Advanced Russian
Russian III and IV students should be prepared for a formal assessment next class. For Russian IV it will cover the first chapter of White Nights and for Russian III we will focus on prefixed verbs of motion in both aspects.
Russian II will have a quiz next week. To prepare for next class, spend time reviewing and taking notes on pages 237-239 in your textbooks. This should go right along with the information we reviewed in class about adding prefixes on to verbs of motion.
Russian I
Hopefully after today's phonetics lesson you have a better understanding of hard and soft letters and how these are connected to the grammar we're studying. Use this information to help you prepare for your quiz next class. This quiz will focus on case endings in nominative, accusative, and prepositional cases for nouns, adjectives, and possessive pronouns.
Your projects will be collected next week - on Wednesday the 15th.
English II
Today in class we finished our Benchmark exams and began working in earnest on our projects. Next class we'll start on Marquez's short story called "Tuesday Siesta".
Showing posts with label benchmark. Show all posts
Showing posts with label benchmark. Show all posts
Tuesday, February 7, 2017
Monday, February 6, 2017
Homework for B-Day Students - 6 February 2017
English II:
Today we made more progress on our Benchmark exams and then began the process of researching or working on our Latin American Literature projects. Next class we'll begin our study of Gabriel Garcia Marquez; one of my personal favorite authors.
AP English III:
We went over a cavalcade of information today on how to and where to do your research for your synthesis assignments. I'll read through your topics this week and aim to get them back to you by Friday. For next class, make sure that you have a copy of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. If you don't have your own copy then we will have copies for you to check out. We'll start reading the book together in class on Wednesday.
Additionally, now that you've made some progress with your research topics, keep moving forward. You should find two or three additional sources tonight and start moving forward on developing your topics as well as your argument. The more you can do now, the better!
Today we made more progress on our Benchmark exams and then began the process of researching or working on our Latin American Literature projects. Next class we'll begin our study of Gabriel Garcia Marquez; one of my personal favorite authors.
AP English III:
We went over a cavalcade of information today on how to and where to do your research for your synthesis assignments. I'll read through your topics this week and aim to get them back to you by Friday. For next class, make sure that you have a copy of Invisible Man by Ralph Ellison. If you don't have your own copy then we will have copies for you to check out. We'll start reading the book together in class on Wednesday.
Additionally, now that you've made some progress with your research topics, keep moving forward. You should find two or three additional sources tonight and start moving forward on developing your topics as well as your argument. The more you can do now, the better!
Friday, February 3, 2017
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 3 February 2016
Advanced Russian:
We didn't really have class today because of the AP practice exam as well as the field trip for Physics - so your quiz on verbs of motion and Dostoevsky (Russian IV) will be postponed to Thursday. To prepare, please make sure that you are studying your conjugations and reviewing the basic rules for when to use either multidirectional or unidirectional verbs as well as aspectual choices (Russian III).
Russian I:
We did have class today, so your quiz will be happening on Tuesday. For the quiz, make sure that you are prepared with firm knowledge of masculine, feminine, and neuter case endings in nominative, accusative, and prepositional cases. On the quiz you will have fill in the blanks, translation, listening, reading, and multiple choice.
You should also continue working on your house writing projects. I'll review drafts of paragraphs next week before our final due date.
English II:
I was very proud of the fact that so many of you focused on your Benchmark exam today. We will finish the exam on Tuesday and then move on to working on our Latin American Literature projects.
We didn't really have class today because of the AP practice exam as well as the field trip for Physics - so your quiz on verbs of motion and Dostoevsky (Russian IV) will be postponed to Thursday. To prepare, please make sure that you are studying your conjugations and reviewing the basic rules for when to use either multidirectional or unidirectional verbs as well as aspectual choices (Russian III).
Russian I:
We did have class today, so your quiz will be happening on Tuesday. For the quiz, make sure that you are prepared with firm knowledge of masculine, feminine, and neuter case endings in nominative, accusative, and prepositional cases. On the quiz you will have fill in the blanks, translation, listening, reading, and multiple choice.
You should also continue working on your house writing projects. I'll review drafts of paragraphs next week before our final due date.
