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Assignments for November 2018

 

Date Class Work Homework Due Today

Week 10

Mon

10/29

Minimum Day 

Vocab. 5a Deno/Conno

 

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 11/02

  • 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:

    • 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.

  • Answer questions in the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf version) as we move through the work.

  • Reader's Response.  Read "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bison.  Using a Reader's Response, answer the following question: In what way does this work illuminate your understanding of early American encounters?  Due Wednesday 10/31.

 

Tues

10/31

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 Autobiographyby Benjamin Franklin (textbook pg. 130-134)

READ: Aphorisms from Poor Richard's Almanac

(textbook pg. 134)

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 11/02

  • 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:

    • 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.

  • Answer questions in the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Homework Packet (pdf version) as we move through the work.

 

Weds

10/31

READ: "Moral Perfection" from The Autobiographyby Benjamin Franklin (textbook pg. 130-134)

  • Study for Vocab 5a Quiz (see Quizlet)

Reader's Response.  Read "They're Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bison.

Thurs

11/02

Teacher In-Service

No Students

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 11/02

  • Study for Vocab 5a Quiz (see Quizlet)

 

Fri

11/02

Vocab 5a Quiz

 

READ: Aphorisms from Poor Richard's Almanac

(textbook pg. 134)

 

Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion)

Week 11

Mon

11/05

13 Virtues Project

 

Tues

11/06

13 Virtues Project

 

Weds

11/07

13 Virtues Project

 

Thurs

11/08

13 Virtues Project

 

Fri

11/09

Vocabulary Midterm

 

Week 12

Mon

11/12

Veteran's Day

No Students

 

 

Tues

11/13

Journal 6a

What characteristics do we associate with denizens of the following cities: NY, NY; Mobile, Alabama; Des Moines, Iowa; Newport, Beach, CA?  On what factors do we base our perceptions? (what elements define these people both physically/mentally, socially, culturally, financially)

 

READ: "What is an American?" by Hector St. John de Creveceour (textbook pg. 143)

In pairs, read READ: "What is an American?" by Hector St. John de Creveceour (textbook pg. 143).  Answer the questions in the Homework Packet

  • Colonial Packet due Friday 11/16. No late work and no redemption.  You must submit the packet whether or not you come to school.

  • Study for Native Amer/Puritan/Colonial Unit Test (See Writing Packet and Strategies for Unit Tests starting on page 15).

 

Weds

11/14

"The Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson (textbook pg. 138)

 

An Omission from the Declaration (pkt. 28)

"Was the Sage a Hypocrite" (pket 29)

 

  • Colonial Packet due Friday 11/16. No late work and no redemption.  You must submit the packet whether or not you come to school.

  • Study for Native Amer/Puritan/Colonial Unit Test (See Writing Packet and Strategies for Unit Tests starting on page 15).

 

Thurs

11/15

Voices of The Other:

"Remarks Concerning the Savages of North America" (1784) by Ben Franklin (pkt. 24)

 

READ: "Letters from John and Abigail Adams" (pkt. 31)

Phillis Wheatley's letter to Reverend Samson Occum (pkt. 32)

  • Colonial Packet due Friday 11/16. No late work and no redemption.  You must submit the packet whether or not you come to school.

  • Study for Native Amer/Puritan/Colonial Unit Test (See Writing Packet and Strategies for Unit Tests starting on page 15).

  • Please take the Healthy Kids Survey by end of day tomorrow.

 

Fri

11/16

Colonial Unit Test

  • Colonial Packet due Friday 11/16. No late work and no redemption.  You must submit the packet whether or not you come to school.

Thanksgiving Holiday

November 19 - 23

Week 13

Mon

11/26

Minimum Day

Vocab 6a Deno/Conno

 

  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

 

Tues

11/27

Review the prompt from last Unit Test - Do/What and Main idea

  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

  • Using a SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER, rewrite prompt materials:

    • Identify main idea

    • General Do/What

    • Specific do/What

    • New Thesis Claim

DUE WEDNESDAY 11/29 (period 1 only) Due Thursday for period 3, 4, and 5.

 

****Okay everyone: Access Porter's Semester 1 Synonym Quizlet.***

 

Wed

11/28

Review the prompt from last Unit Test - Do/What and Main idea

  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

  • Using a SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER, rewrite prompt materials:

    • Identify main idea

    • General Do/What

    • Specific do/What

    • New Thesis Claim

DUE TOMORROW for Period 3, 4, and 5.

 

****Okay everyone: Access Porter's Semester 1 Synonym Quizlet.***

Using a SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER, rewrite prompt materials.  PERIOD 1 ONLY

Thurs

11/29

Journal 8a

Do you believe mankind is basically "good" or is mankind more prone to evil?  You must commit to one or the other choice.  Make sure you support your opinion with at least two examples from history.

 

Introduce Essential Questions and Unit Objectives

The importance of exposition - read Chapter 1

 

 

  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

  • Study for Vocab 6a Quiz (see Quizlet)

****Okay everyone: Access Porter's Semester 1 Synonym Quizlet.***

Using a SEPARATE PIECE OF PAPER, rewrite prompt materials.  PERIOD 3, 4 and 5.

Fri

11/30

Vocab 6a Quiz

The Scarlet Letter

Exposition - setting context for the work to unfold:

"The Prison Door": Mood and tone.

How does the author create this mood.

 

Thesis

Evidence

Analysis

 

  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

****Okay everyone: Access Porter's Semester 1 Synonym Quizlet.***

 

Week 14

Mon

12/03

Vocab 7a Deno/Conno

The Scarlet Letter

  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

 

Tues

12/04

The Scarlet Letter

  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

 

Wed

12/05

The Scarlet Letter
  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

  • Study for Vocab 7a Quiz (see Quizlet)
 

Thurs

12/06

Vocab 7a Quiz

The Scarlet Letter

  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

 

Fri

12/07

CAASP Testing Round 2
  • Revisit questions in The Scarlet Letter Homework Packet (Word) or (PDF) as we move through the work.  Note any patterns in your annotations/reading patterns as revealed by your new understandings from class discussion.

  • Print or save to Notability

    • The Scarlet Letter Reading Packet Word or PDF

 

 

 

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