Marking Period Two Quiz/ Vocab Quiz (homework)
Due Date: October 23, 2009 |
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The MP Two quiz on SPEAK and the vocabulary quiz will be the last quiz grades of this marking period.
If you missed either, please make them up as soon as possible. |
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Marking Period Two (homework)
Due Date: October 13, 2009 |
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| Read until page 61 (the end of "Giving Thanks," and complete questions 1 and 2 in your packets. Please respond in complete sentences. |
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No School--Columbus Day
October 12, 2009 |
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NOTEBOOKS COLLECTED TOMORROW (homework)
Due Date: October 9, 2009 |
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Your notebooks must include the following assignments:
*All DO NOWs starting from the last collectetion
*Tears of a Tiger Questions
*"Rough Touch" Questions
*"Enemies and Friends" Questions
*"Harrison Bergeron" Questions
*"The Buster" Questions
*SPEAK vocabulary and vocabulary paragraph
*SPEAK Journal Entry 1 and 2 |
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Speak Anticipation Guide (homework)
Due Date: October 7, 2009 |
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Before good readers read a new piece of literature they access what they already know about the themes or issues in the text. One way to do this is by completing an anticipation guide. In today's class, students completed an anticipation guide for the novel, SPEAK, by Laurie Halse Anderson. The reflected on generalizations that people make about issues that will be presented in the novel.
For homework, students must choose one statement and elaborate,in paragraph form, on why they agree and/or disagree with the statement. |
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Journal Assigment (homework)
Due Date: October 5, 2009 |
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In SPEAK, Melinda describes her first day of school in a humorous, detailed and personal manner. Melinda identifies particular memorable moments (both good and bad) in her description.
Your task is to write one and half journal pages about your first day at Hamden High School--consider events, people, classes, teachers or any other significant moments that marked your first day experience.
Please complete this in the Homework section of your notebooks. |
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Harrison Bergeron (homework)
Due Date: September 23, 2009 |
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In today's class, students discussed the question: "Are people equal?"
For homework, students will read and annotate the short story, "Harrison Bergeron," by Kurt Vonnegut. They must define the following terms using the context clues from the story:
hindrance
immolate
handicap
symmetry
philosophy
cower
synchronize
consternation |
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Enemies and Friends (homework)
Due Date: September 22, 2009 |
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In today's class students discussed themes of friendship and trust. The excerpt students read from "The Things they Carried," raises ideas about times when friendships are challenging and emotions are heightened.
HOMEWORK:
Students must answer questions one through four. |
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Summer Reading Test
September 18, 2009 |
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Study for Summer Reading Test (homework)
Due Date: September 17, 2009 |
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Suggestions for preparing for tomorrow's Summer Reading Test:
*Review your notes page and make sure you have copied an important passage from the book
*Think about each question--anticipate possible answers to and/ or thoughts about each question based on your summer reading book
*Review the worksheet, "What constitutes Good Literature," and think about which points you may choose to argue
*Feel confident that you have completed a great amount of practice with the SIX STEP PROCESS and you know how to use it to successfully answer the summer reading questions
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Questions 3 and 4 Rough Touch (homework)
Due Date: September 16, 2009 |
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| Please complete questions #3 and #4 for homework. Use all six-steps to answer your questions, we will be using these in tomorrow's class for a peer-evaluation exercise. |
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Read "Rough Touch" (homework)
Due Date: September 15, 2009 |
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Students must read the short story, "Rough Touch," and answer questions 1 and 2 in the homework sections of their notebooks.
In tomorrow's class we will review sample scored responses and students will compare their responses to the samples. By using the rubric, students will peer-grade their answers and develop strategies to improve their weaknesses and highlight their strengths. |
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Six-Step Process (homework)
Due Date: September 14, 2009 |
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SIX-STEP process
#1 Main Idea (State the main idea of the response/ use question stem in your answer)
#2 Example (Use examples and evidence fromthe story to support the main idea of the anwer)
#3 Explain the examples (Why are the examples important?)
#4 Generalization (What can be said about people in general, or humanity, or society?)
#5 Connect (Support generalziation with conenction to book, movie, perosnal experience, etc.)
#6 What can be learned? (What life lesson and/or moral does the author suggest?)
