9/27 HW #16 Read independent book and complete IRP week 4

Spend time catching up on reading.  You should be about two-thirds of the way through your book.  You have two more weeks to finish it completely!  Type your IRP week 4 response.  See your class handout or the link under the "Resources" section of this blog if you need the question.  Response must meet the word requirement to be accepted.

MYERS-BRIGGS Response:  If you did not complete your response in class, then finish over the weekend. See link here for the handout.

9/25 HW #15 POBAW Response 3 and study for vocab/improving sentences quiz

Finish reading Section 3 of POBAW and write Response 3.  This must be a full page, typed, double-spaced and follow the correct letter format.  You must discuss more than one event in Section 3 of the book.  As always, be thoughtful, specific and sympathetic.  Follow the same guidelines as you have for Responses 1 and 2.  Here is the link to the guidelines if you need it.

Also, you will have your vocab and improving sentences quiz on Thursday.  Vocab will require you to match definitions to words.  You should also review the SAT website for "improving sentences" along with the handout we completed on Monday to prepare.

9/24 HW #14 Love letter to a stranger draft; And begin reading POBAW section 3

Go to the site "More Love Letters" (click here for link) to look at examples of anonymous letters people have written and left for someone else to "find".  Write a typed draft of a letter in this style to a stranger.  Be creative and be thoughtful.  You must save what you write because you will make edits to the letters before we send them out into the world.

POBAW Response 3 will be due on Thursday, so start reading section 3, p. 98-139.

HW #12 IRP week 3; HW #13 Next Step U article: 200 word, typed summary

Read your independent book and complete IRP week 3 response.  See "Resources" if you need to remember the question and word requirement.

Read "Next Step U" and find an article of interest to you.  Type and double-space a 200-word response explaining the information in the article and explaining why this article was particularly interesting to you.

9/18 HW #11 POBAW Response 2 (same format as before)

Finish reading section 2 of The Perks of Being a Wallflower.  Then type your second response to Charlie.  Use the same format and guidelines as you did for your first response.  Here is the link if you need it.

Also, work on make-up work.  From now on, anyone who is more than two assignments behind must attend after school study hall until you are caught up.

9/17 HW 10: Read POBAW, p. 42-73 and answer Qs 1-5 on p.214

Continue reading Section 2 of POBAW.  Use what you have read to write short answers (3-4 complete sentences each) for the "Topics and Questions for Discussion" #1-5 on page 214.  Your answers must be written in complete, detailed sentences and include the question in the answer. Write very neatly or type.

Example:
1. I think the author Stephen Chbosky chose to use letters as the format for this book because... The letter format affects the book because.... If the book were written in first person I think it would be.... If the book were written in third person I think it would be...

9/14 HW 9 Read your book and complete IRP week 2, both questions!

See the link under "Resources" on this blog if you need the questions.  Must be typed and double-spaced or very neatly written.   You must meet the word requirement for work to be accepted.

9/11 HW#8 POBAW Response 1/ Study for vocab quiz

Read the packet for The Perks of Being a Wallflower (POBAW) and then closely follow the guidelines on the reading response handout (link for handout is here) to type a thoughtful and specific letter addressed to Charlie.  Due Thursday.

Study vocab list 1 and 2 for quiz on Thursday.  Be prepared to match definitions to words and complete SAT sentence completion, like the one we did in class.  You can use the link to SAT/PSAT practice under the resources section of this blog to do the sentence completion in preparation for the quiz.

9/10 HW #7 Complete College Questionnaire, all parts

Finish all questions in the packet given in class. Be sure to answer front and back of all questions.  The more detail, the better!  Do not skip or answer, "I don't know."

9/6 #5 Bring in IRP book; #6 Type IRP week 1 response

Each of the 5 sessions, you will choose an independent book to read.  Bring this book to class to show me on Monday.  You must also have IRP week 1 completed.  See link to IRP under resources section on this blog for the question if you need it.

9/4 HW #4: Organize your notebook

Your first 3 homework grades for reading group will be assigned to the three book reports you wrote over the summer.  Be sure you have met all requirements.  Any book reports turned in after Tuesday will lose points. No book reports will be accepted after Monday, September 17.

Now, for HW #4, to receive an A, simply come to class on Thursday with a 3-ring binder that has:

•  3 dividers labeled: Test prep, Notes/Handouts, Work to Redo, Vocab
• Plenty of lined notebook paper
• A dedicated homework book--you can always use the one we provide at school