December Assignments:

A reminder of things to think about while reading 1984:

Parent/Child Relationship
Relationship between Co-workers
Husband/wife Relationship
Julia/Winston Comparison
Connecting 1984 to our society today -- Privacy, Censorship, etc.

1984 Reading Assignments:

Due Wednesday, Dec. 9: Pages 69-136 of 1984 is to be read by today.

Due Friday, Dec. 11: Pages 136-156 of 1984 is to be read by today.

Due Wednesday, December 16: Pages 156-184 is to be read by today.

Due Monday, December 21: Pages 184-185, 199-201, 217-260. I am not making you read a certain section of the novel. If you are interested, however, feel free to read THE THEORY AND PRACTICE OF OLIGARCHIAL COLLECTIVISM by Emmanuel Goldstein beginning on page 184 and ending on 217.

Due Monday, January 4: Pages 261-the end

The Week of November 30

Due Friday, Dec. 4:
1. Pages 1-69 of 1984

Think about the following while reading the novel:

• compare the happenings of the novel to the happenings of today
• note the similarities and differences between the husband and wife relationship, the parent and child relationship, and the relationship between co-workers
• note the similarities and differences between Julia and Winston

2. Research Notes

Meet me in the computer lab on Wednesday and Thursday for research on 1984 topics. Completed research in the form of notes needs to be completed for Friday's class.

Due Monday, December 7:
Persuasive Speech
Due Date Change: Final typed speech will be due on Monday, December 7. Please make sure to have a copy with the works cited page attached for me and have a copy for yourself. Speeches will begin on Monday.

The Week of Nov. 23

Due Monday: Your research folder (highlighted articles, works cited page, & thesis statement)
Monday we will discuss the writing format of the speech and what type of visuals you may use.

Tuesday and Wednesday: Meet me in computer lab #438 to begin typing your speech. A final typed speech will be due (with works cited paper and folder) on Friday, Dec. 4. Speeches will begin on Monday, Dec. 7 in the Library.

The Week of November 16

Meet at the library each day with your issue paper folder. You will spend the week researching your issue. You will need to have four highlighted articles, a works cited page, and a typed thesis statement by Monday, November 23. You will receive a grade each day in the library. Therefore, you should be using your time in the library wisely.

Due Wednesday, November 18 at 11:59 PM: Final Memoir Discussion is to be posted on the Ning. Click on your novel title in the Forum and respond under the subheading - Final Discussion. Many of you did not participate in the second discussion. Please do not let this happen again for this final discussion. http://hatlerenglish.ning.com

Assignments for the Weeks of Nov. 9

This week will begin our discussion on the Persuasion and Argument Unit. We will also be discussing the issue paper. You will be picking out your topic for the issue paper by the end of the week. Details will be discussed in class. Below is a list of the other assignments and due dates for the week:

Issue Paper Due Date Information:

Details on both of the assignments below will be given in class.
3 possible topics for issue paper due Wednesday, Nov. 11.
Typed chosen topic and opposing viewpoints due Friday, Nov. 13.

The 12 CP-A Ning has the PowerPoint Presentation on Argument and Persuasion:
http://hatlerenglish.ning.com .

The Week of October 26

Due Friday, Oct. 30 -- The first section of reading with your chosen memoir (see 12 CP-A Ning for what you need to have read by today)
Due Friday, Oct. 30 9PM -- Forum Discussion # 1 (Requirements are found on the 12 CP-A Ning & I also gave you a ditto with the requirements)

http://hatlerenglish.ning.com/

The Week of October 19

We will be doing the following this week:

• viewing Stranger than Fiction on Monday, Tuesday, & Wednesday.
• discussing the use of the 12 CP-A Ning for the reading discussion for a chosen memoir.
• picking out a memoir to read.
• beginning our own memoir.

The Week of October 12

Due Tuesday, Oct. 13: Finish the novel for today & have your voice of Holden essay revised for today's class if you did not hand it in on Friday.

Thursday, Oct. 15: End Test for The Catcher in the Rye

We will begin Stranger Than Fiction at the end of the week.

