English 9 BCA (Period 8) Assignments

Instructor
Mr. Sean Stocum
Term
Fall 2015
Department
English Language Arts
Description
The Biomedical Careers Academy (BCA) at Lawndale High School prepares students to take advantage of the tremendous career opportunities available in health and science. The hands-on, project-based, and problem-based curriculum engages students, allows them to explore the wide variety of health care and science career options, and equips them with knowledge and skills necessary to pursue a career or further education in the biomedical sciences.

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Read Speak: 2nd and 3rd Marking Period
-->Annotate for themes
--> Complete Speak Reading Questions
--> 1/11/16
 
Continue Working on Independent Projects
-->Due 1/19/16
--> Presentations on 1/21/16

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Speak Independent Project

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Finish Reading Speak First Marking Period
Annotate and Complete SMM Chart for 1st marking Period
Quiz on 1st Marking Period
 

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PTSD / The Things They Carried Essay and Yellow Essay Map
 
Follow directions on Yellow sheet
Use MLA formating
Cite all quotations properly
Do not plagiarize!

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"The Ghost Soldiers" Quiz

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Character Star Due

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Direct v. Indirect Characterization (Review + Quickwrite)
"For the Troops . . ." Article + Text-Dependent Questions
TEDxTalk PTSD
"The Ghost Soldiers" (Vocabulary + Begin Reading)

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"In the Field" Vocabulary
YELLOW Kiowa's Father Condolence Letter
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In-Class:
Collect HW
"Stream of Consciousness" Handout
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The next class (10/21/15):
Quiz on "In the Field" (Review PowerPoint)

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Speaking of Courage Quiz - See PowerPoint
 Finish and Complete Meta-Fiction

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The Things They Carried - "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" Handout - Syntax

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Quiz on "How to Tell a True War Story"
Updated PowerPoint

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Part IV of "On the Rainy River" (Green Sheet) Paragraph
We will be Peer-Editing the Paragraph (Bring Highlighter and Correcting Utensil)
How to Tell a War Story PowerPoint
Begin "How to Tell a War Story"

Homework Check: Completed Vocabulary

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Part IV: Of Green Sheet
1 Argumentative Paragraph; including 3 quotations
 
 

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"On the Rainy River" Quiz
Part 1: Multiple Choice
Part 2: Quotation Identification
Part 3: Short Answer

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Continue Reading "On the Rainy River"
How to Write an Argument; Literary Focus for "On the Rainy River"

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PowerPoint for "On the Rainy River"

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"The Things They Carried" Quiz.
Part 1: Multiple Choice
Part 2: Matching Quotations
Part 3: Short Answer

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Summer Reading Assessment. Bring Double-Journal Entry.

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Typed, properly formatted Business Letter Introduction.

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Parent-Syllabus Contract Signature.

**Bottom portion only - it tears off