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Final Draft of argumentative essay due!!!

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Rough Draft for Argumentative Essay due!!

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Summaries due!!!

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Vocab hw due!
 
Your index card words are: 
-barter
-curt
-dexterous
-rue
-scoff
-trepidation
-vex
-whimsical

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Find a 2nd article on your chosen topic that will help serve as evidence for your essay 
-You must read and take notes and annotate the article

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You and your partner must have one resource each for your chosen topic for your argumentative essay

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Exit Project Final essay DUE!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! 
-Must be typed 
-12 pt font
-Times New Roman
-Double-spaced

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Vocab hw due!
 
Your index card words are:
-awry
-bludgeon
-dire
-encroach
-recluse
-renown

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Analyze "O Captain My Captain" by Walt Whitman 
 
(-Make sure to follow the steps we went through in class when analyzing/annotating a poem!)
 

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Intro and 1st paragraph of the Exit Project essay is due!

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Vocab hw due!
 
Your index card words are:
-cryptic
-fervent
-infiltrate
-perceptible
-unflagging
 
Also, 
-you're/your
-they're/their/there
-would've/could've/should've

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Tristen/Abby/Sam's vocab homework due!!! ^.^

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Homophones hw due! 

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Unit 7 homework due!
 
Your index card words are: 
-attribute
-belittle
-convey
-exotic
-haggard
-ravage
-stance
-unassuming
-wallow
-waver

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Take notes on the Prezi below in your Reading/Lit. notebook:

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Vocab homework assigned by Bri and Cydney due! 
 
-Create a story/paragraph using the words: exotic, unassuming, ravage, belittle, convey
 

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  • Complete #armmewith handout (make it beautiful/creative like all of you)
  • POV homework assigned by Bella and Sam

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The Old Man and the Sea handout due!

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Your vocab unit is from The Old Man and the Sea. Here is the link:
 
 
You have #1-25 of this list for your vocab homework. 
 
The first 10 words are your index card words.

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  • Write a 6 sentence paragraph explaining your opinions on the article we read in class
  • Come up with a #armmewith solution and write it below your paragraph

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Read p. 40-50 of The Old Man and the Sea and annotate

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Highlight/annotate style/tone/voice of "The House on Mango Street" passages and write down what the style, tone, and voice is
 

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  • Read p.24-36 of The Old Man and the Sea and annotate
  • Respond to GC question
  • Annotations due for your SSR book

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Vocab unit 6 homework due! 
 
Your index card words are: 
-anguish
-articulate
-bask
-finesse
-instill
-premonition
-rehabilitate
-retentive

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Final draft of your narrative essay due!
 
(The order of the assignment needs to be: final draft on top, rough draft after, outline, and then everything else you have been working on with your narrative after)

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Final Draft for Narrative due!

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Outline for narrative due!

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Unit 5 homework due!
 
Here are your index cards: 
-aghast
-ample
-cower
-disdain
-ethical 
-inaudible
-plausible 
-volatile

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Final descriptive short essay DUE!
 
Below is the example I showed in class:

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Create your own pun with an illustration to go with it
 
P.S. I would like it to be colored ^.^

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Unit 4 vocab due!
 
Your index card words are:
-deplore
-frivolous
-ornate
-oust
-peruse
-residue

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Below is the PowerPoint and requirements for your figurative language Prezi and PowerPoint 
 
 

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5 element story outline that we went over in class due!
 
Here are the notes:

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KWL chart on music and/or jazz 
 
-Please fold your paper in 3 parts and label 
-K (what you know about music/jazz)
-W (what you want to know about music/jazz)
-L (what you learned about music/jazz)

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Complete handout on Music Research (do not do the  Jazz music side!!!) due

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Vocab unit 3 due!
 
