English I (CTT)-Period 1 Assignments

Attached is the assignment description for our semester final - the Analytical Essay. Please feel free to print this at home if you have missed class this week.

If you were absent, today in class we decided the following pages/annotations:
p. 11: Metaphor/Setting/Foreshadowing
p. 12: Simile/Characterization
p. 13: Imagery/Characterization
p. 14: Plot twist
p. 15: Metaphor

Remember, your claim must include:

1) The title of the story
2) The author's name
3) The type of annotation the author uses (ex: simile/characterization/setting)
4) How the author uses the type to discuss the overall theme/author's purpose

Some themes from the story include:
1) Survival
2) Competition
3) Violence and morals
4) Fear
5) Man and Nature

Please use the attached outline and fill in the information that the outline asks of you. Each student has their own copy so you can type right on this outline. Don't forget to use your notecatchers!

Hi all, I have attached a general reading log for any chapter in case you need to print one out and fill it out for any missing assignments you may have.

If you missed class today, attached are: the 5 sources that you need to read and take notes on in your "note catcher" (also attached), and the original letter. Tomorrow we will have all class period to finish reading our sources and taking notes on the sources.

If you are struggling with your claims, below are some of the claims we shared in class. Feel free to choose one of these claims to complete your graphic organizer.

1) "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell uses characterization, setting, and foreshadowing to show that man vs. man is the most dangerous game.

2) In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, he uses characterization, setting, and foreshadowing to show that humans are the most deadly and dangerous species.

3) In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, he uses plot twist, descriptive language, and foreshadowing to show that the prey can switch into the predator.

4)"The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell uses characterization, irony, and descriptive language to demonstrate the violence and cruelty of humans.

5) In "The Most Dangerous Game" by Richard Connell, the author uses characterization, setting, and simile to show how far humans will go for a thrill.

Please read all directions in the attached assignment. There are 3 steps you must follow (watch the video, re-read the story, and fill out the character arc). The link to the video is attached within the assignment. If you watch the entire video, then you should be able to finish the story arc without any problems (the video is clutch!). This is your last assignment for the week.

This is the modified version of Monday's assignment. Please watch the instructional video and then complete this version and submit to Google Classroom in order to receive credit. Please email with any questions you have.

Please watch the 5 minute instructional video and then re-read Gary Soto's "The Pie." Then answer all 7 analysis question in COMPLETE sentences. Please submit your analysis questions to Google Classroom - each student has their own copy. Due on Friday by midnight.

Please read all instructions very carefully and complete ALL sections. Please read the story and follow the directions for copying and pasting. Make sure to read the descriptions boxes - these will help you find the information you are looking for in your annotations! Please SUBMIT this form back to Google Classroom when you are finished.

Hi all,

For our live activity this week I have created a video for you to watch. Please watch the entire video and make sure to take part in the dance party! In order for you to receive credit for the live activity, YOU MUST COMMENT HERE IN THIS FORUM. Feel free to respond to your classmates as well!

Please watch the video, follow the instructions I give you in the video, and make your comments here on the Google Classroom forum. I expect a 3 sentence response (at the very least) to the three videos we discuss. Don't forget to join the dance party at the end :) I hope you enjoy, and I miss you all!!

**We WILL NOT have our Live Meeting from 1pm-2pm this week. We will pick it up again next week.

This assignment is due 04/21/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

Hi 1st period. Attached is a description of an extra credit assignment. You are tasked with reading a novel and then analyzing it for your peers/classmates. Please see the attached assignment page for more details. Feel free to reach out with any questions you may have. This could significantly raise your grade if you are in need of a grade boost! You will submit the required materials to this Google Classroom assignment page - please read the assignment page in detail before reaching out with questions.

This assignment is due 04/14/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

Quotes from Keith LaMar, an inmate who has spent 27 years in solitary confinement for 23 hours/day.

Quote 1: "The root word of education is "to educe," to bring forth that which is already there. Education isn't really about what kind of career you're gonna get or how you're gonna make money. That's not why we were born, to make money for somebody else. To get a big house. To have a nice car. You're here to bring forth that which is already there. Hopefully young people being forced to stay home outside of the mainstream curriculum are able to get a glimpse of themselves and start pulling on that thread."

Quote 2: "In school, especially with the internet being what it is, everybody is generally being pulled away from themselves."

Quote 3: "You have to learn how to deal with yourself."

1. Watch the attached 6 minute video.

2. In 3-5 sentences, write a response to the video (do you agree/disagree? how did it make you feel? have you done some of the tricks these students discuss? why don't you read? what would you rather read?)

3. Then, research online for 3 novels (any genre) that you would want to read and list them out by title and author. Please do not suggest books you have already read - I want you to research and find new novels you might be interested in.

*Please take this seriously because I am going to take your suggestions into account when I create my 9th grade curriculum for next year (i.e., you have the possibility to suggest a book I teach next year)!

**You must complete ALL of the above steps to receive extra credit.

Please complete the attached document and submit by the deadline.

Please submit your final draft of the essay to this assignment page. Please re-title your document so that it looks like: YourLastName_Final Draft Teens & Tech

Please attach your rough draft google doc to this assignment.

Complete 4 out of 5 sources for your Teens and Technology notecatcher by 1st period on Thursday.

Complete your graphic organizer by Tuesday. We will review organizers in class on Tuesday and we will write our final letter in class on Wednesday. Please come prepared for class on Tuesday, as this will be your last opportunity to conference with Ms. Poulos and Ms. Chow before your final letter assessment.

