Flaherty's English Class-Period E Assignments
- Instructor
- Mrs. Summer Flaherty
- Term
- School Year 2019-2020
- Department
- English
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
Due:
Q4 Distance Learning - Week 10 Assignments - Finish Make-up Work + Optional Yearbook Signing
*Note: There will be no Google Meets this week for English. If you would like to Google Meet to ask questions/talk through any assignments, please e-mail me and we can set up an appointment time.
Step 1: Please double check that you have completed all assignments in Google Classroom (finished the work and clicked "Turn in"). The best thing to do when you log into Google Classroom is to click on "Classwork" at the top to see your assignments list. It is the easiest/clearest page to see what you have and have not turned in yet.
I still have about 5 assignments left to grade and a lot of make-up work many students have e-mailed me about. You may notice my e-mail responses slow down or stop this week as I work to finish grades by Friday at noon. Thank you in advance for getting these last few assignments in before I grade them because I may not have time to go back and grade any late work for these with the deadline approaching.
Step 2: Sign my Virtual Yearbook? (OPTIONAL)
To my Pioneers,
Although this year didn’t end the way we planned, that doesn’t mean we can’t still sign each other’s yearbooks! This is my virtual yearbook page (attached), so if you have a message for me, please type it in one of the boxes in the document below. Feel free to use any font/color lettering you’d like! I can see everyone’s names in the version history, so thank you for keeping your messages school appropriate. :)
I also posted a clear copy of this document below so you can make a copy for yourself to share with your friends (or even staff/teachers). Just make sure you only share with friends you trust so you don’t get any inappropriate messages on your page. Then, when the year is done, you can print it and put it in your actual yearbook!
Thank you all for a wonderful, fun year. I’m going to miss each of you!!!
-Mrs. Flaherty
Steps 1 is due this Wednesday, 6/3/20 at Midnight so I have time to grade everything by Friday. Please remember to turn this assignment in Google Classroom (or mark it as done). I will be following up Wednesday morning with a video message. Thank you so much!
Step 1: Please double check that you have completed all assignments in Google Classroom (finished the work and clicked "Turn in"). The best thing to do when you log into Google Classroom is to click on "Classwork" at the top to see your assignments list. It is the easiest/clearest page to see what you have and have not turned in yet.
I still have about 5 assignments left to grade and a lot of make-up work many students have e-mailed me about. You may notice my e-mail responses slow down or stop this week as I work to finish grades by Friday at noon. Thank you in advance for getting these last few assignments in before I grade them because I may not have time to go back and grade any late work for these with the deadline approaching.
Step 2: Sign my Virtual Yearbook? (OPTIONAL)
To my Pioneers,
Although this year didn’t end the way we planned, that doesn’t mean we can’t still sign each other’s yearbooks! This is my virtual yearbook page (attached), so if you have a message for me, please type it in one of the boxes in the document below. Feel free to use any font/color lettering you’d like! I can see everyone’s names in the version history, so thank you for keeping your messages school appropriate. :)
I also posted a clear copy of this document below so you can make a copy for yourself to share with your friends (or even staff/teachers). Just make sure you only share with friends you trust so you don’t get any inappropriate messages on your page. Then, when the year is done, you can print it and put it in your actual yearbook!
Thank you all for a wonderful, fun year. I’m going to miss each of you!!!
-Mrs. Flaherty
Steps 1 is due this Wednesday, 6/3/20 at Midnight so I have time to grade everything by Friday. Please remember to turn this assignment in Google Classroom (or mark it as done). I will be following up Wednesday morning with a video message. Thank you so much!
Due:
“One-Pager” Assignment: Q4 RC Quiz Alternative
A lot of students have been asking about what we’re going to do for RC book reading/quizzes this quarter. Unfortunately, we don’t have access to the RC quiz program from home. So, we’ve come up with an alternative assignment. This quarter, you will only need to read ONE book of your choice (instead of our normal two), and instead of a quiz, you will be completing this “One-Pager” visual book report (attached).
You may have already read a book you had at home since Distance Learning began; if so, you can use that book for your "One-Pager."
If you haven't read a book yet, there are several ways you can get/choose a book listed in the attached video and presentation from our librarian, Mrs. Fulleman.
Once you've read your book, you can either do the "One-Pager" on a piece of paper, take a picture of it, upload it to Google Drive and then attach it to this assignment in Google Classroom.
OR
You can click "Create" to directly attach a Google Doc or Google Slide to this assignment to complete your "One-Pager" online/digitally.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me at: [email protected]. Thank you!
You may have already read a book you had at home since Distance Learning began; if so, you can use that book for your "One-Pager."
If you haven't read a book yet, there are several ways you can get/choose a book listed in the attached video and presentation from our librarian, Mrs. Fulleman.
Once you've read your book, you can either do the "One-Pager" on a piece of paper, take a picture of it, upload it to Google Drive and then attach it to this assignment in Google Classroom.
OR
You can click "Create" to directly attach a Google Doc or Google Slide to this assignment to complete your "One-Pager" online/digitally.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me at: [email protected]. Thank you!
