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Archived Homework
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Assignments for October 2017
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Class
Work |
Homework |
Due Today |
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Week 6 |
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Mon
10/02 |
Vocab 3a Deno/Conno
Journal 2a
Now that we have read, discussed and
analyzed the novel, what is your evaluation of the work?
How did the analysis change or confirm your original
perception of this iconic novel? How will you read a
novel in the future?
Setting Context for the Novel:
The
Scarlet Letter. |
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Tues
10/03 |
Setting Context for the Novel:
The
Scarlet Letter. |
- Read "The
Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet
Letter) by Friday 10/11. Follow guidelines of
how to read a novel. Annotate the text liberally
(i.e. a lot).
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Follow The Scarlet Letter
Reading Schedule listed below. Make sure you
follow
Reading Strategies for English Students
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Please print
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF).
Answer the questions in the packet as you move through
the work. Make sure you review the rubric in the
packet and make sure you:
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Respond to
the questions as you would for a formal, ethos/logos
focused essay
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Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all
protocols for grammar for responding to a literary
work.
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Reader's Response |
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Weds
10/04 |
Writer's Workshop:
Prompt Work:
Modeling the Do/What
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- Read "The
Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet
Letter) by Friday 10/11. Follow guidelines of
how to read a novel. Annotate the text liberally
(i.e. a lot).
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Follow The Scarlet Letter
Reading Schedule listed below. Make sure you
follow
Reading Strategies for English Students
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Please print
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF).
Answer the questions in the packet as you move through
the work. Make sure you review the rubric in the
packet and make sure you:
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Respond to
the questions as you would for a formal, ethos/logos
focused essay
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Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all
protocols for grammar for responding to a literary
work.
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Study for
Vocabulary Quiz 3a (see
Quizlet)
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Thurs
10/05
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Vocab 3a Quiz
Practicing the Do/What
1. Read the prompt 2x
2. Annotate
prompt: context vs instruction, verbs/direct objects, conj.,
preps
3. Identify main
idea of the prompt (1 abstract noun)
4. General do
what formulate a focus
5. Specific do
what or a "because"
6. Formulate a
responsive thesis claim with a focus area.
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- Read "The
Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet
Letter) by Friday
10/11. Follow guidelines of
how to read a novel. Annotate the text liberally
(i.e. a lot).
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Follow The Scarlet Letter
Reading Schedule listed below. Make sure you
follow
Reading Strategies for English Students
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Please print
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF).
Answer the questions in the packet as you move through
the work. Make sure you review the rubric in the
packet and make sure you:
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Respond to
the questions as you would for a formal, ethos/logos
focused essay
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Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all
protocols for grammar for responding to a literary
work.
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Fri
10/06 |
The Catcher in
the Rye In-Class Essay
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- Read "The
Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet
Letter) by Friday 10/11.
Follow guidelines of
how to read a novel. Annotate the text liberally
(i.e. a lot).
-
Follow The Scarlet Letter
Reading Schedule listed below. Make sure you
follow
Reading Strategies for English Students
-
Please print
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF).
Answer the questions in the packet as you move through
the work. Make sure you review the rubric in the
packet and make sure you:
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Respond to
the questions as you would for a formal, ethos/logos
focused essay
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Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all
protocols for grammar for responding to a literary
work.
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Remember, you
will take part in a school-wide writing diagnostic on
Monday. That means you will watch a video and
respond to a prompt with an in-class essay.
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Week 7 |
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Mon
10/09 |
Minimum Day
Diagnostic Writing Test |
- Read "The
Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet
Letter) by Friday 10/11.
Follow guidelines of
how to read a novel. Annotate the text liberally
(i.e. a lot).
-
Follow The Scarlet Letter
Reading Schedule listed below. Make sure you
follow
Reading Strategies for English Students
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Please print
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF).
Answer the questions in the packet as you move through
the work. Make sure you review the rubric in the
packet and make sure you:
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Respond to
the questions as you would for a formal, ethos/logos
focused essay
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Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow
all protocols for grammar for responding to a
literary work.
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Print
Unit 2 (Colonial Period)
Reading Packet (pdf
version)
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Print
Unit 2
(Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version)
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Tues
10/10 |
Journal 3a
When do you
believe American history began? What was the pivotal
event, who were the key personalities? Why did you
select this example? Justify your selection.
A little practice with Do/What - Poster Work. |
- Read "The
Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet
Letter) by Friday 10/11.
Follow guidelines of
how to read a novel. Annotate the text liberally
(i.e. a lot).
-
Follow The Scarlet Letter
Reading Schedule listed below. Make sure you
follow
Reading Strategies for English Students
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Please print
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF).
Answer the questions in the packet as you move through
the work. Make sure you review the rubric in the
packet and make sure you:
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Respond to
the questions as you would for a formal, ethos/logos
focused essay
-
Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all
protocols for grammar for responding to a literary
work.
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Print
Unit 2 (Colonial Period)
Reading Packet (pdf
version)
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Print
Unit 2
(Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version)
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Weds
10/11 |
First encounter narratives and
beginning of American identity
Beginnings ppt.
READ: "The World on the Turtle's Back"
(Reading Packet pg. 6)
Identify the
"What"
Dig for the "How"
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Complete "The
Customs House" |
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Thurs
10/12 |
READ: "The World on the Turtle's Back"
(Reading Packet pg. 6)
Identify the
"What"
Dig for the "How"
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Fri
10/13 |
The Native American world view
"Song of the Sky Loom"
Prayer
Success of Assimilation: "Evolution"
by Sherman Alexie
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Week 8 |
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Mon
10/16 |
Vocab 4a Deno/Conno
Journal 4a
How does one’s attitude toward God
affect one’s behavior? Is faith synonymous (equal) with
morality? Why or why not?
