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These are some of the following books we will cover in English. The Outsiders by S.E. Hinton, The Call of the Wild by Jack London, A Midsummer Night's Dream by William Shakespeare, Chasing Lincoln's Killer by James L. Swanson, Whirligig by Paul Fleischman, Letters from Rifka by Karen Hesse, I Am Malala by Malala Yousafzai, The Miracle Worker, Flowers for Algernon, The Diary of Anne Frank, and Real.

Outside Reading is 10% of your grade. This goes under performance. It is called Hopkins Reads. 
All Papers:
Headings go in the top right hand corner of the page. Always include Full Name, Date, and Period. The assignment title should be centered at the top of the page. Type papers, use 14 point font, and double-space. If you cannot type it, then use blue or black ink and print neatly. Also, print large enough so I can read it. Thank you.

First Quarter in class reading book: Real, The Miracle Worker, Flowers for Algernon

Second Quarter in class reading book: Whirligig by Paul Fleischman

Third Quarter in class reading book: The Diary of Anne Frank, Letters from Rifka, I Am Malala

Fourth Quarter in class reading book: The Outsiders by S. E. Hinton

 

How to find a book for outside reading: Go to www.arbookfind.com

Writing Process

1. Brainstorming

2. Write one page handwritten rough draft worth 10 points

3. Edit - student or parent will edit for content and sign name (1st editor)

4. 1st draft typed, 2-3 pages, double spaced, 14 font, 1 inch margins

5. 2nd edit - student or parent will edit for spelling and grammar errors

6. 2nd draft 3-5 pages, typed, doubled spaced, 14 font, 1 inch margins

7. Turn in and teacher edits

8. Final draft with color picture (when appropriate) worth 100 points. Final draft has 3- 5 pages, is typed, double spaced, has 14 font,  and 1 inch margins

Authors List

Charles Dickens
Emily Dickinson
Robert Frost
Ray Bradbury
Stephen Crane
Lord Alfred Tennyson
Langston Hughes
Richard Wright
Walt Whitman
Shirley Jackson
Maya Angelou
Dorothy Parker
Amy Ling
Amy Tan
Leo Tolstoy
Mark Twain
Jack London
S.E. Hinton
Gary Paulsen
Daniel Keyes
O. Henry
Henry Wadsworth Longfellow
Carl Sandburg
John Steinbeck
Alice Walker
Richard Garcia
Sylvia Plath
Sir Arthur Conan Doyle
Edgar Allan Poe
Isaac Bashevis Singer
Yoshiko Uchida
Saki (H. H. Munro)
John Updike
E. E. Cummings
Pablo Neruda
William Wordsworth
Paul Laurence Dunbar
Zora Neale Hurston
Shel Silverstein
Ernest Hemingway
Louisa May Alcott
Charlotte Bronte
Emily Bronte
Jane Austen
Piers Anthony
James Baldwin

Links for The Call of the Wild

 

To see photos and videos of Alaska and sled dogs or see an example of the World War II Play:

Go to https://sites.google.com/site/englishhopkinsjuniorhigh/ or http://tinyurl.com/boteilhoenglish

Participation will be graded. 

Group Project Rating:

1. Is the presentation useful and  meaningful?

2. Did you teach/learn something from the presentation?

3. Is the presentation clear and loud? Did you stand up straight?

4. Did everyone in the group participate?

 

Literary Circles

1. Discussion Director - this person keeps the group on task and acts as secretary for the group by helping write down passages. 

2. Literary Luminary - this person picks the 3-5 passages and reads them aloud when you present to the class. Write your passages on binder paper in blue or black ink or you can type. Number your entries. 

3. Vocabulary Enricher - this person picks 5-7 words, defines the words, and writes and gives the page number where to find the words on paper in blue or black ink or type. Number your entries. 

4. Connector - this person makes 3-5 connections between the literary work and life (current events) and other works such as movies or books. Write your connections on binder paper and number your entries. Use blue or black ink or type. 

