AP Literature
Lots of good thinking in class today related to thinking. I loved the takeaways that we came to related to the relationship between consciousness and awareness and the way in which the Underground Man is forming his own ideas related to these concepts. All of this is important as we move forward into Part II since this is the beginning of the novel (ironic, I know).
Tonight you're reading Part II, Chapters 1-4. Chapter 1 gives us the UM's set-up of the story. In Chapters 2, 3 and 4 we start to meet the new characters and see how UM interacts with them. Be sure to annotate. Track the ideas from your topics and motifs list. Follow the characters and develop your character list.
There's a chance of a reading quiz on Thursday. Also be sure that everything that you need to submit is in by Wednesday so that your progress report is an accurate reflection of where you are in class.
AP Research
Great work today with our scientific sample paper. This is a writing week as we move toward approval. Be sure that your Proposal and Supporting Documentation is prepared and shared! From there, beginning to write would be a good use of your time. Take a look at your Method and Introduction Outlines. Start writing. Use your sample papers and rubrics as you write.
On Thursday, I'd like to see your method outline for a score. If you're working with an expert adviser, I need their contact information so that I can contact them. Thursday will be a workday since I'll be conducting your IRB review. Hopefully it's nothing but good news after that.
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Tuesday, December 3, 2019
Monday, December 2, 2019
Back from Break - Homework - A Day - 2 December
AP Research
Great work today with our scientific sample paper. This is a writing week as we move toward approval. Be sure that your Proposal and Supporting Documentation is prepared and shared! From there, beginning to write would be a good use of your time. Take a look at your Method and Introduction Outlines. Start writing. Use your sample papers and rubrics as you write.
On Wednesday I'd like to see your method outline for a score. If you're working with an expert adviser, I need their contact information so that I can contact them.
Russian I
We've got an examination on Friday, so most of today's class was spent reviewing for that. I've given you all a set of exercises that review the essential skills on Friday's examination. There's going to be work with the alphabet, grammar related to gender and possession, and then conjugation of verbs (regular first and second as well as our mutants).
Use the exercises to prepare. Check them with me during lunch over the next few days to be sure you're doing it right. Remember that for every correct exercise you'll be getting part of an extra credit point.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we did some independent work with vocabulary, some guided work with exercises, and then some individual or partner work related to our projects. Remember that next week on the 10th we'll have a quiz on grammar topics. On the 16th and 17th we'll present our projects.
For tonight you should continue to work with your vocabulary. Come to next class with new words in your head well enough to use them. We'll keep working with vocabulary as we start each class this month with the goal of increasing your words to increase your abilities with the language! Учите на век!
Great work today with our scientific sample paper. This is a writing week as we move toward approval. Be sure that your Proposal and Supporting Documentation is prepared and shared! From there, beginning to write would be a good use of your time. Take a look at your Method and Introduction Outlines. Start writing. Use your sample papers and rubrics as you write.
On Wednesday I'd like to see your method outline for a score. If you're working with an expert adviser, I need their contact information so that I can contact them.
Russian I
We've got an examination on Friday, so most of today's class was spent reviewing for that. I've given you all a set of exercises that review the essential skills on Friday's examination. There's going to be work with the alphabet, grammar related to gender and possession, and then conjugation of verbs (regular first and second as well as our mutants).
Use the exercises to prepare. Check them with me during lunch over the next few days to be sure you're doing it right. Remember that for every correct exercise you'll be getting part of an extra credit point.
Advanced Russian
Today in class we did some independent work with vocabulary, some guided work with exercises, and then some individual or partner work related to our projects. Remember that next week on the 10th we'll have a quiz on grammar topics. On the 16th and 17th we'll present our projects.
For tonight you should continue to work with your vocabulary. Come to next class with new words in your head well enough to use them. We'll keep working with vocabulary as we start each class this month with the goal of increasing your words to increase your abilities with the language! Учите на век!
Tuesday, November 26, 2019
Homework for Thanksgiving Break - B Day
AP Lit
No homework to assign over break except to rest, relax, and recover. I hope that you all enjoyed today's class and meeting The Underground Man. I would highly recommend reviewing Part One (especially if you didn't read too carefully) since you'll understand a lot more of him after today's class.
