It's tax day! Remember for any of you who file income taxes that your filing is due today. If you have to do taxes, I certainly hope that you get a bit of a refund! Here are your reminders for tonight.
AP English III
I hope that all of you enjoyed the presentation from the Emily K Center today on applying to and preparing for college. It's quite a process, but it's good to know that all of you have a lot of support in this community to help you meet your goals and future planning. Go to their fair this weekend - see their website for details - as it will give you some leads you may not have considered before related to your own goals and planning.
We did not discuss Steinbeck at all today, so be sure that you have good notes and annotations on these chapters (22, 23, 24 - The Weedpatch Section) coming in to our class on Wednesday. We'll be reviewing this section of the text as well as George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant". You can find the text in 50 Essays or at this link. The copy is available in class, so just take good notes as you read - no need to print it out.
I also had the chance to hand out your research papers today. Remember that as we continue to learn about writing that the expectations only increase and get more rigorous. What was acceptable at the beginning of the year is no longer acceptable as we should have new skills to show and use. Please apply your comments to your resubmission and find more ways to use and explain your evidence in relation to your overall point. Look especially at your transitions. I'm available to conference and discuss whatever you may need. Remember that all resubmissions are due by Thursday the 25th of April.
English IV
Today in class we had the chance to practice a bit with our vocabulary knowledge related to word parts in Lesson 17 as well as to finish our research, present to our book groups, and take some time with our novels. Since we're all in a bit of different places, it is important to note that we're all working at our own pace to accomplish our goals in class. Make sure that you have your notes on Lesson 17 since we will have our Vocabulary Examination next week on Tuesday. You should also be finishing your novels since we will have our Major Projects coming very soon!
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Monday, April 15, 2019
Monday, May 7, 2018
Homework for Monday - B Day - 7 May 2018
With the conclusion of today's class you only have FIVE remaining classes with me. Just a reminder that every minute counts!
AP English III
Today's class focused on "The Shot" by Alexander Pushkin as a look at how war can change the way that people view themselves and others. It is clear that Silvio has a very different outlook on life in the end of his life versus the beginning. I would contend that his experiences in war and as a veteran contribute to this change. Tonight, we'll be looking at another person who undergoes a significant change due to his experience with "war".
For Wednesday, read and annotate "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell. This text is located within 50 Essays or it is available at this link. As you read and annotate, consider the following ideas and questions:
AP English III
Today's class focused on "The Shot" by Alexander Pushkin as a look at how war can change the way that people view themselves and others. It is clear that Silvio has a very different outlook on life in the end of his life versus the beginning. I would contend that his experiences in war and as a veteran contribute to this change. Tonight, we'll be looking at another person who undergoes a significant change due to his experience with "war".
For Wednesday, read and annotate "Shooting an Elephant" by George Orwell. This text is located within 50 Essays or it is available at this link. As you read and annotate, consider the following ideas and questions:
- What does the elephant symbolize? How is it both itself as well as something greater?
- Who has the power in Orwell's life? Why is this important considering the larger point that he is making about power?
- How does this text relate to our larger ideas around war and its effects on people?
For Friday we'll be looking at "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong". It's a longer story, so I'm posting it here in case you want to get a head start on your assignment.
English IV
Today we started to look at some choice literary devices which you may see on your NCFE before getting back to Young Frankenstein and our novel projects. During this week we should all be finishing the required task for Week Two and getting started on the close reading and author style analysis for Week Three. At the beginning of next week I'll be collecting your paragraphs on Author's Style as well as your annotated passages. Be sure that you are actively working on this!
On Friday we'll have our practice NCFE. Be sure that you are preparing by using your study guide and your review sheet. Hopefully after we take our practice test on Friday you will see how prepared you are!
Monday, April 3, 2017
Homework for Monday - 3 April 2017 - B Day
English II:
Today in class you all had a test - so the homework tonight is pretty light. Next class we'll be having cultural show and tell. Your instructions are as follows:
Today in class you all had a test - so the homework tonight is pretty light. Next class we'll be having cultural show and tell. Your instructions are as follows:
- Bring in an item (or a photo of the item) that represents your personal culture.
