homework

Homework for Monday, May 11th: Review the characters and events from //Animal Farm//. Also, review the vocabulary from Chapters 5, 6, and 7.

Homework for Wednesday, May 6th: 1. Read Chapter 10 of //Animal Farm// and answer the questions for Chapter 10. Bring your answers to the questions to class for points.

Homework for Monday, May 4th: 1. Read Chapter 9 of //Animal Farm// and answer the comprehension questions for Chapter 9. 2. Hand in Vocabulary Log 12 and prepare for the Vocabulary Log 9 Quiz.

Homework for Wednesday, April 29th: 1. Read Chapter 8 of //Animal Farm// and answer the comprehension questions for Chapter 8. Bring your answers to class on Wednesday for points. 2. Study the vocabulary lists for Chapters 5, 6, and 7 of //Animal Farm//.

Homework for Monday, April 27th: 1. Read Chapters 6 and 7 of //Animal Farm// and answer the comprehension questions for Chapters 6 and 7. You will get points for answering the comprehension questions, so make sure you bring your answers to class on Monday. 2. Do Vocabulary Log 11 and prepare for the quiz for Vocabulary Log 11. After this log, we only have one more log. 3. Enjoy your weekend!

Homework for Wednesday, April 22nd: 1. Review the vocabulary for Chapters 1 to 4 of //Animal Farm//. Also, review the content of those chapters as well. We will have a quiz on Wednesday. It will have 20 vocabulary questions and one extended writing prompt. You will have to compare and contrast two characters from the story. 2. Read Chapter 5 of //Animal Farm//. You do not have to answer the comprehension questions. Reading this chapter will help you address the writing prompt on the quiz.

Homework for Monday, April 20th: 1. Read Chapters 3 and 4 of //Animal Farm//. Answer the comprehension questions for both chapters and bring your answers to class on Monday. You will need to know the content of Chapters 1 to 4 for the quiz on Wednesday (April 22nd). 2. Review the vocabulary for Chapters 1 to 4. You will need to know this vocabulary for the quiz on Wednesday. 3. You do not have to do Vocabulary Log 11.

Homework for Monday, April 13th: 1. Read Chapter 1 of //Animal Farm// and answer the comprehension questions for Chapter 1. Bring your answers to class so that you can get points for doing them. If you don't have the questions, you can download them in the Handouts section of this website. 2. Hand in Vocabulary Log 10 and study for the Vocabulary Log 10 quiz. The quiz will be on Monday.

Homework for Wednesday, April 8th: 1. Review the vocabulary on pages 133 to 136. These words and word parts will be on Quiz 3, which will be this Wednesday. 2. You may want to practice guessing meaning from context by doing Exercise 1 on pages 192 to 194. Remember, these words won't be on the quiz. However, this will help you with the skill of guessing meaning from context.

Homework for Monday, April 6th: 1. Review the vocabulary on pages 133 to 136. These words and word parts will be on Quiz 3, which will be next Wednesday (April 8th). 2. Hand in Vocabulary Log 9 and be ready for the Vocabulary Log 9 quiz. 3. Read "The Third and Final Continent", which is the final reading in our textbook //Reader's Choice//.

Homework for Wednesday, April 1st: 1. Review the vocabulary on pages 133 to 136. These words and word parts will be on Quiz 3, which will be next Wednesday (April 8th). 2. The article //The Wealth of Nations// talks about one reason why a country is wealthy or not. Write three reasons why a country is wealth or not that the article does not discuss. Each factor should be one paragraph, so your answer should contain three paragraphs. A paragraph should be at least 5 sentences long.

Homework for Monday, March 30th: 1. Do "Vocabulary in Context" on page 157. It will help you understand the reading "The Wealth of Nations". 2. Read "The Wealth of Nations" on pages 149 to 151. 3. Answer the questions on pages 152 to 155. 4. Do Vocabulary Log 8 and prepare for the Vocabulary Log 8 quiz.

Homework for Wednesday, March 25th: 1. Read and do the exercises on pages 137 to 139 and on pages 141 to 143. Check your answers on this website; they are on the page "Answer Keys".

Homework for Wednesday, March 11th: 1. Study the vocabulary for the quiz on Wednesday. 2. Read page 105 of //Reader's Choice// again. The reading for the quiz will be on the same topic as the newspaper article on page 105.

