LA 1 Period 1 Assignments
- Instructor
- Ms. Candace Tingley
- Term
- Semester 2 - 2022-23
- Department
- Language Arts
Upcoming Assignments
Due:
R&J EQ Tracker
Evidence that a character is to blame (include Act. Scene. Line):
--Capulet: “Content thee, gentle coz, let him [Romeo] alone./…Verona brags of him/ To be a virtuous and well-governed youth./ I would not for the wealth of all this town/ Here in my house do him disparagement./ Therefore be patient; take no note of him” (1. 5. 68-73).
-Tybalt sees Romeo at the party and wants to kill him
-Capulet says…
-Capulet is to blame because….
Evidence that Romeo’s or Juliet’s underdeveloped prefrontal cortex is to blame (include Act. Scene. Line):
-->Romeo: “ I fear too early; for my mind misgives/ Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/ Shall bitterly begin his fearful date…/ By some vile forfeit of untimely death. / But he that hath the steerage of my course / Direct my sail!” (1. 4. 107-113).
--> Romeo: “Did my heart love till now? Foresweare it sight!/ For I never saw true beauty till this night” (1. 5. 54-55)
--Capulet: “Content thee, gentle coz, let him [Romeo] alone./…Verona brags of him/ To be a virtuous and well-governed youth./ I would not for the wealth of all this town/ Here in my house do him disparagement./ Therefore be patient; take no note of him” (1. 5. 68-73).
-Tybalt sees Romeo at the party and wants to kill him
-Capulet says…
-Capulet is to blame because….
Evidence that Romeo’s or Juliet’s underdeveloped prefrontal cortex is to blame (include Act. Scene. Line):
-->Romeo: “ I fear too early; for my mind misgives/ Some consequence yet hanging in the stars/ Shall bitterly begin his fearful date…/ By some vile forfeit of untimely death. / But he that hath the steerage of my course / Direct my sail!” (1. 4. 107-113).
--> Romeo: “Did my heart love till now? Foresweare it sight!/ For I never saw true beauty till this night” (1. 5. 54-55)
Past Assignments
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Act 3 Conflict Analysis
Work in a small group. One person makes a copy, attaches and shares with everyone.
Private comment your partner's name who turned in the slideshow.
Private comment your partner's name who turned in the slideshow.
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R&J Acts 1-3 Newspaper Article
Follow the instructions on the slideshow. Your final slide should be ONE slide long.
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Storyboard That Act 1-2
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Shakespeare Introductory Webquest (in class 2/10)
Use the links to access information about Shakespeare. Answer the questions in a different color. You may work individually or with a partner.
Please PRIVATE COMMENT your partner's name.
Please PRIVATE COMMENT your partner's name.
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TKAM Essay (+ Organizer Notes from Class) in class 1/19 - 1/24
Use the MLA Format Outline to help you set up your paper. If you make a copy of it, you MUST change the title of it to TKAM Essay
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TKAM EQ Tracker
As we read, it is your responsibility t add quotes and explanations to your EQ Tracker. Some classwork notes will be provided/attached if you were absent. This is essential for your TKAM essay in January, so stay on task!
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End of Semester Grade Check (in class 1/11)
Make a copy and complete the grade check. Use this time to ask Ms. Tingley any questions about missing work and devise a study plan for yourself.
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Ch. 3 Close Read (from StudySync textbook) in class 12/1
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Dreams Essay (in class 11/4 - 11/8)
Use the slides template below to help you write your essay. Use your notes from the essay organizer we completed in class (sample attached) to type your essay.
MLA Format required. Times New Roman size 12, double space
MLA Format required. Times New Roman size 12, double space
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OMAM Chapter Tracker Notes
We will complete most of these in class, but if you do not finish or are absent, you are responsible for reading the assigned chapter that day and completing the appropriate slide.
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EQ Tracker Dreams and Aspirations
OMAM
Ch. 1
“‘O.K. Someday--we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and--’ ‘An’ live of the fatta the land…An’ have rabbits’” (Steinbeck 14).
Ch. 2 pg. 34 or 36
Ch. 3
“Candy said, ‘I ain’t much good with only one hand. I lost my right hand here on this ranch…S’pose I went in with you guys. That’s three hundred and fifty bucks I’d put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some’” (Steinbeck 59).
Ch. 4
Crooks says, “‘...If you…guys would want a hand to work for nothing--just his keep, why I’d come and lend a hand. I ain’t so crippled I can’t work…’” (Steinbeck 76).
“‘I didn’t mean it. Just foolin. I wouldn’t want to go no place like that [farm]’” (Stenbeck 83).
Ch. 5
“‘Another time I met a guy and he was in pictures…He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural…Coulda been in the movies, and had nice clothes…and coulda sat in those big hotels and had pictures took of me’” (Steinbeck 88-89).
Declaration of Independence:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson par. 2).
-everyone is equal (all humanity) according to God
-rights come from God = human rights, unchangeable by people
-rights = to be able to do certain things, have freedom, privilege
“That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States…the connection between them and the State of Great Britain is and out to be totally dissolved” (Jefferson par. 32).
-separation from Britain
-13 Free Colonies will eventually become the United States of America
"Joy Luck Club"
“‘Of course you can be prodigy (exceptional child), too’ my mother told me when I was nine. ‘You can be best anything’” (Tan 33).
