HOMEWORK FOR MR. SPROUSE’S CLASSES
Office Hours: I arrive at school almost each day
around 7:00 and I am often in my classroom (x3363) or the
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English 10
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday, 5/12 |
Topic: Quiz on XC essay—this day only!—see Moodle for deets—Exam Review Our Town Hw: Grammar Exam Review |
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Tuesday, |
Topic: Grammar Exam Review Hw: Death of a Salesman Exam Review |
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Wednesday, |
Topic: 3rd 9 Weeks Exam Review Hw: Study for Exam |
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Thursday, |
Topic: Story Exam Review Hw: Study for Exam |
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Friday |
Topic: General Exam Review Hw: XC Essay due Monday for all who passed quiz |
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Announcements: |
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Advanced Composition
No homework is anticipated in Advanced Composition.
Creative Writing
Chapter 6 Try This exercises
due Friday, 4/18.
Our
English 10 book schedule: Bring Vocab and Text every Monday and Text on Tuesday, Wednesday,
and Thursday.
Below this line, in tiny font, is the year’s homework to date. If for some reason you’d like to read it, select it, copy it to Word, then press ctrl + shift + > (several times) to increase the font size.
For
Thursday, Aug. 16
Complete
“Belief” form
For
Friday
Work
on “This I Believe” essay
For
Monday and Tuesday Aug 20, 21
Review
for Tuesday’s Ender’s Game
test.
For
Thursday, August 23
Vocab Quiz Unit 1
Monday,
August 27
Assigned
reading in Seedfolks. Quiz Tuesday.
Tuesday,
August 28
Assigned
reading in Seedfolks. Quiz Wednesday.
Wednesday,
August 29
Study
for Vocabulary Quiz, Unit 2.
Thursday,
August 30
Work
on Veteran’s Day assignment.
Extra points for complete draft by end of Friday.
Friday,
August 31
Enjoy
Labor Day weekend.
Tuesday,
September 4
Moodle on in-class reading
Wednesday,
September 5
Study
for Vocabulary Quiz, Unit 3
Thursday,
September 6
Veteran’s
Day assignment editing
Friday,
September 7
Veteran’s
Day assignment final draft due.
Monday,
September 17, 2007
Moodle response to in-class reading.
Tuesday
Moodle response to in-class reading.
Wednesday
Study
for Vocab Quiz 5
Thursday
Essay
due end of class Friday.
Friday
No
homework.
Monday,
September 24
Moodle response to in-class reading
Tuesday,
Sept. 25
Moodle response to in-class reading
Wednesday,
Sept. 26
Study
for Vocab 6
Thursday,
Sept. 27
Draft
of critical essay due end of class Friday
Friday,
Sept 28
Essay
due final draft next Friday.
Monday,
October 1
Moodle response to film
Tuesday
Moodle response to in-class reading.
Wednesday
Study
for Vocab Quiz 7
Thursday
Draft
due end of class tomorrow—Big Question re: Crucible
Friday,
Oct. 5
No
homework
Monday,
Oct. 8
Prep
for Socratic Circle: The Crucible
Tuesday
Moodle response to in-class reading
Wednesday
Study
for Vocab 8
Thursday,
Final
of Big Question/Crucible essay due
end of class Friday
Friday,
Oct. 12
Essay
due final draft next Friday.
Monday,
October 22, 2007
HW: Read “from The Crisis” p. 94-96—Quiz tomorrow
Tuesday
Read
Equaino handout—Quiz tomorrow
Wednesday
HW: Study for Vocab
8
Thursday
HW: Finish Persuasive Essay
Friday
No
HW
Monday,
October 29
HW: The Devil and Tom Walker response in Moodle
Tuesday
HW: Poe response on Moodle
Wednesday
HW: Poe response on Moodle
Thursday
HW: Continue draft—Open Topic essay
Friday
Finish
draft—Open topic essay
Monday,
November 12, 2007
“Masque
of the Red Death” quiz tomorrow/Moodle tonight
if finished in class
Open
handwritten notes if quiz
Tuesday
Quiz
on Weekly article Wednesday
Wednesday
Thoreau
Moodle
Thursday
Finish
draft of essay
Friday
Final
draft of open topic essay due.
Monday,
Nov. 19
“Minister’s
Black Veil” quiz tomorrow/Moodle tonight if
finished in class
Tuesday
No
HW over break
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
12/10 |
Topic:
Whitman and War Hw:
Poetry comics on Whitman’s War Poem handout |
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Tuesday,
12/11 |
Topic:
Whitman and War Hw:
Read Whitman’s prose handout.
Quiz tomorrow. |
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Wednesday,
12/12 |
Topic:
Whitman Hw:
Study for exam |
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Thursday,
12/13 |
Topic:
Exam Review Hw:
Study for exam—extra credit essay due |
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Friday,
12/14 |
Topic:
Exam Review Hw:
Study for exam |
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Announcements: |
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Monday,
November 26, 2007
Moodle response to “Dr. Heidegger’s Experiment”
Tuesday
Finish
“The Minister’s Black Veil”—quiz Wednesday
Wednesday
Study
for Vocab:
Cumulative Review I
Thursday
Finish
essays for Friday
Friday
No
homework
Extra
Credit essay (
Monday,
December 3
Poetry
comics—assigned
Tuesday
Poetry
comics—assigned
“The
Soul Selects Her Own Society” and “A Narrow Fellow in the
Grass”
Wednesday
Study
for Vocab: Review 7-9
Thursday
Poetry
comics—assigned Whitman poems
XC
Quiz on
Friday
No
homework
Extra
Credit essay due next Friday
Monday,
December 10
Poetry
comics—assigned Whitman poems
Tuesday
Finish
Whitman’s prose—quiz tomorrow—last grade of 9 weeks!
