PRE-AP ELA 9 - 1 of 2-EES81_1 (Period 1) 2023 1 Assignments

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Create and submit the final draft of your essay HERE. The assignment page is posted here. 

THIS WAS CLASSWORK FROM 5/24 - if this assignment is marked "Missing" or "Absent" for you on Jupiter, you must complete it and turn in your work to me, either on paper or electronically. Assignment - Act 3, Scene 5 - FULL SENTENCES
The total response should be one paragraph (4-6 sentences) Question 1: During the argument between Capulet and Juliet, what were their arguments about?
Question 2: How do Capulet's decisions affect Juliet?

THIS WAS CLASSWORK FROM 5/22 - if this assignment is marked "Missing" or "Absent" for you on Jupiter, you must complete it and turn in your work to me, either on paper or electronically. Assignment - Act 3, Scenes 2+3 - FULL SENTENCES

NOTE: Citation in parentheses shows (Act #. Scene #. Line #'s)

Scene 2:

• How is Juliet feeling as she waits for Romeo to return? Analyze one metaphor she uses to express herself (3.2.1-35)
• How does Juliet feel about Romeo at first when she hears that he killed Tybalt? Analyze one metaphor she uses to express herself (3.2. 80-90)
• How does Juliet deal with her conflict between love for Tybalt and love for Romeo? Analyze one metaphor she uses to express herself (3.2.105-140)
Scene 3:

• How does Romeo feel about his banishment? Analyze one line of his to explain (3.3. 30-50)
• How does Friar Lawrence feel about Romeo in this moment? Explain his whole argument, and analyze one of his metaphors (3.3.115-170)

IF this assignment is marked as Missing for you in Jupiter, please complete it and either turn in a photo of your writing to Jupiter, a typed copy here, or on paper to me in school. 

DIRECTIONS:
Create a plot summary of Act 3 Scene 1 by answering the following questions in complete sentences: 
1. How and why does the fight start? 
2. How does Romeo act when Tybalt first wants to fight him? Why? 
3. What is the outcome of the fight? How did Romeo make a key mistake?
4. How does Romeo respond after the fight is over?
5. What is the Prince’s decision? 
6. How will this affect Romeo’s path to being with Juliet? Make a prediction. 

THIS WAS CLASSWORK FROM 5/15 - If it is marked as "Missing" on Jupiter, please complete and turn in either a photo of your work, a paper copy directly to me, or here on Google Classroom. 


DIRECTIONS:
 Identify the metaphors said by Friar Lawrence to Romeo: what comparisons and images is he making, and why? 
(1 paragraph / 4 sentences) 
This moment is Friar Lawrence making fun of Romeo, roasting him for changing his love so quickly from Rosaline to Juliet.

"Jesu Maria, what a deal of brine
 Hath washed thy sallow cheeks for Rosaline!
 How much salt water thrown away in waste
 To season love, that of it doth not taste!
 The sun not yet thy sighs from heaven clears,
 Thy old groans yet ringing in mine ancient ears."
(2.3.73-78) = (Act 2, Scene 3, Lines 73-78)
Definitions: 

Brine = Salt water for cooking 
“To season” = to add flavor, seasoning to food 

View the instructions in the document. This was done in class.

This work is to prepare for our upcoming character analysis essay. 

Finish this if you did not get it done in class Thursday 2/7

This is HOMEWORK FOR WED JAN 10 to be prepared for tomorrow's discussion.
Paper copies were handed out today, Weds, during class. 

Please come to class TOMORROW, THURS JAN 11 with the notes sheet completed, with quotes and page numbers for each question.
If you were absent, you MUST do these notes and turn them in still so you can contribute to the discussion - your participation in discussion is also counting for a grade. 

This was completed during class Weds 1/10, please turn it in here or ask for a paper copy if you were absent. 

Use the pdf copy of the text here on Google Classroom if you do not have a book that you got from class. 

This was classwork for Monday 1/8, to be completed in class Tuesday 1/9. Follow the instructions to complete this character ambition chart for Act 1, Scene 1. Use specific quotes with page numbers from the text. There is a model included on the 4th page.

This assignment was Friday classwork, please complete here if you were absent or see me for a paper copy. Use the book you took home, or pdf copy of the play posted on classroom.