-mother’s dreams = daughter best she can be
-if the mother lost something in her previous life, she can relive it through her daughter = family fame
- creates pressure for the daughter herself; impact the mother’s and daughter’s relationship negatively (stress)
2nd evidence done on your own (maybe about the Daughter’s dream? This one is done on your own_
Notes done on your own
“And after seeing, once again, my mother’s disappointed face, something inside me began to die…And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy inside of me…The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. She and I were the same” (Tan 35).
-daughter is broken b/c she will never live up to mom’s dreams
-BUT she realizes she is powerful on her own
-she knows she can live her own dream, and her mom can support her
"The Necklace"
“She had no gowns, no jewels, nothing. And she loved nothing but that. She felt made for that” (Maupassant 6).
-Mathilde wants to live a life of luxury, wealth, riches, and be of a higher status
-felt like she deserved these things
“She was prettier than any other woman present, elegant, graceful, smiling and wild with joy” (Maupassant 8).
M= filled w/ joy at the ball
felt like she was living her dream of wealth
Achieved her dream for a short time
Ch. 1
“‘O.K. Someday--we’re gonna get the jack together and we’re gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an’ a cow and some pigs and--’ ‘An’ live of the fatta the land…An’ have rabbits’” (Steinbeck 14).
Ch. 2 pg. 34 or 36
Ch. 3
“Candy said, ‘I ain’t much good with only one hand. I lost my right hand here on this ranch…S’pose I went in with you guys. That’s three hundred and fifty bucks I’d put in. I ain’t much good, but I could cook and tend the chickens and hoe the garden some’” (Steinbeck 59).
Ch. 4
Crooks says, “‘...If you…guys would want a hand to work for nothing--just his keep, why I’d come and lend a hand. I ain’t so crippled I can’t work…’” (Steinbeck 76).
“‘I didn’t mean it. Just foolin. I wouldn’t want to go no place like that [farm]’” (Stenbeck 83).
Ch. 5
“‘Another time I met a guy and he was in pictures…He says he was gonna put me in the movies. Says I was a natural…Coulda been in the movies, and had nice clothes…and coulda sat in those big hotels and had pictures took of me’” (Steinbeck 88-89).
Declaration of Independence:
“We hold these truths to be self-evident, that all men are created equal, that they are endowed by their Creator with certain unalienable Rights, that among these are Life, Liberty, and the pursuit of Happiness” (Jefferson par. 2).
-everyone is equal (all humanity) according to God
-rights come from God = human rights, unchangeable by people
-rights = to be able to do certain things, have freedom, privilege
“That these United Colonies are, and of Right ought to be Free and Independent States…the connection between them and the State of Great Britain is and out to be totally dissolved” (Jefferson par. 32).
-separation from Britain
-13 Free Colonies will eventually become the United States of America
"Joy Luck Club"
“‘Of course you can be prodigy (exceptional child), too’ my mother told me when I was nine. ‘You can be best anything’” (Tan 33).
-mother’s dreams = daughter best she can be
-if the mother lost something in her previous life, she can relive it through her daughter = family fame
- creates pressure for the daughter herself; impact the mother’s and daughter’s relationship negatively (stress)
2nd evidence done on your own (maybe about the Daughter’s dream? This one is done on your own_
Notes done on your own
“And after seeing, once again, my mother’s disappointed face, something inside me began to die…And then I saw what seemed to be the prodigy inside of me…The girl staring back at me was angry, powerful. She and I were the same” (Tan 35).
-daughter is broken b/c she will never live up to mom’s dreams
-BUT she realizes she is powerful on her own
-she knows she can live her own dream, and her mom can support her
"The Necklace"
“She had no gowns, no jewels, nothing. And she loved nothing but that. She felt made for that” (Maupassant 6).
-Mathilde wants to live a life of luxury, wealth, riches, and be of a higher status
-felt like she deserved these things
“She was prettier than any other woman present, elegant, graceful, smiling and wild with joy” (Maupassant 8).
M= filled w/ joy at the ball
felt like she was living her dream of wealth
Achieved her dream for a short time
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Library Orientation Day 2 (in class 10/21)
We will start this in class on Friday 10/21 and I will give you more time in class to finish the week of 10/24.
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OMAM Ch. 3 Close Read (in class 10/18)
partner or individual work--1 copy per partnership; private comment partner's name who submitted the assignment
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OMAM Ch. 1-2 Imagery Response Paragraph
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Grade Check + Reflection (in class 10/6)
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OMAM Ch. 1 Close Read
You may work with a partner or individually. please type your answers in a different color. Be sure to private comment your partner's name!
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John Steinbeck Webquest (in class 9/29)
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Money Matters "The Necklace" (9/23)
Work with a paertner. Shared slides. Private comment partner's name.
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Theme in "The Necklace" (9/22)
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Character Analysis for "The Necklace" (9/20)
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"Joy Luck Club" Art Project (in class 9/15)
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Joy Luck Club Close Read (in class 9/14)
Partner activity; make a copy and share it with your partner. Be sure to private comment your partner's name.
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What's on My Desk
Make a copy of the slide deck. Delete unnecessary slides; when you finish you should only have your "desk" and your explanation slide.
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Worst Email Ever (in class 9/5)
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