9th Griffith ELA-Class 4 Assignments

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Take this survey to give feedback on your experience in my class this year. Yes, it is a completion grade. Thank you for giving me feedback so I can better improve my instruction with each year! It is anonymous.

VISUALS/EXPLANATION:
1. Choose 5-6 pictures of yourself and family (either photographs or drawings-no stick people) at various points in your life. If you do not have access to photographs, you may search for photographs online that represent an experience you have had. You will need to explain each picture, no matter where it comes from.
2. Write a detailed caption for each picture stating what was going on in the picture and how it relates to something that Odysseus experienced in his journey. You can exaggerate it!

PRESENTATION:
You will record your presentation using Flipgrid. (100 points) https://flipgrid.com/3a039f46
You will show the pictures, talk and explain your pictures, and read/explain the caption for each, making sure that you are connecting your experience to the experience that Odysseus had during the Odyssey.
You will speak clearly and slowly and look at the camera.... (no emojis or other images should be covering your face for this presentation!)
You will not hold the pictures in front of your face.
You should use a formal tone and respectful, academic word choice (diction)

FEEDBACK:
You will write an one-page, double-spaced essay about this assignment: (100 points)
You should watch at least 3 of your classmates' videos.
How does hearing how your classmates' challenges remind you that everyone has challenges that they face, even if they are not facing the same challenges you do? Does it make you think about how you interact with others? Explain what others have been through and your reaction to those events. How do they compare to your experiences? How can you be more compassionate to others?

Read the text and answer the discussion questions that go along with the text. Make sure to highlight your answer or type it in a different color font.

Fill in the Google Doc with the letter answers and tell what the secret message is at the bottom of each page.

Go to https://flipgrid.com/a246a632

Since you guys won't be back at TMSA, (like, ever!) I wanted to make sure that you had the chance to say "Thanks" to any teachers at TMSA for TA Week this week. Many of you have been at TMSA since Kindergarten, and while many of our staff have changed, there are still several teachers in all grade levels who have been there for you, coached your sports, sponsored your clubs, tutored you, taught your classes and specials, and will miss you when you are gone! Take this opportunity to give them a "shout-out!" I will share this flipgrid with the staff, so your message will be seen by them directly! Please show your face if you create a video. You are not obligated to do this, but it would mean so much to them! Y'all are loved! Show them that they are too! You have one minute to make your video.

Directions:

1. Pick 1 word that describes you
2. Find or take 3-4 pictures that represent who you are
3. Use the slide ASSIGNED TO YOU according to the number on the first slide
4. Type your word in the blank
5. Right click on the photo spaces and click “replace image” to put your pictures on the slide
6. You can change up the format of the slide however you want to

** If someone else has started on a slide, please don’t mess with it!!! TMSA is trying to get these together to do something special for the students. I hope that you will participate! All of 8th Grade will put their slides on this doc.

After reading Part 1 (last week and this week), and completing the questions, you should complete this Quiz. You can review the text and your questions, but I request that you do not talk to other students about this quiz before, during or after you take it.

Create 3 slides with possible epithets for your name. For example, I may use these:
Carey Griffith, the teacher of 8th grade
Carey Griffith, the voracious reader
Carey Griffith, the parent of Gracie and Grayden

Think about your values and what is important to you. These should be the things that you capture in your epithets. All epithets should be positive and celebrate the best parts of you. Make sure to be creative with font, color, and images to go with each epithet on the slide.

For this Flipgrid, I want you to pretend you are Odysseus and you have finally reached Calypso's island and you have time to reflect on everything that has happened to you so far. I want you (as Odysseus) to talk about your thoughts on the experiences at at least 3 of the "stops", the gods (the helpers and the hurt-ers?!), and your thoughts about the loss of your crew. Organize your thoughts before beginning this reflection post, as you have 2 minutes to make your vlog. Make sure to speak clearly.

***I will give you extra points if you dress like and talk like Odysseus while giving your thoughts!!

Here is the link for your assignment: https://flipgrid.com/ecdf9ce9

Learn the easily confused words on this list...there are 21 words to learn. Write a paragraph at the end of the assignment using 5 of these words.

Finish reading the Part 1 of the excerpts of The Odyssey this week.
You have a timeline to fill in, specific literary devices to find examples of and discussion questions to answer.

Create a flipgrid to explain your thoughts about Odysseus and his men. Use the mnemonic device STEAL to make sure you include a variety of examples of characterization. You do NOT need to complete the attached chart; it is there just for you to know what STEAL stands for! However, feel free to use it to organize your video response, as you only have 2 minutes to cover it all!

