"Everybody is a genius. But if you judge a fish by its ability to climb a tree, it will spend its whole life thinking its stupid." ~Einstein
IB English A: Year 1 Assignments
3/3/18: Homework
1. Look at the Iceberg Analysis Sheet.
2. Identify a theme in "The Handmaid's Tale."
3. Look up an article.
4. PRINT OUT the section ONLY of the article that relates to your theme. (This means do not bring in multiple pages of an article. Simply cut out the piece that is relevant.)
5. Paste it into your Interactive Notebook.
6. Be prepared to share it with the class.
2. Identify a theme in "The Handmaid's Tale."
3. Look up an article.
4. PRINT OUT the section ONLY of the article that relates to your theme. (This means do not bring in multiple pages of an article. Simply cut out the piece that is relevant.)
5. Paste it into your Interactive Notebook.
6. Be prepared to share it with the class.
Due Date: April 4, 2018 at the START of class. LATE AND HALF-DONE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
2/23/18: Weekend Homework
Read and annotate chapters 7-12 over the weekend. Be prepared to test on Monday over chapters 1-12. Also be prepared for a notebook check on Monday for your Dialectical Journal entries for chapters 5-12.
An example can be found here: Dialectical Journal
An example can be found here: Dialectical Journal
Due Date: February 26, 2018 at the START of class. LATE AND HALF-DONE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
2/16/18 Homework
1. Your Subject Area Choice Sheet is due on Monday, February 19, 2018.
2. Your Research Question Proposal is due on Monday, February 19, 2018.
How it Works:
The blank Research Question Proposal and Sample forms are on Google Drive. You will type your Proposal there. You do not have to print it out. I will print it out once I've had a chance to review. The Choice Sheet is on your wrist band. It must be printed and brought to class on Monday.
2. Your Research Question Proposal is due on Monday, February 19, 2018.
How it Works:
- In addition to the research you conducted at the UTD Library, find additional news and scholarly articles, videos, documentaries (whatever you can find) to support your topic.
- Identify an RLS (a real one..not made up like we did in class for the sake of time); have more than one.
- Develop a KQ using AOK and WOK connections to unpack your RLS. This will become your research question.
- Make sure it is arguable!!
The blank Research Question Proposal and Sample forms are on Google Drive. You will type your Proposal there. You do not have to print it out. I will print it out once I've had a chance to review. The Choice Sheet is on your wrist band. It must be printed and brought to class on Monday.
Due Date: February 19, 2018 at the START of class. LATE AND HALF-DONE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
1/9 Assignment: #OneWord
Think: This semester, think about how you think, how you learn and how you make decisions. Do all the choices you make reflect your values?
Quick Write: Then, choose just #oneword that you can focus on every day, all year long…one word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live. On the UNLINED side of your note card, write it BIG in the center of your notecard. On the lined side, write why you chose that word and how it might help you become a better thinker, learner and doer.
Note: It will take intentionality and commitment, but if you let it, your one word will shape not only your year, but also you. It will become the compass that directs your decisions and guides your steps.
Quick Write: Then, choose just #oneword that you can focus on every day, all year long…one word that sums up who you want to be or how you want to live. On the UNLINED side of your note card, write it BIG in the center of your notecard. On the lined side, write why you chose that word and how it might help you become a better thinker, learner and doer.
Note: It will take intentionality and commitment, but if you let it, your one word will shape not only your year, but also you. It will become the compass that directs your decisions and guides your steps.
One-Pager Reader's Response Homework 12/12
A One Pager is a single-page response that shows your understanding of a piece of text you have read, be it a poem, novel, chapter of a book or any other literature. It is a way of displaying your individual, unique understanding and respond to your reading imaginatively and honestly. The purpose of a One Pager is to own what you have read. We learn best when we are able to create our own patterns!
The Rules (You may do all or a few of the following activities. It’s up to you!)
What TO Do
What Not To Do:
*Your answers must cite textual evidence using a citation (page number/s). If your passage/quote is a part of dialogue, include the character's name who said it.
The Rules (You may do all or a few of the following activities. It’s up to you!)
- Use a lot of color, patterns, texture, writing styles, etc., to illustrate your thoughts and ideas clearly and creatively. Be neat, but your ENTIRE PAGE should be filled with these elements.
