Honors Gateway English - Periods 2,3,7

FINAL EXAM PREP:

Here is a copy of the SHORT STORY FOR YOUR EXAM. Read it ahead of time and bring it with you.
Here is a copy of the Final Exam Essay. You must have prepared notes/outline ahead of time. Click here.
Here are the practice slides from class today. Click here.

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Tuesday's Homework: 
Portfolio Due Thursday/Friday (block dependent)
Finish reading "The Scarlet Ibis" and bring it to class, along with your Of Mice and Men text.
Final Countdown Calendar - Click Here

Hi Connor L! (I fixed my typo...keen eyes, sir, keen eyes.) 

Let's Make a Deal Handout - Book Project Essay - Click Here
Final Countdown Calendar - Click Here

Tuesday's/Wednesday's Homework: Read to the bottom of page 74. Expect a quiz.

Monday's Homework (21 May): Read to the bottom of page 57.


Final Book Project Component - DUE JUNE 4TH - Click Here

Tuesday/Friday's Homework (15/18 May): Read up to the chapter break on page 37 in Of Mice and Men. Come prepared for a reading quiz on Monday.

5 COMPLETE AND THOROUGH SKETCH NOTES DUE ON THURSDAY. LEAVE ON MY DESK OR IN MY MAILBOX.

Tuesday's/Wednesday's Homework (8/9 May): Complete the FIRST SKETCH NOTE of your book  project. This is the first 20% of the second section of your book. Have this ready to present at the start of next class.

Monday's Homework (7 May): Write one new entry for your Second Semester Writing Portfolio. Write at least 1 page and bring a TYPED copy to class with you. Remember, this is a writing summative and will require 12 entries for this semester (not including the 12 from semester 1)!

Wednesday's Homework (2 May): If you did not finish the classwork from Tuesday/Wednesday, it is due at the start of the next class. Please print. The handout is posted on our Google site.

Here are the instructions for the Second Installment of the last Book Project!
Here are sample Sketchnotes taken from the vast InterWebs. Clicky Clicky.

Monday's Homework (30 April): Write 12 vocab sentences, themed around your independent book, for any of the words from Quarter 4. Click here for the Quarter 4 Vocab Words or click Here for the list in a slightly different format.

Guidelines and Reminders for your Essay: Click Here

Approaching Deadlines:
Your Book Project - Part I - is due the APRIL 30th. 
Your Literary Analysis Essay is due Friday, April 20th (or online through Google Classroom prior to Wednesday, April 25th if you have already spoken with me DIRECTLY).


Socratic Seminar texts to read prior to Tuesday/Wednesday:

Fill out the following form ASAP. Click Here.

4th Quarter Book Project Handout: Click Here


Thursday's/Friday's Homework (5/6 April):  Complete your version of Juliet's "waiting" speech. Here are the instructions.

A classic book should be in your hands by Tuesday of next week!

Monday's Homework (2 April): Get your little paws on a classic novel ASAP! Use goodreads.com, amazon.com, and/or searches about "top 100 classics to read" or "top books of all time" for inspiration. 

Alex Chiavaras has kindly allowed us to use his Quizlet for Quarter 3 to help you study! Click here for link. 
Monday's Homework (26 March): Book Project is due the 27th for P1&P3 and the 28th for P2. Quarter 3 Vocabulary Exam is THURSDAY/FRIDAY.


Here are some samples of the "Name/Shakespeare" activity. Click Here

Tuesday's/Wednesday's Homework (20/21 March):  Write one entry for your Writer's Portfolio.

Period 2 (14 March): For Friday, "do something vocabby" with the Quarter 3 words.

🔺SNOW! AGAIN! 🔺BLIZZARD BAG DAY FOR MARCH 13TH (PERIODS 3 AND 7): Submit TWO NEW entries for your 2nd Semester Writer's Portfolio. Remember that, as with the first semester, 12 complete entries are required for this. SUBMIT VIA OUR GOOGLE CLASSROOM. I expect every single one of you to come to class having done what is asked of you this time.

