Homework: April 28

Honors English 12 (G block)

• If you're in the Zootopia group, you present on Monday!
• Check your calendar for upcoming dates and assignments. 
• Read your Book Club book.

English 11 (A block)

• Complete the front side of the character organizer.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Work on your comparative essay.

English 11 (D block)

• Complete the front side of the character organizer.

Comparative essay resources--Honors English 11

Review 1: Starts with an extended metaphor: http://www.nytimes.com/2013/11/10/books/review/the-beginning-of-everything-and-living-with-jackie-chan.html

Review 2: Starts with an example: https://www.nytimes.com/2016/02/21/books/review/pagan-kennedys-inventology-and-adam-grants-originals.html?_r=0

Homework: April 27

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Study vocabulary.
• Start working on/planning/writing your comparative review for Strength in What Remains and The Arrival.

English 11 (D block)

• Study vocabulary!

Creative Writing II (E block)

• Daily Diary!
• And, if you haven't read/marked up the Margaret Atwood readings, make sure you do!

Homework: April 26

English 11 (D block)

• Study for your vocabulary test and read your independent reading book!

Creative Writing II (E block)

• Make sure you've completed the marking up and the workshop letters for Stephen and Julie's pieces.
• Read "The Page" and "Murder in the Dark"--keeping in mind that both are about writing. What is each saying, and how is each saying it?

Honors English 12 (G block)

• If you haven't completed your response to The Breakfast Club, make sure you do, and upload it, by tomorrow at 5. If you didn't do one for Moonlight, and if you weren't in The Breakfast Club group, you NEED to do this response.

English 11 (A block)

• Study for your vocabulary test and read your independent reading book!

Homework: April 25

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Read and mark up the "Stranger in the Photo" assignment sheet and model. We'll talk about it tomorrow before we start watching Zootopia!

English 11 (A block)

• Study your vocabulary words! The quiz is on Friday.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Consider the messages that the book conveys, and decide: WHAT IS THE MOST VALUABLE IDEA that we gain from Strength in What Remains? Write is as a statement.
• Read and mark up the assignment sheet and model examples.

Homework: April 24

English 11 (A block)

• Write your 10-minute (1-page) response: 
• What is a piece of advice you’ve been given in your life. Did you take the advice? Why/why not? How did/does it affect you?
• Your vocabulary quiz is FRIDAY!

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Complete the questions on the handout, #1-5. 
• Your vocabulary quiz is FRIDAY!

English 11 (D block)

• Write your 10-minute (1-page) response: 
• What is a piece of advice you’ve been given in your life. Did you take the advice? Why/why not? How did/does it affect you?
• Your vocabulary quiz is FRIDAY!

Creative Writing (E block)

• Read and mark up the two workshop pieces you received today. Make sure you write at least one of the workshop letters--you'll have time to do the other one in class Wednesday. 

Homework: April 13

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Read Strength chapter 17 and 18.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• Read your book club book!
• Presentations for The Breakfast Club are on Tuesday, 4/25.

Homework: April 12

Creative Writing (E block)

• Finish up your writing exercise, and upload it to Classroom.

Honors English 12 (G block)

• If you're in the Breakfast Club group, you'll present on Tuesday. If you have any slides you want to be able to show, upload them to the Classroom assignment (remember, you can each do this individually--you don't need to have a group powerpoint).

English 11 (A block)

• Complete the handout for Serial episode 2. You can find the link to the episode here, if you need it. https://serialpodcast.org/season-one/2/the-breakup

Homework: April 10

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Study your vocabulary!
• Finish reading chapter 15.

English 11 (D block)

• Study your vocabulary!

Creative Writing (E block)

• Complete your Writing Exercise, due Thursday. Assignment is in Classroom.

Homework: April 4

English 11 (A block)

• Start studying your vocabulary! The quiz is Tuesday, April 11.

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Finish reading chapter 11 in Strength, and start into 12. For both, do a mind map or doodle notes. 

English 11 (D block)

• Study vocabulary!

Creative Writing (E block)

• Read and mark up the excerpt from Dare Me. You'll end up writing a Reader Response.

Homework: April 3

Honors English 11 (C block)

• Read chapter 10 and complete the handout.

English 11 (D block)

• Complete the Serial handout, questions 1-7.

Creative Writing (E block)

• Make sure your writing workshop pieces are fully edited and uploaded to the Google Classroom assignment.

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Our three movies for the film study unit, after we finish Moonlight, are:
• The Breakfast Club
• Room
• Zootopia
• You have a vocab quiz on Friday.