5. Illustrator - this person draws colored pictures of the events/passages in the story and explains them. Number your pictures. 

 

Sample reading list for silent reading:

Night by Elie Wiesel
The Hiding Place by Corrie Ten Boom

Deathwatch by Robb White

The Left Hand of Darkness by Ursula K. Le Guin

The Martian Chronicles by Ray Bradbury
Of Mice and Men by John Steinbeck

The Grapes of Wrath by John Steinbeck
The Diary of a Young Girl by Anne Frank
To Kill a Mocking Bird by Harper Lee

Animal Farm by George Orwell



Note: These books are just suggestions. Also, check out www.cde.ca.gov and the Hopkins website for reading books. See below for links.

See also arbookfind.com

 

See  Famous Person Report page for important information.

 

Homework Plan: Homework will take 15 minutes a night. Most work is done in class. Whatever you do not finish becomes homework.

This page is for long term papers and projects.

See Google Classroom for daily work. 

Literary Terms (see below for definitions. Scroll all the way to the bottom of the page.)

 

Alliteration, Allusion, Analogy, Anecdote, Antagonist, Atmosphere, Character, Climax, Concrete Poem, Conflict, Couplet, Elegy, Epic Poem, Exposition, Fable, Figurative Language, Flashback, Foreshadowing, Free Verse, Genre, Idiom, Imagery, Irony, Metaphor, Meter, Mood, Myth, Ode, Onomatopoeia, Personification, Plot, Point of View, Prose, Protagonist, Repetition, Rhyme, Rhyme Scheme, Rhythm, Sensory Language, Setting, Simile, Sonnet, Soliloquy, Stanza, Subplot, Suspense, Symbol, Theme, Tone, Tragedy, Vignette, Yarn

 

Expository Essay / How To Speech

1. You may do the speech live or on video. If you do the speech live, you have to have a poster with pictures of the steps. You need to do a live demonstration as well.

2. If you choose to do a video, you must include the introduction, conclusion, and demonstration in the video. The live speech must also include the introduction, conclusion, and demonstration in front of the class. 

3. Your speech will be memorized whether it is live or not. You must say exactly what you have written in your essay. If you do a video, your face must be shown throughout the speech to show that you have memorized the speech.

4. Your introduction must include the history of your topic. The body of your speech must include the materials you need, the preparation, and the steps. The conclusion must include variations and the summary of the steps. You must have a final wrap up line such as "Enjoy or Go out and try it!"

5. If you do a video, you must make sure there is no background noise. You must also skip over things that do not need to be shown, for example, use time elapse for mixing and cooking times. You may start and stop filming for this.

6. If you do a video, you must have titles at the beginning and credits at the end. Give proper credit to your sources.

7. Good luck and have fun. Be creative and imaginative. Make sure you have proper parent supervision if necessary such as if you teach how to build a fire.

 

Court Vocabulary:

1. Reasonable Doubt

2. Contempt of Court

3. Hung Jury

4. District Attorney

5. Overruled

6. Sustained

7. Objection

8. Leading the Witness

9. Badgering the Witness

10. Hearsay

11. Acquitted

12. Deliberate (as pertaining to a jury)

13. Court Appointed Lawyer

14. Stenographer

15. Affidavit

16. Perjury

17. Prosecution

18. Defense

19. Defendant

20. Coroner

21. Suspect

22. Miranda Rights

23. Verdict

24. Cross Examination

25. Exhibits 

 

Writing a biographical sketch.

Write a biography in six words.

When asked to do this, Pulitzer Prize winner Ernest Hemingway wrote this poignant bio:

“For sale: baby shoes, never used.” Imagine that sad story behind those six words.

This exercise in precise descriptions of people should cause us to wonder. What six-word description would best describe you? Would it be positive or negative? Would it be “Not an easy person to love” or “A shining light for the world”? What would your bio say?

Examples:

Tristan, “A man after my own heart.”

Timothy, “My true son in the faith.”

