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 Rossman Writing Center (x3243) with debate until 5 pm.  I am almost always available during Fling.  I’ll also be glad to meet with you during my planning periods, which are 2nd and 8th, during which times I’m usually in the RWC.   Please see me whenever you have a question, or e-mail me at any time.  (I check e-mail almost obsessively.)

 

To access Moodle from home, go to elearning.lhps.org.  Your login and password are the same.

 

English 10

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 5/12

 

Topic: Quiz on XC essay—this day only!—see Moodle for deets—Exam Review Our Town

Hw: Grammar Exam Review

Tuesday,

 

Topic: Grammar Exam Review

Hw: Death of a Salesman Exam Review

Wednesday,

 

Topic: 3rd 9 Weeks Exam Review

Hw: Study for Exam

Thursday,

 

Topic: Story Exam Review

Hw: Study for Exam

Friday

 

Topic: General Exam Review

Hw: XC Essay due Monday for all who passed quiz

Announcements:

 

 

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

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 12/10

 

Topic: Whitman and War

Hw: Poetry comics on Whitman’s War Poem handout

Tuesday, 12/11

 

Topic: Whitman and War

Hw: Read Whitman’s prose handout.  Quiz tomorrow.

Wednesday, 12/12

 

Topic: Whitman

Hw: Study for exam

Thursday, 12/13

 

Topic: Exam Review

Hw: Study for exam—extra credit essay due

Friday, 12/14

 

Topic: Exam Review

Hw: Study for exam

Announcements:

 

 

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 (Orlando’s Big Questions) due Monday, December 10

 

Monday, December 3

Poetry comics—assigned Dickinson poems

 

Tuesday

Poetry comics—assigned Dickinson poems

“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 Orlando’s Big Questions tomorrow

 

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

 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, Work Day

 

 

Tuesday, Jan. 8

 

Topic: As You Like It

Hw: Exam re-do—answer ten questions you missed.

Wednesday, 1/9

 

Topic: As You Like It

Hw: Moodle response to As You Like It. 

Thursday, 1/10

 

Topic: As You Like It

Hw: Moodle response to As You Like It

Friday, 1/11

 

Topic: As You Like It

Hw: No homework.

Announcements:

 

 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 1/14/08

 

Topic: As You Like It

Hw: Moodle Response

Tuesday,

 

Topic: Field Trip

Hw: Moodle Response

Wednesday,

 

Topic: As You Like It

Hw: Socratic Circle Prep Handout

Thursday,

 

Topic: As You Like It Socratic Circle

Hw: Socratic Circle Follow Up

Friday,

 

Topic: Writing AYLI Essay

Hw: Writing—Draft due 1/24

Announcements:

 



 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, Jan 21

 

Topic: Teacher In-Service

Hw:

Tuesday,

 

Topic: Julius Caesar

Hw: For homework Tues and Wed., listen to

Shakespeare Becomes American:
Shakespeare in American Performance

http://www.shakespeareinamericanlife.org/documentary/listen.cfm

 

Take notes by hand for a twenty point quiz on this documentary on Thursday. 

Wednesday,

 

Topic: Julius Caesar

Hw: See above.

Thursday,

 

Topic: Shakespeare in American Life Quiz

Julius Caesar

Hw: Finish draft of AYLI essay.  Draft due tomorrow, start of class.

Friday, 12/

 

Topic: Julius Caesar

Hw: No homework.

Announcements:

 

 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 1/28

 

Topic: Julius Caesar

Hw: Moodle response

Tuesday,

 

Topic: Julius Caesar

Hw: Moodle response

Wednesday,

 

Topic: Julius Caesar

Hw: Moodle response

Thursday,

 

Topic: Julius Caesar

Hw: Moodle response

Friday, 12/

 

Topic: Julius Caesar

Hw: Moodle response—Socratic Circle

Announcements:

Finishing up JC this week and moving on to grammar next week. 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, Feb. 4

 

Topic: Jumping Frog

Hw: JC essay

Tuesday,

 

Topic: Grammar review and Mark Twain

Hw: “Life on the Mississippi” p. 404-408

Wednesday,

 

Topic: Mark Twain

Hw: Grammar Quiz Tomorrow

Thursday,

 

Topic: Grammar Quiz and writing

Hw: JC essay

Friday,

 

Topic: JC essay draft due end of period

Hw: No Homework Over Break

Announcements:

 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 2/18

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Moodle resp.

Tuesday,

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Moodle resp.

Wednesday,

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Grammar Quiz tomorrow

Thursday,

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Final Julius Caesar essay due tomorrow

Friday,

 

Topic: Writing

Hw: No homework.

Announcements:

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 2/25

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby and grammar

Hw: Assigned reading in Gatsby

Tuesday, 2/26

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Assigned reading in Gatsby

Wednesday, 2/27

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Study for grammar quiz

Thursday, 2/28

 

Topic: Grammar Quiz and The Great Gatsby

Hw: Assigned reading in Gatsby

Friday, 3/1

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Assigned reading in Gatsby

Announcements:

 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 3/3

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby and grammar

Hw: Assigned reading in Gatsby

Tuesday, 3/4

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Assigned reading in Gatsby

Wednesday, 3/5

 

Topic: The Great Gatsby

Hw: Assigned reading in Gatsby

Thursday, 3/6

 

Topic: Grammar Quiz and The Great Gatsby

Hw: Draft of Gatsby Essay due end of class tomorrow

Friday, 3/7

 

Topic: Writing The Great Gatsby

Hw: No HW

Announcements:

 

 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 3/10

 

Topic: Gatsby discussion

Hw: Finish essay

Tuesday,

 

Topic: Essay due.  Grammar quiz.  Gatsby discussion continued

Hw: Consider extra credit on Moodle.

Wednesday,

 

Topic:  “In Another Country”

Hw: Moodle

Thursday,

 

Topic: “The End of Something”

Hw: No HW over break

Friday,

 

Topic: Teacher Workday

Hw:

Announcements:

 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

Monday, 3/25

 

Topic: Gatsby film

Hw: Study cue cards for Thursday test

Tuesday, 3/26

 

Topic: My Road presentation

Hw: Personality quiz on myroad.com

Wednesday, 3/27

 

Topic: Faulkner’s The Bear

Hw: Study for Test Next Tuesday

Thursday, 3/28

 

Topic: Exam Review Test

Hw: Begin Essay 4.1:  Response to Personality Quiz

Friday, 3/29

 

Topic: Writing 4.1

Hw: Essay 4.1 due Friday, April 4

Announcements:

Bring Textbook to class Starting Monday

 

 

Date

Topic and Homework

 

Monday,

 

Topic: Langston Hughes

Hw: Study for Test on 3rd 9 weeks (use flashcards)

 

Tuesday,

 

Topic: Test on 3rd 9 weeks material

Hw: Moodle on Hughes essay

 

Wednesday,

 

Topic: Work on Essay 4.1—response to personality quiz

Hw: No homework over trip

 

Thursday,