- Explain how the item represents your culture.
We'll start with our show and tell before we go forward into our study of Asian cultures to end our year.
AP English III:
Tonight you have some Invisible Man work to do as well as a quick writing assignment to finish our work on George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant."
- Read/Analyze/Annotate Chapter Twenty Five in Invisible Man. It really is the end of the book - we will deal with the Epilogue together as a group.
- Make sure that your BLOG is in good shape. You have to post on Chapter Twenty-Five. This is the last required post. All of this work is key to your murals which we will construct on Friday. You should - as a group - decide on the purpose of your motif within the text by this point. You should also find your quotations and images now; it'll make your work on Friday that much more efficient.
- Complete a quick analysis outline of "Shooting an Elephant" as if you were going to write a rhetorical analysis of it. For the outline identify the authors argument, and then three distinct rhetorical/literary devices he uses to advance that argument. Be able to have at least two examples of each device with commentary. This should only take you about five to eight minutes - it's an important skill for you to get for the timed writings on the AP Exam.
Thursday, April 30, 2015
Homework for B-Day Students: 30 April 2015
AP English III
For the weekend you have a few things to take care of to prepare for our next class. Remember that with the AP Exams coming up next week we will only be holding class on Wednesday as most of you will be out for testing on Monday and Wednesday. For Wednesday's class please make sure that you and your group have created a Google document which is shared with me (mrmillerjhs @ gmail [dot] com) in order to receive your first check-in grade as a group. Remember the workflow, begin by reading the story, then determine your essential questions, and from there, plan your discussion.
In addition, please read and annotate George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" which is available in 50 Essays or at this link. You will want to build connections between this text and "The Man I Killed" as we'll be discussing both stories on Wednesday.
English II
Your homework for Monday's class is to finish your outline of all three topics. Remember that you can use what we studied today in class (Night and Escape from Sobibor) as topics in your paper. Please follow the instructions in the previous post and maintain your formatting of the topics in the outline. For each topic you must:
For the weekend you have a few things to take care of to prepare for our next class. Remember that with the AP Exams coming up next week we will only be holding class on Wednesday as most of you will be out for testing on Monday and Wednesday. For Wednesday's class please make sure that you and your group have created a Google document which is shared with me (mrmillerjhs @ gmail [dot] com) in order to receive your first check-in grade as a group. Remember the workflow, begin by reading the story, then determine your essential questions, and from there, plan your discussion.
In addition, please read and annotate George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" which is available in 50 Essays or at this link. You will want to build connections between this text and "The Man I Killed" as we'll be discussing both stories on Wednesday.
English II
Your homework for Monday's class is to finish your outline of all three topics. Remember that you can use what we studied today in class (Night and Escape from Sobibor) as topics in your paper. Please follow the instructions in the previous post and maintain your formatting of the topics in the outline. For each topic you must:
- identify the topic
- write a topic sentence
- give your example from the topic
- explain how this example proves your point about remembering tragedy
Remember what we said at the beginning of this process - everything proves the argument!
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Homework for A-Day Students: 5/1/2014
AP English III
Well kiddos, it's about time to start your dancing season (AP Exams start next week!). Looking at the list of who will be taking what it looks like most of you will be out on Monday and Friday for exams. So, the work below will be due for Wednesday, 5/7/2014. For Wednesday's class I would like for you to read George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant." This text is available in 50 Essays or at this link. Read this piece carefully as we will spend a fair amount of time analyzing it as our final preparation for the exam on Friday. In addition we will do some work with Multiple Choice with this piece too.
For Friday, I would like to see all of you before the exam. Please come in around 7:40 am so that we can do our "This is my pen..." chant one last time before you go in to the exam.
Outside of that we will be looking at some short stories to finish our year. I'll post those next week so that you can start reading. Please make sure that you use your progress reports to get caught up. Some of you are missing assignments from absences and need to get these things settled by the middle of next week at the latest.
