Hello 2026 Cohort!
The homework for classes from August 17 to 21 is below. Next to each assignment is the recommended amount of time to complete it with proper quality.
Classes will not be held on August 17 and 18 in observance of National Liberation Day of Korea 🇰🇷🎉
Textbooks
Day ONE
Mon/Tue
Wordly Wise 3000, Book 7
Great Writing 5
Divergent
Day TWO
Thu/Fri
Wordly Wise 3000, Book 7
Understanding and Using English Grammar
myPerspectives
Lift 3
Aug. 17–18 //
Work Time: 0+ min.
JOURNAL (0 min.)
None
VOCABULARY (0 min.)
None
WRITING (0 min.)
None
NOVEL (0 min.)
None
Tests
None
Aug. 20–21 //
Work Time: 95+ min.
JOURNAL (5+ min.)
Write a comment to a peer for Journal #50. www.brendenleeteacher.com
If you did not write the Journal response in class, write it at home. Spend 15+ minutes to write the response. It should be 100 words or more. Any AI-generated text for this task violates PEAI policy.
VOCABULARY (20+ min.)
Complete 6A–6D in Wordly Wise 3000 Book 7.
Study for the quiz.
Quizlet Set: https://quizlet.com/306778076
WRITING (40+ min.)
Read "Transitions and Connectors in Comparison Essays" (p. 108) in Great Writing 5.
Complete Activities 6–7 (pp. 108–111).
Re-read the knife-throwing scene in Divergent (ch. 13).
Address the following in full sentences in your writing notebook:
Find and copy one example of each metalanguage term (interiority, imagery, diction, tone) with page number from the knife-throwing scene.
Pick the moment that hit you hardest and write one sentence: what did it make you feel?
NOVEL (30+ min.)
Read chapters 26–30 in Divergent.
Address the following in full sentences in your reading notebook:
Why does Tobias leave Abnegation?
Why does Tris go to the Erudite compound to visit her brother?
What does Tris discover from her discussion with Jeanine?
What does Tobias reveal to Tris after their train ride?
What does Tris’s fear landscape consist of?
Tests
Vocabulary Quiz (multiple choice, fill-in-the-blank, antonym)
Lesson 6 (WW 3000 Book 7)
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