Friday, December 16, 2016

HW 12/19-12/23

Due Monday 12/19/B: DGP 10F & 11M; read Catcher Chs 20-22; Vocab 7 hw

Due Tuesday 12/20A and Wednesday 12/21B:  DGP 11TWTh; finish reading Catcher; Vocab 7 quiz today; presentations start

 Thursday 12/22A and Friday 12/23B: DGP 11F & 12M; presentations continue

Friday, December 9, 2016

HW 12/12-12/19

Due Monday 12/12A and Tuesday 12/13B: Vocab 4-6 test today; DGP 9F & 10M; Read Catcher Chs 13-16

Due Wednesday 12/14A and Thursday 12/15B: DGP 10TWTh; read Catcher Chs 17-19

Due Friday 12/16A and Monday 12/19/B: DGP 10F & 11M; read Catcher Chs 20-22; Vocab 7 hw

Friday, December 2, 2016

HW 12/5-12/9

Due Monday 12/5B: DGP 8TWTh; Read Catcher Chs 1-4; Vocab 6 exercises

Due Tuesday 12/6A and Wednesday 12/7B: DGP 8F & 9M; Reach Catcher Chs 5-9; Vocab 6 quiz today

Due Thursday 12/8A and Friday 12/9B: DGP 9TWTh; Read Catcher Chs 10-12; Vocab 4-6 exercises (pp. 80-83, p. 85, p. 87)

Vocab 4-6 test Monday 12/12A and Tuesday 12/13B

Saturday, November 26, 2016

HW 11/28 - 12/2

Due Monday 11/28A and Tuesday 11/29B: Vocab 5 quiz today; DGP 7TWTh

Due Wednesday 11/30A and Thursday 12/1B: DGP 7F & 8M; send a picture to Ms. Laczny (and Grace Petrosini) for yearbook

Due Friday 12/2A and Monday 12/5B: DGP 8TWTh; Vocab 6 hw; Read Catcher Chs 1-4

Friday, November 18, 2016

HW 11/21-11/29

Monday 11/21 and Tuesday 11/22: Monmouth University trip and altered schedule

B-day - Please submit six-word story to turnitin by Monday morning.  Thank you!

Due Wednesday 11/23B: Vocab 5 hw exercises; DGP 6F & 7M

Happy Thanksgiving!!

Due Monday 11/28A and Tuesday 11/29B: Vocab 5 quiz today; DGP 7TWTh

Wednesday, November 9, 2016

HW 11/14-11/21

Due Monday 11/14A and Tuesday 11/15B: DGP 6T; Vocab 4 quiz today; Read "The Short Happy Life of Francis Macomber" and complete assignment

Due Wednesday 11/16A and Thursday 11/17B: DGP 6WTh; Read "Snows of Kilimanjaro" and complete assignment

Due Friday 11/18A and Monday 11/21B: DGP 6F & 7M; Vocab 5 exercises; six word story (on turnitin by 7:30 am)

Friday, November 4, 2016

HW 11/7-11/9

Due Monday 11/7B: DGP 5F; get a jump on Vocab 4 exercises

Due Tuesday 11/8A: DGP 6M; Read "Soldier's Home" and complete activity; Vocab 4 exercises

Due Wednesday 11/9B: DGP 6M; Read "Soldier's Home" and complete activity; Vocab 4 exercises

No School Thursday 11/10 and 11/11

Looking ahead:

Due  11/14A and 11/15B: DGP 6T; Vocab 4 quiz today; Read "Francis Macomber" and complete activity

Due 11/16A and 11/17B: DGP 6WTh; Read "The Snows of Kilimanjaro" and complete activity

Friday, October 28, 2016

HW 10/31-11/4

Due Monday 10/31A: DGP 5T; Vocab 1-3 exercises (skip pp. 46-47)

Due Tuesday 11/1B: DGP 5T; Vocab 1-3 test today

Due Wednesday 11/2A: DGP 5WTh;  Vocab 1-3 test today

Due Thursday 11/3B: DGP 5WTh; character recipe

Due Friday 11/4A: DGP 5F; character recipe  

Friday, October 21, 2016

HW 10/24-10/31

Due Monday 10/24B: DGP 4WTh; Vocab 3 quiz today; Gatsby symbolism paper due on turnitin by 7:30 am

Due Tuesday 10/25A: DGP 4F; Vocab 3 quiz today; Gatsby symbolism paper due on turnitin by 7:30 am

Due Wednesday 10/26B: DGP 4F; work on character recipe

Due Thursday 10/27A: DGP 5M; work on character recipe

Due Friday 10/28B: DGP 5M; Vocab 1-3 exercises (skip pp. 46-47)

Looking ahead:

Due Monday 10/31A: DGP 5T; Vocab 1-3 exercises (skip pp. 46-47)

