In-Class+Assignments

For EXAMS

 * 1) ====Click your class period's link to access Quia.====
 * 2) ====Select "English II Honors - Semester Exam"====
 * 3) ====Login with your username and password and wait for Mrs. Goad to give you the "secret word."====

1st Period: @http://www.quia.com/pages/lgoad16/page1

2nd Period: @http://www.quia.com/pages/lgoad16/page2

5th Period: []

6th Period: @http://www.quia.com/pages/lgoad16/page3

7th Period: @http://www.quia.com/pages/lgoad16/page4

**FOR PEN PAL RESPONSE THIS WEEK**

 * Go to our PBWIKI (link under "Links and Resources" tab to the left)**

**Click on your group's Pen Pal page and compose TWO well-written PARAGRAPHS to your pen pal.**

 * 1. First, respond to the questions your pen pal has asked you in the recent letter posted on your page.**
 * 2. Second, describe your FAVORITE book. Include...**
 * Title and Author
 * What kind of book (genre, such as fantasy, adventure, non-fiction, etc.)
 * Basics of the book (setting, characters, conflict)
 * DON'T GIVE AWAY THE ENDING!
 * Explain why you liked that book so much. How did it affect you?
 * 3. Include your NAME at the end of your post.**
 * 4. Make sure you PROOFREAD your post before you post it.**

For November 18, 2011 - Friday
__**A couple of announcements:**__ 1. AICE forms are due today! Please turn them in to the class basket. 2. Turn in your Pen Pal forms to the class basket as well. 3. I will not be at school Monday or Tuesday next week. You will have a substitute. Please be on your best behavior and complete the work for our new unit on Julius Caesar.

__**Today's Assignment:**__ 1. Immediately log on to Google Docs and continue working on your essay. 2. For the last 15 minutes of class, begin REVIEWING and REVISING your essay. Follow the steps below to check your writing.

3. When you FINISH your essay, change the title to **FINAL ESSAY FIRST/LAST NAME**

 * **Don't forget to create a TITLE for your paper. Ideas for titles:**
 * Make sure it deals with your THEME in some way.
 * Could be a song lyric, part of a famous quote
 * Could be a creative phrase about your theme
 * **Make sure you have UNDERLINED the titles of the books when you've written about them**
 * __Things Fall Apart__ and __The Kite Runner__ AND if you abbreviated: __TKR__ and __TFA__
 * **Your quotes should have QUOTATION marks around them and PARENTHESES after them with the** **author name and page number**
 * Example: "I became what I am today at the age of twelve, on a frigid overcast day in the winter of 1975"** (Hosseini 1). **
 * Make sure the PERIOD goes AFTER the parentheses. Do not put it inside the quotation marks.
 * **Ideas for your INTRODUCTION paragraph (the hook)**
 * Start with a famous quote by a celebrity or philosopher about your theme.
 * Use a song lyric quote.
 * Begin with a short story to illustrate your point about your theme. (an anecdote)
 * **For your CONCLUSION**
 * Make an overall judgement about your theme--why is this important to us as human beings?
 * You could repeat the quote you used in your introduction paragraph hook.
 * **Make sure you have spelled names correctly**.
 * Chinua Achebe, Khaled Hosseini
 * Okonkwo, Ikemefuna, Ekwefi, Nwoye, Obierika
 * Amir, Hassan, Baba, Ali, Assef, Soraya, Sohrab
 * If in doubt, CHECK THE BOOK!
 * **Double-check for other spelling errors and punctuation errors!**

For November 17, 2011 - Thursday
1. Continue typing your essay. Make sure you follow the format for using QUOTES below in Wednesday's instructions (#5). 2. Remember---your essay is due at the END of the class period tomorrow! You may need to work on your essay some tonight at home!

For November 16, 2011 - Wednesday
1. Log in to your Google account and open your ESSAY ORGANIZATION template.

