For Monday, May 2nd

You probably are struggling to think about homework on this gorgeous weekend, but here are the assignments:

English 11

Choose one of the quotes about identity that you made into a question and that you chose stories that linked to the answer to your question. Write an outline for an essay. Use this format

Opening paragraph:
Topic Sentence:
Thesis statement:

Body Par 1.
Point 1
Evidence/quote or example
Explanation

Point 2
Evidence
Explanation

Par 2 (as above, but make sure that you create a link to the previous story)

Par 3 (as above, again, make a link to the previous story or stories/show similarities or differences

Conclusion
Write your last line

We will be writing a test in class on Tuesday. We will practice outlining on Monday in groups.

English 12
Finish your first draft of your Captain Torres point of view writing piece. We will edit in class on Monday.  If you were away, we are writing the story from Captain Torres' point of view. You will write in first person. Final copy will be due on Tuesday.
Read the story "Stone Eater" in the Moral Justice book. That's the skinny one :)

Creative Writing
Continue working on your poem edits with a view to presenting on May 12th. We are going to work on advertising and promoting this and the writing contest next week in class.

Thank you for your gorgeous poems yesterday.  I was simply moved beyond expression. I appreciate your courage, your talent, and your openness with all the members of the class.  I treasure each and every moment I spend in your company.

For Friday, April 29, 2016

English 11

Choose three quotes from the identity sheet and put them into your own words. Re-frame the quotes into  questions.  Choose one question and then identify 3 stories that would work with the question.
Make notes about the stories.

English 12
We will be doing our "mini" debate tomorrow. Be prepared....I might throw you a curve ball.
Lit terms quiz next Tuesday. Tonight think about the Captain's perspective. How might he feel?
We will be writing a first person monologue in class tomorrow. Good copy will be due on Monday.

Creative Writing
Drafts of poems tomorrow in class.

For Thursday

Creative Writing
Silent Reading tomorrow
We will continue to work on our poems in class.

English 11
Choose 3 quotes from the Cross Grade handout. Under the quote, put the quote into your own words. If you had to explain it to an alien, what would you tell him or her?
Read your book
Book club reading tomorrow in class

English 12
Finish reading Just Lather That's All. You can find it online if you were absent today:
www2.ups.edu/faculty/velez/LAS100/tellez.htm

For Tuesday, April 26, 2016

English 12
Revisions for your paragraph on "Letter to father" are due for a second reading on Tuesday. Make corrections based on the rubric handed out in class. If you didn't get one, you can pick it up tomorrow. You need to show that you can use parallelism in your writing. It should be highlighted in your final version. Again, handouts from Monday. We will be practicing tomorrow in class.

There is a lit terms quiz on the words from motif to parallelism. 13 questions. You will need to know the words and be able to match them to the definition.

English 11
Book Club tomorrow: Write 2 questions: interpretation and open-ended on the sheet from class today. Write a brief summary of the events so far. You will meet in groups tomorrow. We will work on essay writing on Wednesday. Next book club is on Thursday.

Creative Writing

Please hand in your character stories. We are working on our poems in class tomorrow. We are trying to set up a time to read poems in the library.

For Monday, April 25th

Have a fun rainy weekend!

English 11
Finish filling in the study guide for the cross-grade. In the theme section, note thematic words that relate to the story
Highlight the Cross-grade booklet

English 12
Paragraph based on a topic from the second page of the worksheet;  Choose one topic: oppression, racism, abuse and prejudice . Write about how oppression, abuse etc are revealed in the poem and discuss the message of the poem.

Topic Sentence
Thesis Statement
Point
Evidence
Explanation

You should have 3 points. This is one extended paragraph

Creative Writing
Poetry to be continued on Monday.

For Friday, April 22, 2016

 Creative Writing
We will be working on our poems tomorrow

English 11
Fill in 5 more boxes of your study guide
We will be doing reading club starting tomorrow.

English 12
Finish the sheet about Letter to Father. Point form is all that is necessary at the moment.
Do both sides. Be prepared to share in groups.
We will be doing writing with the sheet over the weekend. We will be working on oral presentation in class tomorrow.

