Archived Homework

Assignments for March 2020

Week 6 (25)

Mon

03/02

Minimum Day

American Gothic - a subgenre of Dark Romanticism (and a sub subgenre of Romanticism)

Read a 9th grade work with a new perspective:

"Annabelle Lee" by Edgar Allan Poe. (textbook p. 212)

• Answer questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we read. (Word) or (PDF)

Tues

03/03

READ: "The Cask of Amontillado" by Edgar Allan Poe (textbook p. 199)

• Answer questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we read. (Word) or (PDF)

Wed

03/04

READ: "Hop Frog" by Edgar Allan Poe (textbook pg. 206)

• Answer questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we read. (Word) or (PDF)

Thurs

03/05

Career Day

• Answer questions in the Transcendentalism Homework Packet as we read. (Word) or (PDF)

Fri

03/06

Inservice

No Students

Week 7 (26)

Mon

03/09

Vocab 4b Deno/Conno

Review Anti-Trans tenets

• Study for the Trans/Anti-Trans Unit Test on Friday 3/13.  See Pages 15-27 in Writing Packet)
• Trans/Anti-Trans Homework Packet due Friday 3/13.  No late work.  No Redemption.

Tues

03/10

Native American

Read “This Sacred Soil” by Chief Seattle (textbook pg. 282-284)

• Study for the Trans/Anti-Trans Unit Test on Friday 3/13.  See Pages 15-27 in Writing Packet)
• Trans/Anti-Trans Homework Packet due Friday 3/13.  No late work.  No Redemption.

Wed

03/11

READ: "The Gettysburg Address" by Abraham Lincoln (textbook pg. 281)

• Study for Vocab 4b Quiz (see Quizlet)

• Study for the Trans/Anti-Trans Unit Test on Friday 3/13.  See Pages 15-27 in Writing Packet)
• Trans/Anti-Trans Homework Packet due Friday 3/13.  No late work.  No Redemption.
• Writing Assignment: In the past few days, we have experienced the power of masterful rhetoric and discuss HOW great writers and orators move audiences. 
  • Review the excerpts from three speeches on civil rights by three giants of the civil rights movement. Which speech do you feel is most successful in its aim?  
  • Argue why and HOW this speech succeeds over the other two speeches.
  • Include an underlined thesis claim
  • Please submit your work in MLA format.
  • NOTE: Review pillars of rhetoric (audience, purpose, occasion, etc) and note rhetoric forms that serve this success.  
  • 3 Excerpts Attachment
  •   DUE MONDAY 3/16.

Thurs

03/12

Vocab 4b Quiz

Writer's Workshop

• Study for the Trans/Anti-Trans Unit Test on Friday 3/13.  See Pages 15-27 in Writing Packet)
• Trans/Anti-Trans Homework Packet due Friday 3/13.  No late work.  No Redemption.
• Writing Assignment: In the past few days, we have experienced the power of masterful rhetoric and discuss HOW great writers and orators move audiences. 
  • Review the excerpts from three speeches on civil rights by three giants of the civil rights movement. Which speech do you feel is most successful in its aim?  
  • Argue why and HOW this speech succeeds over the other two speeches.
  • Include an underlined thesis claim
  • Please submit your work in MLA format.
  • NOTE: Review pillars of rhetoric (audience, purpose, occasion, etc) and note rhetoric forms that serve this success.  
  • 3 Excerpts Attachment
  •   DUE MONDAY 3/16.

Fri

03/13

Trans/Anti-Trans Unit Test

• Writing Assignment: In the past few days, we have experienced the power of masterful rhetoric and discuss HOW great writers and orators move audiences. 
  • Review the excerpts from three speeches on civil rights by three giants of the civil rights movement. Which speech do you feel is most successful in its aim?  
  • Argue why and HOW this speech succeeds over the other two speeches.
  • Include an underlined thesis claim
  • Please submit your work in MLA format.
  • NOTE: Review pillars of rhetoric (audience, purpose, occasion, etc) and note rhetoric forms that serve this success.  
  • 3 Excerpts Attachment
  •   DUE MONDAY 3/16.

  NOTE: Because of the school closing, you will need to email me your writing assignment.  Please send you work as an attachment.  ABSOLUTELY NO PHOTOS OF THE WORK.

   

• Make sure you check the website daily.
• Contact me if you have ANY questions; don't worry about how many or what it is about.
• Please complete this contact form so I have everyone's correct contact information.

• Ms. Gerber's Communication Plan for School Closing.  How to contact me and materials you should have during the shutdown.

