HW - 9H

Using one of the words below in each sentence, write 6 sentences, each with an appositive phrase:

atone, credible, lucid, posthumous, sardonic, hew, incessant, superfluous

1. past participial phrase

2. present particpial phrase

3. absolute phrase

4. relative clause with "whom"

5. adverbial clauses w/ "although"

6. adverbial clause w/ "if"

For 1/13

Do the review exercise here.

For 1/13

Extra credit: (You may do two of the three extra credit assignments.) Read this article and write a letter of complaint to Sadlier about #6 with the intent of a receiving a full refund. For format info, google "letter of complaint". You should turn this into turnitin by Monday morning, and give me a hard copy in class as well. In addition, you may do a movie poster for The Catcher in the Rye. Follow the instructions below:

1. Read the article here and create a movie poster for TCITR. In addition, you must write a one-page description of your poster, referencing the seven elements discussed in the article and explaining how you incorporated two of them. Also, you should explain your choice of actors.

Your poster should include:

1. Names of the actors you will choose for the main roles.

2. One sentence summarizing the themes of the novel.

Example: "A coming-of-age story about a boy who desperately tries to hold on to childhood but soon learns that at some point we're all going to have to grow up..."

3. A significant quote from the novel

4. Images that reflect an understanding of the novel, its themes and its symbols.

(DO NOT USE IMAGES FROM GOOGLING TCITR. THE WORK MUST BE ORIGINAL)

For 1/7

Do the exercises for unit 6. For extra credit, read this article and write a response of two typed pages.

For 11/27

Do the exercises for Unit 5.

For 11/25

Read up to Chapter 9 in Catcher.

For the vocab test, you will need to write 6 sentences about the short stories.

2 with a past particpial phrase

2 with a present participial phrase

2 with an absolute phrase

All with an appositive phrase

For 11/21

Read up to Chapter 5 in Catcher.

For the vocab test, you will need to write 6 sentences about the first five chapters.

2 with a past particpial phrase

2 with a present participial phrase

2 with an absolute phrase

All with an appositive phrase

For 11/13

Hand in a four paragraph essay to turnitin by 9 p.m. Tuesday night. Bring a hard copy of the essay to class on Wednesday. If you hand it by Saturday night at 9 p.m. you'll get 5 extra points. If you hand it in by Friday at 9 p.m., you'll get 10 extra points.

For 11/7

Do the exercises for unit 4 and write an intro for "The Scarlet Ibis" and "He Ain't Heavy".

For 11/5

Read "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst and and answer the questions here. These should be on turnitin.com by 8 p.m. Monday night. Also, next week I will collect $6.50 from those who will need a copy of The Catcher in the Rye by J.D. Salinger, the novel we will read next quarter.

For 11/1

Write an introduction to an essay on a common theme of both "American History" and "Society's Child" The intro should follow the same format as the intro you've already done. You will need to find a short, pithy quote relating to the theme you choose. It is due to turnitin.com by 9:00 pm on Friday.

For 10/29

Extra Credit: Design a movie poster for either "The Necklace" or "American History". Follow the directions here.

Also, study for your vocab test on Unit 3.

For 10/25

Do the vocabulary review exercise for unit 3 here. In addition, write 4 sentences, based on the prompts, using vocabulary from the unit. (Did you recongnize the phrases in the previous sentence?) Two of these sentences should include a present particpial phrase, two a past, all an appositive and a prepositional phrase.

For 10/22

Find 5 different exercises to practice the parts of speech. Also, watch the Schoolhouse Rock videos again...and again...and again..until you know the material.

For 10/17

Do the exercises for unit 3 in your vocab book.

For 10/14

Read "American History" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer and answer the questions here. These should be submitted to turnitin by 9 p.m. on Sunday, the 13th.

For 10/10

Hand in your intro paragraph to turnitin. You should include the proper heading and a title, preferably a clever one. (What kind of phrase was that?) Your introduction should compare the short story and the song according to ONE of the three themes. Here is a link to the format we looked at in class. Also, you should incorporate a quote from the Bible. This assignment is due to turnitin by 8 p.m. Thursday evening. On Friday, you should give me a hard copy in class.

For 10/4

Do the vocabulary review exercise here.

For 9/30

Do the exercises for unit 2 in your vocabulary book.

For 9/29

Read "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and answer the questions here. This assignment will be due to turnitin by 9/29 at 8 p.m.

For 9/26

Study for the unit 1 vocabulary test. The sentences on the test are directly from various newspapers, so I suggest the best way to study is to google the word, hit news and see how it's used in different sentences. In addition, you will need to write 10 sentences with at least one prepositional phrase, which you should underline. You should also identify the subject and verb of each sentence.

For 9/24

Be prepared to present your Supreme Court case.

For 9/15

Hand in the Task 2 assignment to turnitin.com by 8 p.m. Also, go here for an extra credit assignment due Wednesday.

For 9/12

Do the exercises for unit 1 in your vocabulary handout.

For 9/10

There will be a short quiz on The Color of Water in the next class.

1. Please bring The Color of Water to class until told otherwise. Also, bring your vocabulary book to EVERY class.

2. If you didn't already, bring your summer reading assignment and your copy of The Color of Water (TCoW).

3. Go here and follow the directions to create a new account on turnitin.com and submit your summer reading assignment.

4. Watch the videos here and write a definition for each of the parts of speech.

5. Memorize the following sentence by the end of next week:

Egads! The evil teacher assigns us work daily and expects it on his desk by eight the next morning!

6/6 - Test on units 14/15

For 6/10

Bring in a hard copy of your research paper, including the works cited page. Copy the comments that I've made on turnitin.com onto the hard copy.

Be prepared to present your poetry project in class on Monday. Order will be determined by lottery.

For 6/6

Do the vocabulary review exercise here.

For 5/30

Write prompts for 10 of the words on the final vocabulary test (no need to answer the prompt). If you sit on the window side of the room, do the first 10. If you're on the closet side, the last 10. Here are the words that will be on the test:

abase, annex, boorish, cornerstone, debacle, dormant, dubious, embroil, exonerate, glib, harangue, impenitent, incite, pedigree, precipitous, profuse, protract, reconcile, subterfuge, spurn

Example: Name a character on TV that behaves in a boorish manner.

