Ms. Hale’s Class Blog

No homework over spring break. Take care of yourselves!

English 2: Work on your Night essay. Final draft, in ink or typed, (along with rough draft and rubric) is due on Thursday at the beginning of class.

English 4 & English 4 HP: No homework either night.

Oh, rats. Sorry to post this so late, guys!

English 2: Work on Night essay–final draft due Thursday!

English 4: Write at least 1/2 pages about ambition. What are your ambitions? How do your ambitions motivate you?

English 4 HP: Create a chart in which you list at least three quotes about or by Macbeth and at least 2 quotes about or by Lady Macbeth, then explain what those quotes say or suggest about the characters.

English 2: Complete all five paragraphs of the rough draft of your Night essay. (You just need to write your intro and conclusion, then staple them to to the three body paragraphs that you already wrote!)

English 4 & English 4 HP: Take it easy. Good luck to those checking for UC acceptances!

English 2: Write paragraph #2 of your Night essay, following the same format as yesterday. Bring BOTH paragraphs to class tomorrow–if you don’t have them, you will be required to serve a 15-minute lunch worktime detention.

Meet in the Computer Lab (Room 202) again tomorrow!  

English 4 & English 4 HP: Finish writing your skits if you wish; no other homework.

English 2: Write one body paragraph for your Night essay. Follow this format:

• Topic Sentence
• Set-up #1
• Concrete Detail #1
• Commentary #1
• Set-up #2
• CD #2
• Commentary #2

English 2: Meet in the Computer Lab (Room 202) tomorrow! Do not come to our classroom.

English 4 & English 4 HP: No homework.

English 2: Write a four-sentence outline of your Night essay:

• Sentence 1: Thesis Statement (A complete answer to the topic question.)
• Sentence 2: “Body Paragraph 1 will be about ____ (a scene from Night.) It will use quotes from pages ___ & ___.”
• Sentence 3 & Sentence 4: Repeat Sentence 2 for Body Paragraphs 2 & 3.

English 4 & English 4 HP: Write a two-sentence summary for the Shakespeare sonnet that you read in class today.

If you weren’t here, read Sonnet 18, 30, or 73, then write a line-by-line translation, then write a two-sentence summary.

All Classes: Spend some time in the sun and/or fresh air! Get some sleep!

I look forward to seeing you refreshed when we begin Marking Period 2 on Monday.

English 2:

• Write 4 sticky notes for pages 109 – 114. (If you were absent today, read pages 101 – 109 first and write 4 notes for them as well.)
• Bring SSR books tomorrow!

English 4:

• Finish writing book group book essays.
• Bring your book group book to return.

3/5/08

English 2: Read pages 96 – top of 101 in Night and write 3 sticky notes following the bookmark instructions. You may write 2 extra notes for this section for extra credit.

English 4 & English 4 HP: Work on your book group book essay. It’s due on Friday.

Note: Do not use “for example” or “for instance”! Instead, set up your quotes with specific background information that will help the reader understand what’s going on!

3/4/08

English 2: No homework.

English 4 & English 4 HP: Write at least 2 paragraphs of your book group book essay.