Go to this link to record or upload your video: https://flipgrid.com/01c456e5

Learn these 20 easily confused words and unscramble puzzles as you go. Answer the questions on the Google Doc I have provided.

Read The Odyssey Part 1A on the pdf, and complete The Odyssey Part 1 Questions on the doc I created for you. You do not need to answer in complete sentences, as long as you type your answer immediately below each question.

Follow directions to define and create your own, individual examples of Poetic devices. Then, match the examples of poetic devices to the term that goes with it.

Read and use the scanned textbook pages (pdf) to fill in the notes on the Google Doc called "Theme and the Oral Tradition."

Find your name and assigned topic on the Mythology Project Topic pdf. Then, follow the directions on the Mythology Introduction Project to create a Google Slideshow about your assigned topic. Your presentation should be researched and full of information and colorful pictures of your character. You may change the titles of each slide as it relates to your character. We will be using the "groups" once we start reading The Odyssey.

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1. Everyone must submit this form by Saturday 4/11/20, whether you have work to be checked or not. If you have no work to be checked, click NONE after each question.
2. You may only submit this form ONCE
3. If you do not submit this form by the due date, your work will not be checked or recorded as a grade.
4. Only work that has never been received may be submitted for grading.
5. Please only place a check next to work that has not been entered into the gradebook. Check Infinite Campus before submitting.

Complete 2 I-Ready Reading Lessons this week by Saturday, April 4.

DO NOT SUBMIT THIS CHECKLIST UNTIL YOU HAVE COMPLETED IT FOR THE WORK THIS WEEK! YOU MAY ONLY SUBMIT THIS CHECKLIST ONCE.

Review your posted grades on Infinite Campus (all work is entered for the first two weeks of Distance Learning) and enter them into this spreadsheet. For the work for this week only, you can use the grades in Google Classroom (GC) as they are posted. I usually update the gradebook on weekends. If you have been turning in late work that has not been graded, you will need to note that on the NEED TO COMPLETE SIDE, as it is late and has not been recorded.

You will then use this information to know what you still need to complete during Amnesty Week (aka Spring Break). Work that is late and submitted over Spring Break (unless your parent has made me aware of technology issues) will not receive full credit, but you will be able to get rid of the zeroes! Use the opportunity to get caught up!

In an essay, compare the way that Shakespeare uses the characters and events from "Pyramus and Thisbe" in the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet with the way he uses them in A Midsummer Night's Dream. Discuss why Shakespeare might explore the same story through both a tragedy and a comedy. Make sure to use evidence from each text that you mention in your essay.

Focus on these 2 questions in your discussion:
1. How do the different settings and characters in each of Shakespeare's plays affect the two presentations of the archetypal theme?
2. How do you think Shakespeare wanted audiences to feel about ill-fated love in each play?

Use the chart and prompt on the pdf to help you get organized, and write your essay on the Doc provided.

1. Read Act 3, Scene 1 of Shakespeare's comedy Midsummer Night's Dream, which shows several local craftsmen (totally comic characters!) who are preparing to put on a play for the duke's wedding. All of this happens as Titania, the queen of the fairies, sleeps nearby. The actors do not know that Titania is under a spell that will cause her to fall in love with the first person she sees upon waking.
2. Watch the production of MND, Act 3, Scene 1
3. Answer the Critical Thinking discussion questions about MND and the 4 Archetypal Theme WS questions in complete sentences on the Google Doc.

Decide the function of each of the underlined clauses is MAIN, NOUN, ADJECTIVE or ADVERB.

Carey Griffith is inviting you to a scheduled Zoom meeting.

Topic: 9th Grade ELA
Time: Mar 31, 2020 11:30 AM Eastern Time (US and Canada)

Join Zoom Meeting
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Meeting ID: 308 441 992

Complete 2 or more Reading Lessons between Sunday 12:00 am and Saturday 11:59 pm.

1. Look over the notes on Archetypes/Comparing Texts and the discussion questions you will answer
2. Read the story of "Pyramus and Thisbe" by Ovid, as retold by Edith Hamilton
3. Answer all of the discussion questions in complete sentences on your doc and submit it.

Choose ONE of the essay topics below on which to write a 5 paragraph essay. Your essay should
-answer the prompt,
-use evidence from the text,
-use the PRESENT TENSE to discuss events in the story, (SEE ATTACHED VIDEO AND HANDOUT FOR NOTES AND EXAMPLES)
-be organized into meaningful paragraphs, and
-contain few or no errors in grammar and spelling.

Additionally, your tone should be formal and academic, meaning you should write for your teacher, not your peers and you should avoid using slang and contractions.

