Last assignments...
DUE Thursday 11/12
1. Bring in an electronic copy of your timeline. We will be reviewing how
to submit to Turnitin.com on Thursday.
2. Final Reflection on the Final Exhibition Project -- 50 points:
Now that you have learned a little about six (6) different ethnic groups in
our country, answer the class EQ – What does it mean to be an American?/ Who
are we as a people, and as a nation?. You must use EVIDENCE from your
group’s project along with two other ethnic groups that have been presented
to answer the essential question. Be sure to comment on the sturggles and
accomplishments of the three groups; their influences and contributions; and
characteristics of the groups.
Must be:
Typed in size 12 font - Times New Roman
Double spaced
Two pages minimum
3. Please fill out the Teacher Evaluation (see handouts). Go ahead and type
it...I don't want to know who wrote it...I just want the feedback (good and
bad). Due by Friday, please.
:)
A pau.
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UPCOMING:
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PAST ASSIGNMENTS:
11/10 - The Final Essay - 5 page creative essay continuing Huck's story. See
HANDOUTS for assignment promt.
Any late or missing work must be in by Tuesday, 11/10. Nothing will be
accepted after that.
Final Ex Binder and video due 11/02!
10/30 - Finish the book. Be prepared to do a mass review of the book next
week. You will also be writing an in-class essay on character analysis of
Huck.
10/29 - HF 34-37. SG. Take home quiz.
10/28 - HF 30-33. SG.
10/27 - HF 26-29. SG.
10/26 - HF 22-25. SG.
10/23 - HF 17-21. SG. Timeline due Monday!
10/22 - HF 12-16. SG. Timeline due Monday! Final Ex - you should be filming!
10/21 - HF 8-11. SG. Timeline. Final Ex. There will be a QUIZ on Ch. 1-11
tomorrow in class. Bring your books!
10/20 - HF 4-7. Study Guide. Worksheet "Getting to Know Pap". Timeline. Final
Ex.
10/19 - Huck Finn Ch. 1-3. Study Guide. Worksheet "Using Language in Huck
Finn". Timeline. Final Ex.
10/16 - Twain's "The Celebrated Frog of Calaveras County" (see Handouts).
Vocab and Questions. Finish Group PowerPoints for presentations on Monday.
(Also Poe's "Raven" if you haven't submitted it yet.)
10/15 - Poe's "The Raven" (see Handouts). Vocab and Questions. Yes, 2
timelines due to Mr. Yim tomorrow...
10/14 - Thoreau's "Walden" (see Handouts). Vocab and Questions. Finish
answering questions 14 and 15 from the video. 5 sentences EACH question.
10/13 - Emerson's "Nature" (see Handouts). Vocab and Questions.
***** Mass Hysteria Quiz - On a spereate sheet of paper, correct all of
your incorrect answers. Write the correct answers for half
credit back on your quiz. When you walk through the door on
Wednesday, 10/14, turn in the corrections with your quiz to
the first teacher you have.
10/08 - Crucible re-writes due Tuesday, mandatory if you received an 85 or
less. Work on your Timeline. Meet with your groups to start filming your
Final Exhibition video.
10/07 - Final Exhibition Storyboards! Primary Source re-writes due 10/12,
Tuesday (optional).
10/06 - Final Exhibition! Primary Source re-writes due 10/12, Tuesday
(optional).
10/05 - Work on Storyboards and Final Exhibition script. Final version due
Thursday, 10/08 (must include all prevous versions for full credit). Get the
Huck Finn book, as we will start reading it next week.
Bring in your Mass Hysteria presentation notes to use during a quiz Tuesday
10/06.
10/02 - Hysteria Group Project. Final Exhibition Storyboards.
10/01 - Hysteria Group Project. Final Exhibition - 2 sources (political,
economic) due Friday. Extra credit due tomorrow.
09/30 - Crucible Crossword Quiz. Mass Hysteria Project. Final Exhibition - 2
sources due Friday.
09/29 - Crucible essay revisions, due Wednesday 09/30. Must include in this
order: final essay (top), draft, outline, 2 peer reviews. Remember, you
must have an outline and TWO peer reviews or points will be deducted. Study
Guide also due Wednesday 09/30.
09/28 - Crucible essay revisions, due Wednesday 09/30. Must include in this
order: final essay (top), draft, outline, 2 peer reviews. Remember, you
must have an outline and TWO peer reviews or points will be deducted. Study
Guide also due Wednesday 09/30.
09/25 - Crucible essay (don't forget your 6 quote outline!, see handouts for
outline or make your own) and study guide due Monday.
09/24 - Crucible Dialogue worksheets. Study Guide due Monday w/ essay. Final
Exhibition sources due tomorrow (2 of them!). You must turn in the
storyboards - old and revised versions!
