Continued Pandemic Learning

All assignments are listed in PJ's Google Classroom under the "Classwork" option. Here is the video I created for you in case you are still confused about how to manuever through Google Classroom: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NpYrAARlig8


Here is a quick list of the assignments that are now due.  For specific directions, please go to the Google Classroom.

Quick Reading Inventory--5 points--originally due 4/17
Your assignment during the original COVID closure was to read 20 minutes each day. Tell me what you have been reading during this time please. (I'm just looking for a short response--a bulleted list of titles is fine). This can simply be emailed to me.

"Invictus" Assignment--10 points--originally due 4/23
Students read the poem "Invictus" and wrote about the theme and poetic devices (assignment on Google Classroom)

Reading/Quarantine Journal--20 points--originally due 4/14
Students were to write each day on the original quarantine period (March 18-April 14), either writing a response about what they read or how they are feeling about the pandemic situation. For an A+, students need at least 10 thoughtful, thorough responses (each about a paragraph long).

Daily Language Practice 4/27, 4/28, 4/29, 4/30--5 points each
These are very short and quick assignments, also found on Google Classroom.  Students get 5 points just for completing the assignment.  (Writing "IDK" is not completing the assignment, by the way.) These daily language practices help review important language arts standards.

Advice to the World essay--25 points--originally due 4/17
In a separate Google Document (NOT IN THE COMMENTS BELOW), write a 5-paragraph essay that gives advice to others. Think of something that is important to you that you wish others would know. Maybe you think people should always work hard, or maybe you think they should have fun more often. Or maybe you think there should be a balance. Or maybe you have advice about something more complex, like social justice issues--poverty, racism, rape culture, child abuse, mental health, environmental concerns, educational system, etc. Or maybe you want to give an uplifting message about staying strong when struggles happen. You decide the topic. So... you can put questions in the comment box below, but DO NOT type your essay there. Open up a new Google Document for that.

Creative Story--12 points--due Friday, May 1
This assignment is listed in Google Classroom. Students had to watch a video and then write a story from the perspective of an ordinary household item.