CHOICE 1:
Throughout Acts 1-4 of the play, plans have been made only to unravel at the last minute. Romeo plans to marry Juliet, but then kills Tybalt and is banished from Verona on his wedding day. Next Friar Lawrence devises a plan to deal with Romeo's banishment only to discover that Capulet has set a wedding date for Juliet that is only 3 days away. As we see in Act 5, Friar Lawrence's plan to unite Romeo and Juliet goes drastically awry. In an essay, explain why Friar Lawrence's plan fails. Refer to specific events in the play to support your statements.

CHOICE 2:
By the start of Act 5 of the Tragedy of Romeo and Juliet, there has already been enough misfortune to make the play a tragedy. However, the remainder of Act 5 brings more disaster, including the deaths of Paris, Romeo, Juliet and news of Lady Montague's death. In an essay, explain why Shakespeare includes the deaths of Paris and Lady Montague in Act 5. Then, discuss how Shakespeare pulls the audience away from the grief and inspires some hope about human nature. Refer to specific events in the play to support your statements.

Remember: Clauses have subjects and verbs and can either stand alone (as a main clause/independent clause) OR can attach to a main clauses (as a dependent or subordinate clause).

Dependent/Subordinate Clauses can act like adjectives. adverbs and nouns.

*Look at the PDF for the examples.*

Complete the Doc I created for your assignment. Some have been done for you; you should complete the EVEN Questions only!

Do not submit it until you have all SIX pages (evens only) completed.

NO LATE WORK WILL BE ACCEPTED.

Continue to complete 2 Reading lessons each week (Sunday - Saturday), as you have been assigned to do since January. This is a weekly homework grade.

Use the quiz paper to answer the questions on the form. I suggest you write your answers down on paper before putting them into this document. Take your time, don't cheat yourself, don't use your notes or book or friends, and earn that A!

Use the quiz paper to answer the questions on the form. I suggest you write your answers down on paper before putting them into this document. Take your time, don't cheat yourself, don't use your notes or book or friends, and earn that A!

1. Review Notes
2. Play the Kahoot: Phrase or Clause?!
3. Write 5 examples of Phrases and 5 Examples of Clauses
4. Complete the EVEN questions on the Clauses Introduction activities. Don't worry about making it look neat; it came from a grammar book pdf! Just do your best.

Astrology is an entertaining way to acknowledge characteristics that we need an explanation for..."I'm bossy because I am a Scorpio, I'm indecisive because I am a Pisces" etc. Practice your research skills and see what you can find out about your sign's characteristics. Create a 5 slide Google Slideshow as follows:
1. Title Slide: Your name, your birthday and your astrological sign (put a picture of the symbol and sign on the slide)
2. Based on your research, what are the 3-5 best qualities of your sign? Make a slide about your sign's best qualities.
3. Based on your research, what are the 3-5 least awesome characteristics of your sign? Make a slide about your sign's Challenges.
4. Based on your research, with which other signs are you most compatible? Who do you know that has this sign? Are you compatible? Do you get along well? What does this tell you about the chart? Make a slide about compatibility.
5. Based on your research, with which signs are you least compatible? Who do you know that has this sign? Are you incompatible? Do you not get along? What does this tell you about the chart? Make a slide on incompatibility.

Add pictures and color to liven up the presentation! This is a quiz grade.

Take a picture of your Act 4 and Act 5 Questions and paste them both on the document here. Or, if you don't have your original copy, you can look at the worksheets I have linked and type your answers on the doc. Then submit it to me.

Please scan and submit OR take pictures and insert on a google doc and submit them here. Those of you who turned in hard copies on Thursday in class do not need to submit anything else.

You need to REVISE your Animal Testing Argument Essay to ensure that you have cited both articles clearly (supported your claim with evidence from each article), that you have a proper counterargument, and that you do not FLIP-FLOP on your argument (you should take a side and stick to it...the only time you mention the other side is to SQUASH it!).

I have posted the articles here. Spend time revising this week and submit it by Thursday.

Use lead-ins like the following phrases to help make sure the authors of the articles get credit for their information and facts that you use in your essay:
According to passage 1, ...
In passage 1, paragraph 3, the author states...
In the article "Animal Testing Saves," the author explains that...
In paragraph 3 of the article "Stop Animal Testing," the author argues that...
Author Meghan Lee of the article "Stop Animal Testing" states that

Follow these directions to earn additional credit by revising your essay, highlighting the following items, and resubmitting it here:
-Highlight Thesis statement in yellow
-Highlight Passage 1 "Animal Testing Saves" by Nicolas Clark facts/citations in light green
-Highlight Passage 2 "Stop Animal Testing" by Meghan Lee facts/citations in light blue
-Highlight counterargument (squash the opposition) in pink/light red

Completed essay is due Thursday the 13th. I have attached a completed graphic organizer that you can use for your supporting details for your body paragraphs, two introductions (one for each thesis), and the three paragraph outline choices (structures) we discussed using.