The Weeks of October 5 & 12

Due Monday, Oct. 5: Chapters 8-13 of The Catcher in the Rye
Due Wednesday, Oct. 7: 50 point final essay using any rough draft writing assignment from the first half of the year is due today. Remember...it is to be written as a college essay response. Rough drafts must be handed in with the final draft or you will be penalized a letter grade.
Due Friday, Oct. 9: Chapters 14-20 of The Catcher in the Rye and the 20 point rough draft of the essay using the voice of Holden (Choice 1: Object, Choice 2: Color, or Choice 3: Fairy tale)
Due Tuesday, Oct. 13: Finish the novel for today
Thursday, Oct. 15: End Test for The Catcher in the Rye

The Week of Sept. 28

Due Monday, Sept. 28: Typed rough draft of college essay
Due Tuesday, Sept. 29: Graphic novel should be completed & the typed log entry response is to be completed for today's class
Due Friday, Oct. 2: Chapters 1-7 of The Catcher in the Rye
Due Monday, Oct. 5: Chapters 8-13 of The Catcher in the Rye

Due Wednesday, Oct. 7: 50 point final essay using any rough draft writing assignment from the first half of the year. Requirements will be given in class during the week of Sept. 28

The week of Sept. 21

Monday, Sept. 21: The Things They Carried in-class writing end test is today. Please read "The Lives of the Dead" in prepartion for today's in-class writing.
Tuesday, Sept. 22: Please have two college essay questions in prepartion for our college essay discussions.

Read the graphic novel you have chosen on your own over the next week. I would like it to be completed for next Tuesday. I will be giving you questions throughout the week to think about when reading your graphic novel.

The Week of Sept. 14

Due Monday -- Read pages 62-88 ("Enemies," "Friends," "How to Tell a True War Story," & "Dentist")
Due Tuesday -- Read "The Man I Killed," "Ambush," and "Good Form" (Starting pages for each: 124, 131, 179) & The Things I Carried poem/essay/song
Due Wednesday -- Print out lyrics to a contemporary war song
Due Thursday -- Read 155-178 & 181-188 ("Speaking of Courage", "Notes," & "Field Trip") & create three Socratic Seminar questions pertaining to these chapters and any of the previous chapters.
Due Friday -- "The Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" (page 89-116) & free-write on Choices or Being Tested

The Week of Sept. 8-11

Due Tuesday, Sept. 8: Why I Read/Write Essay

The Things They Carried Assignments:

Due Wednesday, Sept. 9: "The Things They Carried" (the first vignette in the novel) & brainstorm topics for your own "The Things They Carried" creative writing.
Due Thursday, Sept. 10: "Love" and "Spin" (27-38)
Due Friday, Sept. 11: "On the Rainy River" (39-61)
Due Monday, Sept. 14: "Enemies," "Friends," How to Tell a True War Story," and "Dentist" (62-88)
*Due Tuesday, Sept. 15: "The Things They Carried" creative writing paper

Articles we will be discussing this week:
"Everything but the Truth"
"Memoir? Fiction? Where's the Line?"
"The Lure of Made-up Memoirs"

The Week of Sept. 1

Welcome back! This is where you will find all of your assignments. Please check it daily. Below are the articles we will be discussing the first week of school:

"I Am Writing Blindly" -- Roger Rosenblatt

"Why I Write" -- William Saroy An

"Desperation Writing" -- Peter Elbow

Due Tuesday, Sept. 8: Why I Read/Why I Write Essay (Typed-MLA Format)

The Week of June 1

The process analysis paper you were working on last week is due on Wednesday, June 3. Please make sure you have your typed copy by the due date. This week we are working on a directional process analysis demonstration. I will be handing out the instructions for this on Tuesday. We will be working on it in class on Tuesday and Wednesday. Thursday and Friday is when we will present the instructions.
Have a great week!

Process Analysis

We will be working on the process analysis paper (50 Points) during the week of March 26. The list below includes possible topics. Try not to pick a topic that you have already written about in another writing mode. I would like these essays to me no later than June 3rd. This will give me two days to get them graded and calculate whether or not you will be exempt from the exam. The sooner you get them to me...the better. We will be in the library on May 27, 28, & 29.
Mimic "How to Poison the Earth"
1.How to Crash a Car
2.How to fail at a Job Interview
3.How to Burn a Meal
4.How to Not Get Asked Out on a Second Date
5.How to Get a Detention
6.How to Not Get Accepted into College
7.How to Make Enemies
8.How to Ruin Your Life (Drugs)
Mimic "How to be a Good Wife"
1.How to be a Good Babysitter
2.How to be a Good Parent
3.How to be a Good Boyfriend
4.How to be a Good Girlfriend
5.How to be a Good Host
6.How to be a Good Guest
Mimic "Third World Driving Hints and Tips"
1. New York City Driving Hints and Tips
2. Sussex County Driving Hints and Tips
Mimic "How to Open a CD Box"
1.How to Open a Medicine Bottle
2.How to Open and close Tupperware
3.How to Open Plastic Packaging for Cell Phones, Chargers, etc.
4.How to Open Toy Packages