English II:
I was very proud of the fact that so many of you focused on your Benchmark exam today. We will finish the exam on Tuesday and then move on to working on our Latin American Literature projects.
Thursday, February 2, 2017
Homework for the Weekend - B Day Students - 2 February
AP English III:
Over the weekend you have two key things to take care of to prepare for next week. First, there's the writing assignment based on "Just Walk On By" by Brent Staples. For the assignment, draw on the text, and write a paragraph challenging Staples for making stereotypical assumptions about women's reactions similar to those assumptions he accuses women of making about his intentions. Engage him in a dialogue here and use his writing as his speech.
Additionally, we have our work on our research papers to prepare for Monday. Remember that the full topic sheet won't be due until the end of class on Monday since we will have to do some research to finish it up. But, work on the first half. Determine your topic and sub-topics. Generate an idea as to what you want to learn and why it's interesting to you. Monday will invoice doing some of the refining work we need to do to finalize these.
You will need to have your copy of Invisible Man for class on Wednesday.
English II:
Today was a rough day with the Benchmark - I'm glad that so many of you shouldered that responsibility well. We'll finish it on Monday and get started working on our projects then.
Over the weekend you have two key things to take care of to prepare for next week. First, there's the writing assignment based on "Just Walk On By" by Brent Staples. For the assignment, draw on the text, and write a paragraph challenging Staples for making stereotypical assumptions about women's reactions similar to those assumptions he accuses women of making about his intentions. Engage him in a dialogue here and use his writing as his speech.
Additionally, we have our work on our research papers to prepare for Monday. Remember that the full topic sheet won't be due until the end of class on Monday since we will have to do some research to finish it up. But, work on the first half. Determine your topic and sub-topics. Generate an idea as to what you want to learn and why it's interesting to you. Monday will invoice doing some of the refining work we need to do to finalize these.
You will need to have your copy of Invisible Man for class on Wednesday.
English II:
Today was a rough day with the Benchmark - I'm glad that so many of you shouldered that responsibility well. We'll finish it on Monday and get started working on our projects then.
Wednesday, February 1, 2017
Homework for A-Day Students: 1 February 2017
English II:
Today we had our quiz on Latin American Literature and doppelgangers. Next class we'll be working on course registration with Student Services as well as beginning on our Benchmark exam.
Russian I:
Tonight for homework you should focus on practicing with your vocabulary and grammar by working on your house projects. Remember that you have a sample about my office at home. Write five paragraphs - one about each room. Follow the outline given. Practice with your case and gender endings. You'll have a quiz on nominative, prepositional, and accusative case endings with nouns and adjectives on Tuesday of next week!
Advanced Russian:
Russian II: Please take the time tonight to finish working on the present tense exercises through to number thirty-eight. Remember to practice conjugating the verb for the needed present tense form as well as translating what you can.
Russian III: Keep working through your packet on prefixes and study the next prefixes meaning to arrive and to leave. Try to keep these clear from the earlier ones that had similar meanings.
Russian IV: Continue reading Dostoevsky to the end of the seventh section. Continue to build your paragraph about the narrator's tone and its importance in the story.
If you are taking the AP Russian exam your practice exam session is on Friday at 3:00 in the school's media center. There is no other date for the practice examination. Don't forget that all of you will have an assessment next week on Thursday on either verbs of motion (II/III) or Dostoevsky (IV).
Today we had our quiz on Latin American Literature and doppelgangers. Next class we'll be working on course registration with Student Services as well as beginning on our Benchmark exam.
Russian I:
Tonight for homework you should focus on practicing with your vocabulary and grammar by working on your house projects. Remember that you have a sample about my office at home. Write five paragraphs - one about each room. Follow the outline given. Practice with your case and gender endings. You'll have a quiz on nominative, prepositional, and accusative case endings with nouns and adjectives on Tuesday of next week!
Advanced Russian:
Russian II: Please take the time tonight to finish working on the present tense exercises through to number thirty-eight. Remember to practice conjugating the verb for the needed present tense form as well as translating what you can.
Russian III: Keep working through your packet on prefixes and study the next prefixes meaning to arrive and to leave. Try to keep these clear from the earlier ones that had similar meanings.
Russian IV: Continue reading Dostoevsky to the end of the seventh section. Continue to build your paragraph about the narrator's tone and its importance in the story.
