English 10 2025-Period 6 Assignments

Read chapter 21 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Choose 2 of the 7 vocabulary words and 3 of the 21 questions to answer.

Read chapter 20 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Read chapter 19 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Choose 3 of the 8 questions and 2 of the 3 words to work on and analyze for this chapter. 

Read chapter 18 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Read chapter 17 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Choose 3 of the 10 questions and 2 of the 4 vocabulary words to work on and analyze for chapter 12. 

Read chapter 16 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Read chapter 15 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Turn in the handwritten flow map, which should have two significant quotes, paraphrased passages, or summarized passages for each chapter.

Read chapter 14 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Choose 3 of the vocabulary words and 3 of the questions to answer for chapter 11. Do not copy the questions, and make sure to do all 5 items for each vocabulary word. Additionally, choose 2 of the questions for the "End of Chapter 11" section to answer. 

Read chapter 13 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Submit your answers to the questions about In the Heights, and be sure to give me a signed copy of the program and verification of your purchased ticket as well, if you want the extra credit.

Do the work for the 2 vocabulary words and choose 3 of the 9 questions to analyze.

Reread chapter 12 of To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Reread chapter 11 of To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Reread chapter 10 of To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Choose 3 of the questions and 2 of the words to analyze and work on for chapter 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Reread chapter 9 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Reread chapter 8 of To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Choose 3 of the questions and 3 of the vocabulary words from chapters 5-7 to analyze and work on.

Reread chapter 7 of To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Reread chapter 6 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Choose 3 of the 8 questions to answer and do the work for 2 of the 4 words for chapter 4

Reread chapter 5 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Type a revised, edited version of your essay about Night. The prompt is posted on the stream of the google classroom. 

Choose 3 of the words and 3 of the questions to analyze for chapter 3

Reread chapter 4 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Do the work for the 4 vocabulary words and choose 2 of the 6 questions to answer and analyze

Reread To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 3

Reread To Kill a Mockingbird chapter 2

Choose 2 of the 5 questions, and 4 of the words to work on 

Reread chapter 1 of To Kill a Mockingbird

Finish the anticipation guide for To Kill a Mockingbird. 

Your group writing about your group's chosen genocide topic, and the group project slides, are due. Details for this project have been provided in class. Presentations will be ...

Reread Night and prepare for your test. 

Complete the analysis document about chapters 8-9 of Night

Reread chapters 8-9 of Night

Reread chapter 7 of Night

Reread chapter 6 of Night

Finish and submit the document with the analysis of chapter 6 of Night

Finish and submit the document with the analysis of chapter 7 of Night

Read the document about the genocide project and think about a topic and a group

Complete the analysis document for chapter 5

Reread chapter 5 of Night. 

Complete the vocabulary assignment for the words from chapters 6-8 of Night. 5 strategies. Label everything a b c d e.  12 words total. Be prepared for a quiz on the words.

Complete the Interim on Illuminate, which you can locate on rowlandhs.org under Students - Student Login - Illuminate is in the blue box on the right.  Login using your google account.  Your are taking the 10th ELA Common Assessment #2: Reading Informational Texts. Once you begin you must finish and you cannot pause. It should be easy and fast, there are less than 20 questions, maybe just 10, and you should see your score when you are done. No, this is not for a class grade, but you need to do it and try your best, and it counts for participation

Reread chapter 4 of Night

Submit a typed document analysis of chapter 4 of Night

Complete the vocabulary assignment for the words from chapters 4-5 of Night. 5 strategies. Label everything a b c d e.  17 words total. Be prepared for a quiz on the words.

Complete the document about Night chapter 3

Reread chapter 3 of Night

Complete the document analyzing Night chapter 2

Reread Night chapter 2

Fill out document for chapter 1 of Night.

Reread Night as we read it in class.

Complete the vocabulary assignment for the words from chapters 2-3 of Night. 5 strategies. Label everything a b c d e.  16 words total. Be prepared for a quiz on the words.

Submit a typed revision of your rhetorical analysis essay about the article from Cesar Chavez

Complete the vocabulary assignment for the words from chapter 1 of Night. Label everything a b c d e.  18 words total. Be prepared for a quiz on the words.

Find a famous speech (in English, not translated) from history (3 you cannot use: Martin Luther King Jr's "I Have a Dream" Speech, FDR's "4 Freedoms" Speech, or JFK's Inaugural Address).  The link provided here will give you some options to choose from, or you can find another.  Analyze its language, literary devices (i.e. parallelism, antithesis, metaphor, etc.) and modes of rhetoric (Logos, Pathos, Ethos, Kairos).  On your document tell me what speech you are doing.  Pull quotes/passages from the speech as you analyze it. This is not a formal essay, but should have some organization and clarity to it.  Work on this the days I am out and for homework.

For JFK's speech pages 34-43 answer the Analysis Questions #1-4 on page 39, the Persuasive Devices Questions #1-3 on page 41, and the Rhetorical Devices questions #1-2 on page 43. Do not copy the questions. Submit your document to the google classroom. We will cover most of this in class as we read the speech.

