English II - Second Period-Second Period B Assignments

1.  Take your Membean Assessment.  Close all other tabs on your Chromebook before you begin.
2.  Continue reading Act III

1). Complete the Unit 9 and Unit 10 Packet.  The sub will pass out the packets.  Write the answer next to the number.
2). Continue reading Act III
3). Complete a Membean session

1.  Take your Act II Assessment.  Close all other tabs on your Chromebook before you begin.
2.  When you finish, continue reading Act III
3.  If there is time, complete a Membean session.

See attached sheet for description and instructions.

1)  Highlight your thesis and your topic sentence.
2)  Peer Draft must include your introduction and your conclusion along with the body paragraphs.
3)  Make sure you have all necessary in-text citations.  Give credit to your story for all TE and your source for all ideas you use and all quotes.
4)  Include a correctly formatted Works Cited page
5)  Make sure your paper is the required length.

This assignment is due 04/15/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

4 required as follows:


One card - Revised working thesis based on my feedback on Tuesday


Three cards to support your first point.  One card must be from the source and one card must be from the story.  All cards must include commentary (explanation) to help you when you write the paragraph.

Handwritten on notebook paper.

1. Complete both of the ACT prep exercises assigned for today. The first one reviews your ability to recognize the correct use of preposition. The second exercise reviews your ability to recognize commonly misused words / expressions.

2. Complete the Membean Writing Assignment that I have created. This is not a normal Membean session. You will need to logon to Membean to complete. Complete this for homework if you are unable to complete during class.

Complete during class on Thursday. Finish for homework if needed. Logo to Membean.

Complete this Thursday during class.

Complete this during class.

You may use your book. Do not use Google the answers, Quizlet, other study guides, or work with others, etc. Your answers must be your own work.

1. Reread all of Antigone through Scene 1 (Pages 751-759) if you did not reread in class Monday and Tuesday.

2. Answer the questions on the Google Form attached to today's assignment under Antigone. You may use your book; however, you may not Google answers or get answers from other students.

3. You should be able to complete the reread and questions during class. There are five questions, but you need to answer them thoughtfully and completely. Allow 20-30 minutes to answer the questions.

4. When you are finished, continue reading in Antigone.

1. Close all tabs on your Chromebook. Put away your phone and all notes and books.

2. Go to Google Classroom Classwork Page.

3. Under Quizzes, open the quiz on Introduction to Tragedy and "The Legend of Oedipus." This is a "quest." It is not eligible to be dropped.

4. Take the quiz. I will be watching on Go Guardian. If you access any other tabs, you will receive a "0" on the quiz. This must be completed during class.

5. When you finish the quiz, make sure you hit "submit" and that your quiz is fully submitted before closing your Chromebook.

6. With any remaining time, open up the purple book under your desk and reread Antigone. You will have questions to answer on the play tomorrow in class.

Close all other tabs on your Chromebook before opening the quiz.

Things to do in class on Monday, March 15

1. Complete the Albert assignment on Punctuating Compound Sentences.

2. Study for tomorrow's "Quest" on Introduction to Tragedy and "The Legend of Oedipus."

3. Complete a Membean session only if the Albert assignment is complete and you have finished studying.

This assignment is due 03/03/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

There is a slight delay before the sound starts on the video.

For each ad, write a complete paragraph that identifies the propaganda technique being used. Use textual evidence from the ad to support your answer. Use correct capitalization and punctuation. Do not use first or second person pronouns. P

All types of irony, "Letter From a West Texas Constituent," "Federigo's Falcon," War Works Hard," "Scylla Toothless," and "A Modest Proposal.

Complete Unit 4 Vocabulary Handout (ACT Non Negotiable Skill Handout) before listening to video. Please note that the slides did not advance when I was teaching Glittering Generalities. I did advance the slides at the very end of the video so you can see the information I was discussing.

After watching the video, answer the following questions and submit to me. Please send me an email for this assignment.

1) Identify and explain the personification and imagery used throughout the poem. Also explain the verbal irony (the entire poem uses verbal irony).

2) What is the tone of the poem? (Tone is the attitude of the speaker toward the subject). What textual evidence supports the tone of the poem. Don't say the poem is sarcastic - that is a type of verbal irony. Give at least two pieces of TE that support your answer. You can Google "Tone Words" until you return to school.

