English 1,3,5 Assignments

In class poster assignment comparing The Giver novel to the movie.

Please use the pink task sheet handed out in class.  You may use paper or work in Google Slides.  This is a small group (3 max) assignment. It is worth 25 points.

We will be watching The Giver movie in class today.  If you have not already done so, please make sure to bring in the permission slip.  There is an assignment that goes along with this movie.

The movie permission slip is due today.

Spring Speech Presentation begin and run through 5-26.

Come to class with note cards, for time will be spent practicing speeches for clarity, presenting, and timing.

 

As the calendar states, note cards are due today.

Finish comma practice

Due by tonight

Speech rough draft due

 

The assignment is on Google Classroom

Submit your Google Doc

Complete part one of the editing guide

Signed speech contract due

The Giver Project due

Make sure to follow all directions from the task sheet and rubric

Use checklist as you go

Answering these questions can help you to gain insight into the novel while also providing a space to collect valuable evidence.  Use them to help you formulate your paragraphs for the project.

Grammar-No Red Ink

Claims; evidence; reasoning

 

Due by tonight

The Giver Project Paragraph 4 due

Synthesis 

Please see task sheet and rubric

Submit Google Doc to Google Classroom

Paragraphs 2 & 3 due for The Giver Project

Assignment is on Google Classroom

Refer to materials such as task sheet, rubric, checklist, outline guide for paragraphs, etc (handed out in class and/or on Google Classroom)

Submit Google Doc to Google Classroom

The Giver Project Theme Statement due

See the assignment with video on Google Classroom

The Giver Project paragraph one is due by tonight.  Submit Google Doc to Google Classroom.  See outline guide (on Google Classroom) for requirements.  Be sure to include your theme statement. 

SBAC Testing this week

Please bring your Earbuds

Please begin reading companion novel over the break.  This novel should have one of the characters making a decision that has an impact on him/herself or others.

Quiz on Modifiers

 

Study using handouts and NRI

Vocabulary slides for section one of The Giver

Assignment is in Google Classroom

Creates slides in Google Docs

Submit to Google Classroom

Due by tonight

Grammar-NRI

Modifiers

Due tonight

Begin Booktalks

Bring in book and rubric

Print out copy of revised essay.  Essay should be revised based upon feedback received on rubric.  Use the "live" rubric to click on links for further review of skills. Remember to run your essay through Grammarly before applying Technicolor.

This hard copy, turned in version is worth 100 points.

See Google Classroom or 3-9/10 for handouts.  Must turn in with rubric that has feedback.

 

Submit Technicolor Argument essay to Google Classroom

Follow the instructions on the task sheet and rubric

Refer to Technicolor handout

Grammar-HW on dangling and misplaced modifiers

Grammar HW-NRI-capitalization rules and embedding quotations

Due by tonight for all classes  

If I did not check your claim, please share it with me by 9:00pm tonight.

Final post discussion for Literature Circles

Must be typed; double spaced; proper MLA heading

Please edit for pronoun/antecedent agreement, tense, and p.o.v. before turning in.

Please follow instruction on task sheet.

Literature Circles-Please finish reading your novel and fill out the pre-discussion form.  Please bring it to class along with your novel.

Please bring in examples of Ethos, Logos, Pathos or Logical Fallacies to share with the class.  Remember that they need to be school appropriate.  You may bring in articles, slogans, commercials, advertisements, etc.  Please put anything technical on a thumb drive or in a Google Doc that I can play it for the class.  Be prepared to explain the rhetorical device or fallacy used.

Literature Circles Post Discussion due today.  It must be typed.  You may type on a Google Doc then print it out, and bring it to class.  Make sure it is typed in first person singular and third person only and that it is in present tense.  Please see the example posted on the main page of my website.

Read segment 3 of your Literature Circles Novel.  Fill out the pre-discussion form.  Come prepared with the form and your novel.  Be prepared to discuss the reading.

