English+1+Honors

8/28/13 = 9/5/13 = =9/6/13= =9/9/13= >> advice. He or she explains what happened at the party and also mentions the family feud. First write his or her letter (150 words) and then >> write your response (150 words). Due Wednesday. >> =9/11/13= =9/12/13=
 * Read the UN's Children's Bill of Rights []
 * On a separate piece of paper, choose the 3 that you find to be the most important, and explain why you find them the most essential.
 * Additionally, pick two that you find to be violated the most and explain where you have seen these violations.
 * Complete the following Subject/Verb Agreement exercise. Due Friday, September 6th.
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 * [[file:subjective-verb-agreement.pdf]]
 * [[file:Romeo and Juliet Act 1 Sonnet.docx]]
 * [[file:Romeo Act 2.doc]]
 * Work with a partner to rewrite the balcony scene from Romeo and Juliet so that it takes place in modern day, via text messaging.
 * There must be a minimum of 10 exchanged texts and no text message can be longer than 160 characters.
 * Homework!
 * Assume that you write an advice column for a newspaper or magazine. A modern day Romeo (or Juliet) writes to you asking for your

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 * Use the following link to pick 5 prompts. For each of the 5 prompts, write a thesis statement.

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=9/23/13= MLA Format []
 * Romeo and Juliet Essay Due Friday, September 27th

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 * Follow the link to below to the Poetry Out Loud anthology. Pick a poem that you enjoy and would feel most comfortable with reciting. You will memorize this poem and recite and perform it from memory Friday, October 4th. You must choose a poem that is 10 lines or longer.
 * You must be able to relate this poem to //Romeo and Juliet// or //My Sister's Keeper////.//
 * Write a 200 word response to this poem in which you discuss the overall meaning, tone of author, mood, key lines or phrases in the poem, and why you chose it. Also within this response, discuss the relation of the poem to // Romeo and Juliet // or // My Sister's Keeper // (Response Due October 2nd).

=9/27/13= [] =10/1/13= ="The Cask of Amontillado"= []
 * Read the following article
 * ====Using the article as evidence, how should America handle Dzhokhar Tsarnaev? Should he be tried in military court or be tried as any other American citizen? ====
 * 1 Topic Sentence
 * 1 Concrete Detail
 * 2 Commentary

=10/3/13= =10/9/13= [] [] =10/11/13= [] [] =10/14/13= [] =10/15/13= Be excellent students and don't give Momma C any problems! =10/16/13=
 * With your literature groups, complete the discussion questions for "The Cask of Amontillado" as you read.
 * [[file:The Cask of Amontillado Discussion Questions.doc]]
 * Read "The Open Window"
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 * Complete the study guide with your reading group.[[file:The Open Window Study Guide.doc]]
 * Complete DGP Week 10. It will be counted as a quiz.
 * If you finish early, begin reading the following short story or do one of the activities under the finished tab on my website.
 * Study Vocab Quiz
 * Complete Vocabulary Quiz
 * Read __The Most Dangerous Game__
 * Complete __The Most Dangerous Game Study Guide__


 * In the following lyrics of the song "Pride" by U2, there are many allusions to prominent historical figures. On a piece of paper, write what you think the main idea of the song is. Using the lines as textual evidence, write 2 historical figures you think are alluded to in the song.

="Pride" by U2= One man come in the name of love One man come and go One man come he to justify One man to overthrow

In the name of love What more in the name of love In the name of love What more in the name of love

One man caught on a barbed wire fence One man he resist One man washed on an empty beach One man betrayed with a kiss

In the name of love What more in the name of love <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;">In the name of love <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;">What more in the name of love

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Early morning, April four <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Shot rings out in the Memphis sky <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Free at last, they took your life <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;">They could not take your pride

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">In the name of love <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;">What more in the name of love <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;">In the name of love <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;">What more in the name of love

=<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium; line-height: 1.5;">"The Bass, the River and Sheila Mant" =

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=10/17/13= "Look at me, I’m white and nerdy  I wanna roll with  The gangstas  But so far they all think I’m too white and nerdy
 * A literary parody is a text that imitates the characteristic [|style] of an author or a work for comic effect.
 * The following is a parody of Chamillionaire's "Riding Dirty"

"First in my class here at MIT Got skills, I’m a champion at D&D  MC Escher--that’s my favorite MC  Keep your 40, I’ll just have an Earl Grey tea.  My rims never spin, to the contrary  You’ll find that they’re quite stationary.  All of my action figures are cherry  Steven Hawking’s in my library.  My MySpace page is all totally pimped out  Got people beggin’ for my top eight spaces.  Yo, I know pi to a thousand places  Ain’t got no grills but I still wear braces." (Weird Al Yankovic, "White and Nerdy"--parody of "Ridin'" by Chamillionaire) =10/18/13=

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">__//"Paradise" by Coldplay//__

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">When she was just a girl,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">She expected the world,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">But it flew away from her reach,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">So she ran away in her sleep. <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">And dreamed of para-para-paradise,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Para-para-paradise,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Para-para-paradise,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Every time she closed her eyes. <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo.

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo, oo-oo-oo. <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">When she was just a girl,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">She expected the world,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">But it flew away from her reach,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">And bullets catching her teeth. <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Life goes on,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">It gets so heavy,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">The wheel breaks the butterfly.

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Every tear, a waterfall.

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">In the night, the stormy night,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">She closed her eyes.

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">In the night, the stormy night,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Away she flied. <span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">And dream of para-para-paradise,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Para-para-paradise,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Para-para-paradise,

<span style="font-family: proxnov-reg,arial,sans-serif; font-size: medium;">Whoa-oh-oh oh-oooh oh-oh-oh.

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=10/21/13= Notes on parallel structure [] Parallel Structure Activity [] "The Scarlet Ibis" []

=10/29/13= "The Necklace" [] =10/30/13= =11/4/13= =11/6/13= Fill in the required information for each field of the chart below, using information provided by each presentation. You do not have to do one on your presentation. =11/15/13= Sarah Kay Transcript [] =11/18/13= =11/19/13= As a group, read "The Man in the Water" and respond to A through E on a separate piece of paper. http://www.nexuslearning.net/books/elements_of_lit_course4/Collection%207/The%20Man%20in%20the%20Water.htm =11/22/13= =12/6/13= Divergent Projects will be due on Thursday, December 19th =1/15/14=
 * = On a piece of paper (sorry Hailey), list 10 things you know are true. =
 * [[file:Speaker Poem.doc]]
 * Both of the following poems are due Tuesday, November 19th.
 * Write a found poem using "The Man in the Water" (minimum of 8 lines)
 * Over the break, read chapters 5-16 (p.38-208). For each chapter, write a 2-3 sentence summary and copy the quote you find to be the most profound (having or showing great insight). Do this on note cards. Write the summary for the chapter on one side and the quote on the other.