Home Studies, Week of 2/12 – 2/16/07
All Classes:
Let's try something different as an experiment this week. You'll be working regularly in class, often for a grade. Plan on spending no more than 15-20 minutes a night finishing up anything you don't get done in class (to turn in at the beginning of class the next day). If you're absent, please email me (jcrisp@chrysalisexp.org). If you come in to school after your class with me, please get the day's assignment before you leave.
Meantime, invest most of your out-of-class time on making sure you have all your sources together for your research paper. Remember, a list of those sources is due
Friday for all my high-school classes.
Home Studies, Week of 2/5 – 2/9/07
Week of 2/5 – 2/9/07
European and World Literature
| Monday: Complete a Venn diagram for two of the Songs of Innocence/Experience |
| Tuesday: No HS |
| Wednesday: Read Dickinson biography first few poems on pp. 804-807
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| Thursday: Read the rest of Dickinson's poems, p. 808-814
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| Friday: No HS |
American Literature
| Monday: No HS |
| Tuesday: Research Willa Cather: Bring in two quotes (not from book) and your theory about what “made her tick.” |
| Wednesday: Research Wagner: Bring two “fun facts” |
| Thursday: Find or write a summary of one of the operas mentioned in the story (not “What’s Opera, Doc?”) |
| Friday: No HS |
9th Grade Literature and Composition
| Monday: Read sonnet handout |
| Tuesday: Work on your own sonnet – 14 lines, iambic pentameter, rhyme scheme, and volta |
| Wednesday: Continue working on a sonnet
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| Thursday: Finish your sonnet
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| Friday: Research John Gardner: is he somebody who’s qualified to talk about “What Writers Do?" |
Writing and Organizational Skills
| Monday: No HS |
| Tuesday: List 10 words you often spell wrong (I mess up ‘necessary’ every time!) |
| Wednesday: No HS
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| Thursday: Develop your journal entry from yesterday.
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| Friday: Watch your yard for birds or animals and come prepared to tell us if you saw anything. |