Due:
Q4 Distance Learning - Week 9 Assignments - Finish the One-Pager and Make-up Work + Extra Credit
*Note: There will be no Google Meets this week for English. If you would like to Google Meet to ask questions/talk through any assignments, please e-mail me and we can set up an appointment time.
Step 1: Continue reading your free choice RC or other book (if you haven't already finished reading a book), and finish working on the One-Pager assignment due this Friday, 5/29/20 by Midnight.
Step 2: Double check that you have completed all assignments in Google Classroom (finished the work and clicked "Turn in"). The best thing to do when you log into Google Classroom is to click on "Classwork" at the top to see your assignments list. It is the easiest/clearest page to see what you have and have not turned in yet.
Step 3: 8th Grade End-of-the-Year Reflection Bento Box (10 Extra Credit Bonus Points)
-Please follow the directions attached if you'd like to reflect on your 8th grade year and earn some extra credit bonus points in the process. This is an OPTIONAL assignment just for fun.
Step 4: Sign my Virtual Yearbook? (OPTIONAL)
To my Pioneers,
Although this year didn’t end the way we planned, that doesn’t mean we can’t still sign each other’s yearbooks! This is my virtual yearbook page (attached), so if you have a message for me, please type it in one of the boxes in the document below. Feel free to use any font/color lettering you’d like! I can see everyone’s names in the version history, so thank you for keeping your messages school appropriate. :)
I will also post a clear copy of this document next week so you can make a copy for yourself to share with your friends (or even staff/teachers). Just make sure you only share with friends you trust so you don’t get any inappropriate messages on your page. Then, when the year is done, you can print it and put it in your actual yearbook!
Thank you all for a wonderful, fun year. I’m going to miss each of you!!!
-Mrs. Flaherty
Steps 1-2 are due this Friday, 5/29/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Wednesday/Friday English blocks (you have English on Friday this week because of Memorial Day Monday). Please remember to turn this assignment in (or mark it as done) once you've completed the steps, and e-mail me if you have any questions. Thank you so much!
Step 1: Continue reading your free choice RC or other book (if you haven't already finished reading a book), and finish working on the One-Pager assignment due this Friday, 5/29/20 by Midnight.
Step 2: Double check that you have completed all assignments in Google Classroom (finished the work and clicked "Turn in"). The best thing to do when you log into Google Classroom is to click on "Classwork" at the top to see your assignments list. It is the easiest/clearest page to see what you have and have not turned in yet.
Step 3: 8th Grade End-of-the-Year Reflection Bento Box (10 Extra Credit Bonus Points)
-Please follow the directions attached if you'd like to reflect on your 8th grade year and earn some extra credit bonus points in the process. This is an OPTIONAL assignment just for fun.
Step 4: Sign my Virtual Yearbook? (OPTIONAL)
To my Pioneers,
Although this year didn’t end the way we planned, that doesn’t mean we can’t still sign each other’s yearbooks! This is my virtual yearbook page (attached), so if you have a message for me, please type it in one of the boxes in the document below. Feel free to use any font/color lettering you’d like! I can see everyone’s names in the version history, so thank you for keeping your messages school appropriate. :)
I will also post a clear copy of this document next week so you can make a copy for yourself to share with your friends (or even staff/teachers). Just make sure you only share with friends you trust so you don’t get any inappropriate messages on your page. Then, when the year is done, you can print it and put it in your actual yearbook!
Thank you all for a wonderful, fun year. I’m going to miss each of you!!!
-Mrs. Flaherty
Steps 1-2 are due this Friday, 5/29/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Wednesday/Friday English blocks (you have English on Friday this week because of Memorial Day Monday). Please remember to turn this assignment in (or mark it as done) once you've completed the steps, and e-mail me if you have any questions. Thank you so much!
Due:
Q4 Distance Learning - Week 8 Assignments - Anne Frank Reading with Final Quiz + One Pager Continued
Step 1: Please log-in/check-in to our Google Meet this MONDAY OR WEDNESDAY at 9 a.m. IF you want to read "The Diary of Anne Frank" play together (If you know you haven't earned credit for it yet in IC, you should definitely check-in; these will be your last 2 chances to read with us via Google Meet). We'll be reading Act 2, Scenes 4 and 5 this week (pp. 347-352), which will conclude the play! You won't need to log in both days this time, just one or the other as we'll be reading the same scenes/pages each day.
-If you need credit in IC still, and have technical difficulties either day this week, don't worry. Just e-mail me, and I'll take note of it.
-If you already got credit for reading with us and would prefer to read Act 2, Scenes 4 and 5 on your own, feel free. You can read it directly in your actual, physical textbook, or if you prefer to have it read to you, you can log in to your online textbook and play each page:
my.hrw.com
username = school e-mail
password = *flMMDDYY (star, first initial, last initial, month, day, year of your birthday)
Please be careful typing in your username/password, because it only gives you two tries and then locks you out. If this happens, let me know and I can try to get you back in via e-mail.