Genesis I: The
Creation of the Universe
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Tues
10/17 |
Genesis 2: The Creation of Man and Woman (page 13 in Reading
Packet)
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Weds
10/18 |
"They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson. (Reading Pkt. pg 17) . |
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Follow The Scarlet Letter
Reading Schedule listed below. Make sure you
follow
Reading Strategies for English Students
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Please print
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF).
Answer the questions in the packet as you move through
the work. Make sure you review the rubric in the
packet and make sure you:
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Respond to
the questions as you would for a formal, ethos/logos
focused essay
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Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all
protocols for grammar for responding to a literary
work.
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Print
Unit 2 (Colonial Period)
Reading Packet (pdf
version)
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Print
Unit 2
(Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version).
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In class, I
read you Sherman Alexie's "Evolution" and asked that you
write down adjectives describing where the piece took
you emotionally. Review those adjectives and write
a Reader's Response
on the following prompt: HOW does Alexie achieve the
emotional effect of the work? Write
your answer in the form of a thesis claim.
Please look to your
past Reader's Responses to inform your present response.
Review all instructions and focus. Due tomorrow,
Thursday, October 19.
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College Night is Thursday, Oct. 19, at 5:45 in PAC.
First 200 people receive a free college handbook.
See Breakout
Session Schedule
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Chapter 1-8
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Thurs
10/19 |
College Night at 5:45 in PAC.
See Breakout
Session Schedule |
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Reader's Response
on Sherman Alexie's "Evolution" |
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Fri
10/20 |
Vocab 4a Quiz
READ: "Sinners in the Hands of an
Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards (textbook pg. 128)
See page 8 and 9 in
Analysis Packet
for reading non-fiction |
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Week 9 |
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Mon
10/23 |
The Puritan Tradition:
READ: George W. Bush's
911 Speech (packet pg. 19)
Jerry Falwell's 911 Speech (packet pg.
20)
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Answer the questions in the
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF)as
you move through the work. Make sure you
review the rubric in the packet and make sure you:
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Respond to the questions as you would for a
formal, ethos/logos focused essay
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Provide evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all protocols for grammar for
responding to a literary work.
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Answer
questions in the
Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version) as we move through the work.
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Tues
10/24 |
Adding
complication:
"Upon the Burning
of Our House July 10, 1666" by Ann Bradstreet
"Upon What Base"
by Edward Taylor
Do these works
confirm or repudiate the stereotypical perception of
Puritans?
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Answer the questions in the
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF)as
you move through the work. Make sure you
review the rubric in the packet and make sure you:
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Respond to the questions as you would for a
formal, ethos/logos focused essay
-
Provide evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all protocols for grammar for
responding to a literary work.
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Answer
questions in the
Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version) as we move through the work.
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Wed
10/25 |
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Answer the questions in the
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF)as
you move through the work. Make sure you
review the rubric in the packet and make sure you:
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Respond to the questions as you would for a
formal, ethos/logos focused essay
-
Provide evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow all protocols for grammar for
responding to a literary work.
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Answer
questions in the
Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version) as we move through the work.
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Chapter 9-16
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Thurs
10/26 |
Journal 5a
The Puritans were obsessed with success because it meant
salvation. How do Americans define success today?
How do we define failure?
Ben Franklin Bio
Secularization of
Puritan Work Ethic
READ: "Moral
Perfection" from The Autobiography by Benjamin
Franklin (textbook pg. 130-134)
READ: Aphorisms
from Poor Richard's Almanac
(textbook pg. 134) |
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by
11/02
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Answer the questions in the
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF)as
you move through the work. Make sure you review
the rubric in the packet and make sure you:
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Respond
to the questions as you would for a formal,
ethos/logos focused essay
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Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
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Follow
all protocols for grammar for responding to a
literary work.
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Answer
questions in the
Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version) as we move through the work.
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Fri
10/27 |
"The Declaration of Independence" by
Thomas Jefferson (textbook pg. 138) |
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by
11/02
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Answer the questions in the
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF)as
you move through the work. Make sure you review
the rubric in the packet and make sure you:
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Respond
to the questions as you would for a formal,
ethos/logos focused essay
-
Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
-
Follow
all protocols for grammar for responding to a
literary work.
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Answer
questions in the
Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version) as we move through the work.
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Week 10 |
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Mon
10/30 |
Minimum Day
Vocab. 5a Deno/Conno
Grappling with the new national
identity:
An Omission from the Declaration (pkt.
28)
"Was the Sage a Hypocrite" (pket 29)
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by
11/02
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Answer the questions in the
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF)as
you move through the work. Make sure you review
the rubric in the packet and make sure you:
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Respond
to the questions as you would for a formal,
ethos/logos focused essay
-
Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
-
Follow
all protocols for grammar for responding to a
literary work.
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Answer
questions in the
Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version) as we move through the work.
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Tues
10/31 |
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
by 11/02
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Chapter 9-16 by 10/25
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by
11/02
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Answer the questions in the
The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word)
or (PDF)as
you move through the work. Make sure you review
the rubric in the packet and make sure you:
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Respond
to the questions as you would for a formal,
ethos/logos focused essay
-
Provide
evidence and cite it (MLA)
-
Follow
all protocols for grammar for responding to a
literary work.
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Answer
questions in the
Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf
version) as we move through the work.
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Weds
11/01 |
Teacher
In-Service
No Students |
- Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by
11/02
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Thurs
11/02 |
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Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)
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Fri
11/03
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