LAL/ESL 1 - GLASSMAN - 1-1 Assignments
- Instructor
- Sarah Glassman
- Term
- 2021-2022 School Year
- Description
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Upcoming Assignments
No upcoming assignments.
Past Assignments
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What did he do when Courtney moved to Oakland, California?
2. Where did Courtney find safety for himself and other victims of Katrina?
3. Summarize Courtney's story in your own words. Use facts to support your ideas.
1. What did he do when Courtney moved to Oakland, California?
2. Where did Courtney find safety for himself and other victims of Katrina?
3. Summarize Courtney's story in your own words. Use facts to support your ideas.
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Complete this activity using Kami. Please send me an email if you have any questions
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After reading the article, answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What are Suter's plans for the future?
2. How was Suter injured? Will he recover?
3. Explain what Suter's home looked like after the tornado hit?
1. What are Suter's plans for the future?
2. How was Suter injured? Will he recover?
3. Explain what Suter's home looked like after the tornado hit?
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What happened to Noni and Nimuk? Did the end surprise you?
2. When does Noni feel defenseless?
3. In your own words, tell how Nimuk surprised Noni.
1. What happened to Noni and Nimuk? Did the end surprise you?
2. When does Noni feel defenseless?
3. In your own words, tell how Nimuk surprised Noni.
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On a Google Doc, write the definition for these words:
harm, pain, feel, get, sick, hurt, leg, person, better, protect, felt, strong, weak, die, live, hunger, afraid
harm, pain, feel, get, sick, hurt, leg, person, better, protect, felt, strong, weak, die, live, hunger, afraid
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Write a description about a sport you like. Be sure to write the most important information about the sport, as well as details that help your reader understand what the sport is like
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Read the document about green careers. After you choose one for yourself, use the information to complete the activity on the Google Doc.
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Reread You Can Get It If You Really Want, then complete these statements.
1. In the chorus (lines 1-5), the phrase ______________________________ is repeated.
2. In the chorus, the word ______ is also repeated.
3. In lines 6 and 7, the words _____ and _____ rhyme.
4. In lines 8 and 9, the words ___ and ____ rhyme.
5. In lines 15 and 16, the words ____ and ____ rhyme
6. In lines 17 and 18, the words ____ and ____ rhyme
1. In the chorus (lines 1-5), the phrase ______________________________ is repeated.
2. In the chorus, the word ______ is also repeated.
3. In lines 6 and 7, the words _____ and _____ rhyme.
4. In lines 8 and 9, the words ___ and ____ rhyme.
5. In lines 15 and 16, the words ____ and ____ rhyme
6. In lines 17 and 18, the words ____ and ____ rhyme
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What is the song about? How do you know?
2. What does the songwriter think you need to do to succeed?
3. Describe some patterns and rhymes in the song.
1. What is the song about? How do you know?
2. What does the songwriter think you need to do to succeed?
3. Describe some patterns and rhymes in the song.
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What does Marisol do to earn Luis's respect?
2. What is Marisol's dream?
3. Does Luis have a dream? What does Marisol say about his dreams?
1. What does Marisol do to earn Luis's respect?
2. What is Marisol's dream?
3. Does Luis have a dream? What does Marisol say about his dreams?
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become, dream, easy, practice, succeed, try, instead, enough, plenty, uncomfortable, challenge, achieve
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For this project, you will write about soccer! Choose a famous soccer player from anywhere in the world to write about. They can be retired. Please include the following information:
1. Where they are from and other early life information
2. Which team(s) they play for
3. What position they play
4. How long they have been playing (if retired, when they retired)
5. Two interesting facts about the person
Please also include one or two pictures. Please complete this on Google Docs.
1. Where they are from and other early life information
2. Which team(s) they play for
3. What position they play
4. How long they have been playing (if retired, when they retired)
5. Two interesting facts about the person
Please also include one or two pictures. Please complete this on Google Docs.
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Complete these activities using Kami
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. Why is soccer called the simple sport?
2. How do you know that soccer is a popular sport?
3. Tell about one country where soccer is popular. Share at least one important fact about soccer in that country.
1. Why is soccer called the simple sport?
2. How do you know that soccer is a popular sport?
3. Tell about one country where soccer is popular. Share at least one important fact about soccer in that country.
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What did Nadia tell the other students?
2. What truth did the author learn about himself?
3. Describe one way Nadia is similar to her classmates and one way she is different. Find sentences in the text to support your ideas.
1. What did Nadia tell the other students?
2. What truth did the author learn about himself?
3. Describe one way Nadia is similar to her classmates and one way she is different. Find sentences in the text to support your ideas.
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Create a photo essay about some foods in your culture. A photo essay uses photos with short descriptions, or captions, to tell a story.