Step 2: When finished reading the play, please take the short quiz posted in Google Classroom on Wednesday. This will conclude our study of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
Step 3: Continue reading your free choice RC or other book (if you haven't already finished reading a book), and continue working on the One-Pager assignment due 5/29/20.
Step 4: If you are a Drabinski student, and haven't already, please remember to finish your Civil War Letter assignment in history. You'll be getting a small grammar grade in English AND a content grade in history for this assignment.
-Wolf students ran out of time to do this assignment, so your grade will show as EX for exempt/excused, and it will not affect your grade.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 5/22/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me if you have any questions. Thank you so much!
-If you need credit in IC still, and have technical difficulties either day this week, don't worry. Just e-mail me, and I'll take note of it.
-If you already got credit for reading with us and would prefer to read Act 2, Scenes 4 and 5 on your own, feel free. You can read it directly in your actual, physical textbook, or if you prefer to have it read to you, you can log in to your online textbook and play each page:
my.hrw.com
username = school e-mail
password = *flMMDDYY (star, first initial, last initial, month, day, year of your birthday)
Please be careful typing in your username/password, because it only gives you two tries and then locks you out. If this happens, let me know and I can try to get you back in via e-mail.
Step 2: When finished reading the play, please take the short quiz posted in Google Classroom on Wednesday. This will conclude our study of "The Diary of Anne Frank."
Step 3: Continue reading your free choice RC or other book (if you haven't already finished reading a book), and continue working on the One-Pager assignment due 5/29/20.
Step 4: If you are a Drabinski student, and haven't already, please remember to finish your Civil War Letter assignment in history. You'll be getting a small grammar grade in English AND a content grade in history for this assignment.
-Wolf students ran out of time to do this assignment, so your grade will show as EX for exempt/excused, and it will not affect your grade.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 5/22/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me if you have any questions. Thank you so much!
Due:
"The Diary of Anne Frank" Play - Final Quiz
Please read the questions carefully, and answer them to the best of your knowledge. This is an open-book quiz, so you may use pp. 279-352 in your textbook. Good luck! :)
Due:
Q4 Distance Learning - Week 7 Assignments - Anne Frank Reading with Characterization Evidence + One Pager Continued
Step 1: Please log-in/check-in to our Google Meets this MONDAY and WEDNESDAY at 9 a.m. IF you want to read "The Diary of Anne Frank" play together (If you know you haven't earned credit for it yet, you should definitely check-in). We'll be reading Act 2, Scenes 2 and 3 this week (pp. 334-347).
-If you have technical difficulties either day, don't worry. Just e-mail me, and I'll take note of it.
-If you already got credit for reading with us and would prefer to read Act 2, Scenes 2 and 3 on your own, feel free. You can read it directly in your actual, physical textbook, or if you prefer to have it read to you, you can log in to your online textbook and play each page (you can also play all the little side-videos in the online textbook too, which are interesting):
my.hrw.com
username = school e-mail
password = *flMMDDYY (star, first initial, last initial, month, day, year of your birthday)
Please be careful typing in your username/password, because it only gives you two tries and then locks you out. If this happens, let me know and I can try to get you back in via e-mail.
Step 2: Please read/follow the directions carefully in the attached "Anne Frank Character Evidence Collection Chart" assignment. You'll be collecting quotes/evidence that show how the authors of the play developed the characters' personalities. The quotes can come from any page in the play, not just this week's reading.
Step 3: Continue reading your free choice RC or other book (if you haven't already finished reading a book), and continue working on the One-Pager assignment due 5/29/20.
Step 4: If you haven't already, please remember to finish your Civil War Letter assignment in history. I believe your history teacher already told you, but you'll be getting a grammar grade in English AND a content grade in history for this assignment.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 5/15/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me if you have any questions.
-If you have technical difficulties either day, don't worry. Just e-mail me, and I'll take note of it.
-If you already got credit for reading with us and would prefer to read Act 2, Scenes 2 and 3 on your own, feel free. You can read it directly in your actual, physical textbook, or if you prefer to have it read to you, you can log in to your online textbook and play each page (you can also play all the little side-videos in the online textbook too, which are interesting):
my.hrw.com
username = school e-mail
password = *flMMDDYY (star, first initial, last initial, month, day, year of your birthday)
Please be careful typing in your username/password, because it only gives you two tries and then locks you out. If this happens, let me know and I can try to get you back in via e-mail.
Step 2: Please read/follow the directions carefully in the attached "Anne Frank Character Evidence Collection Chart" assignment. You'll be collecting quotes/evidence that show how the authors of the play developed the characters' personalities. The quotes can come from any page in the play, not just this week's reading.
Step 3: Continue reading your free choice RC or other book (if you haven't already finished reading a book), and continue working on the One-Pager assignment due 5/29/20.
Step 4: If you haven't already, please remember to finish your Civil War Letter assignment in history. I believe your history teacher already told you, but you'll be getting a grammar grade in English AND a content grade in history for this assignment.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 5/15/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me if you have any questions.
