Pre AP English II-1st period Assignments

Monday
Independent Reader Flipgrid Book Review Handout

Tuesday
Independent Reader Flipgrid Book Review Handout

Wednesday
Google Meet Tutorials 1:30 pm (Join as needed)

Thursday
Use Flipgrid Book Review Handout to complete your Flipgrid Video Book Review. The handout itself will be graded (50 points) as well as the video (50 points).

Friday
End of Year Final Reflection (graded): Complete a final Flipgrid Reflection. This time, look back on the entire year. Think about everything you’ve accomplished as a sophomore English student. Consider where you go from here. Do you feel prepared? How has the unexpected ending of this year with online instruction impacted you? Is there anything that you would like me to know? For your peers to know? Feel free to add any additional commentary to your reflection that pertains to this year and your future at Columbus High School.

Monday
Check Peergrade and Give Feedback Reactions. This was an assignment last week, but some people were having trouble accessing. It should be available today. Contact me if you have problems.

Tuesday
Use the feedback from your peer to make revisions to your Synthesis Essay. Begin your final copy. Be sure to include a Works Cited Page (all citations can be found on the original instruction sheet in Google classroom). You may simply copy and paste citations from the original instruction sheet. The final copy of the Synthesis Essay is due on Friday to www.turnitin.com.

Wednesday
Tutorials on Google Meet @ 1:30 pm. Login if you have any questions about this week’s assignments.
Respond to at least 2 of your peers’ Week 4 Reflections in the Independent Reader Google Classroom

Thursday
Continue working on the final copy of your Synthesis Essay. The final copy is due on Friday to www.turnitin.com.

Friday
Submit Final Copy of Synthesis Essay to www.turnitin.com.

You have been sent an email in your school gmail account that contains a Google form. This form contains course request information from the counselors. Fill out the form and submit it by Tuesday, May 5, 2020. Mark this assignment DONE when you have submitted the form.

Monday
Login to Peergrade and complete the Peer Review assignment titled Synthesis Essay - Community Service. (See Video attached on Giving Feedback.) You will read an essay submitted by one of your peers and answer the questions attached. Submit responses by Thursday.
Read the last section of your Independent Reader - Weekly Reflection #4 due by Friday to the Independent Reader Google Classroom

Tuesday
Read the last section of your Independent Reader - Weekly Reflection #4 due by Friday to the Independent Reader Google Classroom

Wednesday
Google Meeting at 1:30 pm to discuss Peergrade Revisions
Respond to at least 2 of your peers’ Week 3 Reflections in the Independent Reader Google Classroom

Thursday
Read the last section of your Independent Reader - Submit Week 4 Reflection tomorrow to the Independent Reader Google Classroom
All Peergrade Peer Review assignments should be submitted TODAY.

Friday
Login to Peergrade and read the feedback you received. Watch the video below on how to Give Feedback Reactions. Complete this portion today.
Weekly Reflection #4 due to the Independent Reader Google classroom TODAY.

Check your gmail for an invitation to join my Peergrade class. Or, you may join by going to www.peergrade.io/join and type in the class code: K2H75Y. We will use Peergrade to complete a peer review of our synthesis essays.

Monday
Review my comments made to the Body Paragraph for the Synthesis Essay - revise and edit as necessary.
Finish writing the rough draft. Be sure to use at least 3 of the provided sources as evidence in the essay. Your rough draft should have a full MLA Heading and should be on a new Google document. Use proper MLA format: 12 point Times New Roman font and double spacing. Your final paper should be 500-700 words.
Create a Works Cited Page. Be sure all entries are in alphabetical order. All citations have been provided for you on the original instruction sheet: https://docs.google.com/document/d/1E8ny_FZRqqvClhoLH7CQLYIvJi9lJoTsh_suEFLoZGg/edit?usp=sharing
Submit the completed rough draft to Peergrade in Google Classroom by Friday, April 24.
Read section 3 of your Independent Reader

Tuesday
Write the rough draft of the Synthesis Essay over Community Service (due to Peergrade Friday). I've attached a video tutorial below that should give you instruction on how to submit your paper to Peergrade. Contact me if you have any problems.

Wednesday
Google Meeting at 1:30 pm to answer questions about the rough draft. I have included a link below to join the meeting.
Write at least 2 responses to Week 2 Reflections in the Independent Reader Google Classroom

Thursday
Write the rough draft of the Synthesis Essay over Community Service (due to Peergrade tomorrow).

