Archived Homework
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Assignments for December 2019
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Date |
Class
Work |
Homework |
Due Today |
Week 14 |
Mon
12/02 |
Writer's
Workshop: Working with the prompt.
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Identify the
main idea.
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Annotate the
prompt .
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General
Do/What graph
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Specific
Do/What graph
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Tues
12/03 |
The Declaration
of Independence (textbook page 138) - analysis of the work
as a rhetorical masterpiece (the perfect essay).
Rhetorical
considerations (time period, audience, purpose, etc.)
Preamble
Declaration of
Natural Rights
List of
Grievances
Resolution of
Independence |
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Rewritten thesis
claim fro first in-class essay. |
Wed
12/04 |
Some more of that
nasty Do/What Stuff |
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Thurs
12/05 |
An Omission from the Declaration (pkt.
28)
"Was the Sage a Hypocrite" (Reading
Packet p. 29)
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) |
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Fri
12/06 |
Unit Test |
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Colonial Packet |
Week 15 |
Mon
12/09 |
Let's meet in the
library
Second CAASP
Interim Assessment Block (IAB) Listen/Interpret |
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Tues
12/10 |
Vocab 6a Deno/Conno
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Wed
12/11 |
Journal 7a: 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.
The importance of exposition - read chapters 1 and 2.
Discuss setting, mood, and tone. What does your
knowledge of the Puritans add to your understanding of
character? The Scarlet
Letter
Exposition - setting context for the work to unfold:
"The Prison
Door": Mood and tone.
How does the author create this mood? Emerging themes? |
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Bring to
class every day:
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The opening chapter of a novel
might be the most important chapter of work. These
first words help acquaint the reader with the world of
the novel, provide a certain emotional or physical
environment, and offer a voice and a tone to the work.
How does Nathaniel Hawthorne create this world? Please
use a
Reader's
Response to answer this question and please
construct your response with a full thesis claim.
Look to your past Reader's Response to evolve your
response. Due
Friday,
December 13.
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Thurs
12/12 |
The
Scarlet Letter The
Biggest Sinner Group Activity Present |
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Study for Vocab 6a Quiz (see
Quizlet)
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Bring to
class every day:
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The opening chapter of a novel
might be the most important chapter of work. These
first words help acquaint the reader with the world of
the novel, provide a certain emotional or physical
environment, and offer a voice and a tone to the work.
How does Nathaniel Hawthorne create this world? Please
use a
Reader's
Response to answer this question and please
construct your response with a full thesis claim.
Look to your past Reader's Response to evolve your
response. Due
Friday,
December 13.
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Fri
12/13 |
Vocab 6a Quiz
Peer review for Readers Response |
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Reader's Response due. |
Week 16 |
Mon
12/16 |
The
Scarlet Letter
The Biggest Sinner Group Activity Preparation |
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Tues
12/17 |
The
Scarlet Letter
The Biggest Sinner Group Activity - Presentation:
Opening arguments
Debate and Tag-out
Closing remarks |
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Weds
12/18 |
Vocab 7a Deno/Conno
Journal 8a
Yesterday our class debated who ranks as the biggest sinner
in The Scarlet Letter. What did you learn from this
activity on an academic level? What did you
learn on a personal level?
The
Scarlet Letter
Moral Wilderness Project
Unit-T Thesis
Claim Cite
Evidence
Mean/Matter with rhetoric. |
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Bring to
class every day:
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Consider your assigned character
for the Biggest Sinner debate. What is that
character's sin. How is that sin symbolically
represented? Please
use a
Reader's
Response to answer this question and please
construct your response with a full thesis claim.
Look to your past Reader's Response to inform your
response. Due Friday,
December 20.
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Thurs
12/19 |
The
Scarlet Letter
Moral Wilderness
Project |
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Bring to
class every day:
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Study for Vocab 7a Quiz (see
Quizlet)
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Consider your assigned character
for the Biggest Sinner debate. What is that
character's sin. How is that sin symbolically
represented? Please
use a
Reader's
Response to answer this question and please
construct your response with a full thesis claim.
Look to your past Reader's Response to inform your
response. Due Friday,
December 20.
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Fri
12/20 |
Vocab 7a Quiz
Moral Wilderness
Project |
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Reader's Response due |
Winter Recess
December 23 -
January 3 |