Homework: May 2-6

*SSR is over for the year due to Mrs. Webb's upcoming maternity leave! 

*Reminder: Return any of Mrs. Webb's classroom library books you may still have out ASAP!

English 10R:

• In class on Monday - Thursday: Go over "Death of a Pig" discussion questions and End-of Unit Assessment
• In class on Friday: "Death of a Pig" End-of-Unit Assessment

English 10H:

• In class on Monday: Sign out Crucible books and receive Cast Lists/Character Maps (so you can begin to read over your parts); Intro.: Puritanism notes; "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God"
• Finish reading/listening to "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" and annotating for imagery for class on Tuesday
• In class on Tuesday: Finish discussing the imagery in "Sinners" and its purpose in the sermon; Intro.: The Crucible notes
• In class on Wednesday and Thursday: The Crucible vocabulary
• Vocabulary free-choice word and paragraph due Monday 5/9 at 3:00 → Typed and printed OR handwritten on paper (double spaced either way!)
• Q4 IR: "The Story of an Hour" and discussion questions (make a copy of the questions doc. in the VIEW folder on Google Drive) due at 3:00 on Thursday → Submit using the DD
• In class on Friday: Discuss "The Story of an Hour"
• Q4 QIRJ #1 due Friday at 3:00 on your QIRJs doc. → Then submit by printing and handing in a paper copy

Poem of the Day: "The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T. S. Eliot

"The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock," by T. S. Eliot

Poem in Your Pocket Day 2016

HAPPY POEM IN YOUR POCKET DAY! (+ Poem of the Day)

Happy Poem in Your Pocket Day 2016! I'm looking forward to hearing all of your poems today.

Here's the one I chose to read to you this year: "i would call this a love letter but i'm not wordsworth and there aren't enough flowers," by Zainab Syed (page 38 of this document)

Poem of the Day: "On What Teachers Make," by Taylor Mali

"On What Teachers Make," by Taylor Mali: full text and video

Poem of the Day: "How Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog"

"How Falling in Love is Like Owning a Dog," by Taylor Mali

Poems of the Day: "To Pablo," by George Elliott Clarke & “Sonnet LXIX,” by Pablo Neruda

"To Pablo," by George Elliott Clarke (page 25 of document)

“Sonnet LXIX,” by Pablo Neruda

Poem of the Day: “The Wayfarer,” by Stephen Crane

“The Wayfarer,” by Stephen Crane

Homework 4/18-22

*All of Mrs. Webb's classroom library books are due back no later than THIS Friday, April 22 (before Spring Break)!

*SSR will be on Friday this week.

English 10R:

• Poem in Your Pocket Day is Thursday! Bring in a school-appropriate poem/song to read to the class.
• Classwork Tuesday and Wednesday: "Death of a Pig" discussion questions (due Friday at 3:00 on Google Drive if you do not finish in class)
• Return your HeLa books ASAP!

English 10H:

• "Death of a Pig" Part 4 discussion questions due in class on Monday on Google Drive
• In class on Tuesday: "Death of a Pig" End-of-Unit Assessment (due at 3:00 on Friday if you do not finish in class) → Submit using the DD, and turn in your rubric when you are ready to have your response graded.
• Q4 IR: "An Occurrence at Owl Creek Bridge" and Jigsaw question (in your class' EDIT folder on Google Drive) due at 3:00 on Tuesday
• Poem in Your Pocket Day is Thursday! Bring in a school-appropriate poem/song to read to the class.

Poem of the Day: “My Papa’s Waltz,” by Theodore Roethke

“My Papa’s Waltz,” by Theodore Roethke

Poem of the Day: "The Quiet World," by Jeffrey McDaniel

"The Quiet World," by Jeffrey McDaniel

Poems of the Day: "The Red Wheelbarrow" and "This Is Just to Say," by William Carlos Williams

"The Red Wheelbarrow" and "This Is Just To Say," by William Carlos Williams

Classwork 4/12: Quarter 3 Check-In

Please complete the Quarter 3 Check-In by clicking here.

Poem of the Day: "since feeling is first," by E. E. Cummings

"since feeling is first," by E. E. Cummings

Homework 4/11-15

*All of Mrs. Webb's classroom library books are due back no later than Friday, April 22 (before Spring Break)!

English 10R:

• In class on Monday and Tuesday: MLA citations and Works Cited page 
• In class on Thursday: Focused Peer Review
• In class on Friday: Final revisions/edits
• Final draft of your research paper and Works Cited page due Friday at 3:00 on Google Drive → Submit using the DD, and turn in your rubric when you are ready to have your paper graded.
• Return your HeLa books ASAP!

English 10H:

• "Death of a Pig" discussion questions due on Google Drive:
• Part 1 due in class on Monday
• Part 2 due in class on Tuesday
• Part 3 due in class on Thursday
• Q4 IR: "Masque of the Red Death" and questions (in your class' EDIT folder on Google Drive) due at 3:00 on Thursday
• Return your HeLa books ASAP!

Poem of the Day: “r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r,” by E. E. Cummings

“r-p-o-p-h-e-s-s-a-g-r,” by E. E. Cummings

Poem of the Day: "l(a," by E. E. Cummings

"l(a," by E. E. Cummings

Poem of the Day: “Do not go gentle into that good night,” by Dylan Thomas

“Do not go gentle into that good night,” by Dylan Thomas

Poem of the Day: "Separation," by W. S. Merwin

"Separation," by W. S. Merwin

UPDATED 4/6: Homework 4/4-8

*Due to Monday's Snow Day, there will be no SSR this week. All of Wednesday's book talks have been rescheduled to next Wednesday, 4/13.

English 10R:

• In class on Tuesday: Drafting research papers (Focus: Introductions)
• In class on Wednesday and Thursday: Drafting research papers (Focus: Body Paragraphs)
• In class on Friday: Drafting research papers (Focus: Conclusions)
• Full draft of the research paper due in class on Monday 4/11 on Google Drive

English 10H:

• In class on Tuesday: Go over conclusions, the research paper rubric, and Works Cited checklist
• In class on Wednesday: Focused Peer Review, due in class on Thursday
• In class on Thursday: Revise last QIRJ 
• In class on Friday: Begin module 4 with the short story, "Death of a Pig"
• Final draft of your research paper and Works Cited page due Friday at 3:00 on Google Drive → Submit using the DD, and turn in your rubric when you are ready to have your paper graded.
• Return your HeLa books ASAP!

Poem of the Day: "Valentine for Ernest Mann," by Naomi Shihab Nye

"Valentine for Ernest Mann," by Naomi Shihab Nye