1st Hour Lit/Comp 7-8 Assignments

Please answer the multiple-choice questions to the best of your ability. You can only take the exam once.

You do not have to add this to your senior portfolio. This is a separate assignment.



1. View the slideshow.
2. Fill in the template.

This is not an assignment, but I am posting these if you would like to download them and use them in the future. 

The senior portfolio is due May 17th. Review the following documents for what is required and how to upload each item.

Please upload/attach the letter of recommendation you received from your teacher. The directions for this assignment were posted on April 7th.


This is due on May 7th. DO NOT wait until last minute to ask a teacher for a letter. They may not have enough time to finish it and then you will not receive credit for the assignment. 

Instructions:

NOTE:  YOU ARE NOT WRITING A COVER LETTER.  YOU ARE LEARNING ABOUT THE COVER LETTER SO THAT WHEN YOU APPLY FOR A REAL JOB, YOU WILL KNOW WHAT ONE IS AND HOW TO WRITE ONE.

1. View How to Write a Cover Letter PowerPoint.
2. View "Good Cover Letter Samples PDF.
3. Take the Google Form Cover Letter Quiz (20 points).
4. Save the Cover Letter Template in your personal Google Drive so you have it when it's time to write your own.
5. Save the Instructional PPT and Sample Cover Letters in your personal Google Drive so you have these files when it's time to write your own.

Your resume should be complete in the careercruising.com website by FRIDAY, April 30th.


You do not need to download it/turn it in here, but make sure it is finished in the website. I will be checking your work in the website. When you are done working on it, you can just press submit on this assignment. 

You must complete the STAR reading test by Sunday at midnight if you were absent when we took it in class. If you took it already, you can submit this assignment. This is only to serve as a reminder for everyone. 

1. Go over PowerPoint Presentation
2. Go over Resume Samples
3. Homework:  Find the email from Mrs.Murawski that gives you your username and password for Career Cruising on Wednesday. If you cannot find the email with your username or password, email Mrs. Murawski ASAP. [email protected]

*Note: You are required to use the resume binder in Career Cruising to create your resume. This is a state requirement, so even if you have created a resume already, you will still have to create another one on Wednesday using the template they provide.

1. Read 4 ways to get killer letters of recommendation.
2 Read the sample letter of recommendation.
3. Fill out the letter of recommendation request form and turn in by Sunday.
4. Ask a teacher for a letter of recommendation and send your letter of recommendation request form with your email to them. Save the letter of recommendation from your teacher until it's time to turn in your senior portfolio.


You must ask one teacher to complete a letter of recommendation using the Letter of Recommendation Request Form. The letter is due by May 7th. Save the letters to your Google Drive because you will turn them in with your senior portfolio.

Open the Google Slides document to complete the assignment. Read the directions on each slide and type directly into the slides.

Hello Seniors!

Please click on the links below to complete the Google Forms about graduation! They are required!!!

DUE: FRIDAY, MARCH 5TH

In order to receive extra credit, you must have your parent/guardian complete the survey and take a picture/screenshot the green check mark that appears at the end of the survey. You must turn in that picture as proof that you have completed the survey. If you do not turn in the picture, you will not receive extra credit.

Note: Sometimes completing the survey on a phone can be difficult. I suggest you have your parent/guardian complete the survey on a laptop.

Open the Google Slides and complete the directions on each slide. Be sure to pay attention to the notes at the bottom of the slides for sentence requirements.

Please complete the survey by clicking the link below. You DO NOT have to take this survey again if you have already taken it in a social studies class. If you have already taken it, please leave me a private comment telling me that you have already taken it.

Please carefully read the instructions in the Google Forms to complete this assignment.

As we watch the video in class, fill out the movie guide with information from the video. There are sections with headings to guide you. Write 1 to 2 notes per section focusing on the destruction that takes place after people leave the Earth.

Hi everyone, I am considering starting a book club! This is not a requirement, but rather an incentive/opportunity for students that enjoy reading/discussing books. We would most likely meet once a week & read at least one book per month, however, the guidelines are up in the air at the moment. We will figure out how we will get the books (maybe from MHS/online), which books we are interested in reading, and what topics we would focus on when discussing the books.

I encourage everyone to consider the idea, however, the goal is to find students that will be committed to the club. The students that will be part of this club are motivated to read and will view this as a fun opportunity, rather than a burden. If this sounds like you, I would LOVE it if you would join. If you have friends that you know are interested, but do not have me as a teacher, you can recommend them to me and they may be able to join as well.

