Happy Evening Everyone! Sorry to be posting so late, but we just finished up our meet tonight. Another win for the AquaFalcons! Here are your reminders for our class on Wednesday.
English IV
Today we played our review games to remind ourselves about our vocabulary knowledge as well as the main content for Act III of A Doll's House. Next class you'll have your unit examination. There will be questions about characters, questions about the plot, short answer questions, and vocabulary questions. Be sure to use your folders and the notes you've taken to prepare.
AP English III
We worked through some strange elements of Beloved with Chapters 10-13. There's so much going on in this text that I think it may be most important to focus on one character but then keep the other two major ones in mind. Beloved is always a part of the discussion now, so we should keep her/it as part of our understanding of the characters too. Be sure to use the slides and notes to go back and look at how you are annotating the text and what you are looking for. A lot of the annotations look a bit...sparse...as I look at your books in class.
Next class we'll be looking at Equiano's narrative about his captivity and experience on a slave ship. I think that this piece gives a lot of important context for understanding the whole slave experience from beginning to end. Keep in mind Equiano's audience and how he appeals to them.
Your proposals are due at the end of class on Friday; you should have been able to take a look at more research in order to understand what you're going to be saying about your topic. You've got to be giving me a specific insight; we'll talk more about what this means on Wednesday as we go over our most recent writing assignment.
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Monday, December 17, 2018
Wednesday, October 11, 2017
Homework for B Day Students - 11 October 2017
AP English III:
If you did not submit a final draft pack in today's class it is very important that you complete and submit the paper by Friday so that Mr. Bernhard and I have a chance to grade and review your work this weekend. Remember that you will get one chance to resubmit after we return the final drafts back to you with feedback. I found many of your essays shared to me in my Drive folder, I will print and pair essays or leave comments online for you as I complete your rubric.
For next class you should read and annotate Oluadah Equiano's "Narrative of the Captivity" - remember to set a purpose for your reading and then to accomplish that purpose. You also have three vocabulary cards due on Friday. I will be checking your vocabulary bookmarks as well.
As a more long term thing, make sure that you are working on your Act III reading as well as your Drama Projects. There is not a lot of other work going on this weekend - so you have a great chance to get a lot done with your Drama Project.
English IV:
Make sure that if you want to revise your essays or do anything to raise or turn in any missing work then you should get that done as soon as possible. Also, make sure that you are continuing to work on your resume checklist - we'll be going through finishing a lot of that work up very soon.
If you did not submit a final draft pack in today's class it is very important that you complete and submit the paper by Friday so that Mr. Bernhard and I have a chance to grade and review your work this weekend. Remember that you will get one chance to resubmit after we return the final drafts back to you with feedback. I found many of your essays shared to me in my Drive folder, I will print and pair essays or leave comments online for you as I complete your rubric.
For next class you should read and annotate Oluadah Equiano's "Narrative of the Captivity" - remember to set a purpose for your reading and then to accomplish that purpose. You also have three vocabulary cards due on Friday. I will be checking your vocabulary bookmarks as well.
As a more long term thing, make sure that you are working on your Act III reading as well as your Drama Projects. There is not a lot of other work going on this weekend - so you have a great chance to get a lot done with your Drama Project.
English IV:
Make sure that if you want to revise your essays or do anything to raise or turn in any missing work then you should get that done as soon as possible. Also, make sure that you are continuing to work on your resume checklist - we'll be going through finishing a lot of that work up very soon.
Monday, October 9, 2017
Monday Night Homework - B Day - 9 October 2017
English IV:
Make sure that you have filled out the resume checklist for our next class. Our final writing piece in this unit will be your personal resumes which you will complete with the information on this planning sheet. You should also make sure that you have done work on the character projects so that you can quickly complete those in the next few classes. We'll be finishing this unit up quick, be ready!
AP English III:
On Wednesday we don't have any reading due. You have Oluadah Equiano's Narrative to read and annotate for Friday's class. Feel free to begin on it now. You also have Act III to read and annotate for Tuesday's class. Again, get ahead on the reading so that you have time for other things.
