DISTANCE LEARNING GRADE UPDATE: Per district policy, students who complete distance learning will have the opportunity to raise their grade one letter grade. Completion means doing what the directions state. When an assignment is scored there will be a “T” in the Distance Learning Category on IC, which means students have earned credit for completing that assignment. Grades bumps will occur at the end of the semester.     

Assignments 7-17 are listed below. Phases 2-3

Phase 2

Science Fiction Assignment #7 (B-Day) April 27 or (A-Day) April 28

Because we will not be returning to school, the Science Fiction Short Story will no longer be due. It is not fair to continue it because we cannot go to the library to do research or write with our partners.

 If you choose to write the story, I am down to reading it and giving feedback.

As always, this assignment is not mandatory and is due the following class period (April 30). All assignments will go into Distance Learning Category which is worth 0%.

 Because you are in Science Fiction, I would like you to find any article dealing with new discoveries (it doesn’t have to be about Covid-19), new inventions, new technologies, etc. Read the article and write down 10 facts you learned from the article and one “What if.”

Directions:

1. Number each fact you learned writing in grammatically, complete sentences.
2. Come up with one “What if” statement like you are thinking about writing a science fiction short story from the article.

Below are some, but not all websites you can use to search for science articles:

https://www.sciencemag.org/

https://www.iflscience.com/

https://breakthroughprize.org/

Science Fiction Assignment #8 April 29/30

Science Fiction

Assignment 5 for April 29 and due May 1. Or for April 30 and due May 4

 As always, this assignment is not mandatory and is due the following class period. Value to be determined.

  Chose one only.

1. Create a current Resume to use to apply to jobs.
   1. This can be for your use.
2. Create a Resume for a fictional character of your choice. (Novel or Movie) 
   1. For example, create a resume for Winston Smith or Katniss Everdeen.

Daily Reading:  30 mins 

Book of Choice 

DISTANCE LEARNING GRADE UPDATE: Per district policy, students who complete distance learning will have the opportunity to raise their grade one letter grade. Completion means doing what the directions state. When an assignment is scored there will be a “T” in the Distance Learning Category on IC, which means students have earned credit for completing that assignment. Grades bumps will occur at the end of the semester.     

Assignment #9: (B-Day) May 1 (due May 4) or (A-Day) May 4 (due May 6)

As always, this assignment is not mandatory and is due the following class period (April 30). Value to be determined.

 -Article of the Week http://www.kellygallagher.org/article-of-the-week  

 Read the article and write down 10 facts you learned from the article.

Directions:

1. Read an article of your choice.
2. Do not answer the questions.
3. Number each fact you learned writing in grammatically, complete sentences.
   1. Do Not start each sentence with “I learned….”

Start with this sentence:

 From the article “write title name” written by (author’s name), the most important fact…

                Other sentence beginnings

One interesting fact…

The article mentioned…

I enjoyed learning…

As of right now…

Finally, …

DISTANCE LEARNING GRADE UPDATE: Per district policy, students who complete distance learning will have the opportunity to raise their grade one letter grade. Completion means doing what the directions state. When an assignment is scored there will be a “T” in the Distance Learning Category on IC, which means students have earned credit for completing that assignment. Grades bumps will occur at the end of the semester. 

Assignment #10 B-Day May 5 (due May 7)  A-Day May 4 (due May 6)

Find one article from the Daily Reading or find an article of your choice from any appropriate article, for example Mechanical Science, News Week, Focus, etc. 

Daily Reading:   

-Article of the Week http://www.kellygallagher.org/article-of-the-week  

-Writing:  Respond to article through poetry with links to news articles you are responding to or a copy of the article.

Have fun with it.

Assignment #11 Thursday, May 7 (due May 11) or Friday, May 8 (Due May 12) 

 Daily Reading/Writing Idea:  Find and watch a TED talk on a subject that interests you.  

 Answer the following questions about the TED talk in a paragraph or two. 

  What is the name of the TED Talk and who is the speaker? Why did you choose this TED Talk? Was the talk effective?   What made it effective? What was the speaker’s main point? How did they build and support that point? Did the speaker use cause and effect structure/problem solution?  

Phase 3

Assignment #12 due today. Monday, B-Day May 11/A-Day Tuesday, May 12

Label the Assignment 12 in the subject line.

