Mitchell-Lit Comp 1-Thursday-Period 7 Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Carrie Mitchell
- Term
- 2020-2021 School Year
- Department
- Language Arts
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Twelfth Night Character Analysis Writing Assignment
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Twelfth Night Act 5 Reading Guide: Who Said That?
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Act 4 Reading Guide
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Character Analysis #4: Deep Dive
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Crazy Times with Iambic Pentameter 4: Soliloquies +
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Twelfth Night: Act 3 Reading Guide
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Twelfth Night: Character Analysis 3
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Crazy Times with IP #3
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Twelfth Night: Act 2 Reading Guide
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Twelfth Night Character Analysis Part 2
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It's a _____! #2: Similes & Metaphors
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Crazy Times with Iambic Pentameter, 2
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Twelfth Night, Act 1 Reading Guide
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Character Analysis Part 1 (Act I)
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Twelfth Night Introduction Article & Qs
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Crazy Times with Iambic Pentameter, Part 1
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Shakespeare Intro Slides
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Twelfth Night Writing Assignment #1: Costumes
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Figures of Speech Check In
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Shakespeare Biography A
We will read this together in class, highlighting those things in each paragraph that we think are interesting/important.
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Out of the Dust Final Project Planning Doc
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Out of the Dust Final Project Slide Template
Feel free to modify this to fit your style and needs, but keep the basic elements that you see on the slides.
Remember, you need at least 8 poems, and this is set up for ten, so fix that for what you have.
And, really consider font, color, images and graphics, and etc.! Layout and design matters!
Remember, you need at least 8 poems, and this is set up for ten, so fix that for what you have.
And, really consider font, color, images and graphics, and etc.! Layout and design matters!
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Out of the Dust Test
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Out of the Dust Final Project: Part 2
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Out of the Dust Autumn 1935 Reading Guide
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Worst Hard Time Excerpt 1 Response
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Out of the Dust Reading Quiz "Summer 1935"
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Out of the Dust Final Project, Part 1
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Out of the Dust Spring 1935 Reading Guide
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Out of the Dust Argumentative Paragraph, Part 2
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Out of the Dust Arg. Par. Part 1
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Out of the Dust Reading Guide #5: Winter 1935
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Out of the Dust Winter 1935 Research
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Out of the Dust: Autumn 1934 Tell Us About...
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Out of the Dust Reading Guide #4: Autumn 1934
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Out of The Dust "Summer 1934" Quiz
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Out of the Dust: Extension Article on Burns
Read through the article and answer the four questions in it using complete sentences.
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Writing Assignment #2: Accidents Will Happen, Right?
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Out of the Dust Reading Guide #3 (55-84)
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Black Blizzards Article Activity #2
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Out of the Dust Reading Guide #2 (Spring 1934)
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Black Blizzards Article Activity #1
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Out of the Dust Reading Guide #1
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Dust Bowl Article Quiz
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Out of the Dust Writing Assignment #1
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Dust Bowl Slide Show
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Treasure Island Test Answer Sheet
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Treasure Map - Final Draft
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Treasure Island Reading Guide #5 (Part 6: Chapters 28-34)
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Treasure Island Debate: Jim's Actions
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Weekly Arggghhh! #IV
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Treasure Island Reading Guide #4: "My Sea Adventure"
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Treasure Island Reading Guide #3 (Chapters 13-21)
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Daily Arggghhhh! #3
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Treasure Island Chapters 7-12 Review Slide Deck
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Treasure Island: Chapters 1-6 Activity Choices EXTRA CREDIT
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Treasure Island Reading Guide #2 (7-12)
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Daily Arrrggggh! #2
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Treasure Island Chapters 1-6 Reading Guide
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Treasure Island Historical Context: Piracy
Historical Context
Please select a topic and sign up on the doc below
Then, go to the site "Pirate Facts for Kids" and click on your topic. When it says "Read More" read more!
Finally, create two slides with information from your reading and pictures that you find by searching them out. A template is below.
Make sure your slides follow this rule: 30 point font (at least) and no more that 30 words per slide.
Images (2-3 per slide) should be clear and relevant and resized by grabbing a corner.
Please select a topic and sign up on the doc below
Then, go to the site "Pirate Facts for Kids" and click on your topic. When it says "Read More" read more!
Finally, create two slides with information from your reading and pictures that you find by searching them out. A template is below.
Make sure your slides follow this rule: 30 point font (at least) and no more that 30 words per slide.
Images (2-3 per slide) should be clear and relevant and resized by grabbing a corner.
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Daily Arggghhh! #1
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Treasure Island Pirate Lore Writing Assignment
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Roll of Thunder Test
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Roll of Thunder Reading Guide #5 (11 & 12)
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OPTIONAL: Character Journal Entry
This is EXTRA CREDIT - so do it if you need some points, like creative writing assignments, or are just an over-achiever!
Write a one page journal entry from the perspective of one of the characters in Chapter 6 that provides details on an event he/she is involved in.
Choose Uncle Hammer, Mr. Morrison, Stacey, Mama or one of the Wallace boys.
Create a consistent and realistic tone for the entry and enhance details from the book to provide a deeper glimpse into the event and how it affects the character.
There is a doc set up for you to use, but if you'd rather hand write this and make it authentic-looking, please do. Just attach a picture of your work here!
Write a one page journal entry from the perspective of one of the characters in Chapter 6 that provides details on an event he/she is involved in.
Choose Uncle Hammer, Mr. Morrison, Stacey, Mama or one of the Wallace boys.
Create a consistent and realistic tone for the entry and enhance details from the book to provide a deeper glimpse into the event and how it affects the character.
There is a doc set up for you to use, but if you'd rather hand write this and make it authentic-looking, please do. Just attach a picture of your work here!
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Roll of Thunder Character Review
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Roll of Thunder Reading Guide #4 (Chapters 7-10)
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Roll of Thunder Reading Guide #3 (5 & 6)
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Plessy Vs. Ferguson Info & Q/A
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Roll of Thunder Reading Guide #2 (3 & 4)
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Roll of Thunder, Chapters 1 & 2 Setting Activity
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Roll of Thunder, Hear My Cry, Chapters 1 & 2
Read the Author Intro below and complete the activity at the end.
Then, read Chapters 1 and 2 of your novel and complete the study guide below.
Then, read Chapters 1 and 2 of your novel and complete the study guide below.
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Short Story #3: The Three Questions
Read the short story and the complete the question doc as directed.
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Narrative Paragraph #1
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Short Story #2: "The Lady or the Tiger?"
Read this story and think about the discussion questions that follow. You don't need to write out formal answers for these, but might want to take a few notes as we will talk about them in class.
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Elements of Fiction/Figurative Language Pretest
I am only using this for data collection, so please just do your best. You get credit for taking it - not for your actual score.
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Short Story #1: "The Fun They Had" by Isaac Asimov
Please read the attached story and take notes as you go about the plot and what events drive it forward. Also, make a note when something a character says, or does, or what others say about the character interests you or seems like it might be important later. You can make your notes on a separate piece of paper, on the story itself using the comment tool on Google Docs or you can print it out and write directly on it.