Remember that each entry should be at least one page minimum and that poetry must be appropriately developed, too. If you write a poem and it is brief, either create a series of them or continue to develop your poetic creation until it represents an equal amount of work compared to a prose piece

For those who were asking about new Challenge Words for the Portfolio entries, here are a couple of sets:


  1. upward, thunder, hands, grain, tussled, foil, prove, woven, eve, regret
  2. NOT FOR THE WEAK OF HEART 🠞*all words from a typical list of "beautiful" words in English - use a dictionary if need be*: bucolic, scintilla, penumbra, susurrus, Labyrinthine, gambol, gossamer, evanescent, dulcet, dalliance


DUE MONDAY: Blizzard Bag for Periods 3 and 7; Narrative from anyone who missed today's deadline - no exceptions. 



***REMINDER: BOOK PROJECT AND WRITING PORTFOLIO***



BLIZZARD BAG DAY FOR MARCH 8TH:

Periods 3 and 7: Use your #2 packet and #3 packets (or, if you do not have your packet, do a google search and use one of the many full text versions available online), and read from where we have left off in class (right around when Romeo sees Juliet at the party) up until the END of Act II, Scene II. You will stop in the 3rd packet where it says "Act 2, Scene 3).

Here is a quick example: Click Here
THEN COMPLETE THE FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENT: CLICK HERE


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Over the weekend, work on your personal narrative. Do not neglect this.

Tues/Wed Homework (6/7 March): Be working on your personal narratives. 

Recall that Book Project options include:


1. Annotate
2. Dialectical Journal
3. Partner Project - See me to discuss if you decide to do this. Use the examples shown in class as a guideline for rigor and depth, but feel free to be inventive in your approach. Just be sure to run it by me first!
4. Get a group of friends together to read the same book and hold a Socratic Seminar (aka book group) with me after school. 

Monday's Homework: 1) Complete the vocabulary/grammar sheet found here and 2) Work on your personal narrative. Plan for Friday being the due date here.

March 29th/30th (depending on which period): Quarter 3 Vocabulary Exam.
3rd Quarter Book Project due Tuesday/Wednesday March 27th/28th (depending on which period)

Monday's Homework (19 February): Continue drafting your narrative. Make progress on this (add a page or two).

Thursday/Friday's Homework: For Monday, have drafted at least 2 pages of your personal narrative. Focus on detail, on SHOWING a moment unfold rather than TELLING us it is unfolding. Allow characters to speak, to move, etc. Use dialogue, describe setting, include flashback. Be creative!

For reasons unbeknownst to me, the copier will not allow a PDF file of the examples I gave/showed in class. So, instead, take a peek through these sample narratives (in varying stages of completion and quality).

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Tuesday's/Wednesday's Homework: Complete the brainstorming activity found here. Read all instructions carefully.

BLIZZARD BAG ASSIGNMENT: PERIOD 2.


HONORS: Find an image of an artwork (painting, drawing, photograph, sculpture...or take an "artsy" photograph of something unexpected...maybe a unique closeup of something ordinary, presented in a new way... - pick something good). Include it in a document and craft a poem inspired by it in some way. Go beyond literal. Do more than simple description. Try your hand at a rhyme scheme and/or a set syllable count. Be playful with your language. Do not end-stop all your lines and make sure the poem is substantive (no short nubbins!).

BRING A PRINTED COPY TO CLASS. IT MUST BE PRINTED BEFORE CLASS STARTS. AND SHARE THE DOCUMENT WITH ME ONLINE.

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Poetry Out Loud - PA participates in a national competition in the recitation of poetry. Students compete first at the school level and must memorize, and recite/perform two poems from the Poetry Out Loud website. The competition is held in the PA library in the evening, is a lot of fun, and comes with some SERIOUS PRIZES (we are talking thousands and thousands of dollars in college scholarships!). Anyone who is interested should check out the website - and YouTube past competitors - see me and/or Ms. Gelinas, and pick two poems to memorize. 

Extra Credit will be awarded to all of those who participate in the evening competition.

Write a sonnet for Monday. 
  • Use 14 lines.
  • 10 syllables per line
  • Rhyme using ABAB CDCD EFEF GG
  • Create a volta after line 8...or 12. 
  • Base it on either a season or the stereotypical blazon conventions.

