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Advanced English А, 2017-18


Teacher: Kara Palumbo

Room: Harriman115
Time: Sunday 12:15PM - 1:00PM
Grades: 5-7
Prerequisites:
Material fee: $0.00


Homeworks

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  • Assigned on 09/17: Welcome Students  |  
  • Assigned on 09/24: The Tell-Tale Heart  |  
  • Assigned on 10/1: Vocabulary  |  
  • Assigned on 10/15: Insane or not?  |  
  • Assigned on 10/22:
    If you did not complete your "Tell-Tale Heart" packet in class, please complete it for homework. If you need to fix spelling or add quotes, please do. I will be checking your work. Be ready to defend your case.
  • Assigned on 10/29:
    Your homework will be from your new textbook Little Worlds. Please read the first story, “The Sniper” by Liam O’Flaherty. Come to class with the plot diagram that ALL of you received at the end of class this past Sunday. You will be working on it with Mr. Palumbo.
  • Assigned on 11/5: "Sniper" questions  |  
    Please answer all of the posted questions. If you need to answer them on a separate sheet of paper, please do. Do not squish your answers on the question sheet; I need to be able to read them.
  • Assigned on 11/12: Let's Begin! Writing Competition  |  
    Please read the instructions to the homework very carefully. I want your homework TYPED! Mr.Palumbo will be collecting it.
  • Assigned on 11/19: Correspond, Don't Compliment!  |  
  • Assigned on 12/3: Set The Hook!  |  
    See attached document and complete the activity ON A SEPARATE SHEET OF PAPER!
  • Assigned on 12/10: Opening paragraph  |  
  • Assigned on 12/17:
    Please finish writing your letters. If you want to look at winning letters to help guide your writing please go to http://read.gov/letters/prize-winners.html All letters MUST be typed. Save them on your computer because you will be editing them.
  • Assigned on 01/7: LETTERS ARE DUE!  |  
    Please read and work on this assignment as soon as possible. DO NOT WAIT UNTIL SATURDAY NIGHT!
  • Assigned on 01/14: Bring in text books  |  
  • Assigned on 01/21: Irony and Verbs  |  
    BRING TEXT BOOKS TO CLASS!
  • Assigned on 01/28: More on Irony  |  
  • Assigned on 02/4:
    Read Part I of “The Monkey’s Paw.” Pages 85-90. Do not begin Part II. Due to the difficulty of this reading, I expect that you will get confused at certain points of the story. I ask that when you read a sentence or a section that confuses you, please underline or mark it. We will discuss Part I in class on Sunday.
  • Assigned on 02/11: Annotation  |  
  • Assigned on 02/25: Alternate Ending Organizer  |  
  • Assigned on 03/4: Draft Conclusion  |  
  • Assigned on 03/11: Subject, Object, and Predicate  |  
  • Assigned on 03/25:
    For those of you that received your “Monkey’s Paw” Conclusion, please make the necessary corrections and type up your work. When you have finished typing up your conclusion, please staple your rough draft to your final draft. Please don’t come to class with them separate STAPLE THEM TOGETHER! Also, if you did not hand in your comma worksheet, please complete it for homework and bring it to our next class. We will discuss the worksheet and learn more about how and when to properly use a comma. Too many of you have been coming to class partially prepared. You have a week off, please come to class with the required work. If this is an issue and you need to speak with me, you can always email me ahead of time.
  • Assigned on 04/8: STUDY!!!  |  
  • Assigned on 04/15: Pick Our Next Reading  |  
  • Assigned on 04/22: What are we reading next? You choose!  |  
  • Assigned on 04/29: "The Necklace"  |  
  • Assigned on 05/6: Close Reading and Annotating "The Necklace"  |  
  • Assigned on 05/13: A Lesson Learned  |  

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