Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
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Name/Section:__________________
Monday, September 9, 2013 - Friday, September 13, 2013
ANNOTATIONS: You are expected to include the following annotation strategies for whatever you are reading (course pack or
book). You should have 1-2 annotations per page of whatever is assigned. You should include at least 1 of EVERY type of annotation
per source.
1.
2.
Mystery Words
Questions
BOX
I: ( ) ...
Q:...?
- Underline or highlight context clues.
- I: Infer (guess) the part of speech & meaning.
- Do this the 1st time each word comes up.
- Write questions you have in the margin—the more
interesting the better!
- Think “why” questions, “how” questions, etc.
- Do NOT just ask what a word means.
Quotation example: Minerva was “A feisty young person by anyone’s estimate” (3).
Paraphrase example: Alvarez argues that Minerva was full of energy and attitude (3).
EXTRA HELP: Please note the days and times that Ms. Rieser is available to discuss grades/homework directions/sanctions.
Day
Monday
Tuesday
Wednesday
Thursday
Friday
Time
4-4:30PM
4-4:30PM
1:30-2PM
4-4:30PM
12:50-1:10PM
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Where?
US205B
US03
LS205B
US205B
LS205B
Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
w2 - homework
Name/Section:__________________
Use the rubric below to check your ORs before turning them in! Remember, if your OR isn’t meeting expectations, you will receive a
homework detention, and will be expected to spend time with me making up your work during my office hours.
Ideas
Category
Topic
Sentence
4 – Exceeding Expectations
 shows a deep
3 – Meeting Expectations
 clear + accurate
understanding of text
2 – Approaching
Expectations
 somewhat
confusing/inaccurate
1 – Not Meeting
Expectations
 very confusing /
inaccurate
 missing
R/D/Fs
 clear, accurate, connect
to thesis
 paraphrased
 clear, accurate,
connect to thesis
 paraphrased
 sometimes confusing/
do not connect to
thesis
 confusing/do not
connect to thesis
 not paraphrased
 not paraphrased
Evidence
 detailed + connects to
R/D/F
 DRT correctly cited
 connects to R/D/F
 DRT correctly cited
 STRONG evidence
selection (backs up
 sometimes connects to
R/D/F
 DRT sometimes
incorrectly/not cited
 not formulaic +
account for alternative
 effectively justify
evidence
 sometimes effectively
justify evidence
Sentence
 thought-provoking
 DRT incorrectly/not
cited
 do not effectively
justify evidence
 missing
perspectives
Concluding
R/D/F
 missing
topic)
Explanations
 does not connect to
 wraps up without
being repetitive
2
 repetitive or formulaic
 repetitive or formulaic
 missing
Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
Name/Section:__________________
w2 - homework
CONVENTIONS – GRADE 10, QUARTER 1
 Spelling & Basic Typos
 Capitalization
 Complete Sentences
ERRORS/PAGE:



Quotations
Subject-Verb Agreement
Possessives
POINTS SUBTRACTED:



Double-Negatives
Commas – Series
Homophones
Minimum requirements for CCSC Writing Products (HWD if these are not met):
Type of Writing Assignment
What is required
How these will appear on the MCAS?
Open Response (OR)
- At least 4 pieces of solid evidence,
- After reading passages, these will be short answer
correctly cited and explained.
questions that ask you to use text-based evidence.
- A topic sentence that mentions the title
and author of the piece.
- On the MCAS, they care most about how well you
UNDERSTAND what you read.
- At least 15 sentences.
Composition
- At least 6 paragraphs (introduction, 4
body paragraphs, a conclusion)
- This will be a whole-day assignment on the MCAS.
You can write about ‘any’ text, but I will prepare you to
- At least 2 pieces of evidence per body
paragraph, explained.
write about one of the books we read together this year.
- You won’t have the book with you, and will have to use
- At least 10 sentences in each paragraph.
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evidence from your memory.
Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
w2 - homework
Name/Section:__________________
Homework 11
complete?
Directions:
1. You will have a test on September 13th about the French Revolution. The test will have a
multiple choice section and a short answer section. Study a little each day.
2. Read or finish chapter 5 in “ITTOTB”. Answer the following questions using cited textual
evidence and 4-5 sentences each.
a) What is the burden or hardship that both Dede and Minou, Minerva’s daughter,
experience? (Paraphrase + cite)
b) Why was Dede and Minerva’s father weary or afraid of the volleyball games at Tio
Pepe’s? (Quote + cite)
c) How did Jaimito and his friends know about Lio and what did they think of him?
(Paraphrase+ cite)
d) Why, after the fight between Lio and Jaimito, does everyone become silent? (Quote +
cite)
e) What does Dede realize about herself and the country in which she lives after talking to
Jaimito, when Jaimito speaks about the editorial mentioning Lio by name?
