Mr. Cooke

ALL CLASSES
Mon 5/21

Eng 9 Per 1
Complete Macbeth questions 3.1 and 3.2. Read Act 3 scene 3 and write 3 discussion questions with answers

Eng 11 Per 2
Complete Macbeth internet questions and questions on Act 3, scenes 3-6.

Weds 5/17

Eng 9 Period 1
Complete Romeo and Juliet Act 2 questions 11-18

Eng 11 Period2
Study for Lesson 12 vocab quiz: adversity, cardinal, credible, empathize, faculty, harrowing, impair, infer, intuition, manifest, nuance, pernicious, solace, treatise, vogue

Eng 9 Per 4 No class
Complete Romeo and Juliet questions Act 3 scenes 1 and 2

Eng 9 Per 6 and Float
Study for Lesson 14 vocab quiz: amass, articulate, decimate, dexterous, garb, gregarious, inherent, maternal, nurture, obtrusive, parody, pugnacious, reprehensible, tractable, zany

Mon 5/15/2012

9Eng Per 1
Complete Romeo and Juliet Act 1 questions

11 Eng Per 2
Finish reading Act 3 in Macbeth

All 9Honors Classes
Complete the Act 2 questions on Romeo and Juliet

Weds 4/25

Per 1 Complete TKAM questions on Ch 25 and 26

Per 2 Reformat your research paper. Make sure your citations within the paper and your Works Cited list are in MLA format.

Per 4, 6 and Float Read through Ch 27 in TKAM and complete the questions.

Mon 4/23

Per 1 No class tomorrow (day 1). Study the Lesson 12 vocabulary for Wednesday's quiz: adversity, cardinal, credible, empathize, faculty, harrowing, impair, infer, intuition, manifest, nuance, pernicious, solace, treatise, vogue.

Per 2 Research Macbeth on the internet and write 1/2 page of notes about Shakespeare's play: when it was written, important themes, setting, background information, etc.

Per 3 and 6: Study Lesson 12 vocab for tomorrow's quiz and be ready with 6-8 questions for the Chapter 25 fishbowl discussion on To Kill a Mockingbird.

Float: Day 7, no class today. Vocab quiz on Wednesday.

Fri 3/30

Per 2 The Review sheets for Tuesday's Puritan/Crucible test are under 11 ENGLISH Handouts

Fri 3/9

Eng 9 Per 1
Finish To Kill a Mockingbird quotation analysis sheet.

Per 2 Complete the first 7 questions on The Crucible Act 4.

Float Complete Ch 14-15 questions

Period 4 Complete Ch 14-15 questions

Mon 1/30

Eng 9
Research Harper Lee on the internet and type 1 page of notes about her.

Eng 11
Research Arthur Miller on the internet and type 1 page of notes about him.

Thurs 1/12

Eng 9 Per 1
Complete Oedipus questions pages 55-69. Gather materials for midterm exam: vocab lists Lessons 1-7, reading questions on Lord of the Flies and Oedipus. Midterm Essay Question: Who is responsible for Oedipus's tragic downfall? The gods? himself? His birth parents? His adoptive parents? 750 words, typed and double-spaced, with 3 or more quotations.

11 English Per 2

Complete Sun Also Rises Ch 19 questions. Gather midterm exam materials: vocab lists Lessons 1-7, reading questions on Gatsby and Sun Also Rises. Midterm Essay Question: How does Hemingway reflect the values of the Lost Generation in The Sun Also Rises? Describe his characters, their actions and their values. Be specific. Typed and double spaced, 900 words, 3 quotations or more.

Eng 9 Per 4, 6, Float

Complete Oedipus questions pages 70-end. Gather materials for midterm exam: vocab lists Lessons 1-7, reading questions on Lord of the Flies and Oedipus. Midterm Essay Question: Who is responsible for Oedipus's tragic downfall? The gods? himself? His birth parents? His adoptive parents? Typed and double spaced, 900 words, 3 quotations or more.