Prepare for your quiz on the JFK speech

Read pages 34-38

Please watch the video and be prepared to answer any questions for Mrs. Ruesga's presentation. 

Finish answers to the 7 questions about the FDR speech. Use quotes/passages for your responses. Do not copy the questions.

Finish and turn in your notes on the Modes of Rhetoric and Terminology. This is handwritten in class. 

Submit a typed revision of your last essay, which was about the opening paragraphs from "The Masque of the Red Death"

Type answers for the questions on the document about Act 5

Read and reread Act 5 of The Tempest

Take care of your STAR reading skill check. Go to your clever account, scroll down to the red tile that says Renaissance and click on it. Click on the yellow star that says reading. Select the ELA test and begin. It should only take you about 20-30 minutes. It is not for a grade, but you must take it and it is to check your reading skill level.

Read and reread Act IV of The Tempest.

Complete the attached document with your analysis of Act IV of The Tempest.

Complete the attached document with your analysis of Act III of The Tempest.

Read and reread Act 3 of The Tempest

Fill out the document with analysis to Act 2 of The Tempest.

Reread and finish reading Act 2 of The Tempest pages 388-403

If you saw it, submit your answers to the analysis questions on Beowulf here.

Complete the Interim Common Assessment on Illuminate, which you can locate on rowlandhs.org under Students - Student Login - Illuminate is in the blue box on the right.  Login using your google account.  You are taking the ELA Grade 10 Fall Interim.  Click to take the ELA test and begin immediately.    Please help your classmates on their chromebooks if they are having trouble finding it. Once you begin you have 50 minutes to finish, and you cannot pause. Finish it as quickly as possible. It should be easy and fast, there are not too many questions, and I believe you might see your score when you are done. No, this does not count for a class grade, but you all must complete it. Try your best.

Complete the Interim on Illuminate, which you can locate on rowlandhs.org under Students - Student Login - Illuminate is in the blue box on the right.  Login using your google account.  Your are taking the ELA Grade 10 Fall Interim.  Once you begin you have 50 minutes to finish, and you cannot pause. It should be easy and fast, there are about 20 questions, and you should see your score when you are done.

Complete the document for act 1 of The Tempest

After reading it in class reread Act 1 of The Tempest pages 366-383

Finish your notes on Shakespeare and Elizabethan Theater by the end of the period

Read and review "The Raven" pages 192-195. Answer the following questions on a document and submit. Use line numbers for citations and plenty of commentary.

Read “The Raven” on pages 192-195 in your textbook and answer the following questions
1. Write a brief summary of the poem.
2. How do all of the details about the setting contribute to the mood of the poem, and what is this mood?  How do the details and the mood contribute to the meaning of the  work?
3.How does the significance of the word nevermore change each time the speaker says it? How does the raven’s answer to the speaker’s queries keep reminding the reader of Lenore?
4. What are some clever uses of sound and rhyme in the poem and what do they contribute to the poem’s meaning? Use your terminology.
5. Analyze the metaphor in line 101.  
6. Trace the changes in tone in the poem, and analyze how the tone connects to the meaning of the work overall.
7. What does the raven symbolize? Consider and comment upon all possibilities.

Read and reread "The Raven" pages 192-195

Review Unit 2 stories for essay preparation

Submit a typed revision of your essay to turnitin.com

You and your group complete the slides and poster project about "The Fall of the House of Usher". Details about this project were provided in class. 

We will be reading "The Fall of the House of Usher" (pages 121-139) in class. Reread the story on your own too.  

Type and revise your first essay for Unit 5.

Think about how the characters and real people featured in this unit decide what is valuable to them. Consider different reasons that objects either have or lack value. Then, write an informative essay in which you answer this question: What makes something valuable and/or a treasure? Include references to the stories, characters and peoples of this unit for evidence; paraphrase and/or summarize the content - direct citations are not required.  Also include your own observations and experiences along the way.  

Type a one page paragraph about "The Open Window" with some observations about its characters and irony/meaning. 

Finish, summarize and turn in your notes on Edgar Allan Poe

Submit analysis of particular questions (explained in class) for one of several choices of texts in the unit. 

Submit answers to questions 1 and 3 on page 543 to turnitin.com.  We read and went over these visuals in class. 

Read and reread the story "Civil Peace" and know its vocabulary words.

On a group document you will answer one of the following questions: questions 1-5 on page 396 and questions 1-3 and 5 on page 397 (on the pdf document).  You will then get answers for the other questions from your classmates.  Do not copy the questions. Be sure to cite evidence/passages for evidence in your commentary.  Submit your work to turnitin.com.

Prepare for a quiz on "The Necklace"

Answer questions 1-5 on page 553 and questions 1-5  
on page 555, and questions 1-4 on page 557 
 Type your answers. Do not copy the questions. Quiz on the story Wednesday.

Submit a summary of the launch text "I Came, I Saw, I Shopped" to turnitin.com

Review the attached slides and complete a Core Memory Project about yourself.

Read and sign the class syllabus, and have your parent/guardian sign it as well as the movie permission letter. Return them to class. You received them in class. Your syllabus and permission letter are at the end of the documents attached, after the English 10 Honors and English 11 documents