Homework for the week of 1/2

Wednesday-Friday:

• Draft #1 of argument essay due next Wednesday--bring in 3 copies
• Read Act III of The Crucible for next Thursday; continue tracing fallacies in journal 
• Please bring a pencil to class on Monday and Tuesday of next week--you will be taking a practice (partial) Regents. :)

Homework for the week of 12/17

**If you would like to purchase your own copy of The Crucible, you will need it for the Christmas break.**

Monday:

• Read "The Singer Solution to World Poverty" on page 319 in your textbook
• Write a one-paragraph argument in which you defend, challenge, or qualify Singer's argument
• Bring textbook to class tomorrow
• Prewriting and draft #1 of argument essay due 1/9

Tuesday:

• Read and annotate "Sinners in the Hands of an Angry God" 
• Prewriting and draft #1 of argument essay due 1/9

Wednesday:

• Read and annotate the introduction to The Crucible
• Prewriting and draft #1 of argument essay due 1/9

Thursday and Friday:

• Read acts I and II of The Crucible for 1/2/13; expect a quiz that day
• Track fallacies in your journal as you read
• Prewriting and draft #1 of argument essay due 1/9

Homework for the week of 12/10

Monday:

• Read, annotate, and complete a SOAPSTone for "Letter From Birmingham Jail."
• Read and study fallacies packet--quiz Thursday on fallacies
• Quiz next Monday on word roots #21-30

Tuesday and Wednesday:

• Read and study fallacies packet--quiz Thursday on fallacies
• Quiz next Monday on word roots #21-30

Thursday:

• Identifying fallacies practice

Friday:

• Specific idea for argumentative essay due Monday
• Study for word roots quiz Monday

Letter to Ford

Your Task:

Write a letter to Ford in which you use the Rogerian model of argument to convince her to moderate her position.

Remember to:

1. State the issue and how it affects both speaker (you) and audience (her)

2. Summarize/re-state her viewpoints.

3. State in what contexts they are applicable. Maintain the objective tone.

4. Transition--state your own viewpoint.

5. Explain in what contexts your viewpoint is applicable.

6. Explain how your viewpoint would benefit her.

Homework for the week of 12/3

Monday:

• Read St. Crispian's Day speech. Paraphrase the text in the margins, and annotate for elements of a Rogerian argument.
• Discussion board due Sunday night

Tuesday:

• Read and annotate MLK's "I Have a Dream," and answer questions #1-4 under "Purpose and Audience" for Friday
• Discussion board due Sunday night

Wednesday and Thursday:

• Read, annotate, and complete a SOAPSTone for "Science Courses Key To Future Jobs" for tomorrow
• "I Have a Dream" with questions due Friday
• Discussion board due Sunday

Friday:

• Discussion board due Sunday night
• Toulmin reading in new textbook--pgs.125-130-- due Monday
• Read, annotate, and complete SOAPSTone for MLK's "Letter From Birmingham Jail" for Tuesday

Homework for the week of 11/26

Monday:

• Textbook reading due tomorrow: pages 81-82, 111-123
• Read and annotate packet on logos for Wednesday

Tuesday:

• Read and annotate packet on logos for Wednesday
• Read and annotate packets on ethos and pathos for Friday

Wednesday:

• Due tomorrow: Re-read The Declaration of Independence. Label with the five parts of Aristotle's classical argument, and on the bottom, outline the syllogism at work (major premise, minor premise, conclusion)
• Read and annotate packets on ethos and pathos for Friday

Thursday:

1. Ethos and pathos packets due tomorrow

Friday:

• Read pages 83-top 85 in the new textbook (Rogerian argument)
• Create a list in your journal of at least five issues that are currently "bugging" you. They can be within your school, community, society, or the world (but please try not to have all of them centered on the school. Include some big-time issues in there). 

