10th ELA with Ray Assignments

Read + Annotate

Then write your own funny, short essay.

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Copy the and paste the lyrics of your favorite love song on the left side of the chart.
Annotate the song, focussing on literary devices.

IN CLASS, Tuesday: Highlight the paragraph using the key. Write your own paragraph, analyzing the song you chose.

Read the poem, annotate focussing on literary devices.

Answer the two questions in 2+ complete sentences.

#1: Feb 3/4:
Journal Entry Prompts-- Choose one or create your own.
A) Write about your favorite person
B) Tell the story of an embarrassing moment
C) Write about snow-- describe how you feel about it, how it is to walk in it, play in it, how it affects your day/week/life
D) Write about something you LOVE and HATE at the same time

Fill out the info with your own thoughts and opinions.

1. Read PART 1 of "Danger of a Single Story"
2. Answer Freeze Frame questions one and two.
3. GROUP B - When we meet again next week we will answer questions three and four.
4. GROUP A - Do your best to answer questions three and four for extra credit.

Find a character who you think would match with your character. Use the organizer to explain your choice of match.

Complete the character analysis worksheet by Friday 1/15 - THIS FRIDAY!

How does Cisneros use the character Nenny as a foil for the other girls?

- Be sure to use the documents in "ELA Help" on our classroom stream to help you write your paragraph.

1. Read and annotate the story
2. Complete a SOAPSTONE with a focus on narrative techniques.

1. Read the Goldfish text
2. Write a TEXAXAS paragraph that answers:

How do the flashback and flashforward change what we think about Sergei?

1. Read the text in Part 2
2. Respond to the Freeze Frame questions
3. Fill out the chart at the bottom of the sheet. Use evidence to describe what SERGEI is like.

1. Read the text (the recording is included if you would like to listen to it)
2. Respond to the Freeze Frame questions
3. Fill out the chart at the bottom of the sheet. Use evidence to describe what Yoni is like.

1. Read "My Name" and annotate in Kami
2. Fill out the worksheet by identifying evidence from text that reveal Esperanza's identity
3. Explain in the second column - what does the evidence reveal?
4. Write a TEXAXAS paragraph that answers the question "How do Esperanza’s thoughts reveal details about her identity?"

1. Please fill out the Anticipation guide for Unit 2: "Ourselves and Others"
2. After our discussion please complete the Identity Questions worksheet

1. Read the story
2. Annotate for the components that build tension (tone, foreshadowing, parallel plots)
3. Explain how they contribute to the TENSION in the story on the worksheet.

1. Finish reading "The Night Face Up"
2. Annotate for the differences in the tone between the two scenes
3. Note the differences on the worksheet
4. Write a TEXAXAS paragraph that answers the following:

What effect do the tone shifts in the hospital and the sacrifice scenes have on the reader?

Read the poem by Billy Collins - "On Turning Ten"

1. Complete a SOAPSTONE chart

2. Write a paragraph that answers the following:


How do the tone words OR narrative techniques that Billy Collins uses reveal his feelings about “turning ten”?

1. Read the text and annotate for main ideas on the “Eleven" worksheet
2. Once you have the main ideas - think of possible THEMES that are in the text - fill them in on your reading (you can use the blank the central idea triangle optional)
3. Use the worksheet to determine what the author is saying about the theme - What could be the central idea of the text?
Be sure to answer the questions on the reading!

Take the quiz; it's easy!

This is the rubric for the presentation of your poem.

1. You should do this after you have finished writing a poem (see previous lesson)
2. The website for this is padlet.com

1. Take a picture of something important to you (it could even be an old picture)/ something you found interesting.
2. Write a 5-7 stanza poem that could be free verse or have a rhyming scheme.
3. You poem MUST include the use of 2-3 narrative techniques!
4. HAVE FUN.

Read the poem "The Starry Night" and complete the STONE chart using what you have learned in class.

1. You will pick ONE of the poems about the fall of Icarus and complete a SOAPSTONE chart
2. You will then write a TEXAXAS paragraph that answers the prompt below:

Does the poem you chose carry the same message (or central idea) as the message in the painting? Explain using one piece of evidence from your poem and one piece of evidence from the painting.

Read the prompt

Write your paragraph below.

Use details from the video as evidence.

Fill out this anticipation guide for our new unit.

Read the article
Answer the multiple choice questions

READ + ANNOTATE

Describe your remote learning experience, include the positives and negatives

You will write a TEXAXAS paragraph that answers the question:

What is Isaac Asimov’s warning about the future of education? How can we connect this to our own lives?

Make sure to include 3 step analysis!

Revision 1 Date: Week of 10/01-10/02

Fill this out for one of your journal entries.

1. We will read the poem together to complete a STONE analysis
2. Complete the STONE on your own
3. We will share out out responses
4. Submit for a classwork grade

Prompt 1: Write a journal entry describing what one of the personal objects means to you and/or how it represents you.

Prompt 4: Describe your remote learning experience, include the positives and negatives

1. We will read the example together to complete a SOAP analysis
2. Complete the SOAP on your own
3. We will share out out responses
4. Submit for a classwork grade

1. Read the author background and the poem "Without Title - for my Father who lived without ceremony"
2. Complete the SOAP analysis
3. Submit - this is due Friday 9/25

Finish this survey for a completion grade (completion = 100%)

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