ENG II Fall 2023 4th-4th Block Assignments

Please use the below link to connect your Google Classroom account to your Realize Account.

Upload an digital projects here: (songs, podcasts, visuals, presentations, etc). Refer to your project handout for details. 

On a scale of 1 to 10, how prepared are you to present your final project?

Take a moment to reflect and answer the following question: What makes you "you?"

Describe in a few sentences an "eye opening experience" you've had in your life: essentially a moment that you learned something very valuable about either yourself or how the world works around you.

Review page #2 of your independent project handout for more detsils.

Hey everyone, 


Somehow my original assignment did not post, so I am creating this assignment simply for you to submit your final essay and keep me from having to hunt down different versions through the various other rough drafts. I will not count anything late until AFTER class ends so please feel free to submit your finalized copy here before then. Apologies for the confusion.

Provide a summary of what you know about comic books (can be characters, movies, specific comments, whatever).

Update me on your Reading Project so far.

What is the best holiday dish? Explain your reasoning.

Upload all photos of your group work assignments here.

Should Include:

Introduction
Body Paragraph 1
Body Paragraph 2
Body Paragraph 3 (Counterclaim)
Conclusion 

Submit your 1 page typed project proposal here. Review page #1 of your independent project handout for details.

Submit your introduction rough draft here.

What is the strongest evidence you have to support your claims in your essay?

What is one possible supporting claim to answering the essential question: "Is the experience of being an outsider universal?"

Submit your finished paragraph here. Mark if your paragraph was chosen by your group as the strongest example. 

What's the best thing to drink on a dreary day such as this?

Consider your stance on the essential question: "Is the experience of being an outsider universal?" What are three supporting claims (topic sentences) you believe support your side?

Complete and Evidence Log for the One of the following:

"The Orphan Boy and the Elk Dogs"
"By Any Other Name" 
"Outsider Art is Saluted at Columbia, Then Lost Anew"

Upload all photos of your group work assignments here.

Upload all Evidence Logs from your Group Work here. They are: 

"Poetry Collection"
"The Doll's House"
"Revenge of the Geeks" 

Upload all photos of your group work assignments here.

Upload all Evidence Logs from your Group Work here. They are: 

"Poetry Collection"
"The Doll's House"
"Revenge of the Geeks" 

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

Do you agree with the author of "Revenge of The Geek's claims that things that make us different in high school can make us more successful in adult life? Why or why not?

How can we better define what it means to be an outsider with the texts we've read so far? Select one example from what you've read.

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

Do you identify with a particular group of fellow students? Do the people in your group share a common interest, identity, or loyalty? Is your group formal or informal? Write your answer in complete sentences.

Submit your final edited paper here. 

Log on to Mastery Connect and get ready for your quiz:

Attach and submit your Movie Pitch Here

Requirements:
Minimum 2 Reasons + Evidence
Minimum 8 sentences following the writing formula
Minimum 2 of our 6 vocabulary words used:  distress, aversion, listlessly, amelioration, asphyxiation, travail

Is the exclusion of others a problem we need to solve, or is the experience of being an outsider simply part of growing up?

Is the exclusion of others a problem we need to solve, or is the experience of being an outsider simply part of growing up?

Upload photos of your work here. 

Metamorphosis Text Questions 180-183
180: Analyze the Text 1-3
181: Analyze Craft and Structure 2-5 (use previous Absurdism sheet)
182: Concept Vocabulary (all sections)
183: Conventions (all sections)

Find a sentence containing a verb phrase in "The Metamorphosis," and indicate the verb phrase in the sentence. Bonus point on test if you find a sentence no one else has found.

What moment in the story do you believe had the most influence on Gregor's death?

How has the family dynamic changed over the course of Part II in "Metamorphosis?"

Provide a sentence about "The Metamorphosis" that uses parallelism.

What part of Gregor's transformation would be the most difficult to adjust to?

Based on the mood of the story and Gregor's reactions to his transformation in "The Metamorphosis," make a prediction for what happens next.

Choose a side to the following question, and defend your reasoning:

"Is Nightmare Before Christmas a Christmas movie, or a Halloween movie?" (Can't be both).

Submit your final draft of your research paper here.

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

What comment / peer review was the most beneficial to your edits? Explain.

In your writing, what should always follow any provided textual evidence?

What grade do you think your rough draft would receive? What is the one thing you *know* you need to work on?

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

Submit your first draft of your research essay here. To receive full credit it must include all requirements.

Submit your body paragraphs (minimum 2) for your essay here.

Write the thesis statement of your paper.

Submit your Works Cited and Header here. Be sure to follow all guidelines found in your Research Manual.

What is your strongest piece of evidence to help answer the essential question?

What is the most difficult part of writing a paper for you? What is the easiest?

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

Would you live in a "haunted" house? Why or Why not?

Attached are the instructions for the Presentation as well as additional photos provided by Tress and some student examples.

Hey all, I'm out today. Your job is to listen to the podcast episode "How to Sell a Haunted House" and complete an Evidence Log for it. You can attach Evidence Log to this GC assignment. 

There will be an assignment sheet given to you by the substitute as well. Complete this sheet while you are listening to the podcast and turn it in at the end of class. You do not have to do the "sound" section of the organizer but complete steps 1-4 and the other three (topic / mood / tone). 

I hope you all have a good Tuesday! I should be back on Wednesday!

Upload photos of your group work for "Where is Here?" to this assignment.

Upload photos of your assignments for your group work related to "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear" here. DO NOT upload your Evidence Log here - that will go in a separate assignment.

