Write one paragraph about one story from today's CNN Student News.  Earn up to 10 extra credit points.

Create a group presentation with the follow in your slides.

1) Group member names, book and author. 
2) Summary of the story
3) Plot or Freytag's Pyramid completed
4) Setting
5) A slide for each main character.  Include any important quotes from them.  
6) Main Conflict 
7) Recommendation
8) Author Profile

I will be grading you on the rubric provided.  Please make sure all your group members are projecting their voices, and are formal.  Attached is also an example from last year.

One person must submit for your group.  It will be due on the day of your finals.

15. If you could live in the fictional world of any book or series, which one would you choose and why?

16. Write about one story in today's CNN Student News 5/1.  

17. Which presentation has been the best persuasive essay and why?  Write down your classmates names and the topic.  Write at least a paragraph.

18. List at least 3 or more things of what teacher, Taylor Mali, makes.  Who is Amanda Gorman? Do some research into her biography.  What is the meaning and tone of "The Hill We Climb?"

19. What was your favorite book, play or short story we read this year and why?   What was your least favorite reading this year and why?  What are you summer plans?

Create a poetry book through Google slides.  You must include an image for each poem.  You must include the title of each of your poems.  
1. Title Page - Name 
2. Table of Contents 
3. Biographical Poem 
4. "I Am" Poem
5. Free Write 
6. Ballad
7. Ode 
8. Sonnet
9. Concrete Poem
10. Haiku
11. Acrostic 
12. Elegy

Write a paragraph about the tone and meaning of each poem.  


1.  Kobe Bryant “Dear Basketball”
2. Alex Dang - “What Kind of Asian Are You?”
3. Dr. Maya Angelou “And Still I Rise”

Write a paragraph describing the meaning and tone of each poem. 


1. Lin-Manuel Miranda - "Hamilton Mixtape" 


2. Harry Baker "Sunshine Kid" 


3. Marshall Jones "Touchscreen"

Ask at least 5 questions from the persuasive essay presentations.  Include the question, names, and topic.  This counts towards your week 17 participation points.   

1.  Attach your written persuasive essay in MLA format.  Make sure it is 2-3 pages in length, double spaced, 12 point font.  Add an interesting title.
2. Include one paragraph which argues the other perspective.  This argument cannot be stronger than your entire paper.  It should present a different viewpoint.
3. Include at least three examples to prove your argument from credible sources.  
4. Use third person in your writing.

*You may use the outline to organize your thoughts for your speech but it is not required to submit to the assignment.

Please choose a topic to write a persuasive speech.  Only two students can choose a topic with one student agreeing, and the second student writing a counter argument.

Write a paragraph explaining the central message of each speech.   You should have three paragraphs in total. 

Summarize the 3 different non fiction articles.  Create a Google doc, and write at least a paragraph for each one.

Welcome back!  Create a padlet with at least five pictures from your spring break, and captions for each image.  In using Padlet, choose the canvas option.    

Prompt Choices: 


 Option #1: Author John Steinbeck often uses animal imagery when discussing/describing Lennie. Why do you think Steinbeck chose to use these images? What point was he trying to make to the reader about this character and, to a larger extent, about the working class people of the time? Examine Steinbeck’s use of these images and explain your reasoning about how these images connect to Steinbeck’s larger point.


Option #2: Sunlight and darkness are important elements in the novel. Steinbeck uses these elements as both foreshadowing and symbolism. Why do you think Steinbeck chose to use these images? What point was he trying to make to the reader and how do the light/dark images help him accomplish this goal? Examine Steinbeck’s use of sunlight and darkness and explain your reasoning about how these images connect to Steinbeck’s larger point.


Option #3: Many of the characters in the novel are isolated and openly discuss their feelings of loneliness. Choose three characters and examine how Steinbeck uses them to help deliver his greater message to the reader. 

Format: This essay should be at least three (3) full pages, double-spaced and in MLA format. You should use 12 pt. font and standard (one inch) margins. Use only the third person.  If your essay is not formatted correctly, I will automatically deduct five (5) points. Your heading should include the words your name, the class and period, and the date you turn it in. You should also have an appropriate and interesting title. When you use quotes, you must write the page number immediately after the quote: “quote” (23).  Include at least three quotations.