For your photo essay, please write about at least three different foods that are from your country. Include information on the ingredients, how it is made, what meal people eat it for, what it tastes like, and why you like it for each food. You must include at least one picture for each food as well.
For your photo essay, please write about at least three different foods that are from your country. Include information on the ingredients, how it is made, what meal people eat it for, what it tastes like, and why you like it for each food. You must include at least one picture for each food as well.
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What test does the author want you to try?
2. What are some of your favorite meals? Do you think some people might find them freaky?
3. Tell about one freaky food from the text. Explain why some people eat it and what makes it strange to others. Use facts from the text to support your ideas.
1. What test does the author want you to try?
2. What are some of your favorite meals? Do you think some people might find them freaky?
3. Tell about one freaky food from the text. Explain why some people eat it and what makes it strange to others. Use facts from the text to support your ideas.
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While reading the essay If The World Were A Village, we learned about some issues people face around the world, including hunger, air and water pollution, not having access to school, and illiteracy. For this project, you will pick one of these issues to focus on, then create and present a Google Slide presentation about the issue. You must include the following information:
1. How the issue affects people
2. Where the issue takes place (which countries/continents)
3. How the issue affects us here in New Jersey/Jersey City
4. Solutions to help improve the issue
Your presentation should be 4-6 slides total.
1. How the issue affects people
2. Where the issue takes place (which countries/continents)
3. How the issue affects us here in New Jersey/Jersey City
4. Solutions to help improve the issue
Your presentation should be 4-6 slides total.
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:1. What things does every person in the global village need?
2. Why are the air and water not safe in some parts of the village?
3. What are the topics in this article? What important information do they share?
2. Why are the air and water not safe in some parts of the village?
3. What are the topics in this article? What important information do they share?
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Define these words on a Google Doc:
decide, safe, food, hungry, many, popular, sport, respect, meal, hunger, crowded, forget, experience, belief, victory
decide, safe, food, hungry, many, popular, sport, respect, meal, hunger, crowded, forget, experience, belief, victory
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. Why does the poet tell us to remember the plants, trees, and animal life?
2. Do you think that we should try to connect with the Earth? Why or why not?
3. The poet repeats the word remember many times in the poem. Did the repetition get your attention? What did it make you think of? What does the poet want you to remember?
1. Why does the poet tell us to remember the plants, trees, and animal life?
2. Do you think that we should try to connect with the Earth? Why or why not?
3. The poet repeats the word remember many times in the poem. Did the repetition get your attention? What did it make you think of? What does the poet want you to remember?
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On a Google Doc or Google Slides, create a vision board about the theme of wisdom. Your vision board must include at least five pictures of people who you think are wise (can be celebrities, friends, or family) and at least ten words/phrases related to wisdom. Please refer to our project rubric for grading.
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What could Mina remember? Why?
2. Was Mina rich or poor?
3. Explain what the author means when she says Mina knew how to add and subtract. Who does Mina add, or give things to? Who does Mina subtract, or take things from?
1. What could Mina remember? Why?
2. Was Mina rich or poor?
3. Explain what the author means when she says Mina knew how to add and subtract. Who does Mina add, or give things to? Who does Mina subtract, or take things from?
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Using the results from your multiple intelligences survey, choose a career from this website that is best for you and you find the most interesting. Then, research and create a presentation that includes the following information:
1. The career and why you picked it
2. What education you need for that career
3. What company or program you want to work for and why
4. What you can do as a high school student to prepare for that career
You will be graded on content of project and quality of presentation. Rubric to follow.
1. The career and why you picked it
2. What education you need for that career
3. What company or program you want to work for and why
4. What you can do as a high school student to prepare for that career
You will be graded on content of project and quality of presentation. Rubric to follow.
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Define these words on a Google Doc:
connect, history, joy, listen, poor, receive, remember, rich, local, hire, orders, demanding, expecting
connect, history, joy, listen, poor, receive, remember, rich, local, hire, orders, demanding, expecting
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Read the attached pdf, then complete the document about an education job you want.
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. How are Uhmma’s hands different from Young Ju’s? Why does the author describe Uhmma’s hands throughout the story?
2.Why did Uhmma’s hands rarely rest?
3. What did Young Ju mean when she said, “...she only wished to see our hands holding books,”?
1. How are Uhmma’s hands different from Young Ju’s? Why does the author describe Uhmma’s hands throughout the story?
2.Why did Uhmma’s hands rarely rest?
3. What did Young Ju mean when she said, “...she only wished to see our hands holding books,”?
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For this project, you will create a book of advice taken from their family, their motherlands, themselves, the Internet and the accumulated wisdom from throughout the years. Your group will create a Google Slide project with these guidelines:
A) 8 slides minimum, with some integration of visuals/colorful slide integrations, and an oral presentation that has the appearance of being well-rehearsed.