3) What is the MOWAW (meaning of the work as a whole). What is the message about war that the poet means (remember the entire poem is verbal irony).

4) Finally, the poem is a satire (use of irony to ridicule or criticize). Explain why the poet decided to use satire rather than write a serious essay. Is the use of satire effective?

In a well-written paragraph for each ad, analyze the main propaganda technique used. Your paragraph should be written in third person, be free of all errors in GUMS, and incorporate TE into the analysis. Your analysis should demonstrate your clear understanding of the technique being used in the ad.

This assignment is due 02/03/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

You will complete peer reviews in class. You must have a printed copy at the beginning of class.

In class when instructed by me, you are to give your essay to the following students (in order listed) for that student to complete an evaluation using the rubric attached to the original assignment (I will provided a printed copy to use in class today as well as instructions on how to use it). We will work on peer reviews for 30 - 45 minutes. You must complete the three reviews during this time. Do not take longer than 15 minutes per review. When you have completed a review, sign your name at the bottom of the paper and initial your score next to each paragraph.

If you are at not at school or if the student who is reviewing your essay is not at school, you are to share your essay with the students listed by your name so they can complete reviews electronically. (All papers must be shared today) All electronic reviews must be completed by midnight Sunday night. I will check on Monday. When completing electronic reviews, make comments next to each paragraph indicating your rubric score and why.

Everyone will need to show me their printed papers or electronic version with comments on Monday)

Katie - Keaton, Daniel,
Daniel - Katie, Keaton
Keaton - Daniel, Katie

You will complete peer reviews in class. You must have a printed copy at the beginning of class.

In class when instructed by me, you are to give your essay to the following students (in order listed) for that student to complete an evaluation using the rubric attached to the original assignment (I will provided a printed copy to use in class today as well as instructions on how to use it). We will work on peer reviews for 30 - 45 minutes. You must complete the three reviews during this time. Do not take longer than 15 minutes per review. When you have completed a review, sign your name at the bottom of the paper and initial your score next to each paragraph.

If you are at not at school or if the student who is reviewing your essay is not at school, you are to share your essay with the students listed so they can complete reviews electronically. All electronic reviews must be completed by midnight Sunday night. I will check on Monday. When completing electronic reviews, make comments next to each paragraph indicating your rubric score and why.

Everyone will need to show me their printed papers or electronic version with comments on Monday)

Katie - Keaton, Daniel,
Daniel - Katie, Keaton
Keaton - Daniel, Katie

This is the first test on selections focusing on irony. In addition to the general understanding of both situation and dramatic irony, students should study (this includes a careful rereading) all selections we have analyzed since the start of this semester: "The Golf Links," "The Sniper," "Story of an Hour," "Day the Dam Broke."

Watch to hear and to see example of a paragraph that could be used in body of paragraph for the essay you are currently working on.

After revising all paragraphs for the body of your paper, add all to your Google Doc. Submit here.

I will go over this paragraph with you in class on Wednesday. You will then revise and add to your Google Doc. Please revise and edit your first paragraph on your Google Doc before adding your second paragraph. Dismiss my comments as you revise and edit.

In addition to completing CommonLit also create a characterization chart in your notes for Mrs. Mallard. Include TE for what narrator says, what other characters say, what Mrs. Mallard says, thinks and does and what each reveals about Mrs. Mallard.

This assignment is due 01/15/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

This assignment is due 01/19/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Due Today: First and Second Paragraphs of Following Single Submission Essay. You will work on third paragraph during class.

Choose one of the following to write about in an essay. The essay is to be written in third person (no I, we, me us, you, etc.) The essay is to be submitted to Turnitin (a printed copy is not needed).

Topic Choices:

Three things students do that teachers find annoying / aggravating.
Three things teens do that adults (can be limited to parents) find annoying / aggravating.
For girls only: Three things girls do that boys find annoying.
For boys only: Three things boys do that girls find annoying.

Length:

Two full pages (correct MLA format) and a minimum of five lines on the third page.

Organization:

Introduction - full paragraph with thesis as last sentence in the paragraph.
Body - three paragraphs. Each paragraph should develop a separate and distinct thing that is annoying. Be sure to include a topic sentence and clear transitions between paragraphs.
Conclusion - full paragraph. Do not just restate the reasons developed in the body or repeat the introduction

Other Reminders:

Edit for GUMS. Have fun with topic.

