English+4AE+Senior+Project+Homework

**Week of September 10** Monday -- Day in library, evaluate resources -- [|Access Handouts through GoogleDrive here] HW: Complete community obligations exercise (Access Harvard Justice video here) Tuesday -- Share community obligations thoughts, get //The Visit// HW: Study for vocabulary quiz Wednesday -- ******** VOCABULARY/ALLUSIONS QUIZ, ******** subtext activity
 * English 4AE Senior Project Homework**

**First two weeks (9/1-9/7) -- Handouts:** **Week of January 16** Monday -- no school! Tuesday -- Work on "To Be" creative assignment Wednesday -- Work on "To Be" creative assignment Thursday -- "To Be" Creative assignment due! **Week of January 9** Monday -- Read 2.2 -- Soliloquy handout Tuesday -- 3.1, first half questions Wednesday -- 3.1 Nunnery Performance Prep Thursday -- Work on annotated bibliographies, "To Be" Friday -- Annotated Bibliographies and "To Be" due Tuesday (no school Monday) **Week of January 3** Monday -- No School! Tuesday -- Read 2.1 of Hamlet, answer given questions about Polonius' character, supported by quotations Wednesday -- Read the first half of 2.2, and complete the given handout Thursday -- Finish 2.2, complete the given handout **December** [See me if you need any work from this month] **Week of November 21** Monday -- Work on review passages Tuesday -- finish review passages Wednesday -- Study for test! Thursday -- Basic research on Jainism to prepare for guest speaker! **Week of November 14** Monday -- Read chapters 3-4 of Siddhartha, complete notes Tuesday -- Read chapters 5-6 of Siddhartha, complete notes Wednesday -- Read chapters 7-8 of Siddhartha, complete notes Thursday -- Read chapters 9-10, complete notes Friday -- Read chapters 11-12, complete notes **Week of November 7** Monday -- Prepare Q for guest speaker Tuesday -- none Wednesday -- none Thursday -- read chapters 1-2 of //Siddhartha// **Week of October 31** Monday -- surprise snow day!Tuesday -- not-surprise day off for students!Wednesday -- Read the "Field Stories" (In the Field, Good Form, Field Trip) and complete the handout, if you have not already! (due to surprise snow day)Thursday -- Make final edits to your paper, because it is finally DUE! (Paper is due tomorrow -- Friday)Friday -- Read "On the Rainy River"
 * //If you need any of these, please see or email Miss Hirshfield!//**
 * 1) Personal interests survey
 * 2) 3 Paragraphs about you (Why Am I Here?)
 * 3) Personal interests grid
 * 4) The Visit vocabulary/allusions
 * 5) Syllabus
 * 6) Community Unit overview
 * 7) Community Unit prewrite
 * 8) Community Obligations handout

**Week of October 24**Monday -- finish draft of paper for The Visit (5 points off final copy if no draft submitted) Tuesday -- Begin //Things They Carried;// read "The Things They Carried"Wednesday -- Prep Socratic on "Speaking of Courage" -- actively read the passage, and consider questions on the backside of the handout!Thursday -- Finish "Speaking of Courage" and "Notes"Friday -- Read "Field Stories," complete reading guide -- due WEDNESDAY **Week of October 17**Monday -- Select Paper topicTuesday -- Bring in resource for paperWednesday -- work on paperThursday -- Bring two "pieces" to classFriday -- continue working on paper -- draft due Tuesday **Week of October 10**Tuesday-Wednesday -- Gandhi reading (from Hind Swaraj)Thursday -- Relevance of The Visit paragraphFriday -- post resource to GoogleDoc **Week of October 2**Monday -- Read through page 81 of The VisitTuesday -- Finish The VisitWednesday -- The Visit Review QuestionsThursday -- continue researchFriday -- Nonviolence readings: Actively read, thinking about what you agree/disagree with, questions you have, and application to both The Visit and life. **W****eek of September 26**Tuesday -- Finish Act 2 for FridayWednesday -- No HW! (Holiday)Friday -- study for spelling quiz; Complete topic declaration (and add your topic to the chart on GoogleDocs)
 * [[file:misshirshfield/headings.doc|MLA Format handout]]
 * [[file:misshirshfield/SYNONYMS FOR WORDS COMMONLY USED IN STUDENT.doc|Synonyms for words commonly used in student writing]]
 * [|Help for Comparing and Contrasting]-- Excerpt below
 * //"As in any argumentative paper, your thesis statement will convey the gist of your argument [...]. But in a compare-and-contrast, the thesis depends on __how the two things you've chosen to compare actually relate to one another. Do they extend, corroborate, complicate, contradict, correct, or debate one another__?"//
 * Rubric (slight changes will be made to suit the purpose of our assignment -- this will be available ASAP)
 * [[file:misshirshfield/major essay feb 2009.doc|Writing Rubric]]
 * [|Reading #1]
 * [|Reading #2]

**Week of September 19**Monday -- Discuss Community in two places (due __Tuesday__!): Tuesday -- Work on Senior Essay Wednesday -- Work on Senior Essay Thursday -- Senior Essay due!
 * 1) On Message Board -- Link to Message Board
 * 2) On wiki -- Thoughts on Community EQs Wiki -- NOTE: I recently discovered that you have to click JOIN in the top right corner in order to edit the page. This is apparently to protect our site, so when it goes viral and is popular all over the world, only select members can edit the page. Thanks :)

**Week 3: September 12**Monday Night -- work on Senior reflective essayTuesday Night -- Senior reflective essay due! / Community brainstormWednesday Night -- Senior reflective essay due! / Community brainstorm

Thursday Night -- Friday Night -- Discuss Community in two places (due __Tuesday__!):
 * Link to Unique First Lines of College Essays
 * [[file:misshirshfield/Kim Vinh UC prompts + rubric.doc|UC prompts + rubric.doc]] -- Another resource from friend who teaches seniors in California


 * 1) On Message Board -- Link to Message Board
 * 2) On wiki -- Thoughts on Community EQs Wiki -- NOTE: I recently discovered that you have to click JOIN in the top right corner in order to edit the page. This is apparently to protect our site, so when it goes viral and is popular all over the world, only select members can edit the page. Thanks :)

**Week 2: September 6-9** Due Monday, September 19

**Wednesday, August 31** ** -- **Everyone should complete this, if they have not already