Homework for the week of 5/29
Study for your Regents!!!!
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Homework for the week of 5/21
SS
1. Read and outline chapter 26. Due Friday
2. Civil Rights Project Due Tuesday 5/29
ELA
1. Practice for the play
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Homework for the week of 5/14
ELA ( all due Friday)
1. Should the witches be blamed for Macbeth’s actions?
2. Is Macduff a bad father? Explain
3. Can Macbeth ever redeem himself? Explain
4. Compare and contrast Macbeth with at least 2 other totalitarian leaders. Create a chart that includes at least 3 categories.
SS
1. Study for the final on Thursday
2. Have your parents check pupil path. I want a letter from your parents stating what your final grade is in Social Studies and ELA. Due Wednesday
Homework for the week of May 7
ELA
1. What makes someone a bad person?
2. Would you still follow Macbeth?
3. Shakespeare insult project
4. How has the relationship between Macbeth and Lady Macbeth changed between Act I and Act III?
5. Imagine you are a reporter for a Scottish TMZ like organization. Write an article or create a 30 second video about the banquet (I will explain this more in class)
SS
1. Complete the Cold War packet by Friday
Homework for the week of 4/23
All h.w.is due on Friday
ELA
1. What makes someone powerful?
2. What do the decisions and actions of Lady Macbeth reveal about her character?
3. Complete the following graphic organizer
4. Interview 3 adults. Ask them how do we decide when to lead and when to follow?
5. 45 minutes of I Ready
SS
1. Complete assigned packet pages
2. Complete assigned passport pages
3. In your opinion, what was the most important battle of WWII? Explain
4. How did the U.S. prepare for the war?
5. How did Hollywood help the war effort?
6. Study for the test on Monday
Homework for the week of 4/16
ELA
1. Define loyalty, soliloquy, thane Due Tuesday
2. Do you believe some things are fated to happen, no matter what? Or do you believe that your actions can change the course of your life? Due Wednesday
3. Ask 5 people the above question. Keep track of their responses. Due Thursday
4. How do you know you can trust someone? Due Friday
5. Writing assignment (to be explained in class) Due 4/23
6. Is ambition a good or bad thing? Interview adults in your family and record their answers. Due Friday
SS
1. Complete assigned pages in passport Due Friday
2. WWII Project
3. WWII packet. Due 4/23
4. Complete Common lit assignments by Friday
Homework for the week of 3/26
SS
1. We will be having a debate about the New Deal. Gather evidence. You should be familiar with the programs, the people who were in favor of it, the people who were against it, and anything else you think is important. You should have at least 2 pages of notes based on research
2. Complete every Great Depression page in passport due Wednesday
Ela
1. Complete Common Lit assignments by Thursday
2. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready by Thursday
Homework for the week of 3/19
SS
1. How did credit and buying on margin help cause the Great Depression? Due Friday
2. What is John Green’s point of view of the Stock Market Crash and the Great Depression? Due Friday
3. How did banks help cause the Great Depression? Due Friday
4. Discuss the connection between Hoover, tariffs and the Great Depression. Due Friday
5. Compare and contrast the response of presidents to the Great Depression due Friday
ELA
1. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready
2. Complete Common Lit by Friday
3. Work on your exit project. You should keep a log of what you do every day. Have your parent sign every day. Due Friday
SS
1. Read and outline the chapter on the Great Depression due 3/19
2. Study for 1920’s test
3. Work on your exit project
ELA
1. Read the sonnet essay. Why was the sonnet important to McKay? How does a Shakespearean sonnet differ from a Petrarchan sonnet?
2. Complet 45 minutes of I Ready by Friday
3. Complete all of the common lit
Homework for the week of 3/5
ELA
1. Create a Venn diagram that compares and contrasts Walt Whitman’s “I Hear America Singing” with Langston Hughes “I, Too”
2. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready
3. Work on Common Lit
4. Bring in your exit project thesis statement on Friday
SS
1. Why is Jazz considered uniquely American? Due Friday
2. Prepare for the party.
3. Interview 5 adults. Ask them their opinion on credit cards. Bring in your data on Friday.
4. Gather research for a Socratic Seminar on credit cards on Friday.
Homework for the week of 2/26
SS
1. Watch the Crash Course on the 1920’s. Take notes on the video. There will be a quiz on it this week.
2. We will be having a Socratic seminar on Friday. The topic will be about our access to media. Please gather research for and against social media, television, movies, radio, etc. I strongly suggest you interview family members of different ages.