Due Tuesday 11/1B: DGP 5T; Vocab 1-3 test today

Due Wednesday 11/3A: DGP 5WTh;  Vocab 1-3 test today

Due Thursday 11/4B: DGP 5WTh; character recipe

Due Friday 11/5A: DGP 5F; character recipe  

Friday, October 14, 2016

HW 10/17-10/21

Due Monday 10/17A: 

  • 4A: Vocab 2 quiz today; DGP 4M; topic & 3 quotations (write them down!)
  • 5A: Vocab 2 quiz today; DGP 3F & 4M; Gatsby Ch 9 study guide; topic & 3 quotations (write them down!)
Due Tuesday 10/18B: DGP 4M; topic & 3 quotations (write them down!)

Due Wednesday 10/19A: DGP 4T; work on paper

Due Thursday 10/20B: DGP 4T; Vocab 3 exercises; work on paper

Due Friday 10/21A: DGP 4WTh; Vocab 3 exercises; work on paper

Due Monday 10/24B: DGP 4WTh; Gatsby symbolism paper; Vocab 3 quiz today

Due Tuesday 10/25A: DGP 4F; Gatsby symbolism paper; Vocab 3 quiz today



Friday, October 7, 2016

HW 10/11-10/14

Columbus Day - no school Monday

Due Tuesday 10/11B: Read Ch 8 of Gatsby and complete study guide; DGP 3WTh; Vocab 2 exercises

No school Wednesday for Yom Kippur

Due Thursday 10/13A: Read Ch 9 of Gatsby and complete study guide; DGP 3F; Vocab 2 quiz today  (Please note that this may be for Monday 10/17 depending on the length of the assembly - I will update once I know)

Due Friday 10/14B:  Read Ch 9 of Gatsby and complete study guide; DGP 3F; Vocab 2 quiz today 

Friday, September 30, 2016

HW 10/3-10/11

No school Monday 10/3 - Rosh Hashanah

Due Tuesday 10/4A and Wednesday 10/5B: Finish reading Ch 7 of Gatsby & finish study guide; DGP 3T

Theater field trip Thurs 10/6
Columbus Day Mon 10/10
 
Due Friday 10/7A and Tuesday 10/11B: Read Ch 8 of Gatsby and complete study guide; DGP 3WTh; Vocab 2 exercises

Thursday, September 22, 2016

HW 9/26-9/30

Due Monday 9/26A: DGP 1F; Read Gatsby Ch 5 & complete study guide

Due Tuesday 9/27A and Wednesday 9/28B: DGP 2F; Read Gatsby Ch 6 & complete study guide; Vocab 1 exercises

Due Thursday 9/29A and Friday 9/30B: DGP 3M; Read Gatsby Ch 7 (up to the space on p. 125) & complete study guide (questions 1 through 8); Vocab 1 quiz today

Friday, September 16, 2016

HW 9/19-9/23

Due Mon 9/19A and Tues 9/20B: Read Gatsby Ch 3 and complete Ch 3 study guide;
DGP 2T

Due Weds 9/21A and Thurs 9/22B: Read Gatsby Ch 4 and complete Ch 4 study guide;
DGP1WTh

Due Fri 9/23A and Mon 9/24B: Read Gatsby Ch 5 and complete Ch 5 study guide;
 DGP 1F

Saturday, September 10, 2016

HW 9/12-9/16

Due Monday 9/12B: Define Gatsby vocab (handwritten); signed syllabus

Due Tuesday 9/13A and Wednesday 9/14B: Read Gatsby Ch1 and complete study guide; DGP 2M; Summer reading assessment #1 today in class (biotech book)

Due Thursday 9/15A and Friday 9/16B: Read Gatsby Ch2 and complete study guide;
DGP 1T; Summer reading assessment #2 today in class (literary text)

Wednesday, September 7, 2016

HW 9/7-9/9

Due Thursday 9/8 A&B: Finish "Favorite Things" assignment; bring your binder if you already have one

Due Friday 9/9A and Monday 9/12B: signed syllabus; define Gatsby vocab (first page of packet distributed on Thursday) - hand-write the definitions :) 

Friday, June 10, 2016

HW 6/13-6/16

Due Mon 6/13A: read second chapter for second JLC character

Due Tues 6/14B and Weds 6/15A: JLC project due - submit written portion on turnitin.com by 7:30 am; email/share trailers via email; postcards will be collected in class.  I will also be collecting all books today. 