Reading Assignment: (You must read this today)

https://www.tweentribune.com/article/teen/teen-finds-meaning-1950s-popularity-guide/

 Writing Assignment: Choose one of the following

 In the above article, “Teen finds meaning in 1950s popularity guide,” the author discusses how a teen used a 1950’s guide to popularity to fit in during middle and high school.

1. Write your own guide to next year’s class, what tips would you suggest? What helped you have a great year? What would you suggest next year’s class avoid?

OR

2. Write a poem that shows how to be successful in 12 Grade. For fun, try Poetry Generator.

https://thinkzone.wlonk.com/PoemGen/PoemGen.htm

Assignment 13 Due today Wednesday, May 13 (B-Day) and Thursday, May 14 (A-Day)

Daily Reading: 30 mins. of your choice.

Label "Assignment 13" on the assignment. 

Daily Writing: Book of Choice 1-2 Pages

Describe something you have read this year that reminds you of an important person in your life. Use specific examples from the text you are referring. Why does the text remind you of the person? What words, phrases, images in the text make you think of the person? Again, be specific.

Assignment 14: (B-Day) Friday, May 15 and (A-Day) Monday, May 18

 Read the following article for your daily reading:

https://www.verywellmind.com/color-psychology-2795824

Writing: 1-2 Pages of grade level writing

 Write one to two pages on the following topic keeping it at grade level writing:

The article above discusses how colors can affect our mood and the effect colors have on our minds and bodies. If you were to use paints to paint a picture of this year (2020), what colors would you choose. Describe the picture and explain each of the color choices. Cite lines from the article to help support your explanations. (When you cite, make sure to use quotation marks around the evidence cited.)

 When you turn in the writing, please make sure “Assignment 14” is at the top of the page.

Assignment 15: (B-Day) Tuesday, May 19 and (A-Day) Wednesday, May 20

 Reading assignment the following article for your daily reading:

 https://www.theplayerstribune.com/en-us/articles/mohamed-bamba-college-announcement

 Writing: 1-2 Pages of grade level writing

In “Ready to Rock,” Mohamed Bamba talks about a popular strategy used to prioritize tasks for making his college decision. Using his piece as a model, write a piece that explains who and what has helped you be successful this year. Who and what are your big rocks, stones and pebbles and sand and why?

When you turn in the writing, please make sure “Assignment 15” is at the top of the page.

Assignment 16: (A-Day) Friday, May 22 and (B-Day) Thursday, May 21

 Read 30 minutes of your choice

 Writing: 1-2 Pages of grade level writing

 Write one to two pages on the following topic keeping it at grade level writing:

 Determination helps us work through challenges and set goals. Think about all the reading you have done this year or any movie or TV show. Describe a character who has exhibited determination even in difficult situations.

When you turn in the writing, please make sure “Assignment 16” is at the top of the page.

Optional Assignment 17: B-Day Wednesday, May 27 and A-Day Friday, May 29

 Writing or something else…

 Look back at the pieces you have completed during the last several weeks. Create a cohesive piece that reflects your year. What books, articles, friendships, hardships, and memories were important? Think about the pieces you have created to weave them together.

Create something that reflects this year.

You can write an essay, a poem, a list, a play, etc.

You can draw a picture, paint, take a picture, etc.

This is your creation, your reflection.

Hello and welcome to Distance Learning

Each day of class you will be assigned two things: Two or more pages of writing and at least 30 minutes of reading.

1. Daily Writing: 2 Pages -either hard copy journal and bring to school April 16 (A-day) or 17 (B-day) or submitted via email at dhellen@washoeschools.net

2. Read 30 minutes from a Book of your choice or choose an Article of the Day from Daily Reading: Article of the Week http://www.kellygallagher.org/article-of-the-week

Guidelines for Daily Writing and Reading

Daily Writing: Write two pages (or more) a day in either a writer’s notebook or write electronically and submit to me via email. If you write in a writer’s notebook, submit the journals when you return.

Either way, document the date you wrote and the time it took.

Daily Reading:

• Read at least 30 minutes of any book of your choice. Something you enjoy. After reading, write 2 Pages or more on what you read.
• Article of the Day: Printout the article, annotate, and answer the questions at the bottom of the page of the article.

