eng4kruse Mrs. Kruse
Marysville Pilchuck High School English and Speech Instructor, Room MC8
http://www.msvl.wednet.edu
 
Welcome to Language Arts IV Second quarter began 11-7. Yes, you can still make up first quarter work. Scroll down to the bottom of the page for old assignments.
11-9 Annotated bibliography due
11-13 Begin Proposal writing: Writer's Craft pages 178-179. Formal proposal assignment. (See below)
Improve the World Proposal
As a member of the KTF Thinktank, it is part of your job to propose something we can do to make the world a better place. Your assignment is to write up a formal proposal for action.
ASSIGNMENT: Write a 400-600 word formal proposal for solving a problem. You may choose to look at a global problem or a more local one (Think global, act local). Due dates: Nov. 28 (Wednesday) rough draft
Dec. 7. (Friday) final. Attach rough draft & peer evaluations
Purpose: to identify and propose a realistic solution to a problem
Objectives: Analyze a problem Consider the audience Evaluate workability of ideas Gather supporting evidence Write a proposal
Audience: Your peers and members of the Marysville community
Process: Identify a problem Research the problem and what is being done if anything Develop a plan of action Evaluate the workability of the plan Define what will be necessary to accomplish your plan
To Write: I . Preview summary of the proposal (optional) II. Statement of need. A. What is the problem? B. Why is it important? III. Description of plan of action A. Steps to be taken B. Advantages of plan C. Disadvantages of plan IV Request for support A. What exactly do you need? 1. Money 2. People 3. Other B. What exactly will you do with the resources? V. Closing statement: reinforce the desirability of your plan
11-14 vocabulary worksheets: prefixes, suffixes, roots
11-16 book choice for group due
11-19 Tannen Article: read and answer questions
11-21 On-line tutorial due
11=26&27 SAT vocabulary test practice
11-28 Draft of proposal due 11-29Goodman article: read and answer questions
11-30 Grammar and book talks
12-3 12-4&5 Group rewrite of the Picnic Table proposal
12-6 Test on Web-based Research
12-7 Proposal is due . Grammar exercises on Misplaced and Dangling Modifiers. Book talks.
12-10 Writing about Literature: Workshop 8 in Writer's Craft p. 238. Read and discuss Doris Lessing's "Sunrise on the Veld." Discuss elements of literature used to express meaning.
12-11 Read "The Hatchery" chapter from Brave New World by A. Huxley. Answer questions 2-5 about plot, characters, setting, and narrator's voice. Due at the end of the period.
12-12 Continue answering questions about Huxley: 6-9 about imagery, symbolism, language. Read Huxley's biography and apply the information to the story. Due at the end of the period.
12-13 Finish by writing 100-200 words each on questions 10, 11, and 12 about Theme and meaning. Due at the end of the period.
12-14 Book talks and grammar
12-17 Work day
12-18 Book discussions
12-19 Guest speaker
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1 First quarter assignments
Each class begins with a sentence to practice editing. Sentences are collected on Fridays.
    9/4 Intro to class; Interview and introduce a classmate.
    9/5 Values defining. What are the values we hold and why might they be important to our future? (also pictures taken today).
    9/6 Timed in-class write for a baseline assessement.
    9/7 Grammar: commas; booktalks.
    9/10 Begin writing conceptual definition papers..
    9/11 Continue brainstorming papers:.
    Assignment: You are a Future Forecaster in the Kruse the the Future Thinktank. You have developed an idea of what the future will be like in your particular field of interest. You will write a paper to be presented at the annual Forecasters' conference (The Forum of the Future on Sept. 21) that explains your concept.

    Your paper may be positive or negative. Don't try to cover all aspects of the future. Your explanation should be 300 to 500 words in essay form. You should work with your group to discuss your ideas and improve how well you express them.

    Rough draft due by Tuesday, 9/18
    Final draft due Frdiay, 9/21
    9/12 Read and discuss Rachel Carson's "A Fable for Tomorrow".
    9/13 Read and discuss Carl Sagan's "The Warming of the World" Check out Orwell's 1984..
    Homework: Read chapters 1-3 for Monday, 9-18.
    9/15 Grammar: commas in relative clauses Booktalks..
    9-17 Discuss chapters 1-3 in 1984 Quiz HW--read chapters 4 & 5 (rough drafts of paper due on Tues.).
    9-18 Discuss chapters 4 & 5 Work on drafts-- at least 2 people from the class need to read and comment on your paper. What can you do to make it better? HW-- read chapters 6&7. .
    9-19 Discuss chapters 6 & 7. Work on drafts. HW-- read chapter 8..
    9-20 Quiz on chapters 4-8 Discuss chapter 8. Work on drafts HW-- read Part II chapters 1-3 for Monday..
    9-21 Grammar and book talks. Papers due. Turn in with rough drafts. .
    9-24 Discuss chapters 1-3 of part II HW chapters 4-6.
    9-25 Assign Newspeak, Doublespeak, and Neologisms project. (see links below for copy) Due Friday, 10-5 Read chapters 7-9 in 1984.
    9-26 Read Goldstein's book chapters 1 and 2 and Chapter 10 in 1984.
    9-27 Read Part III for Monday, Oct. 1.
    9-28 Grammar: corrections of baseline essays booktalks.
    10-1 Quiz on 1984 Discussion of book.
    10-2and 10-3 Film of 1984.
    10-4 Final Discussion of the book.
    10-5 Newspeak, Doublespeak, and Neologism project due Grammar and booktalks.
    10-8 Test over George Orwell's 1984.
    10-9 Begin Subject Analysis Essay. See links below for the complete assignment. Writer's Craft pages 147-149
    10-10 Brainstorming topic,
    10-11 Cubing Writer's Craft pages 151-152
    10-15 Freewriting/looping and analysis frames
    10-16 Thesis statements. Using proquest and infotrac data bases. Recording sources.
    10-17 &10/18 Library
    10-19 Read "The Ways We Lie" by Ericcson. Answer all questions at the end of the article. Due at the end of the period.
    10-23 Rough draft of Subject Analysis essay due
    10-26 Final draft of essay due.
    10-29 Persuasive techniques in the media. Video and review of commercials
    Homework: bring in an ad from a magazine. Be prepared to talk about the media techniques being used to persuade in it.
    10-30 Present and discuss ads 10-31 Listen to "The Pit and the Pendulum" by Edgar Allen Poe
    11-1 Summarize "The Pit and the Pendulum" Finish ad presentations. View and analyze 2 commercials. Turn in analysis worksheet
    11-2 Book talks. Vocabulary exercise in Writer's Craft ex. A on p.
My Quia activities and quizzes
1984 Challenge
https://www.quia.com/jg/125660.html
match concepts and terms from Orwell's 1984
The Language of Literature
https://www.quia.com/pop/15165.html
practice literary terms for fiction
Useful links
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