Language Arts II (Period 1,2,4) Assignments
- Instructor
- Addie Collins
- Term
- 2012-2013 School Year
- Department
- Language Arts
- Location
- 232
- Description
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Welcome to Mrs. Collins’ Language Arts II class! I am looking forward to working with you to make this year a successful one. I want to make sure that we get off to a good start so please pay close attention to the following items.Course SelectionsSemester 1Short StoriesFahrenheit 451Of Mice and MenSemester 2AntigoneTo Kill a MockingbirdLord of the FliesGrading PolicyGrades are based on in-class work, homework, essays, quizzes, class projects, and unit exams. Each assignment will have a point value. Students are responsible for their own work. Grades are available through the district’s Aeries Program online. Students should check their grades online. Printouts are available upon request. Extra credit will be offered temporarily. However, it will not comprise more than 2% of the grade.HomeworkI will assign homework 2-3 times per week. Late homework will not be accepted. If you are absent, please turn the homework in on the day that you return. You have a week to make up any missed work.Tests/Unit ProjectsWe will have a test and/or a unit project at the end of every unit. This will add up to 20% of your grade. We will also have vocabulary quizzes weekly.Final AssessmentAt the end of every semester there will be a final assessment test. It is 10% of your total grade.SSR RequirementSSR stands for Silent Sustained Reading. We will all read our own books in class for 15 minutes on Mondays.1. Bring in a book or magazine to class every Monday. If you do not bring something to read, you lose your points for the day.2. Make sure that the book or magazine is appropriate for reading in class.3. You must participate in order to receive credit.Absent CenterIf you are absent, please make sure that you make up your work. I will post what we did in class on a board titled “Absent Center.” There will be a folder on the board with extra copies of assignments that you missed. I expect that you will make up all work and that you will neatly add the missed notebook assignments to your notebook/Table of Contents. Make sure that when you are absent, you leave space to make up the work in your notebook so that all of your assignments are in the correct order.If you have missed a test or quiz, please see me immediately so that we can arrange a time for you to make it up.If you are going to be absent because of a planned activity, please tell me ahead of time! I will give you your assignments early!Late WorkHomework turned in over a week after you returned from your absence, will not be accepted. If it is a long-term assignment, such as an essay or project, it is due on the assigned day whether or not you are here. Please remember that you can EMAIL me, [email protected] with your assignment attached or you can turn it in ahead of time. After the deadline, you can still turn in the project for up to 70% of the total credit.Contact InformationPlease email me with any questions that you have – [email protected] I check email daily.
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Past Assignments
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Sophomore Poetry Unit - This includes poems to analyze and vocabulary. This poetry unit and the previous short story unit will be a part of the final! Study this!
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Short Stories Unit - Packet includes vocabulary, discussion questions and writing assignments!
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Lord of the Flies Reading Packet - Includes vocabulary, comprehension questions, journal assignments, and group discussion for this unit!
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Final Academic Study #5 - This needs to be completed on a computer.
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Academic Study #4: Milgram's Experiment on Obedience to Authority - Read the article and answer the questions.
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Academic Study #3: Robber's Cave Experiment - Read the article and complete the worksheet. This was an in-class discussion.
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Academic Study #2: Teenage Elephants - Read the articles and complete the worksheet. This was an in-class discussion.
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Lord of the Flies Academic Study 1: Maslow's Hierarchy of Needs Theory - Read the article, completed the worksheet. This was an in-class discussion!
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To Kill a Mockingbird Yearbook 2013
Directions: We are voting for senior favorites for the novel! YOU MUST have a DIFFERENT character for each favorite. There is a list at the end to help you! This is due 3/15. It is worth 50 points! It is your final project - DO WELL.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Essay
Prompt: In a 5 paragraph essay explain how Harper Lee effectively sets a tone that creates a mood for her reader. How does her effective use of personification, simile and metaphor as well as imagery affect the overall perception of the novel?
An outline is attached to use for your rough draft. Final draft must be typed, double spaced, and in MLA formatting.
See the presentations attached! One has all of the instruction for the essay and class goals for improvement this time. The other has all of the notes from this unit - USE IT! There is GREAT information in it for your essay!