B) A minimum of two pieces of advice that each member of the group has received in his or her life, along with an explanation of what they feel that piece of advice means.
C) A minimum of two famous sayings or adages from each group member’s motherland, and what they feel that piece of advice means.
D) Two pieces of modern advice (post millenial) with, again, a brief description of what the advice means to the group.
Finally, each group must present a minimum of one piece of original advice they themselves have created.
A) 8 slides minimum, with some integration of visuals/colorful slide integrations, and an oral presentation that has the appearance of being well-rehearsed.
B) A minimum of two pieces of advice that each member of the group has received in his or her life, along with an explanation of what they feel that piece of advice means.
C) A minimum of two famous sayings or adages from each group member’s motherland, and what they feel that piece of advice means.
D) Two pieces of modern advice (post millenial) with, again, a brief description of what the advice means to the group.
Finally, each group must present a minimum of one piece of original advice they themselves have created.
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. Why does Yip Man become angry with Bruce Lee?
2. What does Yip Man want Bruce Lee to understand?
3. Explain what happened in Bruce Lee's boat. Use details from the text to support your answer.
1. Why does Yip Man become angry with Bruce Lee?
2. What does Yip Man want Bruce Lee to understand?
3. Explain what happened in Bruce Lee's boat. Use details from the text to support your answer.
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On a Google Doc, define these words:
break, explain, fight, harm, rest, touch, tough, understand, advice, palms, tickled, push, giggle, amuse, tender, violent, fresh, nurture
break, explain, fight, harm, rest, touch, tough, understand, advice, palms, tickled, push, giggle, amuse, tender, violent, fresh, nurture
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Using the provided links, find a folk tale from your native country (if you don't see one for your country, please let me know). Once you pick a folk tale, read it and write a one paragraph summary explaining the events of the story, where it takes place, who the characters are, and what the lesson of the story is.
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Complete this activity on a Google Doc or Kami Export
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On a Google Doc, create a problem and solution chart. Then, answer these questions on the same document:
1. What is AndyBird's problem?
2. Why does Andybird share his problem?
3. Look at your problem and solution chart. How did you find the solutions?
4. Who gives Andybird the best advice?
1. What is AndyBird's problem?
2. Why does Andybird share his problem?
3. Look at your problem and solution chart. How did you find the solutions?
4. Who gives Andybird the best advice?
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After reading How Ananse Gave Wisdom to the World, answer these questions:
1. What does Ntikuma tell Ananse to do? How does Ntikuma's advice produce an unexpected result?
2. What shows that Ananse is selfish?
3. What is a question you asked while reading the story? Did you find the answer? If yes, what is it?
4. In the story, Ananse has a plan. He finds there is a problem with his plan. Describe the plan. Then describe the problem.
1. What does Ntikuma tell Ananse to do? How does Ntikuma's advice produce an unexpected result?
2. What shows that Ananse is selfish?
3. What is a question you asked while reading the story? Did you find the answer? If yes, what is it?
4. In the story, Ananse has a plan. He finds there is a problem with his plan. Describe the plan. Then describe the problem.
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On a Google Doc, write the definitions for these words:
angry, difficult, lonely, problem, selfish, share, simple, solution, folk, tale, folktale, fable, lurk, vigilant, shepherd, desperate, sheepskin, animal hide, flock, grazing, deceive, ruse, fold, seize, challenging, trunk, leverage, fundamental, mental
angry, difficult, lonely, problem, selfish, share, simple, solution, folk, tale, folktale, fable, lurk, vigilant, shepherd, desperate, sheepskin, animal hide, flock, grazing, deceive, ruse, fold, seize, challenging, trunk, leverage, fundamental, mental
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Read the attached document to learn about different part time jobs. Pick one that you think you would enjoy based on your interests. Then, complete the graphic organizer and draw a picture on the attached google doc
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. Who is the girl in the picture?
2. What was Dr. Daugman's idea about the girl?
3. Look at your sequence chart. Explain how your charts help you follow the events in the selection.
4. Name a detail that shows that the girl and the woman are the same person.
1. Who is the girl in the picture?
2. What was Dr. Daugman's idea about the girl?
3. Look at your sequence chart. Explain how your charts help you follow the events in the selection.
4. Name a detail that shows that the girl and the woman are the same person.
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. Tell why your eyes are different from your friend's eyes.
2. Name parts of the body that have unique patterns.
3. Compare how information is presented by text and by visuals. Choose one visual from the article and compare it to the information in the text.
1. Tell why your eyes are different from your friend's eyes.
2. Name parts of the body that have unique patterns.
3. Compare how information is presented by text and by visuals. Choose one visual from the article and compare it to the information in the text.