Check out some of NASA's moon footage by clicking here; scroll through the video to check out the various stages...it lasted for hours and obviously you don't want to watch the whole thing in real time.

January 31: Here is the link to a short video that  we watched in class today. If you were absent, watch this - it sums up the basics of what we learned about: Click Here

Here is a copy of the handouts from class: Click Here

Here is a copy of some slides that have videos of what the "other Englishes" sound like when spoken: Click Here

Due Friday,  February 2:
Write a poem inspired by the moon. Check out the crazy shenanigans our moon will be up to this week (try googling "blue moon eclipse" and you'll find a bunch of news items). Think about the moon, its phases, names for stages, folk lore associated with elements of the moon, and anything lunar. Google images, think of connotations and denotations...and then write a poem!

Remember to: format it as we did in class, punctuate, be deliberate in how you break up each line, and use figurative language.

Homework for MONDAY: Write a poem about the item you are assigned in class today. Think about the small details of  your item (what would the casual observer fail to notice?), what ideas/emotions/etc are associated with your item, does it hold symbolism, what story does it tell? Be CREATIVE!
Please note:

  • Poetry uses standard conventions. That means you still need to use punctuation and proper capitalization and commas and all that jazz.
  • Be MINDFUL of where you end each line.
  • DO NOT RHYME.
Period 3 -We ran out of time...here are your items:
  • Shawn - sand
  • Helen - thread
  • Mason - clock
  • Julia - feather
  • Katie - cradle
  • Riley - apple
  • Leah - snail
  • Madeline - old man's hands
  • Lily - mushroom
  • Glenn - bubble



Period 2: complete the blizzard bag assignment listed on our blizzard page on this site.  It is due, for credit, and without exception, tomorrow. Your stats do get recorded and reported.

Also, all students: your writing portfolio must be submitted with all 12 entries front semester one.  You were not assessed on the six that were only a deadline check. Thus is your last writing summative of the term and will have significant impact on final averages!

Bring to your exam:

  • Pencil (mechanical is best) and eraser
  • Pen if you want
  • Your "Letter from a Birmingham Jail" text
  • A drink
  • A snack
  • Anything comfy

Exam will consist of:
  • multiple choice literary terms section
  • small reading assessment section relating to a poem
  • reading assessment questions regarding MLK letter
  • essay on MLK letter



If there is no school, our Portfolio will be due on Google Classroom prior to 9 am FRIDAY.

Join our Google Classroom site using the code: lfzq0lx.

End of semester tasks:

  • Submit Short Story Critique prior to 9pm Saturday night, on Google Classroom using "Turn it in" feature.
  • Study study study the Quarter 2 Vocab words.
  • Complete Writing Portfolio using "Turn it in" on Classroom, prior to 9am Thursday January 18th.


Monday's Homework (8 January): 
"Lift Up Thine Eyes" - Read prior to Socratic Seminar
"EPICAC" - Read prior to Socratic Seminar

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Again, here are the book project documents: Click
Here is a sample or two: Click and Click
Here is the rubric to guide your creative component: Click



Here is a copy of the rubric

Monday's Homework: Completed 5 Paragraph Summative Literary Analysis due, in paper form, by 2:25pm on Thursday.

Here are old student samples of similar essays. The goal is not to turn in the work you can complete in the shortest span of time. Rather, it is to construct something that best conveys your ability and knowledge.


Tuesday/Wednesday's Homework (12 December): Finish reading Chapter 26 and 27. Complete  your annotated outline, too. Here's the quick sample I made to help you see one way to go about this.

Period 3 - You can disregard the homework from today. I've had a change of planning!


Your revision is due to me in PRINTED FORMAT before 2:45pm on THURSDAY, December 7th. PERIOD.
Thursday is an Early Release Day and the order of blocks is [1] [3] [Advisory] [7] [5+lunches] - dismissed at 12:20

Short Answer:

1. Begin with your claim sentence. Be sure it provides the THREE examples that support the claim. It must be clear and debatable.
2. Provide a direct quote with intext citation and be sure to INTEGRATE IT into your sentences.
3. Analyze, analyze, analyze! The most important part of this essay is the explanation and exploration of how the specific details you've chosen from each text combine to relate to all three stories as a whole.
4. End with a concluding couple/few sentences.
5. Use your BEST GRAMMAR and use a new vocabulary word.

