Take Home Final

The take-home final was handed out this week, but you can click here if you need another copy.

Also, don't forget that if you're choosing option one, these tone-related quotations from the book might be helpful for your concrete details. But of course you can use any quotes you want.

Speak Context Worksheet

Click here for the worksheet

Also, here are the excerpts from the book I handed out in class. You can use them (or portions of them) in your worksheet if you want.

Reading Schedule for SPEAK, by Laurie Halse Anderson

There will be comprehension checks (usually quizzes) on the days in bold.

Block 1 Reading Schedule

By this day	Be up to this page
Monday, Apr 28	1
Tuesday, Apr 29	9
Wednesday, Apr 30	17
Thursday, May 1	26
Friday, May 2	46
Saturday, May 3	61
Sunday, May 4	73
Monday, May 5	80
Tuesday, May 6	92
Wednesday, May 7	118
Thursday, May 8	137
Friday, May 9	148
Saturday, May 10	164
Sunday, May 11	172
Monday, May 12	198

Block 5 Reading Schedule

By this day	Be up to this page
Monday, Apr 28	1
Tuesday, Apr 29	17
Wednesday, Apr 30	26
Thursday, May 1	46
Friday, May 2	61
Saturday, May 3	73
Sunday, May 4	80
Monday, May 5	92
Tuesday, May 6	112
Wednesday, May 7
Thursday, May 8	123
Friday, May 9	137
Saturday, May 10	148
Sunday, May 11	164
Monday, May 12	172
Tuesday, May 13	184
Wednesday, May 14	198 (end)

Character Worksheet - quotes and actions

Click here for the worksheet we did today.

Animal Farm Reality Show Confessional

This assignment was due last week, but I'm throwing it up here now for students who are turning it in late and need access to the instructions.
Click here

Character Paragraph

Here is the MindMap we used in Block 5 to write the one paragraph assignment that day.

Here is the Mind Map we used in Block 1.

Quiz on Thursday/Friday

There will be a quiz on Chapters IV through VI of Animal Farm on Thursday for Block 5 and on Friday for Block 1.

Classwork for April 9/10

Use this worksheet to show your understanding of Chapter 1 of Animal Farm. This exercise will be open book, however the next time class meets there will be a closed-book quiz on Chapters 1, 2 and 3 of this book.

This is due at the end of class on April 9 for block 5 and April 10 for block 1.

Homework due Thursday for BLOCK 5 only

Write a two or three sentence summary of each chapter that has been assigned to you. Turn these in via email. Be sure to include the chapter number and page numbers in the subject line.

Chapter	Beginning Page	End Page
163	115	119	Nico
167	119	124	Nico
173	125	126	Sydney
179	126	140	Jack
181	140	144	Michael
191	144	155	Charley
193	155	158	Zucchini
197	158	164	Alejandro
199	164	165	Alejandro
211	166	177	Bram
223	177	179	Zuchini
227a	179	188	Rachel
227b	189	198	Michael
229	198	200	Zucchini

Big Mind Map of essay

Click here to for the PDF of the Essay Mind Map we used in class.

Reading Calendar for THE CURIOUS INCIDENT OF THE DOG IN THE NIGHT-TIME

By this date	Read to the chapter ending on this PAGE
4-Mar	8
5-Mar	19
6-Mar	28
7-Mar	34
8-Mar	48
9-Mar	61
10-Mar	69
11-Mar	79
12-Mar	99
31-Mar (1st day back after Spring break)	219 (end of book)

As you've probably noticed, the numbering of the chapters is hard to figure out, so make sure you are looking at the page numbers when making sure if you’re up to date on the reading.

Mice and Men Essay

Click here for details of the essay due March 12. The assignment is broken into several pieces, due at different times, but the final product is due March 12.

Separating Context and Commentary

(in PowerSchool, this is called "2nd Quotes in Context Worksheet")

Click here for the new worksheet.
Remember, it's fine if you want to use the same quotes from the previous worksheet.

Please note that in PowerSchool this assignment is called "Second Quotes in Context" and is due Feb 26 or 27, depending on what block you're in.

Make-up Assignments for missed quizzes

Please go to PowerSchool and see if you need to make up any quizzes. If you have a "mi" as your grade or scored less than 50%, you can do the make-up.

There are four separate make-up assignments for the quizzes we had, and you can do them open book at your convenience. However, you will have to turn them in by Thursday for it to be reflected in the upcoming progress reports.

The quizzes are identified by the page numbers that were covered, so match it up carefully with the grade in PowerSchool.

Click here for the make-up assignments.

Putting quotations in context

Use this worksheet to write sentences that put certain quotations in context. Choose two characters who talk about loneliness and get three quotes about each of them, for a total of six quotes. The quote can either be something that character says, or something the narrator or another character says about them.

When you put a quote in context, you explain to the reader where in the story this quote occurs. Although you may be tempted to add some commentary (opinion) when you do this, it is not required. On the worksheet, you will write the quote twice -- once on its own, and again in the sentence where you are putting it in context. In some cases, the quotation may be shorter in context, but that's up to you (see example #2).

It is essential that your quotations address the topic of loneliness in some way, whether directly or indirectly. The big layout with all the pages of the book taped down has several loneliness quotations already highlighted, and you are free to use those.

At the top of the worksheet are some examples. Please do not use the examples for your six quotes.

Therapy on the Ranch

Here is the assignment we began today. We will work on this in class Monday through Thursday of this week.

Character Traits

Here is the work we're doing Monday and Tuesday of this week in English 9.

Identify the entrance and initial description of each of the new characters introduced in pages 17-37.

Choose three of these characters and think of some real person who has similar character traits.

These similarities can be physical, personal or a combination of both.
Be sure to describe in one short paragraph what the character and the real person have in common. For this paragraph you are not required to follow the SHAPER guidelines, but you can if you find them helpful.

Lennie/George Comparison paragraph

Here is the worksheet that was handed out today. Remember, what you turn in should simply be one full paragraph, but you would do well to use a shaper to make sure you cover all the requirements explained in the worksheet.

Homework for Thursday

Read pp. 1-16 of Of Mice and Men. There will be a short quiz on the reading at the beginning of class Thursday.
Here are the details of upcoming quizzes. There is one every class meeting for the next two weeks.