For 5/29

Write two of the body paragraphs for your research paper. Make sure you include a quote from both the primary and the secondary source. You will hand these in in class on Wednesday. I would appreciate it if a few of you sent me a copy of the paragraphs by Tuesday night so we can look at them together in class.

5/23

Do the exercises for units 14 and 15.

Words on the 12/13 VT

ad infinitum, apportion, appreciable, autocratic, blanch, bona fide, concede, concerted, intolerable, irreverent, maltreat, perceive, prelude, sordid, subversive, temperate, untenable, venomous, vindicate, wane

Words on the test:

adept, brevity, chide, comport, demure, depreciation, diminutive, divulge, enlightened, erroneous, exploit extemporaneous, impair, languid, mire, obtrusive, proponent, recoil, recoup, relentless, render, slipshod squander, staccato (Be prepared to write sentences as well.)

For 4/16

Read chapters III and IV in Silas Marner.

For 4/12

Read the first two chapters of Silas Marner and do the exercise here.

For 4/10

Do the exercises for Silas Marner here.

For 4/8

Do the vocabulary review exercises for units 10 and 11.

For 4/4

Do the exercises for units 10 and 11. Bring me $5 for Silas Marner.

For 3/29

Do the vocabulary review exercise for unit 9 here.

For 3/21

Do the exercises for unit 9.

Extra credit for As You Like It:

Write two paragraphs, following the MEAL format, explaining what the play is about. For example, one of the themes of the play is the role of women. To examine this theme, you would need to write about how Shakespeare and this production make a point about the role of women. How is Rosalind confined by her femininity at the beginning of the play, and how does dressing as a man free her? How is her experience differ from that of Celia? What is Shakespeare trying to say about what it means to be a woman? (This will be a test grade and it should be handed in to turnitin.com)

Extra credit opportunity for the weekend:

Draw Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, illustrating the imagery. So, for example, the Queen is in a carriage that should have spiders' legs for spokes and a cover of "the wings of grasshoppers" (I.iv.65). This should be drawn by you, not downloaded from the internet, copied and colored in. It should include quotes from the text to illustrate your drawing. Use color. This will be due the first class next week.

For 3/4 (SNOW DAY)

Do the questions on Act I here. Please submit them to turnitin.com by Thursday (3/7) before class. Here is a link to an easy online version of the text.

For 2/25

Do the exercises for Unit 8 as well as the vocabulary review here.

For 2/1

Do the VR for Unit 7 here.

For 1/31

Do the exercises for Unit 7 in your vocab book.

For 1/16

Do the exercises for Unit 6.

For 12/18

Write 6 sentences that follow the patterns below:

• 2 with a relative clause, one with the RP "whose", one with the RP "whom"

• 2 with an absolute phrase

• 1 with a past participial phrase

• 1 with a present participial phrase

• All with an appositive phrase and a word from Unit 5

You will hand these sentences in before the test for an automatic 100 (or 0 if you don't do it) and then rewrite them after you have finished the first part of the test.

EXTRA CREDIT: Design a book cover or a movie poster for one of the short stories we read 1st quarter: "Checkouts", "The Necklace", "American History" or "The Scarlet Ibis". Your work should include the title, the author, a line from the story, images that reflect an understanding of the story's themes, and, if it's a movie poster, the actors who will play the major roles. This will be due on the 11th.

For 12/13

Print your essay from turnitin.com, copy any comments onto it and bring it to class. Do NOT print it with the comments! Please hand write those onto the document.

For 12/7

Do the VR exercise for unit 5 here.

For 12/2

Please submit a four paragraph essay to turnitin.com, which discusses how your chosen short story/song pair relate to a common theme. Your introduction should begin with an anecdote, a statistic or a quote which you should explain the significance of before you introduce the literature. You should have two sentences, one for each literary work, connecting the literature to the theme. The intro should end with a road map and thesis.

Each of your BPs should follow the MEAL/TEAL format and explain how the author uses a literary device/s to make a point about a common theme. So a topic sentence could be:

Hurst uses symbolism to make a point about the brotherhood of man.

You would then explain how he does this, comparing Doodle to the scarlet ibis, and discuss the larger meaning. Finally, you should link back to the idea of your thesis.

The conclusion should summarize the main ideas in different words.

(The essay is due on Sunday at 8. If you hand the essay in by Friday at 9, you will get 10 extra points, Saturday at 9, 5 extra points.)

11/29

Write 6 sentences, three with a past participial phrase, three with a past participial phrase, all with an appositive phrase, an absolute phrase, and a vocab word from Unit 4.

11/21

Do the exercise here for absolute phrases at the bottom of the page.

For 11/19

Do the vocabulary review exercise here for unit 4.

For 11/15

Do the exercises for unit 4. Identify the subject and verb in each sentence and underline any context clues.

For 11/3

Read "The Scarlet Ibis" and answer the questions here. (You can find a link to the text above the questions.) Do I need to repeat the bit about using the quotes economically and signal phrases? This work should be handed in to turnitin.com by 9 p.m. Saturday night.

For 11/1

Do the VR exercise here.

For 10/27

Read "American History" here and answer the questions here. Again, remember to use quotes from the story economically and employ signal phrases to introduce them, when necessary. This work should be handed in to turnitin.com by 9 p.m. Saturday night.

For 10/25

Do the exercises "Choosing the Right Word" and "Completing the Sentence" for Unit 3.

For 10/15

Print this page and bring to the next class. Also, read "The Necklace" and answer the eight questions at the bottom of this page. You should submit your answers to turnitin.com by 9 p.m Sunday, the 14th. Remember to cite the text, use signal phrases and quote sparingly.

For 10/5

Bring your copy of The Color of Water to class. We will write the essay explained here.

For 10/3

If you haven't already, finish the exercises for Unit 2. Be prepared to identify the S/V, all prepositional phrases, and context clues. Also, find a quote about how inner conflict leads to growth.

