Hello 2025 Cohort!
The homework for classes from June 9 to 13 is below. Next to each assignment is the recommended amount of time to complete it with proper quality.
Bring texts the following days:
Day ONE
Mon/Tue
Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6
Understanding and Using English Grammar
Great Writing 5: From Great Essays to Research
Animal Farm
Day TWO
Thu/Fri
Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6
Understanding and Using English Grammar
myPerspectives
Lift
June 9–10 //
Work Time: 90+ min.
JOURNAL (0 min.)
None
VOCABULARY (20+ min.)
Complete 17A–17D in Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6.
Study for the quiz.
WRITING (40+ min.)
Browse the article “310 Prompts for Argumentative Writing”. Choose 2 prompts that you are interested in writing about. https://www.nytimes.com/2024/03/14/learning/310-prompts-for-argumentative-writing.html
Complete the argument response proposal. https://forms.gle/Fmb5eeRaRB9i9p9G9
Complete Activity 3 (pp. 166–170) in Great Writing 5.
Read the essay "We are the Generation of Self-Deprecation" written by 17-year-old Faith Christiansen. https://nyti.ms/31b2eBD
Address the following in full sentences in your writing notebook:
What is the writer's main idea?
What points does the writer raise to support her points?
Copy a phrase or sentence that you found persuasive. What is persuasive about it?
Copy an effective piece of evidence. What does it prove?
How does the writer use pathos, logos, or ethos to persuade the reader?
NOVEL (30+ min.)
Read chapters 3–4 in Animal Farm.
Address the following in full sentences in your reading notebook:
What committees and programs does Snowball create?
What happens at the Meetings on Sundays?
Why does the song “Beasts of England” upset humans?
Briefly describe each of the following characters: Mr. Frederick, Mr. Jones, Mr. Pilkington
List the series of events in the Battle of Cowshed.
Tests
Vocabulary Quiz (multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, antonym)
Lesson 17 (WW 3000 Book 6)
Novel Quiz
Animal Farm (ch. 3–4)
June 12–13 //
Work Time: 105+ min.
VOCABULARY (20+ min.)
Complete 17E in Wordly Wise 3000 Book 6.
Study for the quiz.
GRAMMAR (15+ min.)
Complete Practice 1–6 (pp. 50–52) in Understanding and Using English Grammar Fifth Edition.
READING (40+ min.)
Unit 2:
A Starry Home
Read “The Last Dog” (pp. 183–194) in myPerspectives.
Address the Context Clue tasks on p. 184, 186, 189 in the textbook or in your reading notebook.
Answer Comprehension Check questions 1–4 (p. 194) in full sentences in your reading notebook.
Address the Research to Clarify and Research to Explore questions (p. 195). Each response should be 50+ words.
DEBATE (30+ min.)
Complete this assignment if you did not do so last week.
Read All Summer in a Day (pp. 38–45) in Lift 3.
Address Understand and Analyze questions 1–6 (p. 46) in full sentences in your debate notebook.
Address Share Your Perspective questions 1–2 in full sentences in your debate notebook. Each response should be 50+ words.
Tests
Vocabulary Quiz (short answer, definition)
Lesson 17 (WW 3000 Book 6)
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