Mrs. Cariddi's English Assignments
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| Date | Assignments |
| 9/14/06 | in JOURNALS: at least 3/4 page: the difference between reading & seeing/hearing the words spoken in skit form (from Boy) |
| 9/15/06 | in JOURNAL: at least 3/4 page: comments on Dahl's short story "Lamb to the Slaughter" and the difference between it and the books he wrote for children. Did it surprise you? why or why not? |
| 9/18/06 | Reading/Writing Survey: 3-pages: in complete sentences and carefully thought out. |
| 9/19/06 | Test: Boy by Roald Dahl |
| 9/20/06 | Two autobiographical poems written according to the format handed out in class on Monday. Both poems should be done on unlined paper (may be typed) and one of the poems must be illustrated.A line from one of the poems will suffice. The line should be written on the illustration. The formatted paper can should serve as the rough draft of the poems. I handed out drawing paper to each child. |
| 9/25/06 | Make 3 lists of 10 words each: words you like the sound of, words you do not like the sound of, and your favorite words. You may add more to the lists if you wish. |
| 9/26/06 | choose one of the quotes from the test on Boy that you did not do on the test and write a 1 + 3-5 + 1 paragraph i.e. topic sentence and 3-5 supporting ideas with a concluding sentence. Correcting heading, a title, ink/computer processed, double-spaced, loose-leaf paper. |
| 10/27/06 | Each student has chosen an autobiography to read. S/he should read every night and write in his/her journal according to the guidelines which will be handed out on Monday. They know basically what they are to write now: their reactions to what they have just read, their comments on the life of the person they are reading about, any connections they can make to theirs, ... They are to choose a quote each time they read that is significant to them or to the subject of the book--the wisdom the subject is imparting. And finally simply observing the words of the author and if any strike the reader as particularly well written: write them down in their journal. Book should be read by Oct. 27 and journal due Oct. 29. This assignment is worth 100 points. If a student wants and can read more books within this time period, s/he can earn extra points. |
| 10/2/06 | In NOTEBOOK do p. 20 of Sentence Building Handout #1-10. Follow directions. Skip lines between sentences. |
| 10/3/06 | Continue with Sentence Building handout. Do the other side of the sheet following directions. |
| 01/10/06 | Continue with book reading and literature journals. they finally have the official ones since Monday. Write a poem playing with words. I was out Tues-Thurs sick. |
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