Due:
Q4 Distance Learning - Week 6 Assignments - Anne Frank Reading and Poem + One Pager Continued
Step 1: Please log-in/check-in to our Google Meets this MONDAY and WEDNESDAY at 9 a.m. IF you want to read "The Diary of Anne Frank" play together (I still need to record last week's attendance in Infinite Campus, but if you know you haven't earned credit for it yet, you should definitely check-in). We'll be reading scenes 4 and 5 (pp. 309-323).
-If you have technical difficulties either day, don't worry. Just e-mail me, and I'll take note of it.
-If you already got credit for reading with us and would prefer to read scenes 4 and 5 on your own, feel free. You can read it directly in your actual, physical textbook, or if you prefer to have it read to you, you can log in to your online textbook and play each page (you can also play all the little side-videos in the online textbook too, which are interesting):
my.hrw.com
username = school e-mail
password = *flMMDDYY (star, first initial, last initial, month, day, year of your birthday)
Please be careful typing in your username/password, because it only gives you two tries and then locks you out. If this happens, let me know and I can try to get you back in via e-mail.
Step 2: Please read/follow the directions carefully in the attached "Ode to Anne Frank" assignment. You'll be creating a short poem to show your poetry/figurative language writing skills as well as your knowledge of one of the characters in the play so far.
Step 3: Continue reading your free choice RC or other book (if you haven't already finished reading a book), and continue working on the One-Pager assignment due 5/29/20.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 5/8/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me if you have any questions.
-If you have technical difficulties either day, don't worry. Just e-mail me, and I'll take note of it.
-If you already got credit for reading with us and would prefer to read scenes 4 and 5 on your own, feel free. You can read it directly in your actual, physical textbook, or if you prefer to have it read to you, you can log in to your online textbook and play each page (you can also play all the little side-videos in the online textbook too, which are interesting):
my.hrw.com
username = school e-mail
password = *flMMDDYY (star, first initial, last initial, month, day, year of your birthday)
Please be careful typing in your username/password, because it only gives you two tries and then locks you out. If this happens, let me know and I can try to get you back in via e-mail.
Step 2: Please read/follow the directions carefully in the attached "Ode to Anne Frank" assignment. You'll be creating a short poem to show your poetry/figurative language writing skills as well as your knowledge of one of the characters in the play so far.
Step 3: Continue reading your free choice RC or other book (if you haven't already finished reading a book), and continue working on the One-Pager assignment due 5/29/20.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 5/8/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me if you have any questions.
Due:
What did you learn about Anne Frank?
After watching the Brainpop video/taking the quiz on Anne Frank, and after exploring her Secret Annex, please click on the form to tell me what you've learned and what you found interesting.
Please follow the directions closely especially when it comes to how many sentences you should write on each topic.
Thank you!
Please follow the directions closely especially when it comes to how many sentences you should write on each topic.
Thank you!
Due:
The "COVID Chronicles" (Journal Writing Log)
Please complete two journal prompts per week in the attached Journal Writing Log. Each response will be worth 5 points (so a total of 50 over the next five weeks).
You're free to work on these during our English Block on Mondays and Wednesdays, or complete them as you are able. It's up to you when you do them.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me. Thank you for your cooperation! :)
You're free to work on these during our English Block on Mondays and Wednesdays, or complete them as you are able. It's up to you when you do them.
If you have any questions, please e-mail me. Thank you for your cooperation! :)
Due:
Q4 Distance Learning - Week 5 Assignments - Finish "COVID Chronicles" Journal Entries and More Anne Frank
***Please Note: There will be a required log-in/check-in for MONDAY and WEDNESDAY's Google Meets at 9 a.m. this week (instead of optional like I've been doing) because we're going to continue reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" play in our textbook together.
Step 1: Please remember to finish your "COVID Chronicles" journal entries for days 9-10 this week. Please click "Submit/Turn-in" this time since these are the last ones.
Step 2: Anne Frank Brainpop Video and Quiz
-Please log in to Brainpop.com (username Svhsd, and password SV)
-Click on "English"
-Click on "Famous Authors & Books"
-Click on "Anne Frank"
-Please watch the video and then click on the "Q-Quiz" button to take the quiz
Step 3: Anne Frank Secret Annex Exploration
-Visit/explore the Anne Frank Secret Annex here: https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/
You can listen to the audio explanations of what's what, watch quick informational videos with real pictures, enter and look around the different rooms, etc. in this virtual tour of the building Anne Frank hid in for about 2 years.
-When finished exploring, please answer the related questions in Google Classroom.
Step 4: Please log-in/check-in to our Google Meet this MONDAY and WEDNESDAY at 9 a.m. We're going to continue reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" play together.
-If you have technical difficulties either day, don't worry. I will post what pages we read so you can keep up with us.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 5/1/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me or join us during a scheduled Google Meet on Monday or Wednesday at 9 a.m. if you have any questions.
Step 1: Please remember to finish your "COVID Chronicles" journal entries for days 9-10 this week. Please click "Submit/Turn-in" this time since these are the last ones.