Wednesday-Friday
Exam
review
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
Work Day |
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Tuesday,
Jan. 8 |
Topic:
As You Like It Hw:
Exam re-do—answer ten questions you missed. |
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Wednesday,
1/9 |
Topic:
As You Like It Hw:
Moodle response to As You Like It. |
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Thursday,
1/10 |
Topic:
As You Like It Hw:
Moodle response to As You Like It |
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Friday,
1/11 |
Topic:
As You Like It Hw:
No homework. |
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Announcements: |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
1/14/08 |
Topic:
As You Like It Hw:
Moodle Response |
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Tuesday,
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Topic:
Field Trip Hw:
Moodle Response |
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Wednesday,
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Topic:
As You Like It Hw:
Socratic Circle Prep Handout |
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Thursday,
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Topic:
As You Like It Socratic Circle Hw:
Socratic Circle Follow Up |
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Friday,
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Topic:
Writing AYLI Essay Hw:
Writing—Draft due 1/24 |
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Announcements: |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
Jan 21 |
Topic:
Teacher In-Service Hw:
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Tuesday,
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Topic:
Julius Caesar Hw: For homework Tues and Wed., listen to Shakespeare Becomes
American: http://www.shakespeareinamericanlife.org/documentary/listen.cfm Take
notes by hand for a twenty point quiz on this documentary on Thursday. |
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Wednesday,
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Topic:
Julius Caesar Hw:
See above. |
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Thursday,
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Topic:
Shakespeare in American Life Quiz Julius
Caesar Hw:
Finish draft of AYLI essay. Draft
due tomorrow, start of class. |
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Friday,
12/ |
Topic:
Julius Caesar Hw:
No homework. |
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Announcements: |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
1/28 |
Topic:
Julius Caesar Hw:
Moodle response |
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Tuesday,
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Topic:
Julius Caesar Hw:
Moodle response |
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Wednesday,
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Topic:
Julius Caesar Hw:
Moodle response |
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Thursday,
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Topic:
Julius Caesar Hw:
Moodle response |
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Friday,
12/ |
Topic:
Julius Caesar Hw:
Moodle response—Socratic Circle |
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Announcements: |
Finishing
up JC this week and moving on to grammar next week. |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
Feb. 4 |
Topic:
Jumping Frog Hw:
JC essay |
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Tuesday,
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Topic:
Grammar review and Mark Twain Hw:
“Life on the |
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Wednesday,
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Topic:
Mark Twain Hw:
Grammar Quiz Tomorrow |
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Thursday,
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Topic:
Grammar Quiz and writing Hw:
JC essay |
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Friday,
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Topic:
JC essay draft due end of period Hw:
No Homework Over Break |
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Announcements: |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
2/18 |
Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Moodle resp. |
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Tuesday,
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Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Moodle resp. |
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Wednesday,
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Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Grammar Quiz tomorrow |
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Thursday,
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Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Final Julius Caesar essay due
tomorrow |
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Friday,
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Topic:
Writing Hw:
No homework. |
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Announcements: |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
2/25 |
Topic:
The Great Gatsby and grammar Hw:
Assigned reading in Gatsby |
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Tuesday,
2/26 |
Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Assigned reading in Gatsby |
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Wednesday,
2/27 |
Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Study for grammar quiz |
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Thursday,
2/28 |
Topic:
Grammar Quiz and The Great Gatsby Hw:
Assigned reading in Gatsby |
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Friday,
3/1 |
Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Assigned reading in Gatsby |
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Announcements: |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
3/3 |
Topic:
The Great Gatsby and grammar Hw:
Assigned reading in Gatsby |
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Tuesday,
3/4 |
Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Assigned reading in Gatsby |
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Wednesday,
3/5 |
Topic:
The Great Gatsby Hw:
Assigned reading in Gatsby |
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Thursday,
3/6 |
Topic:
Grammar Quiz and The Great Gatsby Hw:
Draft of Gatsby Essay due end of class tomorrow |
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Friday,
3/7 |
Topic:
Writing The Great Gatsby Hw:
No HW |
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Announcements: |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
3/10 |
Topic:
Gatsby discussion Hw:
Finish essay |
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Tuesday,
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Topic:
Essay due. Grammar quiz. Gatsby
discussion continued Hw:
Consider extra credit on Moodle. |
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Wednesday,
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Topic: “In Another Country” Hw:
Moodle |
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Thursday,
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Topic:
“The End of Something” Hw:
No HW over break |
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Friday,
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Topic:
Teacher Workday Hw:
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Announcements: |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
3/25 |
Topic:
Gatsby film Hw:
Study cue cards for Thursday test |
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Tuesday,
3/26 |
Topic:
My Road presentation Hw:
Personality quiz on myroad.com |
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Wednesday,
3/27 |
Topic:
Faulkner’s The Bear Hw:
Study for Test Next Tuesday |
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Thursday,
3/28 |
Topic:
Exam Review Test Hw:
Begin Essay 4.1: Response to
Personality Quiz |
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Friday,
3/29 |
Topic:
Writing 4.1 Hw:
Essay 4.1 due Friday, April 4 |
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Announcements: |
Bring
Textbook to class Starting Monday |
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Date |
Topic and Homework |
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Monday,
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Topic:
Langston Hughes Hw:
Study for Test on 3rd 9 weeks (use flashcards) |
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Tuesday,
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Topic:
Test on 3rd 9 weeks material Hw:
Moodle on Hughes essay |
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Wednesday,
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Topic:
Work on Essay 4.1—response to personality quiz Hw:
No homework over trip |
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Thursday,
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