IRP project, gallery card and book summary due Thursday, June 7

Use tonight, Tuesday and Wednesday to complete your project and complete all make-up work.

HW #20 Complete the first draft of your short story, 3-5 pages, typed, double-spaced, Tuesday, May 29

Remember to focus on showing--use dialogue, action, descriptions using the five senses!

HW #18 ELIC, p. 285-305, 200 word typed response; HW #19 IRP week 6

This is your last 200 word response.  We will finish reading ELIC together on Tuesday.

Finish your independent book and write a detailed plan for what your creative project will be.  Final project and book report will be due on Tuesday, June 5!

HW #18 IRP week 6 and HW #19 ELIC, pages 285-305, 200 word typed summary, Thursday, May 24

Finish your independent book, if you haven't already, and complete a detailed description of your creative project.  Your book report and project will be due Thursday, June 7.

Continue reading, Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close.  We are close to finishing.  We will read the final sections in class on Tuesday.  Write your last 200 word, typed response.

HW #17 ELIC, pgs. 262-284, type 200 word response, Tuesday, May 22

HW #16 ELIC, pgs. 217-259, type 200 word response, Monday, May 21

HW #15 IRP week 4 OR 5, Thursday, May 17

HW #14 ELIC pp 174-216, 200 word typed response, Tuesday, May 15

For each of the chapters, state the title, who the narrator is, and what details you learn about them. 

Vocab/spelling quiz is Thursday.

HW #13 ELIC pp 142-173, 200 word typed response, Monday, May 14

HW #11 IRP week 3 and #12 ELIC, pgs 108-141, type dialogue journal or 200-word response, Thursday, May 10

HW #10 ELIC, pg. 75-107, dialogue journal or 200 word typed response, Tuesday, May 10

HW #9 ELIC, pg. 35-74, type dialogue journal or 200 word response, Monday, May 7

HW #7 IRP week 2 and #8 ELIC, p. 16-31, dialogue journal, Thursday, May 3

Keep reading your independent book and complete both questions for IRP week 2.  All IRP responses must be typed and double-spaced.

Read ELIC, p. 16-31, dialogue journal (use sample to help you)

HW #6 print 10-15 pictures that represent your historic, Tuesday, May 1 event

As you continue to understand your historic event, research and print pictures that represent things about it.  You can print historic/actual photos or images that symbolize something about the event for you.

HW #5 Two sources; 200 word research paragraph, Monday, April 30

Narrow down your list of 5 historic/news worthy events to the one most interesting to you.  You will be setting a short, fictional story during this event so choose with that in mind. 

11.  Locate two sources, print them and highlight or underline important facts.

22.  Write a 200 word, typed, double-spaced paragraph about your event.  Focus on answering these questions:

·         Who was involved?

·         When did it happen?

·         Where did it take place?

·         What happened?  (include lots of detail)

·         Why is this event important?

WRITE IN YOUR OWN WORDS.  DO NOT COPY YOUR SOURCES WORD FOR WORD.  CHANGE WORDS AND STRUCTURE TO BE YOUR UNIQUE VOICE.

HW #3 IRP book and week one; HW #4 List of 5 historic/news events, Thursday, April 26

Choose your final independent book and type your week 1 response, double-space!  See IRP question at top right of this blog if needed.

Create a typed list of 5 modern (1950 through present) historic or news worthy events that have captured your attention.  For each event, type 1-2 sentences explaining why it is significant or interesting to you.

HW #2 "The Falling Man" typed response

Using your notes from the documentary "The Falling Man," write a typed 3-4 paragraph response.  Follow the guidelines on the handout given in class or click here to access a copy.

Session 5: HW #1, September 11th Timeline, Monday, April 23

Click here to access the worksheet that will help you collect information about September 11, 2001 from the website: http://www.911memorial.org/interactive-911-timeline.

Review for ARIS quiz (Tuesday) and work on IRP project and gallery card (due Thursday)

HW #22 Complete ind. book summary, typed and double-spaced, and work on creative project

Book summary, due Monday, April 9!

Creative project and gallery card due April 12!

HW #20 IRP week 6 and HW #21 Act 2, Scenes 2 and 3 Qs, Tuesday, April 3

Write the description of your IRP project, due next Thursday.

Finish reading Act 2 of A Raisin in the Sun and complete questions for scenes 2 and 3.

STUDY FOR VOCAB/SPELLING QUIZ ON THURSDAY.

HW #19, ARIS Act 2, Sc 1 Qs, Monday, April 2

Complete questions given in class.

