Tuesday-Wednesday, 02/28-29/12

ELAS
1. The Hunger Games projects - continue working on them
2. Organize your binder so that it is ready to be checked tomorrow.
3. Get your field trip survey filled out by your parents!

Composition
1. VPP15 quiz makeups, flashcards, and word picture.
2. Of Mice and Men project. Due Thursday, March 8.
**extra credit writing assignment available

English H
1. Read Fahrenheit 451 p. 48-69, "The Happiness Boys"
2. Annotate the text.
4. Society & Today poster/glog project

Mr. Power's glog sample starter (view at full size)
Mr. Power's glog name: mrpower451

Monday, 02/27/12

ELAS
1. none

Composition
1. Finish reading Of Mice and Men.
2. Create a 5-question reading quiz for Mr. Power on chapter 6, the last chapter.
3. Start looking over the Of Mice and Men projects sheet.
**extra credit writing assignment available

English H
1. Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 24-48 - "Burning"
2. Read the annotation guide.
3. Annotate your copy of the book.

Thursday, 02/23/12

ELAS
1. Organize your binders (check on Monday).
2. IR Habits sheet due tomorrow (Friday) before the retreat.

Composition
1. Finish reading Of Mice and Men chapter 5.
2. Curley's Wife letter: Write a letter in first person from the perspective of Curley's Wife addressed to her sister. Imagine it took place right before the events in chapter 5. Try to use the dialect and colloquialisms of the book, and make it look like it came from the 1930s era. You may invent a name for Curley's Wife and her sister.

English H
1. Read Fahrenheit 451 pages 3-24.
2. Write a paragraph that answers this question: Are the characters in the book so far happy? How do you know?
3. Complete the imagery comic sheet.

Wednesday, 02/22/12

ELAS
1. No homework.

Composition
1. Finish the dreams and loneliness chart for your choice of the following characters: Lennie, Candy, Crooks, Curley, or Curley's Wife. Due Thursday.
2. Start reading Of Mice and Men chapter 5.

English H
1. Finish the summary of the Socratic Seminar from today on "The Pedestrian" by Ray Bradbury.
2. Respond to this prompt on your notes:
What is Bradbury warning us about in "The Pedestrian?"

ELAS
1. Finish reading The Hunger Games chapter 24 and finish the notes.

Composition
1. Read Of Mice and Men chapter 4 and complete the chapter four questions sheet.
2. Create a dreams and loneliness chart for one of the following characters: Lennie, Candy, Crooks, Curley, or Curley's Wife. Due Thursday.

*download the symbolism essay rubric here if you need to do so

English H
1. Read The Pedestrian by Ray Bradbury.
2. Answer the study questions that go along with the story, focusing on the idea that it is a dystopia.

Friday, 02/17/12

ELAS
1. The Hunger Games - read chapter 23 and complete your notes. Due Tuesday.

Composition
1. Finish Of Mice and Men chapter three (up to page 65). Add 3+ CDs to your George characterization Cornell note journal. You may write about any character you choose. Be ready for the quiz on Tuesday. Hint: What conflict does Lennie get into at the end of the chapter, and why?


English H
1. Finish your Lord of the Flies essay.
2. Complete your DYSTOPIA mini-poster or multi-media presentation. Details below:

• Web quest/multi-media mini-poster/digital presentation (can be brought on Tuesday or emailed before then
• Explanation and meaning of the word
• Examples (in literature in elsewhere)
• Images that represent a dystopia
• Song lyrics, poems, quotes
• News or magazine articles
• Objects, shapes, etc that may represent the meaning

Thursday, 02/16/12

ELAS
1. Organize binders (check tomorrow).

Composition
1. Symbolism essay final draft. Due tomorrow for normal credit.
2. VPP14 - study for the test.
3. Read Of Mice and Men chapter 3 (the first half, pages 38-50) and do a 3-CD journal on George and what we learn about him.


English H
1. VPP14 - study for the test.
2. Lord of the Flies and "The Scarlet Ibis" essay introduction. Prompt:
What do the authors of Lord of the Flies and "The Scarlet Ibis" both seem to be communicating through their texts, and how are they similar?

Tuesday-Wednesday, 02/14-15/12

ELAS
1. Finish the capitalization grammar sheet packets.

Composition
1. Symbolism essay final draft. Due on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday for extra credit. Due Friday for normal credit.
2. VPP14 spelling quiz makeups, study for the test.
3. Read Of Mice and Men chapter 2 and draw a line-up of five of the seven new characters from the chapter (The Boss, Crooks, Curley, Curley's wife, Slim, Candy, or Carlson).


English H
1. VPP14 spelling quiz makeups, exercises III-IV.
2. LOTF essay -- final draft due on Tuesday
3. Read "The Scarlet Ibis" and be prepared to discuss it in relation to Lord of the Flies on Thursday.

Monday, 02/13/12

ELAS
1. None/read your IR book.

Composition
1. Symbolism essay final draft. Due on Tuesday/Wednesday/Thursday for extra credit. Due Friday for normal credit.
2. VPP14 exercise II: Sentence completion. Also -- spelling quiz tomorrow.
***if you haven't read Of Mice and Men chapter one, use today as a catch-up day!***

English H
1. JOTF final project all together - due tomorrow.
2. LOTF essay rough draft, typed - due tomorrow.
3. VPP14 ex I.

Friday, 02/10/12

ELAS

1. Read your IR book.

Composition

1. Symbolism essay rough draft TYPED due Monday.
2. Of Mice and Men chapter 1: Read and do the reactions journal -- 6 total reactions.

Quiz hint: You need to know about George and Lennie's dream for the future and why they are looking for new work. Also - why leave Weed?

***Remember to bring your Of Mice and Men books every day!***

English H

1. LOTF essay - continue working. Rough draft due Tuesday
2. VPP14 exercise I: Words in Context.

3. JOTF - put together into one final packet with a nice cover design that uses one or more symbols from the story.

Thursday, 02/09/12

ELAS
1. Spelling list H - write each word 10 times.
2. Organize your binders (binder check tomorrow).

Composition
1. Symbolism essay rough draft TYPED due Monday.
2. VPP14 exercise I: Words in Context.
3. Robert Burns' poem "To a Mouse" - write in a prediction of what will happen in the book Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck based on Burns' line in the poem. Add it to your notes.

***Remember to bring your Of Mice and Men books every day starting tomorrow!***

English H
1. JOTF #19 - finish the book!!!
2. LOTF essay - choose a prompt and finish the introduction.
3. VPP14 word picture

Tuesday-Wednesday, 02/07-08/12

ELAS
1. None

Composition
1. Symbolism essay - complete a typed rough draft. Due Monday.
2. VPP14 -- word picture and flashcards.
3. Create a DREAMS CHART like we discussed in class.

English H
1. JOTF #18
2. VPP13 packets - complete before class, and study for the test
3. Fill in both sides of the essay sheet: One essay on evil and the other on masks. Only the introduction and an outline are required.

Friday, 02/03/12

ELAS
1. None

Composition
1. Symbolism essay (Standards Task) -- fill in the organizer sheet.

English H
1. JOTF #17
2. Trial preparation - trial on Tuesday!