3/11 - Rough draft due
3/15 - Final draft due
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To Kill a Mockingbird - Study Packet - Worth 500 points! This has our vocabulary, discussion questions, comprehension questions, essay notes, and literary terms for this unit. Please keep up as we read. I'll be assigning due dates with point values for questions and vocabulary as the class progresses this unit.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapter 12-16 Notes - Use these to help you on your quizzes if you missed this in class! (Scroll to the end of the ppt. - This is all the notes from chapter 1 so what's added is at the end.)
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To Kill a Mockingbird Chapters 6-11 Notes (added) - Check this for quiz questions and class lectures if you are absent!
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Presentation of Literary Terms & Chapters 1-5 Reading Notes - We have been working through these slides in class this week. This presentation will help you complete the notes in the TKaM packet.
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To Kill a Mockingbird Historical Context - Read the articles and fill out the packet! This is back ground information for our next novel. There will be a quiz Friday! Come see me to make it up!
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Sophocles' Antigone Reading Packet - Includes vocabulary, comprehension questions, Greek theater term notes - All of this will be on your midterm - Be ready!
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The Ultimate Society Project - Fahrenheit 451 is an example of a society gone wrong. From this novel you see a society that has very different values, laws, people, etc. from our society today (or does it?). For this project you will create your own successful society. Think about the pitfalls that faced society in Fahrenheit 451. What will you change? Think about modern society in the US,
This is worth 150 points. The rubric is included in the link.
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Fahrenheit 451 Theme Essay - Please use the outline provided to write a 4-paragraph essay on one of the themes in Fahrenheit 451. Also attached is a sample theme essay, sample ideas for hooks/conclusions, and a ppt. that gives you specific mistakes from our last essay to fix for this essay! If you follow the directions, fix the errors from your last essay, and turn your rough draft/final draft in on time to me, you cannot fail this assignment! Get to it!
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Extra Credit Assignment - Technology Poetry - Please complete this assignment if you need extra credit. Even if you don't need it, do it! It's entertaining and educational...How nice.
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Fahrenheit 451 Reading Packet - Vocabulary, Comprehension Questions, Theme Chart, and Discussion Topics - We will work through this packet as we read this novel. Please keep up as we read! Do not get behind. This is worth 500 points.
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Timed Writing 4 - This was done in class. If you weren't there on this day, please print this assignment and do it at home.
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Nonfiction Supplement: Article Study
The Effect of Technology on Relationships
(This assignment was done in class! Please make it up if you missed it.)
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Timed Writing 3 - This was done in class. Please print and complete it if you missed it.
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Timed Writing #2 - This is an in-class assignment but can be made up at home if you are absent. (I want you to be prepared for all of the timed writing in the future....SATs....CAHSEE...and many many more in college...you're welcome!)
** also attached samples from last time so you can see what I want!
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Timed Writing #1 - Fahrenheit 451 Weekly Writing Assignment - This was done in class and turned in during the class period. If you were absent, you need to print it, do the assignment and turn it in to me ASAP!
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Author Study: Ray Bradbury - We will be previewing Ray Bradbury's writing style by reading "There Will Come Soft Rain" and a Bradbury personal interview. This is in preparation for reading Fahrenheit 451 starting next week.
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Literary Devices for Fahrenheit 451 - Identify the devices used in each comic and comment on the persuasiveness.
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Our DeVICES - 1: Pie Chart - How much time does technology take from you?
Devices - 2: Analyze your chart.
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Of Mice and Men Character Analysis Essay - (Notes on Character Analysis, Notes on Sample Writing, Pre-writing, Outline, and Final Draft: typed in MLA format)
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Of Mice and Men packet - Includes vocabulary, literary terms, discussion questions, writing assignments, reading quiz questions - We will be working out of this packet well in to October. It is worth 500 points. You must make up any reading that you miss in class and keep your packet up to date as we go through the story.
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Author Study: John Steinbeck (Most of this will be done in class. There will be some reading at home and you will need to have it completed entirely by Friday)
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Super Hero Project - Creative/Autobiographic Writing Assignment/Presentation - 60 points
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Parent(s) and student need to read and sign the syllabus and class rules/procedure - This is worth 10 points and is your first homework assignment of the year!
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In class assignment - Poetry analysis - Adrienne Rich "The Knight" (You should be able to finish this in class!)