If you submit electronically, write your name and date on both the subject line and on the paper you send.

Missing assignments will not count against your grade.

The following assignments are not meant to cause you any distress. They are intended to keep your mind engaged and your writing skills intact.

For now, practice social distancing like the champion!

April 1 (B-Day) and April 2 (A-Day)

1. Email me with your name and period in the subject line: dhellen@washoeschools.net
2. Read 30 minutes from a book of your choice.
3. 2-3 pages of writing on the topic below, but it is your choice on the genre.

You are encouraged to capture your thoughts, questions, comments, and concerns about the events that are unfolding. You can capture this history—your history—family and friends’ events, any way you would like.

Below are some suggestions for this daily writing, but you do not need to follow them. You are encouraged to generate your own thinking. Some possibilities for daily writing:

• Capture in words how this virus has disrupted your school year—including sporting events, concerts, assemblies, dances.
• Discuss how your daily life has been disrupted.
• Share the effect it has had on your friends and family.
• As we go into more social isolation, you might write reviews of movies, television shows, podcasts, video games.

I encourage you to create writing that will be of interest to you in re-reading years from now as you chronicle your thinking during these uncertain days/weeks.

April 3 (B-Day) and April 6 (A-Day)

Daily Reading: Article of the Week http://www.kellygallagher.org/article-of-the-week

1. Email me with your name and period in the subject line: dhellen@washoeschools.net
2. Choose one of the articles of the week.
   1. Printout the article if possible and follow the annotating directions at the top of the page. If not, download the article and follow the directions at the top of the page.
3. Writing Assignment: Answers the questions at the bottom of the article.

April 7 (B-Day) and April 8 (A-Day)

1. Email me with your name and period in the subject line: dhellen@washoeschools.net
2. Read 30 minutes from a book of your choice.
3. 2-3 pages of writing on the topic below, but it is your choice on the genre.

You are encouraged to capture your thoughts, questions, comments, and concerns about the events that are unfolding. You can capture this history—your history—family and friends’ events, any way you would like.

Below are some suggestions for this daily writing, but you do not need to follow them. You are encouraged to generate your own thinking. Some possibilities for daily writing:

• Capture in words how this virus has disrupted your school year—including sporting events, concerts, assemblies, dances.
• Discuss how your daily life has been disrupted.
• Share the effect it has had on your friends and family.
• As we go into more social isolation, you might write reviews of movies, television shows, podcasts, video games.

I encourage you to create writing that will be of interest to you in re-reading years from now as you chronicle your thinking during these uncertain days/weeks.

April 9 (B-Day) and April 10 (A-Day)

Daily Reading: Article of the Week http://www.kellygallagher.org/article-of-the-week

1. Email me with your name and period in the subject line: dhellen@washoeschools.net
2. Choose one of the articles of the week.
   1. Printout the article if possible and follow the annotating directions at the top of the page. If not, download the article and follow the directions at the top of the page.
3. Writing Assignment: Answers the questions at the bottom of the article.

April 13 (B-Day) and April 14 (A-day)

1. Email me with your name and period in the subject line: dhellen@washoeschools.net
2. Read 30 minutes from a book of your choice.
3. 2-3 pages of writing on the topic below, but it is your choice on the genre.

You are encouraged to capture your thoughts, questions, comments, and concerns about the events that are unfolding. You can capture this history—your history—family and friends’ events, any way you would like.

Below are some suggestions for this daily writing, but you do not need to follow them. You are encouraged to generate your own thinking. Some possibilities for daily writing:

• Capture in words how this virus has disrupted your school year—including sporting events, concerts, assemblies, dances.
• Discuss how your daily life has been disrupted.
• Share the effect it has had on your friends and family.
• As we go into more social isolation, you might write reviews of movies, television shows, podcasts, video games.

I encourage you to create writing that will be of interest to you in re-reading years from now as you chronicle your thinking during these uncertain days/weeks.

April 15

1. Email me with your name and period in the subject line: dhellen@washoeschools.net

Watch a movie, listen to a podcast, listen to a Ted-talk, and write a review.

Science Fiction is the combination of science and the writing of fiction.   Of course, you should be thinking, “I could have said that” in your sarcastic moan.

