English IV - Block 1 - Spring 2025 (Holloway High School) //hhs.rcschools.net/apps/classes/1060250/assignments/ Class Name: English IV - Block 1 - Spring 2025 Instructor(s): Millissa Magloire, Jennifer Williams en-us SchoolSitePro <![CDATA[Due: 05/03/2025]]> //hhs.rcschools.net/homeworkItem10522122 //hhs.rcschools.net/apps/classes/1060250/assignments/

Monday, April 28, 2025 - Friday, May 2, 2025

 

Read the story "The Life You Save May Be Your Own"

 

Complete the questions that accompany the story.

 

From the chart on the back of the questions, choose one assignment from each row to complete. There are more detailed directions at the bottom of the page for each assignment.


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Monday, April 21, 2025

We will test over the entire story of Beowulf

 

 

Tuesday, April 22, 2025

Those who did not test on Monday will test today.

 

 

Wednesday, April 23, 2025

We will begin watching the movie "Beowulf"

 

 

Thursday, April 24, 2025

We will begin watching the movie "Beowulf"

 

 

Friday, April 25, 2025

Finish watching "Beowulf"


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Monday, April 14, 2025

We will begin reading "Beowulf's Last Battle" pages 52-55

 

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Answer any questions that are circled and starred. 

 
 
 

Tuesday, April 15, 2025

We will read "The Death of Beowulf" and "Mourning Beowulf".

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Wednesday, April 16, 2025

You will answer the five questions at the end of the last reading...here are the questions in case you cannot read them from the story.

1a. How do you think you would have reacted to Beowulf's death if you had been one of his subjects?

1b. Who is the only person to help Beowulf battle the dragon?

1c. What happens to Beowulf as a result of the battle?

1d. What happens to the dragon and its treasure?

2. How would you describe Wiglaf's character traits?

3. Beowulf is able to defeat evil in the form of Grendel and Grendel's mother, yet he loses his life. What theme does this suggest about the struggle between good and evil?

4. In your opinion, what view of youth and old age does Beowulf convey? In answering, consider not only the details in the last part of the poem but also the earlier portrayals of Beowulf and Hrothgar.

5. On the basis of your reading of Beowulf, what qualities or values do you think the Anglo Saxons admired?

  •      Beowulf's reputation, position, and wealth

  •      Beowulf's behavior before and during his battles

  •      the behavior of other characters

You will then complete the review handout for the last two readings

 

 

 

Thursday, April 17, 2025

PROM - MAKEUP DAY FOR STUDENTS IN CLASS

 

 

Friday, April 18, 2025

 
 

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Monday, April 7, 2025

We will take the quiz over the Beowulf Vocabulary

We are going to listen to and read the lyrics to the song, "I Need a Hero"

Write a paragraph telling who your hero is and why...everyone will share. 

We are going to listen to the song "Beowulf: 99 Luft Balloons" and talk about it before we begin reading.

We will begin reading "Grendel" pages 33-35 from the handout provided. 

Summarize the following in plain words:    

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Tuesday, April 8, 2025

We will read and discuss the second part of the "Beowulf" handout. You will answer all starred in questions in the side margins.

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Wednesday, April 9, 2025

Complete the "Beowulf - Grendel" review handout.

We will begin reading "Battle with Grendel" and as you read we will stop and answer the questions that are starred  in the side margins as we did with the first reading.    

 

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You will also answer the 4 questions at the end of the handout. You will answer the four questions in complete sentences and provide textual evidence for each question in order to receive credit for them. Answer these questions on the same paper as the chunking assignment. 

 

 

 

Thursday, April 10, 2025

Watch the video "Classics Summarized: Beowulf" and write a paragraph summary to answer the following questions:

Why did Beowulf choose to fight Grendel with no weapon? What does this say about the values of Anglo-Saxon culture?

Begin reading "Grendel's Mother" page 45-46

You will continue to answer the side questions that are circled and starred.

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We will also read "The Battle with Grendel's Mother" from pages 47-51. You will answer any questions circled and starred as we read.

 

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Friday, April 11, 2025

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You will also answer the 5 questions at the end of the handout. You will answer the four questions in complete sentences and provide textual evidence for each question in order to receive credit for them. Answer these questions on the same paper as the chunking assignment. 

