The Fish (homework)
Due Date: August 31, 2009 |
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Why does everything go Rainbow?
Why does the poet let the fish go?
Bring in an item for writing |
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Gatsby (homework)
Due Date: June 15, 2009 |
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| Present projects. |
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Gatsby
June 12, 2009 |
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| Work on projects. Who killed Gatsby? |
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Review
June 12, 2009 |
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| Review for finals |
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Gatsby (homework)
Due Date: June 11, 2009 |
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| Work on projects. Who killed Gatsby? |
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Review for Finals
June 11, 2009 |
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Gatsby (homework)
Due Date: June 10, 2009 |
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| Work on projects. Who killed Gatsby??? |
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The Great Gatsby (homework)
Due Date: June 5, 2009 |
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| Look up Long Island. Was it possible for Wilson to have killed Gatsby? |
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Gatsby (homework)
Due Date: June 4, 2009 |
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| Who Killed Gatsby? |
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Gatsby
June 3, 2009 |
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| Who Killed Gatsby? |
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Gatsby (homework)
Due Date: June 1, 2009 |
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| What car was Gatsby driving? |
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The Things They Carried
May 15, 2009 |
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| We will work on our stories. |
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Gatsby
May 13, 2009 |
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| Exam on Chapters 1-5. |
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The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant? (homework)
Due Date: May 5, 2009 |
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| Write a seven-sentence summary. Who might Applegate want Joe to meet? |
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The Great Gatsby
May 1, 2009 |
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| Chapter Three Questions due. |
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The Great Gatsby
April 30, 2009 |
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| Work on questions for Chapter Three. |
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The Great Gatsby
April 29, 2009 |
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| Work on questions for Chapter Three. |
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The Great Gatsby (homework)
Due Date: April 21, 2009 |
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| Why does Fitzgerald begin Chapter Two with a dump? |
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The Things They Carried
April 3, 2009 |
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Show and Tell. Bring in examples of your family's military service.
You may hand in papers today or Monday. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: April 1, 2009 |
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Work on papers.
1. End Mary Anne's story.
2. Take a position on Hanoi Jane. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: March 30, 2009 |
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Remember extra credit assignments.
1. Green Beret Song
2. Watch a)Platoon; b)The Deer Hunter; or c)Full Metal Jacket and write a one page review. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: March 30, 2009 |
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| Research and find out of whom the picture is. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: March 23, 2009 |
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| Finish the chapter. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: March 19, 2009 |
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| Was Curt Lemon's death real? |
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The Things They Carried
March 17, 2009 |
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| Exam, first five chapters. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: March 13, 2009 |
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Chapters Five and Six.
Answer questions:
Explain the story of Strunk and Jensen.
Why does Jensen feel relieved?
Why is this story here? |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: March 2, 2009 |
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| Finish Chapter Four and prepare summaries that begin with topic sentences. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: February 25, 2009 |
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| Read through page 46 and write a summary. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: February 24, 2009 |
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| Why doesn't the war end? Why doesn't the narrator choose a new topic? |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: February 23, 2009 |
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Read Chapter Two.
Write a two-page paper answering the following questions.
1. Summarize the chapter.
2. What is the point of the chapter?
3. Describe O'Brien's writing style.
4. Does this episode reminds you of anything in your lives? |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: February 13, 2009 |
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| Finish Chapter One and write a summary of what occurred. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: February 11, 2009 |
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| Continue keeping a journal. |
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The Things They Carried (homework)
Due Date: February 10, 2009 |
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| Write a summary of what we have read. |
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Myron Rolle Papers (homework)
Due Date: February 5, 2009 |
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| Finish papers and hand in tomorrow if you have not already done so. |
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ESPN Article (homework)
Due Date: February 3, 2009 |
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| Take a position on article and offer evidence in support of your position. |
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Midterm
January 21, 2009 |
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| This midterm is CAPT-based. |
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Miser (homework)
Due Date: January 13, 2009 |
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| What does it mean to be a miser? Why is it good or bad? |
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The Devil and Tom Walker (homework)
Due Date: January 12, 2009 |
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| According to the president-elect, what is the number one problem the country faces? |
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Stories Due/Vocab Quiz
January 9, 2009 |
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Stories
January 8, 2009 |
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| Work on Stories |
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Stories
January 7, 2009 |
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| Work on stories. |
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Bernice Bobs Her Hair (homework)
Due Date: December 16, 2008 |
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| Write sentences using vocabulary words. |
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The Bad Seed (homework)
Due Date: December 5, 2008 |
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| Develop a reason for your main idea. |
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The Bad Seed (homework)
Due Date: December 2, 2008 |
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| Take a position and list three reasons for the position. |
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The Bad Seed
December 1, 2008 |
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Take a position on Rhoda Penmark.
Is Rhoda a bad seed or does she have bad parents? |
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The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant
November 21, 2008 |
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| Quiz today |
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The Year the Yankees Lost the Pennant (homework)
Due Date: November 19, 2008 |
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| Go over notes for quiz. |
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Develop a Paragraph (homework)
Due Date: November 17, 2008 |
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Develop a logical paragraph using your reason.
Use the example in class as a model. |
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Witchcraft in Saudi Arabia (homework)
Due Date: November 14, 2008 |
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Free Fawza! or Mind Your Own Business!
Take a position and give three reasons for it. |
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The Crucible (homework)
Due Date: November 13, 2008 |
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| Would you choose honor or life? Why? Three paragraph essay. |
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The Bad Seed
November 10, 2008 |
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Now that you have seen this much-revered camp film, address the work's central issue. Was Rhoda Penmark a bad seed or did she have bad parents?
One-to-two page typed argumentative paper. |
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"God is dead!" (homework)
Due Date: November 7, 2008 |
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What does Proctor mean when he proclaims this?
Write a well-developed paragraph with a topic sentence and be sure to include evidence from the play. |
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Act IV
November 7, 2008 |
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| We will begin Act IV today. |
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The Bad Seed
November 3, 2008 |
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We will watch The Bad Seed, a 1955 movel based on the William March. I don't want to spoil the film for you so I won't tell you about it, but it addresses the issue of nature versus nurture and the problem of human evil.
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CAPT ASSESSMENT
October 30, 2008 |
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Test
October 23, 2008 |
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| Test on The Crucible, Act II |
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