Weekend homework:
You now have info on all the projects (Character Day, Dramatic Monologue,
Visual Project, New Myth). Use this time to prepare your materials and create
your plan of action.
Tuesday night:
Use 20-25 minutes to research mythology characters, etc online. Use only
the sites linked to this website! (under "Mythology Links")
Monday night:
Use 20-25 minutes to research mythology characters, etc online. Use only
the sites linked to this website! (under "Mythology Links")
Thursday night:
You may begin searching your mythological character, but please only use
the sites linked to my homework page ("Mythology Links").
Tuesday night:
If you had trouble with the quiz(zes), feel free to come see me for some
individualized instruction.
LIS field trip looks like a go tomorrow. Dress warmly and bring a lunch!
BOOK FAIR ON THURSDAY during English. Bring money if you'd like to
purchase.
Monday hw:
Conventions break continues tomorrow.
Blue Team will be visiting the book fair on Thursday. This is a great
time to buy a book for recreation (and for summer reading). Please bring
money, if you choose.
Weekend homework:
FINALIZE your TWO vignettes for Monday. Use a proofreader before
printing!
Remember the rubric: STYLE, MEANING, SYMBOLISM, DEVICES, QUALITY.
Poetic and authorial devices: allusion, alliteration, assonance, consonance,
rhyme, imagery, (sensory) detail, symbolism, figurative language,
onomatopoeia, repetition.
Thursday night:
REVISE, TYPE and PRINT another vignette. You should now have TWO
polished vignettes ready for class on Friday. Email, flash drive, or see me
a.m. if computer problems. No excuses!
Wednesday night:
TYPE and PRINT one polished copy of ONE vignette you've worked on today.
Also, have a title (types: straightforward, wordy, curious, simple, or double
title). Email, flash drive, or see me a.m. if computer problems. No excuses!
Tuesday night:
Unfortunately, Field Day has been postponed. The new tentative date is
Wednesday, May 28th. FYI: we will be having a REGULAR day with NORMAL class
activities tomorrow, not a spirit day. Please bring all academic materials to
class.
Monday night homework:
Have three "done-done" vignettes typed up and printed out for class. If
your printer breaks, email me and/or come with it saved to a flash drive. If
your computer is unavailable, see me in the morning. No excuses, please!
Weekend homework:
Complete FOUR (rough) drafts of vignettes (THREE for period three) in
your writer's notebook for Monday's class.
Wednesday night hw:
PERIOD SIX: complete the entire yellow sheet we started in class on
vignette writing.
PERIODS 2, 3, 7: if you would like five minutes of extra time on the
test, you must see me outside of class (a.m., study hall, p.m.) BEFORE
Friday, 2:45.
Monday night hw:
Study for Mango test tomorrow. Use your notes and the review sheet. Mr.
Conrad will be in early (room 237) to field any questions you may have. Be
sure to have paper, pencil/pen, notes, and your review sheet for the test.
ALSO, if you'd like to pre-order Out of My Mind, return the slip with a check
for $6.99 to Mr. Camillo.
Weekend homework:
Review for Mango test on Monday.
Test on Mango St. on Tuesday.
Wednesday night:
Reminders regarding tomorrow's field trip, as discussed in class:
-- Closed-toed shoes, long pants, and light jacket REQUIRED!
-- Bring a pen and pencil
-- Remember to practice good hygiene (no hands in mouth/nose/eyes)
-- Follow all directions from workers/guides/teachers/waitstaff
-- Bring your best manners and behavior to the restaurant
Tuesday night (4/23):
Be sure you have notes for "A Smart Cookie" for class discussion tomorrow.
Have a safe and restful vacation. If you missed Friday (4/12), please see me
Monday morning when we return to make up the reading/notes.
Thursday night (4/11):
Write notes for "Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water" (if your period didn't)
Tuesday night (4/9):
(ALL PERIODS EXCEPT 8) jot a few notes for the vignette "And Some More"
so you don't forget.
Tuesday (4/2):
If you have not yet, please turn in your WRITING PIECE with ALL
PREVIOUS DRAFTS and WRITER'S NOTEBOOK.
Wednesday night (3.27):
Wear BLUE for our spirit day tomorrow!
We will be provide bagels with cream cheese/butter, and Capri Sun/water.
**IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON WEDNESDAY, PLEASE TURN IN ALL DRAFTS OF YOUR
WRITING PIECE!**
Tuesday night (3.26):
FINAL DRAFT DUE TOMORROW. Bring all previous drafts to class!
Title your piece along with genre. (Example: "Trapped: A Short Story")
BE SURE YOU HAVE AN ADULT/OLDER SIBLING PROOFREAD BEFORE FINAL PRINT.
Monday night (3.25):
TOMORROW IS OUR FINAL CLASS DAY TO WORK ON OUR WRITING PIECES. Use
tonight to revise according to rubric criteria.
REGARDING TEACHER CONFERENCES: due to time constraints in class, you may
need to see us (or any teacher) before/after/during school to fulfill this
criterion.
Weekend homework (3.22-24)
PRINT/REVISE CLEAN COPY #2 OF YOUR WRITING PIECE. Include any revisions
you've made as a result of new conferences and adj/adv work. If your printer
malfunctions, email me a copy (or bring it on a flash
drive) and I'll print it for you.
REGARDING TEACHER CONFERENCES: due to time constraints in class, you may
need to see us (or any teacher) before/after/during school to fulfill this
criterion.
CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING TO THE PENCIL SHARPENER FUND.
(Acceptable donations are zero cents, 50 cents, 75 cents, or one dollar.)
Thursday (3.21):
TYPE A CLEAN DRAFT OF YOUR WRITING PIECE, with verb and sensory detail
revisions, for TOMORROW'S CLASS.
REGARDING TEACHER CONFERENCES: due to time constraints in class, you may
need to see us (or any teacher) before/after/during school to fulfill this
criterion.
CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING TO THE PENCIL SHARPENER FUND.
(Acceptable donations are zero cents, 50 cents, 75 cents, or one dollar.)
Weekend homework:
Be prepared to WRITE on Monday. Tentative due date is 3/27.
CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING TO THE PENCIL SHARPENER FUND. We're halfway there.
(Acceptable donations are zero cents, 50 cents, 75 cents, or one dollar.)
Thursday (3/14):
CMTs are complete!
CONSIDER CONTRIBUTING TO THE PENCIL SHARPENER FUND. (Acceptable donations
are zero cents, 50 cents, 75 cents, or one dollar.)
Tentative due date for your workshop piece is Wednesday, 3/27. Mind the
checklist!
Wednesday (3/13):
EAT WELL. GET SLEEP. FOCUS. Math CMTs continue tomorrow.
We will continue writing our writers' workshop pieces in class.
Tuesday (3/12):
EAT WELL. GET SLEEP. FOCUS. Math CMTs continue tomorrow.
Monday night:
English CMTs are complete. Tomorrow we will continue with our writers'
workshop pieces in class.
EAT WELL. GET SLEEP. FOCUS. Math CMTs begin tomorrow.
All this week:
EAT WELL. GET SLEEP. FOCUS.
I will be in every morning in case you'd like to review for each day's
test.
Thursday night:
BRING A NUMBER TWO PENCIL (and Scantron sheet) TO CLASS TOMORROW!
BEGIN to create your project. It should look like the page of a newspaper.
Use any medium you like: a real newspaper, Microsoft Publisher, printer
paper... anything! The article is what's important, but you will get credit
for creativity and aesthetics. DUE MONDAY!
TONIGHT (Wednesday):
CREATE A ROUGH DRAFT OF THE EDITORIAL. Scrap paper is fine, just focus on
getting the language and the "spin" right. Use the base facts we brainstormed
today in class.
This week (2/26 - 3/3):
Work on your Outsiders editorial project, due Monday.
BRING PAPER, YOUR OUTSIDERS BOOK, AND YOUR RRF BOOK TO CLASS ON FRIDAY.
Wednesday AND Thursday nights:
TEST ON THE OUTSIDERS FRIDAY! Use the review sheet and topics discussed
in class to study. Visit for review Thursday or Friday mornings. Email any
questions and I will respond asap.
Tuesday night:
Poem quiz TOMORROW! (There's a copy below.) Know punctuation as well.
Read through Chapter 8, page 130.
TEST ON FRIDAY!
Monday night:
Begin to memorize poem, punctuation included! Quiz Wednesday. Here's a
copy:
Nature�s first green is gold,
Her hardest hue to hold.
Her early leaf�s a flower;
But only so an hour.
Then leaf subsides to leaf.
So Eden sank to grief,
So dawn goes down to day.
