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Night Pre-reading Assignment

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Stems

Final BIG review test is tomorrow. Study hard!

Parent Permission Slips

Your parent permission slips to watch Good Morning Vietnam are due on  October 31st. Get them in!

TTTC

The Things They Carried Final Projects 

Part 1- 

We have been discussing the “weight” various characters carry during and after their experiences in the Vietnam War.  Although soldiers do carry tangible weight, it is often the intangible weights that are much harder to cope with.  For example, Lt. Cross struggled with his love for Martha, Tim’s guilt for Kiowa’s death, and all of the soldiers deal with painful memories of the war.  As human beings, we all carry around emotional weight—“things” that cause us stress and/or emotional pain.

Directions:  You will be responsible for writing a letter to someone “back home.”  Select someone with whom you can share this emotional weight with and would be compassionate and understanding. Be sure to tell the whole story, just like the stories we have read.  Imagine you are Tim O’Brien writing The Things They Carried.  If you need to embellish the story or make up names, or small details, feel free to. 

Requirements:  

• Letters may be handwritten—should be 1-2 pages.
• You need a brainstorm/rough draft and a final draft; there should be noticeable differences between the rough and final drafts.
• You will have time in class in do peer- editing in class, along with one computer lab day
• The letter should fully tell the story 
• Use appropriate grammar and mechanics.  Paragraph when necessary.
• Don’t forget to write this in proper letter format with a greeting, the date, and a salutation.

The letter will be due on Monday October 27th in class

Part 2 - Visual text 25 points

You will create a visual that portrays: 

• the character’s personality and experiences - 10 points
• five of the things the character carried, physical, emotional, or symbolic -5 points
• three quotes about the character from two or more stories in the novel - 5 points
• (overall look of the visual- 5 points)

Your visual can be: 

• collage 
• artwork / illustration 
• poster 
• a wanted poster 
• a movie poster for a movie starring that character 
• a book jacket for a book about that character
• a CD jacket for a CD by/about the character 
• something you choose- please ask Mrs. Cass first

**These visual projects will be hanging up during parent teacher conferences, so please be neat and creative.

The visual project will be due October 31st in class and will be the last grade counted in the first quarter

Part 3 -  Essay response 25 points

Please pick 5 of the questions below and write a 1/3 - 1/2 page (8-12 sentences) typed response to each question. Each question will be 5 points each. 

• What was a defining moment for the character?
• What does the character hide from others? 
• Do the character’s actions match his/her inner thoughts? 
• Does the character change through the stories? 
• Is the character heroic? Tragic? 
• Judge the character’s decisions – did he/she do the right thing? 
• Does this character remind you of someone you know, or a character from another text, or someone in the real world? 
• What do the things physically and mentally that they carry show about them? 
• Why do you think the author wrote the book the way he did?
• Which character made the largest impression on you and why?
• How did Tim the author write or story tell different than the character Tim?
• What is the role of woman in Tim’s stories, why does he need them in the story?
• How did the character loose their innocence during the war?
• What is the function of memory in this novel?
• How did war change one of the characters in the book through the story?

The essay responses are due on Thursday November 6th by the end of school (2:30 p.m.)

Please submit them through Google Docs to Danielle Wotchko by sharing them.

You will be given 1 day in the computer lab and one day in class to work.

If you have any questions you need to email Danielle Wotchko before it is too late.

TTTC-Letter Writing Assignment

 We have been discussing the “weight” various characters carry during and after their

experiences in the Vietnam War. Although soldiers do carry tangible weight, it is often the

intangible weights that are much harder to cope with. For example, Lt. Cross struggled with his

love for Martha, Tim’s guilt for Kiowa’s death, and all of the soldiers deal with painful memories

of the war. As human beings, we all carry around emotional weight—“things” that cause us

stress and/or emotional pain.

Directions: You will be responsible for writing a letter to someone “back home.” Select

someone with whom you can share this emotional weight. Try to think of someone who either

is the cause of this pain or who is somehow involved in it. If that seems impossible, just

address your letter to someone you trust. Be sure to tell the whole story. Imagine you are Tim

O’Brien writing The Things They Carried. If you need to embellish the story or change names,

or small details, feel free to. It is up to you whether or not you actually send this letter—some

people may decide to as actually sending these letters might be quite cathartic.

Requirements:

• Letters may be handwritten—should be 1-2 pages.

• You need a brainstorm/rough draft and a final draft; there should be noticeable

diferences between the rough and final drafts.

• The letter should fully tell the story (in many ways this is a narrative essay)—remember,

even though this is a personal letter, I will need to read it in order to give you a grade.