Short Answer Response due MONDAY, DECEMBER 4th - NO EXCUSES. This is a summative and needs to be of exceptional quality.

Handout

Monday's Homework: Prepare for your Socratic Seminar Discussion in your next class. This is a summative communications grade and is important. To prepare, read the texts presented to you closely and begin to form observations you can bring to discussion. Consider bringing some thought-provoking discussion questions you can use to promote a lively dialogue.

Read:
"Coca Cola and Coco Frio"
"A Far Cry From Africa"
            *FOCUS TEXTS ARE THE TWO ABOVE*
"I, Too, Sing America"
"Dream Boogie"
"We Wear the Mask"

Thursday/Friday's Homework (16/17): Read whatever remains of Chapter 19 and Chapter 20. Complete an 8-entry dialectical journal in the style of the quarter 2 book project. Please focus on the character of Dolphus Raymond and what he adds to the theme(s), plot(s), and other elements of the text. We never gave him the discussion he deserved in Chapter 16 - please refer back to him and consider what changes in Chapter 20.

Tuesday/Wednesday's Homework (14/15 November): You have two long-term projects in process (book project #2 and writing portfolio). Additionally, some of you could benefit from revising your literary analysis and/or book project #1.

2nd Quarter Independent Book Project is DUE JANUARY 5TH - Regardless of class meeting date.
Component 1: Click here. Sample Project: Click here.
Component 2: Click here.

Monday's Homework (6 November): Be mindful that you need 6 entries in your Writing Portfolio by next Monday.

QUARTER 1 VOCABULARY EXAM - MONDAY. This is a Communications SUMMATIVE ASSESSMENT. Plan accordingly and study the crap out of your words, mk?

Wednesday/Thursday's Homework (1 November): Read and annotate Chapter 16 (we will read Chapter 15 in class).

Public Service Announcement: Quarter 1 ends next Friday. I have extended the Writer's Portfolio 6-entry deadline check until November 13th, the Monday after a long weekend. By this date, you need to have 6 complete entries done in your Writer's Portfolio. You may simply share the document with me rather than printing it.

Your priority right now, in terms of summative work, is to furnish the best, most exemplary, most magical Reading Project you can! It is due one week from today!

Tuesday's/Wednesday's Homework (24 October): Read and annotate Chapter 13 and 14. Come prepared to talk!

Monday's Homework (23 October): Bring your independent book project materials to class. You will have part of the period to work on this. Read the Unit 7 words.

Tuesday's/Wednesday's Homework (17 October): Read Chapter 9. Then, create a Twitter-style status update/phrase inspired by the Chapter and its ideas/themes/messages/etc. Create a second one from the perspective of a specific character (as if you had control of their Twitter/FB/Instagram feed for the day).

If you are unfamiliar with Twitter, messages are limited to 140 characters - that includes spaces and punctuation! You may use standard social media abbreviations to adapt your comment to fit within the space limitations, but the message should still be understandable. If you type your comment into a Google Doc and press Control+Shift_+C it will automatically count the characters for you, so that you do not have to spend time doing it yourself.

Monday's Homework (16 October): Read and annotate Chapter 7/8. Be mindful of your book project!

Thursday/Friday's Homework (12/13 October): Work on your independent book project. This needs to demonstrate Honors level thought and effort!

Copy of Class Notes:
Period 2
Period 3
Period 7

Tuesday/Wednesday's Homework (10 October): Read and annotate Chapter 5 and 6. Don't forget to work on long-term projects!

Thursday's Homework (5 October): Read and annotate UP to Chapter 5. Don't forget to work on long-term projects!

Monday/Tuesday's Homework (2/3 October):
Read and annotate Chapter 1 of To Kill A Mockingbird. Use the post-it note style approach and be sure that each note you make has: 1) a type/title/category, 2) the note itself, and 3) the page number. The book is available on the internet if you simply search the title along with "full text."