Fri 1/6

Eng 9
Read p.35-54 in Oedipus and answer questions

Eng 11
Complete Ch 18 questions for The Sun Also Rises (due Weds)

Fri 12/23

All Eng 9 Classes

Read to page 35 in Oedipus The King. Answer 2 sets of reading questions (intro - page 16 and p.17 - 35). You can find these under "9 English Handouts"

Eng 11
Read Ch 17 & 18 in The Sun Also Rises. Complete Ch 17 questions. You can find these under "11 English Handouts"

Weds 12/20

All Eng 9 Classes
Study for tomorrow's short story test: A&P, Can-Can, Pygmalion, Thief, Sunday in the Park, The Catbird Seat, The Lesson, The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas. Period 4 put together study notes for the test. You can find them under "9 English Handouts."

Eng 11 Period 2
No class tomorrow. Complete questions on The Sun Also Rises Chapter 16 for Friday.

Mon 12/18

Eng 9 Per 1, 4, Float
Study Lesson 6 vocab words for tomorrow's quiz: apropos, ascendancy, assess, aver, concede, deficient, dogma, embody, impart, oratory, propagate, proponent, rudimentary, sojourn, vociferous.

Eng 9 Per 6
Day 6. No class today. Lesson 6 vocab quiz Weds.

Eng 11 Per 2
Study Lesson 6 vocab words for tomorrow's quiz.

Weds 12/14

Eng 9 Per 1
Read "Thief" and answer these questions: 1.Describe the young woman. QUOTE. 2.How is the man's description of the woman similar to Sammy's description of the girls in "A&P"? 3.Describe the chase scene. QUOTE. 4.Why does the man feel guilty around policemen and ashamed around women? 5.What lesson does the woman want to teach the man? Is she successful?

Eng 9 Per 4
Complete these questions on "Pygmalion." 1.Describe the characters. 2.Describe the 5 parts of the story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement. 3.What is ironic about how Gwen changes after they're married? 4.Why does Pygmalion need a woman to do impressions for him? What does it say about him?

Eng 9 Float and Per 6
Read "The Ones Who Walk Away From Omelas" and complete the questions. Float, we will complete the questions tomorrow in class.

Mon 12/12

Eng 9 Per 1
No class today. See Friday's HW.

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 13 and 14 in The Sun Also Rises.

Eng 9 Per 4, 6 and Float
Complete these 6 questions on "Sunday in the Park":
1.Describe the mood in the first paragraph. Use a QUOTE. 2.Which events increase the tension in the story? List 2 and explain why. 3.Does Morton do the right thing when he avoids a fight? Explain. 4.Explain the ending, when the woman says to Morton, "You and who else?" Why is she so angry with him? 5.Describe the similarities between the the mother's reaction to her son and her reaction to her husband. 6.Describe the 5 parts of the story: exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement.Finish reading the short story packet, including John Updike's story "A & P."
Fri 12/9

Eng 9 Per 1
Read "The Catbird Seat" and answer questions 1, 3, 4, and 5. You'll find them just after the story.

Eng 11 Per 2
Complete the 25 questions on our Sun Also Rises class blog.

Eng 9 Per 4 and 6
Read "Thief" closely and answer the 9 questions we created today: 1.Describe the woman at the start of the story. QUOTE 2.How does the narrator's description of the woman compare to Sammy's description of the girls in "A & P"? 3.Why does the narrator like the phrase "lifted my wallet"? 4.What is the man's reaction when someone jostles him? QUOTE 5.Describe the chase scene. QUOTE 6.Describe at least 2 thefts in this story. Who steals what from whom? 7.How does the man feel at the end of the story and why? QUOTE 8.What lesson does the woman want to teach the narrator and is she successful? 9.What is the moral or lesson in the story?

Fri 12/2

Eng 9 Period 1
Read "Can-Can" and "Pygmalion" and describe each of the following for both stories: 1.Characters 2.Exposition 3.Rising Action 4.Climax 5.Falling Action 6.Denouement 7.Where and how the writer uses irony

Eng 11 Per 2
Study for Lesson 5 vocab quiz: callow, contemporary, cynical, despot, enunciate, impediment, impoverish, indolent, sagacious, secular, speculate, strife, venerate, voracious, wane

Eng 9 Per 4 and Float
Write answers to the 7 questions about Toni Cade Bambara's short story, "The Lesson".

Eng 9 Per 6 No class today. Complete questions on "Can-Can" and "Pygmalion."