No Red Ink practice and diagnostic on verbs due by tonight.

Literature Circles Post Discussion due today.  It must be typed.  You may type on a Google Doc then print it out, and bring it to class.  Make sure it is typed in first person singular and third person only and that it is in present tense.  Please see the example posted on the main page of my website.

Lit Circle reading of segment 2 due along with the pre discussion form filled in for discussion and credit.

Spelling/Roots Test #1 q3

 

know all prefixes. roots, and suffixes; know their definitions; know how to spell the 12 spelling words

Star Wars Force paragraph due by tonight.  Assignment is posted on Google Classroom.  Write on a Google Doc and then submit to Google Classroom.  Remember to write in third person and first person singular.  Remember to write in present tense when writing about literature.  Paragraph should have the proper MLA heading and be double spaced.  Please follow all the directions that posted.

Study for coordinate adjective quiz taking place today.

 

The following link may help you study if you have misplaced your practice sheets.

 

Post discussion paragraph due for Literature Circles.

Please follow the directions on the handout.  You may use first and third person.  When writing about literature, write in the present tense.  Type in Google docs; print out, and bring to class to turn in today.

Please see the example on the main page of my website.

Read and annotate section one of your Literature Circle Novel.  Come to class with the pre-discussion filled out. Be prepared to speak about the novel in depth.

Framework due for the survival article

Read and annotate article distributed in class

Star Wars Force Poetry Analysis #2 due.

 

Please see task sheet on Google Classroom.  Work in a Google Doc, and then submit to Classroom.

 

Make sure to use only first and third p.o.v.

Make sure to write about literature in present tense

 

Use poem distributed in class.  Speak about poem to friends or family.

No Red Ink on coordinating adjectives.  There is a practice and a diagnostic.  This assignment  is due by 11:59pm.

In a Google doc, using the song lyrics we went over in class, write out the pre discussion and the post discussion paragraph using the task sheet in Google Classroom.  Be sure to follow the Star Wars Force framework and directions on the task sheet.  Once completed, submit your doc to Google Classroom for grading.  Please refer to the examples posted on the main page of my website.

Booktalk presentations begin.  Please bring in rubric on your day to present.

Speech presentations begin; they run from the 13-22.

Please bring in rubric and note cards

Beowulf vocabulary quiz

Use packets to study from

Speech note cards are due for everyone today.  Use tips listed on task sheet.

Beowulf packet that was mostly completed in class is due.

No Red Ink Grammar practice and diagnostic on Comma rules

Due by 11:59 pm

Speech rough draft is due.  Assignment is posted on Google Classroom.

Submit to Google Classroom

Speech contract must be signed by a parent or guardian as well as yourself.  It is due today. 

Argument paragraph revisions

Please see task sheet for directions

Must be printed out and turned in with rubric

Beowulf packet #2 due

Most of the packet was completed in class.  Please make sure you have sentences that prove you know how to use the word correctly in a sentence and that you demonstrate understanding of what the word means.  Use textual evidence (quotes) when asked and cite using proper MLA.

Monster Mash paragraph is due by tonight.  Please follow the task sheet and technicolor handouts.  Remember to write in 3rd person, present tense.  The rubric is on the main page of my website.  Submit to Google Classroom.

Spelling/Roots Test #1 q2

 

Study definitions of suffixes, roots, and prefixes

Study how to spell the spelling words

Bring a copy of list to class to use for correcting

No Red Ink

Diagnostic & practice on sentence types & formation with punctuation

No Red Ink grammar practice on subordinating conjunctions.  Please complete both the practice and the diagnostic.  Class codes are on the main page of my website.

No Red Ink practice on Coordinating Conjunctions.  Please do both the practice and the diagnostic.  It is due by tonight.

Grammar quiz #1

This will encompass subjects & verbs, phrases, dependent clauses, subordinating conjunctions, coordinating conjunctions, independent clauses and pronoun/antecedent agreement.  Please refer to the notes and practice pages as study guides.