Review your score with your parents, notice any growth you achieved, and set your goals for the amount of time you will work on I-Ready each week. Remember that you will receive a homework grade each week in Math and ELA from now until Spring Break for completing 3 Reading Lessons and 2 Math Lessons each week.

Complete the videos/vocabulary/practice questions. Remember to do your best and not to wait until the last minute to complete it. It is supposed to be daily practice.

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EXPECTATIONS:

Complete this assignment using Google Slides (one slide to respond to each prompt) and submit by Thursday, January 16 at 4:00pm.

Add photos, graphics and interesting and readable fonts to each slide to make them interesting.

Submit grade-level quality work! Be ready to share a few of your slides when asked.

SLIDE ORDER AND CONTENTS:

1. Cover Slide - includes your name and class period and the one biggest thing you will remember from 2019, either happy or sad.
2. What are the two things you have learned from/about each of your academic teachers this year?
3. Write a paragraph/journal entry about 3 things you learned from a book or text this year.
4. Make a timeline of 4 events from 2019 that you believe were significant and explain why they were so important. These events can be world, family or personal in nature.
5. List 2 academic things from 2019 that you WANT to repeat in 2020, and 3 academic things from 2019 that you DO NOT WANT to repeat in 2020.
6. Write down 3 books and authors you want to read in 2020, and 3 movies you want to see in 2020.
7. Make a list of 7 things in your circle of influence that you can DO in 2020 to make it a better or an even better year than 2019.
8. Make a list of 8 things you want to learn this year. (skills or knowledge)
9. Create a MEASURABLE academic goal for this semester and 4 action steps you will take to make it happen. Also, create a MEASURABLE personal goal for this semester and 3 action steps you will take to make it happen. A MEASURABLE goal is one where you state how you will go from _______ to ________ by __________(how long?)
10. Write down one thing you are looking forward to in each month of 2020!

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Revise your write score essay to align with the checklist you were provided in the packet. Post your revised and rewritten essay here. Below your revised essay, write a paragraph that explains what you believe that you didn't do well in the first version of the essay, that you revised this time.

Here is a scan of the Novel Reading Project Information Sheet/Rubric I gave you at the beginning of October. "The Pink Sheet"

Don't forget that you will be READING A SECTION OUT LOUD and you will be timed for your 60 point presentation (Book Talk). Practice/Time it! Remember, no spoilers! Just read a part that will spark our interest in the book. Make sure you lead into the reading part by explaining whatever we need to know before hearing your excerpt. Follow the directions on the sheet for the other projects that you have to do to earn the 40 required points. Remember that you can make your points add up by choosing different tasks.

If for any reason you haven't finished reading your novel, focus your project on the part you have read and get the project done. A zero on a project will have an extremely negative impact on your grade. Do your best work!

Submit any written assignments under this post. Do not email assignments to me.

In case you finished your novel project and want to get some extra credit practice in!

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Now that we have finished reading the story and watching the film, you will write a compare/contrast essay for the Walter Mitty film/story. You should compare/contrast characters, events and theme. You should decide if you wish to use the block format (4 longer paragraphs) or the point by point format (5 regular paragraphs). Use the attached documents and the link to the eap website to help you.
-You must cite and/or refer to both sources
-You must use transition words
-You must discuss character, events, and theme in both formats
-You must organize your essay 4-6 paragraphs, including the introduction and conclusion
-Follow the attached rubric for the compare/contrast essay

You must submit your text by 10/31 so I can upload it on Friday 11/1! The guidelines are attached. Please make sure to read them before you write your new ending. Remember, you are creating/rewriting/replacing #7.

Log in to USATestPrep and take the small practice test I have assigned you. If you miss questions, you have the opportunity to retake those items. I will be entering the highest grade you earn, so do your best, or re-do the test if you don't score well the first time. Test scores will be enter on Monday the 28th, so do not waste time!

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Write an anecdote, a brief narrative, about a person you know and respect. You might describe something admirable that the person did and what you learned from it.
*Your essay should make it clear what you respect about the person
*Your essay should describe a specific event that shows the characteristics you admire in your subject
*Use significant details to support the message you want to convey
*Use descriptive language
*Use dialogue