For Monday/Tuesday (2/3 October):

  1. Have your completed 5 paragraph essay printed and ready to go before the start of class. 
  2. Bring your independent reading book.


Thursday/Friday's Homework (22 September):

  1. Thoroughly annotate "Mother To Son" and "If We Must Die."
  2. Fill out the Comparison Chart.

Book Project - Due November 1st! Click Here.

Tuesday/Wednesday's Homework (19 September): Read "The Wife of His Youth" and come prepared to actively engage in a discussion of this text. All will be expected to contribute to the conversation.


Monday's Task and Reading Assignment (18 September):

  1. Take your STAR benchmark test by clicking this link. Please give it your best. I will have the results as soon as you finish.
  2. Use the remaining class time to work on your Writing Portfolio. Remember that this will be a summative writing assessment and is designed to showcase a progression of your best writing throughout the semester. Six entries (minimum of 1 page each, exclusive of any title or header) are due by around 31 October.
  3. Homework is to read and annotate "The Story of X."


Thursday/Friday's Homework (14 September): Read this philosophical article on Perception and Reality. Then, using a black/blue pen and one color (highlighter works well if it is not yellow), create a Sketchnote page that demonstrates your understanding and response. Check out these sample pages we viewed in class. A Google search for "Sketchnoting" or even "bullet journal" may help you find interesting strategies for blending these visual notes with traditional note-taking methods.

Tuesday/Wednesday's Homework (12 September): Read "The Last Leaf" and create a 5 entry Dialectical Journal and 1 Level 5/6 discussion question, based on Bloom's Taxonomy.

Monday's Homework (11 September): Finish reading "A Retrieved Reformation" and write two questions for each level of Bloom's Taxonomy. Use MLA formatting and Honors-Level skill.

Check out these guidelines for integrating quotations.

During class today, use these instructions to reset the default settings in Google Docs:
How to Adjust Default Font or Line Spacing in Google Docs
1. Create a new document or go into a current document with the formatting you want.
2. Drag your cursor through a couple of sentences that are set up the way you want them, with the font and line spacing you prefer.
3. Go to Format > Paragraph styles > Normal text.
4. Select "Update 'Normal text' to match."
5. Next, go to Format > Paragraph styles > Options.
6. Select "Save as my default styles."

Want to get a peek at the prompts and guidelines for our Writing Portfolio? This will be due at the end of Semester 1 (12 entries total) with a 50% deadline check at the beginning of November. Take heed of the advice of last year's freshmen and do not procrastinate.

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Thursday's/Friday's Homework (7 September 2017): Write a polished and refined Short Answer Response for "Harrison  Bergeron." Follow the instructions and guidelines given in class. This is to represent your best writing and highest level of thinking. Due Monday.

Here is the PowerPoint from class today.
Sample Short Answer Response

Want to test your skill at vocab? Check out this powerpoint/quiz combo that a classmate made! You can click the answers and it will tell you if it is correct or incorrect! Thank you, Leah!

Tuesday's/Wednesday's Homework (6 September 2017): Do something "vocabby" per instructions given in class, for Unit 1 words. Due next period.

Thursday's Homework (31 August 2017): This is due at the start of the next class period (Tues/Wed depending on period).
Summary and Analysis Practice
MLA Formatting

Wednesday's Homework (30 August 2017): 

Index Card - Your task is to either:
1) write the truest single-sentence that you know. There is much room for interpretation here, but the goal is to come up with some original idea that is simply profoundly true.
2) find an inspiring, motivating, or thought-provoking single sentence.

Then, neatly write the sentence onto your index card and take care to consider adding some decoration, color, or art. These will be displayed on our classroom door (on the hallway side) so people will see them and hopefully be given something to think about. It should go without saying that these are school appropriate and demonstrate an Honors Level of care.

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Welcome to Honors Gateway! This is your resource for announcements, assignments, extra handouts, and little fun tidbits along the way! Be sure to check for when there is a clickable link for accessing documents.

Honors Prospectus
Competency Recording Chart



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Here is a digital copy of the revision form. Use this to submit revisions to your work. Staple the old, graded version and the new version to this form and resubmit.

Click Here.


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