On Padlet, post five photos that represent your dreams with a caption including an explanation.  

Write 3 paragraphs on the movie Of Mice and Men. Include two paragraphs summarizing the plot.  Include a third paragraph comparing the differences and similarities to John Steinbeck's short novel.

Fill in a page of your story board per each chapter.  It does not have to be colored.  Choose six significant events  from each chapter and write a caption for your visual.  It will be due after we read chapter 6, the end of Of Mice and Men.

Answer the questions in complete sentences.  Chapter 6 will be posted after we finish reading.

9.  We will be reading Of Mice and Men.  Write a paragraph on the biography of John Steinbeck. 

10. Write one story from today's CNN Student News.  3/12

11.  Steinbeck emphasizes the use of dreams throughout Of Mice and Men. Lennie dreams of owning his own ranch, while George dreams of independence. What are some dreams you have for yourself? How do dreams shape your life? What happens when you don’t achieve your dream?

12. Recall a situation where you felt powerless. Were you truly powerless, or did you really have some options? Was it frustrating to be powerless or a relief not to have to make a choice?

Complete the questions in your groups.  One person may turn it in, and include all the group member names in the private comments.

Complete the questions in your groups.  One person may turn it in, and include all the group member names in the private comments.

Answer the questions in complete sentences.

As part of your participation grade, write a paragraph summarizing the TED Talk by Rita Pierson

Read the first paragraph of Chapter 2 and draw the description of the bunkhouse on paper.  Add color to your work.  Upload a picture of your work.

Respond to the questions in complete sentences.

Please answer the questions in complete sentences.  This video will give you background knowledge on our next novel, Of Mice and Men.

Make sure to include all the names in your group.

Complete the assignment individually.  Write in complete sentences.

5. What are your top two love languages?  Do you think this is correct?  What love language do you think Romeo and Juliet speak?  Explain your answers.
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6. Were Romeo and Juliet in lust, or in love?  Watch the John Green videos to help explain your response.

7. Write Juliet’s or Romeo’s diary entry after the balcony scene.

8. Traditional tragic heroes end in catastrophe because of flaws in their own characters. Is that the case in this play?  Write at least a paragraph.  

Imagine you have been asked to work on a new film adaptation of "Romeo and Juliet." Your job is to bring your musical expertise to a short film adaptation by creating the "Soundtrack," and "virtual storyboard."  Work together in your table groups.  

Part A: For this project, you must choose AT LEAST 5 songs - one song for each act to be part of your short film adaptation.

-You may choose any music you like, as long it is appropriate and the choices fit with the scene.
*For example:
"Just Dance" by Lady Gaga for the dance scene.

Guidelines:
- Songs do not need to be the song in entirety, but can be partial lines, verses, or choruses that make sense in the context of the story.
-You may send me a link of the music, such as a Spotify playlist, etc.

- The Virtual Storyboard should include images for at least 5 locations and the songs playing on each slide that take us through your movie. Use Google slides for this.  

-Recast Romeo, Juliet, Mercutio, Benvolio, Tybalt, the Nurse, and the Friar.  

Points:
Diorama: 60 Points
-Links to 5 Songs: 40 Points

Choose one prompt: 

1. Which characters are most responsible for shaping the outcome of the play? Is any one character, or characters responsible for the tragedy? Defend your answer.

2. Could Romeo and Juliet have made decisions that would have prevented their deaths, or was it
“in the stars”? Defend your answer.

3. Many characters in Romeo and Juliet have foils. Compare two characters in the play and show their similarities and/or differences in personality and behavior. Some possible pairs include Romeo/Juliet, Romeo/Paris, Lord and Lady Montague/Capulet, Friar/Nurse, Tybalt/Mercutio, Tybalt/Benvolio, Romeo/Mercutio, Romeo/Benvolio, etc.