Due Thurs 6/16: English final exam

Tuesday, May 31, 2016

HW 5/31-6/3

Due Tues 5/31B and Weds 6/1A: Read 2nd Jing-mei chapter; DGP assessment #2

Due Thurs 6/2B and Fri 6/3A: Read 3rd Jing-mei chapter; review comments on Version 1 of paper

Due Mon 6/6B: Read 4th Jing-mei chapter; DGP assessment #3 (the real one)

Due Tues 6/7A: Read 4th Jing-mei chapter; Version 1 of paper due on turnitin by 7:30 am

Due Weds 6/8B: Version 1 of paper due on turnitin by 7:30 am; read additional character chapter

Due Thurs 6/9A: DGP assessment #3 (the real one); read additional character chapter

Due Friday 6/10B: read additional character chapter 

Friday, May 20, 2016

HW 5/23-5/30 and a look ahead at the rest of the year

Due Mon 5/23A and Tues 5/24B: Version 1 of paper due on turnitin by 7:30 am

Due Weds 5/25A and Thurs 5/26B: Shakespeare etc. test today; Read 1st chapter of The Joy Luck Club

Friday 5/27A: sophomore field trip
Monday: Memorial Day - no school

Looking ahead:

Due Tues 5/31B and Weds 6/1A: Read 2nd Jing-mei chapter; 2nd DGP assessment

Due Thurs 6/2B and Fri 6/3A: Read 3rd Jing-mei chapter

Due Mon 6/6B and Tues 6/7A: Read 4th Jing-mei chapter (last chapter in the book); 3rd DGP assessment - tentative

Due Thurs 6/9A and Fri 6/10B: Final draft of paper due on turnitin by 7:30 am - tentative

Due 6/14B and 6/15A: Joy Luck Club project due (written portion on turnitin by 7:30 am)

Finals 6/16-6/20






Friday, May 13, 2016

HW 5/16-5/20

Due Monday 5/16B: review outline comments; start working on version 1 of paper

Due Tuesday 5/17A and Wednesday 5/18B: work on paper

Due Thursday 5/19A and Friday 5/20B: read and annotate 17th c. document; work on paper

Friday, April 29, 2016

HW 5/2-5/13

Due Monday 5/2B: DGP 29F & 30M; Vocab 13-15 exercises (pp. 196, 197, 200, 201); work on outline

Due Tuesday 5/3A and Wednesday 5/4B: DGP 30TWTh; work on outline

Due Thursday 5/5A and Friday 5/6B: DGP 30F; completed outline form due on turnitin.com by 7:30 am (Remember to use fragments, except for the thesis statement; include in-text citations for every piece of information you're extracting; represent at least 4 approved sources with your information and citations; avoid quoting, unless it is from the book from class, and then you need to include some bullet points of analysis.)

Due Tuesday 5/10B and Wednesday 5/11A: *Vocab 13-15 test today* - and be ready for vocab taboo!

Due Thursday 5/12B and Friday 5/13A: work on Version 1 of your paper - due May 19A and May 20B. 

Friday, April 22, 2016

HW 4/25-5/2

Due Monday 4/25A and Tuesday 4/26B: DGP 28F & 29M; Vocab 15 hw; start working on outline

Due Wednesday 4/27A and Thursday 4/28B: DGP 29TWTh; Vocab 15 quiz today; work on outline

Due Friday 4/29A and Monday 5/2B: DGP 29F & 30M; Vocab 13-15 hw pp. 196, 198, 200, 201; work on outline


**Outline form due 5/5A and 5/6B**

Saturday, April 16, 2016

HW 4/18-22

Due Monday 4/18B: DGP 27TWTh; Vocab 14 hw; work on sources and annotated bib

Due Tuesday 4/19A and Wednesday 4/20B: DGP 27F & 28M; Vocab 14 quiz today (section 5A also has vocab hw due today because of PARCC schedule last week); **Sources and annotated bib due (sources in person; annotated bib on turnitin by 7:30 am**

Due Thursday 4/21A and Friday 4/22B: DGP 28TWTh; complete student survey (emailed to you on Tues or Weds)

Saturday, April 9, 2016

HW 4/11-4/18

Due Monday 4/11A and Tuesday 4/12B: Vocab 13 quiz today; DGP 26TWTh; work on sources

Due Wednesday 4/13A and Thursday 4/14B: DGP 26F & 27M; work on sources and annotated bib

Due Friday 4/15A and Monday 4/18B: Vocab 14 hw; DGP 27TWTh; work on sources and annotated bib

*****Topic, sources, and annotated bibliography due 4/19A and 4/20B*****

Sunday, April 3, 2016

HW 4/4-4/8

Due Mon 4/4B: DGP 24F & 25M; review list of topics

Due Tues 4/5A and Weds 4/6B: DGP 25TWTh

Due Thurs 4/7A and Fri 4/8B: DGP 25F & 26M; Vocab 13 hw

Saturday, March 19, 2016

HW 3/21-4/4

Due Mon 3/21B: DGP 23F & 24M; Vocab 10-12 test today

Due Tues 3/22A and Weds 3/23B: DGP 24TWTh

Due Thurs 3/24A and Mon 4/4B: DGP 24F & 25M; review list of topics

Friday, March 11, 2016

HW 3/14-3/21

Due Mon 3/14A and Tues 3/15B: DGP 22F & 23M; Vocab 10-12 Review exs (pp. 157-159, 161, 163); work on group story - make sure you share your group's doc with me!

