10th Grade English (Period 6) Assignments

Finish you Journal entries. You should have answers/reflections on both Journal A and B in order to be ready for the Socratic Circle Summative on Monday.

We are at the end of reading Kite Runner. Our test is scheduled for next Friday.

Reminder: You should be following your reading schedule. We are over halfway through the novel and you should have completed chapter 17 when I see you Wednesday.

I handed out the hardcopy on Monday, but forgot to post an electronic copy of our reading schedule. It is attached here and located under the "About" tab of our Google classroom too. The study guide is also attached.

Dear parents of 10^th graders,

I am proud to announce that the 10^th grade English team finds themselves in an unusual situation. We have finished our novel list for the year early. This was the first year of review and revision for our 10^th grade English curriculum. We have blended previous curriculum titles and new world literature. I am very proud of our students! There efforts and growth have been remarkable!

Together, we have worked hard to re-align our classes with the AP World History class in an effort to better support and prepare students for their AP World test this year and for AP Literature next year. To that end, Mr. Anya and I would like to add an additional novel to the curriculum for after break. We believe it fits nicely with the new curriculum, adding in another geographical region, another cultural voice, and another sophisticated writing style. 

We would like to add Kite Runner by Khaled Hosseini to the curriculum. It is available in most bookstores.

ISBN-10: 159463193X

ISBN-13: 978-1594631931

Thank you for your continued support!

Kristin Schroeder

WSCA

English 10

We have started Great Expectations! Attached is the reading assignments, so that you know what is due when. :) We have already discussed Victorian vocabulary and life, which we will continue to add to as we progress through the novel. We have also been working on our cockney accents as we build our inner reading voice with some complex dialect. I have told students that they need to practice their cockney at home. There is a link on our Google class stream if anyone's accent needs work. :)

Audio books, e-books, and a study guide are all up in our Google classroom under the about page for students quick reference.

We have started Great Expectations!

Students were assigned chapters 1-2 tonight (Thursday) and should read chapters 3-7 over the long break. Tomorrow they get a dialect journal that they should be filling out as they read (due Friday)

Reminder: Essays must be turned in by this evening! I think I changed it so that you could resubmit if you needed to fix a formatting error. (Some of you discussed needing to add page numbers for your citations.)

Study tonight! Your test is next time we meet.

Just as an update as we come to the end of our historical fiction unit...

 

At this point students should have finished reading the novel, "In the Time of the Butterflies." Hopefully they have enjoyed the story as well as the author's craft.

 

We had some great discussions and analysis in class. Great discussions and deep learning sometimes take a little longer than planned however. For that reason Mr. Anaya and I moved our test dates back.

 

We will start our process essay (this one is coming home and should be typed on a computer or ipad and turned in to TurnItIn.com) when we next meet. Outlines will be due Thursday/Friday (1/29-30). Final drafts will be due Monday (2/1). 

 

Our multiple choice unit test will be on Tuesday/Wednesday next week (2/2-3)

Here is handout 3, so that you can complete your reading assignment.

Make sure you are keeping up with your reading.

Important Update! Need the book, In the Time of the Butterflies? There is a free e-reader version online. Here is the link!!!

Here is the reading schedule and the study guide for In the Time of the Butterflies. We will be using these throughout the month of January. They are also posted under the "About" tab of our Google Classroom.

H.W: Finish the novel, Things Fall Apart.

We will have our in class literary DBQ (narrative essay) on Wednesday. We have already analyzed document B together in class last week. I will give you the remaining documents on Wednesday. You will read, analyze, and respond to the District Commissioner's one-sided, Eurocentric viewpoint using Oberika's voice supported with your knowledge of Igbo logic and customs.

Our Things Fall Apart unit test will be on Monday next week.

1. Read Chapters 20-22 of Things Fall Apart before class Monday. Have the book finished by Wednesday.

2. Folktale projects are presenting on Monday.

3. Narrative Essay on Wednesday (in-class).

4. Things Fall Apart Unit Test is Friday the 11th. Be studying! The study guide is located on Google Class under the about tab. (Also attached here.)

Make sure you have read through chapter 19 before class tomorrow.

