Thursday, January 26, 2012
Friday, January 20, 2012
Assignments for the Week of January 23-27
Assignments for January 23-27
Monday, January 23 Literature: Cast the play.
Grammar: Diagram sentences using participial and gerund phrases. (Check your email.)
Tuesday, January 24 Literature: Choose a character for your audition. Find a scene to use for your audition and learn it well enough to perform it.
Grammar: Diagram sentences using infinitive phrases. (Check your email.)
RCG: Read “A Touch of Class” by Paul Fussell
Wednesday, January 25 Grammar: Diagram sentences with infinitive phrases
RCG: Re-read “A Touch of Class” and answer the following questions:
1. Describe the “official myth of classlessness” that
Fussell attributes to America?
2. In a Harris poll, 76% of the respondents said they wanted ___________ most.
3. Which class does Fussell say has the most anxiety about their social ranking?
4. In what area does the author believe “class envy” is most obvious?
5. In what ways do the different classes refer to death?
6. Fussell says that we find class rankings virtually everywhere. Name four examples the author gives of class hierarchies in the United States?
7. Explain how the social class rankings inferred by various musical instruments.
8. What is it about America in particular that inspires class ambition?
9. Who is Paul Fussell? What are his credentials for writing this article?
10. Do you agree that the idea of a classless society a “utopian illusion?” Do you believe humans are inherently classist or are we capable of creating a more egalitarian society?
Thursday, January 26 Literature: Auditions for play.
Grammar: Diagram sentences with infinitive phrases.
Friday, January 27 Literature: Review of Shakespeare movie
Grammar: Diagram sentences with participial, gerund and infinitive phrases.
Friday, January 13, 2012
Assignments for the Week of January 17-20
Assignments for Week of January17 – 20, 2012
Tuesday, January 17 RCG:
Read “Poor but Feeding the Rich” by Wayne Drash at http://www.cnn.com/2012/01/08/us/income-gap-profile/index.html?hpt=hp_c
Answer the following questions:
1. Describe how the Bryants moved from middle class to poor?
2. Why doesn’t Bryant joint the Occupy Atlant movement?
3. What recently happened to make the family’s financial situation even more unstable?
4. What city in the U. S. has the largest income gap between the rich and the poor?
5. What is the national poverty line for a family of four?
6. What financial advice does Andono offer?
Grammar:
Diagram sentences 1-10 on page 4 of your grammar book. (Participles and Participial Phrases)
Wednesday, January 18 Grammar:
Diagram sentences 1-10 on page 6 of your grammar book. (Gerund and Gerund Phrases)
Thursday, January 19 Grammar:
Diagram sentences 1-10 on page 8 of your grammar book. (Infinitive and Infinitive Phrases Used as Nouns)
Friday, January 20 RCG:
Presentations on your gender research. Include PSA.
Literature:
Review of Shakespeare movie
Grammar:
Diagram sentences 1-10 on page 10 in your grammar book. (Infinitives and Infinitive Phrases Used as Modifiers)
Grammar Log - Bring up-to-date version to class.
Grammar Log - Bring up-to-date version to class.
Friday, January 6, 2012
Assignments for the Week of January 9 – 13, 2012
Monday, January 9 Literature:
Write a response to film version of Much Ado about Nothing. Include the character you relate to most and describe why.
RCG:
Read the article The Defining Issue of 2012” at
Write a response to the article. Include any questions you have or parts you did not understand.
Tuesday, January 10 Literature:
Write a 2-page report on the life of William Shakespeare. Use 3 sources.
Grammar:
Complete exercises 1-5 on comma splices and fused sentences at http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Comma_Splices_and_Fused_Sentences
Print out your score sheet and turn it in.
Wednesday, January 11 RCG:
Read the article at http://www.nytimes.com/2012/01/01/us/politics/obama-to-focus-on-congress-and-economy-in-2012-campaign.html?pagewanted=2&_r=1&ref=barackobama
Write a page describing Obama’s re-election strategy. How does class factor into his strategy?
Grammar:
Complete exercises 1-7 on sentence fragments at http://www.chompchomp.com/exercises.htm#Comma_Splices_and_Fused_Sentences
Print out your score sheet and turn it in.
Thursday, January 12 Grammar:
Complete grammar exercises to be assigned.
Friday, January 13 Grammar:
Complete grammar exercises to be assigned.
Lit:
Turn in a review of a Shakespeare related film.
RCG:
Answer the questions on the "Questioning Class" questionnaire.
Tuesday, January 3, 2012
Assignments for the week of January 3, 2012
Wednesday, January 4 Grammar:
Sentence fragments exercises
P. 59, exercise 1
P. 60, exercise 2
Run-on sentence exercises
P. 61, exercise 3
P. 62, exercise 4
Sentence combining exercises
P. 63, exercise 5
Thursday, January 5 Grammar:
Sentence combining exercises
P. 64, exercise 6
P. 65, exercise 7
Sentence revising exercises
P. 66, exercise 8
P. 68, exercise 9
RCG:
Review of People Like Us
Friday, January 6 Grammar:
Chapter review
P. 69, exercise A
P. 69, exercise B
P. 70, exercise C
Writing:
Final story revision
RCG:
Final research paper revision
Monday, December 12, 2011
Assignments for the Week of December 12-16
Reading bowl assignment due
Tuesday, 12/13 Story due
Bring warm clothes for coat drive
Bring warm clothes for coat drive
Wednesday, 12/14 Literature test
Garden harvest-dress for it.
Bring a card for your KK.
Bring warm clothes for coat drive.
Thursday, 12/15 Research paper due
Garden harvest-dress for it.
Bring a card for your KK.
Bring warm clothes for coat drive.
Thursday, 12/15 Research paper due
Bring food and drink for your KK.
Bring warm clothes for coat drive.
Friday, 12/16 Self-evaluations due
Mulchfest for garden-dress for it.
Bring a gift for your KK.
Bring warm clothes for coat drive.
Friday, 12/16 Self-evaluations due
Mulchfest for garden-dress for it.
Bring a gift for your KK.
Monday, December 5, 2011
Assignments for Week of December 5-9
Assignment for Week of December 5-9
Monday, 12/5: Literature assignment
Tuesday: 12/6 Creative writing freewriting/girls (10 pages, typed, double-spaced, 12 pt)
5 annotated sources for research project/boys
Wednesday, 12/7: Story idea in a paragraph/girls
Creative writing freewriting/boys (10 paged, typed, double-spaced, 12pt.).
Thursday, 12/8: Literature assignment
Read “The Male Privilege Checklist”
Be prepared to discuss it in class
5 annotated sources for research projects/girls
Story idea in a paragraph/boys
Friday, 12/9: Literature assignment
Upcoming deadlines for week of December 12-16
Monday, 12/12 Outline for research paper due
Reading bowl assignment due
Tuesday, 12/13 Story due
Wednesday, 12/14 Literature test
Thursday, 12/15 Research paper due
Friday, 12/16 Partay!!!
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