- If you find you have extra room, repeat any of the above steps/elements.
- No space should be blank or left in pencil (unless you’re using colored pencils to sketch).
- Your full name and class period should be on the BACK of the one-pager.
What TO Do
- Choose a topic that you would have discussed during a "traditional" IOP. Use that topic to guide your creativity. The theme (and other elements) of your topic must be visible in your one-pager.
- Be sure to put the title of the text you’re responding to, the author’s name and the genre somewhere on the page where the reader will notice it (required).
- Include no less than THREE notable quotes, phrases or passages that are important to the understanding of the novel. Include quotation marks and a citation.*
- Draw/Create/Paste no less than THREE images that stand out and represent themes, characters, conflict and/or the setting of the book.
- Write THREE personal statements or connections about what you have read. These are not simple opinions or book review type statements. (ex: “I could relate to the main character feeling lost in the book because it reminded me of when I got to middle school and didn’t know where everything was.”)
- Write and answer TWO Level 2 or Level 3 questions.*
- Include examples about your color markings from your book study as well.
- When you finish, your audience should be able to understand something about the literature from reviewing what you wrote/illustrated.
- Include a “border” that reflects the unit of learning or theme. This can include words, pictures, symbols, or quotes from the text. Fill the paper to the edges.
- Oral Presentation: During your oral presentation, make sure that you respond, especially, to any historical context and personal connections that you discover about yourself, your environment, the world around you, your future.
What Not To Do:
- Do NOT use both sides.
- Don’t merely summarize—you’re not retelling the story.
- Use unlined paper only, to keep from being restricted by lines.
- Don’t think half a page will do—it won’t be accepted. Period. Make the paper rich with “quotes” and images. FILL THE PAPER UP!
*Your answers must cite textual evidence using a citation (page number/s). If your passage/quote is a part of dialogue, include the character's name who said it.
Exemplary Samples
Grading Rubric
Due Date: December 18, 2017 at the start of class. LATE AND HALF-DONE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
12/11/17: Homework
Notebook Check Test Checklist
1. Annotating (every chapter)
2. Color Marking (every chapter)
3. Word Hoard (each chapter)
4. Discussion Log: six questions answered (one question from each of the chapter sections read)
5. Current Event Articles: six articles (one for each of the chapter sections read)
Please use post-it notes to let me know where to look in your Interactive Notebook, and an indicator that directs me to "Read this" for what you want graded. (Choose your best work!)
1. Annotating (every chapter)
2. Color Marking (every chapter)
3. Word Hoard (each chapter)
4. Discussion Log: six questions answered (one question from each of the chapter sections read)
5. Current Event Articles: six articles (one for each of the chapter sections read)
Please use post-it notes to let me know where to look in your Interactive Notebook, and an indicator that directs me to "Read this" for what you want graded. (Choose your best work!)
Due Date: December 13, 2017 at the start of class. LATE AND HALF-DONE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
12/6/17: Homework
Revise the Introduction paragraph of your essays using the English Fury Grammar Chart given to you today. The prompt from your essay is below:
Choose one of the following five topics and write until the bell rings. Not when YOU are ready to pack up, but when the bell rings. So that means, pack WHEN the bell rings. Now, pick your poison and write no less than five full paragraphs with three to five DETAILED sentences in each paragraph that explains, provides evidence or give an explanation.
Choose one of the following five topics and write until the bell rings. Not when YOU are ready to pack up, but when the bell rings. So that means, pack WHEN the bell rings. Now, pick your poison and write no less than five full paragraphs with three to five DETAILED sentences in each paragraph that explains, provides evidence or give an explanation.
Topics
Feminism | Justice |Journey | Success | Failure
Feminism | Justice |Journey | Success | Failure
Due Date: December 7, 2017 at the start of class. LATE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
11/9/17: Homework
Record your presentation, performing it exactly as you would if you were at school, and email it to me at [email protected]. If you had anticipated including audience feedback from your classmates, then find a way to replicate that scenario. For example, find friends, relatives, etc., to participate in your presentation.
Due Date: November 11, 2017 by Noon. LATE WORK WILL NOT BE ACCEPTED. NO EXCEPTIONS.
