Winter Break Assignment

Periods 1, 2, 4, and 6:  Click HERE for the link to print your HW.
Periods 3 & 5: CLICK HERE to access your Winter Break Assigment (if you had downloaded this assignment prior to Sunday, 12/18, at 10:30 p.m., then the link was wrong.  Sorry, guys!  It is working properly now. (And for whatever reason I wrote you needed three per tier; it's only one for each of the seven.  As always, I was working into the wee hours of the night.)

LOVE YOU ALL!

Reading Plus for the Holidays

Even though it's Christmas break, you still need to do Reading Plus.  By the time you return, you should have completed nine more sessions (3 for 12/13-12/20; 3 for 12/20-12/27; and 3 for 12/27-1/3).   If you do twelve, however, you will receive Cambridge Cash.

In addition, if you have completed all 51 sessions (the number you should have by 1/3) with a 75% average, you will receive Cambridge Cash.

Lastly, if you are the person with the most sessions above 75%, you will receive an additional $5 of Cambridge Cash!

KEEP UP THE GOOD WORK!!!!!  Remember that we love you and wish you the very best!

Reminder - All Classes

Be sure to study your Unit 6 vocab words for your test Monday or Tuesday.  Remember to review your words and roots from previous units as well! 

Oh!  This is also a reminder to get in your 45 Reading Plus sessions.  You only need to be at 42 on that day, but if you want some Cambridge Cash, you need to be at 45 sessions with an average of 75% in comprehension!

Smile,
MC2R

We need BLESSING BASKET help!

As you know, we are creating blessing baskets for our Gladiator families that need a little extra cheer this year.  Sign up to bring one of the following by commenting below.  Once three people have signed up to bring a certain item, please sign up for something else.   Remember, all items must be non-perishable!

• Appetizers (make it simple, snacks before dinner)
• $1 donation to purchase Publix certificate (for Christmas turkey or ham)
• Mashed potatoes/Yams
• Gravy
• Stuffing
• Chicken stock
• Corn (and/or other vegetables)
• Beans (peas)
• Box of corn bread (dinner rolls)
• Cranberry sauce
• Rice
• Something to drink (soda, juice mix)
• Cake mix (for dessert)
• Frosting

You can also bring in one of the following....HOMEMADE...not purchased.

• Recipe booklet (hand-made, Ms. Morales class-Awesome)
• Holiday notecards
• Holiday music CD

If you cannot bring in food or an item, find a box or basket and decorate it with colorful ribbon, pictures, etc.  It has to be big enough to fit in all of the aforementioned items!

Please deliver your items to our room by TUESDAY!!!!! 

Periods 1, 3 & 5 HW

Period 1 - Click here for the link for Act I, Scene 2 (I only included what we had left to read).  Notice that we converted the text into a two-sided table.  Print it!  (If you need a printer, come and see me tomorrow after school or during lunch. I made a few copies) 

OK...on the left are the words of the play.  On the right, you are going to write in your interpretation.  We also want you to identify any literary tools you recognize.  Think about when we stop to explain the chunks.  If we could write it out, we would do it on the right side of this handout.  Just like when we ask you which lit tools are present, we want you to identify them here.  Instead of verbalizing them like you do in class, write them down on the right hand side.   

We will collect this when you walk in the door on Thursday!  You also need to respond to the post Mrs. Curbelo posted below.  KNOW THAT WE LOVE YOU!

Periods 3 & 5 - Remember to only evaluate Question 1 A from each of the sheets.  There are four in total.  Do not grade questions 1B, 3A, or 3B...ONLY QUESTIONS LABELED 1 A.  Highlight each essay in yellow, orange and pink...then give it a Band score and a Mark score.  I also want you to determine which is most like your essay :)

For your lit tools test, expect to be assessed on the following:  alliteration, allusion, analogy, anaphora, aphorism, apostrophe, assonance, asyndeton, chiasmus, connotation, denotation, ethos, euphemism, hyperbole, irony, litotes, logos, meiosis, metaphor, metonymy, onomatopoeia, oxymoron, paradox, parallelism, pathos, personification, pun, satire, simile, syllogism, symbolism, synecdoche, syntax

Click HERE for a the list of the lit terms and their definitions. 

BE READY! 

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Thank you for inspiring me to fulfill my donation desire! 

HW Clarification

Periods 1, 2, 4 & 6:  Your HW is to create a game or puzzle for your Vocab 6 words.   Your game (or puzzle) should include ALL of the words, as well as one word from each of the other five units.  It should include a mix of definitions, synonyms, antonyms, completing the sentence...and, if you can, maybe a picture or two.    Remember, your game should reflect the challenge of one of our vocab tests.  If you do a board game, you can work with a partner.  Otherwise, it is an individual assignment.

Periods 3 & 5:  You are one of the students in Sherman Alexie's creative writing class (he describes the two kinds of students in the last paragraph of his essay).   Write a 120-150 word journal entry from the perspective of one of those students.  Be sure it is reflective of the essay we read in class yesterday: "Superman and Me: The Joy of Reading and Writing."   Click HERE if you lost the essay, or if you were absent and needed it.

Have a good weekend, guys and gals!