     It seems like a simplistic answer, but there is more to it than that.  Just look at Mary Shelley’s Frankenstein (1818).  Shelley read in a newspaper about a dead frog’s heart beating after an electrical impulse penetrated it and then thought, “What would happen if a dead human heart gets electricity through it?”  And “WaLa” a science fiction story.

    In this class, we will read several short science fiction stories, a couple novels, and watch some science fiction t.v. series (the original Star Trek, Sliders, Quantum Leap) and  some science fiction movies.  As we do, the important thing to ask is what is the writer trying to tell the audience.

     History of Science Fiction?  While some historians throw in many beginnings, the first real English novel was written by Francis Godwin’s, The Man in the Moone (1638).  But he didn’t use any known science.

    Yet, the genre of  Science Fiction was not coined until 1926 and then it was coined by Hugo Gernsback, the founder of the Pulp magazine “Amazing Stories.” 

   Science Fiction boasts some of the best writers in history: Edgar Allen Poe, Isaac Asimov, George Orwell, H.G. Wells, Ray Bradbury, Gene Roddenberry, Jules Verne, Mark Twain, and on and on!

Students will. . .

• Read the following short stories:  “They are Made of Meat,” “Who Shall Dwell,” “The Survivor,” “X Marks the Pedwalk,” “The Crawlers,” “The Pill,”  and others.
• Read some or all of the following novels:  1984 or Handmaid’s Tale, Brave New World, Anthem, Martian Chronicles. 
• Learn, understand, and utilize the different uses of the following literary terms: protagonist, antagonist, allusion, conflict, irony in all forms, Point of View, characterization, figure of speech, slap stick, pun, satire, exaggeration, understatement, poetic justice, genre, and flashback. 

• Recognize and demonstrate in writing all elements of a short story: exposition, rising action, climax, resolution. 
• Interpret and analyze the themes in Science Fiction literature, including the cultural fears demonstrated science fiction.
• Write a multiple paragraph essay on the themes of Science Fiction literature, poetry and movies.
• Study correct punctuation, capitalization, parts of speech, etc.
• Write a creative piece of science fiction that incorporates research, dialogue, grammar and the use of the literary terms above within their story.
• Discuss, analyze and interpret mood, tone, and setting in a piece of literature.
• Expand and study specific Science and Science Fiction vocabulary along with SAT and ACT vocabulary.
• Examine diction, connotation, and denotation an author employs in his/her writing.
• Research, write, and verbally present a project.

VOCABULARY

List 1 

1. delineate:  to describe accurately
2. nefarious: extreme wickedness
3. vernacular: everyday speech; slang
4. brawn: muscular strength
5. tout: to publicly brag
6. enhanced: to intensify; improve
7. efface: to erase: to rub out
8. glutton: someone who consumes too much food or drink
9. hinder (ance): to slow or impede the progress of
10. hiatus: a break or vacation

List 2

1. querulous: grumbling: grumpy
2. engender: to create, to cause
3. obliterate: to destroy completely
4. copious:  abundant, plentiful
5. obscure: dark, unknown; hard to understand
6. extol: to praise highly
7. quell: to calm, pacify
8. artisan: a person who is skilled with h/her hands
9. kindle: to start a fire: ignite; arouse
10. pugnacious: eager to fight

 List 3 

1. discordant: lacking harmony or agreement
2. expedite: to speed up the progress of
3. amorous: feeling loving, especially in a sexual sense
4. decorous: proper, in good taste
5. idyllic: naturally peaceful
6. juxtapose: to place side by side
7. incandescent: brilliant; giving off heat or light
8. exasperate: to annoy thoroughly
9. corroborate: to confirm; to back up with evidence
10. volatile: highly unstable; explosive

 List 4 

1. histrionic: overly dramatic
2. sage: a wise man; to be wise through experience and reflection
3. assail: to attack with words or force
4. vacuous: lacking ideas or intelligence
5. deride: to ridicule
6. scrutinize: to examine very carefully
7. distend: to swell; to extend
8. fecund: fertile; productive
9. didactic: intended to teach; morally instructive
10. benevolent: generous, kind

