Honors English 10 (Period 5) Assignments

 

Good afternoon kiddos,

I hope you're well and safe. I miss you all dearly.

I'm sure you're wondering what the update is for our class. So here's the latest update for how grades will work this semester and what we'll do for the rest of the semester. Also, make sure that you and your parents watch this video update from the school district: https://www.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/news/article/1204290

#1: Grades are up to date (March 13th) : I updated your grades recently to include your final draft diction paragraph grade. There's detailed feedback in Canvas if you want to check that out.

I've decided not to include your rough draft progress grade for the position paper because the last week of school was crazy and people were falling behind. I don't want anyone's grades to go down over something that you got done anyway, even if it wasn't on time.

#2: Semester Grades: As of April 9th, your grade for the semester will be posted. So whatever your grade is right now, that's what it will be for the semester UNLESS you would like to complete enrichment/make-up work. You can continue to make-up/improve your grade through June.

If you have a D/F: you will have to complete make-up work and/or redo work that you didn't do well on to begin with, then we can talk about what enrichment activities to do from there. You need to email to see what you can do for this.

If you have a C or B: since this is an honors class, it's naturally difficult to get a B and even harder to get an A in the class. Therefore, the work that it will take to improve your grade will be extensive. Email me and I will give you work to do, but you have to get at least a 95% for your grade to improve, so this isn't going to be easy.


#3: From now until June: For the rest of the semester, I will add what we would have been working on in class to our website so that you can work on that, if you would like. This is an alternative to the district provided enrichment lessons so that you're continuing your education and preparing yourself for next year- especially if you're going in AP Lang or Lit.

I cannot grade you on this, it will just be optional work that you're doing on your own if you want to not miss what we would have been doing if school was actually in session.

#4 Communication: I am available via email. If you ever want to meet "face to face" because that would be easier to teach you how to do certain lessons, we can set up a Zoom meeting, just email me in advance and we can do that. If I'm conducting a class Zoom where we all can meet, I'll update you when that's happening.

#5 Books: Some of you have Night and all of you have Things Fall Apart. They will need to be returned to the school's library when you return to school, otherwise you're held accountable for replacement. So, hold onto them and don't lose them!

#6 Textbooks: Some of you were concerned you didn't have the hardcopy of your textbook because it's in my classroom, but you can access them online with your same school login that you use for email. Here is the link to access your textbook: CLEVER 

Click login with active directory> login > scroll to Pearson EasyBridge and select > click Pearson realize > and that will take you to your textbook.

If you need help from there, we can meet via Zoom.



Hope you and your families are well and I hope that you're making the most out of this uncertain time. I'm so sad that our time together has been cut short. You were such a great class and I'm going to miss each of you. We had such a great time together and I'm so proud of you! When we get back to school in the fall, I won't be there (new baby) but I will be back in January. Please come by and visit- I'd love to see you!

Feel free to reach out with any questions you have! Email: [email protected]
Love you all!

Love,
Mrs. Bremer

March 30th UPDATE:

 

Hi Squirrels,

 

Hope you're all safe and healthy. I miss you so much! I hate that this is our reality and I wish I would have said better "goodbyes" the last day of school. On the same note, I'm so glad we ended Friday with talking about your memoirs. I'm so proud of each of you- and that's an understatement. It's hard to express everything feel after reading all of your stories. Your resilience, maturity, and ability to see the good in others and in tough situations are astonishing beautiful. I respect and love you all. It's been an honor to be your teacher this year and I hope it's not cut short.

 

I know this is such a surreal, uncertain time, but I hope you're finding peace in the little things and connecting with friends/family/and school virtually. It really does help to chat! Follow @ElsinoreASB on Instagram for this week's virtual spirit week and Friday's virtual pep rally. It should be fun to see everyone participate!

 

I'm going to update you as much as I can, with the information I've received from our admin and district. Please listen to all updates you receive and keep checking the LEUSD website and the EHS website for more information.