HW #17 ARIS Act 1, Sc 2 Qs and HW #18 IRP week 5, Thursday, March 29

Keep reading A Raisin in the Sun and complete week 5 response for your independent book.

HW #17, ARIS, Act 1, Scene 2 Qs and HW #18 IRP week 5, Thursday, March 29

Complete the questions attached here.

Keep reading your IRP and complete week 5 response.

HW #16, ARIS Getting Things Straight Qs, Tuesday, March 27

Read Act 1, Scene 1 of A Raisin in the Sun (ARIS) and complete the questions here. Responses must be typed and written in detailed, complete sentences.

Also, complete make-up work! Only 2 and a 1/2 weeks left in the session!

HW #15 Poem Reponse Qs, Monday, March 26

Read "Let America Be America Again" by Langston Hughes and answer the questions on the class handout. Answers must be typed and written in 2-3 complete sentences.

Study for vocab and DOAS quiz on Thursday, March 22

There will be a vocab quiz on spelling, definitions and sentences.

There will also be a few questions from the "Act 2: Getting Things Straight" handout. You will complete a final Delve-in question based on themes of the play. Use handout #13 to pick your theme and come up with the quotes you will use in your response.

HW #11 Complete Qs 1-8 on Act 2: Getting Things Straight; #12 Revise DOAS Act 1 Delve-in Q, Monday, March 19

See link here to access the Act 2: Getting Things Straight questions. Answers must be typed, in complete sentences, and you must answer all parts of the question.

For those who have submitted your Delve-in question, you will need to make edits and turn in the new draft tomorrow. If you have not yet completed your Delve-in question, you must complete that tonight.

HW #10 IRP week 3, and review for DOAS Act 1 quiz, Thursday, March 15

Read your independent book! Complete IRP week 3 response. Be sure to type, double-space and meet minimum word requirement.

Also, review Act 1 of Death of a Salesman. There will be a brief quiz on Monday. Use the "Getting Things Straight" handout as a guide.

HW #9 Delve-in Question for DOAS Act 1

Use the handout/organizer provided in class to help you make a claim about one of the themes of Act 1 and type a thoughtful and well-supported paragraph explaining your opinion. Be sure you paragraph includes three quotes from Act 1. You must introduce and then explain how each quote supports your opinion. Here is the handout and the organizer in case you need an extra copy.

HW #8 DOAS Getting Things Straight, Act 1, Monday, March 12

Use a separate sheet of paper to type your responses to the "Getting Things Straight" handout. Use your notes from the movie and refer back to the text of Act 1 in your book to answer. You must answer each question and each part of each question.

Here is a link to the handout if you prefer to type answers into the worksheet.

HW #7 IRP week 2 and read your independent book!

Be sure your response is typed, meets word requirements and answers BOTH questions!

HW #6 DOAS American Dream Chart, Tuesday, March 6

Complete the chart for Willy Loman and for Biff and Happy, focus on pages 1-33 of the play to help you.

Remember to study for your spelling and vocab quiz this Thursday, too!

HW #4 American parenting article response, Monday, March 5

Read the Washington Post article given out in class. See link to article here if you need it. Then write a response to the article following the directions on the class handout. Click here for a copy of that handout.

HW #3, Choose new IRP book and week 1 response, Thursday, March 1

Choose your new IRP book and bring it to class on Monday to show me. Complete 100 word response about why you chose this book. All IRP responses this session must be typed and double-spaced. Any responses that are full of spelling and grammar mistakes will be need to be revised.

HW #2 Revise poems for Poetry Festival, Tuesday, Feb 28

Be sure to turn in the edited drafts along with your revised poems. Newest version should be stapled on top.

Session 4 HW#1, DOAS Pre-reading Qs, Monday, Feb. 27

Follow the directions on the handout attached here to respond to questions that will help us prepare to read Death of a Salesman (DOAS) by Arthur Miller.

HW for Tuesday, Feb. 14

Work on your IRP project, gallery card and book summary. Due on Thursday! Be ready to present!

HW for Thursday, Feb 9--Work on IRP and book report, due Thursday, Feb. 16

HW for Tuesday, Feb. 7--study poetic terminology, definitions and poetic examples

You will have a quiz on Thursday. Be able to match poetic terms to their definition (for example, match " alliteration" to "the repetition of words that begin with the same letter"). You must also be able to identify what technique a provided line of poetry is an example of (for example, "she walked with the whole world protecting her" is an example of both alliteration and hyperbole).

