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HW Week 35


Hello 2025 Cohort!

The homework for classes from August 25 to 29 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

  1. Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7

  2. Understanding and Using English Grammar

  3. Great Writing 5: From Great Essays to Research

  4. Divergent

Day TWO
Thu/Fri

  1. Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7

  2. Understanding and Using English Grammar

  3. myPerspectives

  4. Lift

Aug. 25–26 //

Work Time: 80+ min.

JOURNAL (0 min.)

  • None

VOCABULARY (20+ min.)

  • Complete 7A–7D in Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7.

  • Study for the quiz.

    • This vocabulary quiz will be done via Kahoot. All students will play individually. There will be 20 questions instead of the typical 14. Students without a device will take the quiz with paper and pen.

PRESENTATION (30+ min.)

  • Edit and revise your outline as is necessary. Outlining paper may be downloaded HERE.

  • Complete the first 6 slides of your presentation. Be prepared for rehearsal of those slides in class. You may use your outline during rehearsal. Bring your presentation file to class: (a) Share it with brendenleeteacher@gmail.com, (b) AirDrop, (c) Bring it on a USB drive. Slide requirements:

    • 1 slide: PNGs only

    • 1 slide: graph or chart

    • 1 slide: quote

    • 1 slide: personal photo with face visible

    • 2 slides (max): GIF or cinemagraph

To set slides to transition automatically:

Keynote: Select all of the slides. Click on the Animate tab. Set “Start Transition” to “Automatically” and “Delay” to 20 seconds.
PowerPoint: Select all of the slides. Click the “전환” tab. Set the timer on the right side labeled “다음 시간후” to 20 seconds.
Google Slides: It is not possible to automatically set the timer for 20 seconds, so presentations will need to be exported as a PowerPoint file.
Canva: Click on a slide. At the top, click the clock icon “Edit timing”. Set the timer to 20 seconds.

Visual Resources

https://www.remove.bg
https://giphy.com (After searching, click “Stickers” for PNG GIFs)
http://unsplash.com
http://pexels.com
http://wallhaven.cc
http://cleanpng.com
*Pictures can be taken from any source, not just these

Slide Notes ☝️

Grab their attention from the very first slide.

Create an informative or humorous chart.

Be creative with personal photos.

Diversity in visuals keeps the audience engaged.

Use PNGs to craft slides uniquely yours.

Choose an impactful quote.

Cinemagraphs create a mood.

Use PNG GIFs as stickers.

Do not use visuals with watermarks.

NOVEL (30+ min.)

  • Read chapters 31–35 in Divergent.

  • Address the following in full sentences in your reading notebook:

  1. Describe Tris's final test.

  2. Which initiates are cut after the final rankings are revealed?

  3. Why isn’t Tris affected by the serum?

  4. How does Erudite plan on winning a war against Abnegation?

  5. How does Tris's mother save Tris?

Tests

  • Vocabulary Quiz (Kahoot!)

    • Lesson 7 (WW 3000 Book 7)

  • Novel Quiz

    • Divergent (ch. 31–35)

Aug. 28–29 //

Work Time: 75+ min.

VOCABULARY (20+ min.)

  • Complete 7E in Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7.

  • Study for the quiz.

GRAMMAR (15+ min.)

  • Complete Practice 1–5 (pp. 75–77) in Understanding and Using English Grammar Fifth Edition.

READING (40+ min.)

Unit 4:

People and the Planet

    • This animated short tells the story of a dapper young remittance man who is sent from England to Alberta to attempt ranching in 1909. A film about the beauty of the prairie, the pangs of homesickness and the folly of living dangerously out of context.

  • Address the following in full sentences in your reading notebook:

    • Compare and contrast the man's life in England to his new life in Alberta.

    • What truth does the Englishman discover about himself?

  • Read “Rethinking the Wild” (pp. 356–357) in myPerspectives.

  • Address the Summary and Quickwrite tasks (pp. 358–359) in your reading notebook or textbook. Each response should be 50+ words.

DEBATE (0 min.)

  • None

Tests

  • Vocabulary Quiz (short answer, definition)

    • Lesson 7 (WW 3000 Book 7)

Please do not use the PEAI message system; I do not check it. Instead, send me an e-mail if you have any questions or concerns and I will get back to you on weekdays within 24 hours!

-Brenden Lee Teacher
e-mail: brendenleeteacher@gmail.com

Earlier Event: August 18
HW Week 34