Tuesday, November 10, 2015

Assignments for the week of November 16, 2015



Seniors
Monday- Students will add to their 3000 word short story.  Students will synthesize notes taken on Thursday, and write an essay discussing the life events of Tupac which influenced his actions and life as a celebrity.
V-W-3: B-1: generating and organizing ideas before writing and maintain a record of ideas with support.
V-W-1 (V): B-2: differentiating between past, present, and future by responding to a prompt.
V-W-1: B-7: writing a persuasive paragraph that states a position/claim and supports arguments with evidence.

Tuesday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  Students will finish their essay.
V-W-3: B-1: generating and organizing ideas before writing and maintain a record of ideas with support.
V-W-1 (V): B-2: differentiating between past, present, and future by responding to a prompt.
V-W-1: B-7: writing a persuasive paragraph that states a position/claim and supports arguments with evidence.

Wednesday- As a class, students will read Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”
V-W-3: B-1: generating and organizing ideas before writing and maintain a record of ideas with support.

Thursday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  Students will then answer the analysis questions for Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”
V-W-3: B-1: generating and organizing ideas before writing and maintain a record of ideas with support.
V-W-1 (V): B-2: differentiating between past, present, and future by responding to a prompt.




Juniors
Monday- Students will follow along with the audio book of the short story, “I Have No Mouth and I must Scream” by Harlan Ellison found @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MMu1y_nZF5s

Tuesday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure. Students will watch a short movie regarding “I Have No Mouth and I must Scream” by Harlan Ellison found @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=uomvyEHeKh4
And answer discussion/ analysis questions regarding the tale.

Wednesday-  As a class, students will read Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”

Thursday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  Students will then answer the analysis questions for Flannery O’Connor’s short story, “A Good Man is Hard to Find.”


Wednesday, November 4, 2015

Assignments for the Week of November 9-12, 2015



Seniors
Monday- Students will add to their 3000 word short story.  Students will read the essay, I’m your Teacher, Not Your Internet-Service Provider.  Students will then answer supporting questions which reflect the Compare and Contrast Organizational Structure.

Tuesday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.  Students will take a formative assessment assessing the effectiveness of the structure of an exposition in a text.

Wednesday- No School

Thursday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure. Students will read a biography on Tupac Shakur and then watch a YouTube Documentary on Tupac @ https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=O6FOqKJPyW4&list=RDO6FOqKJPyW4#t=72. Students must take notes of the events surrounding his life influenced his actions and life as a celebrity.


Juniors
Monday- Students will add to their 3000 word short story. Students will watch Harrison Bergeron.

Tuesday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure. Students will write an essay discussing the irony in Harrison Bergeron.

Wednesday- No School


Thursday- Students will be given 10-15 minutes silent reading time for pleasure.   Students will take a formative assessment distinguishing what is directly stated in a text from what is really meant (e.g. satire, sarcasm, irony, or understatement).