Next week we'll work through Part II. The assessment on this novel will happen on 11 December - It'll be another Question 3. Don't forget to complete the survey below to give your feedback on the most recent unit! I've also posted on Google Classroom the play An Evening with Dostoevsky (it's in Russian) to give you an idea of The Underground Man. This play is a one-man show based on Notes from Underground - so even if you don't understand Russian, you can get a good idea of who this guy is.
If you didn't complete your vocabulary card I'll take it next week!
AP Research
This is the major push time everyone! It's time to put together all of the pieces for IRB approval next week. This is your major goal. In order to pass IRB you will need the DPS Proposal Form complete as it applies to your study. You will also need to have any consent forms and method tools like surveys and questions prepared. I would compile everything into one space and share that with Dr. Spencer. Her email is julie_spencer [at] dpsnc.net.
Outside of this you should start writing. Complete your outline documents and then start writing it all up. Use Manzanar as a model for this work. Use your templates too. If you have more of this content written now, it makes the work ahead even easier!
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!
No homework to assign over break except to rest, relax, and recover. I hope that you all enjoyed today's class and meeting The Underground Man. I would highly recommend reviewing Part One (especially if you didn't read too carefully) since you'll understand a lot more of him after today's class.
Next week we'll work through Part II. The assessment on this novel will happen on 11 December - It'll be another Question 3. Don't forget to complete the survey below to give your feedback on the most recent unit! I've also posted on Google Classroom the play An Evening with Dostoevsky (it's in Russian) to give you an idea of The Underground Man. This play is a one-man show based on Notes from Underground - so even if you don't understand Russian, you can get a good idea of who this guy is.
If you didn't complete your vocabulary card I'll take it next week!
AP Research
This is the major push time everyone! It's time to put together all of the pieces for IRB approval next week. This is your major goal. In order to pass IRB you will need the DPS Proposal Form complete as it applies to your study. You will also need to have any consent forms and method tools like surveys and questions prepared. I would compile everything into one space and share that with Dr. Spencer. Her email is julie_spencer [at] dpsnc.net.
Outside of this you should start writing. Complete your outline documents and then start writing it all up. Use Manzanar as a model for this work. Use your templates too. If you have more of this content written now, it makes the work ahead even easier!
Enjoy Thanksgiving Break!
Monday, November 18, 2019
Homework for Monday - 11/18 - B Day
AP Literature
We had our final work with The Stranger today in class as well as a circle discussion to review some of our main themes and takeaways from the novel. I was really happy to see you all in the circle room as you tried something new, listened and respected each other, and you all engaged in creative and critical discussion about the novel. Молодец! Wonderful! All of this discussion is key in preparing for Q3 next class - Hopefully you see the connection to the various themes.
Tonight you should spend some time at AP Classroom. Look at your Unit 1 MCQ - What did you get wrong? Why did you get it wrong? Why is the correct answer the better answer? Be sure that you're looking at the specific verbs and adjectives/adverbs - that's usually the difference between better and best.
Prepare for Q3 (The FRQ) by reviewing your annotations. Checking in on your back covers and understanding connections between those elements is key. Also, be sure to look at the practice we did in class related to Q3.
Lastly - we'll start Dostoevsky on Friday. Get yourself a copy of the novel - or save the link here for a copy of it. Remember, no matter how you read, you are still expected to annotate. We'll be reading this book fast - it's a quick read.
AP Research
Today was a workday for all of us. I was reviewing your proposals and you were working with each other or on your own. I'm planning to sit with you at the beginning of next week to go through your proposals and address feedback. As you are working this week, don't forget that we have a new reflection posted.
I would highly suggest that you all spend the time that you need this week working through your method. Do you have a firm understanding of what data you need to collect and how you are going to get it? How are you taking these generalized methods and making them specific to your question and study?
You'll have the chance to recoup your points this week if you missed any. Please review your work as it is returned to you. I'll hopefully have them all returned to you on Google Classroom by the end of tomorrow.
We had our final work with The Stranger today in class as well as a circle discussion to review some of our main themes and takeaways from the novel. I was really happy to see you all in the circle room as you tried something new, listened and respected each other, and you all engaged in creative and critical discussion about the novel. Молодец! Wonderful! All of this discussion is key in preparing for Q3 next class - Hopefully you see the connection to the various themes.