 

 World War II Newspaper 

Purpose: To increase understanding of the historical facts, to gain empathy, and to write in a variety of modes. 

1.     You will create a World War II newspaper using ideas from the textbook, videos on the Holocaust, books, and history that you know or learn. Type the stories or write them very neatly in blue or black ink. Be Neat! You will need 5 or more stories and 5 or more pictures. Some pictures should be in color. Stories must be in columns just like in real newspapers. Pictures must have captions. Look at a real newspaper for reference.

 

Guidelines:

2.     You will need old newspapers from around the house, 8x14 legal size paper or 11x17 size paper, scissors, tape or glue, blue or black pens, crayons, colored pencils, or markers. Use both sides of the paper.

3.     Put your name, date, and period in the top right hand corner.

4.     Cut out pictures from newspapers or draw your pictures. You can use pictures from the internet as well. Pictures should be in color when possible. Picture sizes may vary. You will need 5 or more pictures. Pictures must have captions. Captions will tell who is in the picture. Real World War II pictures can be in black and white.

5.     Base your newspaper on a real newspaper. In other words, it should look like a real newspaper. Don’t forget Headlines and by lines. Headlines should be in bold print and slightly larger font. By lines should not be bold and are usually smaller in font size. Headlines are the names of the stories. By lines are the person who wrote the story. For example: Fatal Crash in Downtown Area by Joe Smith.

6.     Use a real newspaper as an example and guide. Headlines should be 16 size font, by lines should be 10 size font, and the story should be in 12 size font.

7.     All space on the paper should be used. There should only be half-inch margins on the edges. Add the price of the newspaper in the top right hand corner below the title of the paper. For example: 10 cents. Put the date of the paper in the top left hand corner under the title of the newspaper. Spell out the month and write out the full year. For example: December 7, 1941. The date should be sometime between the years 1938 and 1945. Any day and month is fine.

8.     Fact stories should tell who, what, where, when, why, and how.

9.     Name your paper. (Example: World War II Times, Daily Chronicle).

10. Be original and creative, but make sure that your work is appropriate. Obviously, jokes are not appropriate. Remember over 11,000,000 people died unnecessarily. You may want to use the web or historic magazines from the library. Ask your local librarian for help if you are unsure. Be sure to cite your source in the caption.

11. Possible topics: Holocaust survivors, Nazi death camps, Hitler, Nuremberg Trials, Dr. Mengele, etc.

12. You must have 5 or more stories: you can have 2 fact stories, 1 editorial, 1 theatre review, and 1 interview with a real survivor. You need to have at least one of each. You will need to look at editorials, interviews, and theatre reviews in the newspaper or on the internet. Remember that editorials use persuasive and weighted language. For your interview you will need to generate relevant questions or use a real interview of a survivor. You will need to use the web or the library for this.

 

Autobiographical Narrative

 

An Autobiographical Narrative is a story about a personal experience told in the first person. It can be funny, scary, happy, sad, or exciting. In many ways, the Autobiographical Narrative mirrors the components of a story by using techniques such as dialogue, details, and suspense. Use all the five senses in your descriptions: what you see, hear, touch, taste, and smell. Your story should have a beginning, a middle, and an end.

 

The Autobiographical Narrative is in chronological order and captures the reader's attention by using vivid details and dialogue. Use lots of adjectives and action verbs. Concrete language and sensory details paint a picture of the setting that allows the readers to feel as if they are there. The characters are developed and described in detail through actions, dialogue, and the five senses. The first sentence should captivate the reader to want to continue reading. The rest of the narrative should flow continuously through events in chronological order.

 

A well-told Autobiographical Narrative slowly builds up to the climax with rising action, conflict, and suspense. In order for the reader to experience the events of the story, each situation is described in great detail. Again, the reader should feel as if they are there. They should be able to see, hear, taste, touch, and smell what you do.

