Monday 5/14
Time Shifts
Grandma and Grandpa
Homework
Read “Happiness, Happiness” pgs 187 – 207
Tuesday 5/14
Dr. Wilson and Dr. Fein
Grief in EL&IC
Book Fair
Homework (due Thursday 5/16)
Read “Why I’m Not Where You Are 4/12/78” and “The Sixth Borough” pgs 208 – 233
Thursday 5/16
Oskar’s dad
Homework
Read “My Feelings” pgs 224 – 233 and Found Poetry assignment
Friday 5/17
Visual writing and making meaning
Homework (due Monday 5/20)
1. Read “Alive and Alone” pgs 234 – 261
2. Journal #3
Make a “found poem” from one of grandpa’s chapters and one of Oskar’s chapters.
Each poem should be 10-12 lines
Monday 5/20
The renter and the quest
Homework
Read “Why I’m Not Where You Are” pgs 262 – 284
Tuesday 5/21
Making connections
Homework due (Thursday 5/23)
Finish the book
Thursday 5/23
The end
Homework
Review for tomorrow
Friday 5/24
EL+IC Quote Identification Assessment
Homework (Due Tuesday 5/28)
Complete your chapter’s study guide
Monday 5/6
Three Threads of Narration in Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close
“My Feelings”
Homework
Read “The Only Animal” pgs 86 – 107
Ask someone you know to write you a letter.
Write a note to someone you know.
Tuesday 5/7
Oskar
Homework (due Thursday 5/9)
Read “Why I’m Not Where You Are” pgs 108 – 141
Thursday 5/9
Oskar’s Grandfather
Homework
Read “Heavier Boots” pgs 142- 173
Friday 5/10
Oskar
Homework due Monday 5/13)
1. Read “My Feelings” 174 – 186
2. Journal #2
1-2 pgs (typed or handwritten or both)
What gives you “heavy boots”?
Try to imitate some of the “visual writing” techniques that JSF uses in the book.
Monday 4/29
Extremely Loud & Incredibly Close
Homework
Read 1-15
Tuesday 4/30
Intro to the novel
Oskar’s voice
Homework (due Thursday 5/2)
Read “Why I’m Not Where You Are”
Thursday 5/2
Style (visual writing)
Thomas Schell
Homework
Read “Googleplex”
Friday 5/3
The Hero’s Quest
Homework (due Monday 5/6)
1. Read “My Feelings” 75-85
2. Watch this video of Jonathan Saffron Foer talking about Oskar’s quest.
3. Journal #1: “Stuff that Happened to Me”
Oskar collects images that tell us a lot about what matters to him.
Collect and print 5 images that represent “stuff that happened to you.” Write a few sentences to explain each image. At least two of these images should be your own.
OR
Collect and print 10 images that represent “stuff that happened to you.” At least half should be your own.
Monday 4/22
“Sonny’s Blues” recap
Getting started on your paper
Homework
1. Do your vocab stuff
- Use Verbal Advantage and list each word, its part of speech, the definition and your own personal sentence.
- Type it, print it and stick it in your vocab section.
- I’ll check it on Tuesday.
2. Work on your thesis, type up your 5 quotes and notes on how each will tie into your paper, and be prepared to show me this document tomorrow.
Tuesday 4/23
Writing workshop
Homework (due Thursday 4/ 25)
