Springboard Unit 1: Cultural Conversations

 

MLA Guide2

Reading Standards

Writing Standards

Media Standards

Speaking Standards

Listening Standards

Class Norms

BINDER SETUP 2009-2010

Unit 1 Vocabulary

Literary Devices Addendum

Grammar Overview

Grammar Mini - lessons

Grammar Practice - Notes

Sentence Patterns

Sentence Structure

White Privilege article & checklist

Artistic Techniques

Viewing Art

"Ego Tripping" poem

Alexander Solzhenitsyn article

Russian Journalist article

Gulag Article

Goal setting: Objectives list

"The Water Bug"

"Powder" memoir

"Red Coats" memoir

"Rose Vegetables" memoir

Memoir assignment & directions

Children of the River questions & directions

E.A. 1 - Assignment for writing narrative/memoir 08-09

E.A. 1 - Updated grading rubric - memoir 08

E.A. 1 - Grading rubric for narrative/memoir 08-09

E.A. 1 - Directions for writing your memoir

E.A. 2 Rubric for memoir

Literature Assessment - Unit 1 - Reflection

Unit 1 - Reflection for parent conferences

Outside Reading Assignments

 

 

 

English Assignments for the Early Civilization Unit

On Demand Gilgamesh Essay

Attach the Writing Rubric from Writer's Workshop for this assignment.

Praise Poem Assignment

Reading Schedule for Lord of the Flies

Lord of the Flies: Chapter Questions

Chapter 1                Chapters 2 & 3        Chapter 4

Chapters 5& 6         Chapter 7 & 8         Chapters 9 & 10

Chapters 11 & 12          

Vocabulary Assignments                 

 Literary Devices Test       

Journal Topics

Map Assignment

Character Mask

Common Essay