(Paraphrase+ cite)
MODIFIED:
- #1 + #2a and #2b ONLY
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Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
w2 - homework
Name/Section:__________________
Homework 12
complete?
Directions:
1. You will have a test on September 13th about the French Revolution. The test will have a multiple
choice section and a short answer section. Study!
2. Make one flash card that explains each tenant of the Rights of Man. Take at least 20 minutes to
study these flash cards tonight.
3. Re-Skim “A Bread Riot” (pages 3-4 of your coursepack) and “Beaumarchais’s Understandings
of Inequality” in your coursepack. For each source write a sentence describing the:
a) topic (What is the main thing this is about?) ,
b) scope (When was it written?),
c) purpose (Why was it written?),
d) structure (How is it written?)
e) main points (What are 2-3 main things inside it?)
4. If you were French and a member of the 3rd estate, what would make you MOST ANGRY
about Maria Antoinette + Louis XVI? Why? (5 + CS)
5. BONUS: Create a mnemonic device that uses the above letters (TSPSM) to help us remember how to
‘read strategically)
MODIFIED:
- #3, #4b ONLY.
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Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
w2 - homework
Name/Section:__________________
Homework 13
complete?
Directions:
1. You will have a test on September 13th about the French Revolution. The test will have a multiple
choice section and a short answer section.
2. Draft an outline (thesis statement, topic sentences, evidence from at least 2 sources) about the French
Revolution that answers the question below:
The Essential Question and the French Revolution:
Why did the French people decide it was necessary and worth the cost to revolt violently against the
monarchy?
MODIFIED:
- Use the graphic organizer from Ms. Stewart.
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Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
w2 - homework
Name/Section:__________________
Homework 14
complete?
Directions:
1. You will have a test on September 13th about the French Revolution. The test will have a multiple
choice section and a short answer section.
2. Make sure that you have created vocabulary flash cards for list 1 of your Wordly Wise book.
3. Complete exercises 1D + 1E in your Wordly Wise book. You will have a quiz on Thursday, 9/19.
4. Spend 30 minutes of AE working on the grammar exercises that Ms. Rieser assigns you. This will be
completed in AE.
MODIFIED:
- See Ms. Rieser to work on this HW after school today!
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Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
w2 - homework
Name/Section:__________________
Homework 15
complete?
Directions:
1. You will have a test on September 13th about the French Revolution. The test will have a multiple
choice section and a short answer section. Study!
2. Complete your Introductory paragraph and 1st Body paragraph of your GoogleDocs ‘French
Revolution’ Essay. If you didn’t finish in class, you should go to the Humanities center after school.
MODIFIED:
- NA
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Category
Skill
Reading
Defining ‘good’ evidence
Writing
Thesis Statements. SRT/DRT
Vocab.
List 1, part 2
History
Fr. Revolution
Grammar
Possessives, POS, Paral
Discussion
Build on each other…
10th Grade Humanities
11-17
Semester I, 2013
krieser@ccscambridge.org ** 6172099819
w2 - homework
Name/Section:__________________
Homework 16 + 17 (weekend)
complete?
Directions:
1. Read Chapter 6 in ITTOB (warning, it’s long!)
2. Answer the questions that follow in at least 4 sentences each:
a) What does Minerva accidentally find on one of her “getaway rampages” in the car? 1 sentence only.
b) What does Minerva accidentally find in one of her father’s pockets? How does this make her feel? Use
quotations.
c) How does Minerva take revenge on her father? 1 sentence only.
d) When Papa confronts Minerva on what she has done, who ultimately wins the argument? Why? Use a
paraphrase.
e) At the end of the chapter, in what way has Minerva grown up into a woman? Use a paraphrase.
f) What is the main motivation that Trujillo has for inviting Minerva and the Mirabals to the Discovery Day
Dance? (Quote)
g) Describe the scene as the family arrives at the Discovery Day Dance. Who is there? How is Trujillo
acting? What is the family’s reaction to Trujillo and this whole scene? (Talk about what’s happening
before the “slap”) (paraphrase)
h) In the car leaving the dance, Minerva realizes that she has left something at Trujillo’s house. What is this
item and why is it such a huge problem that she has left it behind? (quote)
i)
Immediately following the Mirabal family’s return home, what happens to Papa and why?
(quote)
j)
What do Mama and Minerva do to address the situation with Papa? Are they successful in their
efforts to bring him home? (paraphrase)
k) Trujillo’s men give Minerva an option to “cut through all this red tape” in order to speed up her
father’s release. What does this option involve for Minerva? What happens if she loses? (quote)
MODIFIED:
- Do: 2a, 2e, 2k ONLY
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