Resources/Handouts
Week of 4/6-4/10:
***Update***
Our continued learning in all English classes will be conducted on Office 365 Teams!
Please login to your Microsoft accounts and access the English class for new assignments. I will continue to post updated here as well.
I will be holding office hours weekly - still working out that piece but email me at bellk@issaquah.wednet.edu for a response to any questions or concerns!
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Week of 3/30/20-4/3/20
9th Grade Students (periods 3 &4):
- FREE ONLINE RESOURCES For Language Arts...
Libby App: This app offers digital books, audiobooks, and magazines from your public library. Website: https://www.overdrive.com/apps/libby/
Audible: While school is on pause, Audible is offering students free access to their books. Check it out! Website: https://stories.audible.com/start-listen
- You may work to complete any missing assignments, or the assignment that was posted last week from the Literacy Shed
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3/23/20 - 3/27/20
9th Grade Students (periods 3 &4):
- UPDATE! **You may work to complete any missing assignments, or the assignment that was posted last week from the Literacy Shed
- NO RED INK! THIS WEEK: www.noredink.com/
- I've created multiple assignments with "due" dates for Friday 3/27
- As always these are not graded but can be fun and enriching
- EMAIL ME if you forgot your login/password
- noredink.com class code/login: common raisin 14
3/20/20
9th Grade Students (periods 3 &4):
- Below is an optional writing assignment that corresponds with an activity on the website, The Literacy Shed
- Ruin by Wes Ball.. https://www.literacyshed.com/ruin.html
- Reach out to me via email or skyward if you need any support!!
Letter to Senior Self:
Liberty High School
16655 SE 136th STREET
Renton, WA 98059
December 3, 2019
Dear Future Self AKA (insert name here),
INTRODUCTION: You are currently ______ years old and writing this letter to your future self. You are reading this letter as a ________ year old, a senior in high school. I hope you have made growth academically and athletically. OR in these two areas ___________ & ___________.
1st Paragraph: DESCRIBE WHAT YOU ARE CURRENTLY DOING IN HIGH SCHOOL. Currently, I’m sitting in my 9th grade English class....
-I play on the _________ team and sing in the choir. I have three best friends, _______________, ______________, and ________________. I spend most of my time with these friends outside of the school. We go to the ___________, _____________, and hiking.
2nd Paragraph: Talk about your current values and beliefs...
I believe in animal rights and my favorite animal is my dog, Boris.
3rd Paragraph: Explain your goals / hopes for the future. I’m looking forward to graduating high school
CONCLUSION: Overall...
2LifeinElizabethanEngland1.pdfElizabethan England - Pre-reading Project
Act 1 - Writing Prompts
-Choose 1 and write a full paragraph meeting requirements reviewed in class
Act 2, Scene 4 – Pages 104 – 120 Guiding QUESTIONS (pink sheet)
What is the setting of the scene?
What do Benvolio and Mercutio say has arrived at the Montague house for Romeo? What does it mean? What is their reaction?
How does Mercutio describe Tybalt on page 106 (lines 18 to 24)? What does this say about Tybalt’s personality?
Who do Benvolio and Mercutio believe Romeo is in love with?
How does Mercutio (and some of his other friends) treat the Nurse?
What is the Nurse’s reaction?
What information is the Nurse to carry to Juliet from Romeo? What else is Romeo arranging to be delivered to the Capulet house? Why?
Romeo & Juliet Act 3, Sc. 3 - Guiding Questions (yellow sheet)
1. What three reasons does Friar Laurence give Romeo to show that he should be happy?
Reason 1:_______________________________________________________________
Reason 2:________________________________________________________________
Reason 3:________________________________________________________________
2. In Scene 3, the Nurse gives Romeo a gift from Juliet. What is the gift?
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3. What decision does Capulet make, thinking that it will cheer up Juliet?
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4. What is Paris’ reply when Capulet makes his announcement?
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5. Why does Juliet want to believe the songbird she can hear is a nightingale, not a lark?
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6. Why do Juliet’s parents believe she is upset? What is their plan to help cheer her?
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