Honors English 9
Homework
Homework
Due Monday, April 13, 2020
1. Please bring the completely annotated play to turn in for a final grade.
Due Wednesday, March 11, 2020
1. Read and annotate Act 4.4
Due Monday, March 9, 2020
1. Read Act 4.2
2. Submit the following answers on schoology: 1. What is the surface tone of this scene? Evidence? 2. What is the more subtle or hidden tone? Why?
Due Friday, March 6, 2020
Submit on schoology:
1. Compare and contrast Romeo's reaction to the situation with Juliet's reaction. What can you learn about each of them? (1/2 page)
2. Discuss the Friar's opinion of Romeo's display of emotion. What metaphors does he use to critique him? Use evidence. (1/2 page)
3. Why does Capulet change his attitude towards marriage and Juliet's marriage specifically? Use evidence. (1/2 page)
Due Thursday, March 5, 2020
1. Rewrite the Mercutio Essay. Submit it on schoology. Bring the original to submit in class.
Due Monday, March 2, 2020
1. Check your grade on schoology. Type the letter grade and the percentage. Then, write a paragraph explaining what steps you will take to raise your grade. Submit on schoology.
Due Friday, February 28, 2020
1. Make sure Act 3.1 is fully annotated
2. Finish reading and annotating Act 3.2
3. Submit on schoology the following Questions about Act 3.2: 1. Quote and explain the dramatic irony in Juliet's soliloquy. 2. Why does the Nurse confuse Juliet about who is dead? 3. How does Juliet feel about Romeo and about Tybalt once she realizes what has actually happened? 4. Why is Juliet sad at the end of the scene? Evidence. 5. What does the Nurse do to help Juliet?
Due Wednesday, February 26, 2020
1. Finish reading and annotating Act 2.5 and 2.6
2. Submit on schoology: Questions: 1. What is Juliet's speech called in the opening of Act 2.5? What is the tone? 2. Why does Juliet feel annoyed with the Nurse in Act 2.5? Evidence? 3. Why does the Nurse talk about a ladder in the end of Act 2.5? 4. Based on the Friar's diction in Act 2.6, what is the tone of this scene? Evidence? 5. What is the purpose of this scene? Why do you think it is so short?
Due Monday, February 24, 2020
1. Finish reading and annotating Act 2.4
Due Friday, February 21, 2020
1. Rewrite your Dramatic Irony Essay and submit it on schoology.
Due Friday, February 14, 2020
1. Read and Annotate Act 2.1
3. Questions: 1. Put the sonnet into your own words, line by line, 2. Where is Romeo going?, 3. What do Benvolio and Mercutio say and/or believe about Romeo in their conversation, basically?, 4. What is the purpose of this scene in the play as a whole? In other words, why does Shakespeare include this scene? Submit on Schoology.
Due Wednesday, February 12, 2020
1. Rewrite your RJ Love and Marriage Essay. Submit new essay on schoology.
Due Friday, February 7, 2020
1. Review Act 1 Scene 4 and respond to the following and submit on schoology by the due date/time:
- Explain the use of dramatic irony in this scene.
- What are Mercutio's ideas about love? Romeo's ideas about love? Who do you agree with more?
Due Monday, February 3, 2020
1. Finish the Love Connection Handout
2. Review the Blue Essay Sheet to prepare for your in class essay
Due Friday, January 31, 2020
1. Type and finish your sonnet. Please submit it on schoology.
2. Finish reading and annotating Act 1, Scene 2.
Due Friday, January 24, 2020
1. Consider Sonnet 18. Please explain how this sonnet connects to the topic of love by summarizing the main extended metaphor (or comparison) in the poem. (1/2 a page)
2. Consider Sonnet 130. Please explain the speaker's attitude toward similes and metaphors by explaining the couplet in the sonnet. (1/2 a page)
Due Wednesday, January 22, 2020
1. Using your notes from the presentations on Elizabethan life, write a creative piece in which you imagine yourself in the Elizabethan era. Write a diary entry, a letter to a friend or family, or a short story in which you incorporate as many interesting concepts from the time as you can. This should be between 1-2 pages, typed, double-spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font.
Due Friday, January 17, 2020
Please pay $3.27 to the student for your copy of Romeo and Juliet
Due Thursday, January 16, 2020
1. Finish your presentations and be ready to present at the beginning of the class.
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The Pearl:
https://www.tesd.net/cms/lib/PA01001259/Centricity/Domain/575/The%20Pearl%20Ebook.pdf
Due Friday, December 13, 2019
1. Read Chapter 5 and take notes to turn in
2. Review your blue sheet for essay
Due Monday, December 9, 2019
1. Finish Classwork
2. Type the following assignment:
Chapter 1
- Describe the relationship between Kino and Juana in the opening of Chapter 1. How does Steinbeck’s portrayal of these two characters set a tone? What is the tone?
- Evaluate the doctor’s reaction to Coyotito’s injury. What does it say about the society in which they live?
- How does Steinbeck use the crowd in their village as an individual character? What is its characteristics?
Write 3 High Level Questions
Due Friday, December 6, 2019
1. Finish Narrative from class on Wednesday. Please type, double space, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1 inch margins. This should be NO MORE than 2 pages.
Due Monday, December 2, 2019
1. Prepare for your presentation of the first 12 lines of the poem.
2. Finish reading Books 17 and 21
3. Type your response to the following:
- In what ways may Argos symbolize Ithaca since Odysseus has been gone? Cite evidence.