2. Then, create a NEW document. This will be where you will type your actual essay.

3. Follow the MLA formatting instructions that Mrs. Goad walks you through step-by-step. Click here to see an example of what MLA formatting looks like: [|MLA Format Template]

4. To create the Works Cited page, you will need to create a source citation for our two books. Find the ISBN number on the copyright page inside the first pages of the books. Then, go to [|EasyBib.com] and click "BOOK" on the tabs. Then, type the ISBN number and hit "Cite This." Copy and paste the MLA citation from the website onto your Works Cited page.

5. A few notes about using QUOTES:
 * When you include a quote within your essay, refer to the authors by LAST name only. (Achebe, Hosseini)
 * Your quotes should have PARENTHETICAL citations with the AUTHOR name and the PAGE number:
 * ** "For you, a thousand times over" (Hosseini 371). **
 * **Notice that the PERIOD is AFTER the parentheses and NOT inside the quotation marks!**

6. Before the end of the class period, make sure you __**SHARE**__ this essay with Mrs. Goad. Click the SHARE box in the top right hand corner and next to "Add People," type **VIKINGHONORS@GMAIL.COM**

7. Continue working on your essay tonight at home. Tomorrow is the last day to TYPE in class, so if you don't think you can finish tomorrow, do a little more work tonight at home.

For November 15, 2011
**Please turn in the following:**
 * 1. Pen Pal Picture Permission Form**
 * 2. AICE Exam - if you plan to take the exam in May**

For __The Kite Runner__ test, use the USERNAME and PASSWORD you received from Mrs. Goad and log in to your class period's Quia to begin. NO TALKING during the test or you will receive a zero. Use the "With All Flags Flying" text for 5 questions on the test (they are marked).

1st Period: @http://www.quia.com/pages/lgoad16/page1

2nd Period: @http://www.quia.com/pages/lgoad16/page2

6th Period: @http://www.quia.com/pages/lgoad16/page3

7th Period: @http://www.quia.com/pages/lgoad16/page4


 * **After you finish your TEST, please continue working on your Essay Organization Template to plan your essay.**
 * **Log in to your Google DOCS account and work on your organization on that document!**
 * **If you need to borrow a copy of __Things Fall Apart__ during our class period, please pick up a copy from Mrs. Goad.**


 * Tomorrow**: We will be in our regular classroom with the laptops to start TYPING our essays. If you do not FINISH your essay organization template in class today, you must finish it for **HOMEWORK**.

Instructions for November 14, 2011
A few announcements: 1. Homework tonight: Study for your __Kite Runner__ Test. Use the study guide you received in class. It is also on my wiki under "English II Honors. 2. Please turn in your Pen Pal Picture permission forms to Mrs. Goad as soon as possible!

__**TODAY'S ASSIGNMENT:**__ 1. LOG IN to your GMAIL account. 2. Access Google DOCS. 3. Click "Create" and then "Document." 4. A new window will open. In that window you will type your assignment. Instructions below. Click the "Untitled Document" link at the top and rename the document as **"TKR and TFA Essay Freewrite"**

Select one of the following themes to FREEWRITE about in relation to __Things Fall Apart__ and __The Kite Runner__. Feel free to use the Synthesis Chart/Mind Map notes you began on Friday.
 * 1) Betrayal
 * 2) Redemption
 * 3) Family Relationships
 * 4) Friendship
 * 5) Guilt
 * 6) Intolerance
 * INSTRUCTIONS FOR FREEWRITING:
 * Every time you have a NEW thought, start a NEW paragraph. It's ok to have MULTIPLE paragraphs.
 * Don't worry about making it like an "essay." Just write out every thought that comes to mind about how __Things Fall Apart__ and __The Kite Runner__ reflect the THEME you've chosen.

5. Next, DOWNLOAD the "Essay Organization" template under the "English II Honors" link on the Wikispaces page. 6. ** Copy and PASTE the template into a NEW document on Google Docs. (Create, Document) **

7. Click the "Untitled Document" link at the top and rename the document as **"TKR and TFA Essay Organization"**

8. Begin organizing your ideas into this model to prepare for writing our essay later this week. Use your BOOKS to help you find specific quotes and illustrations to prove your points. Make sure you put page numbers and use quotation marks!

9. After you finish your template, click the SHARE button to share the document with Mrs. Goad. Add this email address to view your document: VIKINGHONORS@gmail.com