For 10/1

This weekend's HW is voluntary. Go here and do the exercises about parts of speech.

For 9/26

Write five sentences, each incorporating a prepositional phrase and a vocab word from Unit 1. Identify the subject and the verb in each sentence.

For 9/24

Hand in the Task 2 essay to turnitin.com. If you hand it in by Saturday at 9 pm, you will get 10 extra points. If you hand it in by 9 on Sunday, 5 extra points. You DO NOT need to give me a hard copy.

For 9/19

Do the vocabulary review exercise here and watch and take notes on the video here. Your notes should use the chart used in the video.

For 9/17

For Monday, do the exercises for Unit 1 in the vocab book, "Choosing the Right Word" and "Completing the Sentence". The Task 4 essay here will be due Tuesday, 9/25. There is an extra credit opportunity here. This will be due next Friday.

For 9/13 - There will be a short quiz on The Color of Water in the next class.

1. Please bring The Color of Water to class until told otherwise.

2. If you didn't already, bring your summer reading assignment and your copy of The Color of Water (TCoW).

3. Go here and follow the directions to create a new account on turnitin.com ansd submit your summer reading assignment.

4. Watch the videos here and do the exercise at the top.

5. Memorize the following sentence by next week:

Egads, the evil teacher assigns us work daily and expects it on his desk by eight the next morning

The final draft of your research paper is due on Sunday at 9 p.m. to turnitin.com. It should include a Works Cited page. I will not be grading it on turnitin. You should hand me a hard copy the first class I see you after Sunday. Remember, failure to submit a research paper results in a failing grade for the entire year! If you hand it in by Friday at 9, I'll give you 10 extra points. If you hand it in by Saturday at 9, you will get 5 extra points.

Here is what I will be looking for:

Formatting: proper heading, title properly formatted, double spaced (with the "spacing after" set to 0), Times New Roman, 12p, indented paragraphs, Works Cited page, your last name and page number on each page after the first.

Content: Intro that follows the format we learned (with a clear thesis and road map), body paragraphs (BP) that follow MEAL, a properly cited quote from both the primary and secondary sources in each BP, interesting, analytical concise topic sentences.

Works Cited page with at least three sources.

I will not be checking my email this weekend!

For 5/20

Hand in your outline to turnitin by 9:59. Instruction can be found here. The exercise we did in class, with the quotes can be found here.

Words that will be on the test:

1. abase

2. annex

3. boorish

4. cornerstone

5. debacle

6. dormant

7. dubious

8. embroil

9. exonerate

10. glib

11. harangue

12. impenitent

13. incite

14. pedigree

15. precipitous

16. profuse

17. protract

18. reconcile

19. subterfuge

20. spurn

For 5/2-3

Here are the words for units 12/13. Do the review exercise here for Wed/Thurs.

1. ad infinitum

2. apportion

3. appreciable

4. autocratic

5. blanch

6. bona fide

7. concede

8. concerted

9. intolerable

10. irreverent

11. laborious

12. maltreat

13. perceive

14. prelude

15. subversive

16. temperate

17. untenable

18. venomous

19. vindicate

20. wane

For 5/16

Do the exercises for units 14 and 15.

For 5/11

Hand your intro in to turnitin.com by 9. If you hand it in earlier, you will get extra points.

For 5/2-3

Here are the words for units 12/13. Do the review exercise here for Wed.

1. ad infinitum

2. apportion

3. appreciable

4. autocratic

5. blanch

6. bona fide

7. concede

8. concerted

9. intolerable

10. irreverent

11. laborious

12. maltreat

13. perceive

14. prelude

15. subversive

16. temperate

17. untenable

18. venomous

19. vindicate

20. wane

For 4/30

Do the exercises for units 12 and 13.

For 4/19

Read to the end of chapter 3 in Silas Marner. The vocabulary test for units 10/11 has been moved to Friday, 4/27. Here are the words:

1. adept

2. brevity

3. chide

4. comport

5. demure

6. depreciation

7. diminutive

8. divulge

9. enlightened

10. erroneous

11. exploit

12. extemporaneous

13. impairs

14. languid

15. mire

16. obtrusive

17. proponent

18. recoil

19. recoup

20. relentless

21. render

22. slipshod

23. squander

24. staccato

For 4/11

Read chapter 1 in Silas Marner. Do the exercises for units 10 and 11. For Sunday, hand the following assignment to turnitin.com:

Read Acts IV and V. Focusing on one scene in each act, write a MEAL paragraph, identifying how Shakespeare uses a literary tool to illustrate a certain theme.

Example:

In Act 4, Shakespeare uses characterization to illustrate the theme of fate vs. free will through Juliet. Implementing the Friar's plan, Juliet gets ready to take the potion, about which she is naturally conflicted, with a "faint, cold fear" (IV.iii.15). She overcomes her impulse to call the Nurse back for comfort, suggesting that Juliet is ready to take control of her destiny. Unlike Romeo, the romantic who hems and haws his way into a decision, Juliet rationally catalogs the various pros and cons, knowing she will awake in the "ancient receptacle where for this many hundred years the bones of all my buried ancestors are packed." (IV.iii.39-41). Facing her fears, undeterred, she swallows the poison, showing that she is the true protagonist, ready to determine her own destiny, rather than allowing fate to control it.

For 3/21 (Snow Day!!)

Go here. Read the passage and answer the questions that precede and follow the passage. Please bring your answers (written on looseleaf) to the next class.

By 3/24

You should each bring me $4.25 for a copy of Silas Marner.

For 3/15

Write a MEAL explaining how Cynthia Rylant uses a specific literary tool to illustrate a theme, such as "life is a journey, not a destination", or another theme we discussed in class. .

For 3/18

Read Act 3 and answer the questions here.

Extra credit opportunity for the weekend:

Draw Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, illustrating the imagery. So, for example, the Queen is in a carriage that should have spiders' legs for spokes and a cover of "the wings of grasshoppers" (I.iv.65). This should be drawn by you, not downloaded from the internet, copied and colored in. It should quotes from the text to explain your drawing.