Homework for the week of 11/19

Monday:

• Read and annotate "Jay Gatsby, a Man For Our Times" for tomorrow
• Gatsby's eulogy due Wednesday

Tuesday:

• Gatsby's eulogy due tomorrow! 

Wednesday:

• Read and annotate "The Declaration of Independence"
• Complete rhetorical analysis outline sheet; expect a timed writing the day you return
• Textbook reading due next Tuesday: Pages 81-82, 111-123

Have a wonderful Thanksgiving!

Homework for the week of 11/13

Tuesday:

• Sentence structure packet due tomorrow--bring narrative to class

Wednesday:

• Chapter 7 due tomorrow-- come to class prepared with 3 written discussion questions

Thursday:

• Chapters 8 and 9 (finish the book!) due tomorrow
• Final draft of personal narrative due tomorrow! All drafts will be collected.

Friday:

• Color symbolism journals will be collected on Monday

Homework for the week of 11/7

*I hope everybody is doing okay after this awful storm. Hopefully we can return to some sense of normalcy.

Wednesday:

• Draft #2 of your personal narrative is due today.
• Quiz tomorrow on chapters 4-6 of Gatsby

Thursday and Friday:

• Sentence variety packet due Tuesday; bring in the most updated draft of your narrative on Tuesday
• Chapter 7 of Gatsby due Wednesday; come to class with 3 discussion questions prepared
• Word roots quiz #2 will be Wednesday
• Chapters 8 and 9 of Gatsby (a.k.a the rest of the book!) will be due next Thursday
• The final draft of your narrative will be due next Friday.

Hang in there... :)

Homework for the week of 10/29

Monday:

• Ch. 4-6 of Gatsby due tomorrow--expect a quiz
• Sentence variety packet due Thursday; bring in narrative on Thursday
• Word roots quiz #2 Friday

Tuesday and Wednesday:

• Sentence variety packet due Thursday; bring in narrative on Thursday
• Ch. 7 of Gatsby due Friday--come prepared with 3 discussion questions
• Word roots quiz #2 Friday

Thursday:

• Ch. 7 of Gatsby due tomorrow--come prepared with 3 discussion questions
• Study for word roots quiz #2
• Final draft of narrative due Wednesday--all drafts will be collected; upload final draft to www.turnitin.com

Friday:

• Ch. 8 and 9 of Gatsby (finish the book!) due Wednesday
• Final draft of narrative due Wednesday--all drafts will be collected; upload final draft to www.turnitin.com
• Color journals due Thursday

Homework for the week of 10/22

Monday:

• Ch. 1-3 of Gatsby due tomorrow
• Discussion board due Monday night by 11:59 p.m.
• Draft #2 of narrative due next Monday (just bring one clean copy to class)

Tuesday-Friday:

• Discussion board due Monda night
• Draft #2 of narrative due Monday
• Ch. 4-6 of Gatsby due next Tuesday; expect a quiz
• Don't forget to be working on your color journal as you read!

Homework for the week of 10/15

Monday:

• Draft #1 of personal narrative due next Monday--bring 3 copies to class
• Roaring Twenties reading due tomorrow

Tuesday-Wednesday:

• Draft #1 of personal narrative due next Monday--bring 3 copies to class
• Read and annotate chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby for next Tuesday; work on color journal as you read

Thursday:

• Read pages 339-342 in textbook for tomorrow
• Bring textbook to class tomorrow
• Draft #1 of personal narrative due Monday--bring 3 copies to class
• Read and annotate chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby for Tuesday; work on color journal as you read

Friday:

• Finish parallelism exercises in textbook (pages 343-345--exercises 1, 2, and 5) if not done so in class (will be checked on Monday)
• Draft #1 of personal narrative due Monday--bring 3 copies to class
• Read and annotate chapters 1-3 of The Great Gatsby for Tuesday; work on color journal as you read

Homework for the (brief) week of 10/10

Wednesday:

• Read Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" and answer the questions at the end of the story.