The main task for Wednesday is your final draft of your essay. For the final draft packet make sure that you turn in any and all outlines - this is your final chance to resubmit on outlines. You also need any and all rough drafts, but especially the one from our editing conferences in class. Lastly, you need the final draft with cover sheet filled out and honor code signed, the essay, and then the rubric. These should be stapled together.
Lastly, if you have anything missing (vocabulary cards or annotation checks) make sure that you have submitted these things in order to get credit!
Make sure that you have filled out the resume checklist for our next class. Our final writing piece in this unit will be your personal resumes which you will complete with the information on this planning sheet. You should also make sure that you have done work on the character projects so that you can quickly complete those in the next few classes. We'll be finishing this unit up quick, be ready!
AP English III:
On Wednesday we don't have any reading due. You have Oluadah Equiano's Narrative to read and annotate for Friday's class. Feel free to begin on it now. You also have Act III to read and annotate for Tuesday's class. Again, get ahead on the reading so that you have time for other things.
The main task for Wednesday is your final draft of your essay. For the final draft packet make sure that you turn in any and all outlines - this is your final chance to resubmit on outlines. You also need any and all rough drafts, but especially the one from our editing conferences in class. Lastly, you need the final draft with cover sheet filled out and honor code signed, the essay, and then the rubric. These should be stapled together.
Lastly, if you have anything missing (vocabulary cards or annotation checks) make sure that you have submitted these things in order to get credit!
Thursday, December 1, 2016
Homework for B Day Students - 1 December 2016
AP English III
Over the weekend you need to read and annotate Oluadah Equiano's narrative on his captivity and travel across the Atlantic on a slave ship. As you read, annotate heavily. You get a good sense of the language in this time period. There are also several key appeals that Equiano makes to his audience. Specifically, look at how he is able to craft an anti-slavery argument in his piece.
Also, make sure that you have your copy of The Crucible - we will begin our study of that piece this week coming up.
English II
Tonight in Persepolis you have the chapter called "The Heroes" to read. As you read, keep working on vocabulary and inferences. Find important panels and draw out their meaning from the details.
Over the weekend you need to read and annotate Oluadah Equiano's narrative on his captivity and travel across the Atlantic on a slave ship. As you read, annotate heavily. You get a good sense of the language in this time period. There are also several key appeals that Equiano makes to his audience. Specifically, look at how he is able to craft an anti-slavery argument in his piece.
Also, make sure that you have your copy of The Crucible - we will begin our study of that piece this week coming up.
English II
Tonight in Persepolis you have the chapter called "The Heroes" to read. As you read, keep working on vocabulary and inferences. Find important panels and draw out their meaning from the details.
Thursday, December 4, 2014
Homework for B-Day Students: 12/4/2014
AP English III
This weekend you have a few goals to accomplish so that we can move forward to next week. Over the weekend make sure that you complete your reading of Oluadah Equiano as well as the next chapter chunk from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, chapters seventeen through twenty-two. In addition, you will have a collection of your third installment of vocabulary cards next week. You'll need five new cards reflecting words from our most recent unit.
Also, be sure that you are working on your group projects - you'll have some meeting time on Wednesday to check in; have something to show for this. Here is the resource for the covers of the New Yorker if you're interested in pursuing one of these as your image analysis.
English II
If your progress report reflects a low score it is likely due to a missing project or a low test grade. Turn in any missing work and come in at lunch for test corrections!
This weekend you have a few goals to accomplish so that we can move forward to next week. Over the weekend make sure that you complete your reading of Oluadah Equiano as well as the next chapter chunk from The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn, chapters seventeen through twenty-two. In addition, you will have a collection of your third installment of vocabulary cards next week. You'll need five new cards reflecting words from our most recent unit.
