Weekly+Assignments

= = =WEEKLY ASSIGNMENTS=
 * Week 1 (Sept 5th - Sept 7th)**


 * 9/5** - Read "Harlem and the New Negro" / Answer associated handout questions (due 9/6)
 * 9/6** - Complete Cultural Movement Terms (due 9/7)
 * 9/7** - Read Americans p 452-457 / Answer associated handout questions / Complete identity worksheet (due 9/10)


 * Week 2 (Sept 10th - Sept 14th)**


 * 9/10** - Read "Songs of the 7th Sun", "Returning Soldiers", & "The New Negro Identity" / Answer associated linked questions below - BE SURE TO USE TEXTUAL CITATION TO SUPPORT YOUR ANSWERS!!! (due 9/11)
 * 9/11** - Read "The Criteria of Negro Art" / Complete argument list (due 9/12)
 * 9/12** - Select two poems from page 17 of your Harlem Renaissance packet. For each poem, analyze how it is used as propaganda. Be sure to clearly establish the meaning of the poem and to quote specific lines. You should also compare/contrast the techniques and effects of each poem as propaganda (do they take the same approach to persuade, and what effects do the poems have on the reader?). One page, typed (due 9/14).
 * 9/13** - Rosh Hashanah
 * 9/14** - Read "The New Negro Artist and the Racial Mountain" AND "When the Negro was in Vogue". READINGS MUST BE ANNOTATED. Also, complete the attached worksheet; use your class notes for Part 1 and use the attached poems to complete Part 2. (due 9/17)


 * Week 3 (Sept 17th - Sept 21st)

9/17 -** Have literary movement worksheet/poem analysis ready for tomorrow!
 * 9/18 -** None
 * 9/19 -** None
 * 9/20 -** Complete all work on stereotype project. Presentations to be delivered on Monday 9/24 and Tuesday 9/25. Complete "//Grand// //Finale//" section of the station activity completed in class. Groups 1, 2, & 3 - Respond to question #1 Groups 4, 5, & 6 - respond to question #2 (MUST BE POSTED TO THE WIKI BY 10pm on 9/23)
 * 9/21** - Teacher in service day - **NO SCHOOL -** Work on your presentations for Monday.[[file:Black Stereotypes and Caricatures.doc]]


 * Week 4 (Sept 24th - Sept 28th)

9/24 -** Complete vocab 1 exercises. (due 9/26) 2nd Day of presentations will be **tomorrow**. 9/26 -** Read Communist Revolution packet and answer associated questions. (due 9/27)
 * 9/25 -
 * 9/27 -** Complete **Historic Tides of Immgration** assignment. [[file:Historic Tides of Immigration.doc]] Voc 1 quiz tomorrow; study!!!
 * 9/28 -** Get your grade sheet signed; return it on Monday. Read **Ordinary Americans** - Sacco and Vanzetti & KKK articles (approx p168 - 172) Analyze the words of Karl Marx in the handout you received. Summarize his 3 paragraphs **in your own words** using the space provided. Be thorough PLEASE! (due 10/1)


 * Week 5 (Oct 1st - Oct 5th)**

10/4 -** Read The Americans text - Chapter 13, Sections 1 & 2 (p434-443) Complete Section 1 Assessment questions 1 & 2. Complete Section 2 Assessment questions 1 & 2. (Due Tomorrow, 10/5)
 * 10/1** - **No Homework**
 * 10/2** - Read the article given to you in class defending the ban on alcohol. Be prepared for a quiz tomorrow on the author's arguments. Complete the Prohibition Packet - you may omit question #8. [[file:Prohibition Packet.pdf]]
 * 10/3 - None!!!
 * 10/5 -** Complete the online assignment distributed to you in class. [[file:Culture Clash Web Project.doc]] (Due Monday 10/8) Work on your creative essay assignment!!!


