Assignment for March 7, 2017

Hello, Students!  I am with Caroline H. for the state Poetry Out Loud finals; be sure to send her good vibes as she represents GRC today as a former Cohort member and all-around awesome person!

Today's Assignments (ask a friend to log you in if there are issues):

• Task One: Complete the Chapters 4-5 Reading Check on Edmodo.  This is a timed quiz.  Remember to always use correct grammar, punctuation, evidence, and complex sentences.
  • After completing the Reading Check, you may shut down their Chromebooks, but keep it out to use later on in class.
• Task Two: Get out the cards we began yesterday,  as well as your notebooks (sorry, Noah).
  • Finish copying down my sentence and key from the board, then set aside your notebook.
  • For each of the characters requested, find strong quotes that illustrate the following aspects of each selected character, using the text from Chapters 1-5.
    • PHYSICAL DESCRIPTION. Ex. (This is for Mr. Nathan Radley, who you do not have to cover) "Mr. Radley...was a thin leathery man with colorless eyes, so colorless they did not reflect light" (p.14).
    • PERSONALITY TRAITS. Ex. "Miss Stephanie Crawford said [Mr. Radley] was so upright he took the word of God as his only law, and we believed her because Mr. Radley's posture was ramrod straight" (p.14).
    • REFLECTION OF THEME (Spoilers, so I can't give you an example of this, sorry!)
      
• Task Three: After finding the quotes, get back onto the Chromebooks and open up Edmodo.  Respond to the prompt as a reply, then comment on at least two classmates’ responses.  You will be graded on both the quality of your original post, as well as your response to your peers’ posts.
  • Prompt: Select one character and one theme to explore.  Using the evidence you identified on your cardstock, create a well-crafted complex sentence that incorporates all of the items from the board example (use it as a model, if needed).
    1. Complex Sentence
    2. Proper punctuation/grammar
    3. Proper citation (and location of citation)
    4. Brackets to replace or insert text
    5. Inclusion of theme
    6. Ellipses to condense quotes
    7. No floating quotes!!
  • If you do not get to this during class, complete it for homework, due tomorrow.  If you don't have internet access at home, just write your awesome sentence on regular paper and submit in class tomorrow.
• Chromebooks must be logged off & shut down at the end of class, and returned to the cart.

See you at rehearsals!  One week until our first school show!
Love, Lowther