  Please note, I will be at school during my regular work hours; you should have no problem contacting me.

   

  Make sure you check the website daily for assignments

Week 8 (27)

Mon

03/16

Check your email for a general overview of the online learning.

Today, let's ready for our remote study of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.  Remember that history provides the narrative, so let's relook at the historical setting of the work, the period called Realism (a reaction to Romanticism).

Please watch a magnificent film by Ken Burns called "American Lives: Mark Twain."   Watch both parts 1 and 2 to get a sense of the voice behind the characters.

You can access the films on:

Amazon Prime

AppleTV

DailyMotion

nineNetwork  (scroll to bottom of the page to the photo of Twain)

Please make a list of eight to ten bullets that provide new insights and understandings the documentary provided you.  Consider how Twain's history, biases, experiences appear in the novel.   Send those insights by Wednesday, start of class.

All vocab on hold until we return or until I can scare up an online test platform

• Please make a list of eight to ten bullets that provide new insights and understandings the documentary provided you.  Consider how Twain's history, biases, experiences appear in the novel.   Send those insights by Wednesday, start of class.

• Review your answers in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Homework Packet.  Word or PDF as we move through the work.  Adjust accordingly.

• Print or save to Notability: Huckleberry Finn Activity Packet. Word or PDF.  Have this ready for our class assignments.

Speech Writing Assignment

Tues

03/17

 let's ready for our remote study of Mark Twain's Huckleberry Finn.  Remember that history provides the narrative, so let's relook at the historical setting of the work, the period called Realism (a reaction to Romanticism).

Please watch a magnificent film by Ken Burns called "American Lives: Mark Twain."   Watch both parts 1 and 2 to get a sense of the voice behind the characters.

You can access the films on:

Amazon Prime

AppleTV

DailyMotion

nineNetwork  (scroll to bottom of the page to the photo of Twain)

Please make a list of eight to ten bullets that provide new insights and understandings the documentary provided you.  Consider how Twain's history, biases, experiences appear in the novel.   Send those insights by Wednesday, start of class

• Please make a list of eight to ten bullets that provide new insights and understandings the documentary provided you.  Consider how Twain's history, biases, experiences appear in the novel.   Send those insights by Wednesday, start of class.

• Review your answers in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Homework Packet.  Word or PDF as we move through the work.  Adjust accordingly.

• Print or save to Notability: Huckleberry Finn Activity Packet. Word or PDF.  Have this ready for our class assignments.

Wed

03/18

Reread Chapter 1 of The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Read the work and really try to get to know Huck.  What are the attributes of Huck's character?  What makes Huck a qualified narrator of this work?  What attributes does Huck evidence that makes him effective voice for this odyssey?

• Exposition: Meet Huck Finn.  Answer today's question with a formal academic response of two paragraphs.  Make sure you support your claims with evidence (cite) and make sure you include at least one rhetorical element that explains HOW your claim plays out.  This is due on Friday by 8 AM. Upload your response in Google Classroom.

• Review your answers in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Homework Packet.  Word or PDF as we move through the work.  Adjust accordingly.

• Print or save to Notability: Huckleberry Finn Activity Packet. Word or PDF.  Have this ready for our class assignments.

Thurs

03/19

• Exposition: Meet Huck Finn.  Answer today's question with a formal academic response of two paragraphs.  Make sure you support your claims with evidence (cite) and make sure you include at least one rhetorical element that explains HOW your claim plays out.  This is due on Friday by 8 AM. Upload your response in Google Classroom.

• Review your answers in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn Homework Packet.  Word or PDF as we move through the work.  Adjust accordingly.

• Print or save to Notability: Huckleberry Finn Activity Packet. Word or PDF.  Have this ready for our class assignments.

Fri

03/20

• To better your online experience, please respond to this Questionnaire by 5 pm Monday. 

Exposition: Meet Huck Finn.  due by 8 AM.

Week 9 (28)

Mon

03/23

Revised as of 2/24: Weekly Schedule.

Review the schedule and prepare questions and comments for tomorrow's meeting.

Review assignments; we will also review these tomorrow during our meeting.

Huck Finn Activity and Activity Rubric

Vocab Activity

• To better your online experience, please respond to this Questionnaire by 5 pm Monday. 

Questionnaire

Tues

03/24

Video Conferencing 8 AM in Zoom

Work on assignments outlined in Weekly Schedule

Post any questions or comments you have for me and and classmates on our class Padlet.