3. Work on your 1920’s project
4. Work on your exit project
ELA
1. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready
2. Complete all common lit by Friday
3. Finish the poem explosion due Friday
Homework for the week of 2/12
ELA
1. Prepare for LD debate
2. Work on your essay
3. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready
4. Complete common lit assignments
SS
1. Study for the DBQ
2. Read chapter 22. Complete the Google Form by Thursday
Homework for the week of 2/5
ELA
1. Complete all of the Common Lit by Friday
2. Work on the exit project
3. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready
SS
1. Study for the Constitution test
2. Study for the midterm. Create a midterm study log. Due Friday
Homework for the week of 1/29
ELA
1. Have a parent sign the performance series result paper. On the back of the paper write a reading plan. I will explain this in class. Due Friday
2. Complete the forms for the rest of the chapters. Due 2/5
3. Complete all of the Common Lit by Friday
SS
1. Read “Underage Soldiers”. Why did Britain let so many underage soldiers fight in WWI? Due Friday
2. Compare and Contrast the Treaty of Versailles with the 14 Points. Due 2/5
3. Do you think the United States should have signed the 14 points? Due 2/5
4. Start to study for the midterm. Complete a study log. I will explain this in class
Homework for the week of 1/22
SS
1. Complete Passport pages
2. Complete all Common Lit by Friday
ELA
1. Complete all Common Lit
2. Complete Google Forms for all chapters we have read. Due Friday
3. Complete the next set of vocabulary organizers by Friday
4. Mask assignment (will be explained in class)
5. Interview 2 adults. Ask them what role they think they will play on the island. Due Friday
Homework for the week of 1/16
ELA
1. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready by Friday
2. Make a chart of the symbol you chose to follow. You chart should include the symbol, when it was mentioned, a 2-4 sentence summary, the chapter, and page number. Your chart should have 4 different times the symbol was mentioned. Due Friday
3. Complete the common lit assignments that are due 1/22
SS
1. Imperialism test on Friday
2. Prepare for imperialism talk show
3. Read chapter 21. Create an outline Due 1/22
4. Panama Canal essay due on Friday
Homework for the week of 1/8
SS
1. Work on Imperialism talk show
2. Work on Exit Project
3. Bring in research on the causes of the Spanish American war on Tuesday
4. Panama Canal essay due on Monday 1/15
5. Complete Spanish American war packet by Tuesday
ELA
1. Interview 4 adults. Ask them to define power. Ask them to list the qualities of a good leader. Due Friday
2. Take notes on the symbolism powerpoint. Due Friday
3. Complete the vocabulary list for chapters 3, 4, 5. Due 1/16
4. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready by Friday
5. Complete the Common lit assignments by 1/16.
Homework for the Week of 1/2
ELA
Complete the vocabulary assignment for chapters 1-2 Due Friday
Define power and leadership. Due Wednesday
Are all good leaders powerful? Explain. Due Friday
Complete the Google Form for chapters 1-3. Due 2 days after we finish reading chapter 3
SS
Complete the following passport pages: 32, 33-36, 41-46, 52-53 due Friday
Complete the imperialism packet due Monday 1/8/17
Work on imperialism project
Homework for the week of 12/18
ELA
1. Debate h.w. (I will explain this in class on Monday) due Friday
2. What is the value for your debate? What makes you value the best? What are the reasons that support your value? Due Friday
