Ms. H. Aulakh

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   Dec 08

ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1

HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues LP – Extra Practice #17, 18, 20 Character Pkg – “A Dream” Lyrics & Qs — Click here for video—>“A Dream” by Will.I.Am & Common    Martin Luther King Jr. “I Have a Dream” Speech  —Click here to watch the speech —> I HAVE A DREAM  Note the “I have a dream” Part […]

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   Dec 05

ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1

HOMEWORK: Due Tues Both classes – LP Unit #2 Test in 2 weeks- start reviewing now! Block 2.1 only! – LP #20-21 Character Pkg – Poetry Sheets – Imagery, Metaphor & Love-ly Lines Block 1.1 only ! – LP #18-19 Character Pkg – “A Dream” – watch, go through lyrics, and do the Qs — […]

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   Dec 02

ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1

HOMEWORK: Due Fri/Mon LP #18-19 “A Dream” – Lyrics & Qs – watch the video — Click here —> “A Dream” by Will.I.Am & Common Reading Goals sheet Terms Quiz

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   Nov 30

ENGLISH 9 – 2.4

HOMEWORK: Due Friday LP #10-  Review – Unit #1 Test next week on Friday! Reading Goals sheet Journal #1– My Values- 2nd draft -make sure you get your edited Friendship – Check the last post so you answer all the required questions. Journal #2 – What is Friendship – Using your answers, write a multi-paragraph […]

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   Nov 28

ENGLISH 9 – 2.4

HOMEWORK: Due Wed LP #7-9 – Unit #1 Test Tuesday next week Journal #1 – My Values – 2nd draft – take what you wrote in your first draft and what you filled in the worksheet, and write a better, clearer, stronger paragraph.  Double spaced & in pen. Reading Pkg – Friendship – do Qs. […]

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   Nov 25

ENGLISH 8 – 1.1/2.1

HOMEWORK: Due Mon/Tues LP #14-15 (nothing new) “Geraldine Moore the Poet” – Qs #6-11 & Building your Skills #1-3 Story map for “Geraldine Moore…” Study & review your narrative (blue sheet) terms- terms quiz Thurs/Fri Here’s a link to the song/video — click here —>“A Dream” by Will.I.Am & Common

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   Nov 22

ENGLISH 9 – 2.3

HOMEWORK: Due Thurs LP #1-3 Journals– Get a journal notebook! Your journals MUST be at least 1 page page (200-250 words), double spaced and in PEN!  You should are writing this journal for class, so you should be writing more formally than how you would write to your friends and more formally than how you […]

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   Nov 22

ENGLISH 11 – 1.2/2.2

HOMEWORK: Due Fri/Mon Story Map – “Just Lather, That’s All” Prep for debate – Is the barber a coward  or a hero for not killing Torres when he had the chance?  Mark & find evidence for BOTH SIDES because you don’t know what side you’ll be on AND because it will help you to know […]

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   Nov 17

ENGLISH 11 – 1.2/2.2

HOMEWORK: Due Friday/Monday Narrative Presentations: Conflict, POV & Other techniques #1 Watch the following videos to help prepare you — CLICK HERE —> Point of View;  Dramatic Irony, Situational Irony, Verbal Irony; Conflict #1, Conflict #2 Examples Anyone who missed the in-class write, you MUST WRITE IT ON FRIDAY AT LUNCH!  I will be marking them over the weekend.  EMAIL […]

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   Nov 16

ENGLISH 8 – 1.2/1.1

HOMEWORK: Due Friday/Monday LP #24, 41, 29 (Nouns, pronouns, verbs) “Southpaw” Qs – Interpreting #3-8; Critical Thinking #10; Building Skills #1-3 (FYI-#3 goes onto the back of the page) -all questions should be answered on a separate piece of paper that is titled with your name/date/block AND make sure you leave 1-2 lines blank after each […]

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