Practice No Red Ink for 30 minutes Tuesday & Wednesday (1,3,5)  and Wednesday and Thursday nights for (2,6).  Focus on all or only the concepts in which you need the most practice.

In class writing assignment on Stargirl.  Please bring your annotations to class.  Books will not be available for this assignment.

Finish reading Stargirl for Monday.  

Study for vocabulary quiz 1 which will cover sections one and two.

Know the definition, part of speech, and how to use the word correctly in a sentence.

Booktalks begin

Please follow rubric and idea sheet

If you choose to make a trailer, follow that rubric in addition to the goldenrod rubric. Please bring the rubric in with you when it is your day to present.

In Stargirl, read and annotate chapters 29, 30, and 31

Final draft of completed Children's Book due.

Please see the task sheet in your yellow folder for instructions, and formatting, etc.

Turn in with rubric

Read and annotate Stargirl chapters 26, 27 & 28

 

Read and annotate through chapter 25

Stargirl vocabulary section 2.  Submit to Google Classroom by 11:59pm if you were not able to complete the assignment in class.

See Google Classroom for the assignment task sheet.

Read and annotate Stargirl.  Since some classes are on different chapters, be sure to check the homework board and write down the chapters assigned for your class.

Writing descriptive scenes-in 3-4 sentences, write a scene that "shows" what is taking place for each scenario. 

Rough draft of the Children's book.

This can include the story map and story board.

Pronoun/antecedent agreement practice

Keep the antecedent the same, and change the pronoun to match the antecedent in number. (Singular or plural)

Roots & Spelling Test

Know the definitions for the roots

Know how to spell the spelling words

Read chapters 17, 18 and 19 in Stargirl.  Annotate as you read.

Read and annotate Stargirl chapters 14, 15 & 16.

Stargirl-Finish reading chapters 12 & 13

annotate as you read.

Verb tense practice

Read and annotate chapters 8, 9, 10, and 11 in Stargirl.  See link of the main page of my website.

There may be a reading quiz based on the homework upon returning to class.

Final Draft of Personal Narrative due.  Write/revise on Google Docs and submit to Google Classroom. Remember to follow all instructions on task sheet (in Google Classroom) and from classroom practice and discussions.  Please add the theme at the bottom of your story.

HW Handout on Conflict-Internal/External due

Remember to follow the instructions written on the handout.

In class vocabulary assignment needs to be submitted to Google Classroom by tonight.  See Google Classroom for further details.

Read Stargirl pages 22-36 or to chapter 8.  The link to the text is on the main page of my website.

Characterization handout-learning the difference between direct and indirect characterization through example; practice; and annotations.

Write your personal narrative on a Google Doc.  Make sure it contains all the elements of narrative writing.  Use the task sheet as your guide.

Rough draft of Personal Narrative due-must "Turn in" in Google Classroom.

Follow directions on page 1 of the task sheet that is posted in Google Classroom

Min/Maximum pages-2

Font-Times New Roman 12 point-unless approved otherwise

MLA Heading-Full; on the left

No Excuses Test

 

Please use your sentences and the practice sheet to study for this test.  You will need to know how and when to use the words since you will be correcting a paragraph.

Write sentences for the NO Excuse spelling words that demonstrate your understanding of how/when to use the correct word.

 

to                         a lot                     were

too                       except                 we're

two                      accept                  wear

their                     its                         your

there                    it's                        you're

they're                 than                      are

here                    then                      our

hear                    where

Theme Statement homework handout

Typed final draft for I Dream a World Poem Assignment.  Be sure to include all elements listed on the task sheet.  Remember to use the proper MLA heading, and copy and paste (from your computer if possible) a small picture of yourself onto your document.

Rough draft for I Dream a World poem assignment

Annotate with notes and symbols the I Dream A World poem.

Figurative Language practice sheet (if not completed in class)

Signed Syllabus

Supplies

Independent Reading Novel-of your choice