Homework: March 30

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Finish up that Creative Nonfiction essay. You can upload it to Classroom.

English 11 (A block)

• Re-listen to the first 12 minutes of Serial, episode 1, linked here: https://serialpodcast.org/season-one/1/the-alibi
• As you listen, take notes so that you know who the following people are:
• Sarah Koenig (narrator)
• Hae Min Lee
• Adnan Syed
• Rabia Choudry
• Saad Choudry

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Make sure your essay is done and uploaded to TurnItIn.com by 8 PM Friday.
• Complete the book recommendation by Monday--link has been texted to you, and is also in the sidebar.
• Revisit the opening of Strength in What Remains (the part labeled "Burundi, June 2006)--pay attention to the information about Gusimbura.

English 11 (D block)

• Complete questions 1-5 on the handout.

Homework: March 29

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Finish reading chapter 9 in Strength, and complete the accompanying work.
• You have a quiz tomorrow--study up!

English 11 (D block)

• Study for your quiz!

Creative Writing (E block)

• If you have make-up work to complete, do it!
• Make sure your online writing workshop pieces are updated, and spend some time continuing to develop them.

Homework: March 28

English 11 (D block)

• Read your IR book for 15 minutes
• Study for your vocabulary quiz--it's Thursday.
• Complete the Book Review by Monday--you got the link in a Remind text. 

Creative Writing (E block)

• You've finished reading the story "You're Ugly Too." Complete a reader response notebook, using the handout you got in class today to guide you.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Continue to work on your Creative Nonfiction essay.

English 11 (A block)

• Study for your vocabulary quiz--it's Thursday!

Homework: March 27

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Your draft is due tomorrow--be ready to talk with classmates and to start revising your essay.

English 11 (A block)

• Finish your paragraph response to "20 Minutes at Rucker Park."

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Complete the Strength in What Remains chapter 9 work, through page 126.
• Start revising your Gatsby essay--use the feedback. Your final version should be uploaded to TurnItIn.com by 5PM on Friday, March 31.

Homework: March 24

English 11 (A block)
Finish reading "20 Minutes at Rucker Park" and fill in the organizer.

Honors English 11 (C block)
Complete the chapter 8 writing assignment.

English 11 (D block)
Finish reading "20 Minutes at Rucker Park" and complete the organizer.

Creative Writing (E block)
Read the first half of "You're Ugly Too," marking up your observations about how details help establish character and plot.

Your poem writing exercise is due Tuesday, as well as your word collection!

Homework: March 23

Creative Writing II (E block)

• Start reading "You're Ugly Too." Try to get to the text break at the top of page 6. Remember, pay attention to the DETAILS the writer uses to develop plot and character.
• You should be filling up your WORD PAGES in your journal. Collect ALL OF THE WORDS.
• Your poem writing exercise is due Tuesday. 

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Upcoming: 
• You have a vocab quiz on Monday. STUDY for it! 
• You have a draft of your Frankenstein essay due Tuesday, to do some peer review/editing. We will have access to a mobile lab to continue writing and revising. 

Homework: March 22

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Read chapter 8 of Strength in What Remains. Complete a double-entry response (like you did with chapter 6.)

English 11 (D block)

• Your vocab quiz will be on Friday. Use the feedback I gave you today in class. Bring that sheet with you to class on Friday--you'll attach it to your test.
• Complete your project! It's due Friday--visual and written statement. Make sure you use the criteria checklist to make sure you've completed everything!

Homework: March 21

English 11 (A block)

• Your project is due on Friday. All of it!
• Check out the list of criteria on the handout--make sure you've met the requirements listed in each bullet point.
• If you don't know what to do, or have any questions, come talk with Ms. McCarley or me after school!

SPECIAL ANNOUNCEMENT for G block folks: The quiz is moving! The quiz is moving! (To Monday. From Thursday.)

Homework: March 20

Honors English 11 (C block)

• You have a vocab quiz on Wednesday--study those words!
• You should finish reading chapter 7 of Strength in What Remains. Remember, there's a lot of information, and you'll do some mind mapping on Wednesday. To prepare, put sticky notes on pages to remind you when you see information about:
• Deo’s background
• Hutu/Tutsi—Deo’s understanding (and how it changed)
• Burundian history—Deo’s understanding (and how it changed)
• Rwandan history—Deo’s understanding (and how it changed)
• Memory
• Education
• Contrasts and contradictions
• Tough questions—Deo's
• Your questions

English 11 (D block)

• You have a vocab quiz Wednesday--study for it!
• Your full project--visual and explanation--is due Friday.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Collect words! From everywhere! By next Tuesday, you should have a WHOLE LOT, from all kinds of different contexts, written in your journal.
• Start working on your writing exercise--poem. It's due next Tuesday, but I'm going to give you a story to read on Thursday, so get started on the other stuff!

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Vocab quiz--Thursday!
• Continue to work on your Creative Nonfiction essay.

Homework: March 17

Creative Writing (E block)

• If you haven't already done so, read the three short texts I gave out on Wednesday, and mark them up.
• Complete your Daily Diary!

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Our vocabulary quiz next week will be on Thursday. Study up!
• Start working on your Creative Nonfiction piece. Remember:
• It should have some personal element/connection--you can and should tell your own stories as part of this essay.
• Do some research--online? By talking to your friends? Keep track of where you get everything from.
• Start planning/freewriting. As always, the big question is: What are you going to say, and how are you going to say it?

English 11 (A block)

• Study for your vocab quiz--it's Tuesday!
• Fill out the graphic organizer so you're ready to do some writing in class on Tuesday.
• Your project is due Friday!