 * Week 6 (Oct 8th - Oct 12th)**

10/10-** Complete the Supply/Demand worksheet distributed today in class - Read pages 464 - 471 in The Americans Text - This reading will be needed to accurately complete the Supply/Demand worksheet. (due 10/11)
 * 10/8 -** Vocab 2 exercises due on Wed (10/10). //Remember to write sentences that **show** the meaning of the word.//
 * 10/9 - NO HOMEWORK
 * 10/11-** Study for your voc 2 test--same format as the last test. Complete Main Idea Questions 1 & 2 on p471 of the Americans text. (due 10/12)
 * 10/12-** Bring in your intro paragraph for the paper portion of your creative project. We will work on intros/thesis statements. A 10-point homework grade for this! This is the last weekend to work on your creative essay assignment--**due Tuesday, 10/16

Week 7 (Oct 15th - Oct 19th)

10/15 -** Creative Essay Due TOMORROW (10/16)
 * 10/16 -** Start studying for your test! [[file:1920s Review Sheet.doc]]
 * 10/17 -** Study for your 1920s Unit Test tomorrow (10/18)
 * 10/18 -** Prepare for the written portion of your exam
 * 10/19 -** Work on your shoebox! [[file:Shoebox collage.doc]] (Due 10/25) Be sure to complete the worldview worksheet for Monday


 * Week 8 (Oct 22nd - Oct 26th)

10/22 -** No Homework 10/25 -** Read ch. 1-3 in TKAM--remember that we like pop quizzes!
 * 10/23 -** Read Americans text, chapter 14, sections 2 & 3. Be familiar with all the vocabulary terms in those sections. Complete the assignment attached. You may need to complete this on a separate sheet of paper - I don't believe the assignment sheet gives you enough room for a full response. Due tomorrow (10/24)
 * 10/24 - Shoebox due tomorrow
 * 10/26 -** Read ch. 4-8 in TKAM. //Walking in Someone Else's Shoes essay:// //[[file:walking in someone else's shoes.doc]] (due 10/30)//


 * Week 9 (Oct 29nd - Nov 2nd)**


 * 10/29 -** WISES paper due tomorrow
 * 10/30 -** Read ch. 9-11 in TKAM; complete "Considering Values"
 * 10/31 -** Read ch. 12-13 in TKAM; Revise one of your creative prompts (you have 4 to choose from!) and turn it in for a writing grade. [[file:Creative Prompt Rubric.doc]] ALSO--get your grade sheet signed!
 * 11/1 -** Read ch. 14-15 in TKAM
 * 11/2 -** Read ch. 16-21 in TKAM.


 * Week 8 (Nov 5th - Nov 9th)**


 * 11/5 -** Read ch. 22-24 in TKAM. Make your top 3 selections for the research paper and hand them in tomorrow. If you don't do this - you will only be able to receive whatever topics are left over. [[file:US II Paper Topics.doc]]
 * 11/6 -** Finish TKAM
 * 11/7--9- NO CLASS

Week 9 (Nov 12th - Nov 16th)**


 * 11/12 - IMC DAY!!!** (Make sure that you have finished reading TKAM)
 * 11/13 -** Complete the following assignment[[file:The Longest Journey.doc]] (due 11/14)
 * 11/14 -** Complete the attached assignment on a separate sheet of paper. Please type if possible. Please be thorough and use specifics in your answers. (due 11/16) [[file:New Deal HW Questions.doc]]
 * 11/15 -** Finish New Deal HW Questions (due tomorrow)
 * 11/16 -** Prepare for the graded discussion on Monday. //IMPORTANT: If you are absent for any of Cinderella Man, you are responsible for watching the movie on your own time and being prepared for the graded discussion on Monday.// **ALSO**, your thesis statements are due on Monday. Make sure that these are TYPED.


 * Week 10 (Nov 19th - Nov 23rd)**

11/23 - THANKSGIVING BREAK
 * 11/19 -** No Homework
 * 11/20 -** No Homework
 * 11/21 -** Happy Thanksgiving! Eat and sleep much =) In between, work on your thesis revision, further research, and outline!
 * 11/22 - THANKSGIVING BREAK

Week 11 (Nov 26th - Nov 30th)

11/26 -** //We are in the IMC today!//
 * 11/27 -** ALL voc 3 exercises due tomorrow. Read Chapter 16, Section 2 in the Americans text. Answer Section 2 Assessment questions #s 1 and 2. (due 11/29)
 * 11/28 -** Complete the section 2 questions outlined above - due tomorrow.
 * 11/29 -** study for voc 3 quiz; //TYPED// research paper outline due tomorrow.
 * 11/30 -** Complete the grammar worksheet--due Monday. [[file:subject-pred-phrase work.doc]]Also, you should start working on your rough draft of the research paper!!! You will have to sign up for your required tutorial on Monday, so consider which date works for you (12/11, 12/12, 12/13, 12/18, 12/19, 12/20).