Nothing gold can stay.
Thursday night:
Read the rest of Chapter Four in The Outsiders.
(Read through Chapter Six, to page 100, for Monday.)
Wednesday night:
Read Chapter Three of The Outsiders.
Tuesday night:
Finish reading chapter two of The Outsiders.
Be sure to bring your text to class!
Monday night:
Finish reading chapter one of The Outsiders.
Pick-up project, if desired, by this afternoon. (Or email if you forgot.)
Weekend homework:
If you'd like your Q2 project back, you must pick it up by Monday
afternoon.
Thursday night (1/31):
Persuasive prompt continues tomorrow, approx 15 minutes.
Bring RRF book to class.
Monday night (1/28): read your Q3 book
Thursday night (1/24): bring your Q3 book to class tomorrow for RRF!
Wednesday night (1/23):
Look for a book for your Q3 reading. You don't need it until Friday for
RRF.
Standing HW assignment:
CAUTION: PROGRESS CHECK IN CLASS TOMORROW (FRIDAY)!
Begin to work on your Q2 book project, creating an advertisement for the
book. Refer to the yellow assignment sheet for details. Due Wednesday 1/23.
DO NOT PUT IT OFF UNTIL THE LAST MINUTE!
Weekend HW:
No homework.
Thursday:
Remember to bring a recreational reading book (RRF) for Friday's class.
Tuesday (1/8):
Period six: finish today's sheet on PREVIEW OF REASONS
Standing hw: try to remember the 25 parts of a persuasive essay for the
daily "quiz"
ACTUAL QUIZ (it counts!) ON THURSDAY. KNOW THE PARTS in order.
Monday (1/7):
Standing hw: try to remember the 25 parts of a persuasive essay for the
daily "quiz"
Weekend:
Begin to memorize the persuasive essay structure. Persuasive essay
writing continues
Monday.
Thursday (1/3):
Find and/or bring a recreational reading book to class for RRF.
Wednesday (1/2):
Complete the handout we started in class concerning your quarter two
independent reading book. Fill in any missing information.
Thursday (12/20)
Read Q2 book, due the day we return. Have a great break!
Wednesday (12/19)
Read Q2 book, due the day we return.
Blue Team Day on 12/20. Wear blue and/or holiday garb. Consider making
a "Call Me, Maybe" video with friends to be presented.
Tuesday (12/18)
POETRY TEST TOMORROW. Multiple choice, study the definition.
Read Q2 book, due the day we return.
Blue Team Day on 12/20. Wear blue and/or holiday garb. Consider making
a "Call Me, Maybe" video with friends to be presented.
Monday (12/17):
POETRY TEST ON WEDNESDAY.
Read Q2 book, due the day we return from break.
Blue Team Day on 12/20. Consider making a "Call Me, Maybe" video with
friends to be presented.
Weekend HW (12/14):
Read Q2 book.
Team Day on 12/20. Consider making a "Call Me, Maybe" video with friends
to be presented.
Thursday (12/13):
BRING your Q2 book to class. Remember: NO RRF means NO FF!
Also, here's the poetry homework:
Period 2: think of two words with consonance and no rhyme.
Period 3: think of two words with consonance, assonance, alliteration,
rhyme, and a different spelling of the words.
Period 6: think of two words with consonance, assonance, alliteration,
rhyme, and different spelling. Also, label the correct meter on the handout.
Period 7: think of two words with consonance, assonance, alliteration,
rhyme, and a different spelling of the words.
Tuesday (12/11):
- Read Q2 book
- TRY to find an example of alliteration that adheres to the following:
1. NOT a beginning "s" sound
2. NOT a rhyme
3. DOES NOT start with the same letters as one another
[After ten minutes, if you still don't have one, have someone help. Still
none? Email me at jcamillo@darienps.org Do not work for more than 15 minutes.]
Monday (12/10):
Standing hw assignment: read your quarter two independent reading book
(due the day after holiday break).
Thursday (12/6):
BRING your Q2 reading book to class for tomorrow.
Wednesday (12/5):
Standing hw assignment: read your quarter two independent reading book
(due the day after holiday break).
Tuesday night (12/4):
Standing hw assignment: read your quarter two independent reading book
(due the day after holiday break).
Friday Night:
1. Fill in any missing info for your book jacket project (title,
author's name and personal info, publisher, critic's notes, etc.) Use Google
and/or spark notes and/or the book itself to find them.