Upload photos of your assignments for your group work related to "Poetry Collection" here. DO NOT upload your Evidence Log here - that will go in a separate assignment.

Upload all Evidence Logs from your Group Work here. They are: 

"Poetry Collection"
"Where is Here?"
"Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?"
Independent Text Selection

Upload photos of the "Independent Selected Text" here.

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

Reflect on your group work over the past two weeks. Answer the following questions:

What was successful?
What didn't go as planned?
If we were to have groups again, what could you change about your approach to be more successful?
If we were to have groups again, what could I change to help make you more successful?

Read the following excerpt from “Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?,” in which Dr. Kerr states her views.

"One of the most interesting things about studying fear is looking at the social constructions of fear, and learned fears versus those fears that appear to be more innate, or even genetic. When we look across time and across the world, we find that people truly can become afraid of anything."

Based on this passage, choose the idea with which Dr. Kerr is most likely to agree.

Based on your knowledge of the meaning of the word parts -ion and -ive, choose the most likely definitions for retributive and retribution.

Read the two sentences.

Sentence 1: Whether you feel terrified or ecstatic, chemicals in the brain are at work shaping your mood.

Sentence 2 Dopamine, a chemical in the brain, plays a role in emotional responses ranging from fear to enjoyment.

Which of the following best states the contrast between the two sentences?

In the following excerpt from “Where Is Here?,” the stranger recalls looking through the colored glass in the fanlight and noticing how the colors alter the outside world:

“After such a lesson it’s hard to take the world on its own terms, isn’t it?” he asked. The father asked, annoyed, “On what terms should it be taken, then?” The stranger replied, regarding him levelly, with a just perceptible degree of disdain, “Why, none at all.”

Which of the following statements best explains the effect of this dialogue on the reader’s understanding of the stranger?

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

Write a sentence using an adverb or an adjective. Put parenthesis around the adverb / adjective.

Describe your worst nightmare / weirdest dream you've had.

Does the emotion of fear make us stronger or weaker? Explain your reasoning.

Is “Over the Garden Wall” a Gothic Tale or a Magical Realism Tale? Defend your reasoning in a multi-paragraph response providing evidence from your organizer.

Reflect with your group on your readings today. How can you connect your reading to the essential question? Provide one topic sentence and one piece of evidence.

If there was one "rule" or "expectation" you believe would help make group work successful for you, what would that be?

If you completed your infographic assignment digitally (slides, canva, etc.) then attach the document here to upload.

With the first two episodes, where would Over the Garden Wall fall in regards to Magical Realism or Gothic?

Reflect on your group work: How do you believe it went? Were members productive? What help do you think you would need if group work is a week long with minimal assistance from me?

How is the group work going so far? Are members participating effectively? Do you need any resources from me?

Consider the elements of both magical realism and gothic literature. What are some modern films / stories / shows that you believe meet the requirements for either magical realism or gothic literature? Explain your reasoning.

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

Write a sentence about yourself using a prepositional phrase. Use parenthesis ( ) to identify the prepositional phrase in your sentence.

Why do you believe the brother and sister are acting so indifferent to the experiences of their house being taken over?

How can you connect "The Fall of the House of Usher" to our essential question so far? Write a few sentences explaining your answer.
(Things to consider: The outcomes of fear, how fear can influence someone, why someone would want to read a story such as "Usher..," etc.)

Write a sentence describing either the plot, mood, or characters "House Taken Over" using one of our six vocabulary words: obscure, muffled, recessed, vestibule, spacious, unvoiced.

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

What was the most difficult part of the Benchmark for you? What was the easiest? Explain your answer.

Upload a photo of your evidence log here.

Upload photos of your completed work here. Please read the Instructions for each section, as it will help you understand the requirements. 

Pg 32, Questions 1-4
Pg 33-35, All questions.

Is Roderick Usher responsible for the collapse of his home and/or death of his sister? Explain why or why not?

The "reveal" of Usher burying his sister alive may have come as surprise, but there are many moments that foreshadow this event.

Review your annotations and find 3 pieces of evidence that hint at this conclusion. Then using that evidence, explain how Poe uses the 1st person point of view to create the "surprise" twist.

Complete a dialogic journal for your Daily Independent Reading Assignment (or any current Required Book).

If you need, review the Dialogic Journal Example and Terms under the Helpful Material Topic.

Make one final prediction: How will the "Fall" of the House of Usher occur?

Submit your paragraph analyzing Roderick Usher's state of mind here. Reminder to follow the paragraph structure provided in Helpful Materials.

Look over the six pieces of art labeled on the white board. Select the one you believe best represents Usher's state of mind and defend your answer. Consider our conversation about mood, characterization, and setting.

Follow along and complete each section as we read and annotate "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Upload a photo of your Evidence Log here.

Follow along and complete each section as we read and annotate "The Fall of the House of Usher"

Make a prediction to what will happen in "The Fall of the House of Usher."

Imagine that your house looked like you and mirrored your state of mind. What would the house look like? Describe it in a few sentences.

Do you like horror movies? Why or why not? If you do like them, provide an example of your favorite.

In a few sentences describe how your first week back at school has been.

Write a brief paragraph (7-11 sentences) of an explanatory essay on a topic of your choosing. Consider such things as jargon, formal writing, and definitions.

What do you remember are the three main types of writing in English? Which one do you struggle with the most? Which one is the easiest for you?

Write a few sentences answering the following question:
What was your favorite thing you were able to do over summer break?