 * Week 12 (Dec 3rd - Dec 7th) //Please note that homework is light; we fully expect you to be working on your research paper.//

12/3 - 12/4 - 12/5 -** Complete your grammar worksheet on subject/predicate and direct/indirect objects.
 * 12/6 -**
 * 12/7 -** Research paper intro and 2 body paragraphs due on Tuesday 12/11.


 * Week 13 (Dec 10th - Dec 14th)

12/10 -** Research paper intro and 2 body paragraphs due tomorrow, 12/11. //**HAVE 2 PRINTED COPIES OF YOUR PAPER; one for each teacher!!!**// Read //When the Emperor Was Divine// pp.12-48 for Wed (12/12). Complete the assigned analysis for the assigned dates throughout your reading
 * 12/11 - ALL** voc 4 exercises due tomorrow, 12/12. Grammar quiz tomorrow--study!!!
 * 12/12 -** Read //When the Emperor Was Divine// pp. 49-105 for Friday 12/14//.//
 * 12/13 -** Study for tomorrow's voc 4 quiz.
 * 12/14 -** Finish reading //When the Emperor Was Divine// for Monday, 12/17.


 * Week 14 (Dec 17th - Dec 21st)**
 * 12/17 -** Read Chapter 17, Section 1 - Complete the attached handout. (**due 12/18**) [[file:Mobilizing for War.doc]] / Download the Atomic Bomb scored debate documents and begin working on them - Due Friday (**12/21)** [[file:Atomic Bomb Debate Articles.pdf]] [[file:Atomic Bomb Debate Assignment.doc]]. ALSO--Read "The Psychological Effects of Incarceration" for **tomorrow 12/18**. You MUST annotate this document for homework credit.[[file:Psychological Effects of Incarceration.doc]]
 * 12/18 -** Complete grammar worksheets for Thursday, 12/20.
 * 12/19 -** Grammar worksheets due tomorrow, 12/20
 * 12/20 -** Atomic Bomb scored debate outlines and questions Due TOMORROW!
 * 12/21 -** Work on your final drafts of your research paper, due Thursday 1/3. Remember: you must have a complete Works Cited and highlighted copies of all of your sources. Follow all format guidelines for MLA (see your packet).

1/2 -** Research paper due tomorrow!!! 1/4 -** Complete Nuremberg Laws Handout (Due Monday 1/7)
 * Week 15 (Jan 2nd - Jan 4th)
 * 1/3 - No Homework

1/7 - No Homework 1/8 -** voc 5 exercises due tomorrow
 * Week 16 (Jan 7th - Jan 11th)
 * 1/9 -** read assigned packet of Holocaust Literature; be sure to highlight and annotate your reading! (Due Friday 1/11)
 * 1/10 -** study for voc 5 quiz; Holocaust literature readings due
 * 1/11 -

Week 17 (Jan 14th - Jan 18th) 1/14 1/15 - No Homework 1/16 -** Complete the Waller writing assignment. Due Friday 1/18. This must be typed or emailed to me by Thursday night.
 * 1/17 -** Finish Waller Paper
 * 1/18 -** Prepare for In-Class Midterm Essay on Tuesday

1/22 - 1/23 -** Study for Humanities Exam 1/25 - No Class
 * Week 18 (Jan 22nd - Jan 25th)
 * 1/24 - HUMANITIES MIDTERM EXAM!