2. Find a quarter two independent reading book.
Thursday Night:
Only a few more students owe t-shirt money! Please bring it in!
Tuesday Night:
- Please turn-in overdue t-shirt money
- Quiz on spelling list #2 and vocabulary list #2 on Thursday
Monday Night:
-IF YOU WERE ABSENT ON MONDAY, PLEASE BE PREPARED TO MAKE-UP THE ON-
DEMAND
PERSUASIVE ESSAY ON TUESDAY (before or after school, 40 minutes required)
-Please turn-in overdue t-shirt money
-Bring a bagged lunch to school (re: World Language concerts)
Weekend and Next Week:
No homework. See you after Thanksgiving break. Enjoy.
IF YOU STILL NEED TO TURN IN T-SHIRT MONEY, PLEASE GIVE IT TO YOUR
SCIENCE TEACHER (DEPIANO OR MELLO) and they'll give it to me.
Thursday (11/15):
Review spelling list. QUIZ TOMORROW!
Bring in your T-SHIRT MONEY by TOMORROW! ($10)
SPELLING PRACTICE: On your practice sheet, trace the words, one letter
at a time, four times. Say each letter as you trace it. Then, without looking
at your list, on a separate sheet of paper, write the word. Do this for each
spelling word.
Wednesday (11/14):
Review spelling list. QUIZ ON FRIDAY!
SPELLING PRACTICE: On your practice sheet, trace the words, one letter
at a time, four times. Say each letter as you trace it. Then, without looking
at your list, on a separate sheet of paper, write the word. Do this for each
spelling word.
Tuesday (11/13):
Review the spelling words (directions below). Bring back both your
WRITER'S NOTEBOOK and the PRACTICE SHEET. (This will be the evidence proving
that you completed your homework.)
SPELLING PRACTICE: Trace the words, one letter at a time, four times.
Say each letter as you trace it. Then, without looking at your list, on a
separate sheet of paper, write the word. Do this for each spelling word.
Bring your practice sheet and writer's notebook to class.
Monday (11/12):
No homework. We will continue to build our spelling lists tomorrow. If
you missed the quiz, please come in early to make it up a.s.a.p.
Weekend HW (11/9-11/11):
VOCAB QUIZ MONDAY. STUDY WORDS, DEF.S, P.O.S., & SENTENCES.
Complete your independent reading this weekend!
Thursday Night (11/8):
VOCAB QUIZ #1 on Monday
Complete your independent reading book by Monday, 11/12.
Wednesday Night (11/7):
Complete the reader-response questions (on the flip-side of the vocab).
VOCAB QUIZ #1 on Monday
Complete your independent reading book by Monday, 11/12.
Tuesday Night (11/6):
Write definitions and parts of speech for "Bombardment" vocabulary.
Complete your independent reading book by Monday, 11/12.
BLUE TEAM HALLOWEEN IS RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY! FEEL FREE TO WEAR
YOUR
(SCHOOL APPROPRIATE)COSTUME TO SCHOOL. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING DURING
LUNCH/STUDY PERIOD 4 - BRING A BAGGED LUNCH TO MAKE THINGS EASY!
Monday Night (11/5):
Complete your independent reading book by Monday, 11/12.
BLUE TEAM HALLOWEEN IS RESCHEDULED FOR WEDNESDAY! FEEL FREE TO WEAR
YOUR
(SCHOOL APPROPRIATE)COSTUME TO SCHOOL. WE WILL BE CELEBRATING DURING
LUNCH/STUDY PERIOD 4 - BRING A BAGGED LUNCH TO MAKE THINGS EASY!
STANDING HOMEWORK ASSIGNMENT: READ YOUR INDEPENDENT READING BOOK.
ABOUT THREE
(3) WEEKS TO GO.
Tuesday Night (10.23):
Bring your Bauer book to class so that we may check them back in. If you
missed the test today, be sure to schedule a make-up asap.
Monday Night (10.22):
TEST TOMORROW on your Bauer book. We reviewed all period in class today,
but Mr. C. will be in tomorrow morning for further questions. Be sure to
return with your reader's notebook (if you brought it home)! A copy of the
review sheet is linked to this site under "handouts."
Weekend HW (10.19-10.21):
Review in class Monday. Test Tuesday on your Bauer book.