 

As of now, there's not much to update besides teachers have been asked to not add our own lessons for you to do because you're supposed to be following the district given ones. Remember these are all OPTIONAL lessons because they will not be graded. It's only for you to keep up with your education during this bizarre situation. Here is the link to those lessons: https://www.leusd.k12.ca.us/apps/pages/index.jsp?uREC_ID=1695720&type=d&pREC_ID=1856778

 

I will be grading your diction paragraphs because they were due before March 13. I cannot give you the last quiz for Things Fall Apart as credit because it was due after March 13. 

 

If you have ANY missing work, or you want to take a quiz late, I would HIGHLY suggest doing so. I'll accept any work you have for partial credit. Some credit is always better than none. I'm not sure if your work from the first 9 weeks will be your permanent semester grade (because the district hasn't decided what we're supposed to do yet), but if it is, I'm sure you want to make sure that your grade is in tip top shape.

 

On Friday I should have more information and will post more here when I do. Depending on what the update is on Friday, I will probably host a Zoom conference at some point so we can chat about everything. Plus, it'd be fun to reconnect with everyone.

 

I also want to post more lessons on what we would be doing if we were in class, because you're an honors class and are supposed to be doing more rigorous work, but as of right now, we've been asked not to. If you want a challenge for now, I'd start practicing for AP exams and SAT prep. If anything, it's a great opportunity to get ahead. You can find all of those resources on https://www.collegeboard.org/  

 

Hang in there!

 

Love, 
Mrs. Bremer

What we would be doing this week: Remember, this is all optional! If you have any questions, email me :) 

 

 

Today in class:

- Follow up and review commercial #2 from last week (discuss)

-Finish yesterday's discussion on abortion (both sides/info)

-Start synthesis project: read Roe v Wade case and start reading first article

 

HW: Finish first article- find examples of rhetoric (words that are charged/manipulative)

Today in class: (SUB)

-Read Things Fall Apart to get ahead for Monday's quiz

 

Today in class:

- Find and read the Gettysburg Address on the internet 

-Complete a rhetorical situation analysis a new piece of paper in your notebook

Today in class:

- Review research/definitions together

-Watch these two commercials and analyze their rhetoric:

 

 

Split class into two groups:

 

- Complete your rhetoric research (see post below)

-OR finish/continue editing your diction paragraph

Today in class:

-Peer editing diction paragraphs

-Start writing a fresh draft

 

HW: Finish your NEW draft by Monday

Today in class:

- Review Night annotations and how they were graded

-Review student examples from the writing portion of the memoir test; you can redo them! Come in at lunch to retake before next Wednesday (2/26)

 

• you're starting a new scene
• when your thoughts end 
• you're adding dialogue
• you want a line to stand out 
• other dramatic effect

Final Draft Memoir Due!

Memoir Unit Test Today!

Today in class:

-Read this: https://www.nytimes.com/2020/01/27/world/europe/auschwitz-anniversary-death-march.html

- Continue drafting your memoir. Look at the guidelines I posted below.

 

**If your group hasn't voted on the paragraph you this is best, make sure you take time to do that as well.**

Night: Quiz 3: pages 85-112 (ch. 6-9); and his Nobel Peace Prize acceptance speech at the end 113-120 

Here's what my sub plans say:

 

• Without moving seats, have them turn to the group around them and they will share their sentences they found that depict Elie Weisel's style. 
• The group will then choose which sentence is best
• They will come up with reasons why it's best, then compose a paragraph together. The paragraph needs to be well-written and without errors, as these will be presented tomorrow. 
• Once they're done with this they can continue working on their own memoirs, catch up on annotations, get ahead on reading- whatever they need to do to get caught up. No one should be sitting doing nothing. There's lots to do.

Night: Quiz 2: pages 47-84 (Ch. 4&5)

 

-Quiz #2

-Intro to Educated https://tarawestover.com/book

-Start reading the select chapters from Educated

Night: Quiz 1: pages 3-46 (Ch. 1-3)

 

Using the following links, research the following concepts and find at least 10 facts about each. Record the information you find in your notebook and be ready to share out your finding in class. 