For 3/7

Do the exercises for unit 9. In addition, do the vocabulary review exercise here.

For 3/4

Do the vocabulary exercises for Unit 9. Also, write two paragraphs, following the MEAL format, which explain how Shakespeare uses specific literary tools to explore a specific theme. The first paragraph should center on Act I, the second on Act II. Each of the paragraphs should include quotes from the play, properly cited. This should be handed in to turnitin.com by Sunday at 8 pm.

For Friday, do the VR exercise for Unit 8 here.

For 2/14

Do the vocabulary exercises for Unit 8.

For 2/12-13

Study for the vocabulary test. For the test, you will need to write sentences incorporating the following phrases: absolute, adverbial clause, appositive, past participial, present participial, relative clause.

For 2/6

Do the vocabulary review for Unit 7 here.

For 2/2

Do the exercises for UNIT 7.

For 1/17

Finish The Catcher in the Rye. Also, for extra credit, you may do a movie poster for the novel. Instructions can be found here. The poster will be due Wednesday.

For the vocabulary test, you will need to write 6 sentences which include one of the following six phrases/clauses: absolute phrase, adverbial clause with "whenever", past participial phrase, present participial phrase, relative clause with "whom" and a relative clause with "whose". In addition, each sentence should include at least one appositive phase and a vocabulary word from Unit 6.

By next Tuesday/Wednesday (12/19-20), you should have read up to chapter 15 in Catcher. During the break, you should read up to chapter 23.

For the weekend:

Write 6 sentences: all with a vocabulary word, all with an appositive phrase, one with an absolute phrase, one with a past participial phrase, one with a present participial phrase, one with a relative clause and the relative pronoun "who", one with a relative clause and the relative pronoun "whom", one with a relative clause and the relative pronoun "whose".

Assignment for class on Friday: Applying the quote below to your understanding of the first eight chapters, write an essay about what J.D. Salinger is “whispering” to the reader about Holden. This assignment should be handed in at the end of class and it will be graded.

"It is not what an author says, but what he or she whispers , that is important."

- Logan Pearsall Smith (adapted)

For 12/8

Do the vocabulary review exercise for unit 5 here.

For 12/6

Do the exercise for Unit 5 in your vocabulary book and make index cards for each of the words. For the index cards, one side should have the word and the part of speech, the other, the example sentence in the exercise that begins on pg 62.

By 12/8, you should read up to chapter 9 in The Catcher in the Rye.

For the vocabulary test on Thursday/Friday, you must prepare 6 sentences. Each must have a vocab word from unit 4, an appositive phrase, and an absolute phrase. Three must have a past participial phrase and three must have a present participial phrase.

For 12/3 at 9, you should submit the story/song essay to turnitin.com. If you hand in the essay between Wednesday the 29th and Friday the 1st, you will get 5 extra points. Here is a link to the exercise we did in the last class on body paragraphs.

By 12/8, you should read up to chapter 9 in The Catcher in the Rye.

For 11/22

Read chapter 2 in TCiTR

For 11/19 (Sunday by 9)

Submit to turnitin.com an introduction to an essay based on ONE of the three short story/song pairs listed below, including a title and a heading, following the format you have learned. The final essay will be due December 2nd at 9 pm.

1. "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and "Everything That Glitters" by Dan Seals

2. "American History" by Judith Ortiz-Cofer and "Society's Child" by Janis Ian

3. "The Scarlet Ibis" by James Hurst and "He Ain't Heavy" by the Hollies

For 11/8-9

Do the exercises, "Choosing the Right Word" and "Completing the Sentence", for Unit 4.

For 11/6

Write 6 sentences for the vocab test, 3 with a past participial phrase, 3 with a present participial phrase, all with an appositive phrase, and all with a vocab word of your choice from Unit 3. You should memorize these sentences and be prepared to write them for the test.

For 11/2

Do the VR exercise for Unit 3 here. write For the vocabulary test next week, you will need to write 6 sentences, three with a past participial phrase, three with a present participial phrase, all with an appositive phrase and a vocab word from Unit 3. Also, next week, you should bring in $7.50 for The Catcher in the Rye, which we will begin reading on November 13th. By that date, everyone should have a copy. I will collect money through next Wednesday.

For 10/30

Read "The Scarlet Ibis" here and answer the questions here. This assignment will be due to turnitin.com by Wednesday night at 9:00. If you hand it in by Monday at 9:30, you will get a 5 point bonus.

For the weekend:

Make a copy of your summer reading essay for your Junior Portfolio. Copy by hand all the comments on the turnitin.com version. For extra credit, you can look at the comments and write two paragraphs, the first of which should address the kinds of mistakes you made in the original, the second of which should discuss what kinds of improvements you plan to make in upcoming essays. Also, do "Choosing the Right Word" and "Completing the Sentence" for Unit 3 in your voacb book.

For Block 6 10/18

Do the vocabulary review exercise here for Unit 2.

For the weekend of the 14th:

Read "American History" and answer the questions here. You can find the text of the story here. Again, for this HW assignment, you should focus on how to use quotes from the text economically. When you use a quotation from the story, you don't have to use the whole quote. Just a phrase or even a single word can serve your purpose. This assignment must be on turnitin by Sunday at 9:30.

For 10/12

Print this page, match the terms and their definitions, and bring to the next class. Also, read "The Necklace" and answer the questions here. Hand it in to turnitin by Wednesday at 9:30.

For 10/5

Do the exercises "Choosing the Correct Word" and "Completing the Sentence" for Unit 2 in your vocabulary book.

On Thursday/Friday, you will take a vocab test on Unit 1. It will be a multiple choice test. There will be questions about the vocabulary as well as parts of speech. In addition, you will need to write 5 sentences, each with a vocabulary word and a prepositional phrase. For those sentences, you will need to identify the subject and the verb.

On Sunday at 8 p.m., your summer reading essay is due. If you hand it in by Saturday at 9, you will receive 5 extra points. To get the extra points, you must send me an email with proof you have done so.

