English 4 Honors (Period 5) Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. So Hee Tan
- Term
- Fall 2015
- Department
- English
- Description
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Past Assignments
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Bring TEXTBOOKS! We will be starting a new unit on Monday, Jan. 4.
Start thinking and planning what you might want to include in your Senior Journal project. Start gathering materials if possible.
Have a wonderful holiday and a restful break!
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Last set of Final Presentations
- Sean Tang-Wang's group
- Vivian's group
- Brian's group.
Study Guide Final exam due on the day of the final.
It will be worth 20 points in the homework category.
Addition to final exam: Questions pertaining to "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"
(These do NOT need to be answered as part of your study guide, but please do study them to better prepare for the final. My apologies for the late addition.)
- How does Anneke represent the kind of woman the author is talking about in lines 15-16, "Women feel such pressure to be everything, do everything...Career, kids, art, politics"?
- What does the author mean when he says in lines 40-41, "I'm convinced the past we must contend with is deeper even than speech"?
- The author uses the example of soldiers waiting and warring to support his point that...
- The reader can infer that the man who served as the author's primary role model was whom?
- How were the men he met in college unlike the men the author grew up with?
- As a boy, why did the author envy women?
- Know the words discredit, savvy, acrid
Deletions from Study Guide
71.-73.
97, 98, 100.
(If you already did them, then no need to make any changes. If you did not do these yet, you can strike them out.)
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Final Presentations continue.
Period 2
Amber's group
Zheeanna's group
Ethan's group
(Alex R's group if time permits)
Period 4
Sara U.'s group
Xuan's group
Daniel's group
Period 5
Vanessa's group
Melody's group
Emily's group
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Final Presentations begin MONDAY.
BRING your RUBRIC!
Per. 2
Marcus's group
Alex R.'s group
Adrienne's group
Per. 4
Ashley's group
Mollie's group
Avalon's group
Per. 5
Rami's group
Connor's group
Alexandria's group
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Last option for extra credit (if you haven't done one already)
Work on Final Presentation and Final Exam Study Guide
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Work on Final Presentation
Work on Final Exam Study Guide (due on the day of your final exam)
Bring textbook
Reminder:
Last option for extra credit due THIS FRIDAY.
Board game for Pygmalion OR Pride and Prejudice.
More info posted under "Seniors" memo wall in classroom.
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Work on Final Presentation
Work on Final Exam Study Guide
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Work on Final Presentation and study for Final Exam using the study guide.
Study guide will be graded as a homework assignment due on the day of the final exam (12/16).
Bring Textbooks
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In the Close Reader, read "Blackheart" and complete ALL activities and questions.
p. 99-108
Be ready to TURN IN Close Reader.
Bring Textbooks.
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Close Reader: Beowulf p. 87-98
Complete ALL tasks, activities, questions, and margin notes
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Read Beowulf in your textbook and answer questions 1-5 on page 426.
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Study for Pride and Prejudice TEST
(all objective questions and includes Jane Austen's bio)
Work on College Apps
Enjoy your time with family and friends this Thanksgiving.
Bring Textbook and Close Reader
Extra Credit Choice 2: Bless Me Ultima Dream Poster
DUE: Mon., Nov. 30
Choose ONE of Tony’s dreams and illustrate his dream depicting both the literal and symbolic meanings of his dream. Use vivid colors and imitate the style of Latin American artists so that your poster is reflective of the Hispanic culture.
The poster must be 22” x 28”. It must be in color (markers, paint, colored pencils are acceptable). Include the title of the novel, author, and a title for the dream.
If you already did the extra credit for the fall play, then you are done and cannot do another extra credit.
Looking ahead...
Extra Credit Choice 3: Board Game DUE: Fri., Dec. 11
Create a board game based on the novel, Pride and Prejudice (4H class) OR based on the play Pygmalion (4P class). The game should include questions and answers of some sort based on the information in the novel. Include rules for your game (typed) and all playing pieces necessary to play the board game. Pieces do not have to be purchased. (e.g. dice can be made out of paper.)
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Pride and Prejudice Essay DUE!
Type, double space, cite quotes properly, etc.
Test on Pride and Prejudice will be after Thanksgiving break on Monday, November 30.
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Work on College Apps!!
Work on P&P Essay.
Final Draft of typed essay due Tuesday.
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Read the rest of Pride and Prejudice.
Start thinking about which essay topic you will choose.
Bring your novels. We will use class time on Friday to work on the essay.
Coming up...
P&P Essay (final draft typed, double spaced)--Tuesday, Nov. 24
Test on Pride and Prejudice--Monday, Nov. 30.