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On a Google doc, write these words and their definitions. Then, add them to your quizlet:
find, idea, no one, pattern, scientist, similar, special, study, visual, images, frustrate, biology, genetics, sanitary
find, idea, no one, pattern, scientist, similar, special, study, visual, images, frustrate, biology, genetics, sanitary
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Find one short poem written by an author from your motherland and translated into English. Copy the poem in both your native language and in an English translation and answer the following questions on it in written format:
a) Who is the author (3-4 sentences of description)?
b) What is your favorite line of the poem?
c) What does the poem mean to you?
d) Give the poem a new title.
Complete the questions on a Google Doc. Use the attached link to help you find a poem.
a) Who is the author (3-4 sentences of description)?
b) What is your favorite line of the poem?
c) What does the poem mean to you?
d) Give the poem a new title.
Complete the questions on a Google Doc. Use the attached link to help you find a poem.
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Open Google Drawing and create a picture of yourself in a place that is important to you. Include two family members in your drawing. Place the drawing on a Google Doc, and use the paragraph organizer to write about the place and the people
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Write the definitions of these words on a Google Doc. Then, add them to your digital flashcards:
1. Poetry
2. Pattern
3. Repeat
1. Poetry
2. Pattern
3. Repeat
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. What is the poem about?
2. How is the night beautiful?
3. Find patterns in the words. How do the patterns help you understand the poem better? Explain.
1. What is the poem about?
2. How is the night beautiful?
3. Find patterns in the words. How do the patterns help you understand the poem better? Explain.
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Pick a country you are not native to. Research the country to find answers to these questions:
1. What are the major cities and capitol?
2. What is some of the food native to the country?
3. What animals are native to the country?
4. What are some of tourist destinations in the country?
5. What are the languages spoken in the country?
When you gather this information, put it on Google Slides, along with pictures and videos. You will present this to the class.
1. What are the major cities and capitol?
2. What is some of the food native to the country?
3. What animals are native to the country?
4. What are some of tourist destinations in the country?
5. What are the languages spoken in the country?
When you gather this information, put it on Google Slides, along with pictures and videos. You will present this to the class.
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On a Google Drawing, draw what you visualized, or saw in your mind, while reading Growing Together (page 35 in your textbook)
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc:
1. Where does Carmita live now? Where did she live before?
2. What does Carmita mean when she says, "it is hard to leave a home?"
1. Where does Carmita live now? Where did she live before?
2. What does Carmita mean when she says, "it is hard to leave a home?"
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On a Google Doc, write a rough draft of what you will write on your postcard. It should be a paragraph long and include a greeting, a body of information, and a signature. This will be checked, then written on your postcard.
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Give definitions for these words on a Google Doc:
beautiful, grow, hard, home, leave, miss, together, wait, twins, straight, curly, fingernails, mystery, partner, predict, trial
beautiful, grow, hard, home, leave, miss, together, wait, twins, straight, curly, fingernails, mystery, partner, predict, trial
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Answer these questions on a Google Doc
1. What do people call you?
2. Are you a good friend? Tell why.
3. Are you different from your friends? How are you unique?
4. Is everyone here today? Who is missing?
5. Name something you like. Tell one other thing you like.
6. Name something you see everywhere.
1. What do people call you?
2. Are you a good friend? Tell why.
3. Are you different from your friends? How are you unique?
4. Is everyone here today? Who is missing?
5. Name something you like. Tell one other thing you like.
6. Name something you see everywhere.
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Reread Romeo's dialogue. What does he mean when he says, "Then I will have a new name and a new life?"
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Answer these on a Google Doc:
1. Who speaks the words, "a rose is a rose?" What do the words mean? How do these words fit the time and place in which Romeo and Juliet was written?
2. Why does Juliet want to call Romeo by a different name?
1. Who speaks the words, "a rose is a rose?" What do the words mean? How do these words fit the time and place in which Romeo and Juliet was written?
2. Why does Juliet want to call Romeo by a different name?
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On a Google Doc, define the following words:
details, imagine, mind, actor, character, identity
details, imagine, mind, actor, character, identity
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Go to www.behindthename.com and find information behind the meaning of your name. On a Google Doc, write a paragraph explaining what your name means, the language background of your name, and if it is a common name or not.
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On a Google Doc, write the definitions for these words in English:
black, blue, brown, ears, eyes, green, head, nose, mouth, red, personality, name, family, feelings, other, born,
unique, call, everyone, everywhere, friend, like, sword, enemy, mist, retreat, whisper
black, blue, brown, ears, eyes, green, head, nose, mouth, red, personality, name, family, feelings, other, born,
unique, call, everyone, everywhere, friend, like, sword, enemy, mist, retreat, whisper