For 9/26

Watch the Khan Academy video here and take notes on Erik Erikson's theory. On Tuesday, you will hand in an introduction for your SR/Erik Ericson paper. The intro should follow the following format. The first sentence should introduce the quote. The second sentence should explain the quote. The next sentence should relate the quote to Eric Erickson's theories. Then you should introduce the literature. The next two sentences should connect the characters you intend to focus on to the specific stage in Eric Erickson's theory. Finally, you should end with the thesis/road map. In addition, make sure to follow MLA formatting. I will expect a hard copy on Tuesday. You can find the quote here: Summer Reading Essay

For 9/19

Your task 2 essay is due to turnitin.com

For 9/18

Do the exercises for Unit 1 in your vocabulary book. In addition, your Task 2 essay will be due to turnitin by Tuesday, the 19th, by 9 p.m. at the latest. 9/18-19

Also, if you choose to do the extra credit, it is due next Wednesday.

For 9/13

Watch the Schoolhouse Rock videos here. Write a definition for each part of speech and include whether you think you understand it or not. Also, bring your two summer reading books to class until further notice. Please bring your vocabulary book to every class through the end of the year. We will have a quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird in the next lesson.

Your task 2 essay on whether Confederate statues should be taken down is due to turnitin.com on Tuesday, the 19th.

VT 10/11 - 5/4-5

VT 12/13 - 5/18-19

VT 14/15 - 6/5-6

Q4: This quarter you will:

1. Take three vocabulary tests and write sentences for each test which reflect your knowledge of the vocabulary words and the various phrases you have learned this year.

2. Analyze and write about a poem.

3. Write a literary analysis and a persuasive paper.

Vocabulary test dates

VT 12/13 - 5/19

VT 14/15 - 6/5-6

Poetry project: In pairs, you will present a literary analysis of a poem following the LAST format. In addition, you will need to write a one paragraph analysis of how the poet uses a specific literary tool to make a larger point.

Research Paper: This quarter, you will write two research papers: a literary analysis paper and a persuasive paper. The deadlines are listed below:

Literary Research paper:

For 5/17

Finish the exercises for Unit 13 and by Tuesday, the 23rd, finish reading Silas Marner.

For 5/9

Read Chapter 2 in Silas Marner

For 5/3

Read Chapter 1 of Part 2 in Silas Marner

5/5:

Intro due to turnitin.com. In addition, you must give me a hard copy.

5/11:

Outline due. For info on formatting, go here. (Only hard copy.)

5/21 by 8 pm:

Final paper due to turnitin.com. If you hand it in by Friday, the 19th at 10 pm, you will get 10 extra points. If you hand it in by Saturday at 10, you will get 5 extra points. The paper is due to turnitin by 8 on Sunday evening.

5/31

Intro to persuasive paper due.

6/7 by 9 pm

Persuasive paper due to turnitin.com

You are strongly urged to go to WRITING CENTER for this assignment. If you have written proof that you have done so (dates with teachers' signatures), it will impact your grade in a very positive way.

For 5/1

Read up to Part 2 in Silas Marner

For 4/27

Read up to chapter 12 (page 58) in Silas Marner.

Extra Credit for Easter break:

For a test grade, memorize a monologue from Romeo and Juliet. The monologue must be performed in class, the first week back from vacation, and some effort should be made to make it dramatic. You should do at least 25 lines from the monologue/soliloquy you choose.

I.iv Mercutio: "Oh, then I see Queen Mab..."

II.iii Friar Lawrence: "The gray-eyed morn..."

III.ii Juliet: "Gallop apace, you fiery-footed steeds..."

III.iii Romeo: "Tis torture and not mercy..."

IV.iii Juliet" "I have a faint cold fear..."

or 4/10

Read chapter 3 in Silas Marner.

For 4/6

Do the exercises for Units 10 and 11 and read chapter 2 in Silas Marner.

For 3/27

BRING $4 for Silas Marner. Also...

Read Act IV of R & J (NO FEAR SHAKE) and write one sentence for each scene following the patterns below:

IV.1 - absolute, adverbial, appositive

IV.ii - past participial, relative clause, appositive

IV.iii - present participial, relative clause, appositive

IV.iv - absolute, adverbial, appositive

IV.v - appositive, relative clause w/ "whom"

For 3/14

Read Act III of R & J and write one sentence for each scene following the patterns below:

III.1 - absolute, adverbial, appositive

III.ii - past participial, relative clause, appositive

III.iii - present participial, relative clause, appositive

III.iv - absolute, adverbial, appositive

III.v - past and present participial, appositive with a relative clause

For 3/10

Do the vocabulary review exercise for Unit 9 here.

For 3/6

Do the exercises for Unit 9.

For 2/24

Do the vocabulary review exercise for Unit 8 here. Choose one prompt for each word and remember to use the word in your answer.

Extra Credit: For 2/22:

Do a drawing of the Mercutio's Queen Mab speech. Make sure your illustration includes quotes from the speech.

For 2/22

Read Act 2 of the No Fear Shakespeare version of Romeo and Juliet. For each scene, write a sentence following the patterns listed below. All sentences should use appositive phrases liberally.

II. Prologue - absolute phrase

II.i - past participial

II.ii -present participial

II.iii - relative clause

II.iv - absolute phrase

II.v - adverbial clause

II.vi - adverbial clause

For 2/10

Do the exercise for Unit 7 here.

For 2/6

Read Act 1 in the No Fear Shakespeare version of R & J. The first scene is rather harsh - I apologize in advance - but it sets up an important theme of the play. For each scene, write a one sentence synopsis, using at least one of the phrases or clauses you have learned so far this year. For example, your sentence for I.i might be:

absolute phrase subject appositive phrase transitive verb PrepPh

Their tempers flaring, two families, the Capulets and the Montagues, begin a brawl in the town square.

For quarter 3, you will need your textbook for every class.

(As well as your vocabulary book)

For 1/19

Do the exercises for Unit 7 in your vocab book.

For 1/10

Write prompts for the 15 of the 20 words in Unit 6 based on the vocabulary review exercises we have done.