Due 3/16A and 3/17B: DGP 23TWTh; Fanfiction stories due on turnitin and through google docs by 7:30 am (remember to share your doc with me! and one person in each group posts to turnitin)

Due 3/18A and 3/21B: DGP 23F & 24M; Vocab 10-12 test today

Friday, March 4, 2016

HW 3/4-3/11

Due Fri 3/4A and Mon 3/7B: DGP 21TWTh; work on literary station

Due Tues 3/8A and Weds 3/9B: DGP 21F & 22M; Vocab 12 hw; complete literary stations

Due Thurs 3/10A and Fri 3/11B: DGP 22TWTh; Vocab 12 quiz today

Friday, February 26, 2016

HW 2/29-3/7

Due Mon 2/29A and Tues 3/1B: DGP 20TWTh; Vocab 11 hw; Read "The Veldt"

Due Weds 3/2A and Thurs 3/3B: DGP 20F & 21M; Vocab 11 quiz today

Due Fri 3/4A and Mon 3/7B: DGP 21TWTh

Friday, February 19, 2016

HW 2/22-2/26

Due Mon 2/22B:  Read pp. 113-145; DGP 18F & 19M; Vocab 10 hw

Due Tues 2/23A and Weds 2/24B: Read pp. 145-165 and blog post #2; Vocab 10 quiz today; DGP 19TWTh

Due Thurs 2/25A and Fri 2/26B: DGP 19F & 20M; Read "Coda" and "Afterword"; Comment #2; post complete assignment on turnitin (label each piece

Saturday, February 13, 2016

HW 2/16-2/22

Due Tues 2/16B: DGP 17F & 18M; Vocab 7-9 test; Read F451 pp. 71-91 and Comment 1

Due Weds 2/17A and Thurs 2/18B: Read pp. 91-110 (end of Pt 2); DGP 18TWTh

Due Fri 2/19A and Mon 2/22B:  Read pp. 113-145; DGP 18F & 19M; Vocab 10 hw

Friday, February 5, 2016

HW 2/8-2/16

Due Mon 2/8A and Tues 2/9B: DGP 16F & 17M; Vocab 9 quiz today; Read F451 pp. 28-48

Due Weds 2/10A and Thurs 2/11B: DGP 17TWTh; Read F451 48-69; Blog post 1

Due Fri 2/12A and Tues 2/16B: DGP 17F & 18M; Vocab 7-9 test; Read F451 pp. 71-91 and Comment 1

Sunday, January 31, 2016

HW 2/1-2/8

Due Mon 2/1A and Tues 2/2B: DGP 15F & 16M

Due Weds 2/3A and Thurs 2/4B: DGP 16TWTh; Vocab 9 hw; Read F451 pp. 3-28

Due Fri 2/5A and Mon 2/8: DGP 16F & 17M; Vocab 9 quiz today; Read F451 pp. 28-48


**If you are interested in reviewing your midterm exam, I will be available in Room 206 Thursday first half of lunch. I will need you to email me in advance, however, so that I can separate your exam pieces from the rest.**

Saturday, January 16, 2016

HW 1/19-1/29

No school Monday - Martin Luther King day!

Due Tues 1/19A and Weds 1/20B: Vocab 8 quiz today; DGP 14F & 15M

Due Thurs 1/21A and Fri 1/22B: DGP 15TWTh; Review for midterm exam

Due Mon 1/25A and Tues 1/26B: DGP 15F & 16M; two grammar worksheets (review of most grammar concepts that will be on the midterm, same format as midterm)


Midterm exam Friday 1/29! Be sure to review grammar and literary terms, and get a good night's sleep!

Friday, January 8, 2016

HW 1/11-1/15

Due Mon 1/11B: Vocab 7 quiz today; DGP 13TWTh; work on Catcher project (due 1/12A and 1/13B)

Due Tues 1/12A and Weds 1/13B: DGP 13F & 14M; Catcher project; Read "Last Day of the Last Furlough" 

Due Thurs 1/14A and Fri 1/15B: DGP 14TWTh; Vocab 8 hw

Sunday, January 3, 2016

HW 1/4-1/11

Welcome back from break!

Due Weds 1/6A and Thurs 1/7B: Vocab 7 hw exs; DGP 12F & 13M; work on Catcher project

Due Fri 1/8A and Mon 1/11B: Vocab 7 quiz today; DGP 13TWTh; work on Catcher project (due 1/12A and 1/13B)