Week 19 (Jan 28th - Feb 1st) 1/28 -** Complete Cold War reading and Questions - due tomorrow, 1/29 1/31 - 2/1 -** Complete Nation Security Assignment. EVERYONE must be prepared to discuss the issues relevant to your nation on Monday.
 * 1/29 -** Presentations begin tomorrow--be ready!
 * 1/30 -

2/4 -** No Homework 2/8 - NO SCHOOL FOR YOU!** Finish your Cold War newspaper assignment for Monday. Also begin work on your Cold War / Crucible Web Quests - PLEASE be thorough and complete in your answers! Specifics are critical. Due Wednesday 2/13
 * Week 20 (Feb 4th - Feb 8th)
 * 2/5 -** Grammar worksheet due tomorrow!
 * 2/6 -** Read Chapter 18, sections 3 & 4. Define section terms for each. Be sure that these are neat, complete, and based on information from the text ONLY.
 * 2/7 - TBD

2/11 -** Open-Ended questions due tomorrow for the Overture, pp. 3-8 in //The Crucible.// 2/14 -** spread the love <3
 * Week 21 (Feb 11th - Feb 15th)
 * 2/12 -**Webquests due tomorrow! Keep up with quote analysis each night as we read in AND out of class. Remember to revise your Open-Ended questions if you need to! (For those absent: we got to page 24 in the play)
 * 2/13 -
 * 2/15 -** NO SCHOOL!!! Read act II and complete quote analysis. Due Tuesday, 2/19.

2/18 - NO SCHOOL 2/19 -** Read 18-2 & 20-1 in the Americans text. Be prepared for a quiz on those readings as well as ACT II of the Crucible. 2/22 -
 * Week 22 (Feb 18th - Feb 22nd)
 * 2/20 -**
 * 2/21 -

Week 23 (Feb 25th - Feb 29th) 2/25 -** Nada.
 * 2/26 -** Read through page 102 of act III. Be sure to do your quote analyses!
 * 2/27 -** Act III quote analyses due tomorrow, 2/28.
 * 2/28 -** Act IV quote analyses due tomorrow, 2/29. [[file:Themes in The Crucible--HW.doc]] due Mon, 3/3.
 * 2/29 - Finish LIFE Magazine write up - Due Monday.

Week 25 (March 10th - March 14th) 3/10 -** Read the Vietnam article - BE PREPARED FOR A QUIZ!
 * 3/11 -** Poem draft and vocab 6 exercises due tomorrow.
 * 3/12 -**
 * 3/13 -** Study for your vocab 6 test; Newspaper due tomorrow!!!
 * 3/14 -** Work on your poem; "final" draft due on **Thurs, 3/20**. If you will not be in class that day, you MUST arrange to hand in your poem drafts and worksheets before break, or you will lose credit. Here's the [|Poem rubric.doc] / Please have the Vietnam Chapter read by Tuesday (chapter 22).

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3/17 -** FIELD TRIP - Have chapter 22 (Vietnam Chapter) read by tomorrow!
 * Week 26 (March 17th - March 21st)
 * 3/18 -** Finish your Vietnam Picture Analysis assignment for tomorrow.
 * 3/19--**Poems due tomorrow--remember to have your original and your workshop sheets, too.
 * 3/20--**Read //The Catcher in the Rye// over break (yes, the whole thing--it's not very long). It's the kind of book that's good to read in a couple of sittings, rather than stretch it out--trust me! Here is your assignment for the reading; [[file:The Catcher in the Rye.doc]] The journal of things that annoy you is due on MONDAY 3/31; the rest is due on TUESDAY, 4/1.

3/31 - 4/1 - 4/2 -** Man...so far, you guys are lucking out this week!
 * Week 27 (Mar 31- April 4th)
 * 4/3 -** You should probably be studying....for the big test coming up...
 * 4/4 -**Bring vocab books to class on Monday; study for Monday's Cold War Test!!!

4/7 -** Voc 7 exercises due Wed 4/10 -** Study for voc 7 test! (you need to know voc 6 too!) Bring in a poem from [|Poetry 180] for tomorrow's class.
 * Week 28 (Apr 7th - 11th)
 * 4/8 -** Anyone who is absent MUST complete the attached reading of "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and the two worksheets!!![[file:Bananafish Text.doc]] [[file:bfish questions redux.doc]] [[file:bananafish character reading chart.doc]]
 * 4/9 -
 * 4/11 -** Complete the "Poetry Noticing Chart" for both your poem and your peer's poem; due Monday!!!