 4. Minimum of four quotes required including the character.  


Format: This essay should be at least three full pages, double-spaced. You should use 12 pt. font and standard (one inch) margins. If your essay is not formatted correctly, I will automatically deduct five (5) points. Your heading should include the words your name, the class and period, and the date you turn it in. You should also have an appropriate and interesting title. When you use quotes, you must write the page number immediately after the quote: “quote” (23).

Write down any similarities or differences from the play, you observe while watching the 1968 and 1996 movie versions of Romeo and Juliet.  Write the date of each clip.

Work together as a group in your tables to complete the last questions of Romeo and Juliet.  Work on Kami, and have one student from your table submit the assignment for your group.  Add everyone's names in the private comments.

Complete this assignment individually.  Open the document on Kami to complete the graphic organizer on the second page.

Submit journals #1-4 here. 

1.  Choose one story to write a paragraph on today's CNN Student News 1/9.

2. From watching the video and reading the article, what is your reason for your belief or disbelief in love at first sight?   Answer the poll.

3. Summarize the video on keeping secrets.  "How hard is it to keep a secret? Are there circumstances when you think you should break a promise about keeping a secret?"

4. What are your top two love languages?  Do you think this is correct?  What love language do you think Romeo and Juliet speak?  Explain your answers.

Work on the Act 3 questions in your table groups.  One person can submit it with all the members' names in the private comments.  

Write about one Ted Talk from Tuesday, January 28.  Write at least a paragraph including the title and speaker of the talk.  

Period 1


1. Allison Ha - Redefining Adversity to Cultivate Resilience

2. Sophia Mabini - The Art of Being Present

3. Sarah Teng - Social Media Influence 

Period 5   



1. Kaitlyn Shuffer - How Comparison is Holding You Back

2. Jackie Chen - Intrinsic vs. Extrinsic Motivation 

3. Chloe Lu - Masks Up

Answer the questions in complete sentences.

Complete the Act I questions and graphic organizers.  Please write in complete sentences.

Choose a fairytale, and tell it from start to finish on a Google document.  Write down the title of the fairytale at the top of the page.   

You must do this FOUR TIMES, telling the STORY through DIFFERENT POINT OF VIEWS.

1. First Person
2. Second Person
3. Third Person Limited
4. Third Person Omniscient

Attach your Google document here. 

Using the format given (14 lines), write a love sonnet on a Google document using iambic pentameter.  It must be 14 lines, and 10 syllabus each line.  It can be about family love, or romantic love, or love between your friends.  Get creative and don’t forget to follow the rhyme scheme! 

Example:
SONNET FORMATTING (A B B A A B B A) (CDE CDE)

ON HIS BLINDNESS BY MILTON

When I consider how my light is spent (a) 
Ere half my days, in this dark world and wide, (b) 
And that one talent which is death to hide, (b) 
Lodged with me useless, though my soul more bent (a)
To serve therewith my Maker, and present (a) 
My true account, lest he returning chide; (b) 
"Doth God exact day-labor, light denied?" (b) 
I fondly ask; but Patience to prevent (a)
That murmur, soon replies, "God doth not need (c)
 Either man's work or his own gifts; who best (d)
 Bear his mild yoke, they serve him best. His state (e)
Is Kingly. Thousands at his bidding speed (c)
 And post o'er land and ocean without rest; (d)
 They also serve who only stand and wait." (e)

Using art materials draw what you imagine the mistress to look like in William Shakespeare's sonnet 130.

Post your drawing on Padlet as well and include your name.

Create a Padlet with 
1) 5 images from your winter break and captions 
2) Your New Year's resolutions with images.

Work in your groups to complete the escape room.

Create a Padlet with 
1) 5 images from your winter break and captions 
2) Your New Year's resolutions with images.

Create a painting or digital art based on the Odyssey story assigned to your table.  Make sure to put your name and the story somewhere on the painting.  Write a description of your visual in the private comments and the excerpt you are referencing.  This is an individual activity.  Do not create something exactly like your peer's work.  You may use Gareth Hind's style from the Odyssey graphic novel.      