3. Complete 45 minutes of IReady
SS
1. Study for the progressive test on Tuesday
2. Read and outline chapter 20. Due Friday
3. Which reform movement do you think you would have joined? Why?
Homework for the week of 12/11
ELA
1. Common Lit assignments due Friday
2. Review of the last debate (this will be explained in class). Due Tuesday
3. Prepare for the next debate
SS
1. Compare and contrast the methods used by Carrie Chapman Catt and Alice Paul. Which method would you support (this should be at least 3 paragraphs) Due Friday
2. Research primary sources that document the suffragists march on Washington on March 3, 1913. What happened? Due Friday
3. What happened to Alice Paul when she was jailed? Due Friday
4. Study for the Progressive test next week
5. Who was the most progressive president? Compare and contrast progressive measures taken by President T. Roosevelt, President Wilson and President Taft. Due Friday
6. What is the difference between a progressive, a muckraker, and a reformer? Due Friday
Homework for the week of 12/4
ELA
1. Prepare for the debate on Wednesday. We will not be meeting in class
2. Bring in your research every day this week
3. Class rules project Due Monday 12/11
4. 45 minutes of I Ready by Friday
SS
1. Immigration project due on Wednesday
2. Read chapter 19. Complete the form by Friday
3. We will be having a Socratic Seminar on the Triangle Shirtwaist fire. I have supplied many resources. I expect you to take notes on these resources (1 page per resource). Due 12/11
ELA
1. Watch the video on how to flow (on the main page of this unit on the website). Use the information to create a flow on the video on the videos page. Due Friday
2. Watch any video we haven’t watched yet. Use the Ted Talk form to take notes. Due Friday’
3. Bring in at least 2 pages of research for your debate topic. Due Tuesday
4. What is the best value for your debate. What value do you think the other team will have? Due Friday
5. What role did you play in the last debate? What grade do you think you deserve? Would you choose you for a debate team? Explain. Due Wednesday
6. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready
SS.
1. Work on immigration project
2. Complete the Common lit for the week Due Friday
3. Define push factor and pull factor due Friday
4. Complete assigned pages in passport due Friday
Homework for the week of 11/20
ELA
1. Prepare for the debate on Tuesday
2.Debate Essay due 11/27 (more will be explained in class)
3. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready
4. Complete both Common Lit assignments
SS
1. Read, passage map, and complete any activity on pages 108 -128, 136-149 Due 11/29
2. Complete workbook for the trip to the Museum of Jewish Heritage. Due 11/27
Homework for the week of 11/13
ELA
1. Prepare for the debate. It will be next week. You must bring in copious notes by Tuesday
2. Watch “What Makes a Word Real”. Is the dictionary a valid source? What makes a word real? Due Wednesday
3. Watch “How to Beat Stage Fright”. Take notes. How might this help in this debate?
4. Use the notes you took last week on speeches. Create an informative powerpoint about the speech. Include information that you wrote from the speech. Include a link to the speech. Include what you learned about speeches. You must have at least 5 informative slides. You must share this with me via google by Friday.
5. Watch LD training session #3. What is the difference between a value statement and a fact statement? Due Friday
6. What is the best value for your debate? Why? Due Thursday
7. I ready by Friday
SS
1. What is a monopoly? Research 1 business that has been accused of being a monopoly in the last 20 years. Due Friday
2. Define stocks and corporation. Due Friday
3. Why was it easier for skilled workers to form unions (as opposed to unskilled workers). Due Friday
Homework for the week of 11/6
1. Complete the LD overview form by Thursday 9:30 P.M
2. Watch “What Makes a Word Real” and complete the form by Friday
3. Read through your given page in “The Book of Bad Arguments” (look at your name on the debate list). Take copious notes. Due Tuesday. Your notes will count as a quiz grade. This will be assigned on Friday and due on Monday
4. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready by Friday
5. Work on your book reports
SS
1. Read and watch all of the resources in the industrialization folder. Take notes on them. Due Wednesday
2. Why is the Gilded Age an appropriate name for this time period? Due Friday
3. Assigned pages in passport
Homework for the week of 10/30
SS
1. Complete the assigned pages in passport
2. Read and annotate the Robber Barons essay by Thursday
3. Watch the ted talk and take notes due Friday
ELA
1. Study for the test
2. Watch the ted talk “10 Ways to Have a Better Conversation”. Use the information to make an informational poster. Due Friday
3. Watch the Body Language ted talk. Stop it at 1:30. Do the assessment the speaker asks you to do. What are your non verbals? Take notes on the whole video. Practice the fake it. . . exercise. How can this talk help you on interviews? Due Friday
4. Watch the “How to Talk so People Will Listen?” ted talk. How can we speak powerfully so we can make change in the world? What are the “7 deadly sins” of speaking? Due Friday
