Homework: October 31

Creative Writing (E block)

• Write a reader response to "Turbulence"--you don't have to do the quotations part, just do the first part.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Make sure you're reading The Body, AND your book club book.
• Your next DAY 2 check in (including the vocabulary you got today), is Thursday.

English 11 (A block)

• Make flashcards for your new words. The quiz will be next Wednesday.
• Complete the organizer you received in class today for at least 2 texts. 

Homework: October 28

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Make sure you're reading The Body, AND your book club book. If you're presenting chapters 8-12, you should be ready to go (probably on Tuesday). Let me know what your chosen motifs are.

English 11 (A block)

• Complete the seminar response. You received a handout with instructions at the end of class on Friday.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Work on your opinion piece. It's due Wednesday.

English 11 (D block)

• Your reflection for the seminar is due on Monday--make sure you complete it!

Homework: October 27

H. English 11 (C block)

• Finish up your essay revisions and study for your quiz.

English 11 (D block)

• Good job in today's seminar. You received a text with the guidelines for the reflection--if you didn't, check in the sidebar of this website.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Finish your character sketch assignment--due Monday.

Homework: October 26

English 11 (D block)

• Study vocab--we have a quiz tomorrow!

Creative Writing (E block)

• Keep working on your character sketch stuff. It's due Monday.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Where were you all today?!
• We had a quiz...if you were absent, plan to make it up tomorrow afternoon or next week!
• We'll start presentations for The Body on Friday. The motif we'll focus on for Chapter 2 is NEIGHBORHOOD, and for Chapter 3 it's PROGRESS.
• Your Comparative Essay is due Friday--you can upload it to Google Classroom.

English 11 (A block)

• We got off to a GREAT start today with our first seminar. We'll hear from the other group next class.
• You have a quiz next class. Study for it!!!

Homework: October 25

Honors English 12 (G block)

• All you need to know is on the handout from class today. Big news is that our vocabulary quiz will be tomorrow. Make sure you're reading The Body!

English 11 (A block)

• Prepare for tomorrow's seminar discussion, using the handouts you received in class today as well as your texts (True Diary, "Reservation Mathematics," notes from Smoke Signals).
• Study your vocabulary--quiz is Friday!

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Work on your essay revisions. They're due Friday.
• Also Friday: your vocabulary quiz! 

Homework: October 24

English 11 (A block)

• Make vocab flashcards. Your quiz will be on FRIDAY!!!
• For each of the two motifs you identified in class today, find 10 moments that illustrate that motif.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• You have essay revisions to be working on--work on 'em! Revision is due Friday. We'll be working on other things in class starting tomorrow, but will take time for questions, so figure out if you have questions!
• Study vocabulary--quiz on Friday.

English 11 (D block)

• Prepare for Wednesday's seminar discussion by finding moments in all of Sherman Alexie's texts that represent COMFORT and CONFINEMENT. (See the handout for more information.)
• Study for your quiz--it's THURSDAY this week because we'll miss class on Friday for the rally.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Work on your character sketch assignment--steps 1 and 2 tonight, so you're ready next class to start writing a monologue and the sketch itself.

Homework: October 21

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Read the two articles I gave you today, and make some notes on the handout I provided. We'll be doing some argument writing next week.
• Start studying your vocabulary--quiz is FRIDAY (Day 5).
• We'll work on essay revisions next week, as well. Hooray!

English 11 (D block)

• Complete your MOTIF work in your journal. Remember, two motifs, 10 moments for each motif.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Write a paragraph in which you place your character from the character activity out by the river, and write a scene. What would he/she be doing out there? Is anyone else there?

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Work on your Comparative Essay--due next Friday.
• Study your vocabulary!
• Start reading/marking The Body. We'll start student-led presentations next week. If you weren't in class on Friday to get a book and to sign up for a presentation slot, come by on Monday to get it!

Homework: October 20

Creative Writing (E block)

• Read your Independent Reading book. Find THREE moments of character description in your book--throw a sticky note at each and jot notes about what the author is doing to create character.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Start studying your vocabulary for next week's vocabulary quiz--it's WEDNESDAY (day 3) next week.
• We started working on a Comparative Review assignment of Room and another text (movie, book, film). If you weren't in class today, you can find a copy of the assignment in Google Classroom. Please check it out and start doing some brainstorming/planning. It's due next Friday.

English 11 (A block)

• Write a 3-paragraph response to the film Smoke Signals. You have the instructions on a bright pink paper labelled Reading Reactions.

Homework: October 18

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Finish up and submit that essay. Remember, you need to hit TURN IN on Google Classroom by 8. You should be going to bed early tonight to rest up for the PSATs...

