HOMEWORK FOR MR. HOFFMAN
Mr.
Room CL 121
E-mail: dhoffman@lhps.org
Phone: 407-206-1900, Ext. 3294
Office Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays--3:20-5:00 PM
ENGLISH 10 HONORS
October 6-20,
2008
UNITS: DRAMA—The
Crucible by Arthur Miller (Drama;
The Glass Menagerie by
SUBUNITS: Vocabulary Development; Grammar Review: Verb
Completers; PSAT Preparation
YEAR’S THEME: THE
AMERICAN DREAM; YEAR’S VALUE: LOYALTY
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Date |
Topic |
Homework * |
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Monday, 10/6 |
Discussion and Viewing of Act IV of The Crucible. Find-Someone-Who Crucible Review Correction of Sadlier-Oxford Review Units 1-3. PSAT Writing Test Practice |
(1) Complete Sadlier-Oxford Review Units 1-3—pp. 42-50. (20 Points) |
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Tuesday, 10/7 |
Quiz on Act IV of The Crucible, including Writing and Bonus. |
(1) Complete Crucible Act IV Study Guide. (10 Points) (2) Quiz on Act IV
of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. |
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Wednesday, 10/8 |
Sharing of Crucible Multiple-Intelligence Projects. Introductory Notes for PSAT Writing Test Practice. |
(1) Multiple-Intelligence Activity for The Crucible is due. (40 Points) (2) Read Introduction to Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie—pp. vii-xxvi of Paperback. |
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Monday, 10/13 |
Discussion/presentation of Independent Reading Review Options. Discussion and Think-Pair-Share for Scenes 1-2 of The Glass Menagerie. PSAT Reading Practice. |
(1) Reading of First Independent Reading Selection is to be completed. (2) Read Scenes 1-3 of The Glass Menagerie—pp. 3-25 of Paperback. (3) Select Topic for
First Independent |
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Tuesday, 10/14 |
Discussion of Scenes 3-4 of The Glass Menagerie. Modeling of Independent Reading Review notes. Sentence Completer Grammar Review Activity. |
(1) Read Scene 4 of The Glass Menagerie—pp. 26-37. (2) Prewriting Notes for First Independent Book Review are due. (10 Points) |
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Wednesday, 10/15 |
PSAT Administration. |
No Assignment. |
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Thursday, 10/16 |
Test administration for Scenes 1-4 of The Glass Menagerie. |
(1) Test-Scenes 1-4 of The Glass Menagerie. (40 Points) |
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Friday, 10/17 |
Discussion and film viewing for Scene 5 of The Glass Menagerie. |
(1) Read Scene 5 of The Glass Menagerie—pp. 38-49. (2) Complete Mapping Activity for Scene 5. (10 Points) |
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Monday, 10/20 |
Continued discussion and notes for Scene 5 of The Glass Menagerie. Sharing and collection of First Independent Reading Review. |
(1) First Independent Reading Review—at least three word-processed pages—is due. (50 Points) |
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Announcements |
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* Assignments are subject to
change.
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Click on the
link below to see High Standards for Homework Short Essays:
Click on the following link to access
the McDougal Littell Literature Anthology for reading assignments:
How
to create a student access code to use the McDougal Littell literature
anthology.doc
Click on the
following link to access the Literature Essay Rubric:
Click on the
following link to access Find-Someone-Who Review for
Acts
III-IV of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible:
Mr.
Room CL 121
E-mail: dhoffman@lhps.org
Phone: 407-206-1900, Ext. 3294
Office Hours: Tuesdays/Thursdays--3:20-5:00 PM
ENGLISH 10 COLLEGE
PREP
October 6-20,
2008
UNITS: DRAMA—The
Crucible by Arthur Miller (Drama;
The Glass Menagerie by
SUBUNITS: Vocabulary Development; Grammar Review: Verb
Completers; PSAT Preparation
YEAR’S THEME: THE AMERICAN DREAM; YEAR’S VALUE: LOYALTY
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Date |
Topic |
Homework * |
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Monday, 10/6 |
Discussion and Viewing of Act III of The Crucible. Find-Someone-Who Crucible Review Correction of Sadlier-Oxford Review Units 1-3. PSAT Writing Test Practice |
(1) Complete Sadlier-Oxford Review Units 1-3—pp. 42-50. (20 Points) |
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Tuesday, 10/7 |
Discussion of Act III of The Crucible. Homework correction and discussion. Quiz on Act III of The Crucible, including Writing and Bonus. |
(1) Read the remainder of Act III of The Crucible—pp. 186-194—and complete Critical Thinking Activity. (20 Points) (2) Quiz on Act III of Arthur Miller’s The Crucible. (25 Points) |
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Wednesday, 10/8 |
PSAT Writing Test Practice. Discussion and Viewing for Act IV of The Crucible. Reading Check Quiz. |
(1) Read Act IV of The Crucible on line—pp. 96-108. (2) Be prepared to discuss “After Reading” Discussion Points on p. 109. Expect |
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Monday, 10/13 |
Discussion/presentation of Independent Reading Review Options. Introductory Notes for PSAT Reading Practice. |
(1) Reading of First Independent Reading Selection is to be completed. (2) Read Introduction to Tennessee Williams’ The Glass Menagerie—pp. vii-xxvi of Paperback. |
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Tuesday, 10/14 |
Discussion and Think-Pair-Share for Scenes 1-3 of The Glass Menagerie. Modeling of Independent Reading Review notes. Sentence Completers Grammar Lesson. |
(1) Read Scenes 1-3 of The Glass Menagerie—pp. 3-25 of Paperback. (2) Prewriting Notes for First Independent Book Review are due. (10 Points) |
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Wednesday, 10/15 |
PSAT Administration. |
No Assignment. |
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Thursday, 10/16 |
Test administration for Scenes 1-3 of The Glass Menagerie. |
(1) Test-Scenes 1-3 of The Glass Menagerie. (40 Points) |
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Friday, 10/17 |
Discussion and film viewing for Scene 4 of The Glass Menagerie. In-class Writing Workshop for First Independent Reading Review. |
(1) Read Scene 4 of The Glass Menagerie—pp. 26-37. (2) Complete Follow-Up Study Guide. (10 Points) |
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Monday, 10/20 |
Continued discussion and notes for Scene 4 of The Glass Menagerie. Sharing and collection of First Independent Reading Review. |
(1) First Independent Reading Review—at least three word-processed pages—is due. (50 Points) |
|
Announcements |
|
|
* Assignments are subject to change.
_______________________________________________________________________________
Click on the link below to see High
Standards for Homework Short Essays:
Click on the following link to access
the McDougal Littell Literature Anthology for reading assignments:
How
to create a student access code to use the McDougal Littell literature
anthology.doc
Click on the
following link to access Crucible Acts
I-II Theme Topics:
Crucible-Theme
Topics for Acts I-II-College Prep-Oct.'07.doc
Click on the following link to access
the Literature Essay Rubric:
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