Assignments for the Weeks of May 18 to the end of the school year

We will finish the Photostory presentations at the beginning of the week of May 18. We will then begin reading examples of process analysis essays. You will eventually be asked to write your own process analysis paper. The due date and assignment will be given in class during the week of May 26.

Definition Unit

Photo Story Project:
We will be working on the Photo Story Project during the week of May 4. I will provide you with the necessary details to complete this project. The Microsoft Photo Story Tutorial website is http://drscavanaugh.org/digitalcamera/photostorytelling/storytelling_PhotoStory.htm . I would like to present the Phot0 Story Projects during the Week of May 11. Work diligently in the computer lab & you should have no problem completing it on time.

50 Point Final Definition Essay:
This is a definition essay. Therefore, you purpose is to define. You may use other modes to help you define. The final paper will be due on Thursday, May 14. *(Note change in due date) You may choose from the list below for the 50 point definition essay:

1. Please see me if you are thinking about doing the visual essay or the tattoo of the product that defines you. This entails more work than the rough drafts that you completed. Some of you do not have enough details to qualify this to be used as a 50 point essay.
2. Mimic "I Want a Wife" essay. This may include an "I Want a Husband" essay as a rebuttal to the "I Want a Wife" essay. You may also do something along the lines of "I Want a Boyfriend/Girlfriend." Keep in mind the purpose of the "I Want a Wife."
3. "The Company Man" defines a workaholic through a story. Can you think of a word you can define through a story? Come to me with your idea before you begin this one.
4. Using your own experiences as examples, write an essay modeled on Nylor's "The Meanings of a Word." Pick any word that the meaning varies with context. Another option for this essay is to think of other labels that may be defined in more than one way. This may include smart, childish, old-fashioned, artistic, proud, attractive, heroic, and so on. Choose one such label, and write an essay providing all of the different definitions for the word. Be sure to explain the contexts for each definition and to give enough examples so that the meanings are clear.

Assignments for The Week of March 23

Tuesday & Wednesday (2/24 & 3/25) -- Meet in the computer lab to work on the Resume for the main character of your literature circle novel. You must have a job adverstisement with you from a newspaper or from the internet to use on Tuesday while creating the resume.

Due Wednesday, March 25 -- Division and Classification final draft is due today. Please have your rough draft to hand in with the final draft.

Due Thursday, March 26 -- Resume is to be handed in at the beginning of class.

Thursday & Friday (2/26 & 2/27) -- Each of you will deliver an a three-minute extemporaneous speech on a subject connected to your novel.

Assignments for the Week of February 16

This week we will continue with the group project - Creating the Perfect World. Groups should be prepared to present on Friday, Feb. 20. Just a reminder: You will receive 30 points for the packet you turn in on the day of your presentation, 15 points as an individual grade for your part in putting the presentation together, and the presentation will be worth 20 points.

The Week of February 9

1. You will have an in-class writing on Wall-E and Brave New World on Monday, February 9.

2. Anthem is to be read for Wednesday, February 11.

3. You must complete your final draft of your issue paper for Thursday, February 12. Late papers will be accepted on Friday, February 13 for a penalty. No papers will be accepted after that date. This paper will be worth 100 points. You will be turning in the rough draft and research folder with your final paper.

Assignments for the Week of February 2

This week we will be viewing the animated film Wall-E and connecting it to Brave New World. You will have an in-class writing on Wall-E and Brave New World next Monday, February 9.

You will also be given Anthem to read for next Wednesday, February 11. This is an excellent novel to go with our new unit -- Division and Classification. I will provide you with a handout on the author and things you need to be thinking about while reading the novel.

Finally, you must complete your final draft of your issue paper for Thursday, February 12. Late papers will be accepted on Friday, February 13 for a penalty. No papers will be accepted after that date. This paper will be worth 100 points. You will be turning in the rough draft and research folder with your final paper.