English 11 (D block)

• You have a quiz on Friday--study for it!
• You should complete a 3-paragraph Reading Reaction for the film Smoke Signals. You have instructions on a bright pink handout.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Complete your dialogue assignment.
• Start the character handout--use the guidelines below. 
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Homework: October 17

English 11 (D block)

• Study your new vocabulary words. You'll have a quiz on Friday (Day 7) this week instead of Day 5, because of the PSATs.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Work on your independent pieces.
• Work on your dialogue exercise--due Thursday.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Complete your reflection for today's seminar. On Thursday, bring with you:
• Your seminar prep work.
• Your notes that you took during the seminar.
• Your reflection (1-2 pages).
• Figure out your book club book--what do you want to read, and who do you want to read with?

English 11 (A block)

• Study your vocabulary! Your quiz is on Day 6 this week (Thursday) because of the PSATs.

Homework: October 14

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Prepare for your seminar discussion--it's Monday.
• Consider what you'd like to read for book club. Start finding some people to read with you. We'll confirm books next week. Below is the slide from class today; you don't need to pick one of these, but you can!
  

English 11 (A block)

• Make flashcards for your new words.
• Read your IR book.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Work on your essay! It's due on Tuesday. You'll have time in class on Tuesday to work on it, and you'll need to submit it in Google Classroom by 8. 

Homework: October 13

English 11 (A block)

• Read your IR book!

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Work on your essay. You'll have time with computers tomorrow, and Tuesday. It'll be due Tuesday by the end of the day.

English 11 (D block)

• Write your revision of your "Why We Play Basketball" paragraph. Use the graphic organizer I gave you if it's helpful.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Work on your 1-2 page dialogue exercise (description on the handout from class today). It's due Wednesday of next week.

Homework: October 12

Honors English 11 (C block)

• I texted you, via Remind, the following resources:
• Link to Alexie interview.
• Today's writing slide.
• The transcript of our seminar discussion.
• (If you can't access them on Remind, you should be able to find them in the sidebar of this page.)
• Tonight, continue to work on prep. We'll have computers to use tomorrow and Friday.

English 11 (D block)

• Complete the paragraph response to "Why We Play Basketball." The front of the paper is an organizer, and you should use it to help you write a draft. Tomorrow, I'll collect it, as well as your prep work you did for class today, and we'll work on a second draft.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Complete a Saw/Did/Dialogue/Picture page.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• You have a quiz Friday!
• We'll start thinking about new book club books, and get that whole thing set up, next class.
• Start prepping for the seminar discussion for Room and the poems "Snow" and "Burnt Norton." Both are directly referenced in the book. The seminar discussion will be on Monday.

Homework: October 7

Creative Writing (E block)

• Finish reading "Where Are You Going, Where Have You Been?" and complete a Reader Response (pink paper).

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Final book club is on Wednesday. Be ready to chat!
• Read "Costume Drama." It's a good example of the type of personal essay that you'd want for a college essay (though it's longer). 
• Work on your personal essay. Make some revisions. 

English 11 (A block)

• Complete the handout from class today, including the back.

Homework: October 6

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Update=you don't need to give me a final draft of your personal essay tomorrow. I still have your drafts, and I'll give them back to you tomorrow.
• We will do some writing in class tomorrow. You will submit your mind map with your response tomorrow, and you should have all of your texts with you.

English 11 (A block)

• Study your vocabulary! Your quiz was postponed from today, so it's tomorrow!!!
• Finish your draft paragraph for "Reservation Mathematics."

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Study your vocabulary for a quiz--it's on Monday Wednesday!
• Start planning, prepping, researching, and pulling evidence for your analytical essay. If you don't know the meanings of the terms on the front of the paper, you're looking them up and making some notes. You should spend at least 20 minutes on this work, and should be ready to share it in class on Wednesday.

English 11 (D block)

• Write your response to "Why We Play Basketball." It's a fairly informal response...write a couple of paragraphs:
• Here's what I know is going on...
• Here's what I think is important, because...
• Here's what I think is important, but I'm not sure why... Maybe...

Homework: October 5

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Write your reflection for today's seminar discussion. If you didn't get the slide with the prompts via Remind, check the sidebar of this website.

English 11 (D block)

• You have a quiz tomorrow! Study for it. Make sure you practice comparing words to each other.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Do some writing. 

Homework: October 4

English 11 (D block)

• Read your new IR book!
• Study your vocabulary--you have a quiz coming up on Thursday.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Complete your dialogue exercise--I sent you the information via Remind. We'll have computers tomorrow to do writing workshop.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Prep for book club--we'll have a quick meeting on section 4 of the book on Thursday.

English 11 (A block)

• Finish the graphic organizer (or draft) of your paragraph about "Reservation Mathematics."
• Study your vocabulary--you have a quiz on Thursday!

Homework: October 3

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Draft of your personal essay is due. Print it!
• We watched Pleasantville, from 1:03-1:31-ish. If you have Netflix, watch that section so you'll be ready to go for tomorrow!

English 11 (A block)

• Read True Diary to page 218. We'll finish in class tomorrow!
• Study vocabulary--quiz is on Thursday.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Prepare for your Seminar discussion (it's Wednesday). You can do your prep on the back of your mind map, or on a separate sheet of paper. Find specific moments, quotations, and connections--the motifs we'll discuss are COMFORT and CONFINEMENT.