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Assignments - 12th Grade

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Assignment Name Date Assigned Date Due
Reading Log #1 (with 3 entries) FRIDAY 09/05/08 FRIDAY 09/12/08
You need to have your Journal, Binder/Notebook, Independent Reading Book, Syllabus, and Planner ready for inspection. FRIDAY 09/05/08 FRIDAY 09/12/08
Finish Classmate Inventory and have it in class on Tuesday FRIDAY 09/12/08 TUESDAY 9/16/08
Blog Review (visit a blog of your choice and write a one page response on your experience. Talk about what you liked, disliked, etc. Notice text features, links, pictures, videos, advertisements and other aspects.) Finish Bio-Poem TUESDAY 09/16/08 FRIDAY 09/19/08
Reading Log #2 (with 5 entries) FRIDAY 09/12/08 FRIDAY 09/19/08
Create your Blog on Blogger.com with your LAICHS Gmail account. Post your first blog by copying your Bio-Poem to a post and calling the post "Bio-Poem" FRIDAY 09/19/08 TUESDAY 09/23/08
Reading Log #3 (with 5 entries) FRIDAY 09/19/08 FRIDAY 09/26/08
Check your g-mail, open up the e-mail entitled "blog pic" and post that picture to your blog profile TUESDAY 09/23/08 FRIDAY 09/26/08
Vocabulary List #1 Sentences, Definitions, and Quiz TUESDAY 09/23/08 FRIDAY 09/26/08
Reading Log #4 (with 5 entries) FRIDAY 09/26/08 FRIDAY 10/03/08
Blog Post #2: "Response to Lyrics" Blog Postings - 12th Grade FRIDAY 09/26/08 MONDAY 09/30/08
Plot it Out Worksheet TUESDAY 09/30/08 THURSDAY 10/02/08
Vocabulary List #2 Sentences, Definitions, and Quiz Vocab 12 List 2 9-29 to 10-03 TUESDAY 09/29/08 FRIDAY 10/03/08
Character Sketch and Describing the Setting Worksheets THURSDAY 10/01/08 FRIDAY 10/03/08
Blog Post #3: "Setting" Click for Details ---> Blog Postings - 12th Grade FRIDAY 10/03/08 TUESDAY 10/07/08]
Check your LAICHS G-mail account. Open the e-mail from mrewing.laichs@gmail.com that was sent on 10/03/08 and click on the link. It will send you to tangler.com and will prompt you to set up an account. Set up the account. Your username should be your first name and the initial of your last name. For example: John Smith = John S. It will ask you to choose a password so choose a password that you remember! FRIDAY 10/03/08 MONDAY 10/07/08
Forum Discussion Topic #1: After you set up your account sign in and click the orange button "View Topics" Please Click for details Forum Discussion Topics - 11th Grade FRIDAY 10/03/08 MONDAY 10/07/08
Reading Log #5 (with 4 entries) FRIDAY 10/03/08 THURSDAY 10/09/08
Vocabulary List #3 Sentences, Definitions (Must be turned in to my classroom before the end of the day even if you do not have class) TUESDAY 10/07/08 THURSDAY 10/09/08
Active Beginnings & Red Flag Menu worksheets assigned in class finish for homework TUESDAY 10/07/08 THURSDAY 10/09/08
Take Home Vocabulary Quiz #3: 12th Vocab Quiz #3 TUESDAY 10/07/08 THURSDAY 10/09/08
Blog Posting #4: "Developing Your Character" Click for details ---> Blog Postings - 12th Grade WEDNESDAY 10/08/08 MONDAY 10/13/08
Reading Log #6 (5 entries) Download a Reading Log THURSDAY 10/09/08 FRIDAY 10/17/08
"Starting an Ending" Worksheet WEDNESDAY 10/08/08 MONDAY 10/13/08
Vocabulary #4 Sentences, Definitions and Quiz MONDAY 10/13/08 10/17/08
Re-write the Columbus Day Story as if Christopher Columbus had never found the "New World," got lost, or whatever crazy story you can come up with! (at least a page) Click here for the real story TUESDAY 10/14/08 THURSDAY 10/16/08
