This Week in Online Learning.....
Assignments for the Week of April 1-5
English 1 and English 2 Assignments:
English 2A: Week 5 - Before Reading, Selection Quiz and essay for "Piano" (and the other poems that the assignment asks you to read)
English 2B: Week 6 - Statue of Liberty video quiz (take notes)/ Before Reading, Selection Quiz and essay for "New Colossus" and "Who Makes the Journey"/ Sensory Details guide/ Collage assignment
Remember your citations!
When writing a paper that requires research, you need to give credit to the people who wrote the material you will use in your paper. When you fail to give them credit, you are stealing THEIR WORDS AND IDEAS, even if you put their information in your own words. IT IS ALSO ILLEGAL....called PLAGIARISM.
Happy April Fool's Day!
Where did they get the idea for April Fool's Day? The most commonly cited theory holds that it dates from 1582, the year France adopted the Gregorian Calendar, which shifted the observance of New Year's Day from the end of March (around the time of the vernal equinox) to the first of January. According to popular lore some folks, out of ignorance, stubbornness, or both, continued to ring in the New Year on April 1 and were made the butt of jokes and pranks on account of their foolishness. This became an annual tradition, according to this version of events, which ultimately spread throughout Europe.
Read!!!!
The best way to improve your vocabulary is to read! You will learn words without having to look them up. You can figure out what some words mean by the context of the sentence in which they appear. Find a subject that interests you, check out a book on that subject from the library and READ!
Hope your Easter was nice and that you enjoyed time with your family!
English 3 and English 4 Assignments:
English 3B: Week 7 - all assignments for "How it Feels to be Colored Me"
English 4A: Week 4 - Questions of the Times; English Renaissance Notes; Humanism Reading Guide; Sonnet form questions.