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Due for Wednesday: Create a fact sheet of the facts that you learn from reading a hard news article of your choice. Please print this out and bring it in. Due for Thursday: Complete Summer Reading Assignment Due for Friday: 1. Read Forbe's article on the Ice Bucket Challenge (available on the resources page) 2. Write a 500 word response (and submit it through Google Docs) - what view do you agree with? Why is this view the most compelling? If you were tasked to write an article covering the same topic (whether or not the Ice Bucket Challenge is stupid), what sources would you want to include, respond to, or ignore? Due for Monday: On the fact sheet you receive in class, 1. Write a lead for The Boston Globe and a lead for The Boston Herald 2. Choose one of your leads and continue finish writing the article (235 words; please submit via Google Drive). E Block Due for Tuesday: Create a fact sheet of the facts that you learn from reading a hard news article of your choice. Please print this out and bring it in. Due for Thursday: 1. Finish Summer Reading Essay 2. Read Forbe's article on the Ice Bucket Challenge (available on the resources page) 3. Write a 500 word response (and submit it through Google Docs) - what view do you agree with? Why is this view the most compelling? If you were tasked to write an article covering the same topic (whether or not the Ice Bucket Challenge is stupid), what sources would you want to include, respond to, or ignore? Due for Monday: On the fact sheet you receive in class, 1. Write a lead for The Boston Globe and a lead for The Boston Herald 2. Choose one of your leads and continue finish writing the article (235 words; please submit via Google Drive).
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C Block
Due for Tuesday: 1. Read chapter 5 2. Take notes on how we should have seen the events in our chapter coming. Due for Thursday: 1. Read chapter 6 2. Review notes for quiz. Due for Friday: Complete research for in-class debate; bring in your notes and sources. Due for Monday: 1. Complete debate preparation (we will have in-class debate on Monday) 2. Study for vocabulary quiz. D Block Due for Tuesday: 1. Read chapter 5 2. Take notes on how we should have seen the events in our chapter coming. Due for Wednesday: 1. Read chapter 6 2. Review notes for quiz. Due for Friday: 1. Complete research for in-class debate; bring in your notes and sources 2. Study for vocabulary quiz. Due for Monday: Complete debate preparation (we will have in-class debate on Monday). A Block
Due for Wednesday: Read any 2 of the essays in your "College Essay Samples"; mark with highlights/tear-downs and comment on how effective it is. Due for Monday: Pick one of the following prompts and write a 650 word personal essay as a response: 1. Pick one of the Common App prompts (link to prompts can be found on the Resources page) and write a response that is centered around a specific location (like Crystal Lake) or a tangible noun (like "my grandfather's tie"). 2. Consider this question: "What's wrong with high school?". How do the ideas or situations that your essay bring up reflect who you are as a person? E Block Due for Tuesday: Read any 2 of the essays in your "College Essay Samples"; mark with highlights/tear-downs and comment on how effective it is. Due for Wednesday: Pick one of the following prompts and write a 650 word personal essay as a response: 1. Pick one of the Common App prompts (link to prompts can be found on the Resources page) and write a response that is centered around a specific location (like Crystal Lake) or a tangible noun (like "my grandfather's tie"). 2. Consider this question: "What's wrong with high school?". How do the ideas or situations that your essay bring up reflect who you are as a person? C Block
Due for Tuesday: Study for quiz on first three chapters. Due for Monday: 1. Read Chapter 4 of Of Mice and Men. 2. Research and compile a fact sheet of at least 10 facts on one of these following subjects: A. Migrant Workers in the Dust Bowl Era B. African Americans in the Dust Bowl Era C. Women in the Dust Bowl Era D. Income inequality in the Dust Bowl Era E. Handicapped/ Mentally disabled individuals in the Dust Bowl Era D Block Due for Tuesday: Study for quiz on first three chapters. Due for Wednesday: 1. Read Chapter 4 of Of Mice and Men. 2. Research and compile a fact sheet of at least 10 facts on one of these following subjects: A. Migrant Workers in the Dust Bowl Era B. African Americans in the Dust Bowl Era C. Women in the Dust Bowl Era D. Income inequality in the Dust Bowl Era E. Handicapped/ Mentally disabled individuals in the Dust Bowl Era C Block
Due for Tuesday: 1. Finish paraphrasing "To A Mouse". What is the commentary on humanity Burns is making? 2. Write a 3-panel comic that explores or comments on a truth about humanity through another object. Due for Thursday: SFA: What are the similarities between how society has reacted to the Great Depression and how society has reacted to the Great Recession? What does this reveal about America? Due for Friday: 1. Read the first 2 chapters of Of Mice and Men. 2. Pick a quotation that best characterizes each individual we meet. Due for Monday: 1. Read Chapter 3 of our novel 2. Pick a character and make notes of how this the character of your choice tries to assert power in this novel thus far. D Block Due for Tuesday: 1. Finish paraphrasing "To A Mouse". What is the commentary on humanity Burns is making? 2. Write a 3-panel comic that explores or comments on a truth about humanity through another object. Due for Wednesday: SFA: What are the similarities between how society has reacted to the Great Depression and how society has reacted to the Great Recession? What does this reveal about America? Due for Friday: 1. Read the first 2 chapters of Of Mice and Men. 2. Pick a quotation that best characterizes each individual we meet. Due for Monday: 1. Read Chapter 3 of our novel 2. Pick a character and make notes of how this the character of your choice tries to assert power in this novel thus far. A Block