Write an updated version of the Emperor's New Suit by Hans Christian Andersen Make it current by using present day people, places, and things. Change character names and other things to make the story your own. Be sure that it has a similar plot. (250 WORDS) THURSDAY 10/16/08 FRIDAY 10/17/08
Reading Log #7 FRIDAY 10/17/08 FRIDAY 10/24/08
Blog Post #5: "Freewrite #1" Click for Details ---> Blog Postings - 12th Grade FRIDAY 10/17/08 MONDAY 10/20/08
Complete Verb Tenses and Action Verb worksheets MONDAY 10/21/08 WEDNESDAY 10/23/08
Vocab #5 Sentences, Definitions, and Quiz TUESDAY 10/21/08 FRIDAY 10/24/08
Reading Log #8 (5 entries) FRIDAY 10/24/08 FRIDAY 10/31/08
Vocabulary #6 Sentences, Definitions and Quiz TUESDAY 10/28/08 FRIDAY 10/31/08
(In Class) Read The Charge of the Light Brigade by Lord Alfred Tennyson and implement the Quote Attack Instructions TUESDAY 10/28/08 TUESDAY 10/28/08
(In Class) Receive Narrative Project Rubric and Adjective Worksheet THURSDAY 10/30/08 THURSDAY 10/30/08
Reading Log #9 (5 entries) FRIDAY 10/31/08 FRIDAY 11/07/08
Vocabulary #7 Sentences, Definitions and Quiz TUESDAY 11/04/08 FRIDAY 11/07/08
Receive Plot it Out v.2 Worksheet (to be turned in with Narrative Project) TUESDAY 11/04/08 MONDAY 12/02/08
(In Class) Receive The Red Room by H.G. Wells and perform the Quote Attack process. THURSDAY 11/06/08 THURSDAY 11/06/08
Reading Log #10 (5 entries) FRIDAY 11/07/08 FRIDAY 11/14/08
Vocabulary #8 Sentences, Definitions and Quiz THURSDAY 11/13/08 FRIDAY 11/14/08
Receive Chain of Events Documents (to be turned in with Narrative) THURSDAY 11/13/08 TUESDAY 12/2/08
Bring 1 page draft of Narrative to school for peer editing/evaluation FRIDAY 11/14/08 TUESDAY 11/18/08
Reading Log #11 (5 entries) FRIDAY 11/14/08 FRIDAY 11/21/08
Vocabulary #9 Sentences, Definitions and Quiz TUESDAY 11/18/08 FRIDAY 11/21/08
Receive Narrative Peer Evaluations (must be turned in with Narrative on Dec 2nd as well) TUESDAY 11/18/08 THURSDAY 11/20/08
(In Class) Receive Quotations Worksheet THURSDAY 11/20/08 THURSDAY 11/20/08
EXTRA CREDIT Reading Log (Read over Thanksgiving, fill out a Reading Log, and receive EXTRA CREDIT FRIDAY 11/21/08 TUESDAY 12/2/08
Reading Log #12 (3 entries) TUESDAY 12/2/08 FRIDAY 12/5/08
(In Class) Read: "A Warning Against Passion" pg 863-865 and Bios on pg 867 in Language of Literature. Answer Questions: #1,2,3,7 on pg 866 (complete sentences). Complete Vocabulary in Action pg 867. THURSDAY 12/4/08 THURSDAY 12/4/08
Reading Log #13 (5 entries) FRIDAY 12/05/08 FRIDAY 12/12/08
Vocabulary #10 Sentences, Definitions and Quiz FRIDAY 12/5/08 FRIDAY 12/12/08
(In Class) Read: "From The Life of Samuel Johnson" and James Boswell's Bio on pgs. 659-663. Answer Questions #1,2,3,4 on pg. 664. Complete Vocabulary in Action on pg. 665. TUESDAY 12/9/08 TUESDAY 12/9/08
(In Class) READ: "An Irish Airman Foresees His Death" by William Butler Yeats on pg. 1108 and "The Soldier" by Rupert Brooke on pg. 1109. ANSWER QUESTIONS: #1,2,3 on pg. 1108 and #1,2,3 on pg. 1109. Afterwards MAKE a chart of the similarities and differences between the two poems/ how the two soldiers feel. Using the chart BEGIN DRAFTING an essay (at least 5 paragraphs) THURSDAY 12/11/08 THURSDAY 12/11/08
Reading Log #14 (5 entries) FRIDAY 12/12/08 FRIDAY 12/19/08
Vocabulary #11 Sentences, Definitions and Quiz TUESDAY 12/16/08 FRIDAY 12/19/08
JOURNALS DUE!!!   FRIDAY 12/19/08
(In Class) Read "The Man He Killed" pg 954-955 and "Ah, Are You Digging on My Grave?" pg 956-957 by Thomas Hardy and Answer: #1,2,3 on pg 955 and #1,2,3,4 on pg 957 TUESDAY 12/16/08 TUESDAY 12/16/08
Reading Log #15 (3 Entries) TUESDAY 01/06/09 FRIDAY 01/09/09