1. Write the paper. You must have at least 3 pages for Thursday.
Thursday 4/25
Writing workshop
Vocab Review
Homework
1. Study those 150 words
2. Finish up your paper. 4-5 pages due tomorrow.
Friday 4/26
Vocab quiz #15
Homework (due Monday 4/29)
TBA
- Adroit
- Platitude
- Fastidious
- Vendetta
- Lucid
- Salient
- Categorical
- Inscrutable
- Construe
- Allude
Don’t forget about these guys:
- Paraphrase
- Ostensible
- Digress
- Uncanny
- Candor
- Morose
- Adept
- Saturated
- Pragmatic
- Congenial
- Capricious
- Blatant
- obligatory
- negligible
- adamant
- sporadic
- vanguard
- concur
- precociousness
- aloof
- creed
- tawdry
- peevish
- arduous
- personable
- resolute
- supposition
- arbitrary
- monotonous
- Legacy
- Manifold
- Pliant
- Retort
- Obstinate
- Lacerate
- Omnipotent
- Unscrupulous
- Renaissance
- Genesis
- Warrant
- Cantankerous
- Flippant
- Subjugate
- Wry
- Urbane
- Jargon
- Prudent
- Inviolable
- Commodious
- Proximity
- Advocate
- Delegate
- Unprecedented
- Poignant
- Nebulous
- Clandestine
- Tirade
- Recur
- Tacit
- Allegation
- Gullible
- Benign
- Peripheral
- Rebuff
- Animosity
- Tenuous
- Complacent
- Acme
- Defunct
- Abet
- Haggard
- Waive
- Carnal
- Sanction
- Ambiguous
- Spendthrift
- Mollify
- Unequivocal
- Malleable
- Verbose
- Transient
- Nettle
- Repudiate
- Impetuous
- Frugal
- Incongruous
- Assuage
- Corroborate
- Embellish
- Avaricious
- Cursory
- Vacillate
- Clement
- Lucrative
- Allocate
- Reconcile
- Paragon
- Analogous
- Diurnal
- Pretext
- Defray
- Taciturn
- Terse
- Boon
- Proletariat
- Heterogeneous
- Pittance
- Glib
- Penchant
- Solicitous
- Circumscribe
- Dearth
- Ingratiating
- Mercenary
- Extemporize
- Erudite
- Austere
- Laconic
- Ameliorate
- Expunge
- Circumspect
- Quiescent
- Foible
- Fervent
- Protract
- Ostentatious
- Quandary
- Censure
- Cavil
- Assimilate
- Rescind
- Discernible
- Cataclysm
- Narcissism
- Incriminate
- Stigma
- Brevity
- Perquisite
- Indigent
- Clairvoyant
Monday 4/8
Langston Hughes
Homework
1. Do your vocab stuff
- Use Verbal Advantage and list each word, its part of speech, the definition and your own personal sentence.
- Type it, print it and stick it in your vocab section.
- I’ll check it on Tuesday.
2. Read “”I, Too” (pg 471), “The Negro Speaks of Rivers” (pg 472) and “The Weary Blues” (pg 475). Be ready for a little in class writing exercise on one of these poems.
Tuesday 4/9
Langston Hughes
Homework (due Thursday 4/11)
1. Finish your essays. 1-2 pages with several direct quotes from the poem(s).
Thursday 4/11
James Baldwin and “Sonny’s Blues”
Vocab Review
Homework
1. Study for vocab quiz
2. Read pages 483 to the bottom of 491 in “Sonny’s Blues.” Be ready for an LRQ
Friday 4/12
Vocab quiz 14
“Sonny’s Blues”
Homework (due Tuesday 4/16)
1. Finish reading “Sonny’s Blues”
- Rescind
- Discernible
- Cataclysm
- Narcissism
- Incriminate
- Stigma
- Brevity
- Perquisite
- Indigent
- Clairvoyant
Don’t forget about these guys:
