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Tues
02/27 |
Continue "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne (textbook
p. 253) |
- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
- Reader's Response:
From "The Minister's Black Veil" by Nathaniel Hawthorne
(textbook p. 253). What is the parable presented
in the work?
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Weds
02/28 |
What is
Gothic/Arabesque/Grotesque?
Intro to
American Gothic -- discussion of arabesque and
grotesque literature
READ: "Anabel Lee"
(textbook pg. 212) |
- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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Reader's Response:
From "The Minister's Black Veil" |
Thurs
03/01 |
READ: "Hop Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe
(textbook pg. 206) |
- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
- Study for Vocabulary 3b Quiz (See
Quizlet)
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Fri
03/02 |
Vocab 3b Quiz
"The Cask of
Amontillado" |
- Answer
questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we
read. (Word)
or (PDF)
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