am lit/compH PERIOD SIX Assignments

Work on your presentation and your script. Bring notebook on Monday for possible notes on Romanticism.

Finish the Scarlet Letter

AOW:
2. Write a one (or longer) page response arguing both sides of this issue, half and half. Use evidence from the article, not just your own head. Use all vocabulary words - highlight or underline
1. Mark up (annotate) the article

Read Chapter 15, answer the questions below:
IQA, do not copy the question.
1. Describe Hester's impression of Chillingworth as he walks away. Find three words you do not know, look them up and write the definition.
2. What does Pearl do with the "beach birds"? What opposing sides of her character do her actions demonstrate?
3. What lie does Hester tell Pearl? Why is it significant?

break assignment is attached below: due the Monday we get back
link to Rappaccini's daughter below.

Do a second draft on your story. Use the comments that your partner made, and what you think would make the story stronger (remember you are not just correcting mistakes, you are making major changes that will allow the reader to enjoy and understand what you are trying to say.)

turn in your first draft, second draft, and a letter discussing the changes that you have made and why - explain your revision. What strategies did you use? Where? Why?

Due on Friday

1. read chapters 13 and 14 (finish) quizzie, probably open book - but READ the chapters.

2. 2nd draft of story, turn in first draft, second draft, and a letter explaining what revision (large changes) you made and why. ALL TYPED PLEASE

Finish your story - type it up
read chapters 11 and 12 carefully - quizzie on Tues.

read chapters 8 and 9 carefully QUIZ ON MONDAY
finish questions for chapter 4 (attached below)
link to text below

AOW - a one-page response to the article; use all of the vocabulary words
study for quiz on vocabulary and participial phrases (with one or two appositive questions)

vocabulary / participial / appositive worksheet
(will be attached below after 5:30 pm)

Read chapter five of The Scarlet Letter. Write 10 sentences about the chapter. Five of your sentences should have appositive phrases, and five should have participial phrases. Underline or highlight the appositives an participial phrases. Quizzie on the chapter on Monday.


(period five, complete the participial worksheet

Finish chapter two of Scarlet letter. Link below (or get the fabulous free app!) QUIZZIE TOMORROW

Complete the participial phrase worksheet. Use your own paper.

Write a response to the quote by Hawthorne that you chose - use all of the vocabulary words and write appositive phrases (nice long ones!) in at least two of your sentences. Underline or highlight the vocabulary words and the appositive phrases.

Your response might explain what the quote means, why you think it is important, also include specific examples of these ideas at work in the world, or how they might be found in literature
write a FULL PAGE and be prepared to discuss.

Write two good sentences for each vocabulary word. Include at least one appositive phrase for each sentence.

vocabulary worksheet
finish the appositive worksheet

Create a vocabulary worksheet like the ones you have gotten. Type up twenty sentences (two for each word) - feel free to put multiple words in single sentences. You will give your worksheet to a partner on Monday. If you don't do this homework, your partner can't do Monday's homework and will receive a 0.

Worksheet: Sentences with lines (blanks) where the vocab. word should be. Typed. 20 sentences.

Article of the Week:
Read the article about community colleges and mark it up (both sides)
Write a one page response. No particular question, lots of opinions, thoughts, worries, etc.
no blobs - full page

1. DUE THURSDAY: your rewrite of your saymeanmatter paragraph: fix according to suggestions on turnitin - print out hard copy, attach to the rubric we created in class.
Do not turn it in to turnitin.com, bring your typed, hard copy to class on Thurs.

2. DUE FRIDAY: AOW mark the editorial/ write response:
response: 1/2 explaining how you can tell that the article is an editorial (opinion piece)
1/2 - your opinion, response to the editorial/issue

Finish questions on "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"

p. 112 #2, 3, 4, 5, 7

p. 113 #2, 4

Do not copy questions; include the question's language in your answer.

Read "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" - beginning to pg. 110 write down some quesions

OK, you can submit your paragraph up until midnight

Finish three paragraphs. Submit your favorite one to turnitin.com by 7pm. You do not have to bring in a hard copy.
Period one
ID: 5473563
PW: kurnicks40

Period six:
ID: kurnworld38
PW: 5473609

Have two of the three paragraphs done. (from your "say, mean, matter, so what" chart)

AOW:
1. mark up your article
2. Response: argue both sides of the issue
3. Use all the vocabulary words in your response.
4. Know the words for quizzie tomorrow.

AOW - due on Friday
1. mark up the article
2. argue both side of the issue in your response - use all the vocabulary words and highlight them.