 

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Monday, March 24, 2025

Beowulf Internet Search - make sure you read the info you are finding because the first things that populates may not be the absolute or correct answer. Do RESEARCH!


Literary Epic Notes from PowerPoint


Beowulf -The Manuscript Notes from PowerPoint

 
 

Tuesday, March 25, 2025

We will take notes on "Kennings and Alliteration"

You will quiz over the following notes:

1. The Literary Epic

2. Beowulf - The Manuscript

3. Kennings and Alliteration

If time allows, you will receive and begin working on the Kennings handout

 

 

Wednesday, March 26, 2025

Use a computer to complete the Kennings Practice handout...some of the information is in your notes from last week.

 

 

Thursday, March 27, 2025

Get the vocabulary sheet and begin defining the definitions on the list. 

You will use the definitions for a quiz 

 

 

Friday, March 28, 2025

Too many people were absent today to be able to do any work so the day was used as a makeup for those present.

 

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ACT will be given tomorrow!!!

 

This Friday is turn in day for research papers!!!

 

Your paper should be:

1" margins

Times New Roman 

12 Font

Double spaced

 
 

The Works Cited page is the last page of your paper

 
 

The heading for your paper should look like the following:

Your Name

English IV

Jennifer Williams

December 10, 2021

 

Title (Centered)

 

Begin typing your paper here...

 
 
 

You will have your first turn in day on Friday, March 7. You will need to show:

     Thesis

     Hard copy of five sources highlighted

     Works Cited page with all sources on it

 

The Works Cited page should be double spaced and your sources should be in alphabetical order. I will show you a sample Works Cited page

 

DO NOT use a header or number your pages!!!!

 
 

The place you should look is in the Research Portal...to find it:

    Go to hhs.rcschools.net

    Go to "Academics"

    Go to "Library Media Center"

    Click "Research Portal" on the right side in the blue section

    Use "Gale Student Resources," "Gale Opposing View Points," or "Tennessee Electronic Library"

 
 

If prompted for a password for any of these: elvis

You are ready to begin finding your research and printing your sources and adding to your Works Cited page.

 

Counts as two test grades and your final exam grade

Must be written by you in class

Cannot use any AI generator, website, etc. (Any one of these will cause  you to receive a 0 on the assignment)

You must print all sources and highlight information used in paper. It will NOT be graded without sources turned in with paper

 

Introductory Paragraph should contain:

Hook

Background Information

Thesis

 

Body Paragraphs should contain at least:

 

Topic sentence – overview of paragraph

 

Important Evidence – straight from text – According to the text “Do Juvenile Killers Deserve Life Behind Bars?" it states "The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in two homicide cases testing whether it is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a 14-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole" (p. 1).

 

Detailed Analysis – talk about it in your own words

 

Important evidence –

 

Detailed analysis

 

Ending statement


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Monday, March 10, 2025 - Friday, March 14, 2025

 

Begin finding your research and printing your sources and adding to your Works Cited page.

 

Your paper should be:

1" margins

Times New Roman 

12 Font

Double spaced

 
 

The Works Cited page is the last page of your paper

 
 

The heading for your paper should look like the following:

Your Name

English IV

Jennifer Williams

December 10, 2021

 

Title (Centered)

 

Begin typing your paper here...

 
 
 

You will have your first turn in day on Friday, March 7. You will need to show:

     Thesis

     Hard copy of five sources highlighted

     Works Cited page with all sources on it

 

The Works Cited page should be double spaced and your sources should be in alphabetical order. I will show you a sample Works Cited page

 

DO NOT use a header or number your pages!!!!

 
 

The place you should look is in the Research Portal...to find it:

    Go to hhs.rcschools.net

    Go to "Academics"

    Go to "Library Media Center"

    Click "Research Portal" on the right side in the blue section

    Use "Gale Student Resources," "Gale Opposing View Points," or "Tennessee Electronic Library"

 
 

If prompted for a password for any of these: elvis

You are ready to begin finding your research and printing your sources and adding to your Works Cited page.