Eng 11 Period 2
Day 2. No class today. See yesterday's assignment.

Eng 9 Period 4, 6 and Float
Find a short story on the internet that interests you. Read it, take 1 page of notes, and come in Monday with your notes prepared to tell the class about it (characters, plot, themes, exposition, rising action, climax, falling action, denouement)

Thurs 12/1

Eng 9 Float
Finish reading the short story packet, including John Updike's story "A & P."

Eng 11 Period 2
Research your Sun Also Rises topic, start writing your blog post and post it on the Sun Also Rises class blog,
http://thesunalsoriseswhs.blogspot.com/

Eng 9
Finish the questions on "A & P."

Weds 11/16

Eng 9 classes
Research your debate topic online. Bring in 2/3 page of notes.

Eng 11
Complete Ch 7 and 8 questions for The Sun Also Rises. Read Ch 9.

Mon 11/14

Eng 9 classes
Hand in persuasive essay. Study for Lesson 4 vocab quiz: adage, camaraderie, contend, extraneous, hubbub, meander, odoriferous, paraphernalia, punctilious, recuperate, regale, sedentary, Spartan, temporal, wry.

Eng 11
Complete Sun Also Rises Ch 5 and 6 questions. Reread Ch 7 and 8. Vocab quiz on Lesson 4 on Weds.

Weds 11/9

All 9 Eng classes
Revise your persuasive essay. Final drafts due Monday 11/14.

Eng 11
No class today. Read Ch 5 and 6 in The Sun Also Rises.

Mon 11/7 No classes tomorrow.

All 9 Eng classes
Complete your first draft of your persuasive essay (due Weds). 5-6 paragraphs, 700 words, typed and double-spaced

11 Eng
Read Ch 5 and 6 in The Sun Also Rises (to page 52)

Thurs 11/3

All Eng 9 classes
Type the first paragraph of your persuasive essay. Make sure your thesis lists the 3 main reasons of your argument.

Eng 11
Read to the end of Ch 4 in The Sun Also Rises (to page 35)

Tues 11/1

All Eng 9 classes
Study for tomorrow's vocab quiz on Lesson 3 words: allude, consecrate, disseminate, dote, exhort, feckless, implicate, lament, monetary, pensive, pomp, stilted, subjugate, trauma, wanton

Eng 11
No HW. Vocab quiz on Lesson 3 on Thursday

Thurs 10/27

Eng 9 Per 1, 4, 6, Float
Finish your LOF essay. 900 words, typed and double spaced. Use the checklist I gave you and staple it to your essay.

Eng 11 Per 2
No class tomorrow. Read the Adventures of Huckleberry Finn handout for Monday (first 6 chapters). We will be seeing the play in school Tuesday!

Weds 10/26

Eng 9 Per 1, 4, 6 and Float
Expand your LOF essay. Due Friday at the start of class. 9
00 words, typed and double spaced.

Eng 11 Per 2
Finish your Great Gatsby news article. Due tomorrow. 750 words, typed and double spaced.

Mon 10/24

Eng 9 Per 1
Finish reading LOF. Keep working on your LOF essay. 3 pages, due Friday.

Eng 11 Per 2
Expand your Gatsby news article to 1.5 pages (500 words). Due Thursday. Include 3 quotations.

Eng 11 Per 4, 6 and Float
Keep working on your LOF essay. 3 pages, due Friday.

Fri 10/21

Eng 9 Per 1
Complete Ch 11 questions for LOF

Eng 11 Per 2
Write the first page (300 words) of your Great Gatsby news article.

Eng 9 Per 4, 6 and Float
Read the last chapter of LOF (ch 12) and write 6 questions about the chapter. Some can be opinion, others facts, and others analysis.

Thurs 10/20

Eng 9 Per 1
Read Ch 11 in LOF

Eng 11 Per 2
Bring in your printed news article along with your completed question sheet.

Eng 9 Per 4, 6 and Float
Complete your Ch 11 LOF questions

Weds 10/19

Eng 9 Per 1
Read Ch 10 in LOF and complete the reading questions.

11 Eng Per 2
No class today. See yesterday's HW

11 Eng Per 4, Float and 6
Complete the first page of your LOF essay: Describe the breakdown of order in Lord of the Flies.