List 5 

11. bucolic: charmingly rural
12. pretentious: making ridiculous claims
13. gullible: easily deceived
14. convivial: fond of partying
15. discrete: unconnected; separate; distinct
16. discreet: sneaky, unnoticeable
17. fabricate: to lie
18. gesticulate: to make gestures, especially when speaking
19. laud: to praise; to applaud
20. belabor: to go over repeatedly or to an absurd extend

 List 6 

21. reiterate: to say again; to repeat
22. conflagration: a huge fire; inferno
23. induce: to cause to happen
24. soporific: causing sleep, very boring
25. anarchy: lawlessness; an absence of government or control
26. strident: shrill; high-pitched
27. nonchalant: not showing any concern or worry
28. malleable: easy to shape or bend
29. ludicrous: absurd: ridiculous
30. abridge: to shorten or condense

 List 7 

31. lethargy: sluggish; laziness
32. recondite: hard to understand; over ones head
33. conspicuous: standing out; obvious
34. archaic: ancient; outdated
35. imminent: just about to happen
36. predator: one that preys or destroys
37. coalesce: to fuse or unite
38. exalt: to glorify
39. exult: to celebrate
40. extraneous: irrelevant; unnecessary

 List 8 

41. incantation: a chant
42. assuage : to relieve; to soothe
43. insuperable: incapable of being overcome or solved
44. assiduous: hardworking, busy
45. indulgent: lenient; yielding to desire
46. avarice: greed; excessive desire for riches
47. squander: to waste
48. penurious: stingy, relating to great poverty
49. debunk: to prove wrong
50. eccentric: unconventional; a little kooky

List 9 (vv5)

81. desiccate: to dry out
82. diverse: different various
83. loquacious: to talk too much
84. maudlin: wallowing in self pity
85. farcical: absurd; ludicrous
86. vibrant: lively and full of vitality
87. virulent: extremely poisonous or full of hate
88. contemptuous: expressing disdain; showing lack of respect
89. enigma: a mystery
90. labyrinth: a maze or something like a maze

List 10 (VV5)

91. assertion: an emphatic statement
92. lucid: clear, easy to understand
93. repudiate: to reject; to disown; to renounce
94. superficial: relating to the surface; shallow
95. primordial: formed long ago; primitive
96. mellifluous: sweetly flowing
97. provincial: limited in outlook; narrow
98. contrite: admitting or feeling guilt
99. incessant: unceasing

List 1:

1. Alien a nonhuman being from somewhere other than earth.
2. Galaxy any number of large scale aggregates of stars, gas and dust.
3. Hyperspace fictional kind of space where the usual constraints on speed do not apply.
4. Invasion Paranoia fear of the unknown, symbolized by invading force such as aliens
5. Light Speed- 187,000per/sec
6. Light Year- distance one travels using light speed for one year.
7. Mutant any being whose genes differ from its ancestors.
8. Symbiosis the mutual dependency of species on each other.
9. Teleportation the ability to move objects from one place to another at a long distance
10. Universe All existing things including earth, meteorites, and galaxies

List 2

Near Future Any future that’s not more than a generation or so awayColonization Involves a small settlement which flourishes or not

3Clone                                    An individual breed from another individual by growing a parental cell into a duplicateHive Mind A being that is not a single body but the totality of a groupFar Future Near the end of time when all resources are spent

Cyborg                                  A partly artificial human or a partly human robot

Cryonics                               The preservation of bodies by super cooling at the punt of death

Android                                Robot built to look like a human

Time Paradox An impossible situation created by traveling back though time.

Robot    A machine, usually mobile, generally controlled by a built in AI

List 3

Parallel Worlds: Worlds existing simultaneously, separated from each other by some sort of a barrier.

 Black Hole: a region of space of such gravity that not even light can escape it which is why it appears black. (In SF black holes can be weapons, navigation hazards, or gateways like a wormhole.

 Worm Hole: a route from one part of the galaxy to another through a black hole

 Dystopia: A negative model of an ideal societyUtopia: a perfect society.

 Telekinesis: The ability to move objects from one place to another at a distance using the mind

 Telepathy: the ability to read minds.

 Psi Power: various kinds of paranormal senses or abilities (X-Men)

 Precognition: Ability to foresee the future.

 Terraforming: Tinkering with another planet to make it habitable for human life.