 

1. Auschwitz (8-9 facts, plus 1-2 facts about Buchenwald):

 

Liberation of Auschwitz: https://www.ushmm.org/information/exhibitions/online-exhibitions/special-focus/liberation-of-auschwitz 

 

Auschwitz: https://encyclopedia.ushmm.org/content/en/article/auschwitz-1 

http://auschwitz.org/en/ 

 

Buchenwald: https://www.britannica.com/place/Buchenwald 

 

 

2. Elie Wiesel:  

https://eliewieselfoundation.org/elie-wiesel/ 

 

https://www.nytimes.com/2016/07/03/world/europe/elie-wiesel-auschwitz-survivor-and-nobel-peace-prize-winner-dies-at-87.html 

 

 

- Discussion findings from research about Auschwitz

-Watch video clip from Band of Brothers: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=e6N8GWpM7_o 

 

1.  Check out Night from the library

2.   Stations:

HW: Start reading Night (ch.1-3 quiz is Tuesday)

-Return 451 and Heroes to the library

-Finish in-class essay

 

Finish The Metamorphosis 

-Review Kafka research

-Annotating Focus for this unit: theme (social anxiety and belonging), characterization, and any literary devices that stand out.

-Start reading The Metamorphosis

 

Work on APBB. Submit to Canvas tonight by midnight!

Read these articles and record 5 facts about Fran Kafka's life and 5 facts about The Metamorphosis:

 

Here's article #1: https://www.britannica.com/biography/Franz-Kafka/Works

 

Article #2 is the attached PDF, in which you only need to read pages 9-11:

-Work on editing/revising APBB in room 511

 

HW: Get your APBB cleaned up and ready to submit by Friday afternoon

- Work on APBB in 511

 

HW: Continue working on APBB

Due Today:

-Fahrenheit 451 annotations 

- Review theme and how to write about it in your APBB

-Review the rest of the APBB and how to complete it (see due date for more info)

-Start grading annotations

 

HW: Continue working on APBB

 

- Pick your favorite quote from anywhere in the book and respond (so any from last week would be good too)

- "The sun burned every day. It burned Time...that meant that everything burned! One of them had to stop burning" (134).

- "We all made the right kind of mistakes, or we wouldn't be here" (143).

- "Everyone must leave something behind when he dies" (149).

- You're not important. You're not anything. Some day the load we're carrying with us may help someone else" (156). 

 

- How and why does this quote relate to your life? 

-What is the significance of this quote? How does it effect or connect to one of the themes or characters?

-Connect the quote to the TED Talk or one of the articles we read. Why is this important?

-What's the deeper meaning? Explain.

- Week 3 Discussion

 

HW: Continue working on APBB

- Take Week 3 Quiz

-Watch this TED Talk and take notes (how it relates to F. 451)

-Read this article and discuss how it relates to the TED Talk and F. 451

 

HW: Continue working on APBB

- Work on AP Book Byte or catch up reading/annotating to prepare for tomorrow's quiz

 

HW: Finish catching up! You should be done with this week's APBB assignment (see Friday's info for more details)

 

#1- Add to Montag's description

-Finish Clarisse

-Start Mildred, Faber, and Beatty

 

#2- Dystopian society

-Montag's house

-Fire station

 

#4 and start #9

** Every section of your APBB requires detailed description and evidence. This is an ongoing document that you're adding to each week (and on your own at home). Whatever you don't finish in class is to be done at home.

 

DJ #2 Options: (I know it's a lot but they're all so good!):

