English 10 Homework

2009-2010

February 1, 2010

• Write a list of at least 10 topics that interest you.  This is a brainstorm for a possible research paper, so keep that in mind while you're writing things down, but you're not committing to anything...yet!

February 2, 2010

• Study the "Into Thin Air" vocabulary
• No homework

February 3, 2010

• Study the "Into Thin Air" vocabulary

February 4, 2010

• Finish question #1 from "Into Thin Air":  Make a list of the main events in this Everest story.  Then, circle the events during which Krakauer or other climbers were in grave danger.  Tell the outcome of each circled event.
• Study for the quiz on "Into Thin Air"
• Period 2: Don't forget to have your parents fill out the yellow School Site Council sheet

February 5, 2010

• No homework

February 8, 2010

• Bring at least 30 index cards to school tomorrow.
• Begin your research

February 9, 2010

• Study for the quiz on Source Cards and Note Cards on Thursday.
• Meet in the classroom tomorrow.  We'll be going to the library after I take roll.

February 10, 2010

• Quiz on note and source cards tomorrow.  Study for it.

February 11, 2010

• Bring the following items tomorrow:
  • 30 Index Cards
  • "Works Cited Forms" handout
  • Critical Question (the 1/2 sheet)

February 12 & 16, 2010

• Continue your research

February 17, 2010

• Think of at least one other word for each of the Greek and Latin roots listed below, and then write the word's meaning.  Explain how knowing the meaning of the root helps you understand the word.  Use a dictionary for help.

• Also, study the following words for the quiz tomorrow:
  • illusion: misleading or inaccurate idea
  • marooned: left stranded, helpless=, or isolated
  • nudged: lightly pushed; bumped
  • whimsy: quaint or odd humor
  • navigator: person who plays the course of a vehicle, usually a ship or plane
  • portable: able to be carried
  • presumable: probably
  • speculation: thought; guesswork
  • submerged: covered with water
  • recede: move back or away

February 18, 2010

• Work on your research project.  Bring anything you have for it to class tomorrow; we'll be going to the computer lab to look at articles in the database

February 19, 2010

• Work on your research project.  On Tuesday, you should have one source card and one note card from a database article. 

February 23, 2010

• Continue to gather research and to make note/source cards.  Fifty (that's 50!!!) of these will be due a week from Friday.

February 24, 2010

• Continue to gather research and to make note/source cards.  Fifty (that's 50!!!) of these will be due a week from Friday.
• Test on Chapter 5 (Irony and Ambiguity; Generating Research Questions) Friday

February 25, 2010

• Continue to gather research and to make note/source cards.  Fifty (that's 50!!!) of these will be due a week from Friday.
• Test on Chapter 5 (Irony and Ambiguity; Generating Research Questions) tomorrow

February 26, 2010

• We'll go to the library this coming Monday and Thursday, but the majority of your research should be done for homework.  You'll have to give me 50 research cards by Friday.  Any combination of Source Cards and Note Cards is fine, but you do need to have at least one source card for each of the following genres: newspaper, magazine, book, dictionary, encyclopedia, and website.

March 3, 2010

• Fifty Note and Source cards are due this Friday.
• Be sure to check your grades tonight and look for any errors.

March 5, 2010

• Click here to get the correct answers to today's assignment.  If you have a stamp, you simply have to correct your answers.  If you have no stamp, then you need to correct your answers AND provide explanations for 1-15.

March 8, 2010

• If you did not finish in class, finish the CAHSEE Practice: Reading Comprehension handout

March 9-10, 2010

• No homework.
• If you have not finished 50 note/source cards, you REALLY need to do those!!!

March 11-12, 2010

• You should be doing some light studying for the CAHSEE.  Use the notes we've taken in class.  You can also Google CAHSEE practice, and several sites should pop up.
• If you have not finished 50 note/source cards, you REALLY need to do those!!!

  CAHSEE schedule for Tuesday and Wednesday:

  • Period 2: with me
  • Period 4: with Hourihan in J292