Homework for 24 October - B Day Students

Hey everyone! Many of you were absent today due to testing, be sure that you go to Google Classroom to check the slides from today's class. If you have questions, please see me outside of class.

AP Seminar

We're all about the TMPOD for Friday. Continue the great work from today's class. It's also a great idea to go back to the high scored TMPOD that I shared with you as an exemplar of what you need to produce. Friday should be about practicing and finalizing since you should have the whole team together to work.

Advanced Russian

Today in class we reviewed our homework in order to get a better understanding of verbal aspect (Russian II) and of our new pronouns and reflexive language (Russian III). We should continue this work for homework.

Russian II Students - Write five sentences about yourself based on the work we did today. Write in Russian. Be sure that you have a sentence for each of our tenses and aspects - Imperfective Past, Present, and Future as well as Perfective Past and Future.

Russian III Students - Complete your exercises. Translate to the best of your ability. If you don't know, ask in advance.

Additionally we began to outline our research papers. Continue to work on these as we'll be quickly moving through the process of doing this work in Russian. Remember that the final paper is only about three pages, double spaced, so you can't actually write too much. Also remember that you're writing in Russian, so your language is going to be a lot simpler.

Russian I

Today in class we fully reviewed the concept of asking WHOSE and answering IT'S MY/HIS/HER/THEIR/OUR. This was the goal of our speaking and of our exercises number eleven and twelve. For tonight, you have two major tasks to finalize this work.

1. Find ten items in your house and claim ownership of them in Russian. Say who owns it. Use your vocabulary and grammar notes. 
2. Next week you'll have a spelling test on your new vocabulary words from Chapter 1. Be sure that you are studying these words to prepare.

Russian Students - Remember that test corrections are due on Friday so that I can score them this weekend.

Homework for A-Day Classes: 23 October 2018

AP English III

I'm going to go over your tasks for next class and the week ahead in order of priority. Be sure to complete all of these tasks as we prepare for the end of the quarter.

1. Resubmit your essay if you need to. All that I need is the new draft and the old draft. I'll rescore and change your scores in PowerSchool this weekend.
2. Read and annotate Act IV of The Crucible as you finish reading, consider what Miller's overall themes and arguments are. Look back over your topics and motifs and consider how some of these ideas interact with each other in order to create meaning.
3. Are you seeing any parallels to Skeleton Crew? I think it's important to draw connections here as we move forward in to our later texts and unit.
4. Have you done your close reading of your selected text and seen the social commentary? Be sure that you have uploaded your annotations and analysis to your websites. If you're having issues with uploading content, I'll be able to help you on Thursday during our workshop.

Be aware that the website projects will be presented on or around November 8th. It's important that you begin to finish your work here so that you can edit and perfect your final product.

English IV

We'll be finishing up with Act I of A Doll's House very soon. Likely next class. I'm very proud of the work that all of you did today with your essays. I'll have them scored over the weekend for you all. Tonight, you should begin to work on your study guide for Act I. Can you answer these questions? Try to answer all that you can based on what we've seen and read so far. This is a good look at the type of questions that I will have you answer on your Act I quiz.

Homework for the Weekend - B Day - 6 September

AP Seminar

Today we went forward into our work on questions and lenses. This work can be very difficult and really frustrating - remember that the goal is to have something to guide your search. Without some sort of a map, even a bad one, you begin your journey with no plan in mind - thus you're immediately lost.

For tonight, delve deeper into your topic (diversity, innovation, space) and develop a sub-topic of interest to you. For example, you may want to look at diversity of Native Americans, or personal space, or cancer innovations. Go in the direction that you see fit, and develop new questions. Apply 5-7 of the lenses for your work on Monday with online resources and databases. Technically, this is the homework for next class - we are flipping the two, because of my absence.

Russian II/III

We will complete our viewing of Moscow Doesn't Believe in Tears next week. I hope that you enjoyed the beginning of the film today. I think that Russians are great story tellers and this film is a wonderful example of that skill. For our next class, apply what you have learned today to your verb cards - work through the non-past conjugation of your verb types. Be sure to look for mutations as well as the process of joining the endings to the stem. You should be developing your cards so that you have a good study aid for our upcoming quiz on verbs and stems. This quiz will likely fall next week on Friday.