Table 1 - Sailing From Troy 
Table 2 - The Lotus Eaters 
Table 3 - Cyclops 
Table 4 - The Land of the Dead  
Table 5 - Sirens 
Table 6 - Scylla and Charybdis
Table 7 - The Cattle of the Sun God  
Table 8 - Circe  
Table 9 - Calypso

In your tables, create a Google slide scrapbook.  Find 10 lines from each story to translate.  Include a digital or drawing image for each story.  Follow the directions attached. Include a table of contents, and a title page for Part 1 and Part 2 of the Odyssey stories.  One person can submit the scrapbook.  Please include everyone's names in the private comments. 

Part 1

1. Sailing from Troy
2. The Lotus Eaters
3. Cyclops
4. The Land of the Dead
5. The Sirens
6. Scylla and Charybdis
7. The Cattle of the Sun God
 
Part 2

8. The Return of Odysseus
9. Argus
10. The Suitors
11. Penelope
12. The Challenge
13. Odysseus' Revenge
14. Penelope's Test

Submit journals #13-#17 here.


13. Summarize the Trojan War.  Describe the characters, the plot, and conclusion.
14. "Since it’s been a few days since we’ve read in The Odyssey, write down everything that you can remember that’s happened in the story so far. "
15. Did you think death was an appropriate punishment for the suitors?  Explain your answer.  If you think there should've been an alternative punishment, include it in your response.
16. Write about one story in CNN Student News from Thursday 12/5
17.  What was your favorite book or short story we've read this semester? What was your least favorite? Why? If we were to do book club reading circles next semester (small groups reading the same book), what genre or book would you like to read?

Prompt: "What is a hero? Was Odysseus a true hero in his epic?  Why or why not?  Using examples from the story, show what a hero is (or is not) through the heroic journey taken by Odysseus. (Minimum of three quotes required)"


Format: This essay should be at least two (2) full pages, double-spaced. You should use 12 pt. font and standard (one inch) margins. Include a creative title in 12 point font.  If your essay is not formatted correctly, I will ask you to resubmit it and will automatically deduct five (5) points. Your heading should include the words your name, the class and period, and the date you turn it in. You should also have an appropriate and interesting title. When you use quotes, you must write the page number immediately after the quote: “quote” (23).

Pg. 1105 #1-4

1. Who does Telemachus think Odysseus is when they first reunite?
2. Describe Antinous' treatment of Odysseus. Why do you think Antinous treats Odysseus as he does?
3. What does Odysseus tell Penelope about himself? Why do you think Odysseus chooses not to reveal his identity to his wife?
4. Which of Odysseus' responsibilities are revealed in this section? Do you think he manages them heroically? Explain your response.

Pg. 1114 #1-3, 5
1. When Odysseus returns to his home, who helps him?
2. What planning does Odysseus do before he battles the suitors?
3. What is Penelope's test, and how does Odysseus pass it?
4. Do you think Odysseus kills the suitors to fulfill his responsibilities? Explain.

1. How was your Thanksgiving break? Fill out the pie chart on google slides. Follow the instructions below. Check out my pie chart as an example.

Step 1: Open the Google Docs document where you want to add a pie chart on your PC.
Step 2: Click on Insert, followed by Chart. Then select Pie from the menu.
Step 3: A pie chart with sample data will be added in Docs.

2. Create a Padlet with 5 images from your Thanksgiving break, and 5 captions describing your break.  

1. Fill out the form the Guilt of the Suitors.

2. Complete the Suitors and Many Sides To Every Story assignment with a partner.  

Complete the questions by Thursday 11/21.

As you read the seven stories in Part 1 of the Odyssey, complete the activities in your groups.  

Complete the questions on pg. 1069

Answer the questions #1-3 on pg. 1049 after the Odyssey reading.

1. Use the Odyssey PDF on page 1040 D to complete the handout.  Write at least 2 facts per category.  You may work with a partner on this worksheet.  

Complete the escape room with your group. Add each of your group members names in the submission.