Will work on in-class. Must be finished as homework if not completed in class.

In your notes, create a graphic organizer (chart) for "The Sniper" as follows:

Label top of paper: Character - "The Sniper"
Narrator's Description
Quote (TE) Characterization
Characters Actions and Thoughts
Quote (TE) Characterization

You should have multiple quotes for each (use whole paper). Bring to class on Monday.

Complete questions 6-11 ( pages 356-357) and questions 7-11 (pages 358-359). Must highlight the TE you use to justify your answers. Write main ideas of paragraph in margins.

This assignment is due 01/07/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Irony, Situational Irony, "Golf Links," and Commas and Nonrestrictive Phrases and Clauses.

Analyze the situational irony in this very short poem. Be ready to explain the purpose of the poem. Note: the poem was written in 1914. Child labor laws setting minimum age requirements and things such as minimum wage were not passed until 1938.


"The Golf Links"

The golf links lie so near the mill
That almost every day
The laboring children can look out
And see the men at play.

Using conjunctions and punctuation to correct fused sentences, fragments,and comma splices.

The following will be covered on the test:
Notes and definitions of all literary terms including allusion, symbols, and allegory.
"Masque of the Red Death"
"maggie and milly and molly and may"
"Afterglow"
"Cupid's Arrows"
"Outta My Way, Grandpa!"

Submit your biography for Bible class to Turnitin. Bring a printed copy to class.

See attached score sheet. I will be grading on MLA format.

This grade will be your first grade of the new marking period in my class.

This assignment is due 12/02/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Complete three sessions (15 minutes each) and answer 100 correct questions with a minimum of 60% accuracy to receive 10 bonus points for what would have been the second marking period. All conditions must be met to receive the points (no partial credit). Sessions must be on separate days.

Objective and Essay - Essay test may be completed on Thursday depending on length of test.

Agreement - Subject / Verb and Pronoun / Antecedent

Working with your assigned partner, create a single slide presentation for your assigned chapter as described below:

Each partner must analyze two separate points about either Gene or Finny on two separate slides. Each slide must analyze a separate point and must have the following information:

1. Character's name on the top of the slide.

2. A short quote that provides textual evidence to support your analysis of the character. This can be something the character says or does. Include the page number.

3. A short commentary that explains how the quote supports and develops your analysis of the character.

4. If you cannot fit your information for a point on one slide, create a second. However, this counts as one point. You will need additional slides to analyze the second point.

You will present your slides to the class on your assigned day. Your presentations must reflect your familiarity with the novel. You must be prepared to answer any questions posed by the class or by me. Each partner should present for a minimum of 3 minutes and no more than 6 minutes.

Slides should be attractive and edited for GUMS. Font should be no smaller than 18 with no more than seven words per line.

Use bullet points rather than long paragraphs.

Keep backgrounds simple.

Submit completed presentation to Google Classroom.

Addison and Jeri - Chapter 5 - November 12
Cooper and Annabeth - Chapter 6 - November 12
Noah and Broc - Chapter 7 - November 12
Keaton and Grayson - Chapter 8 - November 12
Landon and Caroline - Chapter 9 - November 13
Taylor and Katie and Daniel - Chapter 10 and Chapter 11- November 13

Submit revised paper to Turnitin. Bring printed peer draft and the rubric I scored during our writing conference back to class.

Create a Google Doc and analyze both ads in separate paragraphs. Be sure to identify the technique and explain how the ad uses the technique. Correct for capitalization and spelling.

Analyze both ads in separate paragraphs on a Google Document. Do not use the attached documents. Create a new document. Each paragraph must identify the propaganda technique used and analyze how it is used in the ad. Include textual evidence in your analysis. You must use correct grammar including punctuation, capitalization, and spelling.

Take notes as you read to prepare for the quiz

Watch the video. Then complete the ACT Prep Exercise on Logically Ordering Sentences

Complete this exercise after watching daily video.

You will be required to read and review three essays on Turnitin from your classmates. They will be assigned to you randomly. You cannot begin this until 8:15 on the morning of October 15. You will have until October 20 at 3:00 to complete your reviews. You will have some time in class on October 19 and October 20 to complete a review.

