College ELA 11-Period 6 Assignments

- Type your final in the document below
- Attach the initial writing sample you are using for PART 2

Read through the rubric carefully before submitting. In the "private comments" section, tell me which component of the rubric is weakest in your essay and which is strongest.


Typed, double-spaced, size 11 black default font.



Remember, NO LONGER than 2.5 pages!

1-3 pages, your best work! Please include in the Private Comments section:


- What grade you feel this earns (think about how clear your writing is and how well it achieves the goal of the college essay - to make the admissions counselor remember you and show them who you are)
- Where you need the most support

Upload your outline here!

Submit this Google Doc each Friday by midnight so we can see you are on track. Your completed questions & responses will be graded as a "Final Product" grade at the end of Term 4.


Due tonight at midnight:
Question & Response for p. 131 bottom - 139 in book; p. 82 bottom - 86 PDF


After today (April 28) the page numbers are for the physical book. If you still have not gotten it, it is your responsibility to pick it up at school on a Wednesday or when you are in-person or get it from the library!

Total of 2 full pages (this includes what you already wrote for "Child's Draft - Part 1") of ideas for your College Essay.

1/2 page due end of class today - just spit out your ideas about an event, memory, or person that means a lot to you, even if you're not sure why.

Here is the link to the test:
https://ma.testnav.com/client/index.html#login?username=LGN638760453&password=BUPPCLJD


Write your answer for each multiple choice + a brief explanation of how you chose this and why another answer did not fit.

Upload your final here! DO NOT SUBMIT UNTIL YOU ARE SURE YOU'RE DONE! This is the final submission! You will have class time Friday to work on this and get help from us - take advantage of that!

Complete the Google Doc below using p. 130-131 in The Glass Castle (included below for you if you do not have your book!)


Due Friday, April 2 @ midnight.


THIS IS YOUR MOST IMPORTANT GRADE FOR THE TERM - PUT EVERYTHING INTO IT!!! No matter what your grade is now, it will be substantially higher if you do well on this. Even if you are failing this class, if you can earn an A or a B on this assignment, that will bring you up to passing. IF YOU ARE DOING WELL AND MISS THIS ASSIGNMENT, YOU MOST LIKELY WILL NOT PASS THE TERM.

This assignment is due 02/05/2021. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.

- Write a 1-page rap, song, poem, or letter expressing your experience during COVID to a future person living in your house in the year 2080. You can include questions to this future person as well. Don't forget to write the date you write it at the top or bottom. Write this on paper, upload a picture to Classroom, and then HIDE IT somewhere in your house. If you fold it, write a note on the outside that will make someone open it and read it. Have fun with this!

Write a memoir in just 6 words.
Post your memoirs in the comments.

Delete all directions from the outline and upload your final draft here. Include a heading and a creative title for your paper. Format like this:


Your Name
Teacher's Name
Date Due
Class

Creative Title

Thesis statement, etc...

Completed Brainstorming Sheet which must include:

1. Your topic
2. A Level 3 question about this topic in the real world
3. Explanation of why this topic interests you
4. A Level 2 question about this topic in the book
5. 3 quotes from the text that relate to this
6. Identification of the craft tools Miller uses in each quote
7. Your ideas around this topic and your Level 2 & 3 questions
8. Design or illustration of this issue

Take a selfie you're proud of and submit it here for a collage on our Google Classroom homepage!

Upload pic of your "Analyzing Craft" notes from today + your own quote / analysis from what we read in class, p. 108-111.

Quote from the Do Now:

“DANFORTH: Child, I do not mistrust you—
ABIGAIL, in an open threat: Let you beware, Mr. Danforth. Think you to be so mighty that the power of Hell may not turn your wits? Beware of it! There is—” (p. 108)

Upload your completed Content v. Craft notes here.