Homework: March 16

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Write up a 1-paragraph overview of your idea for your Frankenstein paper. We'll talk tomorrow!
• Upcoming dates:
• Essay draft due for workshop: March 28
• Essay final due March 31

English 11 (A block)

• Work on your project visual.
• Upcoming dates:
• Tuesday,  March 21: vocabulary quiz and project writing time
• Friday, March 24: Project (visual and written statement) due

Honors English 11 (C block)

• If you haven't finished chapters 2-5 in Strength in What Remains, make sure you do so and make sure you've completed the Cornell notes format.
• Read chapter 6 in Strength in What Remains, and do a double-entry notebook (in which you choose passages from the text and respond to them). 
• Start studying your vocabulary--there will be a quiz on Wednesday.

English 11 (D block)

• Complete your project visual, and complete the graphic organizer for the written statement.
• Upcoming dates:
• Monday, March 20: Computer time to write statement
• Wednesday, March 22: Vocabulary quiz
• Friday, March 24: Project (visual and written statement) due 

Homework: March 15

English 11 (D block)

• Work on your project and start studying your new vocabulary!

Creative Writing (E block)

• We'll be talking about poetry, and details, next class. I gave you 3 "random" things to read. Mark them up--make notes about what stands out to you. We'll talk Friday.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• You have a vocab quiz tomorrow. Study up!
• Today we chatted about Creative Nonfiction in class. See the slide below for specific observations. Tonight, mark up the example article I gave you to make note of the 4 categories listed on the slide.
  

English 11 (A block)

• Work on your project! Your visual should be done (or, at least, almost done) by Friday.

Homework: March 13

Stay safe during Winter Storm Stella, everyone!

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Read the overview of "Creative Nonfiction" that I gave out in class today.
• Complete the Hamlet performance response--we'll talk next class.

English 11 (A block)

• Work on your "Stories can save us" visual. Remember, the visual part should be well on its way to completion by the end of the week.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Study for your vocabulary quiz!
• Read chapter 5 of Strength and complete Cornell notes.

Homework: March 10

English 11 (A block)

• Work on your project! Try to brainstorm--come up with some ideas for your visual, and be ready to ask questions in class Monday!

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Complete a 3-paragraph SUMMARIZE, RESPOND, CONNECT for Hotel Rwanda. We'll talk about chapters 2-4 of Strength in What Remains on Monday as well, so make sure you're all caught up! 
• And, you have a vocab quiz!

English 11 (D block)

• Plan and start working on the visual part of your project! We're looking to have things done by the end of the week--you don't have to have it done by Tuesday, but you should hopefully have started it!

Creative Writing (E block)

• Finish up your "Beginning" piece, and make sure it's in Classroom.
• Do your Daily Diary.

Homework: March 9

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Read chapter 4 of Strength in What Remains and take Cornell notes. We'll finish Hotel Rwanda on Friday. Remember, you have a quiz on Monday!

English 11 (D block)

• Study for your vocabulary quiz--it's tomorrow!
• Start planning your project. Remember, put in the work now so you can ask questions if you have them!

Creative Writing (E block)

• Work on your story beginning.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Read the Hamlet overview you received today in class.
• Continue to plan your Frankenstein essay idea. We'll talk about models for the essay next class.
• Your vocabulary quiz will be Thursday.
• Continue to consider book club options. I'd like to finalize those next week!

Homework: March 8

Creative Writing II (E block)

• Work on your writing exercise: Start something! You all had an idea today in class that you were starting...keep working!
• Daily Diary!

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Fill out your initial ideas for further examination on the "Star Organizer." 
• In the star in the middle, write "Frankenstein and Now." 
• At the top, write: Topics, motifs, themes  that I'd like to examine further:
• In the boxes around the star, write topics and notes about current day issues that relate to Frankenstein that you'd like to explore further. Make specific notes about each one.
• If you missed today's class, you should watch this TED Talk. 

English 11 (A block)

• Complete the back side of the handout you received today in class.

Homework: March 7

honors English 12
Watch Crash Course Frankenstein, part 2. (Just Google it!)

English 11 (A block)
Complete question 5 on the handout from today's class.

Honors English 11 (C block)
Read chapter 3, take Cornell notes.

English 11 (D block)
Complete the brainstorming page for the project handout we started today.

Homework: March 6

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Finish reading Chapter 2 of Strength in What Remains, and take notes in the Cornell notes format--remember, you're just completing the large box...we'll do the side and bottom in class. 

English 12 (D block)

• If you need to finish the handout from class, do so! 
• Study for your quiz--it's Friday.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Make sure you've read and made notes on 2 of the stories I gave you today. 
• Do your daily diary, and start planning your writing exercise--to Start Something!

Homework: March 2

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Start writing your "Decisions" essay--it'll be due on Tuesday, and I'll take questions in class tomorrow.

English 11 (A block)

• Identify what you think are the most important WORD, PHRASE and SENTENCE in the section of "The Lives of the Dead" that we read today. For each, explain why you chose it.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Read Strength in What Remains, up to the break on page 22, and take some notes on PEOPLE, EVENTS, and EXPERIENCES in the biggest box of the Cornell notes structure we set up today. You can find the directions here, if you want.  Remember, you're getting settled in the story--work on figuring out what's important. 

Homework: March 1

Honors English 11 (C block)
Read the intro pages for Strength in What Remains. For each, wrote down your observations, questions and connections.

English 11 (D block)
Pick out the most important word, phrase and sentence from the section of the story we read today in class. For each, wrote an explanation of why you chose it.

Creative Writing II (E block)
Read and make notes on the novel first chapter that you hadn't yet read.

New York Times book first chapters

Here it is!