Prompt: " 'Mockingbirds don't do one thing but make music for us to enjoy. They don't eat up people's gardens, don't nest in corncribs, they don't do one thing but sing their hearts out for us. That's why it's a sin to kill a mockingbird.' Provide an example of three characters in the book who symbolize a mockingbird. Why did you choose them? Use quotes from the book as evidence. (Minimum of three quotes required)"


Format: This essay should be at least 1 1/2 to 2 full pages, double-spaced, and at least five paragraphs long.  Once you fill out the outline, you must convert your writing to paragraphs.  You should use 12 pt. font and standard (one inch) margins. If your essay is not formatted correctly, I will automatically deduct five (5) points. Your heading should include you name, the class and period, and the date you turn it in. You should also have an appropriate and interesting title. When you use quotes, you must write the page number immediately after the quote: “quote” (23).

Submit your digital journal here. Journal #9-Journal #12.  Use the digital journal document under week 1 which includes the date, prompt and response. 

8. Choose one story to summarize from today's CNN Student News 10/3.

9. "In Chapter 15, what is "the mob" trying to do? Why are they trying to do it? How is it prevented?
What does this tell us about life in the South? What does it tell us about life today?"

10. Write about one story from today's CNN Student News 10/17.

11. "What is courage to you? Which characters in To Kill A Mockingbird demonstrate courage? How do they show courage?"


12. What are some To Kill A Mockingbird themes mentioned in the videos by John Green?  What is your opinion on the book?  You can be honest about your feelings.  Would you read the sequel, Go Set A Watchman?  Why or why not?  Write at least a paragraph for your response.

1) Read the 1972 first issue of Werewolf by Night.  On a separate Google document, write a paragraph summarizing the plot.  

2) Watch Werewolf by Night and summarize the plot on the same Google document.  Write at least a paragraph.  Complete the comic strip based on the movie.  Add color and quotes.  

You may use colored pencil, marker, paint or digital applications to depict an image from To Kill A Mockingbird including an important quote as pictured below. You can also choose a short story we’ve read at the beginning of the year to create a visual and an important passage. Make sure to add color.  Please see me for supplies.  You can earn up to 20 points.

Fill out the vocabulary chart with the word, part of speech and definition.  

1. Obscure 
2. Pursuits 
3. Improbable 
4. Inevitable  
5. Apprehension 
6. Sustain 
7. Hypocrites 
8. Allegedly 
9. Persecuted 
10. Assessment 
11. Consented  
12. Inconveniences

On a separate Google document, as we read the last ten chapters of the To Kill A Mockingbird novel, answer the questions in complete sentences.  

On the excel chart, include the word, definition, and part of speech. 

Chapters 15 - 21 
1. Pensive 
2. Antagonize
3. Infallible 
4. Defendant
5. Begrude 
6. Oblivious 
7. Acquiescence 
8. Encumbered 
9. Dispelled 
10. Indulge 
11. Amiably 
12. Complacently 
13. Stealthy 
14. Prejudice 
15. Irrelevant
16. Subtlety
17. Predicament 
18. Fraud 
19. Subsequent 
20. Pauper

As we read about the trial Chapters 16-20 in To Kill A Mockingbird, fill out the graphic organizer on your own. .  

On the excel chart, include the word, definition, and part of speech. 

Chapters 15 - 21 
1. Pensive 
2. Antagonize
3. Infallible 
4. Defendant
5. Begrude 
6. Oblivious 
7. Acquiescence 
8. Encumbered 
9. Dispelled 
10. Indulge 
11. Amiably 
12. Complacently 
13. Stealthy 
14. Prejudice 
15. Irrelevant
16. Subtlety
17. Predicament 
18. Fraud 
19. Subsequent 
20. Pauper

1) On a separate piece of paper, draw the layout of the courtroom.  Add color to your work.  You may illustrate an interior view instead for extra credit.


2) On a Google doc, describe each person's responsibility in the courtroom.  Refer to the links for definitions.

Complete the attached character chart with your table.  You may look up characters we have not been introduced to for accurate descriptions.   

Complete your original gothic flash fiction story in 500 words or more in MLA format.  Make sure you are meeting all the requirements of the rubric.  Be creative!   

Complete the vocabulary for Chapters 8-14. Include the word, definition, and part of speech.


