Homework 4/12

-All of Huck Finn, for periods 2+4 to help with the typed Discussion Questions (use control+F to search for your section of the book)

-Vocabulary Quiz #10!

-ROAR notes

-Culture Vulture proposal

Homework 4/10

1) Culture Vulture proposal, tomorrow

2) Watch this plot summary of The Adventures of Huck Finn
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8sBQg4fZ-ho



3) vocab quiz on Friday, ROAR notes #2

Homework 4/10

good editing session today! The tutors are well impressed with your stories, so well done with the changes from last week.

1) ROAR and vocab quiz #10 pushed back to Friday

2) read/annotate the articles on Huck Finn: http://dl.dropbox.com/u/3251758/ELA%2010%202011-2012/Historical%20Context%20ch8-11.doc (the back side of the Chappelle articles)

3) Culture Vulture proposal due on Thursday

Homework 4/9

1) print your Food Memoir for tomorrow's editing session in the library

2) keep up with the ROAR reading!

3) vocab #10 on Thursday

Homework 4/5

1) keep working on the ROAR reading; there's an extra day to read

2) upload your food writing memoir to turnitin.com

3) notes on satire: http://prezi.com/pczxblfe9t3n/tools-of-satire-problems-with-satire/

Homework 4/4

1) vocab quiz #9, look out for the extra 5 words!

2) type, and upload your food memoir piece to turnitin.com

Homework 4/2

1) submit your cheese paragraph to obfoodwriting@gmail.com

2) complete the Food Memoir brainstorm sheet

3) bring in your family food paragraph

Homework 3/29

phew, that was a discombobulated day...
and so will be tomorrow.

For all periods, bring your ROAR notes on 1/3 of your history book

For period 4+5, vocabulary quiz at the start of your period

We'll do much catching up, so bring your annotated articles to class and your revised food story

Homework 3/28

What a wonderful workshop today!

You made me so proud with strong questions, welcoming smiles, and taking a risk with some Gorgonzola!

Homework:
1) vocab quiz lesson #8
2) revise your food memoir Do Now
3) annotate the article written by your period's guest speaker
4) bring your cheese score card

Homework 3/27

1) annotate this restaurant review by Devra First
http://www.boston.com/ae/food/restaurants/articles/2012/02/22/restaurant_casa_b_is_a_new_take_on_tapas_in_somervilles_union_square/

2) vocab lesson #8
3) ROAR notes #1 pushed to Friday

Homework 3/26

1) ROAR reading!

2) vocab quiz on Thursday, lesson 8

MCAS week: homework/Othello Reading

Monday
MCAS prompt-

Often in works of literature, a character stands up for something he or she believes in.

From a work of literature you have read in or out of school, select a character who stands up for something he or she believes in. In a well-developed composition, identify the character, describe how the character stands up for something he or she believes in, and explain how the character’s actions relate to the work as a whole.

Tuesday
Othello 4.2
Film Afternoon!
-I'll have a showing of Act 4

Wednesday
Othello 4.3

Thursday
Othello 5.1
Film Afternoon!
-I'll have a showing of Act 5

Friday
Othello 5.2 (have the play completely read for Friday)

Class notes on the Four Humours

 http://prezi.com/nrrvnjsf6iim/the-four-humors/

Homework 3/13

1) phew, Othello Act 3 Scene 3; this is where it all changes...

Homework 3/12

1) look back at Act 2 and write down how Montano describes Othello

2) Read+3/2/1 notes for Othello Act 3 Scene 1-Scene 3 line 90

Homework 3/9

1) write an introductory paragraph for the 2008 MCAS question: change in environment

2) Othello 3/2/1 notes on Act 2 Scene 3

3) ROAR proposal, history book!

Homework 3/8

1) 3/2/1 notes on Othello Act 2 Scene 1+2

2) MCAS cheat sheet notes on Night, To Kill a Mockingbird, or Antigone

Homework 3/7

1) read and notes for Othello Act 1 Scene 3
3-words you cannot define (or find in the dictionary)
2-connections with class information
1-specific question about character/plot

2) vocab lesson #5

Homework 3/6

1) read Othello Act 1 Scene 2

Homework 3/5

1) read Othello Act 1 Scene 1

http://shakespeare-navigators.com/othello/T11.html

http://www.litcharts.com/lit/othello/act1scene1

http://nfs.sparknotes.com/othello/page_2.html

http://www.sanjuan.edu/webpages/esantillanes/shakespeare.cfm?subpage=87065 

2) Vocab Quiz #6 on Thursday

3) ROAR proposal (history of_________) due on Monday