Friday
Submit the rough draft of the Synthesis Essay over Community Service to Peergrade. You will review one of your peers' papers next week. You will not be able to complete the review if you have not submitted a paper.
Submit Week 3 Reflection to the Independent Reader Google Classroom

Monday - No School

Tuesday
Google Document - Body Paragraph for Synthesis Essay (due Thursday) - Read over the sample synthesis essays attached below to use as a guide. Sample LL and A both received the highest scores (The scores go down from there).
Read Section 2 of Independent Reader (Weekly Reflection #2 due Friday - grade)

Wednesday
Google Meeting @ 1:30 pm (see gmail for invite)
Responses to Week 1 Reflection due today (in Independent Reader Google Classroom) - You must read your peers’ reflections from Week 1. Choose 2 to respond to. Be sure to make responses insightful. (This is a grade.)

Thursday
Submit Body Paragraph for Synthesis Essay

Friday
Weekly Reflection #2 for Section 2 of Independent Reader due today (to Independent Reader Google Classroom)

Here are your assignments for this week:

Monday
Nearpod Lesson (attached): Thesis statements, body paragraphs, sample synthesis essay
Write thesis statements for synthesis essay (submit below as a class comment)
Read section 1 of Independent Reader(s) - Weekly reflection #1 due by Friday (in Independent Reader Google classroom). Refer to the reading schedule posted in the Independent Reader Google Classroom.

Tuesday
Submit thesis statement as a class comment below for approval before beginning rough drafts of body paragraph 1. (Your thesis statement will be a grade this week.)

Wednesday
Google Meet 1:30 p.m. to review synthesis essay/answer questions. (Attendance will be taken and counted as a participation grade.)
Begin writing rough draft of ONE body paragraph to support your thesis statement (Rough draft due Tuesday 4/14/20 to Google Classroom)

Thursday
Read section 1 of Independent Reader - Weekly reflection #1 due by tomorrow to Independent Reader Google Classroom. This is entered as a class comment similar to our Inner/Outer Discussion questions of the past.

Friday
No school (holiday)

1. Watch the Video Introduction to Online Learning
2. Join the Independent Reader Project Google Classroom (1st and 2nd periods combined): Code 2hqirqv
3. Watch the video posted in the Independent Reader Project Google Classroom about the Independent Reader Project
4. Watch The Synthesis Question video

Homework:
1. Complete The Synthesis Question handout and submit by Friday
2. Check your student gmail for an invitation to join our Google Meeting on Wednesday at 2 p.m. This is an online video conference. You will simply open the email. Click YES to RSVP. Then click the link under JOIN HANGOUTS MEET. Be sure to mute your microphone when you join the meeting so that we can eliminate any background noise.
3. Sign up for the book or books that you have chosen for the Independent Reader Project by Friday (on the Independent Reader Google Classroom)
4. Get your Independent Reader Project book(s) and begin reading! The first assignment is due 4/10/20.

My Office Hours for tutorials/questions are Tuesday and Thursday. Remind or Email.

Online instruction will begin Monday, March 30. Before we begin, I need you to submit a Flipgrid video letting me know how you are doing and if you have any questions or trouble with access. Open the attached link and read the directions carefully. Please submit your video by Thursday, March 26.

After working the selections and questions for "To a Daughter with Artistic Talent" and Big Fish, open the Google form attached and submit your answers.

1. Post your 5 questions.
2. Label your level 3 questions.
3. Read over everyone's questions and choose 2 of your peers' questions to respond to.

This is your classwork for 2/20/20. It is due by midnight tonight. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

Watch each of the videos attached where Elie Wiesel returned to Auschwitz to conduct an interview with Oprah Winfrey. Each video is approximately 10 minutes long. When you have finished viewing all of the videos, submit a short answer paragraph where you:
1. Reflect on the novel and make connections.
2. React to the images. Are they similar or different from what you imagined while reading?
3. React to Elie Wiesel. He is obviously older in the videos than he was during his memoir. Is his character much different? Do you feel that the impact of his experience is as strong in the video as it was in the book?
4. Make a general reflection. How do these videos make you feel? What, if anything, was so impactful?

This portion of the project is worth 25 points. Proofread your paragraph carefully. It should be cleanly written (free of errors).

Follow the directions on the attached document to create a Google slides presentation for this unit. As part of this project, you will be asked to analyze a poem from a list of Holocaust poetry.

This portion of the Holocaust Unit Project is worth 75 points.

Due Friday 2/7/20: Reflection/Response Chapters 7-9

Analysis of Theme

Record evidence that supports a thematic idea in the text. Use quotation marks around quotes, and note the page numbers on which they appear.
Remember that thematic statements include the subject of the text as well as the author’s opinion about that subject. Record the context of the evidence.
Write commentary that explains the connection between the evidence and the theme.

Due Monday, 2/10/20
Respond to at least two student entries. Be sure to make your responses insightful.

Analysis of Mood or Tone

Due Friday, 1/31/20: Record examples of elements such as diction or imagery that contribute to mood or tone.
Note the context of the quotation or detail from the text. Use quotation marks around quotes, and note the page numbers on which they appear.
Explain how the text reveals the mood of the passage or the tone of the speaker.
Interpret words and images that have emotional impact and connotative associations.