10/19/17: Homework
Complete the assignments on the Slides that I sent you in Google Drive.
Due Date: October 20, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
10/17/17: Homework
Read “Americanah” chapters 44-47, then complete your Dialectical Journals: any concrete detail for chapters 44-45, then the following for the others: 46 (characterization), 47 (denouement).
Due Date: October 18, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
10/16/17: Homework
Read “Americanah” chapters 46-47, then complete your Dialectical Journals: 46 (characterization), 47 (denouement)
Due Date: October 17, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
10/5/17: Homework
Read and annotate chapters 35-37 in "Americanah," then complete two Dialectical Journals for the chapters.
Due Date: October 6, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
9/28/17: Homework
1. Sign up for Membean by SUNDAY, OCTOBER 1: Calibrate, then begin learning. YOUR CODE
2. Read and annotate chapters 27-34 in "Americanah," then complete a total of five Dialectical Journals for the chapters.
2. Read and annotate chapters 27-34 in "Americanah," then complete a total of five Dialectical Journals for the chapters.
Due Date: October 2, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
9/27/17: Homework
Read and annotate chapters 24-26 in "Americanah," then complete a total of five Dialectical Journals for chapters 21-26.
Due Date: September 28, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
9/25/17: Homework
Read and annotate chapters 21-23 in "Americanah."
Due Date: September 26, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
9/22/17: Homework
1. LITERATURE: Read and annotate chapters 16-20 in "Americanah." Then, complete TWO dialectical journal entries for each chapter, for a total of 10 entries.
2. TED Talk Analysis Presentation Prep. For your 6-weeks assessment, you will present a TED Talk-style presentation over the writer’s style and how any element(s) of literary analysis connect(s) its purpose to the meaning of the work as a whole.
Be prepared to provide literary analysis on HOW the novel was written. You will be graded over your presentation style and the content of your presentation, based on the following criterion:
Presentation Criterion
2. TED Talk Analysis Presentation Prep. For your 6-weeks assessment, you will present a TED Talk-style presentation over the writer’s style and how any element(s) of literary analysis connect(s) its purpose to the meaning of the work as a whole.
Be prepared to provide literary analysis on HOW the novel was written. You will be graded over your presentation style and the content of your presentation, based on the following criterion:
Presentation Criterion
Due Date: September 25, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
9/21/17: Homework
Read and annotate chapters 14-15 in "Americanah." Then, complete three dialectical journal entries for each chapter, for a total of 9 entries.
Due Date: September 22, 2017 at the start of class. Late work will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or school is too late. NO EXCEPTIONS.
9/20/17: Homework
1. Read and annotate chapters 10-12 tonight in "Americanah." Then, complete three dialectical journal entries for each chapter, for a total of 9 entries.
2. Place post-it notes by the following assignments for your Interactive Notebook check tomorrow:
2. Place post-it notes by the following assignments for your Interactive Notebook check tomorrow:
- The setup of your Interactive Notebook (Front/Back Covers, Index, Bio and Resource pages, and License Plate)
- Word Hoards for chapters 1-6
- Dialectical Journals for chapters 1-6
Due Date: Thursday, September 21, 2017 at the start of class. Late entries will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or the school day is considered late and will not be accepted. No exceptions.
8/30/17: Homework
All of the following will be written in the “Bell Ringer” section on the Writer’s Side of your IN and completed with your group:
Determine the strongest connotation that the image evokes by counting the number of negatives, positives and neutrals that you marked.
Write conclusions you drew from looking at the image.
Write down any patterns that you notice from your observations.
Consider these patterns and strongest three connotations to develop a theme for the image and write them down.
Determine the strongest connotation that the image evokes by counting the number of negatives, positives and neutrals that you marked.
Write conclusions you drew from looking at the image.
Write down any patterns that you notice from your observations.
Consider these patterns and strongest three connotations to develop a theme for the image and write them down.
Due Date: Friday, August 25, 2017 at the start of class. Late entries will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or the school day is considered late and will not be accepted. No exceptions.
8/21/17: Homework
Bring your supplies to school.
Due Date: Friday, August 25, 2017 at the start of class. Late entries will not be accepted. By the middle or end of class or the school day is considered late and will not be accepted. No exceptions.