Step 2: Anne Frank Brainpop Video and Quiz
-Please log in to Brainpop.com (username Svhsd, and password SV)
-Click on "English"
-Click on "Famous Authors & Books"
-Click on "Anne Frank"
-Please watch the video and then click on the "Q-Quiz" button to take the quiz
Step 3: Anne Frank Secret Annex Exploration
-Visit/explore the Anne Frank Secret Annex here: https://www.annefrank.org/en/anne-frank/secret-annex/
You can listen to the audio explanations of what's what, watch quick informational videos with real pictures, enter and look around the different rooms, etc. in this virtual tour of the building Anne Frank hid in for about 2 years.
-When finished exploring, please answer the related questions in Google Classroom.
Step 4: Please log-in/check-in to our Google Meet this MONDAY and WEDNESDAY at 9 a.m. We're going to continue reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" play together.
-If you have technical difficulties either day, don't worry. I will post what pages we read so you can keep up with us.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 5/1/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me or join us during a scheduled Google Meet on Monday or Wednesday at 9 a.m. if you have any questions.
Due:
Q4 Distance Learning - Week 4 Assignments - Recognizing Run-on Sentences, Finishing Poetry and Starting Anne Frank
***Please Note: There will be a required log-in/check-in for WEDNESDAY'S Google Meet at 9 a.m. this week (instead of optional like I've been doing) because we're going to start reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" play in our textbook together.
Step 1: Please remember to do your "COVID Chronicles" journal entries for days 7-8 this week (no need to submit the document yet; I can just go in and read them as you complete them).
Step 2: Recognizing Run-on Sentences
I noticed many students have been using run-on sentences in their journal writing. Run-on sentences are two or more complete sentences/thoughts smashed together without proper punctuation to separate them. Run-on sentences often sound like rambling or feel like they never stop.
-Please log-in to IXL.com
-Once you click on "Learning" and then "Language Arts," please click on "8th Grade"
-Scroll down to the "Grammar and Mechanics" section
-Please complete "Z6: Is it a complete sentence or a run-on?"
-You should do and re-do this section for as many points as you want, but an 80 will be considered 100% (8/8 in Infinite Campus). If you score over an 80, it will count as extra credit points.
Step 3: Please participate in the last round of the March Madness Poetry Competition.
-Please read the final attached poems, click on the "Cast your Vote" link at the bottom of the poems, and complete the quick form and submit your final choice. There will be NO additional questions this week; only the vote for the winner.
-The winning poet will be announced next week :)
Step 4: Please log-in/check-in to our Google Meet on WEDNESDAY, 4/22/20 at 9 a.m. We're going to start reading "The Diary of Anne Frank" play together.
-If you have technical difficulties that day, don't worry. I will post what pages we read so you can keep up with us.
All of these steps are due this Friday, 4/24/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me or join us during a scheduled Google Meet on Wednesday at 9 a.m. or Friday at 10 a.m. if you have any questions.
Due:
Q4 Distance Learning - Week 3 Assignments - Recognizing Sentence Fragments and Poetry Continued
Step 1: Please answer the question in Google Classroom about your Spring Break. I look forward to hearing about what you and your family did! :)
Step 2: Please remember to do your "COVID Chronicles" journal entries for days 5-6 this week (no need to submit the document yet; I can just go in and read them as you complete them).
Step 3: Recognizing Sentence Fragments
I noticed many students have been using sentence fragments in their journal writing. Sentence fragments are incomplete thoughts and are usually missing a subject (person, place or thing doing the action in the sentence) or verb (action word), or the verb is not written in the correct form so the sentence doesn't make sense when read.
-Please log-in to IXL.com
-Once you click on "Learning" and then "Language Arts," please click on "8th Grade"
-Scroll down to the "Grammar and Mechanics" section
-Please complete "Z5: Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?"
-You should do and re-do this section for as many points as you want
Step 4: Finally, please participate in the next round of the March Madness Poetry Competition.
-Please read the attached poems in the bracket for your class period, click on the "Cast your Vote" link at the bottom of the poems, and complete the quick form/questions and submit your responses.
-Winning poets in each class will square-up in the last round (next Monday).
All of these steps are due this Friday, 4/17/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me or join us during a scheduled Google Meet on Wednesday or Friday if you have any questions.
Step 2: Please remember to do your "COVID Chronicles" journal entries for days 5-6 this week (no need to submit the document yet; I can just go in and read them as you complete them).
Step 3: Recognizing Sentence Fragments
I noticed many students have been using sentence fragments in their journal writing. Sentence fragments are incomplete thoughts and are usually missing a subject (person, place or thing doing the action in the sentence) or verb (action word), or the verb is not written in the correct form so the sentence doesn't make sense when read.
-Please log-in to IXL.com
-Once you click on "Learning" and then "Language Arts," please click on "8th Grade"
-Scroll down to the "Grammar and Mechanics" section
-Please complete "Z5: Is it a complete sentence or a fragment?"
-You should do and re-do this section for as many points as you want
Step 4: Finally, please participate in the next round of the March Madness Poetry Competition.