Tues 10/18

Eng 9 Per 1
No class today. Study for Lesson 2 vocab quiz.

Eng 9 Per 4, Float, and 6
Complete LOF Ch 10 questions.

Eng 11 Per 2
Get a newspaper article from the paper or online, read it, and complete the question sheet on the article.

Mon 10/17

Eng 9 Per 1, 4 and 6
Study for Lesson 2 vocab quiz

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 9 and complete Ch 9 questions

Fri 10/14

Eng 9 Per 1
Read Ch 9 and complete Ch 9 questions for LOF.

Eng 11 Per 2
Study for vocab quiz on Lesson 2 words

Eng 9 Per 4
Read Ch 10 in LOF

Eng 9 Per 6
No class today.   Study for Lesson 2 vocab quiz.

Eng 9 Float
Study for Lesson 2 vocab quiz.

Read Ch 10 in LOF.

Eng 11 Per 6 No class today

Thurs 10/13

Eng 9 Per 1
Revise your 3 paragraph description of how Golding introduces his characters

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 9 in The Great Gatsby and complete the Ch 9 questions in the packet.

Eng 9 Per 4
Read Ch 9 in LOF and complete questions

Fri 10/7 **Enjoy your 4-day weekend!**

Eng 9 Per 1, 4, Float and 6
Complete LOF Ch 8 questions.

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 8 in The Great Gatsby and complete the Ch 8 questions

Tues 10/4

Eng 9 Per 1
No class tomorrow. Study for Thursday's vocab quiz on Lesson 1 words

Eng 11 Per 2
Make up any missing work! I will complete progress reports tomorrow.

Eng 9 Per 4 and 6
Complete LOF 3 paragraph explanation of how Golding introduces 3 main characters.

Eng 9 Float
Day 7. No class. See yesterday's assignment.

Mon 10/3

Eng 9 Per 1
Read Ch 7 in LOF and complete Ch 7 questions.

Eng 11 Per 2
Complete the Great Gatsby quotation exercise we began in class today. Use an introduction and an explanation with each quotation.

Eng 9 Per 4 and Float
Complete Ch 7 questions on LOF. Revise your 3 paragraph LOF explanation of how Golding introduces his main characters.

Eng 9 Per 6
Day 6. No class. See Friday's assignment.

Fri 9/30

Eng 9 Per 1
Revise, expand, and type your 3 paragraph LOF explanation of how Golding introduces his characters.

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 7 in The Great Gatsby and complete all the Ch 7 questions.

Eng 9 Per 4, 6 & Float
Be sure you've read through Ch 7 in LOF.

Thurs 9/29

Eng 9 Per 1, 6 and Float
Type and revise your 3 paragraph LOF assignment explaining how Golding introduces his main characters. Use 1 quotation, with an introduction and explanation, in each paragraph.

Eng 11 Per 2
Complete Gatsby questions on Chapter 7 (1st 4 questions on the handout)

Eng 11 Per 4
No class today. See yesterday's assignment.

Weds 9/28

Eng 9 Per 1
Read Ch 6 in LOF for tomorrow

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 6 in The Great Gatsby

Eng 11 Per 4, 6 and Float
Read Ch 7 in LOF

Mon 9/26

Eng 9 Per 1
No class today. Bring your internet research notes on Golding and LOF tomorrow.

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 5 in The Great Gatsby. Reading quiz tomorrow on Ch 5.

Eng 9 Per 4, Per 6, Float
Complete Ch 5 questions for LOF.

Fri 9/23

Eng 9 Per 1
Research William Golding and Lord of the Flies on the internet and take 1 full page of notes.

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Great Gatsby Ch 4

Eng 9 Per 4, 6 & Float
Finish preparing your Book Thief group oral presentations. Due Monday, with visual aid.

Thurs 9/22 **GET YOUR PLAGIARISM CONTRACT SIGNED**

Eng 9 Per 4, 6 & Float
Prepare your Book Thief Oral Presentations. You will do them on Monday.

Eng 11 Per 2
Prepare your Olive Kitteridge Oral Presentations. You will do them tomorrow.

Weds 9/21

Eng 9 Per 1
Complete LOF Literary terms sheet.