Russian I
To prepare for our final writing assignment I would like for you all to complete exercise nine tonight and write sixteen Russian sentences which answer the questions asked of you. Be sure that you are using a dictionary only to look up individual words. Use the structure of the question to help you to create your answer. Practice with your verb usage and check yourself using your notes. This will be collected on Monday for a grade - please complete it and see me in advance with questions.
Be sure that all of you also use your progress reports to make up any missed or missing assignments. The due date for any late work is Monday the 5th as I have to begin to prepare for final exam. Please meet this deadline.
Well kiddos, it's about time to start your dancing season (AP Exams start next week!). Looking at the list of who will be taking what it looks like most of you will be out on Monday and Friday for exams. So, the work below will be due for Wednesday, 5/7/2014. For Wednesday's class I would like for you to read George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant." This text is available in 50 Essays or at this link. Read this piece carefully as we will spend a fair amount of time analyzing it as our final preparation for the exam on Friday. In addition we will do some work with Multiple Choice with this piece too.
For Friday, I would like to see all of you before the exam. Please come in around 7:40 am so that we can do our "This is my pen..." chant one last time before you go in to the exam.
Outside of that we will be looking at some short stories to finish our year. I'll post those next week so that you can start reading. Please make sure that you use your progress reports to get caught up. Some of you are missing assignments from absences and need to get these things settled by the middle of next week at the latest.
Russian I
To prepare for our final writing assignment I would like for you all to complete exercise nine tonight and write sixteen Russian sentences which answer the questions asked of you. Be sure that you are using a dictionary only to look up individual words. Use the structure of the question to help you to create your answer. Practice with your verb usage and check yourself using your notes. This will be collected on Monday for a grade - please complete it and see me in advance with questions.
Be sure that all of you also use your progress reports to make up any missed or missing assignments. The due date for any late work is Monday the 5th as I have to begin to prepare for final exam. Please meet this deadline.
Monday, February 4, 2013
Homework for 2/4 and 2/5
Students - Here are your assignments or reminders for tonight. Be aware that I will not be in on Thursday due to the fact that I'll be at the North Carolina State Swimming Championship. You'll have a substitute who will take you through your assignments for the day.
AP English IV
Tonight for homework you've got a good amount of reading to do, let me outline that for you here. First, you need to finish reading Graham Greene's "The Destructors" - you have chapters two, three, and four left. When you finish the story, consider questions three, four, five, six and eight. I'm hoping that these will be discussion questions for us to work through in class on Wednesday. Furthermore, I would like for you to also read Hopkins' "Spring" and Heaney's "Digging" available in the Perrine book.
Finally, as a spot check, I will be looking at vocabulary logs on Wednesday. Please make sure that you have a few words from each of the texts that has been assigned so far and that you have defined or marked synonyms for all of those words. Be sure that your finished log is with you on Wednesday to be checked.
AP English III
Tonight I would like for you to read George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" which is available in 50 Essays or at the following link. When you read this piece I want you to think about the ideas of conformity, free will, and power which Orwell works through pretty thoroughly in this text. We'll do some analysis, multiple choice work, and some connection building between this text and The Crucible. Any connections you can make in advance would be welcome.
Furthermore, you should review Act III so that you are clear with that content. We will study this act next class by looking at the film - lots to do there. Lastly, please make sure that you are working on your papers/outlines. This week should be the week for outlines, by the end of next week, you will want to be to drafting. Please let me know if you need help or if you would like to conference.
English IV
Next class you have a test on Act I of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Here is a rundown of what you will need to do in each section of the test:
AP English IV
Tonight for homework you've got a good amount of reading to do, let me outline that for you here. First, you need to finish reading Graham Greene's "The Destructors" - you have chapters two, three, and four left. When you finish the story, consider questions three, four, five, six and eight. I'm hoping that these will be discussion questions for us to work through in class on Wednesday. Furthermore, I would like for you to also read Hopkins' "Spring" and Heaney's "Digging" available in the Perrine book.