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FINAL DRAFT of UC Prompt #2 due on google docs.
Make all revisions, changes, and editing BEFORE the start of class on Thursday.
I will grade/score essays beginning that afternoon.
I have now given feedback and commented on all drafts.
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Read chapters 50-53
UC Prompt #2 FINAL Draft
(make all revisions and editing on Google docs)
Hard copy not needed.
I will grade directly from google docs.
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Read chapters 44-46.
Reading Quiz on recent chapters.
Literary Device #5 on Pride and Prejudice
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Read Chapters 41-43.
Literary Device #5 (P&P) due Tuesday.
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Read chapters 37-40
Vocab assignment for chapters 11-15.
Extra Credit Option ONE is due for those who chose to watch the school play.
Please submit your ticket stub (should have a drama stamp on it which indicates you stayed for the whole play) AND type your written critique/review of the play.
Attached are the extra credit options again.
There are two more options due at a later time if you would still like to take advantage of extra credit.
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Read chapters 30-36 and be ready for a quiz on those chapters.
Illustrate a Social Satire Cartoon for P&P.
Pride and Prejudice
Social Satire Cartoon
Directions: Create a cartoon satirizing the social attitudes or characters in Pride and Prejudice. Remember that satire is a literary technique in which behaviors or institutions are ridiculed for the purpose of improving society. What sets satire apart from other forms of social and political protest is humor. Satirists use irony and exaggeration to poke fun at human faults and foolishness in order to correct human behavior. For the most part, a satirist attempts to bring about change by exposing an oddity or problem in an imaginative, often humorous way.
The requirements are below:
- choose a “topic” (social attitudes, characters in P&P)
- use recognizable objects or characters but depict them symbolically/metaphorically
- use blank paper (nothing smaller than 8 ½ by 11)
- must be in black ink (and labeled if the drawing is not obvious)
- write a caption (either a quote from text or explanation of drawing)
- include a title: Social Satire in Pride and Prejudice (for example)
- put name and period on BACK of drawing
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Read chapters 24-27
Complete Vocabulary Assignment for chapters 7-10.
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Read chapters 19-23 by Monday
Vocab Ch. 7-10 due Tues.
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Pride and Prejudice Vocab Ch. 5-6 (typed work preferable)
Read chapters 16-18
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Read chapters 14-15.
Complete the vocabulary assignment for chapters 1-4 (Choose 10 of the 20 words.)
Also, first semester EXTRA CREDIT options are now available.
See attached document for details. This is the ONLY opportunity for extra credit this semester. I would highly recommend the fall play option as it is a great way to support your peers, the drama department always puts on a great production, and it's a nice chance to watch live theater.
Please see me if you have any questions.
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Read chapters 11-12 in P&P.
Complete the vocabulary assignment for chapters 1-4 by 2nd block.
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Read chapters 8-10 in P&P.
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Read chapters 6-7 in Pride and Prejudice.
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Read "Facts of Daily Life in 19th Century England" starting on page 443 (in the section called Related Readings) after Pride and Prejudice.
Then, read chapters 1-4 in Pride and Prejudice (P&P).
Answer the questions and complete the close reading activity from the handout given during class.
Bring P&P to class from now on.
Textbooks are not needed until further notice.
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1. Comment on at least THREE peers' UC Prompt #2 drafts.
2. Rhetorical Device #4--choose from one of the three selections below:
- "Vindication of the Rights of Women"
- "PinkThink"
- "The Men We Carry in Our Minds"
Bring Textbooks
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Rhetorical Device #4
- "Vindication..."
- "PinkThink"
- "Men We Carry..."
Read the article "Word Referee" and be ready for a Socratic Seminar. Read and think about the questions at the end of the article.
Comment on at least THREE peers' UC Prompt #2 drafts
Bring Pride and Prejudice
(Please bring the novel to class from now on. You do NOT need to bring your textbooks for awhile.)
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Think about Sanders' idea that men and women can be allies.
Do you agree or disagree with him?
What example would you provide as evidence?
Consider examples from the following categories:
- History
- Current Events
- Personal Experiences
- Literature
- Film/TV
Come ready on Monday to share your example with your group and join in on our class discussion.
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In the Close Reader, read "PinkThink" starting on page 33 and complete ALL activities, margin notes, and questions.
Finish reading "Men We Carry in Our Minds" and close read, marking the text for main idea, purpose, and rhetorical devices.
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Complete and then TYPE Rhetorical Analysis Essay on "The Vindication of the Rights of Women".
Essay should be 5 paragraphs total.