Three 15- minute sessions on three different days. Must answer 100 questions correctly with 60% accuracy. This is the first week of Membean for second marking period

Watch video. Complete ACT Prep exercise. Also complete pages 625 and 626 in grammar packet.

Write a persuasive essay. Bring printed copy to class. Submit electronic to Turnitin.

Write a paper supporting the following positions (side you are arguing). Your name is next to your assigned topic. I am willing to swap between two students if both students request the swap. See attachment for specific requirements including organization of your essay, sources, length, etc. In addition, as you revise your essay, use the rubric to evaluate your essay. Pay attention to items that will result in point deductions such as not submitting on time, using nonstandard English, and fragments, fused sentences, and comma splices.

1. School uniforms should be mandatory - Addison Adams, Grayson Smalling

2. Students should be required to perform one year of community service between high school and college to be eligible for college scholarships - Keaton Rochelle, Caroline Pleasant

3. Schools should not be allowed to sell candy and sugary soft drinks to earn money for the school or school programs. - Anna Beth George, Broc Hogan
..
4. School should start at 9:00 am - Cooper Broom, Katie Thomas

5. Girls and boys should be in separate classes for math and science.- Jeri Kent, Taylor Shanas

6. Smart phones should be banned for anyone under 18. - Noah Files

7. The driving age should be raised to 18 - Landon Graves, Daniel Welch

Take notes as you read to prepare for the quiz.

If you are not in class, watch today's video before completing this assignment.

Carefully study both ads. Write a 3-5 sentence paragraph for each ad on a Google Doc (do not write out by hand, use Kami, or any other form). Your paragraph should identify the main technique being used in the ad. In addition, analyze how the ad uses the technique using textual evidence and commentary. Edit your answer for correct grammar, capitalization, punctuation, and spelling.

This test will cover "Sound of Silence," "Go Down, Death," "Death, Be Not Proud," "Do Not Go Gentle...," and all literary terms covered in the poetry unit (I have highlighted the terms on the Glossary of Literary Terms).

Complete this exercise after watching the video. This assignment must be completed in one sitting (don't start and then finish at a later time). You may use your grammar handouts to complete this exercise.

Study the two ads. Write a short paragraph for each ad. Identify the propaganda technique. One ad actually uses two. Submit your paragraphs here

Watch this video. Then complete the Google Form assignment that will posted under ACT Prep.

This assignment is due 10/07/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Watch today's video on theme and Go Down, Death.
Answer the following questions in complete sentences. Submit the completed document here.

1) Identify all the speakers in the poem.

2) What characteristics of God and Jesus are presented in the poem? Supply textual evidence to support your answer.

3) How is Death presented? Supply textual evidence to support your answer.

4) How is the experience of dying presented?

5) What is the tone (attitude of the speaker toward the subject of death) of the poem?

6) What is the mood (emotional response of the reader / listener) of the poem?

7) Write a statement that expresses of the theme of the poem

This assignment is due 10/05/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Write a short paragraph explaining why the two ads are examples of assertion. Write a separate paragraph (3-5 sentences) for each ad.

This assignment is due 09/17/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Annotate as you read the story. Focus on details about the characters and textual evidence to support your claims about the theme. Complete the handout distributed in class (both sides) including the discussion questions. On the side dealing with theme, the box on the left is the subject that the theme deals with. You must write a sentence that states what the story is communicating about that subject, and then provide the textual evidence.

Quiz in class on 9-14.

This assignment is due 09/14/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

Submit to Turnitin. This is a single submission essay (SSE).

Essay must be in MLA format. 500 words minimum

Do not use any second person pronouns (you, your), slang, or nonstandard English (gonna, kinda, etc.). Edit your essay for all errors in grammar, usage, mechanics (capitalization, punctuation, format) and spelling (GUMS).

Your essay is to be developed as follows:

Introductory paragraph ending with the thesis statement.

Three paragraphs in the body. Each paragraph must have a topic sentence and develop a point that supports the thesis. This means your essay must have three separate and distinct points that support the thesis.

Concluding paragraph that does not say "In conclusion" or merely restates the introduction or lists the points developed in the essay.

This assignment is due 09/09/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google. Be sure to answer all questions in complete sentences following guidelines discussed in class.

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