Finally, as a spot check, I will be looking at vocabulary logs on Wednesday. Please make sure that you have a few words from each of the texts that has been assigned so far and that you have defined or marked synonyms for all of those words. Be sure that your finished log is with you on Wednesday to be checked.
AP English III
Tonight I would like for you to read George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" which is available in 50 Essays or at the following link. When you read this piece I want you to think about the ideas of conformity, free will, and power which Orwell works through pretty thoroughly in this text. We'll do some analysis, multiple choice work, and some connection building between this text and The Crucible. Any connections you can make in advance would be welcome.
Furthermore, you should review Act III so that you are clear with that content. We will study this act next class by looking at the film - lots to do there. Lastly, please make sure that you are working on your papers/outlines. This week should be the week for outlines, by the end of next week, you will want to be to drafting. Please let me know if you need help or if you would like to conference.
English IV
Next class you have a test on Act I of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night. Here is a rundown of what you will need to do in each section of the test:
- Section One: Character identifications - know characteristics, behaviors, and names of characters, know their conflicts, understand their importance.
- Section Two: Translation - be able to put Shakespeare's language into your own words so that you can show me you know what he's saying.
- Section Three: Reading Comprehension - you'll get a bit of text from Act I, Scene 5 and I will ask you several reading comprehension questions based on that text.
- Section Four: Grammar Corrections
- Section Five: Short Answer - the topics will be comedy and love - you will need to use textual evidence to make your answer clear.
Monday, April 23, 2012
Homework for 4/23 and 4/24
Let's just get right to the business.
AP English III:
Tonight for homework I'd like for you to read two things. From The Things They Carried, I'd like for you to read our next major story "How to Tell a True War Story" - continue to annotate heavily and notice how O'Brien is continuing to develop his characters, motifs, and specific themes. This is an especially interesting story to consider when thinking about our big issue of truth and honesty in a memoir.
I'd also like for you to read George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant." That essay is found in 50 Essays or at this link. As you read this, consider the idea of obligation and duty especially as we began discussing this idea today in our discussion of "On the Rainy River." How is Orwell like O'Brien here? How is their choice similar?
English I:
Tonight for homework I'd like for you to make some more entries in your extra credit reading journals. You are going to select either question six or seven, question eight or nine, and question ten to answer. Notice that you will answer three questions here. Make sure you pay attention to the details in the assignment as it's given to you.
Furthermore, I'd like for you to begin to prepare for your quiz that is coming this next Friday/Monday. Your assessments on Friday/Monday will cover Wordskills unit two and also the four poems that we've been studying this week. Please make sure that you're well prepared and that you've studied hard. I'll be giving out a review sheet for the vocabulary exam on Wednesday/Thursday in order to help you prepare.
As always, if you have questions, please ask!
AP English III:
Tonight for homework I'd like for you to read two things. From The Things They Carried, I'd like for you to read our next major story "How to Tell a True War Story" - continue to annotate heavily and notice how O'Brien is continuing to develop his characters, motifs, and specific themes. This is an especially interesting story to consider when thinking about our big issue of truth and honesty in a memoir.
I'd also like for you to read George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant." That essay is found in 50 Essays or at this link. As you read this, consider the idea of obligation and duty especially as we began discussing this idea today in our discussion of "On the Rainy River." How is Orwell like O'Brien here? How is their choice similar?
English I:
Tonight for homework I'd like for you to make some more entries in your extra credit reading journals. You are going to select either question six or seven, question eight or nine, and question ten to answer. Notice that you will answer three questions here. Make sure you pay attention to the details in the assignment as it's given to you.
Furthermore, I'd like for you to begin to prepare for your quiz that is coming this next Friday/Monday. Your assessments on Friday/Monday will cover Wordskills unit two and also the four poems that we've been studying this week. Please make sure that you're well prepared and that you've studied hard. I'll be giving out a review sheet for the vocabulary exam on Wednesday/Thursday in order to help you prepare.
As always, if you have questions, please ask!
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