For 1/6

Do the exercises for Unit 6 in your vocab book.

For 1/3

Please finish The Catcher in the Rye. There is an extra credit opportunity here. It is due at the end of the first week back from vacation.

For 12/20

We will have a vocabulary test on Unit 5. For the test, you will write TEN sentences. FOUR of those sentences should have a relative clause with the the following relative pronouns: who, whose, which and that. THREE should have a past participial phrase, THREE should have a present participial phrase and ALL should have an appositive phrase. TWO of the relative clauses should include an adverbial clause with the subordinating conjunction "when". ALL should include a vocabulary word from Unit 5.

For 12/14

Do the vocabulary review exercise for Unit 5 here.

For 12/10

Submit your short story/song essay to turnitin.com by 10 p.m. Remember to use the proper heading, a compelling title, an intro that follows the appropriate format, two body paragraphs which follow the MEAL format explaining how the writer uses a literary tool to make a point about the theme, and a conclusion which sums up, but does not verbatim repeat, the main points of the essay. Extra points for the use of phrases and clauses we have learned, as well as vocabulary. You will be quizzed in your Catcher reading at the beginning of next week.

For 12/7

Pick a story (from the textbook) and a song (of your choice) that you will compare in your essay. In addition, identify a common theme that both works share, as well as the literary tools the authors employ to make their point. Also, read this, take notes, and be prepared to tell me what you understand about relative clauses and pronouns.

For 12/5

Do the exercises for Unit 5. Remember, you must have read up to chapter 6 in Catcher by the beginning of next week.

For 12/1

(Optional: Do the unscrambling exercise on adverbial clauses here.) Using vocabulary from Unit 4, write five sentences with adverbial clauses, each beginning with one of the following subordinating conjunctions: although, until, whenever, if, unless. Also, write 2 present part, 2 past part, one absolute, all with an appositive phrase, and all with a vocab word from Unit 4.

Here is a reading schedule for Catcher.

For 11/21

Do the vocabulary review exercise for Unit 4 here. Only choose ONE prompt for each word. (That means you should not write more than twenty sentences altogether.) Also, read here about adverbial clauses and do this exercise and only A and B in this exercise.

For 11/17

Do the exercises for Unit 4 in your vocabulary book. Also, if you need a copy of The Catcher in the Rye, the book we will be reading this quarter, you can buy one from me for $6.

For 11/10

You will be in the library. Go here for instructions on what to do:

For 11/7

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise here, the exercise on absolute phrases here, and prepare for your VT on Unit 3 Tuesday, the 8th. Also, please write write 6 sentences: two with a past participial phrase, two with a present participial phrase, two with an absolute phrase and all with an appositive phrase and a vocabulary word from Unit 3. You will need

For 11/3

Read "The Scarlet Ibis" and answer the questions here.

For 11/1

Write 2 MEAL paragraphs, explaining how the two authors, Guy de Maupassant and Dan Seals use a literary tool to make a point about one of the common themes. Also, do the exercises for Unit 3 and download and do the worksheet on absolute phrases at the link below.

https://docs.google.com/document/d/1rK1Oz-3A191Biy_-PpNCmy9gI-0vCh3Kn5jLtc8u7ys/edit?pli=1

For 10/25

Read "American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer and answer the questions here.

Tuesday we have a vocabulary test on Unit 2. On that test, you will need to write 8 sentences, (six of which you have presumably already written) two with vocabulary words of my choice, each with an appositive phrase, 4 with a past participial phrase and 4 with a present participial phrase.

For 10/21

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise here. See above for extra credit opportunity. Also, write six sentences, three with a past participial phrase, three with a present participial phrase, all with a vocab word from Unit 2, and all with an appositive phrase.

For 10/18

Do the unscrambling exercise on participial phrases here. Also, read "The Necklace" and answer the questions here.

For 10/12

Do all the exercises for Unit 2 in your vocabulary book. Also, we will have a quiz on the parts of speech when we return next week. Go here for recommended videos to help you understand the parts of speech. Google "parts of speech practice" for exercises. Finally, please bring your textbook to class from now on. You no longer need your summer reading books for class.

For 10/8

Your summer reading essay is due to turnitin.com. If you hand it in by Friday, October 7th, at 9 pm, you will get 5 extra points. If you hand it in by Thursday at 9, you will get 10 extra points.

For 10/6

Write the first body paragraph for your summer reading essay. Also, bring both your summer reading books AND the textbook to the next class.

For 9/28:

Write an introductory paragraph for your summer reading essay. Follow the format we learned in class.

For 9/26 (C)

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise for Unit 1 found here. For this exercise, you need to write a response to the question or statement. It is very important that you use the vocabulary word in your response. Also, you should include an appositive phrase.

For example, # 1 asks you to "describe a time when you were admonished by your parents for breaching the laws of etiquette". Your response might be:

My father once admonished me for breaching the laws of etiquette when I ate with my hands at a school event, a PTA spaghetti dinner.

For 9/22 (A)

Watch the Khan Academy video here and take notes on Erik Erikson's theory.

For 9/20 (G)

Make index cards for the words in Unit 1. In addition, copy and paste the page found here into a Word document and bring it to the next class.

For 9/16 (E)

Read the passage "I'll Wait for the Movie" on page 12 and finish the exercises "Choosing the Correct Word" , "Synonyms", "Antonyms" and "Completing the Sentence" for Unit 1 in the vocabulary book. In addition, you must have index cards for the words in the Unit by next week. B 5 = Monday, Bs 1, 2 and 4 = Tuesday

For 9/14 (C)

Enroll in turnitin.com. and submit your summer reading HW. Watch the videos of Schoolhouse Rock here and write a definition for each of the parts of speech. Also, write a sentence which includes an example of each of the parts of speech at least once.

Oh, my! Lazy Tina sat listlessly as she played with snapchat on her phone and chewed her gum.

We will have a quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) at the beginning of the next class.

Remember to bring your copy of TKAM and your vocabulary book (if you have one). You do not need to bring your textbook.

