Mrs. G: (1) Mon. Literature Composition 1-Monday Assignments

HI Students! I am giving you all of the parts of this final project so that you can start to collect your thoughts about what you want to do.
You will be choosing a historical event, researching it and (just like Karen Hesse did in Out of the Dust) you will write poems about it from the viewpoint of a fictional character. You can imagine yourself in that moment in time and how you would react. We will talk about ideas together.

Part #1: Selecting a Topic & Starting Your Research 
Click on attached links below. 
Start to narrow down what you are interested in and what you want to research.


Part #2: General Notes on Main Ideas 


Part #3: Complete your own fictionalized version of your topic.
 

Finally, You will put your final poems and pictures into this slide show. 

HI There! We will hopefully finish this in class this week. If not you can finish it for homework. You will also. be starting your final OOD project as well. We will have a workshop in class next week. Please check out the Final project in Classroom and get started on it. Always do your work in Google Classroom so that you can access it in class on the Chrome books! Thanks! Mrs. G

Hi Students! Please finish the book this week and complete this assignment.

Hi Students we will try to do as much of this assignment as possible in class 4/19. You will be able to finish it for homework. Please read all of Winter 1935 this week and complete the short assignment that goes with it. You will see that assignment in Classroom. Thanks! Mrs. G

Hi Students! We are cruising through this book! Please read all of Winter 1935. It seems like a lot but remember how fast this book goes! Finish the attached assignment. It is also pretty easy. Please begin thinking about your end of the year Out of the Dust Project. Please see the instructions in Classroom. Thanks! MRs. G

HI Students! Let's look at the items that need to be finished in the next month for your Final OOD Project. Most of the initial research will go fairly quickly. Look at each of the assignments and decide when you will have those finished. The writing may take the longest. If you figure out who you main character is you can start writing your poems over the next fews weeks without feeling rushed. Remember each poem can vary in length. We will have a workshop in class focusing just on this project in May, but always good to get started and not have to rush at the end! 
I am here to help!

Hi! We should have worked on this in class, but we just didn't get to it.  Please complete it for homework and submit here in Classroom when you finish. Since we will not be meeting next week, I will assign a bit more reading and one more assignment in addition to this one. Please keep reading and get through 3 seasons: Spring 1934, Summer 1934 and autumn 1934. Thanks! Have a great week! Mrs. G

Start this in class and finish it at home. Please read up to page 37. Thanks!

For our final Twelfth night assignment. Write a 300 word paragraph about the humor in this play. Please address the following questions: What were the most humorous parts of this play? Describe this part and why it was funny to you. What parts were more uncomfortable than humorous? Would you recommend it to a friend? Why or why not?

Hi! Please finish Act 5 this week. IN the attached homework assignment, we will look at the different kinds of humor in this play. You will fill in the chart and find examples of the different kinds of humor Shakespeare uses. Please find quotes in the play, in the original Shakespeare, that show this humor. Please use correct citation of the lines. Thanks!

Hi! This week for HW just read Act 4. We will do some writing in class and a mini quiz on the basics of Act 4. So DO read! 😁

HI Students! Happy Valentine's Day!!! Please watch the attached video this week and check your answers in the Fill in the Blank Summaries from Act 3 sc. 1,2,3 from last week. For HW read the rest of act 3, which is just scene 4. It is pretty funny! See if you can detect the humor in Shakespeare's writing. Looking forward to talking about that next week in class. We will only read for homework this week. No written work. Take care and have a great week! Mrs. G

HI Students! this is your homework for the beginning of Act 3. Please read. the first. 3 scenes of Act 3 and then Fill in the summaries and submit. Thanks! Mrs. G

We will do this together in class! 2/8

This week please read Act 2 Sc. 1, sc. 2, sc. 3 In No Fear Shakespeare and answer the questions here. Thanks! Mrs. G

Hi! We will work on this in class together!

Take a look at all the phrases that we still say today. Now you know where they came from, our friend, Shakespeare! I highlighted the phrases and words from our play. But feel free to read through all 20 pages!!! ;) Hit submit when you have checked it out! Thanks!

Same Scene Comparison 12th Night: Act 1 sc. 5
Please read the rest of act 1, scenes 4 and 5 and watch these clips of Act 1 sc. 5 and answer the questions.
Have a great week! Mrs. G

Twelfth Night Act 1
https://www.sparknotes.com/nofear/shakespeare/twelfthnight/

This week read Act 1 sc. 1, sc. 2, sc. 3. Please pick up your books if you would like a hard copy of. the play. We will be using the No Fear version both online as well as in hard copy. Please answer the questions attached. Thanks! Mrs. G

Hi There! Great to see you today! I have attached the rubric that I will be using to grade your final essay. Go through it and make sure you have all the elements in your essay before you submit it. Make sure to proof read you essay so there are no spelling mistakes or oddly worded sentences! Please email and ask questions any time! Thanks! Mrs G
P.s. I have the final date set at 12/11 which is the last day of actual classes. Turn it in anytime to the Classroom "final draft" portal. If you need more time, let me know.