Chapters 8 - 14 
1. Entrusted 
2. Adjacent
3. Perplexity 
4. Ingenuous 
5. Fanatical 
6. Isolate 
7. Debating 
8. Acquainted 
9. Contemporaries 
11. Peril 
12. Contradict 
13. Inaudible 
14. Cantankerous 
15. Compensation 
16. Emerge 
17. Acquired 
18. Ecclesiastical 
19. Extract 
20. Preoccupation

As we read chapter 11 in To Kill A Mockingbird, write examples of the specific theme in the right column. 

Work with you table to complete the Diagnosing a Disease worksheet.

4.  What is the most daring thing you’ve ever done? It can be something as extreme as bungee jumping or as simple as a
rollercoaster ride...anything that makes you a little nervous...

5. What is your favorite book and why?  Describe the plot.

6. "In Chapter 1, Scout, Jem, and Dill are fascinated by the Radley house.  When you were a child, was there a neighbor, family member, or place that scared you? Describe that person/place as you remember them and think about how your experience parallels the children in the novel 

7. The children enjoy their summer experiences. What kinds of experiences did you enjoy when you were a young child? Describe one of these experiences and think about how that experience was similar/different to those of the children in the novel

Watch the video and read the article.  Why was To Kill A Mockingbird and Huckleberry Finn banned in classrooms?  What was the argument to keep these classic novels in the curriculum?  Write at least a paragraph response on Google docs.

Choose one of the three main characters—Atticus, Scout, or Jem—for whom to write a
diary covering the events of chapters 1–8. Make at least one diary entry for each chapter. Write in
fi rst person; that is, use I, me, we, our, and us as if it were your personal diary rather than a fi ctional
character’s. If your character is not in a chapter, report at least one event from it as though one of
the other characters told you about it. Date each entry as accurately as possible from evidence in
the book.

You only need to complete the word, part of speech, and definition.


Chapters 1 - 7 
1. Eccentric 
2. Malevolent -
3. Intimidation 
4. Condescended 
5. Indigenous  
6. Pronouncements 
7. Irked 
8. Persevere 
9. Compromise 
10. Tyranny 
11. Unanimous
12. Evasion 
13. Chameleon 
14. Tormenting 
15. Quibbling 
16. Teetered 
17. Malignant

Choose a character from To Kill A Mockingbird and fill out the worksheet provided. 

Complete the worksheet as we read the first chapter of To Kill A Mockingbird. 

Write a paragraph on Harper Lee's biography.  She is the writer of To Kill A Mockingbird.

Please complete the summaries and questions in the Google document provided.  

Hello students, please complete the survey regarding your etiquette email assignment.  Thank you!

Complete the assignment in complete sentences on the Google doc provided.

Write a paragraph from the CNN Student News segment from today 9/11 on the events of September 11, 2001.  

Review the Purdue Owl guidelines to write a professional email to your. future employer.  Please complete it in MLA format.    


1. Include a proper greeting "Dear..." 
2. One page or more addressing a topic or inquiry.  
3.  Include a proper salutation "sincerely, respectfully, best, etc.

Create a Google doc.  Write a paragraph summarizing the plot of each short story from #2-#4.  Write another paragraph describing your favorite short story and explain why.

Answer the questions in complete sentences in the Google doc. 

Turn in your August journals here. 

1. How was your summer?  What are five things you were able to accomplish during your time off?  What are you excited, and/or nervous about it in regards to returning to school in person?

2. Write about one story in CNN Student News from 8/22.  Write at least a paragraph.

3. Do you think choir or doing yard work could substitute as P.E. credit?  Explain why.

Read the "Most Dangerous Game" in your textbooks on pages 214-236.

Complete the comic.

You must include at least 3 quotes from the story. You can use the speech bubbles or write above the box.

The comic strip should be in color.

Tell us your story. What unique opportunities or challenges have you experienced throughout your life that have shaped who you are today?

Your essay should be in MLA format with no spelling or grammar errors.

Please attach the syllabus with all signatures by Friday.  Also submit the paper copy on Friday.

Watch the animation "Bao" and complete Freytag's Pyramid.

You may choose to complete the outline or graphic organizer. Only choose ONE!

Tell us your story. What unique opportunities and challenges have you experienced that have shaped who you are today?

You do not have to write in complete sentences. Bullet points are okay.