Braided Lives – Introductory Assignment

Choose one of the stories from the table of contents.

Read the story and answer the following questions.

1. What culture does this story come from?
2. What is the title and author’s name and page number?
3. Who is the main character in the story?
4. What is the setting of the story (time and place)?
5. What is the conflict in the story (the main problem or desire)?
6. What is the theme or main idea
7. How is this story similar to other stories you have read in English classes?
8. What is different about it?
9. Would you recommend it to a friend?

Unit 6 DOL and Vocab

Here are the DOL and vocabulary for unit 6.  If you are absent, please be sure to make up these assignments.

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What is your personality type?

What are your ten favorite careers from the list?

Read about three of careers.

Summarize the definition, interests, tasks, skills, wages, and outlook for those three jobs.  How many job openings are there for each job?

Macbeth Webquest

Here is the link for the webquest.

When you are writing your report, please be sure to give credit to your sources.  Use MLA format for citing your websites.

This website has some good information on the format for citations.

Here is an example for websites.

Lynch, Tim. “DSN Trials and Tribble-ations Review.” Psi Phi: Bradley’s

Science Fiction Club. 1996. Bradley University. 8 Oct. 1997 <http://

www.bradley.edu/campusorg/psiphi/DS9/ep/503r.html>.

Blue Text is the author’s name. Red is the title of the page. Purple is the name of the website.  Pink is the publication date. Green is the company that published the site. The second pink date is the date it was viewed.  The black text is the web address.  The first line should line up with the margin.  Each line after the first should be indented.

Please use parenthetical citations in your text.  For example, if this sentence was taken from the above post, the parenthetical citation would be the thing in parenthesis at the end of this sentence.  (Lynch)  If the author’s name is not available, just use the name of the website. (Psi Phi)

Macbeth Unit 5

This week we have watched the movie version of Macbeth and written notes on the major events.  Next week we will be working in groups to complete a webquest about Macbeth.

Vocabulary and DOL for Unit 5

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Here are the vocabulary words and DOLs for Unit 5.  Please make sure to correct the sentences for each day.  Do not copy the definitions for the vocabulary.  Write the vocabulary words, read the definition and write it in your own words.

Unit 5 Vocabulary

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Checklist Page

Please visit the new checklist page to see the checklists for Units 1-4 Spring 2009

Unit 1

Quiz on vocabulary and dol 20 pts
Rough draft of narrative essay about a famous person 10 pts
Final Draft 40 pts
DOl 20 pts
Vocab 10 pts
Accelerator Work

Unit 2

Vocabulary 10 pts
DOL 30 pts
Test 30 pts
Project on the Pardoner’s Tale 30 pts
Accelerator Work

Unit 3

DOL 10 pts
Vocabulary 10 pts
Anticipation Guide 10 pts
Notes on Camus and The Stranger 20 pts
Group Work 20 pts
Test 20 pts
Response to a belief statement 10 pts and AC
Accelerator Work

Unit 4

DOL
Vocabulary
Paragraph using Smiley Face Tricks
Rough Draft of descriptive essay using smiley face tricks
Final Draft
Accelerator Work

Unit 4 Smiley Face Essay

Write a descriptive narrative essay about a time in your life when you had to use your conscience to make a decision. You may want/need to embellish (to improve by adding detail; often fictitious details) the story a bit. The idea is that you tell a story that is both descriptive and entertaining. To do this you are to use 5-8 smiley face tricks in your essay. The first draft is due Monday. Have fun with this. Remember, the first step in writing is to brainstorm.

Unit 4

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For Tuesday:
Please write a paragraph using each of the 8 smiley face tricks. Be sure to turn it in before you leave.