Russian I

For the weekend you should all be focused on learning the shapes and sounds of the letters that we have learned so far. That would be the letters in Groups One through Four. As you are going through your handwriting packet, remember to complete any exercises which have the letters that we have seen so far. By the end of next week you will be turning in a complete handwriting pack with everything complete. Keep that in mind as you are working this weekend. Be able to read and write what you see in that packet.

Also, don't forget to practice with our classroom on Duolingo. That's another great way to reinforce and develop your skills.

Enjoy the weekend everyone and have a Happy (Jewish) New Year! I'll see you all on Wednesday!

Homework for B-Day - 4 September 2018

Remember, the next time that I see you I'll be a bit smarter since I'll be a bit older! Make sure that you're ready for our next class by preparing the proper tribute aka gifts aka homework assignments.

Russian I

We're almost halfway through the Russian alphabet! Hooray! As we keep working, remember that you should be working through your handwriting packet on a daily basis. Be sure that you remember to review and study every day so that you are able to memorize these shapes and sounds. Looking at the letters we have done so far, you should be able to complete the following exercises:

1, 2, 3, 5, 8, 9, 13

Feel free to do more if you would like, but those would be the minimum requirement. See you all next class!

Russian II/III

Today we spent a lot of time drawing and writing outside before getting back to our work on verbs. Tonight, you have two assignments to work on - one you'll complete and one you'll just begin.

Start by completing Exercise 8B - complete what we started in class by finishing the even questions. Remember to follow the chart format where you address the process of joining, the stem, and show how the process works. Then, move on to your verb cards.

For the verb cards you'll be assigning one verb to each card. For tonight, I want you to try to show the verb in its Standard Transcription for the infinitive and past tense endings. Show the stem + the ending, and how they combine.

Next class we'll start looking at present tense (aka non-past) to understand more about what stems are telling us.

AP Seminar

For our next AP Seminar class we'll be focusing in on the idea of perspective and approach to questions and inquiry. We started to discuss some of these ideas today at the conclusion of class. For this, you'll be taking a look at the film Blackfish and considering the perspective on the issue that the film explores.

Take a look at our previous post so that you remind yourself of what to follow as you watch the film. Take notes as you watch related to those ideas, and don't forget to read over SeaWorld's official response to the documentary. We'll have some interesting ideas to bandy about on Thursday.

Homework for B-Day - Wednesday the 14th

Happy Valentine's Day to my lovely students! I hope that you all know that I'm so happy to spend so much of my time with you all. Hopefully we make a bit of Valentine's Day everyday in Room 301!

AP English III

Tonight you have two major goals to accomplish. First, there's the synthesis sourcepack related to your research question. This work should be submitted to me online. Hard copies of work will not be accepted. In the assignment you are creating the prompt page for your research topic. The opening and instructions are the same for everyone - take this directly from your prompt. The context paragraph, prompt, and citations will be different.

Don't forget to include five to seven sources. One of them should be a non-print source. One of them should also take a side opposite to yours - this would provide a future refutation source. I'll grade these over the weekend and return them to you via Google Classroom on Monday.

You also have reading and annotating of Invisible Man - you're reading Chapter One. This chapter is very strange and involves a lot of symbolism especially related to the boxing match. Pay attention to the veil and use your motifs to navigate the chapter. All of the motifs are seen in Chapter One. You should also make sure that you are completing your vocabulary per chapter as you read.

Don't forget that registration paperwork is due by February 27th!

English IV

Your homework is the same as your A-Day classmates. You are reading Chapters One through Three of Frankenstein and using the comprehension questions to make sure that you have understood the reading. You do not have to write answers to the questions, but you should be able to find the answers in the story. Make sure that you are actively reading - underlining and making notes as you read. This will improve your reading skills and better prepare you for future reading tasks.

Homework for the Weekend - 30 November - Russian Students

Advanced Russian:

Hopefully after spending time with your numbers and counting rules you are a bit more comfortable using and navigating time expressions. Russian II - If you did not finish your answering of the questions in Google Classroom as well as your recording of your questions and answers, make sure that you finish that work by Monday. There are also your time expression exercises at the end of Chapter Five.