Tonight you should spend some time at AP Classroom. Look at your Unit 1 MCQ - What did you get wrong? Why did you get it wrong? Why is the correct answer the better answer? Be sure that you're looking at the specific verbs and adjectives/adverbs - that's usually the difference between better and best.
Prepare for Q3 (The FRQ) by reviewing your annotations. Checking in on your back covers and understanding connections between those elements is key. Also, be sure to look at the practice we did in class related to Q3.
Lastly - we'll start Dostoevsky on Friday. Get yourself a copy of the novel - or save the link here for a copy of it. Remember, no matter how you read, you are still expected to annotate. We'll be reading this book fast - it's a quick read.
AP Research
Today was a workday for all of us. I was reviewing your proposals and you were working with each other or on your own. I'm planning to sit with you at the beginning of next week to go through your proposals and address feedback. As you are working this week, don't forget that we have a new reflection posted.
I would highly suggest that you all spend the time that you need this week working through your method. Do you have a firm understanding of what data you need to collect and how you are going to get it? How are you taking these generalized methods and making them specific to your question and study?
You'll have the chance to recoup your points this week if you missed any. Please review your work as it is returned to you. I'll hopefully have them all returned to you on Google Classroom by the end of tomorrow.
Friday, November 15, 2019
Homework for the Weekend - A Day - 15 November
AP Research
Today was a workday for all of us. I was reviewing your proposals and you were working with each other or on your own. I'm planning to sit with you at the beginning of next week to go through your proposals and address feedback. As you are working this weekend, don't forget that we have a new reflection posted for this week.
I would highly suggest that you all spend the time that you need this weekend working through your method. Do you have a firm understanding of what data you need to collect and how you are going to get it? How are you taking these generalized methods and making them specific to your question and study?
You'll have the chance to recoup your points next week if you missed any. Please review your work as it is returned to you. I'll hopefully have them all returned to you on Google Classroom by the end of today.
Russian I
Today in class we finished the first part of Doctor Zhivago and did a bit of review on prepositional case. Next class we'll review prepositional case even more. Be sure that you've finished the exercise where you use the verb "to live" and change the location into prepositional case. Take this time to learn this pattern so that you know it for the rest of this class.
Advanced Russian
We went to the grocery store today to learn about Russian habits related to food. We also spent our time using numbers in a variety of ways to talk about quantities and the cost of things. Fun times! Over the weekend you should all be focused on learning your numbers both in terms of how to spell them and how to use them. I hope that our work together today was helpful in reminding you of the key patterns when using numbers.
Focus as well on genitive case - we use it a lot when working with numbers. Next week we'll keep working with numbers as we learn more about telling time and dates next week.
Today was a workday for all of us. I was reviewing your proposals and you were working with each other or on your own. I'm planning to sit with you at the beginning of next week to go through your proposals and address feedback. As you are working this weekend, don't forget that we have a new reflection posted for this week.
I would highly suggest that you all spend the time that you need this weekend working through your method. Do you have a firm understanding of what data you need to collect and how you are going to get it? How are you taking these generalized methods and making them specific to your question and study?
You'll have the chance to recoup your points next week if you missed any. Please review your work as it is returned to you. I'll hopefully have them all returned to you on Google Classroom by the end of today.
Russian I
Today in class we finished the first part of Doctor Zhivago and did a bit of review on prepositional case. Next class we'll review prepositional case even more. Be sure that you've finished the exercise where you use the verb "to live" and change the location into prepositional case. Take this time to learn this pattern so that you know it for the rest of this class.
Advanced Russian
We went to the grocery store today to learn about Russian habits related to food. We also spent our time using numbers in a variety of ways to talk about quantities and the cost of things. Fun times! Over the weekend you should all be focused on learning your numbers both in terms of how to spell them and how to use them. I hope that our work together today was helpful in reminding you of the key patterns when using numbers.
Focus as well on genitive case - we use it a lot when working with numbers. Next week we'll keep working with numbers as we learn more about telling time and dates next week.
Tuesday, August 27, 2019
Homework for Day 1 (Part 2) - B Day - 27 August
Be sure to use the first post of the year to join our Google Classroom page. It's an important space for all of the classes to access.
AP English Literature
Today in class we discussed two of the most important literary devices that there are - tone and irony. A lot of the things that we will find ourselves doing this year will be discussing how tone and irony are at play in the texts that we are reading and the purpose behind those elements. Remember the other key idea about class - Everything that authors do is intentional and purposeful. This means that there are no wrong answers, just those with a lot of support and those with little support.