Thursday (and Friday, since I won't see you due to the Pep Rally):

• Due Monday: Read Barbara Ehrenreich's "Serving in Florida" on page 179 in your textbook. Answer questions #2-4, 9, 11, and 12 under "Rhetoric and Style" on page 187. 
• Due Tuesday: "Roaring Twenties" reading 

**Note: If you would like to purchase your own copy of The Great Gatsby, you will need it for Tuesday, 10/16.**

Homework for the week of 10/1

Monday:

-Study for word roots quiz tomorrow

-Read Ch. 2 for Wednesday; copy all terms/definitions/examples at end of chapter onto your running list 

Tuesday:

-Read Ch. 2/copy terms for tomorrow

-Discussion board due Sunday

Wednesday:

-Finish graphic organizer if not done so in class

-Discussion board due Sunday

Thursday and Friday:

-Discussion board due Sunday

-JFK paragraph due Wednesday (typed) 

-Quiz on chapter 2 terms Wednesday

Homework for the week of 9/24

Monday:

• Read the assignment and documents on pages 28-34 in your textbook. Complete a SOAPSTone for each one of the four documents.
• Bring textbook to class tomorrow.

Tuesday:

• Read and annotate packet on rhetorical analysis. 
• Bring Postman to class on Thursday.

Wednesday: No School

Thursday and Friday:

• Read and annotate packet on visual rhetoric for Monday
• Study for word roots quiz Tuesday (word roots #1-10 plus sample words)
• Due Wednesday: Read chapter 2 in textbook; copy all terms, definitions and examples from glossary at the end of the chapter onto your running list of terms that you started with chapter 1. 

Homework for the (brief) week of 9/19

Wednesday and Thursday:

• Remember that we will be meeting in lab 205 on these days for the NWEA tests. 
• Ch. 1 is due Friday-- you will have a quiz on the terms in bold and patterns of development. Be able to define/explain each term. 

Friday:

• Due TUESDAY: Read the assignment and documents on pages 28-34 in your textbook (Princess Diana exercise). Complete a SOAPSTone for each one of the documents (that means four separate SOAPSTones). Label each SOAPSTone clearly with the title of each document. 
• Bring your textbook to class on Tuesday. 

Homework for the week of 9/10

Monday and Tuesday (Summer reading assessments will be in class on these days--and your Room for Debate responses will be collected on Monday):

• Read Chapter 1 in The Language of Composition. Define all terms in bold + the patterns of development. You may type this list or keep it in your notebook; either way, it must be accessible, because you will be adding to this list with new terms throughout the year. 
• Bring A Farewell to Arms to class Tuesday-Friday of this week. 

Wednesday:

• Complete sheet on Hemingway's style (including finding a passage that best exemplifies Hemingway's style) 

Thursday and Friday:

• Chapter 1 in LoC due Wednesday-- expect a quiz on all terms you defined.

Welcome back! Homework for the week of 9/4

Welcome back to school! Please check this website every Sunday night for homework that will be posted for the upcoming week. While I make these posts to help you stay organized, please keep in mind that the homework I post here is subject to change.

I also have a twitter account that I will use to post documents, notes, or reminders from class. You may “follow” me to get these updates: www.twitter.com/miss_kiernan

If you have any questions throughout the year, the best way to contact me is through email: ekiernan@smithtown.k12.ny.us.

Now, onto the homework!

Tuesday and Wednesday:

• Read and annotate E.B. White's "Once More to the Lake" for Thursday
• Symbol of America due Friday
• Parent slip and materials by Friday

Thursday:

• Symbol of America due tomorrow
• Parent slip and materials due tomorrow

Friday:

• Come to class on Monday prepared for a summer reading assessment on both Hemingway and Postman
• Read chapter 1 of The Language of Composition. Define all terms in bold plus the patterns of development (i.e. narration, description, exemplification, etc.) You will be quizzed on the concepts and terms from this chapter on or about 9/19.