Homework 9/30/09

Period 1

1. Post vocab sentences
2. Make vocab gestures with a partner
3. Please bring your peer edit response to class to turn in for credit tomorrow.
4. Fix any corrections and work on the areas mentioned by your peer.
5. Work on your essay and bring in your most recent copy so we can share with the class.
6. If YOU HAVE NOT DONE AN ESSAY YET, BRING IN A COPY OF WHAT YOU HAVE TOMORROW.

Period 3

1. Paraphrase the 4 functions of creation stories from "The World on Turtle's Back" packet p. 31

2. Make the table that shows examples of what that means, using ANY of the creation stories that we have read.

Homework 9/29/09

Period 1

Read the First Encounters Packet and take notes on the context section and the two stories.

Study for vocab quiz

Period 3

Post vocab sentences

create vocab gestures

If you were absent or did not finish here is the ideology prompt that was done in class:

Ideology Response

When you read the creation stories in this class, did you ever look at them as kind of dumb and stupid? If so, explain why. If not, tell me what you thought of them. Then, tell me how many people, in class, you suspect felt that they were stupid. (1/2 the class? ¼ of the class?)

In a second paragraph tell me how you react to change? How accepting are you of other people and their ideas? (this can include cultural traditions, different ways of accomplishing a task, or someone’s opinion of your attitude) If you say that you are very accepting, can you tell me what your opinion is on your going to therapy to resolve any issues you may have and explain why you claim you are very open-minded and accepting. If you say, you are not very accepting, can you explain what makes you not want to accept different views or opinions.

Homework 9/25/09

Period 1
Fix your Creation Story Essay by adding new information and email me your new rough draft by Monday.

period 3
Complete the chart on the back of the Creation Myth worksheet that compares Genesis (from the Bible) with some of the creation stories that we have already read. They are both creation Myths, but how are they similar and different. What ideas do they share or not? Think about the god/s involved in the creation, the process of making things, etc.

Homework 9/24/09

Period 1

Complete the following worksheet

Creation Myth Progress Assessment

Period 3

• Complete the Creation Myth worksheet by reading pg. 23 in the Holt Literature book and using your world on turtle's back packet.
• In the World on Turtle's Back Packet:
• Look on the first page(pg 24) that has the definition of Myth and Creation myth.
• Then look at pg. 31 in the section titled Literary Analysis and read the section, especially the bullets.
• Do not do the chart that compares the creation myths with Genesis.

Homework 9/23/09

Warning Period 3- If you are still trying to post vocab sentences for homework, go down to the 9/22/09 entry.

Period 1

1. Post Vocab Sentences

2. Make Hand gestures for your 8 vocabulary words.

Period 3

Read p. 20-23 & take Cornell notes

Read p. 25 in the Holt book

Answer questions 1-5 for the "Coyote Finishes his Work" story

Homework 9/22/09

Period 1
1. Study for Vocab Quiz
2. Type a 1 pg. (minimum) response to the following questions. Double spaced.

• What is 1 difference and similarity between N.A stories/Creation stories and narratives from explorers? (Think of purpose and traditions)
• Give examples from text to prove your claim.
• why do you think these similarities and differences are important? How are they relevant to the outcome of history or how are they related to our current story?

Period 3

1. Post vocab Sentences

2. Create your Narrative Timeline

3. complete a 12 line (minimum) dialogue skit that illustrates the actions that take place in the narrative that your character appears in. (Be Creative).

Homework 9/21/09

Period 1
1. Read the "In Harmony with Nature packet" and finish the in class notes we started last week.
2. Finish the World on Turtle's Back, Creation Myth Function Table that was started in class.

Period 3
1. Fill out the Narrative Summary Worksheet.

Homework 9/17/09

Period 1

• Read pages 23-25 in Holt Literature Book
• Answer questions 1-5 on pg. 26 for the first story
• Read Genesis packet
• Fill out the Creation Myth worksheet

Period 3

• Read "La Relacion" and the "Travels of Marco Polo" in the First Encounters packet
• Answer Questions 1 plus comprehension check bullets, 3, 4, 5

Homework 9/16/09

Period 1
Finish the Writing packet
Finish the partner sentence corrections

Period 3

1. Finish the class work (reading packet and sentence corrections)
2. Read pgs 66-71 in First Encounters packet and highlight important info
3. Write at least 4 margin notes on the margins of packet.
4. Study the information titled Strategies for Reading: Historical Narratives on pg. 71 since you will have a quiz on it.
5. Write a 1/2 page response comparing and contrasting the information in this packet and the "fat" packet I gave you to read over the weekend. (if you did not read it, skim it to see the difference in information)

Homework 9/15/09

Period 1
Post Vocab Sentences

Period 3
Post Vocab Sentences

Homework 9/14/09

Period 1
Study for Vocab Quiz
Write a 1/2 page response telling me which of the stories/narratives, you liked the most or found the most shocking and explain why. These would be out of the thinner package I gave you.

Period 3
Study for Vocab Quiz

Homework

Period 1 & 3
1. Have your entire essay done as a rough draft.
Must be typed and double spaced.
2. Have your writing folder with all of the necessary planning sheets and OUTLINE.
PROOFREAD IT BEFORE YOU TURN IT IN.

Homework 9/9/09

Period 1
Continue to work on your essay. Remember that your rough draft is due on Friday. I will check that you have more than just your intro and 1st body paragraph, but you will only get credit for it if you have it in the folder I asked you to have it in.

Period 3
Type your Introduction and Outline and bring it to class.

Homework 9/8/09

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IF YOU DO NOT KNOW HOW TO DO THIS, SPEAK TO SOMEONE THAT HAS HAD MS. PRIESTER AS AN ENGLISH TEACHER (THEY SHOULD BE ABLE TO HELP). OTHERWISE, FIGURE IT OUT.

Period 1

1. Post Vocab Sentences
2. Get a folder or make a folder with construction paper that holds:

a. A typed outline

b. Your introduction paragraph

c. Your 1st body paragraph

Period 3
1.Post vocab sentences
2. Type the outline that you intend to use to write your essay and include your fixed thesis in the I. Intro section.
3. Type the Introduction paragraph to your essay with your thesis included. Make sure that it is double spaced.

Homework 9/4/09

Period 1

email me your most recent introduction before Monday 5 pm and then work on your first body paragraph.



Period 3

Make sure that you have a good thesis.

Begin your introduction paragraph. MUST BE TYPED. DOUBLE SPACED. Include the 3 things necessary in an introduction.

See the WRITING POWERPOINT for help on writing and knowing what to include in your introduction.

Homework

Period 1
Type your essay outline and start you introduction paragraph.

Period 3
Create your essay outline. An OUTLINE THAT CORRESPONDS TO THE PROMPT FOR THE ESSAY YOU WILL BE WRITING IN A FEW DAYS.

Homework 9/1/09

Period 1
1. write or fix your thesis for you essay. What essay, you ask? The one from the prompt that we have been working on for the past week. Not the one from the intro paragraph that you already wrote.
2. Complete a I-V outline (aka Ms. Ramirez outline) Remember that all outlines start with Intro and should reflect all the points you will include in your essay.

Period 3
1. Fix or create your outline in the Ms. Ramirez outline format.
2. Make sure that your bubble cluster makes sense.