Tonight you have your paperwork to accomplish and some reading to do. Please take the handout and read Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants". Pay attention to the tone and irony at use in the story. On Google Classroom I posted today's slides, be sure to check those out too for other ideas. Remember that when you have a reading assignment that means annotating too!
AP Research
Great work just jumping right in today and getting started. Remember that right now we're working on the Dry Run, but this is a mirror of what you should be doing too. We've got to start right away with brushing off our skills from last year and doing some small r research to get to our big R tasks. Tonight spend time in Google Classroom and post TWO sources that we can use to define our Body of Knowledge related to our problem statement. This is crucial for our revision process and the development of our question. Remember to use APA formatting as you work. Give us a brief explanation of the usefulness of the source. That will be the key bit we need moving forward.
AP English Literature
Today in class we discussed two of the most important literary devices that there are - tone and irony. A lot of the things that we will find ourselves doing this year will be discussing how tone and irony are at play in the texts that we are reading and the purpose behind those elements. Remember the other key idea about class - Everything that authors do is intentional and purposeful. This means that there are no wrong answers, just those with a lot of support and those with little support.
Tonight you have your paperwork to accomplish and some reading to do. Please take the handout and read Hemingway's "Hills Like White Elephants". Pay attention to the tone and irony at use in the story. On Google Classroom I posted today's slides, be sure to check those out too for other ideas. Remember that when you have a reading assignment that means annotating too!
AP Research
Great work just jumping right in today and getting started. Remember that right now we're working on the Dry Run, but this is a mirror of what you should be doing too. We've got to start right away with brushing off our skills from last year and doing some small r research to get to our big R tasks. Tonight spend time in Google Classroom and post TWO sources that we can use to define our Body of Knowledge related to our problem statement. This is crucial for our revision process and the development of our question. Remember to use APA formatting as you work. Give us a brief explanation of the usefulness of the source. That will be the key bit we need moving forward.
Tuesday, August 28, 2018
Homework for B-Day Students: 28 August
AP Seminar:
Tonight we have some important work to do in order to stretch you as you develop yourselves to be more creative and critical thinkers. Tonight you'll be watching the video below, analyzing your letter of the QUEST model and then completing your paperwork for class. So, here are your tasks.
Watch this TEDTalk and take notes on the following questions as you are watching:
1. Explain the story of Alfred Dreyfus?
2. What is motivated reasoning? What is problematic about this?
3. What is the scout mindset?
4. How are mind sets rooted in emotion? What are they and how are they different?
5. Seriously, what do you most yearn for?
6. How do you think this connects to our class?
Remember - answer these questions as bullet points, not necessarily as complete sentences or paragraphs. Be sure that you can show me your work on this if I were to ask for it.
Secondly, take a look at the Course and Exam Description booklet. Go to pages 11-24 and read carefully your assigned element of the QUEST framework. Read and annotate your section in order to better understand what that part of the Framework means. Be able to explain it to your classmates and to yourself!
Lastly, complete your paperwork - Honor Policy and Parent Contact Form - and turn those in to me next class.
Advanced Russian
Welcome back to all of you, дорогие мои! I am so happy to continue working with you in Russian class. Hopefully we had some fun today reviewing the basics and delving a bit further. Our first unit is focused on verbs, so for tonight I want you to make a list of ten verbs you use commonly to talk about your day. With each verb, be sure to write it down in Russian, in English, and make a list of the various cases that the verb will use to communicate meaning.
Russian III Students - You should attempt to transcribe the verb using structural transcription. That can be found at the beginning of your Russian language textbook if you still have that. This will help us to move forward into the One Stem Verb System.
Russian I
I hope that all of you enjoyed class today. Be sure that you access our Google Classroom page as well as our Duolingo page as well. You may find it more helpful to access these using the desktop site rather than the app or mobile site.
For homework tonight I want you to be practicing with your new letters A, K, M, O, T. Go through the handwriting packet and work with exercises that feature these letters. Practice your reading and writing. Remember that I'll collect the whole packet at the end of the unit.
Also, don't forget your Parent Contact Sheet too. I like to call parents and tell them how great you are.
See you all on Thursday!