Also, be sure that you are working on your group projects - you'll have some meeting time on Wednesday to check in; have something to show for this. Here is the resource for the covers of the New Yorker if you're interested in pursuing one of these as your image analysis.
English II
If your progress report reflects a low score it is likely due to a missing project or a low test grade. Turn in any missing work and come in at lunch for test corrections!
Tuesday, November 25, 2014
Homework for the Break - 11/25/2014 - B-Day Students
AP English III
Today we introduced our major project on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and satire. Now you should be moving forward with that. I would suggest bookmarking the mock-up site which is at https://sites.google.com/site/huckfinnsatiremockup/ - this site goes over what you need on each page and how to set it up. Make sure that you ask for help regularly if you need it.
Over break, you have two reading goals - you should be reading nightly to meet these goals. As you read, keep up with your annotations and your vocabulary.
In addition, you have your reading from Oluadah Equiano - this will not be discussed until 12/8 but you may want to get it read now so that you can check it off your to-do list.
English II
As discussed in the post below you have your take-home test to complete on Persepolis. Use your resources wisely and complete the test by following the instructions. Remember that this is an opportunity to really boost your grade and show what you've learned so far this year.
Today we introduced our major project on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn and satire. Now you should be moving forward with that. I would suggest bookmarking the mock-up site which is at https://sites.google.com/site/huckfinnsatiremockup/ - this site goes over what you need on each page and how to set it up. Make sure that you ask for help regularly if you need it.
Over break, you have two reading goals - you should be reading nightly to meet these goals. As you read, keep up with your annotations and your vocabulary.
In addition, you have your reading from Oluadah Equiano - this will not be discussed until 12/8 but you may want to get it read now so that you can check it off your to-do list.
English II
As discussed in the post below you have your take-home test to complete on Persepolis. Use your resources wisely and complete the test by following the instructions. Remember that this is an opportunity to really boost your grade and show what you've learned so far this year.
Wednesday, December 4, 2013
Homework for A-Day Students - 12/4/2013
AP English III
Today we introduced our major project on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - our satire analysis websites. Below is the link to the site mock-up, remember that this is your instruction manual for the project. All required elements are here and all instructions are here. Be sure that your group follows them to the letter. To start tonight, you will want to decide which genre (Huck Finn, video, contemporary non-fiction, or image) you want to analyze for your group. We will begin working through the skills of rhetorical analysis next week so that you can begin this work in earnest.
https://sites.google.com/site/huckfinnsatiremockup/home
For reading tonight you need to read the excerpt from Oluadah Equiano. Remember that this is part of the shared slave consciousness - a shared memory. Think about how this deepens your understanding of Jim and his situation as well as his character. Don't forget that for Tuesday you need to be to the end of chapter twenty-two, the end of the "Grangerford section."
Russian I
For homework tonight you need to complete exercises 124 and 125 on adjectives and agreement. Also remember that there will be a scheduled help session this Friday afternoon on verbs. Those of you struggling in Russian would do well to attend this. Additional times can be made but you have to ask.
Today we introduced our major project on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn - our satire analysis websites. Below is the link to the site mock-up, remember that this is your instruction manual for the project. All required elements are here and all instructions are here. Be sure that your group follows them to the letter. To start tonight, you will want to decide which genre (Huck Finn, video, contemporary non-fiction, or image) you want to analyze for your group. We will begin working through the skills of rhetorical analysis next week so that you can begin this work in earnest.
https://sites.google.com/site/huckfinnsatiremockup/home
For reading tonight you need to read the excerpt from Oluadah Equiano. Remember that this is part of the shared slave consciousness - a shared memory. Think about how this deepens your understanding of Jim and his situation as well as his character. Don't forget that for Tuesday you need to be to the end of chapter twenty-two, the end of the "Grangerford section."
Russian I
For homework tonight you need to complete exercises 124 and 125 on adjectives and agreement. Also remember that there will be a scheduled help session this Friday afternoon on verbs. Those of you struggling in Russian would do well to attend this. Additional times can be made but you have to ask.
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