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
- Circumspect
- Quiescent
- Foible
- Fervent
- Protract
- Ostentatious
- Quandary
- Censure
- Cavil
- Assimilate
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
Here’s the link to our video playlist http://streaming.factsonfile.com/play/EJRQ9B
Thursday 2/21
Scene 3
Homework
Watch
Glass Menagerie: Scene 4 (16:30)
Classic Moment of American Theater (02:11)
Friday 2/22
Scene 4
Homework
Watch Scene 5 and 6 and
Monday 2/11
Tennessee Williams and The Glass Menagerie
Introduction to Classroom Videos On Demand and to our “flipped” classroom!
Homework
1. Here’s the link to our video playlist http://streaming.factsonfile.com/play/EJRQ9B
I’ve emailed you the username and password you’ll need to sign in.
2. Finish watching Scene 1 (7:28). It’s the first video on the playlist.
Take notes/answer and ask questions on the handout I gave you.
3. Scroll down the playlist contents to find the following segments:
“American South: Vast Plain of Mediocrity” (2:28)
“American South: Unique History” (1:46)
“Essential Nature of Narration” (0:57)
“Storytelling: Southern Tradition” (3:53)
“WWII and Southern Writers” (2:53)
You’ve got a handout to use for notes with a few questions to answer.
Tuesday 2/12
The Glass Menagerie Scene 1
Homework (due Thursday 2/14)
1. Watch Scene 2 (9:42).
Take notes/answer and ask questions on the handout I gave you.
2. Scroll down the playlist contents to find the following segments:
“Early Life of Tennessee Williams” (01:14)
“Williams in New Orleans” (3:41)
You’ve got a handout to use for notes with a few questions to answer.
3. Fill in the vocab review sheet.
Thursday 2/14
The Glass Menagerie Scene 2
Vocab Review
Homework
1. Study for vocab quiz tomorrow. We are up to List 12.
2. Scroll down the playlist contents to find the following segments:
Williams in New York (03:37)
Williams in Key West (04:24)
You’ve got a handout to use for notes with a few questions to answer.
Friday 2/15
Vocab Quiz #12
Homework (due THURSDAY 2/21!!!)
Not too much… Spend time on your HISTORY PAPERS!!!
Watch the following segments:
Glass Menagerie: Scene 3 (07:06)
The Great Depression: Historical Setting of ‚The Glass Menagerie‚ (02:25)
Genius of Language in ‚The Glass Menagerie‚ (06:02)
You’ve got a handout to use for notes with a few questions to answer.
Monday 2/4
“Howl”
Homework
1. Do your vocab.
- 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. Bring your Wes Moore book to class.
3. Read the rest of Part I in “Howl.” Bring comments and questions.
Tuesday 2/5
Wes Moore review/discussion
Homework
1. Choose one of the questions from the handout and write a 1 page response to it.
2. Watch this video about the life of Tennessee Williams.
Thursday 2/7
Intro to The Glass Menagerie and Tennessee Williams
Homework
None!
Friday 2/8
The Glass Menagerie
Homework
TBA