Eng 9 Per 4, Float & 6
Complete LOF Literary terms sheet. Decide which section of The Book Thief you and your group will be presenting to the class.

Eng 11 Per 2
Complete the Literary Terms sheet for The Great Gatsby.

Tues 9/20

Eng 9 Per 1
Complete Ch 4 Questions for LOF.

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Gatsby Ch 4

Eng 9 Per 4
Day 4. No class today. See yesterday's HW

Eng 9 FLOAT
Read Ch 5 in LOF

Eng 9 Per 6
Complete the LOF literary terms sheet.

Mon 9/19

Eng 9 Per 1
Read Ch 4 in LOF.

Eng 11 Per 2
Complete Great Gatsby Ch 3 reading questions 1-12.

Eng 9 Float
Read LOF Ch 4 and complete reading questions 1-6.

Eng 9 Period 4 and 6
Decide which section (20 pages or more) of The Book Thief your group will present to the class for your summer reading oral presentation.

Fri 9/16

Eng 9 Per 1
Read Ch 3 in LOF.

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 4 in The Great Gatsby

Eng 9 Per 4 and 6
Read Ch 4 in LOF and complete the Ch 4 reading questions.

Eng 9 Float
Go online and take 1.5 pages on William Golding and Lord of the Flies.

Thurs 9/15

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch 3 in The Great Gatsby and finish the reading questions.

9 Float Finish reading and answering all the questions on LOF Chapter 3.

Tues 9/13

ALL 9th GRADE CLASSES: STUDY for your Summer Reading Test on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. It will be tomorrow. The test format will be multiple choice and 1 essay.

Eng 11 Per 2
Read Ch.2 in The Great Gatsby. Redo Ch 1 reading quiz answers that you got wrong and hand in tomorrow.

Mon 9/12   **Summer Reading Test Weds 9/14**

Eng 9 Per 1
Finish reading questions on Lord of the Flies, Ch 1.

Eng 11 Per 2
Finish reading questions on Ch 1 in The Great Gatsby

Eng 9 Per 4
Research William Golding and Lord of the Flies on the internet and take 1.5 pages of notes.

Eng 9 Per 6
Study for Wednesday's summer reading test on The Boy Who Harnessed the Wind. No class tomorrow

Eng 9 Float
Read Ch 2 in Lord of the Flies

Fri 9/9

Eng 9 Per 1 + FLOAT
Read to the end of Ch 1 in Lord of the Flies (to page 32) and answer all the reading questions.

Eng 11 Per 2
Finish reading chapter 1 in The Great Gatsby. You will have a reading quiz on Monday.

Eng 9 Per 4
Day 4. No class today. See yesterday's HW.

Eng 9 Per 6

Go online and take 1.5 pages of notes on William Golding and The Lord of the Flies. This can include facts from Golding's life and notes on his novel. We will exchange facts in class on Monday.

Thurs 9/7

Eng 9 Period 1

Complete a letter of introduction to me. Include anything you'd like me to know about how you learn best, your previous experience with reading, writing, or English classes, your interests, things you like or hate about your favorite/least favorite teachers, your family, and your dreams! 1 page typed (350 words).

Eng 11 Period 2

Complete a letter of introduction to me. Include anything you'd like me to know about how you learn best, your previous experience with reading, writing, or English classes, your interests, things you like or hate about your favorite/least favorite teachers, your family, and your dreams! 1 page typed (350 words).

9H Periods 4 and 6

Finish the Lord of the Flies Chapter 1 questions and read Chapter 2

9H Float Period

Complete a letter of introduction to me. Include anything you'd like me to know about how you learn best, your previous experience with reading, writing, or English classes, your interests, things you like or hate about your favorite/least favorite teachers, your family, and your dreams! 1 page typed (350 words).

Weds 9/6

9H Periods 4 and 6

Read to the end of Ch 1 in Lord of the Flies (to page 32) and answer the first 9 questions on the Ch 1 questions.

Tues 9/5

9Honors Periods 4 and 6

Complete a letter of introduction to me. Include anything you'd like me to know about how you learn best, your previous experience with reading, writing, or English classes, your interests, things you like or hate about your favorite/least favorite teachers, your family, and your dreams! 1 page typed (350 words).

Mr. Cooke

HOMEWORK 2011-2012

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