Homework: May 14

English 11 (F block)

• Start studying your new vocab!

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Work on your Strength in What Remains/The Arrival response.

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Analytical film essays are due tomorrow!

English 11 (C block)

• Read Gatsby to the bottom of page 34. Mark it up!

Homework: May 10

English 11 (C block)

• Study vocabulary--you have a quiz tomorrow!

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Work on your Strength in What Remains/The Arrival comparative essay.

English 11 (F block)

• Finish reading chapter 2 in Gatsby. 

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Work on your Strength in What Remains/The Arrival comparative essay.

Homework: May 7

English 11 (C block)

• Study your vocabulary--you have a quiz coming up Friday.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Start thinking/planning/organizing/drafting your Comparative Review of Strength in What Remains and The Arrival. The full assignment is in Classroom.

English 11 (F block)

• Add to your Gatsby character chart.
• Study your vocabulary--you have a quiz coming up Friday.

Homework: April 30

Guess what, everyone? It's gonna be May.

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Read chapter 17 in Strength in What Remains--take notes in whatever style is most effective for you.
• Make sure you're studying vocabulary--don't forget to read the article about pollution!

Honors English 12 (A block)

• The Juno group presents tomorrow--make sure to upload your presentation to Classroom.

English 11 (C block)

• Study vocabulary! Quiz is next class.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Read chapter 17 in Strength in What Remains--take notes in whatever style is most effective for you.
• Make sure you're studying vocabulary--don't forget to read the article about pollution!

Homework: April 24

Honors English 12 (A block)

• If you're in the Mean Girls group, your presentation is tomorrow! Make sure you upload your slides, if you have some, to Google Classroom. 
• If you're not in the Mean Girls group, and you want to do the response for that film, it's due to Turnitin.com by Friday.

English 11 (C block)

• Complete the connotation/denotation handout by answering question 7.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Read chapter 15 and take notes in whatever style works best for you.
• For next Wednesday, May 2--study your vocabulary. Additionally, read/mark up the article called "The Effects of Air Pollution," and answer the multiple choice questions. You'll write a response to the article on the quiz, then you'll pass in the marked up article.

Homework: April 13

English 11 (F block)

• Enjoy your break by doing some/all of the following: read your IR book, play outside, talk to you friends IRL, climb a tree, eat some ice cream.

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Read Strength in What Remains through chapter 13. Mark your observations, questions and connections using sticky notes.
• Have a great break and spend some quality time outside. Keep your phone as far away from you as much as possible! Climb a tree, play outside, hang out with your friends, get some ice cream, read your IR book, pet some dogs.

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Work on your film project presentation.
• Enjoy your last April break of your high school career by playing outside, hanging out with your friends, and reading a good book.

Homework: April 12

Honors English 11 (G block)

• You have a quiz! Don't forget to read that article, too. 

Honors English 12 (A block)

• You know your role for the film project--start working on it! Do some research to make sure you have interesting ideas to share with us.
• Tomorrow, we start watching Mean Girls!

English 11 (C block)

• Have a good break, play outside, read your IR book, get some rest, do fun things, talk to your friends IRL…

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Read through the end of chapter 13 in Strength in What Remains. Use sticky notes to mark your observations, questions and connections.
• Play outside, read your IR book, get some rest, do fun things, talk to your friends IRL, eat ice cream...

Homework: April 11

English 11 (C block)

• Study your vocabulary--you have a quiz next class!

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Read chapter 11 in Strength in What Remains, until the break on page 171.
• Study vocabulary--you have a quiz tomorrow!
• Remember to read and mark up the article about cell phones--it's part of the quiz!

English 11 (F block)

• Finish making notes on the organizer from class today, about denotation and connotation. There will be a question about it on the quiz tomorrow.
• Study those words for your quiz!

Homework: April 2

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Prepare for tomorrow's seminar discussion! Remember to bring your Frankenstein book with you, too. I'm collecting them!
• If you need to give me a works cited list, BRING IT IN.

English 11 (C block)

• Make sure you have your visual project with you tomorrow. We'll finish the writing in class tomorrow. Feel free to work on it tonight, especially if you were still working on your visual in class today.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Read and complete the reading road map for the first couple of sections of chapter 9. You'll have time next class, and will need to finish reading through chapter 9 by the beginning of class Friday.

Homework: March 27

Honors English 11 (A block)

• Finish reading Frankenstein by Monday. You'll write in class on Monday, and will do a discussion on Tuesday.

Homework: March 26

English 11 (C block)

• You have a vocab quiz next class--study up!
• You should be working on your project visual.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Finish reading chapter 7 and fill out the organizer.

