English II (Period 3) Assignments

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Term
Fall 2014
Department
English
Description

This course examines the literary techniques and tools of literature and its overall themes in depth.  Students will study novels, poetry, short stories, speeches, essays and other forms of non-fiction in relation to their genre and technique.  Students will write several expository and analytical essays, whcih combine class notes and personal analysis, with emphasis on organization, focus, and sophisticated sentence structure.  The course goals align with the California Standards fo literature, grammar and writing, and public speaking.


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Study!  Bring Scantrons.  Grammar notes attached below.

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Voc. ex. lesson 9
One paragraph reflection on ASP paper

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Read Stave Three
Print out study guide for final-see below

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finish reading Stave Two (can answer some questions-due after class tomorrow)
study for voc. quiz lesson 8

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Read Stave One, do 1-15 questions for Stave One below.

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Vocabulary Exercises Lesson 8

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study for A Separate Peace test
Get a copy of A Christmas Carol by Charles Dickens

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no homework

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(no homework but think about which prompt you will write about in class:
role of adults in book and movie; theme of becoming a man in book and movie; ideas of rising against conformity and seizing the day in book and movie)

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study for vocabulary quiz lesson 7

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Essay assignment-see below-ONLY ONE PROMPT (I told period 4 there would be a choice, then changed my mind)

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work on paper

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Read chapter 13; do questions for 12 and 13
work on paper

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vocab. ex. lesson 7
finish reading ch. 12

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Finish reading chapters 10 and 11 and study questions

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Read chapters 8 and 9; be prepared for a quiz on these chapters on lab day.

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Chapter 7 and questions, ASP
study for vocabulary quiz lesson 6

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chapter 6 and questions, A Separate Peace

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finish chapter five and questions

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vocabulary exercises lesson 6
chapter 4 and Study Questions, A Separate Peace

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No homework! 

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Read ch. 3 and answer study questions

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reflection on last paper (plot or setting essay); one paragraph, 5-7 sentences min.
What did you do well?  Where can you improve?

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ch. 2 and questions

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vocabulary supplement lesson five-attached below

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Read ch. 1 of A Separate Peace

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Study for short story test!

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Read to bottom of page 950 in text ("The Adventure of the Speckled Band")

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Short Story Essay-prompt attached
see sample of part of settings paper attached below
study for voc. quiz
voc. books collected

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vocab. supplement
study for voc. quiz
paper due tomorrow

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work on paper

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voc. ex. lesson 4
turnitin.com
"After You My Dear Alphonse" questions if not finished in class
work on paper-see sample below

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Create a turnitin.com account and type in one or two sentences as a sample assignment
 
Period 3 ID:  8806240   password:  writemore
Period 4 ID: 8806175    password: writemore
Period 5 ID:  8806216   password:  writemore
 
Finish reading "Rules of the Game" and do response
634-Art Note
636-three blue box questions
639-40:  understanding literature

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Literary Terms defined-through #40

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Page 187, respond to the selection
Page 188, 5b
 and Understanding Literature (both parts!)

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No homework-go outside!

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see 9/24

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Reflect on Iliad/"Troy" paper
-did intro contain general sentence leading to specific sentence?  Did you have a thesis?
-Examples:  were they clearly stated?  Did you explain how each example occurred in both the book and the movie?  Did you explain why one was better than the other for each example?
-Conclusion:  did it begin specific and then become more general (re-state thesis, then restate general sentences about books and movies)?
 
-length, spelling, punctuation, heading, spacing, etc.
 
 

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vocabulary exercises lesson 3

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Study for test on the Iliad

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"Troy"/Iliad paper (50 points)
Intro:  general to specific, thesis stated, length, movie/book mentioned, mechanics
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Examples 1, 2, 3:clearly stated, describe how event portrayed in book, how portrayed in movie, explain why movie version better, mechanics (10 points each example, 30 points total)
Conclusion:  specific to general, thesis restated, length, movie/book mentioned again, mechanics (10 pts.)
 
 

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Paper-typed, double spaced, Times New Roman, min. 15 sentences!

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Introduction and first few sentences of "Troy" and "Iliad" paper
At least four sentences; start general for intro. then become specific.  First example should be the strongest one to you (so far).

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vocabulary supplement lesson two
study for vocab. quiz

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Finish reading "The Fall of Troy" and finish study questions
(attached to previous homework, 9/8)

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-vocabulary exercises lesson two
-study for parts of sentence/parts of speech quiz: know definitions for noun, verb, pronoun, adjective, adverb, conjunction, preposition, interjection.
 
-know the six most commonly used coordinating conjunctions; how to identify parts of speech in a sentence
 
 
 

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ILIAD study questions, 16-29
(see below)

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read the first six pages of Part IV in Mythology (The Trojan War)
Pages 253-60 or 185-191 depending on which book you have.

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(if you did not finish in class) Parts of the sentence/parts of speech worksheet

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Study vocabulary for quiz
Notebook/paper checked

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Vocabulary Supplement-see below

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study for summer reading tests!

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Vocabulary exercises lesson one
notebook check

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essay portion OMAM-choose two of the following:
 
Lennie, Crooks and Candy are left behind when all of the other men go to town; explain why each is not allowed to go, individually.
 
Explain the soft things Lennie pets in the novel; how do they increase in seriousness?  (name at least three things)
 
The killing of Candy's dog foreshadows Lennie's death.  Describe each killing and give at least two similarities and two differences  between them.
 
bring vocab. book and novel or quotes