Due Monday, 2/3/20: Respond to at least two student entries. Be sure to make your responses insightful.

This assignment is due 01/28/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

Due Friday 1/24/20
Record evidence about characterization (direct, indirect). Select evidence that directly describes a character, evidence that shows what he or she says or does, how he or she acts or reacts, and what other characters say about him or her. Cite the page number of each quote and use quotation marks.
Make inferences about the character based on the evidence selected. Tell what word or phrase describes the character, based upon the evidence you collected.
Write commentary that explains how and/or why the evidence leads to or supports the inference.

Due Monday 1/27/20
Respond to at least two student entries. Be sure to make your responses insightful.

This assignment is due 01/23/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

This assignment is due 01/22/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

DUE FRIDAY 1/17/20 - Reflection Chapters 1-2: Summarizing, Observing, and Questioning Entry

Ask questions about the literary passage. Remember your three types, or levels, of questions (on the lines, between the lines, and beyond the lines).
Note patterns of diction, imagery, figurative language, etc.
Cite the page number of any quotes referenced and use quotation marks.

DUE MONDAY 1/20/20 - Respond to at least two student entries. Be sure to make your responses insightful.

Use your Chapter 3 packet to answer the questions on the attached Google document. This assignment is due Friday.

Collaborative Note Taking

This assignment is due 01/14/2020. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

My Most Precious Possessions - The Nazis permit Elie and his family to take only their most precious possessions or what they can carry to the ghetto. When the Nazis evacuate the Jewish families from the ghettos and force them to board the cattle cars for "work camps," they again tell them to take only what they can carry. Elie does not mention what he and his family took to the ghetto or what they left behind to board the train for Auschwitz. By making a list of items that are precious to you, perhaps you can understand the conflict Elie had in choosing what he could take with him and what he must leave behind.

If you were in a similar situation and were told only to bring those items you could carry to the ghetto, what would you bring? Remember that the items you choose must be items you can carry with you. You have little space in the ghetto and very little privacy. Be sure to explain why you chose the items that you did and how you would feel if you had to leave them in the ghetto.

Submit your response as a class comment below. You do NOT need to respond to others for this post. Be sure your response is cleanly written and free of errors.

Record your final reflection of this semester on FlipGrid using the link attached.

Complete the attached Google document after reading Act III of Julius Caesar.

Answer the following questions while reading Act II Julius Caesar.

Answer the questions on the attached Google form while reading Act I of Julius Caesar. All forms must be submitted by the end of the period.

This assignment is due 11/22/2019. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

This assignment is due 11/22/2019. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

This assignment is due 11/15/2019. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

Open the attached Google document and read the instructions carefully. Write a thesis statement that responds to the prompt. Then, write an analysis (body) paragraph that supports the thesis you have written. Submit your document at the end of the paragraph.

Complete and submit the attached Google document in class today.

Write a six word story that reflects the mood and tone associated with Halloween. The best (as voted on by your classmates) will receive extra credit on your essay.

I apologize for not being there today. I should return tomorrow if you have any questions. For today, please complete the following:
1. Login to Discovery Education (linked below). Your username is your email. CHS and your student ID is your password.
2. Watch Great Books: Tales of Edgar Allan Poe
3. Finish your Six Word Story. We will vote on these tomorrow.

After viewing and reading the symbolism of each mask, respond to the following:
1. What did you learn about your classmates?
2. Was there anything that you found surprising?
3. Which mask is your favorite and why?

Submit the paragraph portion of your mask project here.

1. View the attached video. (25 minutes)
2. Post the three questions you have prepared from this section of the novel.
3. Read the questions and respond to at least 2 of your peers. You do not have to answer all three of their questions. When posting your response, be sure to note the number of the question that you are answering.

This assignment is due 10/11/2019. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

Read and discuss the notes over Literary Elements.
Read "Popular Mechanics" by Raymond Carver
Complete the attached document titled Analyzing Literary Elements and Theme for "Popular Mechanics."

This assignment is due 10/07/2019. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

Complete and submit the attached Google document in class on Thursday.

Complete the attached assignment during class on Wednesday and submit.

This assignment is due 09/25/2019. Click the attached link to access the assignment.

Please submit your Google document which should have notes for each chapter regarding the characterization of George and Lennie.

Complete the attached handout independently after reading "The Devil's Thumb." Submit by the end of the period on Wednesday. This is a 40% grade.

Complete the attached document with a partner. Submit by the end of the period on Thursday.

Complete the attached activity with a partner and submit to Google Classroom.

Open the attached document for instructions.
Submit your final letter here AND send it in an email to me at [email protected].