Thursday Night (10.18):
Complete reading, if necessary. Last Book Group Meeting tomorrow. Review
in-class Monday. Test is Tuesday.
Wednesday Night (10/17):
Complete the reading your group decided upon. [You should expect to be
finished reading your Bauer book by this Sunday night, if not earlier.]
REVIEW SESSION IN CLASS ON MONDAY. TEST SLATED FOR TUESDAY.
Tuesday Night (10/16):
Book Group Meeting #3 continues in class tomorrow. Complete the reading
your group decided upon. [You should expect to be finished reading your Bauer
book by this Sunday night, if not earlier.]
Monday night (10/15):
Complete the reading your group decided upon. [You should expect to be
finished reading your Bauer book by this Sunday night, if not earlier.]
Wednesday, Thursday, and Weekend Homework (10/10-10/14):
Complete the reading that your Joan Bauer group decided/decides upon.
(Classwork to be completed in class, obviously. If your group doesn't finish,
leave it for the next English class period.)
Tuesday Night (10/9):
No homework. You will get your Bauer book choice tomorrow.
Weekend HW (10/5-10/8):
Take one of the story ideas (from the writing exercises we've done) and
draft it into a complete (short) story, with a beginning, middle, and end, as
discussed in class. Be sure to draft OUTSIDE of your writer's notebook. Bring
both the draft of the story AND your writer's notebook to class on Tuesday.
Thursday (10/4):
If you're changing your 1st quarter indie book, you must do so by next
week, preferably by Tuesday.
Tuesday (10/2):
Choose an independent reading book for the latter half of quarter one.
If you're beginning or in the middle of one now, bring it to class to be
recorded. (Due in class by/on Thursday, 10/4.)
Monday Night:
TBA in class. Go Bears!
Weekend HW:
Bring in a composition notebook (to be used as your Writer's Notebook
for the year). Used is fine, as long as there are plenty of pages left inside.
Thursday Night HW:
IF you were missing any nightly reading sheets (due Thursday), bring them
in tomorrow for credit. If I don't receive them by tomorrow, I cannot/will
not score them.
Tuesday Night HW:
TEST ON THE MISFITS ON THURSDAY!
Use the review sheet to study. Look over and improve your reading sheets.
Reread any sections of the story, as necessary.
(If you were absent today, you can find the review sheet linked
under "Handouts" on this site.)
Monday Night HW:
Finish the LAST sheet on The Misfits (27-end).
Come prepared to class with ALL of your Misfit sheets so that we may
review for the TEST on THURSDAY. Tuesday's class will be dedicated to this
review and any questions you may have about the book, so bring them, please.
Weekend homework:
Finish reading The Misfits.
Complete the sheet we started in class, if you haven't already.
Test scheduled (tentatively) for Thursday, 9/27.
Thursday Night:
Read through Chapter 26. No new sheet - we'll have a "work day" in class
tomorrow.
Wednesday Night:
Read through Chapter 22 and complete the new sheet. (Even with a head
start in class, this is quite a bit of homework. DO NOT LEAVE ANSWERS BLANK.
If you don't finish, see us tomorrow BEFORE class and let us know.)
Tuesday Night:
Read through Chapter 18 and complete the new sheet.
Thursday night and the weekend:
FOR BLUE DAY TOMORROW:
1) Index card with two truths and a lie about you
2) Wear blue and athletic wear/comfy clothes/sneakers
3) Bring a water bottle, or bottle of water
4) Normal lunch
5) Bagels in homeroom (if you'd like)
6) Bring a pen/pencil with you all day
FOR ENGLISH:
1. Read THROUGH Chapter 15
2. Complete the handout with questions
3. Complete the "poster" (on a piece of printer paper is fine)
Wednesday Night:
Mandatory: Finish Chapters 8-10 and the handout started in class (some
students finished in class)
Optional: (if you finished) feel free to read Chapters 11 & 12
Tuesday night:
Technically, no homework.
If you'd like to read ahead, you may go as far as through Chapter 10, but
no farther, please.
Monday night (9/10):
1) Complete the reading through Chapter 7
2) Finish the new Misfits handout, front and back
Weekend homework, due Monday in class:
1) Complete the reading to page 30
2) Finish the Misfits handout, front and back
Thursday Night 9/6:
No homework. MISFITS launch tomorrow in class.
Wednesday Night 9/5:
1) SAILBOATS & letters (past due)
2) Book Circle continues tomorrow. Be sure to bring your cheat sheet.