Your index card words are: 
-audacious
-devoid
-elite
-instigate
-perspective
-perturb
-unison
 
Please do the rest on paper :) (like always)

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Here is a link to help you prepare and study for tomorrow's vocabulary test:
 

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Read chapt. 27-28 and annotate

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Vocab words are posted here: 
 
Your index card words are: 
-cease
-squander
-flounder
-frantically
-reprimand
-astound
-dreadful
-competent

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Read chapt. 25 and 26 of TKAM and annotate!

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Read chapt. 23-24 of TKAM and annotate! :)

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Read chapt. 21 and 22 of TKAM and annotate!
Grammar p.130 Ex.1 and Write a thesis statement for a topic of your choice (i.e.: topic: dogs, 
thesis statement: Dogs are not only a man's best friend, but they are loyal, intelligent, and kind.) 

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Read chapt. 19 and 20 AND annotate!

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Read Chapt. 18 of TKAM and annotate

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Here is your vocabulary list from TKAM (Chapt. 7-11):
 
There are 25 words in this unit.
 
Your index card words are: 
-unfathomable
-seldom
-devour
-disregard
-shambles
-fanatical
-gallantly
-abide

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Read Ch. 10 and 11 AND annotate!

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Indirect and Direct assignment due!
 
You have 2 options: 
 
Option 1: 
Write about three characters and each must have evidence of direct and indirect characterization.
 
Option 2:
Write a story using 2 indirect and 2 direct instances of characterization.

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Character profile assignment: 
-create a character
-must have illustration of character (please colored)
-must have a name
-must have a biography:
  • Bio must include: 
    • background story (must include type of conflict the character went through/experienced)
    • 2 types of characters that the character falls under (i.e. antagonist and flat)
      • explain why
 
Also, please read Ch. 9 of TKAM and annotate!!!

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Read Chapt. 7 and 8 of TKAM AND annotate!!!

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Read Ch.6 of TKAM and annotate
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Answer Dill question on Google Classroom 

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PowerPoint/Prezi presentation on types of characters due
 
Requirements: 
-at least 5 slides
-must include a definition of each
-must include example for each (can have more than one example)
-must be experts

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Read and annotate Chapt. 3-5 of TKAM and answer two of three questions on Google Classroom. 
 
-Please remember to answer thoughtfully.

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Read ch.2 of TKAM and annotate!

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Complete poem assignment on identity and turn it in through Google Classroom :)
 
If you have not signed in yet, the class code is : s5tt07 

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Final paragraph due! (must be typed or written neatly in pen)
 
Requirements: 
-3 transitional phrases/words
-3 words from unit 1 vocab
-1 parallel sentence
-unity

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Unit 2 Vocab homework due!
 
Your index card words are: 
-banter
-bountiful
-detriment
-durable
-frugal
-gingerly
-incognito
-legendary
-minimize
-veer
 

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Rough draft due!
 
Requirements: 
  • Need a sentence fragment
  • Need a run-on sentence 
  • Need a sentence using parallel structure

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T-chart based off of brainstorm

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Grammar p.34 Ex.2 #1-15 

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Brainstorm for your paragraph based off of what you think this quote means and how it may relate to you or an experience you had: 

  • When given the choice between being right or being kind, choose kind. –Dr. Wayne W. Dyer

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Vocab homework due!
  • Your index card words are as follows: 
    • churlish
    • collaborate
    • discordant
    • evolve
    • hover
    • jostle
    • laggard
    • preclude
    • rubble
    • vigil

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Re-read handout given in class and summarize in at least 2 sentences and write down a question about what you read that begins with "Why"

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Summary due!

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 Final paragraph due!
  • Must have at least 3 transitional phrases (and must be underlined or highlighted)
  • Must have UNITY 
  • Must be at least 7-8 sentences 
  • Check for grammar/spelling
  • Must be written in pen or typed

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  •  Summaries due! (must have 2 summaries)
  • Take notes in Grammar notebook on Descriptive and Narrative Paragraphs (p.112-113 of Grammar book) and Expository and Persuasive Paragraphs (p.115-116)

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  •  T-chart and revised paragraph on one of the prompts given in class
    • Write about someone/something that inspires you
    • Write about your favorite food
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