Please upload your final draft from your Google Documents. We expect the following format:

- Heading in left corner
- Do not include your outline (aka delete your outline - your paper should begin with the title)
- Title with novel italicized (every time you write the name of novel it should be italicized)
- Arial font, size 11 or 12
- Double spaced
- Correct in-text citations

Please come to class tomorrow with your graphic organizer completely typed in your google document. We will revise and edit in class tomorrow in room 224.

In your graphic organizer, fill out your complete second body paragraph.

Completely fill out Body Paragraph 1 in Graphic Organizer.

In your graphic organizer, please complete your Introduction paragraph:

1. Background information on novel and author

2. Explanation and description of technique (what is symbolism? What does it do?) (What does your theme mean? Define the words in the theme)

3. Thesis (author's name, title of novel, technique used (symbolism), and author's purpose).

Please complete your development chart for chapters 1-4, chapters 5-8, and chapters 9-12. I have attached the chart if you need to print at home. Remember, you should have chosen 1 theme and 1 symbol. Each quote should relate to the symbol you have chosen. In your analysis is where you describe how the symbol is related to the theme that you have chosen.

Come to class with your development chart completely filled out and ready to discuss.

Please officially choose the 1 theme and 1 symbol you will be focusing on for your final essay and the development chart passed out in class today. Additionally, please come to class tomorrow with at least one quote and one analysis written down on your chart so we can evaluate in class together and work on our charts tomorrow.

Due Monday!

Your Reading Log 10 is due Thursday.

The Socratic Seminar will be held on Wednesday, December 11th and Thursday, December 12th. If you are late or miss these days, you will NOT have an opportunity to make up the Seminar points. REMEMBER: THIS IS EQUIVALENT TO AN EXAM GRADE OF 100 POINTS! Tomorrow, please have 9 student created questions, and 8 prep questions completed.

Using these two texts: Lord of the Flies and The Scientific American article

Please make a claim and write at least 3-5 sentences where you make a relationship between the two texts. You must also include evidence. The evidence must be one quote from the Scientific American article, and one quote from Chapters 4 or 5 of Lord of the Flies.

Remember, you must include:
1. Page numbers - "Quote" (p. 1)
2. Quotation marks with your quote
3. Question marks with your question
4. How and why is your significant quote related to the theme you chose
5. Questions and comments have to be detailed and in context (do not say: "why did he act like that?"

Rendered
Lamentably
Ludicrous
Derisive
Effigy
Sough
Perilous
Decorum
Discursive
Incantation

Please follow the directions in order to complete your HW over the Thanksgiving holiday:

1. Finish reading Chapter 4.

2. Create at least three more post it notes for pages 66-75.

3. Finish your Ch. 4 Reading Log. Your Significant Quote #1 should be from pages 58-65, and your Significant Quote #2 should be from pages 66-75.

4. Your Comment, Question, and "Talk to the Character" sections should revolve around the entire chapter. Use your two Significant quotes/themes to motivate or drive your comments and questions (see directions on the front of the reading log). Try and "think deep."

I have attached the google drive doc for the reading log in case you do not have a copy.

1. Appalled
2. Blatant
3. Compelled
4. Dubious
5. Impalpable
6. Incursion
7. Inevitably
8. Malevolently
9. Preposterous
10. Ravenously

Using your characterization chart that we completed in class, write one paragraph (at least 5 sentences) comparing and contrasting two different characters. For example, you can compare Ralph and Piggy, Ralph and Jack, or Jack and Piggy. You must use at least one quote from Chapter 1 (with page number).

Example: “Piggy and Jack are similar in that they are both young boys stranded on an island, however their differences in physical appearances, personalities, and attitudes are what help the reader distinguish between the two characters and foreshadow events to come. For example, Piggy is civilized and kind, while Jack is ignorant and commanding...”

In the back of your notebook please define each word and then write a synonym or use the word in a sentence.

1. Assented
2. Borne
3. Ebullience
4. Errant
5. Festooned
6. Gesticulated
7. Induced
8. Martyred
9. Officious
10. Quota
11. Recrimination
12. Tumult

Below are the vocabulary words that you must have completed in the back of your notebook by tomorrow (Tuesday). Please write the word, the definition, and then either a synonym or use the word in a sentence.

1. Plastered
2. Clambering
3. Lodgements
4. Proffer
5. Foliage
6. Upheaval
7. Motif
8. Specious

On p. 5, annotate for: characterization
On p. 6 annotate for: characterization, foreshadowing
On p. 7 annotate for: foreshadowing
On p. 8 annotate for: simile, foreshadowing
On p. 9 annotate for: irony
On p. 10 annotate for: descriptive language

On p. 1, annotate for: characterization, setting, and simile
On p. 2, annotate for: significant moment
On p. 3, annotate for: descriptive language
On p. 4, annotate for: characterization

In class today, you were given time to write out your CEA paragraph for "Lamb to the Slaughter" on a separate loose-leaf sheet of paper. Please complete it to turn in tomorrow. We will begin our final short story tomorrow.

On the CEA Planning Graphic Organizer, complete the first row. Fill out the evidence for Type: Language and Subtype: Repetition. And then finish the three sentence stems of your analysis for Repetition. If you have any questions, please first reference your notes, then email either Ms. Poulos or I for clarification.

On your graphic organizer, please fill in the first two columns. In the first column, write the evidence from the beginning, middle, and end of the story. In the second column, the analytical annotation type is Technique and the subcategory is Mood for all three pieces of evidence. Please have this complete by Monday and be prepared for class so we can work on analysis together in class.

Please make sure your notes are complete by Friday, September 13. We will be collecting them, grading them, and asking you to staple them back into your notebooks to reference for the rest of the school year.

Please make a COPY of this Google doc
Complete Part 1: the Lead Discussion Assignment on Google Classroom (Due Monday)
Complete Part 2: the 3-paragraph written assessment on a separate sheet of paper (Due Tuesday)