Archived Homework

Assignments for September 2017

Fri

08/25

Teacher In-Service

No Students

Week 1

Mon

08/28

Teacher In-Service

No Students

Tues

08/29

First Day of School

Start-Up Nonsense

Course Introduction - (what to expect for the next 10 months)

• The Catcher in the Rye Homework Packet for 1/2 points due tomorrow

• Literary Terms test Thursday

• Catcher in the Rye Test -Friday 9/01  (part multiple choice/part written - full period)

• Please complete the Student Questionnaire by Friday 9/01 midnight.

• Syllabus student/parent sign-off (rip out page from syllabus) due Tuesday 9/05

• Binder check Friday 9/01 during Catcher test.  This outline appears on page 3 in the syllabus packet as well as below:

   

  Startup material (the packet I gave you the first day of school, that includes the syllabus) on top of the first tab in the same order as on the website

  1. Journals – Please use a thin notebook pad (spiral or otherwise) so that you can hand the book to me when I randomly request it.  Make sure your name is somewhere on your notebook. Simply place the graded journals in this section.  Arrange from oldest to newest

  2. Vocabulary –Includes all Vocabulary Lists.  The Master List and the Vocabulary Lists you complete.

  3. Writing – Here you will maintain any writer’s workshop materials or writing practice work.

  4. Study Unit – Include all materials related to our unit of study – that’s anything I give you and anything you produce, especially unit reading and homework packets.

  5. Notes – Taking notes is a key to this class..  Students will use the Cornell method of note-taking.   You will use these notes to review and study; often you will use your notes on tests and times essays.  It is critical then that you maintain organized and current notes.  I will randomly collect your notes to ensure you are actively thinking and applying your knowledge.

  6. Essays – With essay logs

  7. Misc. – Anything left over, including the sea of college materials the counselors will provide you.

  Additionally, have lots and lots of pens, especially the red variety for editing.  I do not allow pencils for anything other than scantron tests.

  ORGANIZATION MY PEOPLE.

- The Catcher in the Rye Homework Packet

Weds

08/30

Syllabus Review

Introduction:

  -Writing Packet

  -Analysis Packet

Protocols for Unit Test

Introduction:

Writing Packet

Analysis Packet

• Literary Terms test tomorrow.

• Catcher in the Rye Test -Friday 9/01 (part multiple choice/part written - full period)

• Please complete the Student Questionnaire by Friday 9/01 midnight.

• Syllabus student/parent sign-off (rip out page from syllabus) due Tuesday 9/05

• Binder check Friday 9/01 during Catcher test; follow outline in syllabus and in Tuesday's homework section.

- The Catcher in the Rye Homework Packet for 1/2 points

Thurs

08/31

Literary Terms test (matching)

• Catcher in the Rye Test -tomorrow  (part multiple choice/part written - full period)

• Please complete the Student Questionnaire by Friday 9/01 midnight.

• Syllabus student/parent sign-off (rip out page from syllabus) due Tuesday 9/05

• Binder check Friday during Catcher test; follow outline in syllabus and above in Tuesday's homework.

Fri

09/01

Catcher in the Rye Test

(part multiple choice/part written)

Binder Check while testing

• Student Questionnaire due by midnight tonight.

• Syllabus student/parent sign-off (rip out page from syllabus) due Tuesday 9/05

 - Student Questionnaire due by midnight.

Binder check

Week 2

Mon

09/04

Labor Day

No Students

Tues

09/05

Vocab 1a Deno/Conno - introduce protocols for vocabulary acquisition and assessment. Correct Literary Terms Test

• Download The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version).  Place behind your Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Please print "Paradox and Dream" by John Steinbeck.  Place behind your the Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Please print Reading Strategies for English Students  Place behind your the Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Bring The Catcher in the Rye to class every day

• Tomorrow 9/06 is the makeup test for The Catcher in the Rye Unit Test.  You may come as soon as sixth period.  You will have 55 minutes to complete both the multiple choice and the in-class essay.

  I will also conduct the binder check at that time so please come prepared with:

  • Your binder

  • Paper

  • Pen

  • Pencil

Weds

09/06

Journal 1a

In your opinion, what makes American culture unique?  How are Americans different from other nationalities?  If you have traveled outside the U.S., what firsthand observations have you made about Americans vs. others?  If you have not traveled outside the U.S., how has the media helped form your opinion?

