Assignments+for+English+9


 * Assignments for the reading of the book __Night__.**

Below are all the questions for students to read. The answers should be placed in their notebooks. They are listed by sections. Please check which reading assignment has been given and then do the appropriate section of questions.


 * __Night__ Questions Section ONE ** : **1. Describe the character of Moshe. 2. How do people react to Moshe when he returns? Why? 3. Why do you think the people deny the "terrible stories" that they hear about the Germans? 4. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book?**


 * __Night__ Questions Sections TWO and THREE: ** **After having read sections 2 and 3, do the following questions: 1. Describe Madam Schacter. (what kind of a person is she?) 2. Describe the ironic events that happen in the second section. 3. How would you describe the behavior of the others in the train car?**
 * 4. In section 3, how does Elie feel about his father being hit? 5. Describe how Shlomo's (Elie's dad) perspective about life has changed now? 6. How does Elie feel about God by the end of this section. 7. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from section 2 or 3 of the book?**


 * __Night__ Questions Section FOUR: ** **After having read section 4, do the following questions:1. What is the "selection" ? 2. How does Elie react to the dentist being hanged? 3. How do the prisoners and Elie react to the "pipel" being hanged? 4. What reaction does Elie have when his father is beaten and what does this reaction show about Elie's attitude or personality now? 5. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well).** ***students in periods 3,5, and 8 will do these questions for Monday, November 10.**


 * __Night__ Questions Section FIVE **** : ** **After having read section 5, do the following questions:1. Why are the Jews arguing about praying? 2.What is the argument the Jews are having over Yom Kippur -"The day of Atonement"? 3. Why is Elie torn between staying in the hospital and leaving the hospital? 4. Describe Elie's attitude about God and about his Jewish faith at this stage of his life.** **Justify your answer with examples from the book.**


 * __Night__ Questions Section SIX **** : ** **After having read section 6, do the following questions: 1. Why won't Elie allow himself to die? 2. Describe the anecdote that Elie retells about Rabbi Elihou's son and what impact does that have on Elie? 3. Why do the German workers throw food at the Jews when they are inside the train cars? 4. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well)**.


 * __Night__ Questions SEVEN and EIGHT **** : ** **After having read section 7 and 8, do the following questions: 1.What does the fact that Elie fights off some of the other prisoners who want to beat and hurt his dad reaveal about Elie and what does it reveal about the prisoners? 2. What difference do you suppose it made to Elie that his father lived for a long time in the camps? 3. Describe Elie's reaction once he learns that his father is dead. 4. What is the first concern of the prisoners once they are liberated? 5. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well).**

//Adding details to the story// may be needed to add interest and lengthen the time of the story. The best way to add details is to ask yourself what did I hear, see, touch/ feel, smell, or taste during this experience? Place these kinds of details into your story so that your audience may also use their senses to visualize what the experience was like for you. ALSO, if you can remember or describe any of the thoughts or feelings that may have been going through your mind at the time of this experience, this will help the audience identify and relate to the storyteller. For instance, did the thought " I can't believe I"M DOING THIS." come to mind when something scary was about to happen to the storyteller. If you think it did, add it into the story and say it with that same kind of disbelief when telling the story.
 * October 13**- //Framing the story// involves placing a few sentences at the beginning of the story describing what the story teaches us about life in the general sense. The ending of the story should summarize again how the life lesson was realized by the character(s) in the story that was just told.

1. What 2 events is she comparing in the article? 2. Which event does she feel is most praiseworthy? Why? 3. In one sentence, summarize the main point Bombeck is making to all Americans in this article.
 * September 28**- Questions for the Erma Bombeck article :

**September 8** - directions for "QuizStar" 1) go to internet and put in URL - http://quizstar.4teachers.org/indexs.jsp 2) log in remember you are "returning to quizstar" so just log in. 3) you will go to our class (ie. Kocon Period 3's Quizzes) 4) under the column "untaken quizzes" choose the take quiz button for the "Price Practice Quiz English (1) 5) now follow the instructions for the quiz, READ THEM CAREFULLY. 6) WHEN YOU ARE FINISHED, then submit it to be corrected or whatever the command is to have it corrected. Only do the one quiz "Price Practice Quiz English (1).

Advertisement assignment : **Type a 250-400 WORD ADVERTISEMENT of some fictitious (not real) product. Be sure to explain what the product is, why people should use it, why it is such a great product for people to have, tell us where we can get it, how much it costs, etc. To see an example of what the assignment looks like click on the following PDF. Please remember whenever you are typing assignments for English, you should use 12 pt font, a very basic style font (nothing artsy, fancy that maybe hard to read), and DOUBLE SPACE the text.** This is due on Friday, September 11.
 * September 9 assignment-**

Please click on this document to see an example of the advertisement assignment.