Tonight we have some important work to do in order to stretch you as you develop yourselves to be more creative and critical thinkers. Tonight you'll be watching the video below, analyzing your letter of the QUEST model and then completing your paperwork for class. So, here are your tasks.
Watch this TEDTalk and take notes on the following questions as you are watching:
1. Explain the story of Alfred Dreyfus?
2. What is motivated reasoning? What is problematic about this?
3. What is the scout mindset?
4. How are mind sets rooted in emotion? What are they and how are they different?
5. Seriously, what do you most yearn for?
6. How do you think this connects to our class?
Remember - answer these questions as bullet points, not necessarily as complete sentences or paragraphs. Be sure that you can show me your work on this if I were to ask for it.
Secondly, take a look at the Course and Exam Description booklet. Go to pages 11-24 and read carefully your assigned element of the QUEST framework. Read and annotate your section in order to better understand what that part of the Framework means. Be able to explain it to your classmates and to yourself!
Lastly, complete your paperwork - Honor Policy and Parent Contact Form - and turn those in to me next class.
Advanced Russian
Welcome back to all of you, дорогие мои! I am so happy to continue working with you in Russian class. Hopefully we had some fun today reviewing the basics and delving a bit further. Our first unit is focused on verbs, so for tonight I want you to make a list of ten verbs you use commonly to talk about your day. With each verb, be sure to write it down in Russian, in English, and make a list of the various cases that the verb will use to communicate meaning.
Russian III Students - You should attempt to transcribe the verb using structural transcription. That can be found at the beginning of your Russian language textbook if you still have that. This will help us to move forward into the One Stem Verb System.
Russian I
I hope that all of you enjoyed class today. Be sure that you access our Google Classroom page as well as our Duolingo page as well. You may find it more helpful to access these using the desktop site rather than the app or mobile site.
For homework tonight I want you to be practicing with your new letters A, K, M, O, T. Go through the handwriting packet and work with exercises that feature these letters. Practice your reading and writing. Remember that I'll collect the whole packet at the end of the unit.
Also, don't forget your Parent Contact Sheet too. I like to call parents and tell them how great you are.
See you all on Thursday!
Monday, August 27, 2018
27 August - Homework - A Day
Welcome back to Jordan High for the 2018-2019 year! I'm so happy to be back to teaching and learning with you all in Room 301. Here are your reminders and announcements to get you going into our next class on Wednesday.
ESL English IV
Today was a wonderful day where we all got to know each other just a bit and we began to work on some of the important work in our class, like how words are built to create meaning. Next class we'll keep working with these new vocabulary skills as well as with a poem related to our opening theme.
For tonight, be sure that you've completed your Parent Contact Sheet - you'll want to turn that in to us next class. Then, take some time to think and make a list of about five things that are important parts of your identity. Try to make these specific to you. Don't just say "cooking" but think of an item that you like to cook more than any other. What does that say about who you are as a person?
AP English III
Today we had a great opening class in which we reviewed the class policies and procedures, you turned in your summer assignments, and you've already received some grades as well! Ms. Coco and I will be working hard to score your summer work and return it to you in a timely fashion, likely later this week or at the beginning of next. Remember that you can resubmit most of your summer work for new scores after you've learned the new expectations related to writing, outlining, and annotating.
For tonight, your main goal is to complete your paperwork (Contact Sheet/Honor Code) as well as complete the reading of "Keeping a Notebook" by Joan Didion. The article is available here as a .pdf file. Remember to read and annotate - take notes in your notebooks, take notes on the article, or on post-its. Never forget that annotating is a key skill and a standing assignment.
On Friday we'll be reviewing Sections I and II of In Cold Blood. You may find it helpful to start reviewing your annotations and reading tonight. Don't forget to add to your vocabulary bookmark as you do this work.
ESL English IV
Today was a wonderful day where we all got to know each other just a bit and we began to work on some of the important work in our class, like how words are built to create meaning. Next class we'll keep working with these new vocabulary skills as well as with a poem related to our opening theme.
For tonight, be sure that you've completed your Parent Contact Sheet - you'll want to turn that in to us next class. Then, take some time to think and make a list of about five things that are important parts of your identity. Try to make these specific to you. Don't just say "cooking" but think of an item that you like to cook more than any other. What does that say about who you are as a person?