Set historical context

Watch: America is NOT the Greatest Country in the World.

• Download The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version).  Place behind your Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Please print "Paradox and Dream" by John Steinbeck.  Place behind your the Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Please print Reading Strategies for English Students  Place behind your the Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Bring The Catcher in the Rye to class every day

-Syllabus student/parent sign-off

Thurs

09/07

Review: Reading Strategies for English Students

Read "Paradox and Dream" by John Steinbeck.  Model active reading.

Discussion: What abstractions about American life emerge from this piece?

Thesis statement: What accounts for America's identity? Model and practice.

• Download The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version).  Place behind your Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Bring The Catcher in the Rye to class every day

• Study for Vocabulary 1a Quiz (see Quizlet)

• Thursday 9/01 will be make up tests after school for:

  • Literary Terms Test

  • Catcher in the Rye Unit Test

Fri

09/08

Complete 11 Honors Contact Form

Vocab 1a Quiz

Continue with "Paradox and Dream" practicing annotation and engaged reading.

Group Thesis Work - What does Steinbeck communicate about America's collective identity?   Group brainstorm and thesis work.

Consider how this paradox will set the context for this course.

• Download The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version).  Place behind your Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

Week 3

Mon

09/11

Infer from the clip the cultural and social currents in the 1950's or the zeitgeist of the time.

What happened before this time to influence these currents?

Compare and align your understandings of this clip with the clip from The Newsroom.

• Download The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version).  Place behind your Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

Tues

09/12

Steps in Analysis: Biographical Background

"How to Annotate Informational Text" from Analysis Packet

Author Background: J.D. Salinger

Read "Holden Caulfield's Goddam War" by Kenneth Slawenski  (starting on page 1 in The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version)

How does the information presented in the article illuminate the character that is Holden/Salinger?

Consider: How does J.D. Salinger's wartime experiences inform your understanding of Holden?

How does Salinger's history inform this narrative.

• Download The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version).  Place behind your Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

Wed

09/13

Back to School Night - Minimum Day

Impact of the novel over the years: Clip - J.D. Salinger, Reclusive Literary Icon, Dies at 91.

Parody vs. Satire - "Bunch of Phonies Mourn J.D. Salinger". The Onion, January 10, 2010.  Reading Packet p. 10

"Search for Self Called off After 38 Years".  The Onion, September 14, 2005.

• Download The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version).  Place behind your Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

• Complete "Holden Caulfield's Goddam War" by Kenneth Slawenski.  Make sure you annotate the work according to guidelines for annotating informational text.  (page 1 in Reading Packet).  Look for evidence of how Salinger's past appears in Holden's present.

Thurs

09/14

Steps in Analysis:  Moving from Literal to Figurative

Why We Study Literature - make sure:

• you make the analysis your own

• you look for the "bigger life" of the work (not literal)

• relate to the "human story" the shared experience of humanity

• base your claims on TEXTUAL EVIDENCE.

• Understanding the world the author creates and the people who populate it.

Notes on Notes: "The Curve of Forgetting" (studying begins now)

Group Work: What "bigger life" do you take from the novel? Share out and explain this.  What personal experiences, personal tastes lead you to this conclusions.  Do your partner's view influence you in any way?

Now let's begin to ANALYZE.

• Download The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version).  Place behind your Study Unit tab in your binder.

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

• Answer the following query using the Reader's Response form.

  • How is the novel/protagonist a metaphor for America and Americans during the period in which the novel was published?). 

  Make sure you review all instructions in the handout before you begin.  Make sure to follow all protocols for content, form, grammar, and MLA.   Due Monday.

Fri

09/15

The Analysis Packet: A resource for all things deep.

Steps in Analysis: Title and Names

Discuss Robert Burns' poem READ: Robert Burns'

 (pg 18 in The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version)

How does Holden change the lyrics? What is significant about the specific lyric he chose to change? Complete grid and questions on page 19 in The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version)

What is significant about Phoebe (whose name means "bright one" in Greek) being the one to correct him?

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

• Answer the following query using the Reader's Response form.

  • How is the novel/protagonist a metaphor for America and Americans during the period in which the novel was published?). 