Important Dates for Quarter 4:

Vocab Test on Unit 10: 4/27

Vocab Test on Unit 11: 5/13

Vocab Test on Unit 12: 6/2

Reading schedule for Silas Marner

By 4/11 - up to chapter 5

By 4/20 - up to chapter 10

By 4/27 - up to chapter 12

By 5/3 - up to Part Two

By 5/9 - up to chapter 19

By 5/17 - finish the novel

Extra Credit: Works Cited page must be handed to me in class on Wednesday. Go here for the article by Munson Deats:

www.fofweb.com

The user name is "preston", the password is "panthers".

The rest of the year:

Research papers will be due to turnitin.com by 5 pm on Saturday, May 28th. If you hand it in by 5 pm on Friday, May 27th, you will receive a 5 point bonus. If you hand it in by Thursday, May 26th at 10 you will get an extra 10 point bonus. Our last vocabulary test (on Unit 12) will be June 1st and 2nd. You will write sentences, all of which must include a relative clause with "whom", as well as another phrase.

For 5/17

Finish Silas Marner and do the exercises for Unit 12.

For 5/11

Study for the Unit 11 Vocabulary test. For this test, you will need to write 10 sentences with the following patterns (6 points each; 60 points):

depreciate - past participial, relative clause

deteriorate - absolute, appositive

divulge - absolute, present participial

proponent - appositive, present participial

relentless - adverbial with "despite the fact that", relative clause with "whom"

For 5/5

Do the exercises forUnit 11 in your vocabulary book.

For 4/27-29

First, your test on Unit 10 has been moved to 5/3.

You will be in the computer room on Wednesday and Friday. At the end of those classes (Friday by noon), you will be required to hand in whatever you have written of your paper, including the introduction which you have already written, as a first draft, to turninin.com. The assignment on turnitin is "RP - first draft".

If you are not finished by the end of the class, DO NOT WORRY! This will be taken into account.

For 4/20

Hand in a typed, properly formatted copy of your intro. For the general format of the intro, go here. For specific instructions about this assignment, go here. Your paper should include as its secondary sources: the article by Sara Munson Deats here, the article from the New York Times here, and the video by John Green here. However, you should only refer to the secondary sources in the body paragraphs.

For 4/13-14

Do the exercises for Unit 10 in your vocabulary book.

For 4/11

Read the first 4 chapters of Silas Marner. Go here and write one paragraph for each quote explaining it and connecting it to what you've read in the novel so far.

For 4/7

We will have a quiz on Units 7, 8 and 9. You will have 20 minutes to answer 100 questions. By Monday, you should have read up to chapter 5 in Silas Marner.

For 3/15 and 3/23

For 3/15, do the Vocabulary Review exercise for Unit 9 here. For 3/23, summarize the article here in two paragraphs following the MEAL format. Each paragraph should begin with a topic sentence outlining a specific point made in the article. You provide evidence for your claim (a direct quote or quotes from the article) and then you analyze your evidence (explain what it means.) The ultimate aim of this assignment is that you should read the article and identify ideas in it that you can use in a subsequent essay about the generation gap as a theme in Romeo and Juliet. This will not be handed in to turnitin.

For 3/9-11

For Friday, please read the article by Daniel Goleman, "After Kinship and Marriage, Anthropology Discovers Love" here and write two paragraphs about how it relates to the themes of Romeo and Juliet. Follow the MEAL format. For Wednesday, do the exercises for Unit 9 in your vocabulary book. Also, for the test on Unit 9 next week, you will need to write TEN sentences, each with ONE of the phrases/clauses we have studied. You will be not given the sentence combinations before the test. Below are the words:

drudgery - absolute, past part

escalate - absolute, relative clause

expedient - adverbial with "although", appositive

feign - adverbial with "until", present part

grievous - appositive, absolute

heterogeneous - appositive, relative clause with "whose"

impel - past participial, present part

incredulous - present participial, appositive

prognosis - relative clause with "whom", absolute

repugnant - relative clause with "whom", adverbial with "if"

Sentences for Unit 8:

console: absolute, appositive, present participial,

flippant: adverbial with "when", relative clause, past participial

liability: absolute, adverbial with "before", present participial

pugnacious: adverbial, appositive, relative clause with "whom"

remunerate: absolute, past participial, present participial

EXTRA CREDIT:

Draw Mercutio's Queen Mab speech, illustrating the imagery. So, for example, the Queen is in a carriage that should have spiders' legs for spokes and a cover of "the wings of grasshoppers" (I.iv.65). This should be drawn by you, not downloaded from the internet, copied and colored in. Your drawing should be labeled with phrases from the original text. The assignment will be due on Friday, March 4th.

Also, for another extra credit grade, you may memorize one of the monologues/soliloquies from R & J and present it to the class. This must be done the week before Easter break.

NEXT WEEK: You should bring me $4 for Silas Marner.

For 3/3

Write the sentences for Unit 8 according to the prompts above.

For 3/1

Your ACT 2 HW should be turned in by class on March 1st.

8 EXTRA POINTS IF YOU WRITE THE ESSAY!!

For 2/24

Do the vocabulary review exercise here. Choose one prompt for each of the words in Unit 8 and write a response.

For 2/22

Do the exercises for Unit 8.

For the long weekend 2/13-17:

Prepare for the vocabulary test next week and write sentences based on the formats below:

Write 5 sentences, based on the formats below:

1. apex - adverbial with "until", appositive, absolute

2. assimilate - adverbial with "although", absolute, relative clause with "whom"

3. malign - past participial, present participial, appositive,

4. obstreperous - absolute, present participial, relative clause with "whose"

5. surly - adverbial with "if", appositive, relative clause

For 2/12

NO HOMEWORK!!

For 2/10

Do the vocabulary review for Unit 7 here. Also, please hand your HW on Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet into turnitin.com.

For 2/8

Read Act 1 of Romeo and Juliet and answer the questions here. You don't need your textook (and you may read the No Fear text, but be sure to take textual evidence from the original version. ) And be sure to cite the text properly: (1.3.54-55) or (I.iii.54-55)

For 2/4

Do the exercises for Unit 7.