Today in class we discussed cultural tourism and community (including our own WSCA tribal customs). We also had our initial peak at our writing assessment for this unit (which will take place before Christmas break)

HW: Read Chapters 9-10 in Things Fall Apart.

Students should have completing reading up through chapter 7 of Things Fall Apart. 

Brave New World is done! (The multiple choice test is in the gradebook, but I am still working on grading the essays. )

We have officially started Things Fall Apart. Students should be reading chapters 1-3 over the long weekend.

The Brave New World test is coming! Tonight you finish the book (due Thursday/Friday). The essay will be next Wednesday/Thursday and the Illuminate Assessment will be on Friday.

Read chapters 4-6 before class on Friday.

Read chapters 2-3 of Brave New World before next class.

Start reading chapter 1 of a Brave New World.

As you read, annotate. Look for vocabulary you may not know. Look at the diction choices. What type of tone is the author trying to set? Think about Audience. Recall from our notes, that dystopias are criticizing society. What do you think the author is saying about our society as he writes this? (Notice how I am pulling items we discussed from DUCATS for you to look for? )

Yeah! You finished Merchant of Venice. :) Enjoy a night off.

Remember to bring Aldous Huxley's Brave New World to class on Friday. We are going to be getting the reading schedule on Friday as well as discussing the genre and discuss why Huxley uses shock scenes to get across his point.

Study for Monday's test (multiple choice) and Wednesday's in-class essay. Study your notes! You can also use the figurative language list and your info graphic photo to review.

You should be finished with Merchant of Venice. :) Act 5 Reading Quiz tomorrow in class. Also due is your infographic from Monday. This is a great study aid to review the plot. Remember that your infographic should contain a visual and summary of each of the five acts, as well as three literary devices.

Reminder, acts 3 and 4 should be done by Monday. There will be a reading quiz. 

Act 2 should be read before class tomorrow. You will have a reading quiz when you arrive to class.  We will then be working in our groups on your scene presentations. 

As we approach the halfway point, make sure you are keeping up (or slightly ahead) with our reading schedule.

 

H.W. Reading Log: Merchant of Venice

10^th Grade- 2015

Average reading time 20-40 minutes a block

Due 9/10-11 (Thursday/Friday): Act 2.6-9

Professional Development Day: No School

Due 9/15-16 (Tuesday/Wednesday):  Act 3.1-2

Due 9/17-18 (Thursday/Friday): Act 3.3-5

Due 9/21 (Monday): Act 4.1-2

Due 9/22-23 (Tuesday/Wednesday): Act 5

Remember that you need to have act 2.1-2.5 read for class tomorrow. We will be working on a close reading in our groups and working on our acting presentations.

Today we completed the imaginary plate stage exercise. We examined the 1591 test: "A Work worth the Reading" and took notes on Elizabethan society's view on women and marriage.

HW: Read Act 1.3 and 2.1 before our next class.

Make sure you have read through Act 1.2 in Merchant of Venice. Come ready to discuss tomorrow as we look at some historical texts.

Today in class we discussed identity, which relates to our genre (Bildungsroman), and how it influences our perceptions and interactions of others. We also questioned Hesse's credentials as an authority on Buddhism and India.

We did not get to our poems today, so we will use them next class. Make sure you have identified the aspects of STARS for your poem (see the back of your poem). We will use them next class.

Summer Reading Assignments are mostly in, but if your haven't gotten yours in yet, know that they MUST be in by Wednesday in order to participate in our class discussion. Our class discussion is the last step before our Siddhartha summative on Friday.

Paperwork Note: The beginning of the year is always a little organizationally heavy. You should have: e-signed your syllabus, turned in your iPad agreement (to Mrs. Schroeder), and gotten your class supplies (college ruled composition books, two pocket folder, divider/small binder for English).

Today we finished applying the bildungroman genre to Siddhartha and discussed the basics of Hinduism and Buddhism and how they function in the novel. We had the option to try relaxation meditation. Then we received a poet to read. Make sure you are familiar with your poem(s), as we will be writing about them on Monday.

Please make sure you have read the syllabus and signed online.

 

Bring a pillow to class on Thursday/Friday (8/20-21).

 

Try to have your supplies with you, especially the college-ruled composition books. We will be using those all the time.