-Please read the attached poems in the bracket for your class period, click on the "Cast your Vote" link at the bottom of the poems, and complete the quick form/questions and submit your responses.
-Winning poets in each class will square-up in the last round (next Monday).
All of these steps are due this Friday, 4/17/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me or join us during a scheduled Google Meet on Wednesday or Friday if you have any questions.
Due:
What did you and your family do for Spring Break?
Please describe in as vivid detail as possible in 3-5 complete sentences.
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Q4 Distance Learning - Week 2 Assignments - Figurative Language Review and Intro. to Poetry
Step 1: Please remember to do your "COVID Chronicles" journal entries for days 3-4 this week (no need to submit the document yet; I can just go in and read them as you complete them).
Step 2: Please review the attached "Figurative Language Review" PDF. If you weren't able to log in to Discovery Education last week, this can help with last week's assignment too.
-The only one the PDF doesn't have that you need for this week's assignments is "Pun," which is "a joke using the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings."
Examples are: "I was struggling to figure out how lightning works, but then it struck me," or "After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling."
Step 3: Please log-in to IXL.com like you do for math. We now have an English section in IXL! :)
-Once you click on "Learning" and then "Language Arts," please click on "8th Grade."
-Please complete "E5: Interpret Figures of Speech" and "E6: Classify Figures of Speech" under "Reading Strategies."
Or, if you know how to get to the "Recommendations Wall," you should be able to get to them that way too.
-I believe you can go in and do these as many times as you want to get the highest scores possible? Please let me know if this is correct, and feel free to re-do them for as many points as you want.
Step 4: Finally, please participate in the March Madness Poetry Competition attached. To find out about this competition, watch this short Slides Presentation/Video by Mrs. Stauch at: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/it49MJgcyZwW6dzgGGPVFs?
-Then, read the attached poems in the bracket for your class period, click on the "Cast your Vote" link at the bottom of the poems, and complete the quick form/questions and submit your responses.
-Winning poets in each class will square-up in the next round (next Monday).
All of these steps are due this Friday, 4/3/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me or join us during a scheduled Google Meet if you have any questions.
Step 2: Please review the attached "Figurative Language Review" PDF. If you weren't able to log in to Discovery Education last week, this can help with last week's assignment too.
-The only one the PDF doesn't have that you need for this week's assignments is "Pun," which is "a joke using the different possible meanings of a word or the fact that there are words which sound alike but have different meanings."
Examples are: "I was struggling to figure out how lightning works, but then it struck me," or "After hours of waiting for the bowling alley to open, we finally got the ball rolling."
Step 3: Please log-in to IXL.com like you do for math. We now have an English section in IXL! :)
-Once you click on "Learning" and then "Language Arts," please click on "8th Grade."
-Please complete "E5: Interpret Figures of Speech" and "E6: Classify Figures of Speech" under "Reading Strategies."
Or, if you know how to get to the "Recommendations Wall," you should be able to get to them that way too.
-I believe you can go in and do these as many times as you want to get the highest scores possible? Please let me know if this is correct, and feel free to re-do them for as many points as you want.
Step 4: Finally, please participate in the March Madness Poetry Competition attached. To find out about this competition, watch this short Slides Presentation/Video by Mrs. Stauch at: https://share.vidyard.com/watch/it49MJgcyZwW6dzgGGPVFs?
-Then, read the attached poems in the bracket for your class period, click on the "Cast your Vote" link at the bottom of the poems, and complete the quick form/questions and submit your responses.
-Winning poets in each class will square-up in the next round (next Monday).
All of these steps are due this Friday, 4/3/20 at Midnight; however, I encourage you to do them during your Monday/Wednesday English blocks. Please remember to turn this assignment in once you've completed all the steps, and e-mail me or join us during a scheduled Google Meet if you have any questions.
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Q4 Distance Learning - Week 1 Assignment - "Marigolds"
Step 1: Please watch the figurative language review videos on metaphor, simile, allusion, personification and hyperbole here - https://app.discoveryeducation.com/learn/player/5bbf49b5-4cef-4f4c-ab88-710821b9db90 .
Your UN = student email address and PW = Plainsmen1! for the Discovery Education website.
Step 2: Please click on the video link and follow along in your textbook on p. 213 to read the story "Marigolds" here - https://youtu.be/VOVHmxL39so .
Step 3: Please complete the Figurative Language in "Marigolds" worksheet attached: Due Friday at Midnight.
Please e-mail me with any questions or issues. I will also be online Wednesday through Google Meet to answer any questions face-to-face. Thank you!
Your UN = student email address and PW = Plainsmen1! for the Discovery Education website.
Step 2: Please click on the video link and follow along in your textbook on p. 213 to read the story "Marigolds" here - https://youtu.be/VOVHmxL39so .
Step 3: Please complete the Figurative Language in "Marigolds" worksheet attached: Due Friday at Midnight.
Please e-mail me with any questions or issues. I will also be online Wednesday through Google Meet to answer any questions face-to-face. Thank you!