Bring Textbook
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Device #3
- Literary Device for Wife of Bath's Tale or Pardoner's Tale
- Rhetorical Device for "Vindication of the Rights of Women"
- If there is a device you want to focus on, and it is NOT on the list on the handout, BUT we discussed it for one of the selections above, then YOU MAY STILL CHOOSE IT. (e.g. antithesis)
Draft of UC Prompt #2 on Google docs
Bring Textbook
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Bring the following:
- Textbook
- Bless Me Ultima novel to return
- Student ID card to check out Pgymalion
Literary or Rhetorical Device #3 due Tuesday
- You may choose from the Wife of Bath's Tale or the Pardoner's Tale for a LITERARY DEVICE
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- You may choose from "Vindication of the Rights of Women" for a RHETORICAL DEVICE (since it is nonfiction)
- You would still follow the same format, but it is important to keep in mind the author's purpose and address that in the connection part.
UC Prompt #2 DRAFT on google doc due Tuesday
(We will not have as much class time to work on this essay as the first one so it is very important you keep up with the deadlines I set for drafts, peer evals, etc.)
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Study for Bless Me Ultima Test
Go to hmhfyi.com and follow these steps:
- click on the button for grades 6-12
- click on grade 12 on the horizontal tab bar
- click on the icon for Gender Roles
- scroll down to see all your choices for articles to read
Choose ONE article, read it, and complete the following assignment:
- one paragraph summary
- one paragraph analysis and discussion about the larger issues that are raised by the article
Bring Textbook!
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Finish the assignment in BOLD at the end of the Wife of Bath handout (except question #6).
"The Pardoner's Tale" in the Close Reader starting on page 19.
- Read and complete all activities, questions, and short response
Bring Textbook and Close Reader
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FINAL DRAFT of UC Prompt #1
- typed, double spaced, printed hard copy
Literary Device #2 (BMU)
Bring Textbook!
Review Bless Me Ultima--test on Friday, Oct. 16
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Finish today's classwork (questions for chapters 18-20) if needed.
Read Vientiuno-Vientidos (Ch. 21-22)
Complete Tony's Dreams Chart Part 2
Bring novel and Study Guide Questions to class.
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Read Dieciocho-Diecinueve
(Ch. 18-19)
Bring hard copy of study guide questions for BMU.
Keep revising UC Prompt #1. FINAL DRAFT due next Tuesday, Oct. 13
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Literary Device #1 for Bless Me Ultima.
Be ready for peer feedback on UC Prompt #1.
Keep revising, editing, etc.
I will also be commenting and giving feedback by the end of the week.
Create a NEW google doc for UC Prompt #2.
Start by completing the brainstorm activity described in the UC Personal Statement handout.
If you already have a draft for prompt #2, then just be sure to save it to your drive.
I will make a NEW folder so that you can drag the new file into the folder.
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Read Diecisiete (Ch. 17)
Study for Glossary Quiz
Keep working on UC Prompt #1
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Finish Poetry Assignment
Read Dieciseis (Ch. 16)
Study for Glossary terms QUIZ--Friday
Keep working on UC Prompt #1
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Read Quince (Ch. 15)
Keep working on UC Prompt #1
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Read Trece-Catorce
Keep working on your UC Prompt #1 as well as providing constructive feedback to your peers who have shared their files with you.
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Work on UC Prompt #1 DRAFT
Review and study for reading quiz on Uno-Diez (Ch. 1-10)
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Read Once-Doce (Ch. 11-12)
Work on UC Prompt #1 DRAFT
Review and study for reading quiz on Uno-Diez (Ch. 1-10)--Quiz on Friday
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Review and study for test on "Fortune's Cookie" and "Walk to the Jetty"
Reading Quiz on Uno-Diez (Ch. 1-10) this FRIDAY.
Keep working on UC Prompt #1 draft.
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My apologies for not being in class today. I had a family emergency to attend to and had to leave campus after 3rd period.
Regarding the recent Collection 1 test, I have decided to just use it as a benchmark as the scores were generally quite low.
I still feel need to have a test/quiz for that category of grades for these first 6 weeks of school, so I am going to quiz you on the "Fortune's Cookie" speech and "Walk to the Jetty" THIS WEDNESDAY. Other than reviewing the material, be sure to study any vocabulary/glossary words that go along with the selection.
I apologize for the late notice on this.
For homework tonight:
Read Diez (Ch. 10) and COMPLETE Tony's Dream Chart Part 1.
Draft of UC Prompt #1 on google docs due this Friday.
Hope you also get a chance to make it to the College Fair tonight.
