English survey

Click on this link and fill out the questions (should take you about 5 minutes).

https://docs.google.com/forms/d/1MF879bkWnPXABksUuvU-5daZeXAE49yQilaR67VCIas/viewform

June 7 and 9- Portfolio response

Congratulations on completing your Freshmen year! Now is a good time to reflect on how you did.

Copy and paste everything inside the box into a Google doc (make sure to share this doc with me).

Reflection on your Writing Open up your English Portfolio. For each of your papers, write down the titles (you don’t have to write down each of your reflections). Also, explain the purpose of each piece. List of papers: Education Argument Lady or Tiger Who am I? Genocide Note to College Roommate Romeo and Juliet Paper #1 Title: _______________________________ Purpose ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Paper #2 Title: _______________________________ Purpose ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Paper #3 Title: _______________________________ Purpose ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Paper #4 Title: _______________________________ Purpose ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Paper #5 Title: _______________________________ Purpose ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Paper #6 Title: _______________________________ Purpose ________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ _______________________________________________________________________________ Which was your best work? Explain. What strengths do you have as a writer? Cite evidence from your work. What goals do you have as a writer? What are some steps you can take to accomplish those goals? Reflecting on your Reading I would like you to think about the different books we read: Your Independent Reading books Night Of Mice and Men Romeo and Juliet Monster Which book should Schachter definitely teach again? Why? Which book should Schachter rethink if it gets taught again? Why?

June 3 and 6- 12 Angry Men

We finished watching 12 Angry Men and then filled out the following worksheet:

In 12 Angry Men, the prosecution uses four facts to help prove their case.  As the movie progresses, each fact gets examined.  List any problems with each fact

Facts from the case

old man heard “I’m going to kill you” and saw the boy run down the stairs	Boy couldn’t remember facts about the movie	Woman across the street saw everything	Boy used an unusual switchblade in the killing

If you're interested in Extra Credit, work on the following:

You are a reporter for a murder case. You’ve been listening to the entire trial and the closing arguments have just finished. Here are the facts of the case:

STRANGE KNIFE

There was a very unusual knife found stuck in the body of a man.

The man’s 18 year-old son was seen showing off the exact same knife to his friends earlier in the day.

OLD MAN

The old man who lived downstairs heard the son shout “I’m going to kill you!”

The old man heard the thud of a body hitting the floor, then he ran to the door and watched the son run down the stairwell.

OLD WOMAN

An old woman who lived across the street looked out her window and saw the son stab his father in the chest with a knife

BOY’S MEMORY

When the son was questioned by the police after the murder, he said that he was at the movies. But he couldn’t remember the names of the movies or the people who starred in them.

BOY’S PAST

The son was raised in a poor neighborhood

In the past, the son has been arrested for assault and knife-fighting

 

Discuss the five pieces of evidence.

Cut them out and paste them to the back of this sheet in order of most convincing to least convincing

STRANGE KNIFE           OLD MAN          OLD WOMAN               BOY’S MEMORY     BOY’S PAST

Most convincing-1	2	3	4	Least convincing-5

               

Explain your thinking behind placing the evidence in box 1.

Explain your thinking behind placing the evidence in box 5.