Friday, February 29, 2008

Vocab Hwk 1

Please write a sentence that uses the following words correctly:
(note: sentences such as- "I didn't understand the meaning of beset" or "The teacher taught us the word beset" ARE UNACCEPTABLE)

1.primary
2.beset
3.distinct
4.abstruse
5.relevant
6.tradition

MAKE SURE YOU WRITE YOUR NAME ON YOUR WORK.
THIS ASSIGNMENT IS DUE MONDAY 3/3/08 BY YOUR CLASS PERIOD.

Vocabulary Homework

In order to prepare you for your vocabulary midterm. Your Homework for the next week will be be to comment to the blogs that will be posted. Each of the blogs will ask for you to write a number of sentences using the designated vocabulary word/s.

Wednesday, February 27, 2008

Classwork/Homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary- Establish, Epitome. 5th period also did "Indicate"
2. Stamped Homework
3. Discussed the "Flight to Freedom" homework

Homework
1. Read pgs. 399-403
2. Write a paragraph summarizing the passage.
3. Write a second paragraph that discusses:
a.) what you think is the writer's purpose.
b.) how you would describe his style.

Tuesday, February 26, 2008

Urgent announcement

My dear 5th period students,
You will have to forgive me for not being more careful (twice in one day), but I had a tech guy come in and take a look at my printer this afternoon and unfortunately some of your assignments were not saved when the program was closed. I know that I had input points already for warm ups and Photo/realism questions. If you have these materials tomorrow, do not throw them away. I will need to see the score I had given you. So sorry for the inconvenience.

Ms. Ramirez

PS. If you can bring me this before school or during 1st lunch it would be great.

Classwork/Homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary- Justify
2. Went over the Realism graphic organizer

Homework
1. Read Excerpt on Frederick Douglas (Click Here)
2. Write 4 interesting or important things that you got out the passage.
3. Play Flight to Freedom game (Click Here)
4. Write a summary of your game experience
-You may opt to do this by taking notes as you play or you can summarize some of the key points of your game at the end of the game.
- Your summary must be 1/2-3/4 of a page

Thursday, February 21, 2008

Classwork/Homework

Period 5,
Look at the blog below this one for your HOMEWORK.

STUDY FOR VOCAB QUIZ!

Period 4,
Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary
Dichotomy
Differentiation
2. Stamped Homework
3. Discussed the Realism Questions

Homework
1. Answer the questions from the Realism Graphic Organzier
2. Fill out the blank Realism graphic organizer
- Your homework from last night may help you with this. If not, look at pages 380-395

3. STUDY FOR VOCAB QUIZ

Wednesday, February 20, 2008

5th Period Classwork/Homework [Thursday Night]

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary
2. Looked at photograph
Generated a list of questions to answer
3. Looked at the term Realism
Hypothesized what the term means.
Generated a list of questions that you are interested in finding out.

Homework
1. Do research on the photograph and answer the questions on our list.
Here is your leading information:
- After the fighting around Fredickburg during the Chancellorsville battle, Union General Herman Haupt, standing left, surveyed some of the damage.
- The picture was supplied by the National Archives and Records Administration.

- Please find additional information on the caption above. Answering the questions with only the names mentioned above is not good enough. You need to tell me more about General Herman Haupt. The same goes for the location.

2. Using textbook pages 380-395 AND at least one internet source, answer the questions on Realism.

Thursday, February 7, 2008

Classwork/homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary- Complex
2. Worked on Romanticism Review sheet


Homework
1. Finish Romanticism Review Sheet
2. answer questions 1-11 on pg 217
3. Take notes as you read pgs 211-216

Tuesday, February 5, 2008

Classwork/homework

Classwork
1. Academic Vocabulary- Source
2. Worked on Homonyms
3. Continued working on Pit and the Pendulum

Homework
1. If you haven't done them already, answer questions 2,3,4 on page 269
Each question should be at least 3-5 sentences long.

Friday, February 1, 2008

Weekend Homework

Weekend Homework

- Read the handout on Romanticism and highlight any important information.
Many of you did not do to good on your pop quiz. Therefore, I would like for you to read a little more about Romanticism. Consider some of the selections we have read so far and how they fit into the Romantic period. We will be discussing this further with Poe.