Ms. Derico’s Daily Assignments

Below is the schedule of English classes that you need to attend each day.

English 8:45-9:05 (class email: English@flps.com )

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General English 9:45-10:05 (class email: generalenglish@flps.com)

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MS AB English 10:50-11:10 (class email: msabenglish@flps.com)

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Basic English 12:35-12:55 (class email: basicenglish@flps.com)

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Please call Ms. Derico’s or Ms. D.’s phone number: 954-947-0819 during Extra Help Sessions if you have any questions or concerns.

Extra Help Session 1 (1:05-1:25) 

Extra Help Session 2 (2:45-3:30)

Homework  Assignments

English 8:45-9:05 (class email: English@flps.com )

(9/14): Complete Section II Questions if needed, Section II Questions: 1.What was the first question that Dr. Susan Calvin asked the Brain? 2. According to the Brain, how will Susan be able to communicate with the men on the ship? 3.What is the main conflict in the story thus far?, Vocabulary Boxes: Sentence from text-Words: contorted, dilemma, and main idea, and answer Implied Main Idea questions on pages 21 & 22

(9/15) Complete Section III Questions if needed, Section III Questions 1. Who are the two characters having a conversation in this section? 2. Who is controlling the ship and how do you know? 3. How do you think the two characters feel and why? and Vocabulary Boxes: Sentences from text-Words: acceleration and manual

(9/16): Complete I Got Assignment if needed: Connections Reading Book pages 24-25: Understand What You Read, Apply Your Skills, and Connect with the Story and prepare for I, Robot Assessment-Study Guide-know the characters’ names, the details of the story, the sequence or order of events of the story and vocabulary assessed will be: acceleration, clangor, main idea, manual, and pampering

General English 9:45-10:05 (class email: GeneralEnglish@flps.com )

(9/14): Complete Section II Questions if needed, Section II Questions: 1.How does the Mother Magloire feel about Chicot’s offer? Use details from the story to support your response. 2. Review the definition of the word simile. List one from this section. 3. What advice does she receive from the notary and do you think she will take it, why or why not? and Newsletter Entries (do Wednesday, 9/16/20).

(9/15): Complete Section III Questions if needed, Section III Questions (Lines 82-115): 1. How does the old woman attempt to persuade Chicot to accept her deal? 2. Once the deal is made, who feels despair and why? 3. What does Chicot began to consider at the end of the reading and why?, work on Newsletter submissions (Due 9/16 or 9/17), and Vocabulary Boxes: Sentences from text-Words: harvest and malicious.

(9/16): Complete I Got It Assignment if needed: Exercises 5.1 page 87, 5.2 pages 87-88, and 5.9 pages 96-97, Newsletter Submissions (9/16, 9/17, & 9/21), and prepare for The Little Cask Assessment-Study Guide: know the name’s of the characters, know the order of events or sequence of event, know how to recognize similes [Simile-an indirect comparison that tells how one thing is like something else; uses the words like or as to show the comparison. Example: The leaves on the tree are as green as an emerald.] , and vocabulary assessed will be: adjoining, harvest, jovial, obstinately, and retain

MS AB English 10:50-11:10 (class email: MSABEnglish@flps.com )

(9/14): Complete Section II Questions if needed, Section II Questions: 1.What causes Rainsford to be somewhat calm during his dilemma? 2. In what direction does Rainsford decide to swim towards and why? 3. What does Rainsford hear at the end of this reading?, Exercises 6.1 (p.69-70), 6.4 (p.72-73), 6.7 (p.75-76), and Vocabulary Boxes: Sentences from text-Words: conserve, deliberate, doggedly, faint, recede, and slender.

(9/15): Vocabulary Boxes: My Sentence boxes and complete Classwork if needed-Exercises 6.8 & 6.9 pages 76-78.

(9/16): Complete Exercise 6.10 if needed  and prepare for The Most Dangerous Game Assessment-Study Guide: know the main character’s name, the order of or sequence of events of the story, be able to infer based on details from the story, and vocabulary assessed will be: deliberate, doggedly, elevation, faint, and surface

Basic English 12:35-12:55 (class email: BasicEnglish@flps.com )

(9/14): Complete Section II Questions if needed, Section II Questions: 1.What does the blind man want the narrator to do? 2. What causes the boy to disobey the captain’s order and comply to the blind man’s request instead? 3. What do you think the relationship is between the captain and the blind man? Use details from the text to support your response., Exercises 7.1 (p.85-86), 7.4 (p.89), 7.6 (p.92), and Vocabulary Boxes: Sentence from text-Words: cling, daze, terrified, and terror.

(9/15): Vocabulary Boxes: My Sentence boxes and complete Classwork if needed-Exercises 7.7 & 7.8 pages 93-94.

(9/16): Complete Exercise 7.10 if needed  and prepare for Treasure Island Assessment-Study Guide: know the main characters, the order of or sequence of events of the story, be able to infer based on details from the story, and vocabulary assessed will be: address, deform, native, positively, and withdraw