- Why does Odysseus hide his emotions in Book 17?
- What do Penelope's actions reveal about her? Why is this important?
- Why does Penelope explain the conflict in Ithaca? What can be inferred about the requirements for the contest?
- What character traits do Eumaeus and Philoetius embody? Why is this important?
- Identify the primary conflict in lines 94-102.
- Why are so few lines devoted to Odysseus actually winning to contest?
Due Friday, November 22, 2019
1. Final 5-page story (typed, 12 point font, Times New Roman, 1-inch margins, double spaced)
2. Be present in class to read from your story!! Don't miss this day!
Due Monday, November 18, 2019
1. Finish all the classwork from November 13.
Due Friday, November 15, 2019
1. Annotated Story Thank You, Ma'am
2. Story Sheet
3. Author Assignment (typed)
Due Wednesday, November 13, 2019
1. Finish all the classwork from November 6.
Due Friday, November 8, 2019
1. Annotated Story Mexico Next Right
2. Story Sheet
3. Author Assignment (typed)
Due Wednesday, November 6, 2019
1. Review your notes on the myths. Write 1 page minimum in which you discuss the conclusions you can make about Greek life and society based on these mythical stories. Make sure to reference specific myths in your explanation.
Due Monday, November 4, 2019
1. Visual depictions of 2 Greek Gods/Goddesses
2. Finish work on Myth for presentation
3. Bring both annotated texts to turn in
Due Friday, November 1, 2019
1. Annotated Story Hands
2. Story Sheet
3. Author Assignment (typed)
Due, Wednesday, October 30, 2019
1. Final Project for LWFC
2. LWFC Book
Due Friday, October 25, 2019
1. Annotated Story Enormous Radio
2. Story Sheet
3. Author Assignment (typed)
Due Wednesday, October 23, 2019
1. Read November
2. Rewrite of LWFC August Essay--typed, double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, stapled to the originals.
3. Finish the classwork:
Write an essay in which you analyze the impacts of the recipes in September and October on the relationships between the characters. 1. 2 Questions, 2. Thesis Statement, 3/4. 4 Topic Sentences and 1 Quote per Topic Sentence (with citation) that DIRECTLY proves your topic sentence.
Due Monday, October 21, 2019
1. Read September
Due Thursday, October 17, 2019
1. Annotated Story Gazebo
2. Story Sheet
3. Author Assignment
Due Monday, October 14, 2019
1. New thesis on peer edited class work
Due Thursday, October 10, 2019
1. Annotated Story Where are you going, Where have you been?
2. Story Sheet
3. Author Assignment
4. Signed Photo Release Form
Due Monday, October 7, 2019
1. Read July
2. Type 5HL Questions
3. Rewrite of LWFC April Essay--typed, double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, stapled to the originals. Make sure you have the reflection about your learning from scoring other essays on the back of the prompt.
Due Friday, October 4, 2019
1. Annotated Story The Tell-Tale Heart
2. Story Sheet
Due Wednesday, October 2, 2019
1. Rewrite of LWFC March Essay--typed, double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman, stapled to the originals.
2. Read June in LWFC.
3. Type 5 High Level Questions about June.
Due Monday, September 23, 2019
1. Choose an object. Write two sentences about this object from each of the following tones: enraged, devastated, nervous, ecstatic.
Due Friday, September 20, 2019
1. Read April of Like Water for Chocolate
2. Prep for reading quiz
Due Wednesday, September 18, 2019
1. Rewrite of White Umbrella Essay due: typed, double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font, stapled to the original.
Due Monday, September 16, 2019
1. Finish reading February
2. Finish the Analysis Handout for February
Due Friday, September 13, 2019
Using your notes from class, respond to the following:
1. Summarize what you learned about Mexico and Mexican culture in the early 1900s--be sure to explain women's roles, the Revolution, and culture.
2. What is magical realism? Why is it associated with Latin American writers?
3. Explain the roles of the id, ego, and superego in repressive desublimation.
Please staple your answers to your notes from class.
Due Friday, September 6, 2019
1. Study blue essay sheet and notes
2. Bring your copy of The White Umbrella
Due Wednesday, September 4, 2019
1. Write the 2 Questions for both of the essay prompts from class.
2. Write a Thesis Statement for both of the essay prompts from class.
Write an essay in which you discuss the ways that eating choices impact different aspects of a person’s life.
Write an essay in which you examine the ways that the author uses literary devices to reveal the character’s true motivations.
Due Wednesday, August 28, 2019
1. Find and quote two similes in My Name.
2. Find and quote one metaphor in My Name.
3. Based on the diction you chose in class, identify the tone of the story. Use one word only.
Due Tuesday, August 27, 2019
1. Type 3 High Level Questions about "My Name"
Due Monday, August 26, 2019
1. Bring your copies of "The White Umbrella" and "My Name" to class.
2. If you did not do this in class, answer the following: Why did the narrator throw away the umbrella at the end of the story? Use evidence from the text to prove your answer. (1 page)
Due Friday, August 23, 2019
1. Think about the first few days of English class. Write a reflection (1/2 to 1 page) in which you explain what you might need to do in order to have success in this class. How will you do these things?
Due Thursday, August 22, 2019
1. Read and annotate the first two pages of "The White Umbrella"
Due Wednesday, August 21, 2019
1. Signed Syllabus