Hi! If you are finished and have proofread your essay, please submit it here! Don't forget to check out the rubric first!

Hi Put these things into order!

Hi! This week write a draft that includes your intro paragrph and 3 body paragraphs. We will keep talking about them in class next week. Go over the sample body paragraph (the one we went over in class) if you forget how to start one!

Please look at the guidelines for an intro paragraph in the attached Google doc. Give it a shot this week. Also think of at least three places in the book that support your thesis statement about Ben or Jim. You will. need to have quites from the book with page numbers. So, you might want to just do that now! We will work together again on our essays during class next week because it was SO FUN! Take care! Mrs. G

Keep this handy. We will fill it out as we read the book.

Hi Students! We will begin writing our Treasure Island essay this week! You may answer either the questions about Jim or Ben Gunn in the homework this week!

Students, you only need to do one essay pre-write assignment: Jim Ben Gunn or Long John Silver.

In the attached doc is a quote or two from each of the chapters you read this week.
Find the quote in the book and read around it to understand the context (what is happening in that scene). In a complete sentence or two, write who said the quote, what the quote shows the reader, and what overall meaning it gives to the book. I started that sentence for you!

Hi Students! This week we will explore themes within the book. Be sure to write in complete sentences and give examples from the chapters we have read so far to back up what you are saying. Don't forget to proofread! Thanks!

Students: Please edit this document so that it has all of the necessary punctuation and capital letters to make it grammatically correct and readable! Thanks!

For Homework: No vocab or questions! YAY!

Please recreate the “Treasure Map” From the book. Reference the places in the first several chapters that describe the map and make one of your own. Use whatever materials you like: dld paper, colorful pictures, etc. Have fun with it! Wrap it up the way you think Jim found it. We will show each other next week!

Hi Students! Read the instructions carefully in this week's homework. Choose the vocab words randomly and the discussion questions randomly as well! Answer the ones you choose thoroughly. I included the audio link as well. Have a great week!

Read the instructions and fill in the blanks within the homework. Submit by class next week! Thanks!

Hi Students! I am so happy to have you in my class this year! We are starting with a really fun adventure book, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. You probably have heard the story and maybe read a version of it before. We're going to dive a little more deeply into it together!

In the attached document you will find the final "in-class" assignment that you will do on your own time. This will round out our class period to the normal 55 minutes it would have been in-person.

For Homework: (This class is rated a 4 meaning that you will have an hour of in-class work and 3 hours of homework due the following week.)
Most of our homework will revolve around reading the text 45-60 minutes a week and writing about it in the form of questions or 300 word paragraphs. All of the needed links will be included in the homework each week. The homework will probably not take a full 3 hours.
I would like to emphasize the importance of reading. If you do nothing else, (please do everything else!) read the text. My class is based on discussion of what we read and if you haven't read, it will be painfully obvious and the class will be super boring. So, please READ!
This week we will do a little research into the actual life of pirates by reading an article and writing about it.
Homework will be due at the beginning of class next week. Please email with any questions you have: [email protected].
Have a great week! Mrs. G

Hi Students! I am so happy to have you in my class this year! We are starting with a really fun adventure book, Treasure Island by Robert Louis Stevenson. You probably have heard the story and maybe read a version of it before. We're going to dive a little more deeply into it together!

In the attached document you will find the final "in-class" assignment that you will do on your own time. This will round out our class period to the normal 55 minutes it would have been in-person.

For Homework: (This class is rated a 4 meaning that you will have an hour of in-class work and 3 hours of homework due the following week.)
Most of our homework will revolve around reading the text 45-60 minutes a week and writing about it in the form of questions or 300 word paragraphs. All of the needed links will be included in the homework each week. The homework will probably not take a full 3 hours.
I would like to emphasize the importance of reading. If you do nothing else, (please do everything else!) read the text. My class is based on discussion of what we read and if you haven't read, it will be painfully obvious and the class will be super boring. So, please READ!
This week we will do a little research into the actual life of pirates by reading an article and writing about it.
Homework will be due at the beginning of class next week. Please email with any questions you have: [email protected].
Have a great week! Mrs. G