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More Practice for Summer Reading Test (homework)
Due Date: September 14, 2009 |
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Today in class students read an excerpt from the novel, Tears of a Tiger. For homework, please use the six step process to answer the capt-style questions at the end of the story.
We will review students' responses on Tuesday and look at sample, scored responses from past students. Our goal is to have each student's response resemble a response that received a high score.
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CAPT-style questions (homework)
Due Date: September 10, 2009 |
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Please respond to questions 1 and 2, using the short story "The Circuit."
When writing your repsonse you are required to use all SIX steps from the Six-Step process.
If you have any questions regarding the assignment please contact me via email |
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Answering CAPT-style questions (homework)
Due Date: September 9, 2009 |
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In today's class students will reflect on their notes and discussion of "The Circuit." They will learn an analysis method of answering capt-style questions that will provide them with the structure needed to answer questions thoroughly and effectively.
SIX-STEP process
#1 Main Idea (State the main idea of the response/ use question stem in your answer)
#2 Example (Use examples and evidence fromthe story to support the main idea of the anwer)
#3 Explain the examples (Why are the examples important?)
#4 Generalization (What can be said about people in general, or humanity, or society?)
#5 Connect (Support generalziation with conenction to book, movie, perosnal experience, etc.)
#6 What can be learned? (What life lesson and/or moral does the author suggest?)
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Questions 2,3,4 (homework)
Due Date: September 9, 2009 |
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Students must answer questions 2, 3, and 4 from the summer reading questions, using the story, "The Circuit."
For each question complete the first two steps of the Six-Step process (main idea statement and example) |
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"The Circuit" by Francisco Jimenez (homework)
Due Date: September 8, 2009 |
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| In today's class students read and took notes on "The Circuit," by Francisco Jimenez. Students will be using this story as a basis for answering capt-style questions in the "six-step" format. Today's class discussion started off with students' thinking about how it feels to be new to a place (school. team, town). The main character in the story is a migrant farm worker from Mexico who experiences these feelings on a regular basis as his family is constantly moving from place to place to find and keep work. Students are to think about this story for homework and complete the notes page. |
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Friday Quiz
September 4, 2009 |
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In today's class students completed a quiz on the short story, "Priscilla and the Wimps." Students synthesized their ideas about how characters change throughout a story and used examples from "Priscilla and the Wimps" to discuss this concept.
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Overcoming Challenges
September 4, 2009 |
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| In today's class students shared certain challenges they had to overcome in their first week of school. Several students realized that with persistence and good problem-solving skills, they were able to learn their schedule, find their way around the school, get accustomed to waking up early and making a schedule for completing assignments. Great work everyone! |
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"Priscilla and the Wimps" --Responding to Reading (homework)
Due Date: September 3, 2009 |
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Students must respond to the "Priscilla and the Wimps" questions in the homework section of their composition notebooks.
In today's class students contributed percpetive ideas about the story and shared the annotations they made for homework. These questions will build on today's discussion and prompt further discussion in tomorrow's class. |
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Notes Page (homework)
Due Date: September 3, 2009 |
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| Students must hand in TWO COMPLETED notes pages for their summer reading books. |
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Priscilla and the Wimps (homework)
Due Date: September 2, 2009 |
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In today's class students reviewed their grammar diagnostic tests and received grammar review sheets for future reference.
For homework, students must read and annotate Richard Peck's short story, "Priscilla and the Wimps." We will discuss the story and answer further questions about the story in tomorrow's class
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Composition Notebooks (homework)
Due Date: August 31, 2009 |
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| Students are required to have a composition notebook as specified on students' supply list. Students will earn 10 points for having these notebooks in class on Wednesday. |
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Documents Due (homework)
Due Date: August 28, 2009 |
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Documents students must turn in by Monday include:
1.Student/Parent/Teacher Contract
2.Student Information Sheet
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Register for Classjump (homework)
Due Date: August 27, 2009 |
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Each student is responsible for registering for classjump by Monday, August 31st, 12:00PM.
1)Visit www.classjump.com.
2)Select 'Register as a Student' from the left-hand menu. Select country (United States,) state (Connecticut,) city (Hamden,) school (Hamden High School,) and finally EN 17--Dominique Rakiec.
3) You will need an email address to register. If you do not already have one you may create one, for free, at gmail.com, hotmail.com, or another site of your choice. |
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