Advanced English C2 (online), 2023-24

Teacher: Kara Palumbo

Room: Online
Time: Saturday 11:20AM - 12:05PM
Grades: 9-10
Prerequisites: advanced english B or teacher's recommendation
Material fee: $0.00

Homeworks

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  • Assigned on 09/24:
    Please go to our Google Classroom to see the homework information. I cannot post it here due to copyright regulations.
  • Assigned on 10/1:
    Please see Google Classroom for homework due to copywrite regulations
  • Assigned on 10/15:
    In Edgar Allan Poe's short story "The Tell-Tale Heart," the narrator tries to convince the reader, time and time again, that he is not insane. Find 3 quotes that PROVE he is NOT insane, and 3 quotes to prove the narrator IS insane. Don't forget to use quotation marks. Due to copyright infringement, "The Tell-Tale Heart" PDF text is on Google Classroom
  • Assigned on 10/22:
    There will be no homework this week due to a death in my family. Homework will resume the following week.
  • Assigned on 10/29:
    I would like to commend you all on the amazing job you did on your mock trial! We will begin a new unit this upcoming Saturday, therefore you cannot begin anything on your own as of now. See you on Saturday.
  • Assigned on 11/5:
    Answer the following prompt. Reflect on your membership in a community to which you feel connected. Why is this community meaningful to you? You may define community however you like. This answer must be at most a page and a half, and at least one page. Double spaced, Times New Roman, 12 point font. NOT A 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY. SHOULD BE ONE STRAIGHT PARAGRAPH ANSWERING THE PROMPT DIRECTLY Please submit your response on a Google Doc or Word Doc ONLY.
  • Assigned on 11/12:
    What view do you have, regarding an important issue, that is opposed by others. This must be an issue by which you wholeheartedly stand by. Why is this issue meaningful to you? Approx. 400 words. Double spaced, 12 point font, Times New Roman. No less than 1 full page.
  • Assigned on 11/19: Homework: Short Answer Questions  |  
    Answer the questions in the attached document.
  • Assigned on 12/3:
  • Assigned on 12/10: Homework: "Ruben's Last Wish" & "An Angel in Disguise" C.D.  |  
  • Assigned on 12/17:
    There will be no homework. Have a wonderful holiday break.
  • Assigned on 02/4:
    On the same document, bullet point the extra stages (out of Joseph Campbell's 17 stages of the Hero's Journey) you would like to add to your paper. You are still required to use the original 8 stages that we already discussed. You are allowed to use Wiki to look up Joseph Campbell's 17 stages of the Hero's Journey. I don't usually allow this source, but I will allow it here. All of this, to be completed on GoogleClassroom
  • Assigned on 02/11:
    Please look back at all my corrections and comments and make the necessary changes. Add your next 3-4 body paragraphs. Remember, each body paragraph should discuss the next 3- 4 stages of Joseph Campbell's Hero's Journey. DO NOT summarize the story in these paragraphs. This is about the stages of the Hero's Journey.
  • Assigned on 02/25:
    You are submitting your paper for a final grade. Complete all of the stages necessary for your hero to finish the Hero's Journey. Please look at all of my comments from the last 5 weeks. Make the necessary corrections.
  • Assigned on 03/3:
    The following link is for the Sudden Fiction Contest that our class will be participating in. In NO MORE than 3 sentences, tell me what you will be writing about. https://berkeleyfictionreview.org/submit/sudden-fiction/
  • Assigned on 03/10:
    Please begin your contest entry. Your story must follow your plot diagram. I will be checking that you have an exposition, inciting incident, rising action, climax, falling action, and resolution. You DO NOT need to finish your story by next class, but you must have at least a page and a half.
  • Assigned on 03/17:
    Complete your final draft and submit it on Google Classroom
  • Assigned on 03/24:
    Submit your final draft of your Berkeley Sudden Fiction Contest entry, for me to do last minute edits. If you are handing this in past Thursday 8:00pm, it will not be checked. Submit on GoogleClassroom

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