The book club will have its own Google Classroom, so that we have a meet link and are able to keep track of the books we are reading there.

This will take some planning, but it could be very fun once we get the hang of it!

In the document below, you must do the following for the two articles you chose:
-Provide the student's name that originally posted this article
-The article's website link and the article title
-Explain in one sentence why you were interested in this article.
-Provide a 5-sentence summary of the article.

1. Open the Holiday Figurative Language Assignment PDF to view the questions that you need to answers.
2. Open the Answer Sheet Holiday Figurative Language Assignment and type your answers to the corresponding questions in this document. When finished, submit.

Note: If you need help with the definitions of the figurative language definitions, refer to the Figurative Language Definitions document.

1. Using the "Research an Article" assignment due on December 13th, you are going to share the article you chose with the class by commenting on this discussion post. Please copy the website's link you chose and provide the title of the article on this discussion post.

2. Once everyone has posted the articles they chose, you must choose 2 student's articles that you are interested in.

3. I have posted another document in which you must do the following for the two articles you chose:
a. Provide the student's name that originally posted this article
b. The article's website link and the article title
c. Explain in one sentence why you were interested in this article.
d. Provide a 5-sentence summary for each article.

Note: On Wednesday, December 9th, Mrs. Murawski will be taking over our class to help you complete Career Cruising activities with her. You may use this assignment to research possible career opportunities, or continue to research a different topic that you are interested in. The decision is up to you :)

After reading the sentences on the “Thanksgiving Figurative Language Assignment PDF”, click on the Answer Sheet Thanksgiving Figurative Language document to type in your answers.

Note: I have attached a document with the definitions for the figurative language techniques in case you need them.

I would like to know whether you enjoyed completing this assignment because I enjoyed grading them! It was nice to see which articles/websites you were interested in, so I wanted to ask for your feedback. Your answer does not affect your grade! :)

This assignment is to be completed during today's class. It is not homework for the week, which is why the due date is tonight at midnight.

Use "The Feather Pillow" text to support your answers. Grammar, spelling, and punctuation count!

While reading the story, you must annotate the text at least 20 times. Please NUMBER your annotations. This assignment is due BEFORE next class, because we will review and answer questions about the story on Wednesday. Late assignments will be graded as a 50%.

Provide a 3-sentence summary for "The Feather Pillow". Spelling, punctuation, and grammar count!

IN CLASS ASSIGNMENT

Please complete the 3 passages AND the practice quiz at the end.

Here is the Google Form practice quiz (this will not be graded as a quiz, just a comprehension assignment to see how well we know the figurative language techniques). Please complete along with the slides assignment by Sunday @ 11:59pm.

If you did not get the chance to participate in class today, here is your chance!
Below, provide me with ONE sentence using figurative language. You must tell me the figurative language technique in the sentence and then explain WHY it is that figurative language technique.

List them:
1. Sentence
2. FL Technique
3. Explanation

Due by 11:59am.

Please provide the results of your MBTI test which should be displayed on the upper right hand side of your screen when you finish taking the test. THIS COUNTS AS YOUR PARTICIPATION GRADE FOR TODAY'S CLASS.

This assignment starts on slide 20. The notes we covered in class are before that. If you need help, reread the slides for clarification on what to do.

Starting on slide 21, you will type your responses in the space provided. You must respond with AT LEAST 3 COMPLETE sentences to receive full credit. Grammar and punctuation do count!

Note: This IS a graded assignment. I do not assign points to assignments until I begin grading them, so please ignore the fact that there are no points assigned to this assignment YET.

Insert the correct word (there, their, they’re) onto the lines provided. Then, you must count how many examples of each appear in the order of the colors provided (red, green, blue). This is how you crack the code.

Go to NoRedInk.com, log in, and complete the their, there, and they're practice.

Please go to NoRedInk.com to complete your grammar homework. The video below shows you how to reach and complete the assignment. Once you finish the work on NoRedInk.com, you do not have to post anything on Google Classroom. This is just a reminder to get the work done.

1. Read the article
2. Make 5 annotations on the text in CommonLit
3. Answer the multiple choice and short answer questions in CommonLit

Once you figure out the secret code, click on the link, type in the code. If the document unlocks, then you did it correctly. Type the code on the last slide, and turn it in.

1. In this text, the author gives examples of students whose failures helped them grow. In your experience, how can failure help a person learn and ultimately succeed?
2. Watch the YouTube video. What is the speaker's message? What does he want the audience to understand?

Note: Please answer the questions in 3-5 complete sentences.

Click the link below to record your Flipgrid video.