Archived Homework

Assignments for November 2019

Week 10

Mon

10/28

Minimum Day

Vocab 5a 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?

• 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.

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

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 10/30

Tues

10/29

Genesis I: The Creation of the Universe

Genesis 2: The Creation of Man and Woman (page 13 in Reading Packet)   

Success of Assimilation: "Evolution" by

Sherman Alexie's "Evolution"

Watch TED Talk: The Standing Rock Resistance and Our Fight for Indigenous Rights

• 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.

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

  • Chapter 17-24 (Conclusion) by 10/30

Weds

10/30

• Vocab 5a Quiz tomorrow (See Quizlet)

• 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.

Chapter 17-24

Thurs

10/31

Vocab 5a Quiz

Complete Genesis I and II.  How does the native world view compare with the faith of the Europeans?

First Encounters: "They"re Made Out of Meat" by Terry Bisson (pg.17 in Reading Packet)

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

• 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 Monday November 4.

Fri

11/01

Teacher In-Service

No Students

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

• 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 Monday November 4.

Week 11

Mon

11/04

READ: "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" by Jonathan Edwards (textbook pg. 128)

Begin Glossary of Poetic Devices and Rhetorical Forms.

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

• Study for Vocabulary Midterm Tuesday 11/12. (See Quizlet).

Tues

11/05

The Puritan Tradition

READ: George W. Bush's 911 Speech (packet pg. 19)

Jerry Falwell's 911 Speech (packet pg. 20)

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

• Study for Vocabulary Midterm Tuesday 11/12. (See Quizlet).

• In class, we read Sherman Alexie's "Evolution" I 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, Friday, November 8.

Weds

11/06

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?

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

• Study for Vocabulary Midterm Tuesday 11/12. (See Quizlet).

• In class, we read Sherman Alexie's "Evolution" I 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, Friday, November 8.

Thurs

11/07

Minimum Day: High School Open House

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

• Study for Vocabulary Midterm Tuesday 11/12. (See Quizlet).

• In class, we read Sherman Alexie's "Evolution" I 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, Friday, November 8.

• High School Open House

Fri

11/08

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

• Study for Vocabulary Midterm Tuesday 11/12. (See Quizlet).

Week 12

Mon

11/11

Veteran's Day

No Students

Study for Vocabulary Midterm TOMORROW. (See Quizlet).

Tues

11/12

Vocabulary Midterm

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

Weds

11/13

Journal 5a

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

Thurs

11/14

(textbook pg. 134)

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

Fri

11/15

(textbook pg. 134)

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

• Make sure you bring to class each day, the Unit 2 (Colonial Period) Reading Packet  (pdf version)

Week 13

Mon

11/18

Journal 6a

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

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

Tues

11/19

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

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

Wed

11/20

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

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

• Please complete the Healthy Kids Survey by this FRIDAY, end of the school day. 

• Thesis claim: What is Hector St. John de Crevecour's message to America and Americans in the work What is an American?

Thurs

11/21

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

An Omission from the Declaration (pkt. 28)

"Was the Sage a Hypocrite" (Reading Packet p. 29)

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

• Please complete the Healthy Kids Survey by this FRIDAY, end of the school day. 

Fri

11/22

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)

• Please complete the Healthy Kids Survey by this FRIDAY, end of the school day. 

• Colonial Packet due the week we return and on the day of the unit test (TBD). No late work and no redemption.  You must submit the packet whether or not you come to school.

Thanksgiving Holiday

November 25-29