09/23 - Act IV Take Home Quiz AND Context Clues in "The Crucible" Worksheet
(SEE HANDOUTS). Work on Final Exhibition - storyboard (older and revised
drafts) and 2 sources due Friday.
09/22 - Finish Act IV Crucible. Don't forget the final page on pg.
146...what happened after....Also, Worksheet on Irony in "The Crucible"
Don't forget to continue working on Final Exhibition research! 2 sources due
Friday.
09/21 - Crucible Act IV. pgs. 121-134 (end the italics at the top of the
page...just as John and Elizabeth start to talk). SG. Take home quiz on Act
III. Also, Crucible Essay topics posted under handouts.
09/18 - Finish Act III. SG.
Final Exhibition storyboard/script draft due Monday!
09/17 - Crucible Act III. pgs 83-102 (up to where the girls walk in - in
italics). SG. Don't forget you Final Exhibition Primary source - Economics -
due tomorrow!
09/16 - Crucible Finish Act II. Don't forget the read the deleted scene ii.
SG. Take Home Quiz.
09/15 - Crucible Act II pgs. 62-72 (up to where Cheever takes out the
warrant). SG. Read Edwards's "Sinners in the Hand of an Angry God" (see
Handouts). Do vocab/questions. Be complete - no one sentence answers!
Define the vocab in your own words! Look over the historical inaccuracies,
as posted in Handouts.
09/14 - Crucible Act II pgs. 49-62 (up to the entrance of Hale in italics).
SG.
09/11 - Revise your Bradford-Smith papers. See Handouts link for the
assignment on the 102 Minutes reflection - due Monday to whichever teacher
you have first. Attach your notes for full credit.
09/10 - See Handouts link - read Jean de Crevecoeur's "Letters from an
American Farmer" and answer the vocab and questions (posted as a separate
handout).
09/09 - Finish Act I (pgs 36-48). Study Guide (SG). Primary Source for
Final Exhibition due on Friday!
09/08 - Crucible - pgs. 26-36 (read through the narrative and stop where Hale
starts speaking). Study Guide (SG).
Declaration of Independence Memorization due tomorrow! Fill in the blank
quiz in class!
09/04 - Crucible pgs. 8-26 (finish the narrative on the Putnams, to the
bottom of the page) and start filling out the packet: chart of people, vocab,
background info (1st page), etc.
AND Memorize the Declaration of Independence. Fill in the blank quiz on
Wednesday! See handouts. AND
AND revisions of the Native American essays due Tuesday 09/09.
09/03 - The Crucible Prologue pgs. 3-8. Answer the Prologue Questions (and
start on the Study Guide questions) - be complete! No one sentence answers!
Be ready for a quiz on Puritan Poetry and Colonial Lit (crossword quiz).
09/02 - Puritan Poetry. Read Taylor and Bradstreet and do the questions and
vocabulary. See handouts.
09/01 - Essay revisions. Be sure to bring the following: final copy, draft,
outline/chart, 2 peer reviews. You need all of the above to get full credit.
08/31 - Revise your Bradford-Smith essay. Due Wednesday 09/02. You must
include: "draft", chart, 2 peer reviews, and the final copy (on top).
08/28 - Write Bradford-Smith essay. Due Monday! Be sure to include your
chart, filled out/an outline for full points. See handouts. Use QUOTES and
EXPLAIN!
08/27 - Read John Smith's "The General History of Virginia" (see Handouts).
Do the vocab and questions. Do NOT give me one sentence answers. Be
complete! Define the vocab in YOUR OWN WORDS - DO NOT copy-cut-paste
definitions!
08/26 - Read William Bradford's Journal from the Plymouth Plantation (see
Handouts). Answer the questions. Do NOT do the essay activity (yet). Do
NOT give me 1 sentence answers. Be complete in your response.
08/25 - Get a binder. We will organize tomorrow in class. 5 tabs needed.
Native Lit crossword Pop Quiz tomorrow...not so pop if you look at
TeacherWeb :)
08/24 - NO SCHOOL! weeeee....
08/21 - NO SCHOOL! weeeee....
08/20 - Research and write your 2 page essay on assigned topic for your
Indian tribe. Start on PowerPoint info - you will have 15 minutes or so to
meet before presentations start on TUESDAY 08/25. Email me if you have
questions over the weekend!
08/19 - Complete Voice handouts for each of the following:
Harjo's "Beautiful, "Equinox" and "Autobiography" and Blueeyes's "Sacred
Mountains". See the Handouts link for the "Finding the Native voice" poems
and worksheet.
08/18 - Get the syllabus signed. Bring your computer and Literature CD.
Essay: "It's all about me"(background info, likes/dislikes, etc)? What do you
consider your strengths? What would you like to improve about yourself?
What is your American Dream (goals for this year, in 5 yrs/10 yrs/20 yrs,
lifetime etc)? 2 pages total, double-spaced.