 

Don't forget to express your thoughts and feelings at the time of the incident, as well. At the end of the narrative, the writer must reflect on the incident. What has been learned or gained? How did this incident affect the writer's life? How did the other people involved feel about the event? This refection should give the reader enough insight as to why the author chose this specific event.

 

Use the standard plot line: Introduction of setting and characters, rising action, climax, falling action, conclusion, and reflection.

 

 

Persuasion Essay

 

Don’t:

 

Do not use slang, do not use contractions, do not ramble, and do not quote or underline the title unless it is actually a title of a song or book.

 

Do:

 

Use first, second, and third person, use present tense and past tense, use at least three quotes, site correctly,  use counter arguments and rebuttals, use a computer to type the final copy, use a dictionary to spell correctly, and capitalize the title. Proof read.

 

 

Introduction:

            Opening statement that catches the reader’s attention (1 sentence)

            Use a quote that proves your points (1 sentence)

            State overview of what you plan on discussing (1 sentence)

            Transition (1 sentence)

            Thesis (1 sentence with your opinion and three reasons)

 

Body: (Reason 1)

            Topic Sentence (TS)

            Concrete Detail (CD) and use quote and explain

            Counter Argument (CA) (This is what the opposing side would say)

            Rebuttal (R) (This is what you would say to the opponent)

            Concluding Sentence (CS) and transition sentence

 

Body: (Reason 2)

            Repeat from above

 

Body: (Reason 3)

            Repeat from above

 

Conclusion:

            Clincher statement that wraps up your main points (1 sentence)

            Restate Thesis (1 sentence)

            Summarize the three reasons (3 sentences)

            Leave the reader with something to think about (1 sentence)

 

 

Transition Words

Although                       In conclusion                However         

Consequently                Moreover                     Thus

In addition                    Nevertheless                 Ergo

 

Response to Literature Essay

 

Do not:

            Do not use slang, do not use contractions, and do not underline the title unless you mention the title of a book.

 

Use:

Use third person only, use present tense only, and use at least three quotes.

            Site your sources correctly. (See below).

            Make a bibliography at the end. (See below).

            Write numbers out. For example: ten, twelve, twenty-two, etc.

 

Introduction:

            Opening statement that catches the reader’s attention (1 sentence)

            Identify work by author and title (1 sentence)

            State overview of what you plan on discussing in your essay (1 sentence)

            Transition (1 sentence)

            Thesis (1 sentence with your opinion and 3 or more reasons)

 

Body: (Point 1)

            Topic Sentences (TS) (1 sentence)

            Give Concrete Detail (CD) and use quote (1 sentence)

            Commentary (CS) Explain the quote’s meaning (1 sentence)

            Commentary (CS) Explain the relevance of the quote (1 sentence)

            Write Concluding Sentence and transition sentence (1 sentence)

 

Body: (Point 2)

            Repeat from above using point 2 and quote 2

 

Body: (Point 3)

            Repeat from above using point 3 and quote 3

 

Conclusion:

            Restate Thesis in different words (1 sentence)

            Summarize the three points (3 sentences)

            Clincher statement that wraps everything up (1 sentence)

Leave the reader with something to think about, but no new information (1 sentence)

 

Correct way to cite: “Quote” (Author, page).

Example: “We never seek things for themselves but for the search” (Pascal, 106).

 

Sample Bibliography: Pascal, Jane. Life Today. New York: Prentice Hall, 2001.

 

 

Transition Words:

Although           Nevertheless     However          Moreover         Thus

In addition        Finally              In conclusion    Consequently    Ergo

 Multicultural Book

Topic: Racial Harmony and Acceptance of Other Cultures

Note: Your book must be bound in a 3 ring binder, composition book, or spiral notebook or you can submit a digital version. 

You will need the following:

1. Cover page that includes a picture, title, and author.

2. Title page which includes title and author. Put the copyright year on the back of the title page.

3. Dedication page which includes name and paragraph about the person you are dedicating your book to.

4. Color pictures: you must have 12 or more colored pictures that are at least 4x6 or larger. The pictures can be drawn, from magazines, clip art, real pictures, or from online sources. The picture can face the text or be on the same page as the text.