Week 29 (April 14 - April 18th)

 * 4/14** - Read 700 - 704 in the Americans textbook - Due Wednesday - 4/16
 * 4/15** - NO CLASS
 * 4/16** - Read 704 - 711 in the Americans - Complete the Venn Diagram worksheet. Due Thursday, 4/17
 * 4/17 -** Complete page 15 in your grammar packet on parallel structure.
 * 4/18 -** Complete page 16 in your grammar packet on parallel structure. Bring vocab books to class on Monday! For those of you yet to complete your civil disobedience assignment - be prepared to hand that in on MONDAY...Remember - BE SPECIFIC WITH YOUR PLAN!

4/21 -** voc 8 exercises due on Wed, 4/23. 4/23 -** page 4 (faulty comparisons) in your grammar packet due tomorrow.
 * Week 30 (April 21st - 25th)
 * 4/22 -
 * 4/24 -** study for voc 8 test (know 6&7 words, too)
 * 4/25 -** Rough draft of your story is due on Monday; bring 2 copies, typed. Here's the rubric; use it to guide your rough draft! [[file:Short Story Rubric.doc]] Remember to be working on your speeches.

4/28 - 4/29 - 4/30 -** Read pages 768-780 in your Americans textbook and complete your charts; due Mon, 5/5.
 * Week 31 (April 28th - May 2nd)
 * 5/1 -** We begin speeches tomorrow; be prepared, and remember to know your speech well--no reading directly from notes!
 * 5/2 -** Your story is due on Tuesday, 5/6. Please have the following items TOGETHER and attached before class, or I will consider your assignment late/unprepared:
 * "Final" draft--typed, double spaced
 * First draft
 * Peer //and// self evaluations
 * Brainstorming from first day we started this


 * Week 32 (May 5th - May 9th)**
 * 5/5 -** Remember, stories due tomorrow; see above for directives.
 * 5/6 -** Read "This is the Beat Generation"; you must annotate your article to receive credit for reading.
 * 5/7 -** In-class essay tomorrow (poetry analysis!!!)
 * 5/8 -** Read Ch. 24, sections 1&2 (Nixon) for tomorrow. Page 30 in your grammar packet due tomorrow.
 * 5/9 -** Complete the Nixon interview extension questions. Please be thorough in your responses!

5/12 - 5/13 - 5/14 - 5/15 -** Those of you who were absent: read //Macbeth// 1.1 and 1.2
 * Weed 33 (May 12th - 16th)
 * 5/16 -** Read the summary for Act II in your packet!

5/19--no class 5/20--**complete Act II questions for tomorrow's class; you should have line references to back up your answers!
 * Week 34 (May 19th - May 22nd)
 * 5/21--**read the summary for Act III for tomorrow
 * 5/22--**go over your lines/roles for your assigned scenes so that you're fresh for next week!

5/26--NO CLASS! 5/27-- 5/28-- 5/29-- 5/30--**
 * Week 35 (May 27th - May 30th)

6/2--** 6/4--Make-up scene for Hope, Dani, and Brad: 6/5-- 6/6--**Prepare for your test on //Macbeth//. Review your notes on Shakespeare, Shakespearean language, the Order of the Universe, Globe Theatre, plot and symbolism. Test is on Thursday, 6/12.
 * Week 36 (June 2nd - June 6th)
 * 6/3--

6/9--**Voc 9 & 10 exercises (syn/ant and fill-in only) due tomorrow. 6/11--**Study for tomorrow's test on //Macbeth//. Scenes you should pay //particular// attention to: 1.2, 2.3, 3.2, 3.4, 4.1, 5.1, 5.5, 5.8
 * Week 37 (June 9th - June 13th)
 * 6/10--
 * 6/12--**Prepare for tomorrow's exam essay.
 * 6/13--**You should //REALLY// begin reviewing for Tuesday's exam. //REALLY.//

6/16--Study for your exam! BRING IN YOUR TEXT BOOKS!!!!!!!!! 6/17--Adieu...parting is such sweet sorrow...**
 * Week 38 (June 16th - June 18th)