Important dates for Quarter 2:

11/19 Test/Quiz on Vocabulary Units 1, 2 and 3

11/23 Intros to 3 short story/song pairs due too turnitin.com

11/25 Test on Unit 4 and absolute phrases.

12/13 Short story/song essay due to turnitin.com

12/17 Test on Unit 5 and relative clauses.

1/14 Test on Unit 6 and adverbial clauses.

1/8

Do the unscrambling exercise on adverbial clauses here and write two sentences, one with "although" and one with "if", using a vocabulary word from Unit 6 and two other phrases we have learned.

Example: Although Mary, a diligent student, did well on the test, earning the highest score in the class, she was not satisfied with less than a perfect grade. (This sentence contains both an adverbial clause, an appositive phrase, a present participial phrase and the vocab word "diligent".

For 1/6

Do the exercises for Unit 6.

For 12/9

Do the Vocabulary Review for Unit 5 here. Also, send me your pairs for the Supreme Court projects and the landmark decision you will be focusing on.

For 12/7

Watch the video on Freud's theory of psycho-analysis here. Please take notes.

For 12/3

Do Choosing the Correct Word and Completing the Sentence for Unit 5. Also, here you will find a link to the reading schedule for The Catcher in the Rye . Please follow it.

For 11/25

Study for your vocabulary test on Unit 4. For the test, you will need to write 6 sentences, 3 of which you may prepare in advance, memorize and use on the test. Also, you should plan to take the intro you will use for a full-length essay to Writing Center this and next week. That essay will be due to turnitin.com by 9 pm on December 13th.

For 11/23 (8:00 am)

Hand in three intros to turnitin.com based on the 3 short story/song pairs we have read in class. Each intro should follow the format found here. You can find an example here or a scrambled example here. Feel free to find and use a quote online that exemplifies the topic of your intro. Also, for the test on Unit 4 next Wednesday, you will need to write 5 sentences, with a word from the unit, as well as an absolute, an appositive, and a participial phrase. l will choose the words and the combinations.

For 11/19

Do the unscrambling exercise for absolute phrases here.

For 11/16-17

Do the Vocabulary Review for Unit 4 here. Choose one prompt for each of the 20 words in the unit.

For 11/12-13

Read the passage on pages 50 and 51 and do the exercises Choosing the Right Word andCompleting the Sentence for Unit 4.

For 10/30

Do the exercises for Unit 3 and do the VR exercise here.

For 11/3

Read "The Scarlet Ibis" and answer the questions here.

For 10/28

Read "American History" by Judith Ortiz Cofer and answer the questions here. The text of the story can be found at the bottom of the question page.

For 10/22

Study for your vocabulary test and answer the questions here about the song "Everything that Glitters" by Dan Seals.

For 10/20

Do the Vocabulary Review exercise for Unit 2 here and make index cards. Also, do the unscrambling exercise on participial phrases here.

For 10/15

Go here and copy and paste the article and exercises onto a Word document. Read the article and do the exercises that follow. Also, read "The Necklace" by Guy de Maupassant and answer the questions here.

For 10/8

Read the passage for Unit 2 and do the exercises on 27 - 30.

For 10/5

Hand in your summer reading essay to turnitin.com by 9 pm Sunday night. If you hand it in by Saturday at 7 pm, you will get 5 extra points. If you hand it in after 9 pm on Sunday, you will lose 5 points for every day its late. Also, here is an extra-credit assignment. If you choose to do it, it is due next Thursday, October 8th.

For 10/2

Go here.

Looking ahead:

Vocabulary test for Unit 1 - 9/30

Vocabulary test for Unit 2 - 10/21-22

Vocabulary test for Unit 3 - 11/9-10

For 9/30

Finish the unscrambling exercise on appositive phrases here. Then write TWO sentences, each with an appositive and a vocab word from Unit 1:

EX: After much circumspection, Marilyn refused to relinquish the jewelry, heirlooms from her recently deceased mother. (Of course, I have two words, "circumspection" and "relinquish"; you need one.)

For 9/28

Write an introductory paragraph for your summer reading essay. It should follow the format we reviewed in class found here. You should use the quote found here. In addition, you should include a sentence or two between points 3 and 4 that introduces Erikson's Stages of Psycho-social development. Remember to include a heading, a title, double-spaced with a 12 point font and one inch margins.

Also, I've deleted all accounts from turnitin that do not use a Preston email. If yours is one of them, please sign up again and resubmit your work.

turnitin.com: please enroll in your class on turnitin.com. Go here for instructions on how to do that.

Looking ahead: your summer reading essay will be due Monday, 10/5

For 9/24

By Thursday, you should have enrolled on turnitin.com. In addition, please do the Vocabulary Review exercise for Unit 1 found here. For this exercise, you need to write a response to the question or statement. It is very important that you use the vocabulary word in your response.

For example, # 1 asks you to "describe a time when you were admonished by your parents for breaching the laws of etiquette". Your response might be:

I was once admonished by my father for breaching the laws of etiquette by eating with my hands at a PTA spaghetti dinner.

For 9/22

Make index cards for the words in Unit 1. In addition, copy and paste the page found here into a Word document and bring it to the next class.

For 9/18

Read the passage "I'll Wait for the Movie" on page 12 and finish the exercises "Choosing the Correct Word" , "Synonyms", "Antonyms" and "Completing the Sentence" for Unit 1 in the vocabulary book. In addition, watch the Khan Academy video on Erik Erikson's 8 Stages of Psycho-Social Development here.

For 9/16

Watch the videos of Schoolhouse Rock here and write a definition for each of the parts of speech. Then make a claim (thesis) about which video is most effective and include a road map (organizational principle) explaining at least two reasons why.

Ex: The "Nouns" song is the most effective because it drills the definition of a noun through repetition and the simple, colorful graphics keep that message clear.

We will have a quiz on To Kill a Mockingbird (TKAM) at the beginning of the next class.

Remember to bring your copy of TKAM and your vocabulary book (if you have one). You do not need to bring your textbook.