  Make sure you review all instructions in the handout before you begin.  Make sure to follow all protocols for content, form, grammar, and MLA.   Due Monday.

Week 4

Mon

09/18

Minimum Day

Vocab 2a Deno/Conno

After finishing the novel and before analysis: Laying out "the scene of the crime".  What do we know or "The What"

Groups map out Literary Elements at work in the novel:

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

Reader's Response

Tues

09/19

In groups: laying out "The What"

Plot - consider plot arc, conflicts, crisis, chronology and organization.

Character - Who are the major/minor characters that populate/influence Holden's life, consider static or dynamic, flat or round character, direct or indirect characterization and of course, names.

Setting - Reflect on the interior and exterior worlds Holden moves through; consider his journey (direction), the time, the weather, social conditions.

POV - Who tells the story and what is his perspective/bias?  Review language (dialect/vernacular), syntax/diction, tone.

Themes - reflect on emerging themes.  Consider focus areas from CITR Reader's Response.

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

Weds

09/20

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

Thurs

09/21

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).
• Study for Vocab 2b Quiz (See Quizlet)

Fri

09/22

Vocab 2b Quiz

Work on Taxonomy Projects

• Borrow or purchase The Scarlet Letter by Nathaniel Hawthorne - for Monday 9/25 book check. Purchased books earn you 5 Gangstuh points.  Borrowed books is a break even.  Missing books is -5 Gangstuh points. (Note: if you bought the novel but did not receive it, you may bring in a receipt that clearly shows your name and purchase date.  You must, however, cover yourself with a borrowed copy of the novel from the library or NO POINTS).

Week 5

Mon

09/25

The Scarlet Letter Book Check

Present Taxonomy Projects (see Group Presentation Rubric)

• 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:

  • 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.

Tues

09/26

Present Taxonomy Projects (see Group Presentation Rubric)

Self-Reflect: Was your group responsive to the requirements of the project?

What do Holden's relationship reveal about him?

How is your claim confirmed?

Moving to the "bigger life".  What do the symbols in the novel suggest about the human story at work?  Group work: Page 16 in The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet (PDF Version)

• 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:

  • 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.

Weds

09/27

• 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:

  • 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.

Thurs

09/28

Review the Taxonomy Project: Review with teacher:

The What: Dramatic Situation including literary elements

The How: Rhetorical elements invoked in these relationship.  Review of Symbols on page 16 in The Catcher in the Rye Reading Packet.

• Chart further evidence that supports your conclusions from the Taxonomy Project.

• 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:

  • 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.

Fri

09/29

Summation Activity Synthesis and

Where does the novel bring you?  Author's purpose (authorial intent vs. personal interpretation)

• 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:

  • 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.

Week 6

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.

• Read "The Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet Letter) by Wednesday 10/11.  Follow guidelines of how to read a novel.  Annotate the text liberally (i.e. a lot). 
• Reader's Response: Does Holden change by the end of the novel?  For this Reader's Response, use the last chapter of the novel as your range.  Due Tomorrow.

• Follow The Scarlet Letter Reading Schedule listed below.  Make sure you follow Reading Strategies for English Students

  • Chapter 1-8 by 10/17

  • Chapter 9-16 by 10/24

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 11/01

• 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:

  • 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.

Tues

10/03

Writer's Workshop

• Read "The Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet Letter) by Wednesday 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

  • Chapter 1-8 by 10/17

  • Chapter 9-16 by 10/24

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 11/01

• 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:

  • 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.

Weds

10/04

• Read "The Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet Letter) by Wednesday 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

  • Chapter 1-8 by 10/17

  • Chapter 9-16 by 10/24

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 11/01

• 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:

  • 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.

Thurs

10/05

Writer's Workshop

• Read "The Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet Letter) by Wednesday 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

  • Chapter 1-8 by 10/17

  • Chapter 9-16 by 10/24

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 11/01

• 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:

  • 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.

Fri

10/06

The Catcher in the Rye In-Class Essay

• Read "The Custom House" (the first chapter in The Scarlet Letter) by Wednesday 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

  • Chapter 1-8 by 10/17

  • Chapter 9-16 by 10/24

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 11/01

• 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:

  • 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.