Turn in here or print and hand in if you missed this class!  

Watch the linked videos and complete the questions. 

Turn in here or print and hand in if you missed this class!  Follow the instructions on the diagram, if needed you may complete on a separate piece of paper. 

If you were not here 12/21 or 12/22, Thursday and Friday before break, please attempt one of these creative writing prompts and put some of your ideas on paper. Do not stress making a final draft, just get ideas out. 

If you were not in school this day, please complete here. 
Find a moment in one of your past essays where you analyze evidence from a text, and rewrite it to make it more specific and clear to the audience. Follow the questions on the handout as a guideline. 
If you do not have a past essay to revise, complete the task on the second page where you analyze and explain a sample piece of evidence for a given argument. 

If you weren't in class this day, please complete these notes on the video below to learn more about how to effectively explain your evidence in an essay. 

If you weren't in class 12/14, please use this to review your goals for the new year and write a new goals statement for 2024. Please write in-depth about your plans for achieving these aims and how you will make time in your schedule for them.

Complete the following Google Form as your classwork for Monday 12/11. 

If you were not in class Wednesday 12/6 and did not complete these notes, please do so. We answered through question 5, with the first 15 minutes of the video. 

See the attached reading and assignment, please complete if you did not do so in class.

 Make a copy of the response page and turn it in to this assignment. Only answer ONE of the 3 questions.

Complete this classwork here if you did not turn it in.

Submit your final projects here - we are having class presentations on Tuesday, 11/21! 
See the Project Descriptions page below for guidelines. 

Use this to help structure your project 

Attached below is the Project Proposal and the Project Descriptions (which contain the requirements for each option). 
Please finish it by Monday.
We have worked on this in class Thursday 11/9 and Friday 11/10 - come to class Monday with your school devices, ready to start researching and making your outlines. 

Complete the questions, give details from the text in your responses. 
This is the end of the book!

This is your group participation grade for discussion. The grade is based on the percentage of people in your class who participated in discussion. The purpose of this is to encourage inviting others to participate and add their thoughts into discussion.

This is your individual participation grade for discussion. Lack of verbal participation can be made up by increasing detail in your discussion prep notes, so do this and submit it if you are unhappy with your grade. The questions can be found in the "Discussion Questions" assignment.

This is your group participation grade for discussion. The grade is based on the percentage of people in your class who participated in discussion. The purpose of this is to encourage inviting others to participate and add their thoughts into discussion.

Come to class Tuesday 10/31 with responses prepared for your class's discussion questions. Each section has a list of 5 discussion questions from Monday 10/30.

This was completed IN CLASS 10/26

Completed IN CLASS 10/23-24

Complete the handout: 4 total questions with the exit ticket.

Completed IN CLASS Weds. 10/18.

If you were absent, you must talk to me about a Make Up assignment.

(This was completed in class Tuesday 10/17)Read chapter 2 and complete the questions on the notes sheet (attached). Please include any questions you may have in the left hand column. 

4-5 paragraphs using evidence from the text - see rubric attached for prompt

Read and complete annotations and answer questions in the margin. (This was classwork from 9/26-28 and was collected 9/28)
This is an excerpt from Paul Rusesabagina's memoir "An Ordinary Man," where he describes his true story of surviving and sheltering others during the Rwandan genocide. 

Make a short summary (2-3 sentences with key facts) of each article. The goal is to understand:
- The impacts of colonization that led to division and civil war in Rwanda
- Th international failure to intervene at the start of the 1994 genocide
- Restorative justice efforts made to reunify Hutu and Tutsi peoples in Rwanda  

Use the Text: Jimmy Santiago Baca "Who Understands Me But Me" Poem 
Response should be 1 paragraph (no more than a handwritten page), have a clear claim at the beginning, and use specific quotes with line numbers. Pick 1 or 2 lines of the poem to analyze in-depth, specifically discussing how the author's use of poetic language shapes the message / themes / emotional communication. 


(Examples of poetic language are: metaphors, repetition, imagery, hyperbole/exaggeration, personification)

View the attached rubric and instructions. 

Write 1 page about a goal you have for the year and how you will plan to achieve it. This can be school-related or not, it is your choice.