ELA - REGENTS PREP - SPRING 2013 Spring Break. Holiday Homework

Students,

Thank you for taking the initiative and responsibility of checking this blog site for your homework.  This homework is assigned to support your ongoing developing skills in reading, writing, and listening in Enlish.

Please check this blog cite at least three times during vacation.

((Note:  if you lose your makeshift journal you may save all your work on your computer and email me by April 1st, 2013))

libertytext@gmail.com



Homework Assigned:

1.  You must continue to read and finish your first Independent Reading book.  You need to write the letter to 9th graders recommending this book.  (See earlier posts for scaffold letter).  You also need to log-in information in your Reading Log.

This includes:
-Title and author of book
-A profile of leading characters and their characteristics
-Setting and how this affects the characters
-Theme of book and how the characters develop this theme,
-Conflict within characters -- internal ( what troubles are going in in the characters head) and/ or external (troubles that you can actually see)
-Imagery ( draw a picture of your favorite scene) and add text
-Four contextual vocabulary.

When you have finished your Independent Reading book, you must find a new book -- this time in English.  Follow the "log - in" procedure as you did for your first book.

Note:  All books and analysis must be finished by the middle of April -- in the end, you will need to teach your book of choice.

Note:  Below are recommended books for high school students from English teachers - see website:

http://www.phschool.com/curriculum_support/reading_list/high_school.html


Rubric:

90+ -- Reading Log for two books , 2 letters 
80+-- Reading log for two books , 1 letter
70 +  -- Reading log for one book, 0 letters
65 = Reading log incomplete , 0 letters
55 -- No evidence of reading



2.  Practice listening skills-- go to two different websites and log- in all information in your makeshift
Journal 

www.teenkidsnews.com

Who is in the news
What is the topic and why is it important?
Where is the story taking place and why is this relevant?
When is  the story taking place?
How does the story unfold?

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Write a short summary based on what you learned,


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Go to another website

http://www.esl-lab.com/live/liverd1.htm 

Click on an interesting topic and follow all instructions from site
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II.
IIl.
IV. 
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