Mr. Richard Kiesel
International School of Broward
3100 N. 75th Ave
Hollywood, FL 33024
Phone: (954) 987-2026
Email: [email protected]
Fax:
(954) 987-7261
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Achieving student progress requires flexibility to ensure a class’s unique needs are met. For this reason, please be aware
these assignments are subject to change. Your student will always be notified of such changes in class.
Dear Parents,
I continue to meet with students on Monday and Wednesday afternoons from 3:20-4:15 PM for
special tutoring sessions, especially for French- and Spanish-speaking students who may need
assistance with English vocabulary, reading, and writing assignments. All students are welcome! No
additional or special fee is assessed for this tutoring help.
Parents are always welcome to schedule a conference to discuss a student’s progress. I would always
want, however, for the student to be with us when we meet. Please contact me through the office
and fill out the Parent Conference Request Form. Thank you.
Students will continue to need access to a functioning printer. Students will not have access to the
computer lab during regular class time, so they may need to make special arrangements to use a
school computer or printer.
English II Homework for the Week of January 12
Friday, January 9: Read Elements, pp. 353, 354 regarding autobiography, biography, and anecdotes; read
and complete study guide questions for Houston and Houston, “It Can’t Be Helped,” pp. 354360.
Monday, January 12: Read and complete study guide questions for Rau, “By Any Other Name,” pp. 366371.
Tuesday, January 13: TEST: Non-fiction selections including vocabulary and types of non-fiction.
Wednesday, January 14: Review meter and rhyme; continue outline of poetry terms—other devices of
sound, devices of sense (figures of speech), and stanza forms.
Thursday, January 15: Quiz01: Spelling Poetry Terms. Continue outline of poetry terms.
Friday, January 16: Prepare for poetry terms spelling and meaning quizzes. Read Dr. Seuss, “Green Eggs
and Ham.
Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King Day—NO SCHOOL!
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Tuesday, January 20: Quiz01: Poetry Terms spellings and meanings. Read “The Courage That My
Mother Had” and “Those Winter Sundays” and complete study guide questions. Discussion of
Parent Poem Poster Project due Tuesday, January 28.
Wednesday, January 21: Read Elements, pp. 506-507 regarding figurative language. Read Hughes,
“Mother to Son,” pp. 508f. and Sexton, “Courage,” 512f.
Thursday, January 22: Read Frost, “Stopping by Woods…,” pp. 516 and “Mending Wall,” pp. 526f. and
complete study guide.
Friday, January 23: Parent Poem Poster Project due. Read Hongo, “The Legend” and author’s reflection,
pp. 530ff.
Monday, January, 26: Read Hughes, ‘Madam and the Rent Man” (photocopy) and “Miss Rosie,” pp. 534f.
and complete Cornell notes study guide.
Tuesday, January 27: TEST: Poetry Live (poetry terms and all selections read and discussed in class).
Distribution of Shakespeare, The Taming of the Shrew and study guide materials including
vocabulary.
English III Homework for the Week of January 12
Friday, January 9: Read Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher,” pp. 262ff. and complete study guide
questions 21-40.
Monday, January 12: Continue analysis of “The Fall of the House of Usher”
Tuesday, January 13: Quiz Poe, “The Fall of the House of Usher” (vocabulary and content. Complete
“The Raven” vocabulary items 1-10 and study guide question 13.
Wednesday, January 14: Complete Poe, “The Raven” study guide questions 14-25.
Thursday, January 15: Complete “The Minister’s Black Veil” vocabulary worksheet and read Hawthorne,
“The Minister’s Black Veil,” pp. 298ff.
Friday, January 16: Construct story map for Hawthorne, “The Minister’s Black Veil,” pp. 298ff.
Monday, January 19: Martin Luther King Day—NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday, January 20: Quiz: “The Minister’s Black Veil”.
Wednesday, January 21: Read Melville biographical essay and complete study guide questions 1-12.
Thursday, January 22: Read Melville, “from Moby-Dick” and complete study guide questions 13-21.
Friday, January, 23: TEST: The Dark Romantics (Poe, Hawthorne, Melville)
English IV Homework for the Week of January 12
Monday, January 5: Read Pope, “Before You Read,” Heroic Couplets,” and from An Essay on Man, pp.
521-524.
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Tuesday, January 6: Read Pope, from “The Rape of the Lock,” pp. 526ff. and complete study guide
questions 1-12.
Wednesday, January 7: Read Pope, from “The Rape of the Lock,” pp. 526ff. and complete study guide
questions 13-20.
Thursday, January 8: Read Voltaire biography. Complete Voltaire, from Candide vocabulary (etymology)
questions 1-16 and introduce Voltaire’s satire.
Friday, January 9: Read Voltaire, from Candide, pp. 536ff. and complete study guide questions 17-25.
Monday, January 12: TEST: The Restoration and 18th Century (Main essay, Swift, Pope, and Voltaire).
Tuesday, January 13: Read Henry, “English Romanticism,” pp. 620ff. and complete study guide
questions, 1-9.
Wednesday, January 14: Read Thomas Gray biography, p. 599 and “Elegy Written in a Country
Churchyard,” pp. 600ff. Follow directions for study guide question 1 [on separate sheet of loose
leaf notebook paper].
Thursday, January 15: Continue Gray, “Elegy Written in a Country Churchyard,” pp. 600ff. study guide
questions 2-5, including vocabulary for Gray, “On a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold
Fishes” (photocopy)
Friday, January 16: Read Gray, “On a Favourite Cat, Drowned in a Tub of Gold Fishes” (photocopy) and
complete study guide questions 6-8.
Monday, January, 19: Martin Luther King Day—NO SCHOOL!
Tuesday, January 20: Read Burns, biographical essay and “To and Mouse”, pp. 642ff. and “To a Louse”
(photocopy) and complete study guide questions 9-16
Wednesday, January 21: Read Burns, “My Love is Like a Red, Red Rose” and “Auld Lang Syne”. Read
Blake biography, p. 645 and short essay on Blake’s Poems on p. 646.
Thursday, January 22: Complete Gray and Burns study guide.
Friday, January, 23: Read William Blake biography and “Blake’s Poems: Exploring Contraries,” pp. 645f.
Read Blake selections “The Lamb”pp.650f. and “The Tyger” p. 647 and complete study guide
questions 2-16; in class examine relevant Blake engravings.
Monday, January 27: Quiz: Outline of Poetry Terms and Blake Poems.
Tuesday, January 28: Continue Blake selections from Songs of Innocence and Experience pp. 652ff. and
complete study guide questions; in class examine relevant Blake engravings.
Wednesday, January 29: TEST: The Pre-Romantics (Main essay, Gray, Burns, and Blake, and outline of
poetry terms).