AP English III
Today we had a great opening class in which we reviewed the class policies and procedures, you turned in your summer assignments, and you've already received some grades as well! Ms. Coco and I will be working hard to score your summer work and return it to you in a timely fashion, likely later this week or at the beginning of next. Remember that you can resubmit most of your summer work for new scores after you've learned the new expectations related to writing, outlining, and annotating.
For tonight, your main goal is to complete your paperwork (Contact Sheet/Honor Code) as well as complete the reading of "Keeping a Notebook" by Joan Didion. The article is available here as a .pdf file. Remember to read and annotate - take notes in your notebooks, take notes on the article, or on post-its. Never forget that annotating is a key skill and a standing assignment.
On Friday we'll be reviewing Sections I and II of In Cold Blood. You may find it helpful to start reviewing your annotations and reading tonight. Don't forget to add to your vocabulary bookmark as you do this work.
Monday, November 14, 2016
Homework for B-Day - 14 November 2016
It's kinda strange that we have a full week ahead of us. Is anyone else feeling that?
English II
Today we began our reading of our next major book, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. We'll continue reading daily and you will have some reading at home to do once we get more comfortable with the book. For tonight, your homework is to complete your permission slip for Ms. McCormick. Have your parent sign it and bring it back to us.
AP English III
There are several things on the horizon that you need to start to prepare for. Here they are in order of nearest to latest. First, there's your unit test on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on Friday. After today's class you have a good understanding of what will be on the test. You have identifications, quote explanations, short answers and rhetorical analysis. After Wednesday's class you should be feeling much stronger with completing the rhetorical analysis process.
Next week we have our websites. As a group you should be finishing your synthesis assignment, editing each other's rhetorical analyses, and putting final touches on your sites. Make sure to check the mock-up and account for all of the moving parts. Your presentations will be on Tuesday. In advance, make sure to share your websites with me (daniel_miller (at) dpsnc (dot) net) and with Ms. McCormick (samanthagmcc (at) gmail (dot) com). Let us know if you need help with your sites.
Lastly, don't forget about Ms. McCormick's form. Get it signed and bring it back.
English II
Today we began our reading of our next major book, Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi. We'll continue reading daily and you will have some reading at home to do once we get more comfortable with the book. For tonight, your homework is to complete your permission slip for Ms. McCormick. Have your parent sign it and bring it back to us.
AP English III
There are several things on the horizon that you need to start to prepare for. Here they are in order of nearest to latest. First, there's your unit test on The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn on Friday. After today's class you have a good understanding of what will be on the test. You have identifications, quote explanations, short answers and rhetorical analysis. After Wednesday's class you should be feeling much stronger with completing the rhetorical analysis process.
Next week we have our websites. As a group you should be finishing your synthesis assignment, editing each other's rhetorical analyses, and putting final touches on your sites. Make sure to check the mock-up and account for all of the moving parts. Your presentations will be on Tuesday. In advance, make sure to share your websites with me (daniel_miller (at) dpsnc (dot) net) and with Ms. McCormick (samanthagmcc (at) gmail (dot) com). Let us know if you need help with your sites.
Lastly, don't forget about Ms. McCormick's form. Get it signed and bring it back.
Monday, August 24, 2015
Homework and Announcements for 8/24/2015
Happy First Day of Class! It was really great to meet a bunch of new students as well as reacquainting myself with my старики in Russian II/III. Here are your reminders for tonight's homework - all classes have something to prepare for our next meeting on Wednesday.
Russian II/III:
Tonight you don't have to do much work in Russian - most of your work will be in English. For tonight write your paragraph in English and then mark the words in a highlighter which will need to be in the NOMINATIVE case when you translate into Russian. Tonight just focus on nominative case. If there is vocabulary you need for your paragraph you can also look up words.
II: Tell me about one thing that you do today. (Only writing in present tense)
III: Tell me about one thing that you did this summer. (Mixture of past and present tense)
Russian I:
Tonight you will need to start learning the first six letters of the Russian alphabet - remember these are not the first six in order, just the easy six. Using your own paper, write the words from the homework sheet at least five times. Practice making your letters. Say the words aloud as you write them. Write this on your own paper so that you can practice making your words nice and neat. We'll begin by reviewing this next class.