HW #16 IRP week 6, HW #17 Write response to poem and song, Monday, Feb. 6

Write a detailed plan of attack for your IRP project. Remember it must be creative and show effort, be interactive and be directly related to your book.

Also, follow the guidelines on the handout provided in class to respond to the poetic techniques used in your poem and your song.

HW #14 IRP week 5 and HW #15 Bring in poem, Thursday, Feb. 2

Read! Complete IRP week 5 response.

Also, read poems on www.poets.org. Find one that you understand, like and that captures the meaning of the song lyrics you chose. Print it and bring to class on Monday.

HW #13 Bring in copy of song lyrics and study for vocab quiz, Tuesday, Jan. 31

Bring in a copy of lyrics for a song you like. Be sure the lyrics are appropriate for class, and they must include at least 4 poetic techniques other than repetition.

Study for vocab quiz!

HW #12 Poem response 2, Monday, Jan. 30

Use the poem response 1 written in class and the guidelines here to write a response to either "Eating Poetry" by Mark Strand or "Sticks" by Thomas Sayers Ellis. You must follow the guidelines carefully (this includes format and content) in order for your response to be accepted by me.

Warm Up for Thursday, Jan. 26

Write a poem using the magnetic poetry website or try writing an acrostic poem here.

HW #10-Praise Poem and HW #11-IRP week 4, Thursday, Jan. 26

Use the guidelines here and our class discussion and brainstorming to write your praise poem.

Read your independent book and complete IRP week 4. See question under the "Resources" section of this blog if needed.

Warm Up for Tuesday, Jan. 24

Go to the magnetic poetry website and click on either "Kids Kit" or "Story maker" to write a poem, at least 5 lines. Be ready to share!

HW 9: Age Poem, Tuesday, January 24

Use the class discussion and examples we read to write your own age poem. Follow the guidelines here.

HW 8: "Raised By" poem, Monday, January 23

Use the examples provided in class and HW worksheet to brainstorm ideas for your own poem about who or what raised you. See guidelines here.

HW 7 IRP week 3, Thursday, January 19

Read your independent book and complete the weekly response. Be sure to meet the minimum word requirement.

If you are behind on assignments, use the weekend to catch up!

HW 6: Ten Ways of Looking Poem, Tuesday, Jan. 17

Use the Wallace Stevens poem "Thirteen Ways of Looking at a Blackbird" and the class example to write your own poem, looking at one object of your choosing from very different perspectives. Directions for the assignment are here.

Warm Up for Thursday, Jan. 12

When you have completed your vocab quiz, do these two things:

1. Write a poem, at least 5 lines, using the magnetic poetry website or the class wordpool.

2. Use the poem you wrote in step 1 and paste it into the N+7 website. Hit submit and scroll down to see how your poem changes if each noun is replaced with words that follow it in the dictionary. Do you like how any of the altered poems sound? Be ready to share.

HW #5 IRP week 2 response, and READ! Thursday, Jan. 12

Complete the IRP week 2 response (both questions!), and meet the minimum word requirement! Then use the long weekend to read ahead in your independent book and catch up on any missing work!

Warm Up for Tuesday, Jan. 10

If you have not finished the poetry terminology worksheet from yesterday, please work on that.

If you complete that, then go to the magnetic poetry website here or use words from the class wordpool (located at top right of blog under "Resources") to write a 5 line poem. Be ready to share!

HW #4: Examples of Poetry Terminology & Study for first vocab quiz, Tuesday, Jan. 10

Follow directions on the worksheet here to complete the work we started in class. You must find an example of each poetic term from your worksheet, being sure to cite the poem title and the poet for each example you use.

Also, study for the first vocab quiz for this session! Click here for the word list if you need it. Remember, you will need to spell each word, match the definitions, and use 5 of the words in a poem that shows you understand them.

HW #3: Poems from three people, Monday, Jan. 9

You'll need to talk to three people about their favorite poems, and then do some writing. Follow directions here.

HW #2: IRP book selection and week 1 response, Thursday, Jan. 5

Over the weekend, choose your new independent reading book and complete your week 1 response. Be sure to meet the MINIMUM word requirement and bring in a copy of your book.

Warm Up, Thursday, Jan. 5

Go to this link ( http://kids.magpogames.com/createpoem.cfm?kit=4) and create a five line poem. Be creative and appropriate. Be prepared to share.

HW 1: Wordpool Poem, Tuesday, Jan. 3

Add to the class wordpool (wordpool link here) and then write a poem using some or all of those words. See directions by clicking this link.

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