5. Complete 45 minutes of I Ready due Friday
Homework for the week of 10/23
SS
1. Study for the test on Thursday
2. Complete Common lit by Friday
3. Read chapter 18. Complete the Google Form by Monday, 10/30
ELA
1. Complete 45 minutes of IReady by Friday
2. Complete all Common Lit by Friday
3. Create a story element chart on “Lamb to the Slaughter” due Friday
Homework for the week of 10/16
SS
1. Essay is due on Friday
2. Prepare for the debate on Friday
ELA
1. 45 minutes of Iready
2. Get ready for the SHSAT
3. Relax!!!!!!!!!!!
Homework for the week of 10/10
ELA
1. Work on book reports
2. Complete 45 minutes in IReady due Friday
3. Complete the Common lit for this week Due Firday
4. Complete the Making our Final choices form due Friday
5. Complete the plot pyramid (you know the one from last year, with the flaps)
SS
1. Read chapter 17 and complete the form by Friday
2. Watch the crash course video in the westward expansion folder. Take extensive notes. Do you think you would have been a pioneer? Explain. Due Friday
3. Prepare for debate (I will give more information in class)
4. Complete Common lit for this week. Due Friday
Homework for the week of 10/2
ELA
1. How does Poe’s use of first-person point of view affect the way information is conveyed in “The Tell-Tale Heart”? Do you think it makes the story better? Due Friday
2. Does the narrator of the Tell Tale Heart fit the legal definition of insane? Explain. Due Friday
3. What role did guilt play in the Tell Tale Heart? Due Friday
4. Find references to The Tell Tale Heart, The Raven, and Annabel Lee in pop culture (for example: the video I showed in class). Why do you think that Poe is represented in modern pop culture? Due 10/10
5. Class rules assignment (I will discuss this in class)
SS
1. Complete the Commonlit assignment by Wednesday
2. Complete the “How Effective Was Reconstruction” activity. Due Friday
3. We will be having a socratic seminar next week about Reconstruction. Gather information about whether or not it was successful
4. Complete the Reconstruction Era amendment worksheet due Friday
5. Complete the sharecropping worksheet. Due Friday
Homework for the week of 9/25
ELA
1. What is the legal definition of insanity? Is someone who is legally insane responsible for their actions? Due Friday
2. Would you want the type of love that the narrator had for Annabel Lee? Explain. Due Friday
3. Complete the Commonlit assignments due Friday
4. Would you consider “Annabel Lee” a love poem? What about “the Raven”?Explain
5. Find 5 public high schools that start after 8:00 Am. Find 5 public high schools that start before 7:30 AM Due Friday
6. Bring in your final draft of the dystopian essay
SS
1. Read and annotate the text on the Draft Riots. Were the draft riots justified? Due Friday
2. Complete the reconstruction Commonlit assignment Due Friday
3. Which reconstruction plan would you support if you were alive during reconstruction? Why? Due Friday
4. How did the poetry of Walt Whitman show the impact of the Civil War? Due Friday
Homework for the week of 9/11
ELA
1.Bring in a rough draft of your compare and contrast essay on Friday
2.Do you agree with Stephen King's point of view (based on what we read in class)? Why? Use details from the essay to support your answer. Due Friday
3.Read The Lake, The Raven and Annabel Lee by Edgar Allan Poe. Look up any words that you do not understand (due 9/15)
4.You are expected to be familiar with figurative language (especially metaphor, simile, onomatopoeia, alliteration, imagery and symbolism). We will be discussing these terms in class.
5. Read 20 minutes every night. Hand in your reading log on Friday. The reading log will be put in your reader’s notebook.
SS
2. Watch the Gettysburg video. How was the Gettysburg Address different from expectations? What was the purpose? Due Wednesday
3. Create a venn diagram showing the similarities and differences between a Union and Confederate soldier's daily life. Due 9/15
4. Watch the video on total war. What is total war? Was it justified? Due 9/15
5. Read and outline the chapter on reconstruction.
6. Next week we will have a Socratic seminar about total war and the draft riots. Start to gather information
Homework for the week of 9/7
* Complete any paperwork that is due
* Don't forget the Civil War project is due on Monday