Vocabulary #12 Sentences, Definitions, and Quiz TUESDAY 01/06/09 FRIDAY 01/09/09
STUDY / PREPARE FOR FINAL - WEEK OF 01/12/09 - 01/15/09
SECOND SEMESTER BEGINS JANUARY 20TH 2009 ENDS JUNE 19TH 2009
(Homework) Search for an example of a government committing what you see as an "evil" act. Search the news, your memory, etc. Summarize the event and explain why it is evil. (1 page) THURSDAY 01/22/09 FRIDAY 01/23/09
Reading Log #16 (5 entries) FRIDAY 01/23/09 FRIDAY 01/30/09
Vocabulary #13 Sentences, Definitions, and Quiz TUESDAY 1/27/09 FRIDAY 1/30/09
(In Class) Discuss Chapter 1 of ACO (A Clockwork Orange). Receive Anthony Burgess Biography & Nasdat Dictionary. In groups, students will take the format of the Nasdat Dictionary and create their own glossary/dictionary of terms for the slang they use everyday. TUESDAY 1/27/09 THURSDAY 1/29/09
(Homework) Create a list of 5 words that you made up yourself. Define each word. (For extra credit create 10 words instead of 5). TUESDAY 1/27/09 THURSDAY 1/29/09
(In Class) Finish Slang Dictionaries/Glossaries, Summarize Chapter 1 of A Clock Work Orange & Read Chapter 2 then Discuss/Analyze/Conjecture THURSDAY 1/29/09 THURSDAY 1/29/09
(Classwork/Homework) Mask Exercise - take the mask handout. On the front be creative and express to the viewer the masks you wear in life (be colorful). Use words, images, or full text. On the back you will express who you really are using any method you want. FRIDAY 1/30/09 TUESDAY 2/03/09
Reading Log #17 (5 entries) FRIDAY 01/30/09 FRIDAY 02/06/09
Vocabulary #14 Sentences, Definitions, and Quiz TUESDAY 2/03/09 FRIDAY 2/06/09
(Homework) Come up with a list of dichotomies (at least 10) then pick one pairing and write a one (1) page exploration of their relationship, possibly your experience with the dichotomy, or your thoughts/feelings in general TUESDAY 2/03/09 THURSDAY 2/05/09
Reading Log #18 (4 entries) FRIDAY 02/06/09 THURSDAY 02/12/09
(In Class) Students will create file folders to keep and organize their classwork. Chapter 5 will be read and summary/analysis will follow TUESDAY 2/10/09 TUESDAY 2/10/09
Vocabulary #15 Sentences, Definitions TUESDAY 2/10/09 THURSDAY 2/12/09
Vocabulary #15 Quiz TUESDAY 2/10/09 WEDNESDAY 2/18/09
Reading Log #19 (5 entries) THURSDAY 02/12/09 FRIDAY 02/20/09
Vocabulary #16 Sentences, Definitions & Quiz TUESDAY 2/17/09 FRIDAY 2/20/09
(In Class) Discuss what an expository essay is. Learn how to construct global statements (hook) and thesis statements for an expository essay's introductory paragraph. Reach Chapter 6 of A Clockwork Orange. THURSDAY 2/12/09 THURSDAY 2/12/09
(In Class) Read Part 1 Chapter 7 and Part 2 Chapter 1 in ACO (A Clockwork Orange) and take Cornell Notes on the themes/motifs/symbols present in the text THURSDAY 2/19/09 THURSDAY 2/19/09
(Homework) Write a Global Statement and a thesis for a topic you select regarding a theme/motif/symbol present in ACO (A Clockwork Orange) Friday FRIDAY 2/20/09 TUESDAY 2/23/09
Reading Log #20 (5 entries) FRIDAY 02/20/09 FRIDAY 02/27/09
Vocabulary #17 Sentences, Definitions & Quiz TUESDAY 2/23/09 FRIDAY 2/27/09
(In-class) Discuss Part 2: Chapters 1-4 of A Clockwork Orange. Use Cornell notes to complete a list of 15 quotations and state which themes those quotations would fall under. DUE: will be collected once you have 15.  2nd Period: Work on Global & Thesis Statement for expository essay, final project.  4th Period: Work on Bridge for Expository Essay.  THURSDAY 2/26/09 THURSDAY 2/26/09
Reading Log #21 FRIDAY 2/27/09 FRIDAY 3/6/09

