Ms. Brede

Week of May 13th:
Monday/Tuesday/Thursday: Bring supplies and type up poems for your poetry book. Poetry books are due Tuesday May 21st!

Poetry-Book-Directions-2013.pdf

Teacher Assigned Poems:
If-by-Rudyard-Kipling.pdf
I-Too-by-Langston-Hughes.pdf
Mirror-Sylvia-Plath.pdf
Poverty-Pablo-Neruda.pdf
Sympathy-Paul-Laurence-Dunbar.pdf
The-Road-Not-Taken.pdf
A-True-Account-of-Talking-to-the-Sun-on-Fire-Island.docx

Week of May 6th:
Monday: Look up song lyrics for #6 assignment in your poetry book
Tuesday: Teacher assigned poem analysis (#7 in your poetry book). Just do paragraphs 1 and 2.
Thursday: All 4 paragraphs for your teacher assigned poem analysis due Monday.

Week of April 29th:
Monday: questions page 445 1-10
Tuesday: Write your sonnet poem
Thursday: Write lyric poem

Week of April 22nd:
Monday: Grammar worksheet : parallel structure and editing a paragraph
               *** Study Island due at the end of the month
Tuesday: Ode prewriting and ode poem
Thursday: Elegy worksheet and elegy poem due Monday

Week of April 15th:
Monday: Study Island March/ April
Tuesday: Study Island March/April
Thursday: Complete the ballad poem outline and write your ballad poem
               Requirements: minimum of 15 lines
                                         must rhyme
                                         must have a refrain
                                          must have 1 line of alliteration and 1 hyperbole

Week of April 8th:
Monday: Study Island for March/April


Week of March 25th:
Tuesday: 2.4 analysis
                  Bring AF project supplies
Thursday: Anne Frank project DUE Monday April 8th! No project = no field trip

Week of March 18th:
Monday: 2.2 Summary and text to self analysis paragraphs.
***Bring 1.1 paragraphs typed tomorrow (Tuesday)
Tuesday: 2.3 Summary and analysis paragraph
***Bring 1.2 and 1.3 paragraphs typed
Friday: 2.4 and 2.5 summary ONLY. 
            AF test Tuesday
            1.4 and 1.5 typed for Tuesday


Week of March 11th:
Monday: Please catch up on any Anne Frank paragraphs that you need to . I also recommend you start typing the paragraphs up because your final project must be typed. Please see the word document template below if you would like to use it.

flipbook-typing-set-up-in-Word.docx

Tuesday: 1.5 Summary and text to text analysis paragraph
Thursday: 2.1 Summary and dynamic character paragraph
*** Be sure to start typing up your final drafts of your flipbook paragarphs. Next week I will be asking to see them typed up.

Week of March 4th:
Monday: Try to start 1.2 analysis
Tuesday: 1.2 Summary and analysis. 1.3 summary and analysis
Thursday: 1.4 Summary and analysis (text to self)

Week of February 25th:
Monday: The Great Debaters write up due Thursday
Tuesday: The Great Debaters write up due Thursday
Thursday: Act 1 Scene 1 paragraphs due Monday
                  -Summary paragraph
                  - Text to self analysis pargraph

Week of February 19th:
Tuesday: Make sure your permission slip is turned in for the move The Great Debaters. 
               Complete your debate reflection worksheet

Week of February 12th:
Tuesday: No homework


Week of February 4th:
Monday: Debates start tomorrow!
Tuesday: Rehearse debate portion out loud

Week of January 22nd:
Tuesday: No homework

Research Websites: 2013-DEBATE-RESEARCH-RESOURCES-2.pdf
Research Form: 2013-Research-form.pdf

Thursday: Debates start Tuesday Feb 5th. Finish your research and outlines this weekend and practice reciting your part for the debate.
Week of January 14:
Monday: Extra Credit due Jan 18th
               Rewrite for MSP due Jan 22nd
               Final Exam Jan 22nd
Tuesday: Finish Gettysburg worksheet

Week of December 17th:
Tuesday: Bring your MSP to class on Thursday. FINAL DRAFT DUE FRIDAY!!
Thursday: Final draft of your MSP due TOMORROW. Be sure to follow the guidelines. It needs to be typed and have an appropriate cover page.

Week of December 10th:
Monday: Prewriting worksheet: plot diagram and organizer
Tuesday: Rough Draft MSP due TUESDAY! Type it or hand write it and skip lines.
Thursday: Rough Draft MSP due TUESDAY! Type it or hand write it being sure to skip lines.

Week of December 3rd:
Monday: Characterization test Tuesday!
Tuesday: Brainstorm Worksheet: 3 family, 3 friends, 3 school memories
Thursday: Notecard with information about your memory: memory, duration and 5 sentence summary

Week of November 26th:
Monday: Study Island closes at the end of the month
               Finish finding your evidence for the "Mrs. Flowers" group project
Tuesday: Read "The Fugitive Slave Act" page 101/102 and answer the questions 1-5 on page 103
Thursday: Study Island closes at the end of the month
                 Harriet Tubman "1 pager" worksheet. Be sure to complete both sides!

Week of November 13th:
Tuesday: Cover letter reflection: bring back cover letter, rubric and reflection on Thursday
               "Too Soon a Woman" worksheet. *** This is going into the essay/project category in the gradebook

Week of November 5th:
Monday: Verb worksheet
               Read "Broken Chain"
Tuesday: "Broken Chain" Alfonso worksheet
Thursday: Verb/ Predicate/Subject worksheet STUDY for test TUESDAY



Week of October 29th:
Monday: Story Elements test TOMORROW: study guide and crossword due tomorrow
Tuesday: October Study Island assignment closes at the end of the day Oct 31st

Week of October 22nd:
Monday: "There Will Come Soft Rains" questions 1-10
Tuesday: Verb worksheet: complete both sides
Thursday: "Tell Tale Heart" questions 2, 4-9
                    Plot Diagram "Tell Tale Heart"


Week of October 1st:
Monday: grammar worksheet: correct paragraphs using editing marks
               STUDY business letter format for inclass writing essay TOMORROW
Tuesday: No homework
Thursday: TYPE up a final version of your cover letter. This is your brag sheet that you would use to help someone that is writing a letter of recommendation for you. Make sure you save it on the computer or thumb drive or email it to yourself so that you can make corrections and print out multiple copies for when you need to ask a teacher for a letter of rec. 

Week of September 24th:
Monday: Rewrite your body paragraph
Thursday: Outline of your business letter 
               Essay Outline quiz Monday

Week of September 17th:
Monday: Literary History due tomorrow
               Bring spiral notebook
Tuesday: Write intro paragraph on topic of your choice

Week of September 10th:
Monday: Summer choice book test Monday Sept 17th
Tuesday: Literary History: complete the rough draft questions on the direction sheet. 
               Summer choice book test Monday Sept 17th
Thursday: Summer Choice book test MONDAY
               Literary History project due TUESDAY
               Bring a spiral notebook for warm-ups. Ideally a 2 subject so you dont run out of space throughout the year
Week of September 5th:
Wed: Read and get syllabus signed
         Freak the Mighty test MONDAY
Thursday/Friday: Freak the Mighty test MONDAY