Term 2 Assignment Descriptions and Links (at midterm)

Character Traits--staple these two assignments together.
a. Draw five boxes on a piece of paper and label the boxes with the following characters' names: Clarisse, Beatty, Montag, Millie, and Faber. Using the Sample Character Traits handout, choose five character traits for each character and write them in the appropriate box. (10 points)
b. On the Sample Character Traits handout, highlight all the character traits that apply to YOU.

Confusables
Confused Pairs--take online test and give me your score. Google "interactive quizzes." Choose grammar.ccc. Scroll down to Quiz #125, Notorious Confusables I. Take the test and give me your score (out of 12) on an index card. Here's a link.

Study Guide 3
You need to complete this while reading Fahrenheit 451, Part 3. You can check out a book from the Writing Lab.

Fahrenheit Test
Make up this test in my classroom during Advisory or after school. If you haven't read the book, you won't do very well on the test.

War Theme Drawing
This assignment is important because it gives you the opportunity to practice synthesizing information from various sources. On a blank piece of paper, create an image that includes 1) the trees/river described in the quote below (that appears at the end of the book); 2) a modern war reference; and 3) words from the quote below.

"And on either side of the river was there a tree of life, which bare twelve manner of fruits, and yielded her fruit every month; And teh leaves of the tree were for the healing of the nations."

Puritan Writing
Analyze the Puritan poem and the first 5 paragraphs of the sermon. Although we used the textbook, you can probably find the poem and sermon on the internet.

<b>Crucible Internet Webquest

Lyrics Log
If you did not fill this out each day during Lyrics Presentations, you can't get credit for this. (About 22 points, depending on which class you're in.)

Lyrics Presentation
Most students got credit for this last term and are excused from the assignment this term. If you got a 0, it's too late to make it up. (10 points)

Non-fiction Book
Find a non-fiction book you want to read this term for your book report and show it to me. (10 points)

Act 1 Questions>
After reading The Crucible, Act 1, answer these questions. (10 points)

December 1 & 2

Crucible Vocabulary Cartoon

Crucible connection to our world--read this article and answer the questions.

"African Children Denounced As 'Witches' by Christian Pastors"

Questions

The Crucible DVD, Act 4--we finished the movie. If you missed the movie, please check out a copy of the play from the Writing Lab and read the play.

HOMEWORK:
Read your non-fiction book.

November 29 & 30

The Crucible

Writer's Notebook Responses:
1. Who are the liars? What are the consequences of their lies?
2. If you were one of the Salem girls, would you go against the "crowd" to do what's right? What would you do in their situation and how would you do it?
3. Can you think of a time when you or people around you or people in the news have let their emotions get the best of them? Give an example of a time when a person or a group of people have become carried away in their anger, lust, fear, anxiety or some other emotion, and this has prevented them from thinking logically.

The Crucible, audio, Act 4

November 22 & 23

The Crucible (DVD version), watched through Act III. If you missed class, you need to check out a copy of The Crucible from the Writing Lab and read through Act II OR rent the DVD and watch :36 through 1:36 (end of Act III).

November 18 & 19

The Crucible (DVD version), Act 1

November 16 & 17

Vocabulary Cartoons--lieu and lexicon

Color Code discussion and notes

The Crucible, read Act 1--handout.
Another handout.

November 13 & 15

Vocabulary Cartoons--emulate and bereave

The Crucible

1. itunes
2. match each character
3. questions

Bring non-fiction book--10 points

November 15--B1 & B2

Vocabulary Cartoons--emulate and bereave

Color Code Personality Test--as you understand yourself better, you relate to literary characters better. Take the test, find out what color you are, and write a page in your Writer's Notebook about yourself and your color: how is your personality color right for you? how is it not?

November 9, 10, 11, & 12

Lyrics Presentations--we finished and turned in Lyrics Presentation Logs

The Crucible
1. Analyze Two Puritan Writing Samples
2. What was the Puritan community like? project

Color Code Personality Test--as you understand yourself better, you relate to literary characters better. (A-day)

Term 2 Book Report
Non-fiction reading (at least 200 pages)--bring your book for 10 points

November 5 & 8

Test

Fahrenheit 451 and Literary Elements test

Blogtopias

Students will share their Blogtopias with the class.

November 3 & 4

HOMEWORK due next time:
1. Finish war theme picture.
2. Study for test--Fahrenheit 451; Literary Elements handout; and conventions (commas, apostrophes, capitalization, and confused pairs).
3. Revise Blogtopia--you'll be showing it to the class next time.

Lyrics Presentations

Blogtopia Revision
1. Complete comma packet (see me for a copy).
2. Watch apostrophe PowerPoint.
3. Capitalization (see me for packet).
4. Confused Pairs--take online test and give me your score. Google "interactive quizzes." Choose grammar.ccc. Scroll down to Quiz #125, Notorious Confusables I. Take the test and give me your score (out of 12) on an index card. Here's a link.

Writing Lab

November 1 & 2

Lyrics Presentations

Fahrenheit 451--final activities

Plot line

War theme picture--On a blank piece of paper, create an image that includes 1) the trees/river described on p. 165; 2) a modern war reference; and 3) words from the quote on p. 165.

Afghanistan war video

Character Traits--B-day HOMEWORK

PLEASE NOTE: YOU MUST TURN IN YOUR FAHRENHEIT 451 PART III READING GUIDES BY NOV. 3/4 TO GET CREDIT FOR THEM. WE ARE RETURNING THE BOOKS THAT DAY.

October 26 - 29

Lyrics Presentations

Fahreneheit 451 reading time

Book Chats