HW:
1. complete the vocabulary fill-in sheet
2. Choose two execrable sentences from your Grizzly essay and rewrite them:
you can do this on the back of your vocabulary sheet or on a separate piece of paper.
PLEASE write the original sentence and the better version. If you don't write the original, I can't tell how well you fixed it.

Read the "Mary Rowlandson" piece, (very dark and bloody, sorry)
and the piece by William Penn.
Write down 10 good questions - pen please.

Mark up the article about teaching 9/11 - use a pen - be prepared to talk
Write a one-page response in your notebook. Date and paragraphs and pen
Your response may include opinions, experience, ideas, thoughts, - all of the above, just no summary please. Full page. 13 points

Due tomorrow:
Your big idea essay, with cover page and article attached.
first page: cover page with heading, title and author of book, and three theme ideas (in complete sentences) -s, you can be creative with this page and use different font, pictures, etc.

2nd page: your essay: see formatting on attached handouts

3rd page: your article attached

4th page: the checklist

****Use the handout from yesterday for an example of how the essay should be formatted.

EXTRA CREDIT FOR PERIODS 1 AND 6: do some research on political figures who have used the "City on a hill" phrase from John Winthrop. Write up a nice paragraph about it and turn it in tomorrow, Thursday, or Friday.

Finish your essay comparing Genesis to the Modoc myth. Handout is attached below. Submit it to turnitin.com and turn in a hard copy. 12 pt. font, double spaced, TNR DUE MONDAY
Turnitin.com info:

Period One: ID: 5473563 PW: kurnicks40

Period Six: ID: 5473609 PW: kurnworld38

Due Friday,
1. Article of the week: read and write down three debatable questions, for which there are clearly two sides. E.g.: "Is it fair to....? Or "Should we.......? Then choose one of your questions and argue both sides. This will be your response - a full page. Also mark up the article. (Date everything and no BLOBS - write in pen)

2. Essay - comparison between the Modoc origin myth and Genesis (more on that tomorrow)

**Your independent reading assignment is due next Wednesday, 9/12

1. Write your final draft according to the handout (and the note to me about the changes you made) attach your letter to the back of your final draft

2. Come extremely close to finishing your book.

3. keep all of your notes on the Genesis/Grizzly essay

FYI: Essay prompt:
1. Consider and describe similarities and differences between "Genesis and "When Grizzlies Walked Upright" (according to the 5 things on the board)
2. Analyze: how the values in the stories might or do appear in the two cultures
3. Speculate: What SPECIFICALLY could/did happen when these two cultures come into contact?

Mark up the "Pocahontas" text a lot
Write a one-page response in your notebook (in the "drafts/responses" section)
a response consists of opinions, reactions, "this reminds me of..." agreements/disagreements, connections, etc. It is NOT a summary.

Reading response in your notebook (the draft section)
1. pages read (READ A LOT)
2. thoughts about your book (any thoughts)
3. Find 2 significant quotations - any passages from the book you like
a. explain why you chose them
b. explain how they reflect major ideas/themes in your book

READ

1. Make the changes you want to make on your draft: maybe beginnings, change to present tense, get rid of as many being verbs as you can. Type it up, double space - 12 pt. Times New Roman font (or calibri) turn in the first and the typed draft on Monday.

2. Read more of your book - write up a half-page "review" what is your opinion of the book? Why? details please. You can type this or write it in PEN.

1. Type up your two-voice poem, include an illustration
2. study vocab words. Know spelling, synonym, part of speech, definition and be able to use correctly in a sentence.

complete first draft of your Learning story - in your notebook - should be at least a couple of pages.

Also, assign one person in your duo to type up your 2 - voice poem, put an illustration, and turn it in tomorrow (1st period) or Friday (6th period).

embarrassingly easy vocabulary worksheet

Read "Poets in the Kitchen"
1. Thoroughly explain the title. (Thoroughly.)
2. Look up and define unfamiliar words and allusions.
3. answer the following question THOROUGHLY:
When is talk a "refuge" for you or your friends or family? Explain.

Please type: TNR (Times New Roman), 12pt., double space

Feel free to write all over the text. due monday

Printer issues/stapler issues: If you need to print this out at school, please come very early. If you do not own a stapler or cannot use it, you may come early (before the passing period) and staple your paper. I do not want a time-wasting staple parade at 8: 02. thanks

1. Read 20 - 30 pages of your book
2. Look up and define unfamiliar words and allusions
3. Relate your book to the idea of the American Dream - think a lot about it and write a thorough response.

Please type - Times New Roman, 12 pt. font, double-space, heading in the top right corner
(not accepted if not typed)

please staple before class!!!!

Research your English questions and write the results in a nice 1/2-page paper - typed or not, proper heading, and cite your source/s.