5. You must have typed pages using 14 font. If you do full size text on 8x11 paper, you need 12 pages typed. If you do text on half a page, you need 24 pages. You may single space or double space whichever you desire. If you do a digital version, you will have to use Google Slides. 

6. If you do any research or use someone's art work, quotes, or pictures, you must have a bibliography. If you forgot how to do this, you can ask me or see school loop. 

7. About the author page which includes your name, paragraph about you, and a picture of you.

8. You must number the pages on the bottom right or bottom center

9. Make sure your pages are back to back like in a real book. (If your book is virtual, you do not have to worry about #9).

English Percentages

In Class Assignments 10% Participation 10% Discussion 10% Homework 10% Essays 20% HR Reading Performance 10% Projects 20% Quizzes and Tests 10%

 

Literary Terms

 

1. Alliteration-  Repetition of initial consonant sounds.

2. Allusion- A reference to a well-known person, place, event, literary work, or work of art.

3. Analogy- Makes a comparison between two or more things that are similar in some ways but otherwise unalike.

4. Anecdote- A brief story about an interesting, amusing, or strange event

5. Antagonist- A character or force in conflict with a main character.

6. Atmosphere- Mood or the feeling created in the reader by a literary work or passage.

7. Character- A person or animal that takes a part in the literary work.

8. Climax- Turning point or the high point in the action of the plot.

9. Concrete Poem- One with a shape that suggests its subject.

10. Conflict- A struggle between opposing forces.

11. Couplet- Two consecutive lines of verse with rhyming end lines.

12. Elegy- A solemn and formal lyric poem about death.

13. Epic Poem- A long narrative poem about the adventures of a hero.

14. Exposition- In the plot of a drama story, the exposition, or introduction, is the part of the work that introduces the characters, setting, and basic situation.

15. Fable- A brief story or poem, usually with animal characters, that teaches a lesson, or moral.

16. Figurative Language- Writing or speech that is not meant to be taken literally.

17. Flashback- A scene within a story that interrupts the sequence of events to relate events that occurred in the past.

18. Foreshadowing- The use of clues to hint what might happen later in the story.

19. Free Verse- Poetry not written in a regular, written pattern, or meter.

20. Genre- A division or type of literature.

21. Idiom- An expression that has a meaning particular to a language or region.

22. Imagery- Words or phrases that appeal to one or more of the five senses.

23. Irony- The general name given to literary techniques that involve surprising, interesting, or amusing contradictions.