Tuesday 9/4:
1) Complete SAILBOAT (past due)
2) Hand-in business letters (past due)
3) Complete Book Talk Alternative Sheet (begins tomorrow in class)
Weekend homework:
Put the final touches on your SAILBOAT and turn them in to your HR or
English teacher. Also, any leftover business letters will be sent on Tuesday,
so bring those in, as well.
8/30:
1) Last call on three summer reading sheets
2) Bring in envelopes and stamps (DO NOT AFFIX THE STAMPS)
3) Type up three clean and edited copies of your business letters
4) Work on your BLUE TEAM SAILBOAT (due Tuesday in HR or Eng)
CAUTION: THIS IS A LOT OF HOMEWORK. IF YOU RUN OUT OF TIME, OR YOUR
COMPUTER
AND/OR PRINTER FAILS, COME SEE MR. C. TOMORROW MORNING AND WE'LL
FORMULATE A
PLAN FOR COMPLETION.
8/29:
1) Bring an SSR book to your homeroom everyday.
2) Bring three (3) completed summer reading sheets to English class.
3) Find addresses for your business letters (20 min max!)
4) Complete your SAILBOAT and return to your homeroom or Eng teacher by
Tues.
AUG 28th:
1) Bring an SSR book to your homeroom starting tomorrow!
2) Bring three (3) completed summer reading sheets to English class.
3) Think about to whom you'd want to write your business letters.
AUGUST 27th:
WELCOME TO THE NEW BLUE TEAM STUDENTS. HERE IS YOUR HOMEWORK FOR THE
WEEK:
1) Bring an SSR book to your homeroom starting tomorrow!
2) Bring three (3) completed summer reading sheets to English class.
HAVE A GREAT SUMMER, BLUE KIDS! REMEMBER, STUDENTS-FOR-LIFE! CONTACT ME
ANYTIME AT JCAMILLO@DARIENPS.ORG OR JUST STOP BY 268. :)
Tuesday night:
Vocab quiz tomorrow. Study definitions, parts of speech, and usage in
sentences.
Monday night:
Vocab quiz on Wednesday.
Weekend homework:
All: have all vocab words defined, with parts of speech, and study. Quiz
slated tentatively for Wednesday.
Thursday night:
PERIOD SIX ONLY: complete the definitions and parts of speech of
the "Into the Wild" vocab words. Quiz slated tentatively for Wednesday.
Tuesday Night:
iMovie and other EOY items.
IF YOU STILL HAVE NOT MADE-UP THE FINAL, PLEASE TRY TO MAKE ARRANGEMENTS
TO COME BEFORE SCHOOL/USE STUDY HALL TO FINISH.
Weekend homework:
Have a safe, fun holiday weekend. Remember our troops as you celebrate.
IF YOU WERE ABSENT DURING ANY DAYS OF THE FINAL, PLEASE TRY TO MAKE
ARRANGEMENTS TO STAY AFTER SCHOOL TUESDAY (5/29) AFTERNOON TO FINISH.
Thursday night:
Final assessment complete tomorrow. No preparation necessary. Be sure to
finish your essay as best you can in the 40 (more) minutes allotted.
Wednesday night:
Read and annotate (note-take on) the short story "Jared" in preparation
for tomorrow's organizer. [Final assessment continues in class.] If you were
absent on Wednesday, please see me Thursday a.m.
Tuesday night:
Finish gathering ALL materials for the final exam. You must bring-in
these materials no later than tomorrow for use on the test.
Periods 2, 3, 6: type up and finalize vignettes to hand-in tomorrow.
Monday night:
Begin gathering all materials (at-home notes) for the final exam.
PERIOD SEVEN ONLY: As per your vote, vignettes are due tomorrow. Please
have them typed and finalized to be turned-in for a grade.
Weekend homework:
Type up all the vignettes you have thus far (two-three, probably). I
know they're difficult, but do your best.
Wednesday night:
Have at least one complete (well written!) vignette for tomorrow's
class. Feel free to type it up for a clean copy (optional).
Tuesday night:
Complete the rest of the sheet on "vignette writing" as best you can
for Wednesday's class. We will be writing in earnest tomorrow.
Monday (5/14) night:
Being thinking (searching your memory banks) for content for your
vignette(s). They can be personal experience(s) or things you've heard about,
etc.