Homework for Monday, March 9th: 1. Read "The Lady or the Tiger". You can download the story in the Short Stories section of this website. Be ready to discuss it in class. 2. Do Vocabulary Log 7 and be ready for the vocabulary log quiz on Monday. 3. Continue reviewing the vocabulary on pages 65 to 69, 101 to 102, and 121. They will be the words you need to know for our next quiz, which will be next Wednesday (March 11th).

Homework for Wednesday, March 4th: 1. Read "The Chaser" and answer questions 1 to 5 at the end of the story. You don't have to write your answers. You can download the story in the Short Stories section of this website. It is the first document on that page. 2. Continue reviewing the vocabulary on pages 65 to 69, 101 to 102, and 121. They will be the words you need to know for our next quiz, which will be next Wednesday (March 11th).

Homework for Monday, March 2nd: 1. Vocabulary log 6 is due. Be ready for the quiz for that log as well. 2. Do the vocabulary from context exercise on pages 101 and 102. 3. Do the vocabulary from context exercise on page 121. 4. We will have our next 100-point quiz on Wednesday, March 11th. The vocabulary you need to know for that quiz will be from pages 65 to 69, 101 to 102, and 121.

Homework for Wednesday, February 25th: 1. Read the newspaper article on page 105. 2. Finish your summary of "The Creative Spirit", which was on pages 97 to 99. 3. Read "Yolanda", which starts on page 109.

Homework for Monday, February 23rd: 1. Read "The Creative Spirit" on pages 97 to 99. 2. Read and do pages 81 to 85. 3. Hand in Vocabulary Log 5 and study for the quiz for Vocabulary Log 5. 4. Continue studying the word parts on page 65 and the words on pages 66 to 69.

Homework for Wednesday, February 18th: 1. Hand in Vocabulary Log 4 and study for the Vocabulary Log 4 quiz. It will be on Wednesday. 2. Study page 65. 3. Do Exercises 1 to 3 on pages 66 to 69. 4. Read pages 75 to 76 and do the exercise on pages 77 to 79. 5. Remember, we do not have class on Monday, February 16th. It is a holiday, so the college is closed.

Homework for Wednesday, February 11th: 1. Continue studying the vocabulary on page 12, the handout "Prefixes", the handout "Word Context Clues" (tryst, shibboleth, etc.), pages 18 to 21, and pages 33 to 34. These words and word parts will be on the quiz. 2. Remember the quiz also covers guessing meaning from context and reading questions.

Homework for Monday, February 9th: 1. Hand in Vocabulary Log 3 and prepare for the Vocabulary Log 3 quiz. 2. Do Ex. 1 on pages 52 and 53. This exercise helps you practice the skill of guessing meaning from context. 3. Continue studying the vocabulary on page 12, the handout "Prefixes", the handout "Word Context Clues" (tryst, shibboleth, etc.), pages 18 to 21, and pages 33 to 34. These words and word parts will be on the quiz, which will be next Wednesday, February 11th.

Homework for Wednesday, February 4th: 1. Write an answer to #3 on page 33. Your answer should have at least 2 reasons with supporting details and/or examples. 2. Continue studying the vocabulary on page 12, the handout "Prefixes", pages 18 to 21, and pages 33 to 34. 3. Read "Gate 4-A" on page 42. We will talk about it in class on Wednesday.

Homework for Monday, February 2: 1. Read "Can English Be Dethroned?" on pages 29 and 30. 2. Answer the questions in "Comprehension" and "Critical Reading" on pages 31 and 32. Check your answers with the answer key after doing the exercises. 3. Do Ex. 1 on pages 33 and 34. Try guessing the meaning of the words without using a dictionary first. Then, you can check a dictionary. 4. Hand in Vocabulary Log 2. 5. Study for the Vocabulary Log 2 quiz, which will be on Monday.

Homework for Wednesday, January 28: 1. Read and do the exercises on pages 1 to 6, 10 to 17, and 21. 2. Check the answers to the exercises before coming to class on Wednesday. The answer key is on this website. 3. You can start working on Vocabulary Log 2, which is due next Monday. 4. Review the word parts on pages 18 and 19 and the italicized vocabulary on page 20.

Homework for Monday, January 26th: 1. Hand in Vocabulary Log 1 words 6 through 10. 2. Study the words on Vocabulary Log 1 because you will be quizzed on the definition of one of the words. 3. Study the handout "Prefixes" and bring it to class on Monday. 4. Buy //Reader's Choice// and bring it to class as soon as possible. 5. Remember our classroom on Mondays is 313.