• Use appropriate grammar and mechanics. Paragraph when necessary.

• Don’t forget to write this in proper letter format with a greeting, the date, and a

salutation.

The letter will be due on Thursday October 30th in class

Due this Friday: Essay and Letter

For the essay, choose one of the following two prompts:

1. Discuss the internal and external conflicts within the book.

2. How does each of the characters cope with their loneliness? What problems arise due to their coping mechanisms? 

This essay should be two pages and typed.

For the letter, write a letter as if you are a character or as yourself to one of the other characters in the book. You should be questioning the actions (the way they treated someone or why they did something) of the character you are writing to and offer some advice as if you were in their shoes. 

This should be one full page.

You will have time on Wednesday for peer editing as well as time in the computer lab on Thursday. 

Happy Writing!

Syllabus

English 10/10A Syllabus

Mrs. Wotchko/Mrs. Cass/Mr. LeClaire

Welcome to your tenth grade English class! I hope you enjoyed your summer break and are ready for another year at EHS. This year is a little different because your assigned teacher, Mrs. Wotchko, is on maternity leave for the first quarter. You have been left in good hands and will have a great start to the year.

Contact Info

Email: Mrs. Wotchko: dwotchko@eskymos.com

           Mrs. Cass: jencass@eskymos.com

Mr. LeClaire: cleclaire@eskymos.com

Class Blog: dwotchko.blogspot.com

School Phone Number: 786-6521 Room: A-103

Mrs. Wotchko’s Daily Schedule

1st Hour, 7:35-8:39 Prep

2nd Hour, 8:44-9:42 Accelerated English 10

3rd Hour, 9:47-10:45 English 10

4th Hour, 10:50-11:48 Accelerated English 10

Lunch, 11:48-12:23

5th Hour, 12:23-1:21 English 10 (co-taught with Mr. LeClaire)

6th Hour 1:26-2:27 English 10

Classroom Rules

1. Be respectful. This means you are expected to be respectful to your teacher(s), peers, and the area provided to you to learn.

2. Be prepared. This means you should bring all necessary materials to class that are needed to participate. It also means to be awake and ready to engage.

Instructional Policies

* Cheating and/or plagiarism are completely unacceptable. Any students involved in such an act will automatically receive a zero for the assignment. Parents and administration will be notified of the incident.

*Late work is not accepted.

*If you are absent, you have the same amount of time your peers do to complete your work. If the class received an assignment that was due the next day, your assignment will be due the day after you receive it as well.

*Use pencil, black ink, or blue ink on your assignments. This out of courtesy for your teacher’s vision.

Grading/Course Structure

Notice: Semester grades are what counts on your transcripts.

This is how your semester grade will be calculated:

Quarter 1- 40% Quarter 3- 40%

Quarter 2- 40% Quarter 4- 40%

Exam 1- 20% Exam 2- 20%

Your quarter grades will be made up of homework, quizzes, tests, and participation.

Homework- This consists of assigned reading, writing, and any other assignments given to you. Homework is designed for your benefit and practice.

Quizzes- Quizzes may or may not be announced. Some quizzes may be weighted more heavily (this can either really help or hurt you, so be prepared).

Tests- Tests will always be announced. Tests are weighted more heavily because they are designed to show your mastery of the content.

Participation- This consists of your willingness to work with others, activeness in discussions, and overall attitude in class.

Course Description

English 10/10A is designed to guide the student toward successful completion of the required language arts skills of the Common Core State Standards curriculum. This preparation of skills will focus on the analysis of multi-genre literature and preparatory writing skills for college and career bound students. The improvement of writing skills will be the main focus, using literature as a focal instructional point.

Expectations and Goals

Individual assignments will have certain expectations attached to them as you develop your skills and those expectations will be described to you at that time.

Goals for the students in this class include:

1. Strengthening Reading Skills

a. vocabulary

b. comprehension leading to discovery of meaning

2. Maturation of Writing Skills

a. to use as a means of intellectual communication

3. Developing strong problem solving, thinking, and reasoning skills

4. Ability to actively participate in meaningful discussions

Units

Novels (Of Mice and Men, A Separate Peace, The Things They Carried, Fallen Angels, Monster, Night, Farewell to Manzanar)*

Plays (12 Angry Men, Julius Caesar, A Raisin in the Sun, The Crucible)*

Writing (Responses, Research, Persuasive, Narrative, Expository) *

Short Stories

Poetry

Grammar

Stems- last, but not least

*Some or all of these will be taught depending on the class.