English II:
Tonight your homework is to complete two things! One - Fill out the parent information sheet either on paper or online (link below). Two - Complete the first draft of your travel paragraph. Make sure that you have all four parts to ensure a complete response! We will work through these a bit more on Wednesday, when we do some peer editing.
Russian II/III:
Tonight you don't have to do much work in Russian - most of your work will be in English. For tonight write your paragraph in English and then mark the words in a highlighter which will need to be in the NOMINATIVE case when you translate into Russian. Tonight just focus on nominative case. If there is vocabulary you need for your paragraph you can also look up words.
II: Tell me about one thing that you do today. (Only writing in present tense)
III: Tell me about one thing that you did this summer. (Mixture of past and present tense)
Russian I:
Tonight you will need to start learning the first six letters of the Russian alphabet - remember these are not the first six in order, just the easy six. Using your own paper, write the words from the homework sheet at least five times. Practice making your letters. Say the words aloud as you write them. Write this on your own paper so that you can practice making your words nice and neat. We'll begin by reviewing this next class.
English II:
Tonight your homework is to complete two things! One - Fill out the parent information sheet either on paper or online (link below). Two - Complete the first draft of your travel paragraph. Make sure that you have all four parts to ensure a complete response! We will work through these a bit more on Wednesday, when we do some peer editing.
Thursday, December 11, 2014
Homework for the Weekend - A-Day Students - 12/11/2014
Russian II
We will be returning to the computer lab next class to finish our work on the verbs of motion and the VOKI assignment. Please continue to review these online exercises as you keep studying and reviewing over the weekend.
For homework this weekend I would like for you to do some writing in Russian. Select two verbs of motion (which is actually four when you consider the pairing) and the verb носить/нести. Create eight to ten sentences using these verbs in a variety of contexts and tenses to explain your motion and travels. Feel free to be creative, they don't have to be factual, just grammatically correct.
Russian I
You are also doing some writing this weekend. Using our verbs читать, писать, говорить, и жить create sentences which use these words with at least three additional cases (nominative, accusative, prepositional, genitive, dative). Remember to pair your sentences with translations in English.
As you do this make sure that you're using your notes and reviewing your declensions. Keep conjugating your verbs!
English II
Keep working on your "This I believe..." speeches. If you haven't finished the planning work, make sure to do that and then show it to us on Monday so that you can get partial credit. Getting this planning work done will make writing to actual speech so much easier. Also, please get your paperwork signed so that Ms. Gerdes can use your work for her portfolio.
We will be returning to the computer lab next class to finish our work on the verbs of motion and the VOKI assignment. Please continue to review these online exercises as you keep studying and reviewing over the weekend.
For homework this weekend I would like for you to do some writing in Russian. Select two verbs of motion (which is actually four when you consider the pairing) and the verb носить/нести. Create eight to ten sentences using these verbs in a variety of contexts and tenses to explain your motion and travels. Feel free to be creative, they don't have to be factual, just grammatically correct.
Russian I
You are also doing some writing this weekend. Using our verbs читать, писать, говорить, и жить create sentences which use these words with at least three additional cases (nominative, accusative, prepositional, genitive, dative). Remember to pair your sentences with translations in English.
As you do this make sure that you're using your notes and reviewing your declensions. Keep conjugating your verbs!
English II
Keep working on your "This I believe..." speeches. If you haven't finished the planning work, make sure to do that and then show it to us on Monday so that you can get partial credit. Getting this planning work done will make writing to actual speech so much easier. Also, please get your paperwork signed so that Ms. Gerdes can use your work for her portfolio.
Tuesday, August 26, 2014
First Day of School - Version 2.0
AP English III
Students - great first day! We're off to a really wonderful start. Here are your reminders for tonight to prepare you for our next class together on Thursday.
Students - great first day! We're off to a really wonderful start. Here are your reminders for tonight to prepare you for our next class together on Thursday.
- Prepare your rough draft of the introduction assignment. Make sure that you have at least two paragraphs to earn credit for editing.
- Read and annotate "Serving in Florida" available at this link. If you cannot print the article make sure that you at least have notes to show.
- Begin rereading the selected chapters of The Working Poor: "Introduction", "Harvest of Shame" and "Work Works".
- Complete your Parent/Student Information Sheet either on paper or on the online form available a few posts down.
English II
Please see the A-day post for English II for your assignments.
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