• Work on Huck Finn Activity (due Friday by midnite)

• Add your vocab sentence on Padlet (due Friday by 5 PM)

• Questionnaire: Meeting Times.  Please complete by 5 PM Friday so we can reschedule our video conferencing to a more friendly time.

• Recording of 3/24 conference in Google Classroom

Wed

03/25

Work on assignments outlined in Weekly Schedule

Post any questions or comments you have for me and and classmates on our class Padlet.

• Work on Huck Finn Activity (due Friday by midnite)

• Add your vocab sentence on Padlet (due Friday by 5 PM)

• Questionnaire: Meeting Times.  Please complete by 5 PM Friday so we can reschedule our video conferencing to a more friendly time.

Thurs

03/26

Work on assignments outlined in Weekly Schedule

Post any questions or comments you have for me and and classmates on our class Padlet.

• Work on Huck Finn Activity (due Friday by midnite)

• Add your vocab sentence on Padlet (due Friday by 5 PM)

• Questionnaire: Meeting Times.  Please complete by 5 PM Friday so we can reschedule our video conferencing to a more friendly time.

Fri

03/27

Work on assignments outlined in Weekly Schedule

Post any questions or comments you have for me and and classmates on our class Padlet.

• Work on Huck Finn Activity (due Friday by midnite)

• Add your vocab sentence on Padlet (due Friday by 5 PM)

• Questionnaire: Meeting Times.  Please complete by 5 PM Friday so we can reschedule our video conferencing to a more friendly time.

• Upload Huck Finn Activity into Google Classroom by midnite.

• Complete vocabulary exercise on Padlet by 5 PM

• Questionnaire: Meeting Times. by 5 PM

Mon

03/30

Weekly Schedule

Review the schedule and prepare questions and comments for tomorrow's meeting.

Review assignments; we will also review these tomorrow during our meeting.

Office Hours: If you would like to meet with me for a video conference, please email to set up a time.  I will do my best to accommodate you.  Remember, time slots fill up the closer we get to a deadline.  Generally I am available from 9 to 2. 

Video Conference: 10 AM.

• Work on Huck's Moral Development.  Due Friday 4/3 by 11:59 PM.

• Add your baby picture to Padlet.  Let's vote for the cutest baby in English 11 Honors Period 1.  Let's get them in by the end of the week so we can start a new Padlet when we return.

• Please buy, borrow or download a copy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  We will begin setting the context and reading the novel when we return.

Tues

03/31

Work on the week's assignments, deadlines and platforms outlined in the Weekly Schedule and here on the site.

Schedule conference time or email me if you have questions.

• Work on Huck's Moral Development.  Due Friday 4/3 by 11:59 PM.

• Add your baby picture to Padlet.  Let's vote for the cutest baby in English 11 Honors Period 1.  Let's get them in by the end of the week so we can start a new Padlet when we return.

• Please buy, borrow or download a copy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  We will begin setting the context and reading the novel when we return.

Wed

04/01

Work on the week's assignments, deadlines and platforms outlined in the Weekly Schedule and here on the site.

Schedule conference time or email me if you have questions.

• Work on Huck's Moral Development.  Due Friday 4/3 by 11:59 PM.

• Add your baby picture to Padlet.  Let's vote for the cutest baby in English 11 Honors Period 1.  Let's get them in by the end of the week so we can start a new Padlet when we return.

• Please buy, borrow or download a copy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  We will begin setting the context and reading the novel when we return.

Thurs

04/02

Work on the week's assignments, deadlines and platforms outlined in the Weekly Schedule and here on the site.

Schedule conference time or email me if you have questions.

• Work on Huck's Moral Development.  Due Friday 4/3 by 11:59 PM.

• Add your baby picture to Padlet.  Let's vote for the cutest baby in English 11 Honors Period 1.  Let's get them in by the end of the week so we can start a new Padlet when we return.

• Please buy, borrow or download a copy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  We will begin setting the context and reading the novel when we return.

Fri

04/03

Work on the week's assignments, deadlines and platforms outlined in the Weekly Schedule and here on the site.

Schedule conference time or email me if you have questions.

• Work on Huck's Moral Development.  Due Friday 4/3 by 11:59 PM.

• Add your baby picture to Padlet.  Let's vote for the cutest baby in English 11 Honors Period 1.  Let's get them in by the end of the week so we can start a new Padlet when we return.

• Please buy, borrow or download a copy of The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald.  We will begin setting the context and reading the novel when we return.

Huck's Moral Development.  Due Friday 4/3 by 11:59 PM.

Spring Recess

April 6 - 10