- Paraphrase
- Ostensible
- Digress
- Uncanny
- Candor
- Morose
- Adept
- Saturated
- Pragmatic
- Congenial
- Capricious
- Blatant
- obligatory
- negligible
- adamant
- sporadic
- vanguard
- concur
- precociousness
- aloof
- creed
- tawdry
- peevish
- arduous
- personable
- resolute
- supposition
- arbitrary
- monotonous
- Legacy
- Manifold
- Pliant
- Retort
- Obstinate
- Lacerate
- Omnipotent
- Unscrupulous
- Renaissance
- Genesis
- Warrant
- Cantankerous
- Flippant
- Subjugate
- Wry
- Urbane
- Jargon
- Prudent
- Inviolable
- Commodious
- Proximity
- Advocate
- Delegate
- Unprecedented
- Poignant
- Nebulous
- Clandestine
- Tirade
- Recur
- Tacit
- Allegation
- Gullible
- Benign
- Peripheral
- Rebuff
- Animosity
- Tenuous
- Complacent
- Acme
- Defunct
- Abet
- Haggard
- Waive
- Carnal
- Sanction
- Ambiguous
- Spendthrift
- Mollify
- Unequivocal
- Malleable
- Verbose
- Transient
- Nettle
- Repudiate
- Impetuous
- Frugal
- Incongruous
- Assuage
- Corroborate
- Embellish
- Avaricious
- Cursory
- Vacillate
- Clement
- Lucrative
- Allocate
- Reconcile
- Paragon
- Analogous
- Diurnal
- Pretext
- Defray
- Taciturn
- Terse
- Boon
- Proletariat
- Heterogeneous
- Pittance
- Glib
- Penchant
- Solicitous
- Circumscribe
- Dearth
- Ingratiating
- Mercenary
- Extemporize
- Erudite
- Austere
- Laconic
- Ameliorate
- Expunge
- Circumspect
- Quiescent
- Foible
- Fervent
- Protract
- Ostentatious
- Quandary
- Censure
- Cavil
- Assimilate
Monday 4/1
Grammar Boot Camp continues
Homework
1. Finish all the exercises we started in class plus the “who/whom” exercise.
2. Study for big grammar test–use the exercises plus your grammar book.
3. Start to work on “This I Believe” audio essay (due Monday 4/8)
Tuesday 4/2
Grammar Boot Camp
Homework (due Thursday 4/4)
1. Finish the rest of the exercises—all of them!
2. Study for test. It’s on Friday.
3. Bring in ANY questions you have.
4. Start to work on “This I Believe” audio essay (due Monday 4/8)
Thursday 4/4
Review for test
Homework
1. Test tomorrow
2. Start to work on “This I Believe” audio essay (due Monday 4/8)
Friday 4/5
GRAMMAR TEST
Homework
1. “This I Believe” audio essay due on Monday
2. Make sure you order the book we’ll read in a few week–Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close by Jonathan Saffron Foer.
3. Read about Langston Hughes (pgs 465 – 468) and the following poems — “Dream Variations,” “Theme for English B,” and “Harlem.”
4. Also, please read “Kitchenette Building” by Gwendolynn Brooks.
5. Watch the three short videos on my new Langston Hughes video playlist here:
http://streaming.factsonfile.com/play/7QFWPQ
Email me if you need the username/password again.
Tuesday 3/26
Grammar Boot Camp Day #1
Homework
1. If you haven’t already done it, get your vocab done for this week’s list.
- Use Verbal Advantage and list each word, its part of speech, the definition and your own personal sentence.
- Type it, print it and stick it in your vocab section.
- I’ll check it tomorrow.
2. Finish going through Chapter 1 in your grammar book pgs 3-48. Complete all the activities for adjectives, adverbs, preps and conjunctions.
3. Bring in 3 specific rules/questions/concepts that you find difficult. Type these up in your own language with specific follow up questions about each one.
Wednesday 3/27
Grammar review
Homework
1. If you didn’t do last night’s hw (see #3 above), type it up.
2. Finish going through Chapter 2 up to pg 81. Do all checkpoints and fill in the study guide I gave you with definitions and examples for each term.
3. Start to study for vocab quiz on Friday.
Thursday 3/28
Grammar
Vocab Review
Intro to audio “This I Believe”
Homework
1. Finish going through Chapter 2 in your grammar book. Complete the study guide. I’ll collect it tomorrow.
2. Study for vocab quiz.
Friday 3/29
Vocab quiz #13
Grammar
Homework
1. Revise your “This I Believe” essay. You will hand in your new copy with the revised one so I can see what you did. The final draft can be 500-700 words.
2. Start to study for grammar test on Thursday. Use the list of 10 things I emailed you.
Here’s the link to our video playlist http://streaming.factsonfile.com/play/EJRQ9B
Monday 2/25
Scenes 5 + 6
Homework
1. Do your vocab stuff
2. Watch the LAST SCENE (scene 7)
Tuesday 2/26
Scene 7 and GM wrap up
Homework (due Thursday 2/28)
Choose your topic for your paper–we are writing it in class this week.
Complete the outline I gave you.
Thursday 2/28
Writing Workshop
Homework
TBA
Friday 3/1
Writing Workshop
Homework
TBA
English III 