If you are taking the AP Russian exam your practice exam session is on Friday at 3:00 in the school's media center. There is no other date for the practice examination. Don't forget that all of you will have an assessment next week on Thursday on either verbs of motion (II/III) or Dostoevsky (IV).
Tuesday, January 31, 2017
Homework for B-Day Students: 31 January 2017
AP English III:
There are a few things that you need to take care of tonight for next class. First, we have the post below which is the three essays to analyze and score. Remember to read each essay, give a score from one to nine (highest) and justify the score. You can do this in your synthesis pack for this question or in your notebooks.
Second, we have vocabulary work. Select two words from three authors we have studied and do a vocabulary study for each word. In the study be sure to include the word, part of speech, source quotation, citation, definition, word parts and meaning, and synonyms with details as to how the meaning is different. We'll share some of our words on Thursday.
Lastly, we have the reading of Brent Staples's "Just Walk On By" - the article is here or in 50 Essays. Take a look at the piece and consider especially the idea of the veil/double consciousness. It's highly productive here.
You should also keep moving forward on refining your research topics - more on that next class and next week!
English II: Next class you have a Benchmark Exam! Prepare yourself!
There are a few things that you need to take care of tonight for next class. First, we have the post below which is the three essays to analyze and score. Remember to read each essay, give a score from one to nine (highest) and justify the score. You can do this in your synthesis pack for this question or in your notebooks.
Second, we have vocabulary work. Select two words from three authors we have studied and do a vocabulary study for each word. In the study be sure to include the word, part of speech, source quotation, citation, definition, word parts and meaning, and synonyms with details as to how the meaning is different. We'll share some of our words on Thursday.
Lastly, we have the reading of Brent Staples's "Just Walk On By" - the article is here or in 50 Essays. Take a look at the piece and consider especially the idea of the veil/double consciousness. It's highly productive here.
You should also keep moving forward on refining your research topics - more on that next class and next week!
English II: Next class you have a Benchmark Exam! Prepare yourself!
Tuesday, March 1, 2011
Homework - 1 March
Happy March! Only four weeks to go until the end of the grading period! Lots of things to do this month - keep up with all of your due dates and requirements.
Freshmen: Over the next two days you will have your Second Benchmark Exam. It's important that you prepare yourself in any way necessary for this exam as I will be using this exam to individualize instruction for you moving to the EOC. There are two key sections to the exam: grammar and literature. For the grammar section, look over your warm-ups. Try to recognize what looks right and what doesn't. It's not a good use of your time to memorize grammar rules - focus on the patterns that we've been observing all year. For the literature section you should focus on literary terms - there is a resource in your textbook which you can use for this on page 1019 and you can look over all of your notes that you've taken all year. Come to class ready with a pencil on Wednesday/Thursday.
Juniors: Time to start a new unit today - Early American Literature. Today we began with a piece of history so that you all can understand a bit more the context for the writings we'll be reading in the next few weeks. For tonight, finish reading the piece by Zinn; remember to annotate heavily. Tomorrow we will review this piece and move on to some Native American literature before studying our first Puritan piece. Also, don't forget to get yourself some post-its that you will use to annotate in your textbook in class.
Freshmen: Over the next two days you will have your Second Benchmark Exam. It's important that you prepare yourself in any way necessary for this exam as I will be using this exam to individualize instruction for you moving to the EOC. There are two key sections to the exam: grammar and literature. For the grammar section, look over your warm-ups. Try to recognize what looks right and what doesn't. It's not a good use of your time to memorize grammar rules - focus on the patterns that we've been observing all year. For the literature section you should focus on literary terms - there is a resource in your textbook which you can use for this on page 1019 and you can look over all of your notes that you've taken all year. Come to class ready with a pencil on Wednesday/Thursday.
Juniors: Time to start a new unit today - Early American Literature. Today we began with a piece of history so that you all can understand a bit more the context for the writings we'll be reading in the next few weeks. For tonight, finish reading the piece by Zinn; remember to annotate heavily. Tomorrow we will review this piece and move on to some Native American literature before studying our first Puritan piece. Also, don't forget to get yourself some post-its that you will use to annotate in your textbook in class.
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