Russian III - I hope that you are satisfied with the final draft of your paper. You should be actively preparing to answer questions and discuss this essay. Developing sample questions and preparing answers for those questions is one of the best ways to prepare. Also, don't forget to finish reviewing your time expressions as well. On Monday we will be working through some talking to solidify our knowledge around time. Prepare for a quiz on time expressions next week!

Russian I:

I will have your quizzes graded and posted soon. If you are not satisfied with your score, make sure that you fully learn this skill so that you can reassess on the skill next week. I also hope that you enjoyed your viewing of the second section of Doctor Zhivago today.

Over the weekend you should spend time with the readings at the beginning of Chapter One. Read over the dialogue and the reading. As you are reading these texts, look out for verbs. Can you identify where they are? Can you also identify where prepositional case is being used? On Monday we'll do some more work to pair verb conjugation with prepositional case.

Homework for B-Day Students: 3 May 2016

AP English III

Next class we will be having our quiz on Acts I-III of The Crucible.  In order to prepare for this assessment you should spend your time reviewing your characters, the study questions for Acts I-III, and the work that we did today on Machiavelli.

Your quiz will have multiple choice questions, quote identifications, and a short answer where you are drawing connections between the ideas of Machiavelli and the ideas of Miller in The Crucible.

English II

Today we had some time in the media center to begin our research on genocides around the world.  Next class you will be continuing to work on the research before we start working on the websites again.  If you would like to continue working on research at hope you are more than welcome to do so.  Keep using your cards as you keep doing research.

For homework I want you to read the small selection about the Warsaw Ghetto Uprising during World War II.  With the reading, make sure that you read carefully, and highlight information to help you answer the questions.  You will need to answer all the questions at the end.  I will check this for completion next class.

Homework for B-Day Students: 21 October 2015

English II

There is not any homework for you all to complete tonight; however, some of you are missing assignments that need to be made up tomorrow so that they can count for this quarter.  If you are still missing anything at the end of the day tomorrow and have not made a plan to make it up then I will be forced to submit missing grades for these assignments which will really hurt your quarter grade.

Remember that when you miss class it is your responsibility to get your missing work; if you don't then you can only blame yourself when things like this occur.

AP English III

Your next class will be a self-contained substitute day which will need no preparation.  For Wednesday, however, you have your next chunk of reading in The Adventures of Huckleberry Finn.  Remember to read and annotate the text heavily - look for particularly important passages and approach them the same way that we did today in class (that's some of the most fun in reading literature).

For Wednesday's class you will have two questions due:  one interpretive and one literal.  Be sure to refer to your question type assignment as you consider the writing of these questions.

Homework for the Weekend - 11/22/2013

Honors English II

Over the weekend I'd like for you to do a few things related to the first four sections of Persepolis.  First, you should go back through and make sure that your notes are in good shape.  Remember that you're supposed to be focusing on the main characters in the family as well as key moments which lead to development in the characters.  Second, I'd like for you to respond to the following prompt in a solid paragraph.  You can use the comments to do your paragraph (which I prefer because we can then see what we think) or you can submit your response on paper.  No matter which route you choose, be sure that you use clear references to the text in order to clarify, develop, and explain your answer.

In Persepolis Marjane Satrapi makes use of light and dark imagery in her panels in order to add meaning to scenes and language.  Investigate one panel (other than one we discussed today in class) and explain how the use of light and dark imagery within the panel helps Satrapi to express to the reader a larger idea within that panel or within the larger text.

As you write this response, please make sure that you cite your panel so that I can refer to the text as I read your response.  Identify the row, frame, and page number so that I know I'm looking at the right thing.  Also, if you have any additional questions please jot those down and bring them to class on Tuesday.

ESL English III

Over the weekend you should prepare for your exam on Tuesday.  Remember that you'll have grammar, questions on Number the Stars, The Boy in the Striped Pajamas and you'll have some multiple choice questions.  Study and review so that you are prepared for this examination.

Honors Assignment Only

Honors English I Students -

Your assignment this weekend is to read the poem by Wordsworth called "Ode to Duty." This is a very difficult poem to understand, but I'm sure that you can do it. Use the footnotes on the bottom of the page and my annotations. After reading the poem - answer the eight questions on the page.

If you need help - please leave a comment.