Monday, January 30, 2012

HOMEWORK FOR 1-B, 3-B, AND 4-B Assigned on 1/27 and due on 1/31

Write two, WELL-DEVELOPED paragraphs that correspond to the following title.

MOCKINGBIRDS AMONG US
WHO and WHY?

HOMEWORK FOR 2-A, 3-A, AND 4-A Assigned on 1/30 and due on 2/1

Atticus wanted to change a judicial system that was poisoned by racial prejudice.

What do you want to change in the world, your community, or this school. List 10 changes you would like to make.


This assignment is a planning piece for this quarter's culminating project. By the end of third quarter, each student will select an advocacy issue and advocate for this issue by creating a video or writing a persuasive letter.

Thursday, January 19, 2012

HOMEWORK FOR 2-A, 3-A, AND 4-A assigned on 1/17 and 1/19 and due on Tuesday, January 24

Review Culminating Project Resource Packet Info that you received in class today.
Essay assignment: Explain how a character or characters in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, influence another character or characters in the novel.

Review structural elements of an essay:
Introductory Paragraph (hook, thesis, 3 subtopics, closing sentence)
Subtopic Paragraph 1
Subtopic Paragraph 2
Subtopic Paragraph 3
Closing Paragraph

Your packet contains specific notes for each of your paragraphs as well as a list of potential subtopics, hooks, writing seeds, and model intro. and body paragraphs. Use this information along with your detailed knowledge of the novel to construct your five-paragraph rough draft.

Your double-spaced rough draft is due in class on Wednesday, Jan. 25.

HOMEWORK FOR 1-B. 3-B AND 4-B ASSIGNED ON JAN. 18 AND DUE ON JAN. 25

Review Culminating Project Resource Packet Info that you received in class today.
Essay assignment: Explain how a character or characters in the novel, To Kill a Mockingbird, influence another character or characters in the novel.

Review structural elements of an essay:
Introductory Paragraph (hook, thesis, 3 subtopics, closing sentence)
Subtopic Paragraph 1
Subtopic Paragraph 2
Subtopic Paragraph 3
Closing Paragraph

Your packet contains specific notes for each of your paragraphs as well as a list of potential subtopics, hooks, writing seeds, and model intro. and body paragraphs. Use this information along with your detailed knowledge of the novel to construct your five-paragraph rough draft.

Your double-spaced rough draft is due in class on Wednesday, Jan. 25.