This week in English:
Monday: begin dramatic monologues
Tuesday: CHARACTER DAY!
Wednesday: continue dramatic monologues
Thursday: VISUAL DEPICTIONS or NEW MYTHS are due!
Friday: Blue Team field trip to L.I.S.
Weekend homework:
MYTHOLOGY DUE DATES:
1) Dramatic Monologues begin MONDAY! Practice, practice, practice!
2) Character Day is TUESDAY! Gather your props/costumes!
3) Visual Depiction and/or New Myths due THURSDAY!
Thursday Night:
Use the "Mythology Links" on this site to bolster your research (if
necessary). Remember: in-class research ends tomorrow! Dramatic monologues
begin Monday of next week! Character Day is slotted for Tuesday.
Tuesday May 1st:
Use the "Mythology Links" on this site to bolster your research (if
necessary). Remember: in-class research ends Friday! Assessments begin Monday
of next week! Character Day is slotted for Tuesday.
FIELD DAY TOMORROW! WEAR MESSY SNEAKERS, ALL BLUE, BRING A LABELED
WATER BOTTLE, AND YOUR ENERGY AND COMPETITIVENESS.
Wednesday and Thursday Nights:
No homework - research to continue in class. **If you took any
pictures on the field trip, please send a copy via email to
jcamillo@darienps.org
Thank you.**
**Also on Tues: if you took any pictures on the field trip today, please send
a copy via email to jcamillo@darienps.org
Thank you.**
Monday (and Tuesday) Night:
Research (briefly!) your character, so that you may introduce "yourself"
to the class on Wednesday. REMEMBER: USE ONLY(!) THE SITES APPROVED. THEY ARE
LINKED TO THIS HOMEWORK SITE (They are NO LONGER linked to the MMS Library
site. You can find them here only.)
Weekend homework:
Have a great, safe vacation. If you missed the test on HOMS, be sure to
stop-in for a make-up a.s.a.p.
Thursday night:
MANGO STREET TEST TOMORROW! (If you are absent tomorrow, please make-up
as soon as you return.) STUDY THE TOPICS ON THE REVIEW SHEET. HERE ARE THE
VIGNETTES INCLUDED ON THE TEST:
The House on Mango Street, 3
Boys and Girls, 8
The Family of Little Feet, 39
A Rice Sandwich, 43
Chanclas, 46
Hips, 49
The First Job, 53
Elenita, Cards, Palm, Water, 62
Four Skinny Trees, 74
The Monkey Garden, 94
The Three Sisters, 103
Alicia and I talking on Edna�s Steps, 106
Mango Says Goodbye Sometimes, 109
Wednesday night:
TEST ON 'HOMS' IS DEFINITELY SET FOR FRIDAY. REVIEW ANY VIGNETTES ABOUT
WHICH YOU ARE UNSURE. BRING QUESTIONS TO CLASS (REVIEW) THURSDAY.
Tuesday night:
PERIOD SIX ONLY: Interpret "And Some More" that we read at the end of
class. Write it down if you need to, in order to remember.
Everyone else: feel free to read ahead, as we will attempt to finsih the
book for Thrusday.
TEST ON HOMS (tentatively) SET FOR FRIDAY.
Weekend homework:
Period 3: read "Sire" and "The First Job"
Period 7: read "Sire," "The First Job," and "Marin"
Tuesday Night:
Period 2: read through page 17 (except what we've already read)
Period 3: read "A Rice Sandwich"
Period 6: read "A Rice Sandwich"
Period 7: read "A Rice Sandwich"
Monday Night:
Period Three and Period Six: read the first vignette in HOMS.
Weekend HW:
- LIGHT IT UP BLUE for Autism Awareness. Wear blue (team t-shirt?) on
Monday (4/2).
- TYPE up your chapter one, WITH REVISION CHANGES.
Thursday night:
- Write the rest of Chapter One (12 composition pages, min.)
Chapter One techniques:
-characters (lots?)
-setting!
-imagery and sensory detail
-voice and dialogue
-conflict (major and minor)
-action (present) and flashback! (past)
-POV and narration
Wednesday night:
- Write two FRESH(!) pages toward your new Bauer first chapter.
- LIGHT IT UP BLUE for Autism Awareness. Wear blue on Monday (4/2).
Monday night:
- BAUER TEST TOMORROW. Use the review sheet, and test questions from
today in class, to study. Be sure to BRING YOUR NOTEBOOK to class.