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Read Ocho-Nueve (Ch. 8-9) in Bless Me Ultima.
(No questions are due)
Bring your novels DAILY.
Continue working on your UC Prompt #1 personal statement.
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Read Seis-Siete (Ch. 6-7) and answer the questions from the NEW handout that was attached earlier this week.
Finish answering the bulleted questions on Google Docs for Prompt #1.
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Read Quatro and Cinco (Ch. 4-5) and answer the NEW questions that are in the attached file.
(You do NOT need to go back and redo any of the previous chapters.)
We will move forward from this point on with the new questions.
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Read "Dos-Tres" (Ch. 2-3) in Bless Me Ultima.
Answer the study guide questions for chapters 2-3 (Dos-Tres).
Come prepared with questions for your senior GLC who will be giving you a presentation on applying to colleges/universities.
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Bring Bless Me Ultima novels DAILY.
Looking ahead:
- Monday 9/14, we will begin working on the UC Personal Statement (Prompt #1). Come ready with questions to ask or advice you can offer peers.
- Read Dos-Tres (Ch. 2-3) and answer study guide questions--due Tues. 9/15
- GLCs will be visiting our class on Tuesday 9/15 to give a presentation about applying to colleges/universities. Jot down any questions you may have so you are prepared to ask them. The presentation will take about 30 minutes.
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Study and Prepare for the Collection 1 Test.
Bring Bless Me Ultima every day to class from now on.
You do NOT need to bring your textbooks until notified.
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Finish classwork if needed: Qs 1, 3, 5, 7 OR 2, 4, 6, 7
for "Walk to the Jetty".
Read and complete all activities/questions/short response for "Next Term We'll Mash Them" in the CLOSE READER starting on page 11.
Bring the CLOSE READER and turn it in so that it can be graded for "Kewauna's Ambition" and "Next Term..."
Use the study guide to study and prepare for the Collection 1 Test--Friday.
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BRING TEXTBOOK and CLOSE READER
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FINAL DRAFT of Informative Essay.
- 5 paragraphs: typed, double spaced, proper heading (preferably MLA)
- Should be REVISED--adding what's missing, clarifying what's unclear, organizing thoughts better, taking out what's not needed or confusing, making transitions smoother, etc.
- Should be EDITED--spelling and grammar errors fixed, sources properly cited, etc.
- Stamped draft should be stapled AFTER the final draft.
BRING TEXTBOOK!
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TYPED resume due.
Also, bring your stamped draft of the Informative Essay.
If we have time at the end of class, we will work on revision and editing.
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REVISE first 3 paragraphs of Informative Essay based on peer feedback and self evaluation.
Add the last body paragraph and concluding paragraph so that ALL 5 paragraphs are complete.
Bring a hard copy of all 5 paragraphs (preferably typed) for stamping and more peer evaluation.
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Be ready for our first Socratic Seminar.
Read the article about high school students taking MOOCs.
Think about the questions at the end of the article. You do not need to write your responses.
It is attached here as well if you need a copy or lost the one I gave you.
If you did lose it, please print it out to replace it.
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Draft of Intro and 2 Body Paragraphs (preferably typed).
Even if it is typed and saved onto Google docs, you must bring a hard copy to class.
You certainly can do more than the first three paragraphs, but it is not required.
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Finish Respond to Qs and
Complete 1st chart in Planning and Prewriting
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Read "The Secret to Raising Smart Kids" in the textbook on pages 21-27.
Answer questions 1, 3, 4, 5, and 8 with thorough and complete responses. Cite evidence where appropriate or necessary.
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Study Literary Terms and be ready for a QUIZ on all terms on Monday.
Attached is the list of terms.
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Study for the Literary Terms Quiz
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Plan and be prepared for the Summer Reading Essay.
You will be writing on ONE prompt for one novel.
No pre-written material may be brought to class but you may mark/highlight/bookmark quotes in your novel.
Bring your novel. You may check one out from the textbook room if needed.
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"Don't Eat Fortune's Cookie"
Answer questions 1-5 on page 20 with complete and thorough responses. Cite evidence where needed or appropriate.
Also, complete the Performance Task on page 20.
All can be done on the same paper.
Prepare for summer reading objective tests.
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Welcome to the 2015-16 school year!
I look forward to a great year together learning and growing.
Homework:
1. Sign syllabus and Academic Integrity forms
2. Bring portfolio (if you have one)
3. Read "Marita's Bargain" in the textbook starting on page 3.
Look over the questions on page 16.
You do not need to write down your responses.
Just come prepared to discuss those questions.