English 10 (Period 4) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Erika McGuire
- Term
- Spring 2012
- Department
- English
- Description
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This course further develops a student's basic language and composition skills, including vocabulary, spelling, sentence construction and concept development. Writing will be taught as a process with instruction in each of the stages: pre-writing, drafting, sharing, revising, and evaluation. Assignments will stress the concepts of unity, coherence, logical development and appropriate diction. The literature component further develops analytical and reading comprehension skills in the different genres: novel, drama, poetry, short story, and non-fiction. Students will develop listening and speaking skills, deliver oral reports, and complete a research project.
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I have attached a copy of the AP English 11 handout that was not included in the summer reading link.
Keep reviewing your TKAMB questions in preparation for the final.
Keep reviewing your TKAMB questions in preparation for the final.
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Print out summer reading assignment.
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I will accept emailed essays until 6:45 p.m. today.
Bring a hard copy of the summer reading assignment to class on Monday.
Bring a hard copy of the summer reading assignment to class on Monday.
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Final Essay due FRIDAY! No late essays will be accepted. If you are going to be absent, please email me the final draft on FRIDAY.
Thanks!
Thanks!
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Final essay due Friday! Essay must be typed and in MLA format. No late essays will be accepted.
If you are going to be absent, please mail the essay to: [email protected]
If you are going to be absent, please mail the essay to: [email protected]
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Complete the self revision for the rough draft.
Bring in a clean and revised 2nd rough draft for peer review.
Remember: All typed essays are due on FRIDAY. If you are absent on Friday you must turn the essay in earlier or email it to me on Friday.
Bring in a clean and revised 2nd rough draft for peer review.
Remember: All typed essays are due on FRIDAY. If you are absent on Friday you must turn the essay in earlier or email it to me on Friday.
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Complete the rough draft of your essay. Essay notes and organizers are available in class. We will be peer editing essays on Tuesday!
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Choose an essay option and complete the pre-write. The pre-write must include your thesis, three significant events from the novel that support the thesis, and two quotes for each event.
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Complete character charts:
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Complete the character chart for chapters 9-11.
Read chapters 14-15 and answer the chapter questions.
Read chapters 14-15 and answer the chapter questions.
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Complete the journal for chapter 11.
Read chapters 12-13 and answer the questions.
Complete the vocabulary for list 11.
All three assignments are due the next class period.
Read chapters 12-13 and answer the questions.
Complete the vocabulary for list 11.
All three assignments are due the next class period.
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The chapter 9 "Says, Say, So Chart" was do today. Here is the chart in case you were absent.
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Complete the character charts for chapter 4-8. You may need more than one event per character to properly characterize, Atticus, Scout, and Jem.
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Here is a copy of the chapter 5 questions. Read chapter 5 and questions due today!
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Complete the vocabulary practice for TKAMB (Copies available in class).
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In case you were absent, here are the chapter questions for TKAMB from FRIDAY.
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Complete the Boo Radley "One Pager" on the back of the attached assignment directions.
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Write a paragraph, like the paragraph below, about the city or town you discussed in your quick-write. (The quick-write asked you: What is your favorite city? Why do you like it so much?)
Describe the sights, sounds, people, weather, etc.
“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’-clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.
People moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around it, took their time about everything. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (5-6)
Describe the sights, sounds, people, weather, etc.
“Maycomb was an old town, but it was a tired old town when I first knew it. In rainy weather the streets turned to red slop; grass grew on the sidewalks, the courthouse sagged in the square. Somehow, it was hotter then: a black dog suffered on a summer’s day; bony mules hitched to Hoover carts flicked flies in the sweltering shade of the live oaks on the square. Men’s stiff collars wilted by nine in the morning. Ladies bathed before noon, after their three-o’-clock naps, and by nightfall were like soft teacakes with frostings of sweat and sweet talcum.
People moved slowly then. They ambled across the square, shuffled in and out of the stores around it, took their time about everything. A day was twenty-four hours long but seemed longer. There was no hurry, for there was nowhere to go, nothing to buy and no money to buy it with, nothing to see outside the boundaries of Maycomb County. But it was a time of vague optimism for some of the people: Maycomb County had recently been told that it had nothing to fear but fear itself.” (5-6)
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Complete the vocab chart for List 8.
Complete the handout on connotation and denotation for chapter 1 of TKAMB.
Complete the handout on connotation and denotation for chapter 1 of TKAMB.
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Read chapter 1 of To Kill A Mockingbird. Complete questions for chapter 1.
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Vocabulary charts, definitions, and sentences due tomorrow.
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Read "Strange Fruit" and complete the following questions:
1. An extended metaphor is when two unalike things are being compared over many lines of text. What seems to be the extended metaphor in this song? In other words, what two things are being compared throughout this song?
2.Which lines use a lot of imagery, and what images do these lines create?
3.What seems to be the song’s overall tone?
4.What phrases and images create this tone?
1. An extended metaphor is when two unalike things are being compared over many lines of text. What seems to be the extended metaphor in this song? In other words, what two things are being compared throughout this song?
2.Which lines use a lot of imagery, and what images do these lines create?
3.What seems to be the song’s overall tone?
4.What phrases and images create this tone?
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Complete the "Day in the Life of..." story.
Complete your vocabulary for List 7.
Complete your vocabulary for List 7.
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A day in the life.. research portion only is due on Monday.
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Thursday's Timed Writing:
What do you think happened at the end of the story? Why does Mr. White beg his wife not to let "it" into the house? What does he mean? What is he afraid of? Who or what was outside of the house?
What do you think happened at the end of the story? Why does Mr. White beg his wife not to let "it" into the house? What does he mean? What is he afraid of? Who or what was outside of the house?
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Complete The Monkey's Paw questions.
Complete the 1 page summary of The Monkey's Paw.
Complete the 1 page summary of The Monkey's Paw.
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Complete the vocabulary for List 4.
Complete the handout on Comparatives and Superlatives. If you need an extra copy see Ms. McGuire before class.
Complete the handout on Comparatives and Superlatives. If you need an extra copy see Ms. McGuire before class.
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Write a conclusion paragraph for yesterday's timed writing. Even if you did not complete the timed writing you can still write a conclusion to the following question:
What is Lindsay's purpose in writing "Life is a Gift"?
Write your conclusion on the index card.
What is Lindsay's purpose in writing "Life is a Gift"?
Write your conclusion on the index card.
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Complete the misplaced modifier practice.
Complete the vocab chart.
Complete the vocab chart.
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Complete the Tone and Mood Practice.
Complete your 12 definitions and 12 sentences.
Complete your 12 definitions and 12 sentences.
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Create a section in your binder, or have a folder for you to collect all of your English class handouts.
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Complete the figurative language handout.
Complete the 12 definitions and sentences for Greek and Latin roots list #1
Complete the 12 definitions and sentences for Greek and Latin roots list #1
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Today I checked the "Administration of Justice" Packet for completeion. Bring it with you on Monday, so that we may discuss it.