English 2 (Period 2) Assignments

Final Notes

Persuasive Speech-due 5/30

2-4 minutes
Choose something you care about; look at how problems in our society affect you personally. Choose something you know about; you will probably have to do a little research to round out your knowledge.

Required: Graphic Organizer 15 points
Written draft of speech 10 points
Oral presentation of speech 30 points

See attached rubric for speech
This grade will be in the Essays and Projects Category-do your BEST!

Suffering person oral presentation: specific ways in which they suffered from sacrifice(s) made; did the sacrifice result in the achievement of freedom? Explain.

Work on final draft of research paper-due Friday, May 17th

choose one SAT practice essay to revise; type and turn in Friday.

Study for test tomorrow-ATOTC

Work on revising SAT essay, due Friday

Prompts: 4/15 Is it best for people to accept who they are, and what they have, or should people always strive to better themselves?

2/1 Do we need other people in order to understand ourselves?

Work on rough draft
turnitin.com

password: writemore

class word p. 2 5573831
p. 3 5573823

if you were in a different class last semester, please switch account to this semester's class!

rough draft-research paper
Hard Copy and Electronic Copy BOTH!

finish ch. 15
work on paper

vocabulary exercises lesson 17!
work on rough draft of research paper

Chapter 14, ATOTC
Continue research for paper if you have not located all of your sources yet!

chapters 11 and 12, ATOTC

Work on outline for paper-due Friday!

See file attached below.

ch. 7/8 ATOTC
study vocab. for quiz

first twenty nine notecards due!

Vocab. Ex. lesson 16
work on note cards-29 due Wed.
Finish ch. 5/6 ATOTC quiz Do not share answers! Do not use internet!

read chapters 5 and 6 of A Tale of Two Cities (required!)
Suggested: work on note cards for research paper; 29 due on Wed. 4/17

Book III, chapters 2-4 (read)
Thesis Worksheet Due!

Finish reading Book II of A Tale of Two Cities; answer all questions for Book II.

Choose a topic for research paper; begin to do preliminary reading; create working outline; if you like, start creating note cards (and bibliography cards). See attachment below about paper.

Thesis Worksheet due 4/11; get details sheet signed by parent/guardian by 4/12 at latest!!!!

Study for Vocab. Quiz

Chapter 4 and Questions, A Tale of Two Cities

Parent signature on details sheet for research paper

choose topic for research paper!

(see attached list)

vocabulary exercises lesson 15
book 2, chapter 3-read and do questions
think about research paper topic-if choosing something not on my list, check resources (3 books, 2 magazines, 2 newspapers); bring topic in for approval tomorrow!

Book 2, chapters 1 & 2: read and do questions

Chapter 6 (read); answer questions for 4-5-6

Ch. 4 and 5, A Tale of Two Cities

Read chapters 1-3 of A Tale of Two Cities.

Electronic version of leader paper due by 11:59 pm
passsword: writemore
classwords: period 2 5573831
period 3 5573823

Finish King Arthur questions
Vocab. Ex. lesson 14

rough draft of paper-hand written, double spaced, min. five paragraphs, five sentences each; attach graphic organizer to rough draft

First 7 blue box questions, pages 34-36

STUDY FOR TEST ON WHOLE PLAY
WORK ON ROUGH DRAFT OF PAPER (DUE 3/11)

graphic organizer-persuasive paper on a good leader

Take home test
study for voc. quiz, vocab. books collected Friday
any late/make up questions for JC due Friday

Next seven blue box questions

vocabulary exercises lesson 13...

Antony's Speech-rap or written analysis of rhetorical devices

Act IV questions

vocab. Act IV due

study for voc. quiz lesson 12

Vocab. Exercises Lesson 12

Finish reading Act III scene one; do questions 1-5.

No homework.

Act 2, Scene 1 study questions

-Study for test, Act One, Julius Caesar
-Vocabulary Exercises Lesson 11

Vocabulary-Act 1

quiz tomorrow on intro to play

Vocabulary Sentences; study for vocabulary quiz.

vocabulary exercises lesson 10

research for group presentation on topic given today:

group one: timeline history of Rome

group two: map(s) of the Roman Empire

group three: biography of Julius Caesar

group four: travelogue of modern Rome

group five: culture, lifestyle, economics, government of modern Rome

Independent Reading Project (brochure)

Half Credit only if turned in on Friday!

choose a plot pattern from attached list; answer the questions using a named main character for your story.

Final Draft-ASP Essay

rubric

book/movie writing assignment: 3 things different between book and movie, paragraph form
-answer the following in one or two sentences: what do you do when you try to admit responsibility for something you did and the other person does not believe and/or your realize by telling them the truth you are hurting them more than you already have?

Study for ASP test; bring Scantron

Vocab. Lesson 7
Study for ASP Test (Thursay)

chapter 13 and study questions

chapter 10 A Separate Peace and questions
Essay due Monday-typed, with first draft attached

chapter 9 and questions

chapter 7 and study questions, A Separate Peace

vocabulary quiz lesson 6; chapter six of A Separate Peace and study questions

Ch. 5 and study questions, A Separate Peace

Read chapter 4-A Separate Peace; do study questions
be prepared for a quiz on chapters 1-4!

vocabulary exercises lesson 6
chapter 3, A Separate Peace, and study questions

chapter 2 and study questions, A Separate Peace

poetry project

vocabulary quiz tomorrow
work on poetry project

find A Separate Peace
One poem, typed, due Thursday

Vocabulary Exercises Lesson 5

SAT Rap II

Bombastic

I'll bet you know bombastic guys
They think they're all that and a bucket of fries
They strut around the room
Like they're peacocks in bloom
But they're just little boys in disguise.

Remember this: A bombastic guy thinks he's the BOMB!

Poetry Terms-Defined with examples

alliteration, imagery, allusion, ballad, connotation, figurative lang., free verse, lyric poem, onomatopoeia, personification, rhythm, meter, rhyme, sonnet, stanza, verse, blank verse

study for vocab. quiz lesson 4

Vocabulary lesson one