Tuesday, October 28, 2008

Homework 10/28/08

Period 1
1. Poster projects are due tomorrow
2. Study for Vocabulary quiz

Period 3
1. Post 8 vocab sentences on blog
THANK YOU TO THOSE OF YOU THAT POSTED ON YESTERDAYS BLOG ENTRY

Monday, October 27, 2008

Homework 10/27/08

Period 1
1. Make Root note cards for the following roots: BEL, PAC/PEAS, HOSP/HOST, AM/IM, CRIM, PROB/PROV, GRAV, LEV, AG, VEN/VENT, CAP/CEP/CIP, FIN, JAC/JEC, TRACT
2. Fill out Harlem Renaissance Review handout
3. Work on Poster Project (presentations due on Wednesday October, 29th)
Period 3
1. Finish the Harlem Renaissance Review handout (read Cultural identity packet)

Saturday, October 25, 2008

Homework due 10/27/08

Period 1
Post vocabulary sentences on blog.

Period3
Study for Vocab quiz

Thursday, October 23, 2008

Homework 10/23/08

Period 1
You are scotch free once again :-)
(Otra vez mas, se han escapado)
Period 3

  • Partner Poster Project
  • You will briefly present it.

Proyecto de cartel en pares

Tendran que presentar en clase.

Wednesday, October 22, 2008

Homework 10/22/08

Period 1
1. Read the Wallace Thurman packet and highlight information.

2. Pay close attention to the part that discusses his novel The Blacker the Berry.
You will have a quiz on this section specifically.
3.study for the vocab quiz you escaped today ;-)
Period3
1. Read the comments that were posted to yesterday's blog and find 5 sentences (that were submitted by the class) that you think are incorrect. Then, rewrite them correctly. Make sure that you use the vocabulary word correctly.

Tuesday, October 21, 2008

Homework 10/21/08

Period 1
Answer the following question with a 1/2 page response.
Do you agree that the poems we have read align with the idea that poetry is supposed to be beautiful and an expression of emotions while, at the same time, being race less (not associated to a specific race) and being true to the African-American tradition/culture.
Period 3
1. Post vocabulary sentences
2. Work on your Poster Project with partner

Friday, October 17, 2008

Homework 10/17/08

Period 1
1. Post 8 vocabulary sentences on blog
2. Revise your essay assignment (related to Zora Neale Hurston's "How it Feels to be Colored Me") and type it.

Period 3
1. Study for vocabulary quiz

Tuesday, October 14, 2008

Homework 10/14/08

Period 1
1. Read " How it feels to be colored me" on pg 951 in the "My City" packet
2. Answer questions 1, 3, 4, and 7 on pg. 957 (the single sheet Raymond passed out during class)
3. Study for Vocab Quiz

Period 3
1. Write 8 sentences to go with your new vocabulary and post them on the blog.
2. Make sure you read "Spunk" you may have a reading quiz on it.

Monday, October 13, 2008

Homework 10/13/08

Period 1
1. Read "Focus Your Reading" section on pg. 945
2. Read "If We Must Die" "A Black Man Talk Reaping"
3. Answer questions #1, #3, and #4

Period 3
1. Read "Brown Girl" packet and pick out one poem that you like, explain why you chose it.
2. Read "Spunk" and write 1/2 page.
3. Read "If We Must Die" "A Black Man Talk Reaping"
4. Answer questions #1 and #3,

Friday, October 10, 2008

Homework 10/10/08

Period 1
1. Create vocabulary sentences and post on the blog.
2. read "Spunk" by Zora Neale Hurston
3. Read the poems "My City" and "Any Human to Another"
4. Answer questions at the bottom of pg. 941 and the top of 943 ( #1 and comprehension check)


Period 3
1. Read " How it feels to be colored me"
2. Write a 1/2 page response.
3. Study for Vocabulary quiz
- this quiz was intended for last Monday. BE PREPARED.

Thursday, October 9, 2008

Homework 10/9/08

Period 1
1. Read the the Selected Poems by Langston Hughes packet.
2. Read pg. 924 in the packet
3. Answer the questions below the first two poems ("I,Too" and "Harlem")
4. Answer question #1 on pg928 (in the packet) and the Comprehension check box.

Period 3
1. Read the Build Background section on pg 940 in the new handout
2. Read the poems "My City" and "Any Human to Another"
3. Answer questions at the bottom of pg. 941 and the top of 943 ( #1 and comprehension check)

Wednesday, October 8, 2008

Homework 10/8/09

Period 1
1. Read the packet entitled "A New Cultural Identity" and highlight important information
2. Read the poems in the poem packet and choose two poems that you like.
3. Write down why you chose the poems that you did. What did you like about them?

Period 3
1. Read the the Selected Poems by Langston Hughes packet.
2. Read pg. 924 in the packet
3. Answer the questions below the first two poems ("I,Too" and "Harlem")
4. Answer question #1 on pg928 (in the packet) and the Comprehension check box.

Tuesday, October 7, 2008

Homework 10/7/08

Period 1
1. Study for Vocab quiz
2. Fill out the Renaissance fact sheet handout
3.Read the packet on Harlem Renaissance literature with a partner.
4. Highlight important information.
5. Take notes on the significance of your highlights on a separate sheet of paper.
  • For each highlight, write the page number and what you think it means in your own words.
  • When you are done, write a paragraph(3-5 sentences) to summarize what the essay is about.

Period 3
1. Fill out the Renaissance fact sheet handout Read the packet on Harlem Renaissance literature with a partner.
2. Highlight important information.
3.Read the packet on Harlem Renaissance literature with a partner.
4. Take notes on the significance of your highlights on a separate sheet of paper.
For each highlight, write the page number and what you think it means in your own words.
(LOOK UP ANY WORDS THAT YOU DON'T KNOW AND READ IT OUT LOUD)

Monday, October 6, 2008

Homework 10/6/08

Period 1 & 3
Write 8-10 things that you learned about African-Americans from this text.

Friday, October 3, 2008

Homework 10/3/08

Period 1
1. Answer the Analysis questions for Maya Angelou's narrative.
2. Post vocabulary paragraph in comments section.

Period 3
1. Answer the Analysis questions for Maya Angelou's narrative.
2. Study for vocabulary quiz on Monday.
  • You must know the definition, the part of speech, and how to use it in a sentence.
  • Extra credit will be given for the definitions of the Roots.

Thursday, October 2, 2008

Homework 10/2/08

Period 1
1.Read Maya Angelou Narrative
2. Write 1/2 page minimum response about it
Include:
- What did you think about it? Did you like it?
- Can you relate to this? why or why not?
- How did it make you feel?
Period 3
1. Answer the 3 questions in the Active Reading section.
2. Make a chart like the reader's notebook one and fill in each of the columns.
3. Write 1/2 page minimum response about it
Include:
- What did you think about it? Did you like it?
- Can you relate to this? why or why not?
- How did it make you feel?

Wednesday, October 1, 2008

Homework 10/1/08

Period 1
1. fill out sensory details Graphic Organizer

Period 3
1. fill out sensory details Graphic Organizer