Due for Tuesday: 1. Read "The Sports Taboo" by Malcolm Gladwell (http://gladwell.com/the-sports-taboo/) 2. Outline the article: How does it work? How does it move? What sources does it integrate and how? What structural notes can you make? Due for Thursday: First draft of your Summer Reading Essay (bring this into class) Due for Friday: Nothing (One School/ One Book Day) Due for Monday: 1. Read "Bumping into Mr. Ravioli" and be prepared to discuss 2. Comment on a peer's rough draft. E Block Due for Tuesday: 1. Read "The Sports Taboo" by Malcolm Gladwell (http://gladwell.com/the-sports-taboo/) 2. Outline the article: How does it work? How does it move? What sources does it integrate and how? Due for Thursday: First draft of your Summer Reading Essay (bring this into class) Due for Friday: Nothing (One School/ One Book Day) Due for Monday: 1. Read "Bumping into Mr. Ravioli" and be prepared to discuss 2. Comment on a peer's rough draft. A Block
Due for Tuesday: First 750 words on your Summer Reading: what initial thoughts come to mind when you consider the question "what it means to be an American" in the scope of the items you've read over the summer? What qualifying thoughts and questions come up? What more research might you have to do? What do each of your books say about being American today? Due for Thursday: 1. Read through page 27 of They Say, I Say 2. Pick three of the templates you’ve read thus far and “put them on for size” for your Summer Reading Essay. Reflect on them and the overall philosophy on using templates: does this concept feel freeing or constraining? Is there merit to what the book puts forth? Do you feel any resistance? Why? (Approximately 750 words) Due for Friday: 1. Read through page 47 of They Say, I Say 2. Make a list of the "Top 5 Tips" from your reading of our text. Justify each item on your list. Due for Monday: Summer Reading Proposal E Block Due for Tuesday: First 750 words on your Summer Reading: what initial thoughts come to mind when you consider the question "what it means to be an American" in the scope of the items you've read over the summer? What qualifying thoughts and questions come up? What more research might you have to do? What do each of your books say about being American today? Due for Wednesday: 1. Read through page 27 of They Say, I Say 2. Pick three of the templates you’ve read thus far and “put them on for size” for your Summer Reading Essay. Reflect on them and the overall philosophy on using templates: does this concept feel freeing or constraining? Is there merit to what the book puts forth? Do you feel any resistance? Why? (Approximately 750 words) Due for Thursday: 1. Read through page 47 of They Say, I Say 2. Make a list of the "Top 5 Tips" from your reading of our text. Justify each item on your list. Due for Friday: Summer Reading Proposal DUE MONDAY Due for Monday: Summer Reading Proposal C Block
Due for Tuesday: Answer the prompt in paragraphs: What changes have occurred in America over the past 30 years and how have they affected how we interact with each other? Please type and write no more than one page. Due for Wednesday: No Class Due for Thursday: 1. Come up with a thesis to our Eleanor and Park prompt. 2. Eleanor and Park Essay DUE MONDAY Due for Friday: Eleanor and Park Essay DUE MONDAY Due for Monday: Eleanor and Park Essay D Block Due for Tuesday: Answer the prompt in paragraphs: What changes have occurred in America over the past 30 years and how have they affected how we interact with each other? Please type and write no more than one page. Due for Wednesday: 1. Come up with a thesis to our Eleanor and Park prompt. 2. Eleanor and Park Essay DUE MONDAY Due for Thursday: No Class Due for Friday: Eleanor and Park Essay DUE MONDAY Due for Monday: Eleanor and Park Essay A Block
Due for Tuesday: Nothing Due for Wednesday: 1. Fill out and bring in student survey. 2. Read sources to prepare for in-class essay on THURSDAY Due for Thursday: 1. Prepare for in-class essay on THURSDAY 2. Complete technology set-up DUE MONDAY Due for Friday: 1. Bring in an old essay 2. Complete technology set-up DUE MONDAY Due for Monday: 1. Complete technology set-up 2. Using the rubric provided in the Eleanor and Park synthesis packet, grade an old paper. Be prepared to discuss: A. Are there any differences between what a synthesis paper asks for and what your paper asked for? B. What makes for good writing, regardless of the prompt? E Block Due for Tuesday: Nothing Due for Wednesday: 1. Fill out and bring in student survey. 2. Read sources to prepare for in-class essay on THURSDAY Due for Thursday: 1. Prepare for in-class essay on THURSDAY 2. Complete technology set-up DUE MONDAY Due for Friday: Nothing Due for Monday: 1. Complete technology set-up 2. Using the rubric provided in the Eleanor and Park synthesis packet, grade an old paper. Be prepared to discuss: A. Are there any differences between what a synthesis paper asks for and what your paper asked for? B. What makes for good writing, regardless of the prompt? C Block
Due for Tuesday: Nothing Due for Wednesday: Nothing Due for Thursday: Nothing Due for Friday: Student interest sheet Due for Monday: 1. Read your assigned article from the "Modern Love" packet 2. Answer this question: What tension does your article give light to? What is revealed? D Block Due for Tuesday: Nothing Due for Wednesday: Nothing Due for Thursday: Nothing Due for Friday: Student interest sheet Due for Monday: 1. Read your assigned article from the "Modern Love" packet 2. Answer this question: What tension does your article give light to? What is revealed? |
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