Homework

Week 15:  December 14-18, 2009     

ARGUMENT & DEBATE 2 (Periods 2, 3, & 8)  

Monday:  Complete Vocabulary learning activities for Week 15 words:  (a)  
Knowledge Rating Scale; (b) list of words and definitions; and (c) Concept 
of Definition map on your assigned word.  Also, complete the ACT English 
Test practice passage.  

Tuesday:  Complete the "Keyword" reading strategy activity for the assigned 
article.

Wednesday: Read the article on same-gender schools and complete the Active 
Reading Guide.

Thursday:  Vocabulary Quiz on Week 15 words.  Complete the sentence 
combining handout on participial phrases.

Friday:  Complete the class participation activities (ABC Boxes, crossword).

IB SR. ENGLISH/WORLD LIT. (Period 5)

Monday:  Vocabulary List #15 is due.  The Objective Unit Exam on "Hamlet" 
will be administered.

Tuesday:  Read Act 1 of "King Lear."

Wednesday: Read Act 1 of "King Lear."

Thursday:  Read Act 1 of "King Lear."

Friday:  Vocabulary Quiz on Week 15 words.  Quiz on "King Lear," Act 1, 
Scenes 1-2.

N.B.:  Commentary #4, "Hamlet" Soliloquy Commentary, will be due on 
Wednesday, 1/13/10.  Submissions to the "turn it in" website must be 
completed no later than Wednesday, 1/20/10.

IB JR. English/BRITISH LIT.  (Period 6)

Monday:  Vocabulary List #15 is due.  Grammar Exercises also due:  Chapter 
7, Exs. 1-4 (pp. 123-126).  Complete the ACT English practice passage in 
class.

Tuesday:  Reading Quiz #2 on "The Handmaid's Tale," pp. 43-75.
 
Wednesday:  Complete the Quickwrite in class in response to a close reading 
of a passage from "The Handmaid's Tale."  (We will not complete this 
activity if we watch the first half of the film.)

Thursday:  Vocabulary Quiz on Week 15 words.

Friday:  No grammar exercises are assigned.

N.B.:  A draft of World Literature Paper 1, a requirement for the IB Diploma 
in Language A1, will be due on Wednesday, 1/13/10.  The submission to 
the "turn it in" website must be completed no later than Wednesday, 1/20/10.

READING SECTIONS AND QUIZ DATES FOR M. ATWOOD'S "THE HANDMAID'S TALE":

DATE              CHAPTERS/PAGES
Tues., 12/15      Chs. 8-13, pp. 43-75
Tues., 1/5/10     Chs. 14-18, pp. 79-106
Tues., 1/12       Chs. 19-24, pp. 109-147
Tues., 1/19       Chs. 25-30, pp. 151-195
Tues., 1/26       Chs. 31-39, pp. 199-255
Tues., 2/2        Chs. 40-46 & "Historical Notes," pp. 259-311

UPCOMING DUE DATES FOR GRAMMAR EXERCISES FROM CHAPTERS 6 & 7 (Pronoun Usage, 
Verb Form & Usage) of "Warriner's High School Handbook":

DUE DATE             EXERCISES/PAGES
Monday, 12/14        Chapter 7, Exs. 1-4 (pp. 123-126)
Monday, 1/4/10       Exs. 5-7 (pp. 126-128)
Friday, 1/8          Exs. 11, 13, Review A (pp. 132-134)
Monday, 1/11         Exs. 14, 15 (pp. 139-141)
Friday, 1/15         Exs. 16, 17, 18 (pp. 142-148)
Friday, 1/22         Exs. 19, Rev. B, and Chapter 7 Post Test (pp. 149-152)

VOCABULARY LISTS AND COURSE SYLLABI ARE POSTED UNDER "HANDOUTS." 
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