Block 1 English 9 Assignments
- Instructors
- Term
- 2019-2020
- Department
- (b) English / Language Arts
Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Have one of your annotated bibliography entries done by class on Wednesday so that I can check that you are doing it correctly. The final annotated bibliography with both of your sources is not due until Monday.
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Here is your Zoom Link for Monday
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Here is you Zoom Link. I have also added the presentation and the homework for next Monday.
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If you made below 25 points on the beta, you must re-perform. The attached form has directions for both the re-performance and the extension. You are NOT required to extend. Use your notes and the original comma presentation (also attached). Email the work to me. I will not check for it here.
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You may turn in the work here.
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Here is the presentation from today and your reading questions that are due after spring break. Most of you found the new zoom link and were able to attend class today. Good work!
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I posted the template and extra help for the practice thesis. The presentation for today along with the stance chart, which is due Wednesday, are also posted.
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Here are the questions that are due today (Wednesday). I have also included the presentation for today.
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Read the Prologue, Chapters 1 and 2. On the same Google doc, type up your journal #1 and your four examples and explanations of nostalgia (the info is on the Day 1 presentation). Upload that doc to Google class before we meet again on Monday.
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Final draft of genre comparison essay due to Turn It In before class Thursday. Comma beta in class on Thursday.
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Complete rough draft due Tuesday, March 10th. If you do not have a complete essay on Tuesday, you will not receive credit for the rough draft. It must be complete.
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Use the form provided for your alpha paragraph
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Be prepared to share your information with your group.
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Use the information from the fight scene comparative graphic organizer to write a paragraph. There are basic instructions at the bottom of the comparison chart. You do not need internal citation this time. Do not analyze the same DIDLS element that you used for the love scene. Follow this outline:
Topic Sentence - state that the two plays have similar scenes but that their (diction, imagery, language, details, syntax) creates the difference in genre.
Evidence 1 - Quote from R&J
Explanation 1 - Explain what is going on in the quotation
Analysis 1 - Explain how the device in the quotation (diction, imagery, language, details, syntax) creates the tragic effect.
Evidence 2 - Quote from Midsummer
Explanation 2 - Explain what is going on in the quotation
Analysis 2 - Explain how the device in the quotation (diction, imagery, or language) creates the comic effect.
Topic Sentence - state that the two plays have similar scenes but that their (diction, imagery, language, details, syntax) creates the difference in genre.
Evidence 1 - Quote from R&J
Explanation 1 - Explain what is going on in the quotation
Analysis 1 - Explain how the device in the quotation (diction, imagery, language, details, syntax) creates the tragic effect.
Evidence 2 - Quote from Midsummer
Explanation 2 - Explain what is going on in the quotation
Analysis 2 - Explain how the device in the quotation (diction, imagery, or language) creates the comic effect.
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Edit your original paragraph and then pate it onto this document.
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Use the information from the love scene comparative graphic organizer to write a paragraph. There are basic instructions at the bottom of the comparison chart. You do not need internal citation this time. Follow this outline:
Topic Sentence - state that the two plays have similar scenes but that their (diction, imagery, or language) creates the difference in genre.
Evidence 1 - Quote from R&J
Explanation 1 - Explain what is going on in the quotation
Analysis 1 - Explain how the device in the quotation (diction, imagery, or language) creates the tragic effect.
Evidence 2 - Quote from Midsummer
Explanation 2 - Explain what is going on in the quotation
Analysis 2 - Explain how the device in the quotation (diction, imagery, or language) creates the comic effect.
Topic Sentence - state that the two plays have similar scenes but that their (diction, imagery, or language) creates the difference in genre.
Evidence 1 - Quote from R&J
Explanation 1 - Explain what is going on in the quotation
Analysis 1 - Explain how the device in the quotation (diction, imagery, or language) creates the tragic effect.
Evidence 2 - Quote from Midsummer
Explanation 2 - Explain what is going on in the quotation
Analysis 2 - Explain how the device in the quotation (diction, imagery, or language) creates the comic effect.
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Have the entire rough draft completed for class on Thursday.
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Complete a full rough draft of sonnet #3 to peer edit on Wednesday.
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The attached document is for drafting. When you are finished, type the sonnet into a new document and submit it to Turn It In by Wednesday.
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Complete the sheet. Then, type your alpha conceit on a doc and upload it to Google class.
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Make sure you have completed the first three conceits on this sheet. We will complete the final conceit once we read the end of Act three on Thursday.
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You need the Folger Shakespeare Library Edition of Romeo and Juliet when we return from break. ISBN 9781451621709. I will only have copies for those who filled out the book survey at the beginning of the year.
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Read chapters 11-13 in To Kill A Mockingbird. No characterization packet. We will work on it on Tuesday.
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Look back at the map of your childhood neighborhood and choose one of the memories that you listed next to one of the landmarks. This should be one of the memories that you remember the most details about.
Write out the memory from start to finish. Include lots of detail so that the memory would come alive for a reader.
After you have written out the complete memory you will turn the narrative into a poem.
Your poem should include internal rhyme or end rhyme. It should include imagery and vivid verbs.
Your lines may be of varying length, but should be representative of poetry, not prose.
Write out the memory from start to finish. Include lots of detail so that the memory would come alive for a reader.
After you have written out the complete memory you will turn the narrative into a poem.
Your poem should include internal rhyme or end rhyme. It should include imagery and vivid verbs.
Your lines may be of varying length, but should be representative of poetry, not prose.
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When you walk into class, I will have you paste the work onto a new document and you will upload it into TurnItIn. You will not have time to work on the betas. They must be done when you walk into class.
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Use the information we went over in class today to write your two new travel logs. All of the information you need is on the beta handout that you received. Both of the travel logs need to be done by the time you come to class on Monday. We are not working on the Jane Shaffer portion yet.
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Now that we have reviewed the first 12 books of The Odyssey, you have seen how four of the Ancient Greek values shape Odysseus’ journey home to Ithaka. Write a paragraph in which you discuss the role of respect for the gods or ingenuity and how the value plays a significant role in the journey of Odysseus and/or other characters. Make sure to give specific evidence from the text and analyze your examples:
Jane Schaffer Format
Topic Sentence
Evidence/Detail
Elaboration 1>Explanation
Elaboration 2>Analysis
Evidence/Detail
Elaboration 1>Explanation
Elaboration 2>Analysis
Conclusion Sentence
Jane Schaffer Format
Topic Sentence
Evidence/Detail
Elaboration 1>Explanation
Elaboration 2>Analysis
Evidence/Detail
Elaboration 1>Explanation
Elaboration 2>Analysis
Conclusion Sentence
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Write a paragraph detailing how the value of hospitality is exemplified in Odysseus’ encounter with the cyclops. Explain how this value plays a significant role in Odysseus’ survival of this obstacle in his journey. Make sure to give specific evidence from the text and analyze your examples.
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Be prepared to present your allusion assignment to the class next Tuesday.
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Complete the travel log described on the attached document. Type directly into the document and upload it to Google class