 * __Night__ Questions Sections TWO and THREE: ** **After having read sections 2 and 3, do the following questions: 1. Describe Madam Schacter. (what kind of a person is she?) 2. Describe the ironic events that happen in the section section. 3. How would you describe the behavior of the others in the train car?**
 * 4. In section 3, how does Elie feel about his father being hit? 5. Describe how Shlomo's (Elie's dad) perspective about life has changed now? 6. How does Elie feel about God by the end of this section. 7. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from section 2 or 3 of the book?**


 * __Night__ Questions Section FOUR: ** **After having read section 4, do the following questions:1. What is the "selection" ? 2. How does Elie react to the dentist being hanged? 3. How do the prisoners and Elie react to the "pipel" being hanged? 4. What reaction does Elie have when his father is beaten and what does this reaction show about Elie's attitude or personality now? 5. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well).** ***students in periods 3,5, and 8 will do these questions for Monday, November 10.**


 * __Night__ Questions Section FIVE **** : ** **After having read section 5, do the following questions:1. Why are the Jews arguing about praying? 2.What is the argument the Jews are having over Yom Kippur -"The day of Atonement"? 3. Why is Elie torn between staying in the hospital and leaving the hospital? 4. Describe Elie's attitude about God and about his Jewish faith at this stage of his life.**


 * __Night__ Questions Section SIX **** : ** **After having read section 6, do the following questions: 1. Why won't Elie allow himself to die? 2. Describe the anecdote that Elie retells about Rabbi Elihou's son and what impact does that have on Elie? 3. Why do the German workers throw food at the Jews when they are inside the train cars? 4. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well)**.

(Feb 26) Ice paragraph #2 - Poetry Terms- download this handout to see all the terms on a possible upcoming test.
 * __Night__ Questions SEVEN and EIGHT **** : ** **After having read section 7 and 8, do the following questions: 1.What does the fact that Elie fights off some of the other prisoners who want to beat and hurt his dad reaveal about Elie and what does it reveal about the prisoners? 2. What difference do you suppose it made to Elie that his father lived for a long time in the camps? 3. Describe Elie's reaction once he learns that his father is dead. 4. What is the first concern of the prisoners once they are liberated? 5. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well).**

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 * __Revision Guidelines__ (Dec 19) **** : ** Students who earned below 43 points may make revisions / corrections to their holocaust paper by January 5, 2009. All revisions/ changes on this new draft must be **bold**. The original paper and the original pink sheet must be handed in as well on Monday January 5, 2009, to receive any credit. If the changes are done well, a student may earn more points for their holocaust paper up to a maximum score of 43.

IF YOU CAN'T WRITE MUCH UNDER YOUR ADJECTIVE CHOICE, CHOOSE ANOTHER ADJECTIVE or READ MORE ABOUT YOUR TOPIC/PERSON UNTIL YOU CAN WRITE MORE UNDER EACH ADJECTIVE.
 * __Pre-paper Writing Activity__ (Dec 1) **** : ** Students wrote 3 adjectives that described their topic/ person (ie. courageous, compassionate, determined, resourceful, egotisical, cruel, hearless, intelligent, etc). Making sure that all three adjectives are different, the students were to answer these questions as completely as possible for each one of the three adjectives. #1-Describe any incidents, anecdotes, or details that show this adjective choice is correct for your topic/ person. Explain how the incidents, anecdotes, or details show this adjective choice fits your topic. #2- Tell about anyone who influenced the person to be (fill in your adjective choice here). Describe how did they influenced your person? #3 Did people ever describe your person/topic with this "Adjective" ? Who? and Why did they describe your Person/topic with this adjective? The more responses you can make under each of the ADJECTIVE choices, the better. Bring this sheet of paper to class tomorrow.

__**Complex worksheet**__** (Nov 18) **** : ** Click on the pdf to download of copy of the assignment which is due tomorrow.
 * __"TAKE-HOME" directions for Night test__ (Nov 13) **** : ** After having read the book the students are to type up paragraphs using the ICE technique centering on one of the thesis statements provided. Click on/ down load this document to see the instructions.[[file:ESSAY Final Evaluation Night.PDF]]


 * <span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">__Night__ Questions (Nov 12) **** : ** **After having read section 7 and 8, do the following questions: 1.What does the fact that Elie fights off some of the other prisoners who want to beat and hurt his dad reaveal about Elie and what does it reveal about the prisoners? 2. What difference do you suppose it made to Elie that his father lived for a long time in the camps? 3. Describe Elie's reaction once he learns that his father is dead. 4. What is the first concern of the prisoners once they are liberated? 5. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well).**


 * <span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">__Night__ Questions (Nov 11) **** : ** **After having read section 6 and 7, do the following questions: 1. Why won't Elie allow himself to die? 2. Describe the anecdote that Elie retells about Rabbi Elihou's son and what impact does that have on Elie? 3. Why do the German workers throw food at the Jews when they are inside the train cars? 4. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well)**.