For Thursday, April 21, 2016

English 12
It was great meeting you all today!
Please bring your reading book to class tomorrow.
Please write a journal about your relationship with one of your parents.

English 11
Silent Reading tomorrow
Begin filling in the study guide for Cross grades. Do 5 for homework. We will finish the presentations tomorrow.

Creative Writing
Check out internet and look for Slam Poetry contestants and winners. Watch a few and pick your favorite.

For Wednesday April 20, 2016

English 11
Make a list of stories that we have read. Note how the stories link to our essential question about identity: how do we know who we are? How do we understand ourselves when someone or something tries to change us.

Creative Writing
Poems for tomorrow
we will continue with reading our character pieces.
Slam poems....Good time!

For Tuesday

Creative Writing
Please get your character stories revised and ready for Tuesday.

English 11
3 levels of questions about the poem on page 24

A good copy of your Pedestrian or Test writing assignment with the rubric, drafts etc all stapled and ready to hand in on Tuesday.

Enjoy the sun.

For thursday

Creative Writing
Your character assignments are overdue. Let's get them in as soon as possible. We will be sharing in class tomorrow.

English 11
No homework tonight. We will continue with our Pedestrian writing tomorrow.

For April 12th

Creative Writing
Your stories are due tomorrow. We will be in the library tomorrow. Please meet me there.

English 11
Write a reflection based on the your T-chart. Write about the similarities and differences between the the Test and the Pedestrian.

Write a theme statement: What is the thematic message about identity in these 2 stories ?
How to write a THEME statement

 Theme is the main idea, concern, moral, purpose or underlying message of a story/poem. In a serious piece of literature, the theme is usually expressed indirectly rather than directly and requires the reader to deduce it from the narrative details of the text. 

1. Creating a theme statement first requires identifying different theme topics that can be found in the work.

Examples: love, betrayal, power, ambition

2. Next, think about how this topic is treated in the text. Is there a positive or negative impact in the treatment of the theme topic?

Example: Too much ambition can be bad.

3. Finally, what is the result of this treatment? What outcome can be identified in the either positive or negative treatment of the theme topic?

Example: Excessive ambition can lead to a character’s downfall.

Therefore, a theme statement can be created using the following formula:

TOPIC + TREATMENT (+/-) = RESULT

*Tomorrow we will write our Pedestrian draft. You will choose between the 2 pieces and revise it for the end of the weeks

For April 8, 2016

English 11
Finish the reading questions for the story "The Pedestrian"
We will do the other activities tomorrow in class
On the weekend, you will be writing a reflection about The Pedestrian and Test. We will do the creative writing in class on Monday

Creative Writing
Create a list of criteria for your piece. You will be exchanging this with one member of your group tomorrow during sharing time.
Your drafts are due for tomorrow and final versions are due on Tuesday.

Have a great weekend all!

For April 7, 2016

A reminder that tomorrow is Parent teacher night. Our schedule for the day is as follows:

Early Dismissal Bell Schedule For Parent/Teacher Interviews: April 7, 2016 Block order: 4-3-2-1
Start Time	Period
8:25	Warning Bell
8:30 – 9:35	Period 4
9:40 – 10:45	Period 3
10:50 – 12:00	Period 2
12:00 – 12:40	Lunch
12:40	Warning Bell
12:45 - 1:50	Period 1

Our interviews will begin at 3:00 and continue to 4:30/The second set of interviews begins at 6:00 and runs to 7:30.

English 11: Finish your journal entry for "Test".  The journal prompt is at the end of the worksheet that was handed out yesterday in class. Silent Reading will be on Friday this week.

Creative Writing: Silent Reading on Friday. Your draft of your character story should be done 

for sharing on Friday. Have something ready so that you can get feedback from the class.

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For Wednesday, April 6, 2016

Creative Writing
Draft due for Friday/we will be working on it in class tomorrow and Thursday

English 11
Final day for Pose assignments. Have them typed and all the pieces clipped together.
Finish reading: Test. Remember to consider the questions: where is this taking place and why is it happening?
Do the during  reading questions.
Have a great evening.

Monday, April 4, 2016

Creative Writing
Final version of your character story is due for next Tuesday


English 11
Final version of your Point of view assignment is due on Wednesday.