Write a one-page reflection letter back to me. The more honest you are and the more detail you include, the more credit you will earn. REFLECTIONS ARE 20% OF YOUR GRADE :)

Dear Awesome Student,
How did Term 1 go for you in our class? If you did well - what are your personal habits that contributed to this? If you didn't do well, or as well as you had hoped - what barriers were in your way that you could not control? How can I help? What DO you have control over that you can change from now on?
In terms of skills - What did you learn? What do you know how to do now that you didn't before you started this class? In what areas have you improved? Where are you still confused? Do you think the skills we've been focusing are important? Why or why not?
How's "The Crucible" going for you? What kinds of issues does it make you think more deeply about? Do you find our discussions in class interesting?
Ideally, class will be a pretty equal mix of voices. You guys have also been utilizing the chat to weigh in on discussion, which has been great. How has your own participation been? What can I do to better support your participation?
How else can I and Ms. Johnson better support you? Term Two begins on Monday - think of how it can be better, and how you can take control.
Sincerely,
Ms. T

Post your Level 2 or 3 question for what we read this week (p. 55-80).

Then go into last week's and respond to one peer question of your choice.
- If you choose a Level 2 question, include evidence from the text.
- If you choose a Level 3 question to respond to, include evidence from real life (history, current events, or human behavior you notice around you)

These instructions and an online version of the book were not given to all students in June like I thought they were. I'm sorry about that; I don't know why everyone did not have access. Therefore the assignment below is extra credit. Excellent work to those who already emailed their finished assignments to me - I hope you had fun and that it helped push your thinking about the characters and the story.

Read The Green Mile, by Stephen King (buy on Amazon for $1 or read the PDF below)

Write a series of 10 letters between two characters of your choice - five letters per character.

Each letter should be about a page each handwritten or one page typed / double spaced.

Some things to think about:
- Why are these characters writing letters to each other?
- Would it be dangerous if someone found out?
- What secrets would these characters share? How would they respond to each other?
- What's the relationship? Is this a friendship, a romance, a forbidden romance of some kind, a father-son or brothers relationship?
- Don't forget to date each letter and include salutations: "Dear __, Love, __" etc.

Step into these characters' shoes. It should be clear from the tone of these letters what their relationship is, and maybe even what their education level is - maybe one of the characters isn't very good at writing, for example, and the other one is well-educated. Have fun with it!
Ms. T

See the LINK below for a picture of the book / summary on Amazon.

Post your awesome Level 2 or 3 question about what we read this week here! (p. 51-55)

Then go into last week's questions, and choose your favorite to respond to in a short paragraph. Remember, you need to support your response with evidence from the text if it's a Level 2 or real life if it's a Level 3.

What do you think? Go to the "Affirmative!" or the "Negative!" Google Doc!

1. Go into last week's "HW: Act 1." Click "REPLY" under one person's question you want to answer and write a thoughtful response. (Maybe the question you chose inspires more questions...more questions can be part of your response too!)

2. Type in one thought-provoking Level 2 or 3 question HERE on this week's reading (p. 36-48).

Read p. 19-p. 27 @ "There be children dyin' in the village, Mister!" and be ready to discuss in class Friday.

By midnight Friday: Post one Level 2 or 3 question here about what we've read in Act 1 so far. (Make your question interesting - next week, you will be responding to one other person's question in addition to writing your own.)

If you didn't have enough time at the end of class Friday to get this in in the chat, or want to improve yours, submit here:
Quote one line that stands out to you from 8-12 of The Crucible, then write a Level 1, 2, and 3 question about it.

Write a Level 1, 2, & 3 question using the reading from today's class. Label them.

Find the best paper you wrote for a past English class. Maybe it's a paper from last year, maybe the year before. What matters is that it's the BEST example of your writing that you have. You may have to look through Google Docs for this, through your email, or through your room if you printed it out the old-fashioned way :)

Reread as if it's not your own - as if you're reading someone else's work, with a critical eye. Then, write a 2-3 page letter to me about what you notice. (Typed, double-spaced, size 12. If you have neat handwriting and prefer to hand-write it, that's okay too.) Assess your writing and specify what you need to focus on this year using the format below.

Make sure to attach BOTH the paper and the letter & look over the attached rubric.

Ms. T

P.S. If you CANNOT find a past paper anywhere, write the best paragraph you can on the question below, THEN assess / reflect on that in your letter:

Question: Which character in The Crucible has the most difficult conflict, and why? Use claim-evidence-analysis structure.

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSc_Tw2Sb7KpIzrPGkcMvyx2ZgjI6qtxwTIGPG8HKNMmn3qVxQ/viewform?usp=sf_link

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdHYNGZaOaH1LOF4pbm94QkKoApcnr24EX-EYdrdlG9MVidfw/viewform?usp=sf_link