• Pg. 55- “It didn’t come from the Government down. There was no dictum...trade journals” 
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• Pg. 58 “Cram them so full of ‘facts’ they feel stuffed...equated without making man feel bestial and lonely.” 
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• Pg. 68- “But Clarisse’s favorite subject wasn’t herself...looked straight at me as if I counted” 
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• Pg. 71- “I don’t talk things, sir. I talk the meaning of things. I sit here and know I’m alive.” 
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• Pg. 73- “He felt he wanted to cry, but nothing would happen to his eyes or his mouth...I’m numb he thought. When did the numbness really begin in my face? In my body? The night I kicked the pill bottle in the dark, like kicking a buried mine.” 
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• Pg. 74- sieve and sand metaphor/flashback 
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• Pg. 79- “The magic is only in what books say, how they stitched the patches of the universe together into one garment for us...The good writer’s touch life often...They show the pores in the face of life...” 
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• Pg. 80- “Off hours, yes. But time to think?...The televisor is ‘real.’ It is immediate, it has dimension. It tells you what to think and blasts it in...It is an environment as real as the world. It becomes and is the truth. ” 
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• Pg. 82- “Don't ask for guarantees. And don’t look to be saved in any one thing, person, machine, or library. Do your own bit of saving, and if you drown, at least die knowing you were headed for shore” 
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• Pg. 83- “...The whole culture’s shot through...Remember, the firemen are rarely necessary. The public itself stopped reading of its own accord...so few want to be rebels anymore.” 
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• Pg. 100- “...Montag, you mustn’t go back to being just a fireman. All isn’t well with the world...You’re afraid of making mistakes. Don’t be. Mistakes can be profited by.” 
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• Pg. 105-106- “...and him all the while thinking of the women, the chaff women in his parlor tonight with the kernels blown out from under them by a neon wind, and his silly damned reading of a book to them. How like trying to put out fires with water pistols, how senseless and insane.” 

 

 

Continue discussion! Too much to talk about!

-Discussion: Week 2!

- We're going to continue tomorrow too, because there's too much to talk about.

 

HW: catch up on annotations or get ahead reading for next week's quiz

Fahrenheit 451 Quiz #2: pages 50-106

-Continue finishing DJ#1 and questions #1 (just of Montag) and #2 on APBB

-Check annotations

-Catch up on reading or get ahead for Monday's quiz

 

HW: Read and annotate pages 50-106 (to the end of The Sieve and the Sand)

-Review discussion questions

-Start DJ #1

-Start AP Book Byte #1 (just Montag) and #2

 

-pg. 5 + 33 (Candlelight quotes)

-pg. 27 "Being with people is nice" 

-pg. 35 "Montag has done nothing. His hand had done it all, his hand with a brain of its own, with a conscience and a curiosity...had turned thief"

-pg. 41- "Well, wasn't there a well between and Mildred, when you came down to it?"

-pg. 49- "It's not just about the woman that died...boom! it's all over!"

Fahrenheit 451 Quiz #1: pages 1-49

-Watch this insightful Ray Bradbury interview and take notes. 

-Discuss what stood out from the video and/or what makes more sense now (from your research and after reading "The Pedestrian")

-Discuss "The Pedestrian" 

 

HW: start reading on your own if you would like- we're starting together tomorrow 

Start Fahrenheit 451! Bring your book to class!

HW: Finish whatever you didn't finish in class and start reading Fahrenheit 451 if you want (you don't have to, but if you want a head start, go for it)

Literary Analysis Journal- see attached directions for details. 

 

Submit via Canvas. Due by midnight tonight!

-all notes, activities, OBOL, and assignments thus far will be due

- CAASPP

-Finish Literary Device Journals 3&4 to prep for tomorrow's writing workshop

 

Finish Literary Device Journals 3&4

-Plot chart for "The Fall of the House Usher"

-Continue "Two Kinds"

 

 

- Discussion on reading

-Quiz

-Finish Literary Device Response #1 and start #2

-Get writing advice from Mrs. Bremer

 

 

-OBOL

-HGM discussion

-HGM quiz #3 - Canvas

-Review/share out literary devices found this week in your reading 

 

Read and annotate pages 30-54 in HGM.

 

Be sure to find examples of the literary devices we're working on in class. This will help you with your formal writing assignment (Literary Device Journals).

Read and annotate pages 3-29, Zeus, Hera, Athene, Poseidon, Hades and Demeter.

Reading quiz will be on Monday when you walk in the door. 

Meet in the LIBRARY at the beginning of the period to check out Heroes, Gods, and Monsters.