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Quarter 3 - English Performance Task - Argumentative Essay
I have attached your Quarter 3 - English Performance Task - Argumentative Essay in 2 forms: as a PDF and as a Google Doc, so hopefully you are able to open it one way or another from home.
1. Please read through the entire packet carefully and click on all the video source links as directed/watch the videos as many times as you need. Take notes about which pieces of evidence/quotes from all the sources would fit best in your essay.
2. Use the attached, editable document to plan/write/revise/edit your essay. Make sure to use the SBAC Argumentative Rubric as a checklist so you don't forget to add anything necessary. You may also use source numbers in your parenthetical citations instead of authors' last names if you wish.
3. Please hit "Turn-in/Submit" when finished by Friday, March 20th, and make sure to not edit it after this date (because we can see what days and times you worked on it using the version history function). The grade for this essay will go into Quarter 4.
Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any problems by e-mailing me at: [email protected]. Thank you, and good luck! :)
1. Please read through the entire packet carefully and click on all the video source links as directed/watch the videos as many times as you need. Take notes about which pieces of evidence/quotes from all the sources would fit best in your essay.
2. Use the attached, editable document to plan/write/revise/edit your essay. Make sure to use the SBAC Argumentative Rubric as a checklist so you don't forget to add anything necessary. You may also use source numbers in your parenthetical citations instead of authors' last names if you wish.
3. Please hit "Turn-in/Submit" when finished by Friday, March 20th, and make sure to not edit it after this date (because we can see what days and times you worked on it using the version history function). The grade for this essay will go into Quarter 4.
Please let me know if you have any questions or run into any problems by e-mailing me at: [email protected]. Thank you, and good luck! :)
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Debates - Audience Voting Sheet
Please fill out the attached voting sheet as each group presents. Make sure to take detailed notes so you can review them before voting for one side.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
Please let me know if you have any questions.
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Debate Preparation Sheet
Please use the attached document to organize your debate information. You may use this during the debates. Thank you!
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Argumentative Essay Outline
Please use the attached outline to plan your argumentative essay. Use complete sentences (this will make writing your essay easier!)
Please also let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
Please also let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Argumentative Essay Research - Collecting Quotes
Please use the attached form to collect quotes for your argumentative essay. Please use SV Library databases only for your research, especially SIRS Discoverer using the "Controversial Issues" link. Thank you!
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Q3 - Warm-ups 6
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q3 - Argumentative Essay Instructions and Topic Approval
After discussing the Argumentative Essay Instructions in class, please go to SIRS Discoverer (the library database), and browse the controversial subjects by clicking on the button at the bottom of the page. Once you've done some subject searching, please fill out the Topic and Thesis Approval attachment and submit so I can review/approve your choice.
If you choose a topic about a subject that is not school appropriate (i.e., drugs, alcohol, sexuality, etc.), I may ask for parent approval as well, and you must treat the subject maturely in your essay. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your cooperation! :)
If you choose a topic about a subject that is not school appropriate (i.e., drugs, alcohol, sexuality, etc.), I may ask for parent approval as well, and you must treat the subject maturely in your essay. Please let me know if you have any questions, and thank you for your cooperation! :)
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Q3 - Warm-ups 5
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Do you want to change your current seat?
If you clicked "Yes" and want to change your current seat, please add a comment to this assignment with the name(s) of who you'd prefer to sit near (remember, I will only seat people next to others who will help them with work rather than distract them, so no promises here).
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Q3 - Warm-ups 4
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" - Literary Analysis
Please use the attached document to re-skim the excerpt from "The Adventures of Tom Sawyer" we read as a class yesterday. Then, please answer all the questions about vocabulary, irony, and so forth in the document. Make sure to type your answers in the appropriate boxes and beneath each question.
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Identifying Fallacies - Hamilton: Cabinet Battle #1 Lyrics
We'll be reading the article and listening to the lyrics below in class together. Then, please identify the different fallacies in the song and explain how you know they are those fallacies.
You may use your fallacy notes, and please let me know if you have any questions in class.
You may use your fallacy notes, and please let me know if you have any questions in class.
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Elaboration Practice - "One Last Time"
Please follow the instructions in the attachment below carefully. If you have any questions, please let me know. Thank you!
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Q3 Warm-ups 3
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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How to Write an Effective E-mail
Please answer the questions / complete the exercises in the attached document. If you have any questions, please e-mail me or ask me in class tomorrow when I return. Thank you!
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Practice Citing Evidence using "One Last Time" By: Gary Soto
Please follow the attached directions carefully and completely for full credit. Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q3 - Warm-ups 2
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Group Fallacy Presentations - Notes
As your classmates present their fallacies, please describe each definition/example provided in 8th grade terms. These will serve as additional notes to study.
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Fallacy Group Presentation
You will be researching one fallacy with your group and creating a presentation about it to help your classmates understand your fallacy better. Please see the attached instructions.
Only one member of your group needs to create a slides presentation below and share it with the rest of the group.