Weekend HW:
- Bauer test scheduled for TUESDAY. Review sheet given today in class
will be very helpful to your studying. Bring any questions or concerns to
class on Monday, as we will dedicate as much time as necessary to review.
Thursday night:
BRING PROJECTS TO MR. CAMILLO'S ROOM (268) IN THE MORNING (or in class).
Tuesday night and Wednesday night:
- New reading and complete CONFLICT & RESOLUTION list under group work.
- Project work! (due Friday) Bring to 268, NOT the library.
[ON WEDNESDAY NIGHT, PLEASE CONTINUE THE STORY YOU STARTED IN CLASS
FOR
A FEW PAGES IN YOUR NOTEBOOK. ALSO, WORK ON YOUR PROJECT.]
Monday night:
- New reading and one DAILY. [If you are finished reading, you can
still do a daily on previously read material!]
- REVISED DUE DATE for project: Friday, 3/23. Bring it to 268, NOT
THE LIBRARY!
Weekend homework:
- Read to new point and complete two DAILIES in the "group section" of
your notebook.
- Work on your project! Final weekend! (Due Thurs, 3/22)
Thursday Night:
- Read to new point and complete one DAILY in the "group work" section
of your notebook.
- Work on your project! (New due date: Thursday, 3/22)
Tuesday Night:
- Read to the (new) point your group decided upon in class. Also,
finish the "Daily" from class, if you have not already. Be sure to bring your
notebook back to class.
- Work on your project! (due 3/21)
Monday Night:
- Read to the point your group decided upon in class.
- Work on your project! (due 3/21)
Weekend homework:
- WEEKENDS ARE A GREAT TIME TO WORK ON YOUR PROJECT! (Due 3/21)
- We will be lauching the Bauer Book Club Unit in class on Monday.
- English CMTs are over! Yay!
Thursday Night:
DRP tomorrow in testing. Continue to work on your project (due 3/21).
See me or Mr. Conrad with any questions.
Wednesday Night:
READING COMP, PART II tomorrow in testing. Continue to work on your
project (due 3/21).
Tuesday Night:
READING COMP, PART I tomorrow in testing. Continue to work on your
project (due 3/21).
Monday Night:
REVIEW THE 25 PARTS OF A PERSUASIVE ESSAY FOR THE PROMPT TOMORROW!
Get a good night's sleep, and eat a healthy breakfast. Good luck!
Weekend homework:
Complete the CMT prep packet on Editing/Revising that we started in
class. (This will count toward a classwork grade. Do your best.)
Thursday Night:
Begin generating ideas and planning the book project. CMT prep
continues in class.
Wednesday Night:
Make any necessary changes to your book taste REPLY. Copy/paste it into
the "post comment" area below the original book taste (on the Library/Media
Center site).
Tuesday Night:
Bring in a typed copy of your book taste REPLY. Be sure to SAVE A COPY
to your computer or a flash drive - you will need it to copy/paste later.
Monday Night:
1. Finish (100%) the Book Taste Sheet we started in class.
2. Find and print (page one only!) the original book taste
recommendation located on the Library/Media Website. If you cannot print for
whatever reason, please handwrite it instead.
Thursday Night:
1. POETRY TEST TOMORROW!
2. 3rd QUARTER READING SHOULD BE FINISHED!
3. ABSOLUTELY LAST CALL FOR SUBMISSIONS! (must be emailed by 2/28)
Wednesday Night:
1. Review tomorrow in class for the poetry test on Friday.
2. 3rd quarter reading due Friday, though we won't be starting our
project until after break (Feb 27th).
3. Last call for Teen Writing Contest submissions. Email or bring in a
digital copy to Mr. Camillo if you'd like to participate.
Tuesday Night:
1. Revise one poem to make it to "the big board."
2. 3rd quarter reading due Friday, though we won't be starting our
project until after break (Feb 27th).
3. Last call for Teen Writing Contest submissions. Email or bring in a
digital copy to Mr. Camillo if you'd like to participate.
Monday Night:
1. If you didn't finish with the poetry work today in class, finish up
and bring it in to class tomorrow.
2. Continue with 3rd quarter reading. You should be nearly
finished.
3. Last call for Teen Writing Contest submissions. Email or bring in a
digital copy to Mr. Camillo if you'd like to participate.
