Due on Monday!

Monday please remember to bring supplies: composition notebook (okay if wide-ruled), pen/pencil, and a folder with pockets (or other organizational tool of your choice for worksheets and homework).

Also bring an SSR book, and your completed 15 Sentence Portrait (Autobiographical Poem). This can be typed but does not need to be.

Past due: signed syllabus and formal letter.

Enjoy the heat!

Welcome!

Welcome to Ms. Brandy's blog and to Sophomore English at Grant High School!

Reminders for Thursday/Friday:

• Complete the formal letter to me. This may be typed or handwritten, but it must be representative of your best work as it functions as a pre-assessment and it shows me how well you are able to follow written instructions.
• Bring your syllabus back, signed by you and a parent or guardian, showing that you have discussed the content and expectations of the course.

Bring Your Best Work!

You will be adding your best work from the school year to your portfolio. Make sure to bring 3-4 pieces of work you are proud of from the year. This can include essays, but also anything else you think shows your creativity, critical thinking, growth, and ingenuity.

Over the Weekend!!!

Last week of school!!!

All of you:
By Monday finish The Alchemist
Bring in your Dream Mandala and your explanation of the symbols.

If your research paper isn't in, or isn't revised, you MUST have it in by Monday if you wish to get any feedback.

Students in period 2 check the post below and answer the Paulo Coelho questions. Answer and bring in completed in your notebook.

Homework: See below and then scroll down

All of you: Persepolis dialogue journals are past due, as well as your research papers! Do not put this off!

Period 2: read to page 47. There will be a quiz on Monday. Graphic Novels are due on

Period 6/7: Monday: Read to page 71 in The Alchemist. Scroll down for your homework questions and link to be completed in your notebook.

Graphic Novels are due on Wednesday.

The Alchemist

Thursday, February 21, 2013

Homework Due Monday 6/2

An alchemist is a person who practices a form of chemistry from the Middle Ages which was concerned with transforming various metals into gold. (noun)

Alchemy may be considered as the precursor to the modern science of chemistry. This image gallery displays some of the images and pictures associated with alchemy and the history of chemistry.

Some background work on Paolo Coelho:

The following link to the Wikipedia site, will offer you what I think is one of the most interesting descriptions of a writer I have ever read there.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Paulo_Coelho

From the brief biography, answer the following questions in complete sentences in your spiral:

1. When and where was Paolo Coelho born?
2. After research, what did Coelho conclude after researching "what it meant to be a writer"?
3. Where was Coelho sent at the age of 16? Why?
4. How did he explain his parents actions?
5. How do you feel about what they did?
6. What did Coelho end up doing with his early life? List 3 things.
7. How many copies of The Alchemist were originally published? How many have sold to date? Into      how many languages has the book been translated?
8. Name 3 additional facts you find interesting about Coelho.

Period 2:

Bring Supplies for your Graphic Novels Thursday.

Dialogue journals for Persepolis are due. Turn in ASAP.

Your polished research papers are due on Thursday.