English 12 Blocks 1/2: Homework for Friday
- Test alert! Be ready for our first unit test on fiction next Tuesday (Oct. 3). Review the following note sets:
- Theme & Symbolism
- Plot
- Conflict
- Characters
- Irony
- POV
- Didactic Writing
- Review the key events, characters, and themes of the following short stories: "Boys and Girls", "The Censors", "Say Yes", "Hills Like White Elephants", "The Lottery", "The Story of an Hour", and "How Much Land...".
- Please read the following stories and complete their online quizzes:
- Quiz alert 2! Read Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour" in the short story booklet. Be ready for a comprehension quiz tomorrow morning!
- Pay attention to the events, characters and symbols of the story. Also, re-read your notes on irony.
- Quiz alert 1! Read Leo Tolstoy's "How Much Land Does A Man Need?" in the short story booklet. Be ready for a comprehension quiz!
- Pay attention to the events, characters and symbols of the story. Also, re-read today's notes on didactic writing.
- Be ready for next Tuesday's fiction/short story test!
- Grammar:
- Review these sites (one and two) on "subject and predicate".
- Review these sites on sentence fragments, run-ons, and comma splices.
- Review these sites (one and two) on subject verb agreement.
Philosophy 12 Block 3: Homework for Friday
- In full sentences, finish all the questions (i. to xv.) from the Ethics 1 handout. We're marking them tomorrow!
- Did you hand in the four questions (a-d) for "If Hitler..." (p. 355 in 75 Readings Plus)?
- Complete the following journal entries if not finished:
- 5. Would you accept $1,000,000 on the condition that you can never again own a smartphone? Would you do it if you could never again use the Internet?
- 4. Whom do you admire most? In what way does that person inspire you? How does that person live a “good life”?
- 3. Would you be willing to murder an innocent person, and go to jail for life, if it would end hunger in the world? Explain!
- 2. Do you feel that advice from older people carries a special weight because of their greater experience?
- 1. Would it disturb you much if you knew that, upon your death, your body would be simply thrown into the woods and left to rot? Why?
- Get your parent or guardian to sign the parental letter and bring it back to class. (/10!)
- Create three labeled tabs for your binder. Label your tabs as Journal, Units, and Applied Phil. I'll start marking these (/5) next week.
English 11 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Friday
- Read Chp. 5 of Maus. Continue with your study guide!
- Grammar:
- Review this webpage on direct and indirect objects.
- Review these sites (one and two) on "subject and predicate".
- Create three labeled tabs for your binder. Label your tabs as Grammar, Writing, and Units. I'll start marking these (/5) next week.
