"There Will Come Soft Rains"

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Project proposal due for approval. Include a drawing.

 

Word study:  -ic (293) and -ity (281)

 

Comparing Sources: Editorial vs. Primary Source  Berlin Wall (403, 405)

The Initiation

(#4-5 should be submitted to turnitin.com and printed.)

 

 

 

Tell all the Truth (728)

1. Paraphrase the poem.
2. What figurative language device is used in this poem (simile, metaphor or personification)? Discuss how it affects the poem’s meaning.
3. Why would Dickinson suggest to “tell the truth slant”? What could be the benefits of it? consequences of not doing so?
4. Can the truth still be the truth if it is also “slant”? How?  
5. Would Antigone, Dr. Stockman, Wiesel and Solzhenitsyn agree to tell the truth slant? Why or why not in each case?

from "Nobel Lecture" (546)

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Attach the worksheet with vocab and chart of rhet. devices.

Word Study: jur (553) and em (565)  Do both the logical questions and the related words.

Greek Roots, Prefixes and Suffixes

Antigone Sc.2b-Sc.3 Analysis Questions

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Follow MLA requirements.

“Conscientious Objector” (726)

1. Paraphrase each stanza.
2. What is the tone of the poem? Discuss the connotative words that affected this.
3. What figurative language device is used in this poem (simile, metaphor or personification)? Discuss how it affects the poem’s meaning and mood.
4. What is the main message of this poem?

5. How can it be related to Antigone?

Antigone reading log responses Prologue-Sc.2a.

Word Study: dict (833) and fer (859). 

Revised Essay Parental Monitoring.

Submission requirements:

Design Moral Community:  Write your assigned section of the team's essay/presentation in the shared drive document by Wednesday night for peers to review in class on Thursday.  Apply the vocab words assigned to you. 

Final Argumentative Essay:  Parental Monitoring

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Organize your packet in this order:

Finish typed full draft to print/bring to class.  Check your essay with the Rubric.

Getting Ready to Write:  Complete the chart to gather your thoughts for the essay.  Use the Links on our homework website to read about the issue and find more evidence.

 

Type an outline to plan out your essay's parts.

Re-read "Undercover Parent"

Annotate the thesis and evidence.

Fill-in Chart (SOAPSTONE)

 

"The Censors" (410)

Do Think Critically #1-3 p.413

Presentation Slides should be completed by Sunday, 6 pm, to give your team time for feedback and editing. 

Summary and Reflection of Article.  Submit to turnitin.com, print receipt and document.  Attach to Article, Vocab and Descriptive Outline. 

 

 

Article Analysis:  Read your approved article.  Complete steps 1-3. 

Print and evaluate your research article to get it approved.  Answer and fill-in the CRAAP questionnaire.

Please print Multitasking Generation.

 

Take test for F451 Pt.II-III.

 

Finish reading F451 Pt.III. 

 

Prepare for Socratic Seminar (submit to turnitin.com and print out w/receipt): 

 

Word Study dis (355) and scend (545)

 

Read Part II F451 (71-91).  Questions for Part II due Friday 2/12.

F451 Pt.I C and D questions typed, printed and submitted to turnitin.com.  Print your receipt and attach to your documents. 

"To Tweak or Not To Tweak" .  Read and analyze the argument.

F451 Questions Part I A-B.  Typed and printed.  Submit to Turnitin.com and print a receipt.

Revise your argumentative essay (gun control). 

Examples of types of changes:

Submit to Turnitin.com.  Print a receipt and a hard copy of your essay.  Return your old draft as well.

Finish slides for your department's presentation about your innovative technology.  Follow the criteria we discussed.  Give each other feedback to improve the slides.

 

Bring your ID to pick-up new novel.

Comparing Technical Document and User's Guide (512-517)

Answer 1 a, b, c on page 517.  Integrate question in well-supported response.

Typed full draft of argumentative essay (gun control) with parenthetical citations and Works Cited page in MLA format. 

Organize your arguments and evidence using the graphic organizer/outline.  Cite sources of evidence parenthetically. 

Collect evidence to support your argumentative essay about gun control.  Minimum of 4 sources, 10 CDs.  Print your notes to submit.

Research, collect evidence to support your position on gun control debate.  Cite sources (MLA).  4 sources minimum.

 

Note:  go directly to databases if you get blocked. 

 

 

 

Word Study :

p. 75 - pro

p.1171 -ate

 

Vocab Log:  Gun Control (Create complex sentences with context)

 

Comparing Articles:  "Mass Murder" and "Second Amendment"

Central Ideas in Nonfiction (20)

Model Essay "School Uniforms" (see attached)