(In-class) Receive Vocabulary #18  Read Part 2, Ch 4-5 of A Clockwork Orange.
 - Use Cornell Notes to collect more quotations.

2nd Period: Complete bridge for expository essay. 4th Period: Topic Sentences Practice using "Talents" thesis statements

 

 TUESDAY 3/3/09 TUESDAY 3/3/09
Vocabulary #18 Sentences, Definitions, and Quiz TUESDAY 3/3/09 FRIDAY 3/6/09
Reading Log #22 (5 Entries) FRIDAY 3/6/09 FRIDAY 3/13/09

(In-class) Read Part 2, Ch 5-6 of A Clockwork Orange.

- Use Cornell Notes to collect more quotations. 

2nd Period: Topic Sentences Practice using "Talents" thesis statements. 

 TUESDAY 3/17/09 THURSDAY 3/19/09
Reading Log #23 (4 Entries) FRIDAY 3/13/09 THURSDAY 3/19/09
ESSAY and EXTRA CREDIT READING LOGS DUE TUESDAY 4/14/09 TUESDAY 4/14/09
(In Class) Essay Checklist / Contract TUESDAY 4/14/09 TUESDAY 4/14/09
Vocabulary List #19: Sentences & Definitions (QUIZ on FRIDAY 4/17/09) TUESDAY 4/14/09 TUESDAY 4/14/09
Reading Log #24 (3 entries) TUESDAY 4/14/09 FRIDAY 4/17/09
Reading Log # 25 (5 entries) FRIDAY 4/17/09 FRIDAY 4/24/09
Vocabulary List # 20 Sentences, Definitions & Quiz TUESDAY 4/21/09 FRIDAY 4/24/09
"What is Poety" Cornell Notes - Copy down the quotes about poetry from Gertrude Stein and Northrop Frye (in the Questions/Summaries column), Take notes (in the Notes column), and Write a response (in the Summary/Reflection column) TUESDAY 4/21/09 TUESDAY 4/21/09
Reading Log #26 (3 entries only!) FRIDAY 4/24/09 FRIDAY 4/24/09
Vocabulary List #21 Sentences, Definitions, and Quiz TUESDAY 4/28/09 FRIDAY 5/01/09
Quickwrite: "Rhythm" - A speech is poetry: cadence, rhythm, imagery, sweep!  A speech reminds us that words, like children, have the power to make dance the dullest beanbag of a heart - Peggy Noonan (b. 1950).  Answer: 1. What is Noonan saying.  2. Do you agree with what she is saying?  Yes/No.  Explain.  TUESDAY 4/28/09 TUESDAY 4/28/09
Sonnet Group Work:  Select a Sonnet Type: Petrarchan, Shakespearean, or Spenserian.  1. Define the sonnet type.  2. Choose a poem from the Language of Literature text book and take notes on its content and why it is the type of sonnet it is.  3. Creatively copy the poem to another blank page (with color and images) 4. Present in front of class.  5. Class will take notes. TUESDAY 4/28/09 TUESDAY 4/28/09
Quickwrite: "Blindness" - We depend so much on our senses to navigate through life.  What if you suddenly woke up one morning without the ability to see?  How would you react?  How would it change your life? THURSDAY 4/30/09 THURSDAY 4/30/09
Complete Sonnet Group Work and Present.  As a class we will compare and contrast the poems "The Tyger" and "The Lamb."  Use Venn Diagram / "T" Chart.
THURSDAY 4/30/09
THURSDAY 4/30/09
Book Work: Read pg 478 & 492 in Language of Literature: British Literature.  Answer # 1-7 on pg 479 (Complete sentences
THURSDAY 4/30/09
THURSDAY 4/30/09

 

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