 * <span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">__Night__ Questions (Nov 10) **** : ** **After having read section 5, do the following questions:1. Why are the Jews arguing about praying? 2.What is the argument the Jews are having over Yom Kippur -"The day of Atonement"? 3. Why is Elie torn between staying in the hospital and leaving the hospital? 4. Describe Elie's attitude about God and about his Jewish faith at this stage of his life.**


 * <span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">__Night__ Questions (Nov 5) **** : ** **After having read section 4, do the following questions:1. What is the "selection" ? 2. How does Elie react to the dentist being hanged? 3. How do the prisoners and Elie react to the "pipel" being hanged? 4. What reaction does Elie have when his father is beaten and what does this reaction show about Elie's attitude or personality now? 5. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book? Explain why it is so striking or powerful (write 3-4 sentence explaining the passage as well).** ***students in periods 3,5, and 8 will do these questions for Monday, November 10.**

<span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">__Night__ Questions (Nov 4) : **After having read sections 2 and 3, do the following questions: 1. Describe Madam Schacter. (what kind of a person is she?) 2. Describe the ironic events that happen in the section section. 3. How would you describe the behavior of the others in the train car?**
 * 4. In section 3, how does Elie feel about his father being hit? 5. Describe how Shlomo's (Elie's dad) perspective about life has changed now? 6. How does Elie feel about God by the end of this section. 7. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from section 2 o3 of the book?**

<span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">__Night__ Questions (Nov 3) : **1. Describe the character of Moshe. 2. How do people react to Moshe when he returns? Why? 3. Why do you think the people deny the "terrible stories" that they hear about the Germans? 4. Write down a passage (3-4 sentences from your reading) that you found striking from this section of the book?**

<span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">Hobby or Interest assignment : **Write a 7-10 sentence paragraph about a hobby or interest. Students should make sure to have a solid topic sentence that gives direction to the paragraph, and they are TO AVOID USING THE PRONOUNS "I" OR "MY" in the paragraph. Assignments are due tomorrow, Oct.14.**


 * Notes about ELEMENTS OF DELIVERING A SPEECH: POSTURE - use gestures to enhance message NOT to distract audience EYE CONTACT -look at the audience, not over them, in the corners of the room, at the floor RATE - make is slow and deliberate; you may quicken the pace in order to create suspense VOICE QUALITY - be loud, clear, and enthusiastic (avoid monotone at all cost) exaggerate your voice because we are never as loud as we think we are. ARTICULATION- pronounce vowel and end consonant sounds clearly, AVOID filler words (ie. ah, er, like, and, etc.)**

<span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">Autobiographical Story : **Create a story in which you are the main character or a side character. This story should rise to a climatic moment and finish with a short resolution like other short stories do. You should use life-like description (use sensory words, figurative language, strong verbs, adjectives, adverbs, etc.) to tell the story. You may write a true story, but you are not required to write a true story - just make it SEEM like it is a TRUE story. It should have a title, be double-spaced, typed in a basic style font, and be about 350-500 words. Assignment is due Tuesday, Sept. 30.**

<span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">Writing Assignment: Description of first moments of High School. (9-18-08) **Write 200+ words about the first day of school when you walked into our commons or corridors. Write creatively; think how you felt, think about all the things you saw, smelled, heard as you came to our school for the first day of classes. Then underline all the adjectives and circle all the adverbs you used. It may be helpful to write on every other line or double space it if you decide to type out your assignment. Don't forget to make sure you proofread your writing for complete sentences, correct spelling, and punctuation before you hand it in.**

<span class="wiki_link" style="color: #32602e;">IRREGULAR VERB worksheets 1 - 6 : **Click on the worksheets to download your own copies of the answers to the worksheets we did in class. This will help you to see how well you know this forms. If you did not do as well as you liked review the pages and exercises on pages 173-180.**


 * Once again, look at the PDF; it has an example for you to follow. [[file:-liquid stitch AD.pdf]] Click on this pdf to find the scoring rubric for this assignment.[[file:PODcast.Ad.scoresheet.pdf]] **Transfering PODcast:** **

Transfer Podcast assignment to wikispace : **click here for instructions.**

Register for Gcast: **click on this file and/or print this file to assist you with creating your Gcast account. Now click on this PDF and you will have the instructions for how to create a podcast with your telephone. **

Pop quiz Aug 29: **see Mr. Kocon about this.**

GRAB BAG: put three items in a brown bag that represent and / or tell something about you as a person. Bring the bag and Items tomorrow to school and talk about their significance to your peers.