English 11 (F block)

• Work on your project visual! It's due next class, and we'll do some writing in class.

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Finish reading chapter 7 and fill out the organizer.

Homework: March 23

English 11 (F block)

• Study vocabulary--quiz is Monday!
• Start planning/making the visual for your project. Remember to keep your process in mind as you go. You'll have work time in class Monday after the quiz, so if you have special materials you'll need, bring 'em in!

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Read Strength in What Remains to the break on page 85. Jot notes in the organizer I gave you in class today.
•  Study vocabulary! Quiz is Monday.

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Keep reading Frankenstein--use your schedule to keep on track.
• Pick a sentence from Frankenstein that you think sounds interesting, or that has something interesting to say, beyond just the context of the novel itself. Write some notes about it. Today in class we looked at some examples of the column "New Sentences" which is described as "brief commentary on one line from a book, song, television show, and more." You'll try out your own version of "New Sentences" on Tuesday in class. Here's a link if you want to explore more examples.

Homework: March 22

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Finish up your Strength ch. 1-5 mind map/web.
• Read chapter 6.
• Start studying vocabulary.

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Continue to read Frankenstein. 

English 11 (C block)

• If you haven't finished reading "The Lives of the Dead," you should do that. Mark it up. I'll check it next class.
• Do some thinking about your project idea. We'll talk and work next class.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Finish your visual notes for chapter 6.
• Study your vocabulary quiz--it's next class!
• Read chapter 7 through page 85, and start filling in notes on the chapter 7 organizer.

Homework: March 19

English 11 (F block)

• Read to the second break on page 2 of "The Lives of the Dead" and mark up the text with your questions, observations and connections.

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Finish reading and taking notes on Strength in What Remains through chapter 3.

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Continue to use the reading schedule to keep up in Frankenstein.

English 11 (C block)

• Read to the break on page 4 of "The Lives of the Dead" and mark up the text with your questions, observations and connections.

Homework: March 16

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Continue on with your reading schedule for Frankenstein. If you can't get through 10 for Monday, try to at least be through 9. Read carefully, and enjoy--things are starting to get crazy!

English 11 (C block)

• Finish writing your paragraph for "In the Field" and revise using the criteria checklist.
• If you have missing assignments, finish them.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Read and take notes using the Cornell format. On Monday, we'll talk about the side and bottom boxes--for now, just take notes in the main box.

Homework: March 15

English 11 (C block)

• Make sure you've finished reading "In the Field" and have completed the front side of the handout.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Finish reading Chapter 2 in Strength in What Remains and take some Cornell notes. Next class, we'll talk about what goes in the margins and on the bottom.

English 11 (F block)

• Complete your paragraph draft in Classroom.

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Complete the revision of your The Things They Carried project response.
• Read to the break on page 27 in Strength in What Remains and complete the middle section of Cornell notes--next class, we'll talk about what goes in the margins and on the bottom.

Homework: March 6

English 11 (F block)

• Study your vocabulary for tomorrow's quiz.
• Read and mark up "In the Field" to the end of page 5.

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Read your IR book and study your vocabulary! You have a quiz tomorrow.

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Finish reading Frankenstein letters 1-4, mark your observations and questions, and fill in salient information from each letter on the handout you received in class today.

Homework: March 5

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Study your vocabulary and read your IR book.

Honors English 12 (A block)

• Finish reading/marking up Letter 1 in Frankenstein, and come in tomorrow ready to discuss it!

English 11 (C block)

• Study your vocabulary and read your IR book.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Work on your essay revision and study vocabulary--your quiz is Wednesday!

Homework: March 1

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Spend about 10 minutes or so writing down your reactions to today's discussion.

English 11 (F block)

• Write 3 quick paragraphs of reaction to today's video--"I think," "I notice," "I wonder."

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Write a 400-word response/reflection to yesterday/today’s discussion.
• You can: summarize and react to main points, connect and write about a new idea related to our question, share other ideas that you couldn’t work into the conversation

Honors English 11 (A block)

• Read the "Meet Mary Shelley" packet, and the Barbra Streisand's dog article.

Homework: February 27

English 11 (C block)

• Finish up your 3-paragraph response for Restrepo.
• Study your vocabulary.

Honors English 11 (D block)

• Prepare for Thursday's discussion, and study for your vocabulary quiz--it's Thursday!

English 11 (F block)

• Read your IR book.

Honors English 11 (G block)

• Take a few minutes to jot down your thoughts/reactions to today's discussion.
• Read your IR book.