 

Counts as two test grades and your final exam grade

Must be written by you in class

Cannot use any AI generator, website, etc. (Any one of these will cause  you to receive a 0 on the assignment)

You must print all sources and highlight information used in paper. It will NOT be graded without sources turned in with paper

 

Introductory Paragraph should contain:

Hook

Background Information

Thesis

 

Body Paragraphs should contain at least:

 

Topic sentence – overview of paragraph

 

Important Evidence – straight from text – According to the text “Do Juvenile Killers Deserve Life Behind Bars?" it states "The U.S. Supreme Court hears arguments Tuesday in two homicide cases testing whether it is unconstitutionally cruel and unusual punishment to sentence a 14-year-old to life in prison without the possibility of parole" (p. 1).

 

Detailed Analysis – talk about it in your own words

 

Important evidence –

 

Detailed analysis

 

Ending statement


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Monday, March 3, 2025

We will begin taking the midterm by defining the 36 words listed. 

If you give an example for the definitions, you will get extra credit.

Definitions and examples MUST be handwritten. 

When you come back to me for EXCEL today, you will work on your research paper.

 

 

Tuesday, March 4, 2025

You will complete part 1 of the midterm

 

 

Wednesday, March 5, 2025

You will complete part 2 of the midterm

 

 

Thursday, March 6, 2025

You will complete the third and last part of the midterm

 

 

Friday, March 7, 2025

Continue working on research paper


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Monday, February 24, 2025

We will read "The Wife of Bath" story and complete the questions that accompany the reading.

You will complete the questions on a separate sheet of paper 

You may only use the story to answer the questions...you must do the work on your own or you will receive a 0 for the assignment

 

Tuesday, February 25, 2025

We will read "The Pardoner's Tale" story and complete the questions that accompany the reading.

You will complete the questions on a separate sheet of paper 

You may only use the story to answer the questions...you must do the work on your own or you will receive a 0 for the assignment

 

Wednesday, February 26, 2025

 ASVAB Test -  

 

 

Thursday, February 27, 2025

Open the "Research Topics" link at the bottom of this page and choose one topic that you would like to conduct more research on. 

On a sheet of paper, write your topic question

Watch the following video "Selecting a Research Topic and Formulate a Research Question" and create a Bubble Chart for your topic (the bubble chart is somewhere after the 2 minute mark of the video). You must create the bubble chart specific to your topic...these five questions are the questions you will be answering to get your research paper completed.

You should watch the whole video before creating your questions.

We will begin looking at the Gale search engine located on the Holloway website.  

 

 

Friday, February 28, 2025

We are going to go over citationmachine.net and easybib.com

We will also look at finding the citations for an article found on TEL

You are ready to begin finding your research and printing your sources and adding to your Works Cited page.

 

Your paper should be:

1" margins

Times New Roman 

12 Font

Double spaced

 

The Works Cited page is the last page of your paper

The heading for your paper should look like the following:

Your Name

English IV

Jennifer Williams

December 10, 2021

 

Title (Centered)

 

Begin typing your paper here...

 

You will have your first turn in day on Friday, March 7. You will need to show:

Thesis

Hard copy of five sources highlighted

Works Cited page with all sources on it

 

The Works Cited page should be double spaced and your sources should be in alphabetical order. I will show you a sample Works Cited page

 

DO NOT use a header or number your pages!!!!

The place you should look is in the Research Portal...to find it:

    Go to hhs.rcschools.net

    Go to "Academics"

    Go to "Library Media Center"

    Click "Research Portal" on the right side in the blue section

    Use "Gale Student Resources," "Gale Opposing View Points," or "Tennessee Electronic Library"

If prompted for a password for any of these: elvis

You are ready to begin finding your research and printing your sources and adding to your Works Cited page.

 

Your paper should be:

1" margins

Times New Roman 

12 Font

Double spaced

 

The Works Cited page is the last page of your paper

The heading for your paper should look like the following:

Your Name

Jennifer Williams

English IV

December 9, 2021

 

                                                                 Title (Centered)

 

Begin typing your paper here...


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Monday, February 17, 2025

President's Day - NO SCHOOL

 
 

Tuesday, February 18, 2025

Open Word and find a template to create your own resume.

Email it to me when it is complete.

 

 

Wednesday, February 19, 2025

SNOW DAY - NO SCHOOL

 

 

Thursday, February 20, 2025

SNOW DAY - NO SCHOOL

 

Friday, February 21, 2025

Finish your resume if you did not finish Friday

 

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