Quarter 3 Check-In

English 10R/10H classes, go here to complete the Quarter 3 Check-In.

UPDATED 3/31: Homework 3/30-4/2 + Spring Break

English in Literacy 9:

• "The Tell-Tale Heart" vocabulary revisions due Thursday at 3:00 or before you leave for break
• WN #11 due Thursday or before you leave for break: Choose either RJ or "St Lucy's," and write about the text's central idea (= main idea or topic of a text). What is it, and how do you know? If you don't have your copies of the texts, use examples from the texts as best as you can remember.

English 10R:

• HeLa vocabulary due Tuesday at 3:00
• HeLa pages 27-33 and questions due Tuesday in class
• HeLa pages 63-66 and questions due Wednesday at 3:00
• Complete the Quarter 3 Check-In before you leave for break
• WCW parodies (2) due Tuesday 4/14

English 10H:

• HeLa vocabulary due Tuesday at 3:00
• Complete the Quarter 3 Check-In before you leave for break
• Read HeLa, pages 27-33 and 63-66 for class on Monday 4/13 and be ready to discuss
• HeLa section presentations begin Monday 4/13
• WCW parodies (2) due Tuesday 4/14

Homework 3/23-27

*All Q3 extra credit is due on Friday, 3/27!

Literacy in English 9:

• Romeo and Juliet essay due Monday at 3:00. Class time will be provided on Monday to finish and proofread your essay. If you finish early, please bring a book to read on Monday.
• "Tell-Tale Heart" vocabulary due Friday at 3:00

*SSR will be on Monday this week for those students who finish their essays early.

English 10R:

• Period 3: You will be writing your "Letter" Rhetoric essay on Monday and Tuesday this week in class. Remember that you may use your annotated text and prompt/checklist. 
• Periods 1-2: You will be continuing to write your "Letter" Rhetoric essay in class on Monday and for half of the period on Tuesday. Please bring a book to read for SSR (second half of class) on Tuesday.
• Well-developed poetry paragraph response revisions due Friday at 3:00.
• SSR Quarterly Book Review due Friday at midnight on Google Docs (should be written on the same document as your SSR Reading Record/Someday Books List). I will be reviewing how to do this on Tuesday and/or Wednesday, and class time will be provided for you to work on this on Wednesday.

English 10H:

• You will be continuing to write your "Letter" Rhetoric essay in class on Monday (full period) and Tuesday (half period). If you were absent last Thursday, Monday, and/or Tuesday and need more time, you must see me this week to finish your essay.
• Finish your quarter 3 independent reading book, and complete your QIRJ #2 by Friday at midnight on Google Docs—should be written on the same document as your SSR Reading Record/Someday Books List.
• Sign up to facilitate your HeLa section this week (in your EDIT folder on Google Drive).

English 10 Q3 Extra Credit

English 10 students: See the Module 2: Rhetoric folder on Google Drive for an extra credit opportunity for marking quarter 3. Due Friday, March 27 at midnight on Google Drive.

UPDATED 3/18: Homework 3/16-19

Literacy in English 9:

• Romeo and Juliet essay due next Monday 3/23 at 3:00

English 10R:

• "Women" questions due in class on Monday
• Periods 1-2: You will begin writing your "Letter" essay in class on Thursday this week. Remember that you may use your text and any annotations you've made on it.
• Choose one of the three poems in this rhetoric unit ("In This Blind Alley," "Freedom," or "Women"), and write a well-developed paragraph response to that poem's specific prompt—due at 3:00 on Thursday.

English 10H:

• "Women" questions due in class on Monday
• You will begin writing your "Letter" essay in class on Thursday (second half of the period). Remember that you may use your text and any annotations you've made on it.
• Choose one of the three poems in this rhetoric unit ("In This Blind Alley," "Freedom," or "Women"), and write a well-developed paragraph response to that poem's specific prompt—due at 3:00 on Thursday.
• You will be creating your schedules for next year with Guidance in the East Lab (Library) on Thursday. If you are absent on Thursday, see Guidance ASAP to create your schedule for next year.

SCORCH TRIALS Sneak Peak!

Hey, Greenies (a.k.a. Maze Runner series fans), check out this sneak peak of the Scorch Trials movie, coming out later this year!

UPDATED 3/11: Homework 3/9-13

Literacy in English 9:

• WN #10 revisions due Thursday at 3:00
• RJ essay due next Thursday, 3/19, at 3:00

*No SSR this week due to Guidance scheduling.

English 10R & 10H:

• "Letter" paragraph 34 Jigsaw questions due in class on Monday
• Sign up for a presentation group by class on Tuesday on Google Docs (EDIT folder)
• "Letter" paragraphs 35-39 group presentations begin in class on Thursday
• Alice Walker mini-research assignment due Friday at 3:00 on Google Drive: Conduct a brief search into Alice Walker. Choose at least two facts about Walker, and explain how these facts might contribute to her perspective as a writer. Cite your source(s) using proper MLA format. Use your MLA worksheet for help, go to the OWL at Purdue for more information, or see me during a 9th period for assistance.

Calling all MISS PEREGRINE fans!

I just came across this very interesting short video about Ransom Riggs' journey to Europe to find inspiration and images to create the book trailer for his first novel, Miss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children. Check it out!

In-Class MLA Citation Practice: English 10R/10H 3/2

Website #1: http://www.nobelprize.org/nobel_prizes/literature/laureates/1913/tagore-bio.html

Website #2: http://www.kirjasto.sci.fi/rtagore.htm