Cycle 5

Remember that one time I was really bad about updating the Gay blog? Sorry guys! Here are resources for The Great Gatsby, along with a quote from Fitzgerald (and a picture of my boyfriend, Leonardo DiCaprio):

http://www.goodhousekeeping.com/family/marriage-sex/best-love-quotes-pics

Complete Online Text

F. Scott Fitzgerald Background Info

Cycle Two

Grades on Word Smart quizzes not so good? Go to my moodle page and retake them! Then email me to let me know I can view your new page.

Word Smart 3:
1. Culminate
2. Cynic
3. Daunt
4. Debacle
5. Debauchery
6. Deduce
7. Degenerate
8. Delineate
9. Deluge
10. Depravity

Word Smart 4:
1. Derogatory
2. Destitute
3. Dialectical
4. Digress
5. Discern
6. Discreet
7. Discriminate
8. Disdain
9. Disinterested
10. Dissipate


Of Mice and Men Sparknotes

Of Mice and Men Online Text

Of Mice and Men Online Text, version 2

Of Mice and Men Seminar Questions, DUE THURSDAY, NOV. 7/FRIDAY, NOV. 8 ON TURNITIN.COM

Cycle One Resources

CLASS RESOURCES

Class Survey

10th Grade Writing Curriculum

IB Mission Statement.

IB Areas of Interaction

MYP Criteria

MLA Format Notes

Guidelines for Guiding Question

Literary Terms

How to type documents in my class


Thesis Statements

Transition Words/Phrases

Handling Quotations in your Text

BLESS ME, ULTIMA

Sparknotes

Rudolfo Anaya Video

BMU Handout 1

BMU Handout 2

BMU Handout 3

Seminar Questions

WORD SMART

List 1:
1. Coherent
2. Colloquial
3. Complacent
4. Comprehensive
5. Concise
6. Concurrent
7. Condone
8. Conducive
9. Congregate
10. Conjure

List 2:
1. Consensus
2. Construe
3. Contentious
4. Contingent
5. Conventional
6. Copious
7. Countenance
8. Criterion
9. Cryptic
10. Culinary

Welcome Back!

Hello, my new Sophomores!

Welcome to English II! Here is the link to complete the student survey.

Survey

Remember, it IS a grade, and WILL be included in the gradebook.

It is important to put the correct email address for yourself and your parents. I would love to be able to put together a field trip this year (last year we went to the Holocaust Museum), so it is necessary to have a working email address for your parent.

If you have any questions, comment on this post or email me at KGAY1@houstonisd.org!

I'm glad to have you in my class!
-Ms. Gay

Updated: Turnitin.com Information

You'll need to register for turnitin.com. Create a gmail account with some form of your first and last name and use that to register. I will be making a spreadsheet of your login information in case you lose it. That's why I'm asking you to create a new gmail account; I don't want you to think I'll be going through your regular email!!!

The following are the enrollment codes and passwords for turnitin. They are case sensitive.

2nd period: 6863539 (pass: Gay2)
3rd period: 6863562 (pass: Gay3)
4th period: 6863569 (pass: Gay4)
5th period: 6863585 (pass: Gay5)
7th period: 6863598 (pass: Gay7)
8th period: 6863609 (pass: Gay8)

End of Year Stuff

In case you thought not doing the assignment on May 10 in Advocacy was a good idea and saw your grade plummet, here you go. You print it, you do an extended portion of the work, you get credit. View the timeline on pages 12-14, answer all the questions on pages 15-16 and complete the propaganda worksheets on page 18-23.

Now for the extra credit du jour:  pick your favorite rap song, copy the lyrics, and rewrite it with proper English (correct grammar, spelling, no slang/cursing).

Here's the sample outline for the Written Assignment for Survival in Auschwitz.

Survival in Auschwitz Resources

Study Guide 1

Ch. 2-3 Study Guide

Ch. 4-5 Study Guide

Ch. 6-9 Study Guide

Activity 5 Study Guide (Ch. 10-13)

Activity 6 Study Guide (Ch. 14-16)

Extra Credit Assignment

UPDATE: Sorry it's so late in the break. Here's an extra credit assignment you may choose to do. It must be 100% complete and submitted to me (TYPED) by the end of the day Wednesday, March 20.

Research and find 5 articles about World War II. It can be in regards to Concentration Camps, the Nazi Party, war strategies, etc. Once you find the articles, cite them with MLA format (see research paper materials below) and provide a summary of each article. The summaries must be at least 2 paragraphs in length.

If you have questions, please comment or email me. You may submit your work via email, too.

Enjoy the rest of your Spring Break!