24. Metaphor- A figure of speech in which something is described as though it were something else.

25. Meter- the meter of a poem is its rhythmical pattern.

26. Mood- Atmosphere or the feeling created by a literary work or passage.

27. Myth- A fictional tale that explains the actions of gods or heroes or the origins of nature.

28. Ode- A formal lyric poem with a serious theme.

29. Onomatopoeia- The use of words that imitate sounds.

30. Personification- A type of figurative language in which a nonhuman subject is given human characteristics.

31. Plot- sequence of events in which each event results from a previous one and causes the next.

32. Point of View- Perspective, or vantage point, from which a story is told.

33. Prose- Ordinary form of written language.

34. Protagonist- The main character in a literary work.

35. Repetition- The use, more than once, of any element of language: a sound word, phrase, clause, or sentence.

36. Rhyme- Repetition of sounds at the ends of words.

37. Rhyme Scheme- A regular pattern of rhyming words in a poem.

38. Rhythm- The pattern of stressed and unstressed syllables in spoken or written language.

39. Sensory Language- Writing or speech that appeals to one of the five senses.

40. Setting- The setting of a literary work is the time and place of the action

41. Simile- A figure of speech that uses like or as to make a comparison between two unlike ideas.

42. Sonnet- A fourteen-line lyric poem with a single theme.

43. Soliloquy- A long speech, in a play or in a prose work, made by a character who is alone.

44. Stanza- A formal division of lines in a poem, and it's considered as a unit.

45. Subplot- A secondary story line that completes or adds depth to the main story line.

46. Suspense- A feeling of anxious uncertainty about the outcome of events in a literary work.

47. Symbol- Anything that stands for or represents something else.

48. Theme- A central message, concern, or purpose in a literary work.

49. Tone- The tone of a literary work is the writer's attitude toward his or her audience and subject.

50. Tragedy- A work of literature, especially a play, that results in a catastrophe for the main character.

51. Vignette- A vivid literary sketch or brief narrative of a scene or event that was memorable to the writer.

52. Yarn- a folk tale; usually a tall tale; about far-fetched characters and events.

 

 

AuthorTitle- Click to see book trailer!Book Level
Angleberger, TomStrange Case of the Origami Yoda4.7
AviBlue Heron4
AviThe True Confessions of Charlotte Doyle5.3
Black, HollyThe Iron Trial (Magisterium series)5.6
Boom, Corrie TenThe Hiding Place6.4
Bosgol, VeraAnya's Ghost2.3
Bradbury, RayThe Martian Chronicles6.2
Clare, CassandraClockwork Angel5.6
Clements, AndrewFrindle5.4
Clements, AndrewExtra Credit5.3
Clements, AndrewNo Talking5
Colfer, ChrisThe Land of Stories: The Wishing Spell5
DiTerlizzi, TonyThe Search for WondLa5.2
Farmer, NancyThe House of Scorpion5.1
Flanagan, JohnScorpion Mountain6.1
Fletcher, SusanShadow Spinner4.6
Gaiman, NeilThe Graveyard Book5.1
Gaiman, NeilCoraline5.1
Grahme Smith, SethAbraham Lincoln Vampire Hunter6.9
Green, JohnPaper Towns5.4
Green, JohnThe Fault in Our Stars5.5
Greene, BetteSummer of My German Soldier5.2
Grisham, JohnTheodore Boone: Kid Lawyer5.2
Hatke, BenZita and the Spacegirl2.5
Hiaasen, CarlFlush5
Hiaasen, CarlScat5.5
Hiaasen, CarlChomp5.2
Hiaasen, CarlHoot5.2
Hiaasen, CarlSkink:No Surrender5.2
Hobbs, WillBearstone5
Howe, JamesThe Misfits5.2
Kibuishi, KazuAmulet: The Stonekeeper2
Kibuishi, KazuAmulet: The Stonekeeper's Curse2.5
Kibuishi, KazuAmulet: The Cloud Searchers2.7
Kibuishi, KazuAmulet: The Last Council2.8
Kibuishi, KazuAmulet: The Prince of Elves2.9
Kibuishi, KazuAmulet: Escape from Lucien3.1
Kibuishi, KazuAmulet: Firelight3
Korman, GordonSlacker5.2
LeGuin, UrsulaThe Left Hand of Darkness7
Lowry, LoisGathering Blue5
Maas, Sarah J.Heir of Fire6.4
Maas, Sarah J.A Court of Mist and Fury5.9
Meyer, MarissaCinder5.8
Morpurgo, MichaelWar Horse5.9
Myers, AnnaAssassin5.2
Palacios, R.J.Wonder4.8
Patterson, JamesMaximum Ride: The Angel Experiment4.6
Pierce, TamoraAlanna: The First Adventure4.5
Plath, SylviaThe Bell Jar7.2
Riggs, RansomMiss Peregrine's Home for Peculiar Children5.7
Riordan, RickThe Lightning Thief4.7
Sonnerblick, JordanFalling Over Sideways5.4
Steig, WilliamAbel's Island5.9
Stevenson, NoelleNimona3.1
White, RobbDeathwatch6
Wiesel, ElieNight4.8
Zindel, PaulThe Pigman5.5
Zindel, PaulMy Darling, My Hamburger5
Zindel, PaulThe Pigman and Me5.6

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