Please remember I can see everyone's edits/changes to the presentation on a daily basis by using the version history function, so make sure not to type or add anything inappropriate.
Thank you, and please let me know if your group has any questions.
Only one member of your group needs to create a slides presentation below and share it with the rest of the group.
Please remember I can see everyone's edits/changes to the presentation on a daily basis by using the version history function, so make sure not to type or add anything inappropriate.
Thank you, and please let me know if your group has any questions.
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Q3 - Warm-ups 1
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Identifying Fallacies Practice
In class, we will discuss some types of fallacies (errors in logic) that people sometimes use in their arguments. Then, you will see examples of these fallacies via video clips. Finally, you will write an explanation of each fallacy used in the videos.
Hopefully after this activity, you will learn what errors in logic to avoid when you start writing your own argumentative essays and participate in debates in a few weeks. Please let me know if you have any questions.
Hopefully after this activity, you will learn what errors in logic to avoid when you start writing your own argumentative essays and participate in debates in a few weeks. Please let me know if you have any questions.
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Diction Diary - Collecting and Using New Vocabulary
Please select 3 vocabulary words from each story we have read/are reading so far this quarter. Record the quote/citation from the text where the word appears, the definition of the word, and any other related forms (i.e., for the word "tentative," there is also "tentatively") in the chart attached.
You will be using these words to create your own Flash Fiction Horror Story at the end. Please let me know if you have any questions. :)
You will be using these words to create your own Flash Fiction Horror Story at the end. Please let me know if you have any questions. :)
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Quarter 2 - 8th Grade District Performance Task - Informative
Please use the attached document to type your District Performance Task Essay. You may use your packet of notes/plans/sources as you write, and you will turn your packet in at the end of class each day.
You may not work on the essay from home. We can look up the revision history/times you added to the essay, so please be sure to only work on it during class hours.
Thank you!
You may not work on the essay from home. We can look up the revision history/times you added to the essay, so please be sure to only work on it during class hours.
Thank you!
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Horror Genre Informative Essay
Please follow the directions in class to plan/outline, research for, write, revise/edit and submit the attached informative essay over the next week. We will complete it in chunks/steps, and you should ask clarifying questions along the way as needed. Thank you!
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Q2 - Week 6 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Which essay is the best? (Has an intro., body, conclusion, interesting hook, transitions, thesis, effective body paragraph format, cited evidence, clear sentence structure, grammar, spelling, etc.)
Please note these are persuasive/argumentative essays, NOT informative essays; however, they still demonstrate some essay do's and dont's we can learn from...
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Q2 - Warm-ups 5
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q2 - Warm-ups 4
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Virtual Book Club Discussions - Homework Entries 1-6
Please schedule the amount of pages/chapters you and your Book Club will read each night, and then complete the discussions by having 1 member copy the document attached and share it with the rest of the group (so everyone can type in the same document).
These will count as your Homework Entries 1-6 this quarter. Please let me know if you have any questions. Happy reading! :)
These will count as your Homework Entries 1-6 this quarter. Please let me know if you have any questions. Happy reading! :)
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Q2 - Week 3 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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The Importance of Perspective/Point of View
As I show the images in class one-by-one, please complete the corresponding activities in the attachment here. Consider how important perspective/point of view is in life and in literature, and how seeing things from different perspectives/points of view can change the meaning greatly.
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Practice Punctuating and Capitalizing Dialogue
Please follow the instructions in the attached document to correct errors in the excerpt. Please highlight where you made corrections. Thank you!
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Imperative Mood - "Complete this assignment now, please." :)
Please read the information in the attached document, and then complete the activities to practice writing in the imperative mood (making commands). Let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q2 - Week 2 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q2 - Week 1 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Historical Fiction Narrative - Performance Task Assessment
Please follow the attached directions to show me you know how to write a narrative. You must include all elements of a story that we have learned this quarter (i.e., following a plot, describing your setting and characters well, developing dialogue between characters, having a theme, creating an appropriate mood/tone/style, etc.).
If you have questions, please let me know. Thank you!
If you have questions, please let me know. Thank you!
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Q1 - Week 7 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Narrative Planning Page
Please use your Narrative Brainstorming chart from class yesterday to complete the attached document. You should choose to develop only ONE of the rows on the chart into a story outline.
Later in the week, you'll be using this outline to write a full-length story, so the more details you add now, the easier it will be to write your narrative later.
Please e-mail me if you have any questions. Thank you!
Later in the week, you'll be using this outline to write a full-length story, so the more details you add now, the easier it will be to write your narrative later.
Please e-mail me if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q1 - Week 6 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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"My Favorite Chaperone" Effective Body Paragraph
Please follow the instructions on the attached document and in class carefully. Thank you for writing to the best of your ability! :)
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Q1 - Week 5 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q1 - Week 4 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q1 - Week 3 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q1 - Week 2 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!
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Q1 - Week 1 Warm-ups
Please use the attached document to record your answers for this week's warm-ups. At the end of the week, I will post all of the warm-ups so you can complete any you missed due to absences. Please let me know if you have any questions. Thank you!