DO NOT USE - RS1 English IV - Period 2-McGowan/Chow 001 Assignments
- Instructor
- Timothy J. McGowan
- Term
- 2020-2021 School Year
- Department
- English Language Arts
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Jan 22 - Feb 1: Native Son Essay
We will be working on the essay piece by piece/paragraph by paragraph each day. We will be giving ATL points daily for your work completion. We will try to conference with as many of you as possible to make sure you're on the right track. Whatever you do not finish for that day should be homework.
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Jan 21: Topic Sentences and Quotes Catcher
During TCB Day, you are to TAKE CARE OF THIS CATCHER. Choose from the thesis options presented during class and begin writing your topic sentences for each body paragraph. Then put in all 9 quotes you have found over the last two weeks.
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Power and Blindness - Character Chart Part 2
Start this chart in your assigned groups, finish for homework/during TCB time Thursday.
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Native Son Quiz Quiz Book 2
You have 7 minutes to complete this quiz
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Power and Blindness - Character Chart Part 2
Start this chart in your assigned groups, finish for homework/during TCB time Thursday.
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TCB Exit Slip January 14
Complete before you leave
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TCB January 7th
Fill this out after you have finished your preliminary essay analysis.
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Native Son Review Sheet
Take the first 20 minutes of class to see what you remember:
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Reverse DOK
Complete by Wednesday
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Bell Ringer
HR Reading Assignment Pages 161-165
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DOK Questions - Book 2, Native Son
EVERYONE STOP!!!! We'll go over this a little more closely tomorrow, and we'll probably move the due date until Monday.
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Five Question Quick Quiz on the Reading This Week
You have 7 minutes
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TCB Day Bell Ringer
Please fill out before beginning you assignments.
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TCB Exit Slip
Complete exit slip during asynchronous time
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Native Son Book 1, Summative Assessment
Follow the directions on the attachment. The due date will depend ENTIRELY on your cooperation on Friday.
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English IV TCB Exit Slip
Turn this in before you are sent to asynchronous time.
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English IV TCB Bell Ringer
Complete this survey before you start your make-up work
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Exit Slip - Wednesday
Due at the end of class
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KWLQ chart, pages 80 through 95
Complete the KWLQ chart by referring to pages 80 through 95 in the abridged Native Son on the Google Classroom. Limit your answers to one example, but you must write either 25 to 30 words OR 2 or 3 sentences on each.
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A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving Story Arc Sheet
After viewing the beloved classic annimation "A Charlie Brown Thanksgiving", you will fill out the attached story arc sheet.
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Foreshadowing
Between pages 52 and 80, find TWO examples of foreshadowing.
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Two Quotes, part 2
Find two quotes - one quote for each - that characterize newly introduced characters, Mr. Dalton and Mary Dalton. Use the attached S.T.E.A.L chart to assist you.
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Two Quotes - Characterization
Create a Google Doc, find two quotes - one quote for each - that characterize newly introduced characters, "Gus" and "Jack". Use the attached S.T.E.A.L chart to assist you.
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CEA - Native Son, Google Doc Version pages 20-36
Finish reading through page 36. Then, read the claim at the top of the sheet, read the example evidence and analysis, and add two more examples and analysis.
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"How Bigger Was Born" Presentations
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How "Bigger" Was Born
Read for Monday, November 2nd
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"Big Boy" Vocabulary
Define the words
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Oct 23: Great Migration and Race Riots Quiz
If you finish the quiz before the end of the period, please work on any missing work for this class. Any work given from the last summative till now will not be accepted beyond today at 3 pm.
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Quiz Preparation Sheet
Answer the questions in preparation for the quiz tomorrow
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Sharon Olds - On the Subway
After we read the poem as a class, you will answer the 4 questions on the attached Google Form.
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Bellringer - Friday, Oct. 16
You have 7 to 8 minutes to complete this bellringer.
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"Girl" by Jamaica Kincaid
Read the story and answer the questions
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Create Your Own Flash Fiction - Second Chance
A. Word count 50-70. Aim for 55 words.
B. Your story should contain a:
1. Setting
2. Character(s)
3. Conflict
4. Resolution
C. The story should also use TWO literary devices (see the literary terms sheet from October 8th if you need help)
B. Your story should contain a:
1. Setting
2. Character(s)
3. Conflict
4. Resolution
C. The story should also use TWO literary devices (see the literary terms sheet from October 8th if you need help)
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Flash Fiction Peer Edit Sheet - Second Chance
When you are finished with your flash fiction and you need to complete the review sheet, we will assign you to a break-out room with someone else who has also just finished.
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Oct 6: 5 Week Summative CEA
Prompt: How has bigotry/oppression changed over time in America?
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Desiree's Baby and The Lesson Review
You will be reviewing each story in class, then given 5 minutes each to complete a set of PRACTICE questions. THEY ARE NOT QUIZZES!
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Oct 1 Exit Slip: CEA
Complete the CEA with the following claim: Othering is demonstrated in “Zimmer Land” not only between people of different races, but also between two African-Americans: Isaiah and Doug.
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Sept 30 Exit Slip: List all your missing assignments
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Sept 29 Exit Slip: 3 - 5 sentence describing how oppression/bigotry is displayed in “Zimmer Land.”
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Sept 30 Bellringer: "Zimmer Land" Quiz 2 on pages 11-17
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Sept 28 Exit Slip: "Zimmer Land" read pages 11-15 (stop at first full paragraph on page 15)
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Sept 25: Zimmer Land Reading homework
Tonight for homework, read pages 1-7 (stop at the asterisk* at the top of page 8). If you need to, print out the story to lessen screen time.
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Sept 28: Bellringer - "Zimmer Land" Quiz
You will have 5 minutes to complete the quiz.
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RAT 2 for The Lesson
Everyone should go to GC and take a few minutes to individually skim-read “The Lesson”.
Next, individually identify any section of “The Lesson” that connects to/relates to another text you’re familiar with. For the time being, the word “text” may include an expansive list of items including:
Other books, stories, plays, songs, or poems
Movies
Comic books/graphic novels
News events
Use the attached 3 column chart
Next, individually identify any section of “The Lesson” that connects to/relates to another text you’re familiar with. For the time being, the word “text” may include an expansive list of items including:
Other books, stories, plays, songs, or poems
Movies
Comic books/graphic novels
News events
Use the attached 3 column chart
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The Lesson AA
9/22 Homework: Find two quotes.
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Exit Slip: The Lesson by Toni Cade Bambara
9/21: Open The Lesson Questions and answer comprehension questions 1-6. Turn in 1-6 by tomorrow at 7:45 AM.
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Desiree's Baby
9/17 quote for LANGUAGE AA: “What Désirée said was true. Marriage, and later the birth of his son had softened Armand Aubigny’s imperious and exacting nature greatly. This was what made the gentle Désirée so happy, for she loved him desperately. When he frowned she trembled, but loved him. When he smiled, she asked no greater blessing of God. But Armand’s dark, handsome face had not often been disfigured by frowns since the day he fell in love with her.”
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"Out of the Fog" AA
Using the three column chart, create a Context Analytical Annotation for “Out of the Fog.” You are given the type and subtype, so you need to find a quote and write the 3 sentence analysis.
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Exit Slip: Which of the 10 Learner Profile Traits can you commit to developing during this school year and how will you go about that?
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Exit Slip: Which part of the syllabus are you most concerned about and why?
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Exit Slip: When you are born, you are given an identity through your name. A name helps differentiate you from others. While every culture’s naming methods differ significantly, the impact of a name on identity is intercultural, i.e.: always central in defining identity. QUESTION: " How are names central to defining identity?"
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