SAS Grade Ten Honors students should be working on the following assignments both in and out of class:
1. "Should Schools Sell Junk Food?" Persuasive Essay using six-point rubric
2. "Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" Persuasive Essay using six-point rubric
3. "The Bet" Anton Checkhov handout/vocabulary and debatiing skills for classroom mini-debate
4. "The Cold Equations" Tom Godwin handout/vocabulary and Changing The Ending assignment on gomyaccess.com
5. Letter to the Editor connected to capital punishment debate topic on gomyaccess.com
6. Fahrenheit 451 Ray Bradbury's novel Part II The Sieve and the Sand and F451 Imitative Writing assignment
7. Talking points for F451 Part Three Burning Bright
8. Unit Two Vocabulary and upcoming test on parts of speech, stress marks, spellings, synonyms and antonyms, definitions
9. Coming up: Doris Lessing's "Through The Tunnel"
Monday, September 26, 2005
Monday, September 12, 2005
Week In Preview
Honors Ten English, here are the assignments we are working on this week.
"Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essays are scored and will be returned to you. Use the six point persuasive rubric provided to determine your scores in five content areas.
Chekhov's "The Bet" short story leads to letter to the editor and classroom debate competition. Use the graphic organizers and the debating primer handouts for enhanced understanding of how life imprisonment vs. death penalty discussion will help you improve your oral and written performance.
"Should Schools Sell Junk Food" essay with school nurse vs. high school teacher article results in persuasive essay due Tuesday, September 20. Follow directions on the prompt, including prewriting (Venn Diagram) and grammar/spell check before printing.
Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equations" changing the ending creative writing assignment begun in Vantage Lab today (Monday) will conclude with timed writing next Tuesday. Thursday of next week will also be reserved for the letter to the editor piece.
Bradbury's novel is being discussed on Tuesday (13) so bring your "talking points" and make certain you have read Part I-The Hearth and the Salamander. This book is a masterpiece (well, let's just say I really enjoy teaching it) and deserves your full attention.
See you in class and remember, you are Honors so let's keep up the pace.
"Why Johnny Can't Pass His Fitness Test" essays are scored and will be returned to you. Use the six point persuasive rubric provided to determine your scores in five content areas.
Chekhov's "The Bet" short story leads to letter to the editor and classroom debate competition. Use the graphic organizers and the debating primer handouts for enhanced understanding of how life imprisonment vs. death penalty discussion will help you improve your oral and written performance.
"Should Schools Sell Junk Food" essay with school nurse vs. high school teacher article results in persuasive essay due Tuesday, September 20. Follow directions on the prompt, including prewriting (Venn Diagram) and grammar/spell check before printing.
Tom Godwin's "The Cold Equations" changing the ending creative writing assignment begun in Vantage Lab today (Monday) will conclude with timed writing next Tuesday. Thursday of next week will also be reserved for the letter to the editor piece.
Bradbury's novel is being discussed on Tuesday (13) so bring your "talking points" and make certain you have read Part I-The Hearth and the Salamander. This book is a masterpiece (well, let's just say I really enjoy teaching it) and deserves your full attention.
See you in class and remember, you are Honors so let's keep up the pace.
Tuesday, September 06, 2005
Weekly Review September 6-9
Here are assignments 10th Grade Honors English students should be working on this week:
1. Complete "The Cold Equations" handout-due Friday
2. Read Part I of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; make talking points notes for class discussion
3. Finish Part of Speech-Adjective grammar homework and submit by Thursday
4. Prepare in class for "Changing the Ending" assignment-"The Cold Equations"
1. Complete "The Cold Equations" handout-due Friday
2. Read Part I of Fahrenheit 451 by Ray Bradbury; make talking points notes for class discussion
3. Finish Part of Speech-Adjective grammar homework and submit by Thursday
4. Prepare in class for "Changing the Ending" assignment-"The Cold Equations"
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