Global HW Mr. Padilla 10-31-13

• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.
• Option I: write a paragraph explaining how the ending of Grapes of Wrath book and film are similar or different. Which ending is better? Explain.
• Option 2: Draw your favorite part of chapter 30 of Grapes of Wrath: Label your drawing. Provide one sentence explaining why you like this part.
• Option 3:  Critique the final paragraph of the novel. Was it a good or bad ending. Explain why? 

Global HW Mr. PAdilla 10-30-13

• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.
• Option 1: Write a sentence for each one of the following words: 1. allusion 2. influence 3. symbol
• Option 2: Choose a biblical allusion from Grapes of Wrath discussed in class: Identify the biblical allusion. What event of Grapes of Wrath is it referring to? Why did you chose this allusion?
• Option 3: Draw a picture of a biblical allusion discussed in class( for example, Noah’s Ark, baby Moses, etc) and write a sentence that connects it to the book.

Global HW Mr. PAdilla 10-28-13

• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.
• Option I: Write a sentence for each one of the following words: 1. ethnicity 2. populous 3. Igbo 4. Abuja 5. Nigeria
• Option 2: Draw a map of Africa from memory. With a different color pencil or pen, shade the region where Nigeria is located on the map. Also, draw the river that runs through Nigeria and label it.
• Option 3: In one paragraph respond to the question:  Why are there so many languages in Africa?

Global HW 10-25-13 Mr. Padilla

• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option. 
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• Option one: Use a Venn diagram to compare &contrast one theme from Grapes of Wrath to one theme of Bury My Heart at Wounded Knee. For example, the theme of the cruelty of men.  
•   Option 2: write a sentence for each of the following words:  
• 1. unsympathetic

2. cruelty

3. moral

 4. despair

  5. misfortune

• Option 3: Which one of these 3 themes do you think is more important, or which one do you realte to the most: Explain why? A. The cruelty of men:  B. Survival:
• C. The strength of a family:

Global HW Mr. Padilla 10-22-13

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}Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option. 

 

Option I: Based on today’s lesson, make a list of similarities between two books: Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee and Grapes of Wrath.  What do these books have in common? Write one paragraph and use examples.

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}Option 2: Compare Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee and Grapes of Wrath.  Draw at least 2 events from each novel that are similar. Label your drawings.

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}Option 3: Draw a Venn diagram. Compare and contrast Buried My Heart at Wounded Knee and Grapes of Wrath. Make sure the diagram is large enough to fit your handwriting. You can also draw your ideas.

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Global HW 10-21-13 Mr. Padilla

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• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.

Option 1: Write a paragraph in which you explain why the Californians hated the Okies?

—Option 2: Write a sentence for each one of the following words: 1. horde; 2. tattered; 3.feverish ;4. quarreled; 5.squatters

Global HW Mr. Padilla 10-18-13

Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.

Option 1: Answer: Why did the Okies accept low paying jobs? Why did the owners get away with paying low wages?

Option 2:Write 5 sentences. One that includes each one of these words: 1. wage; 2. cheap labor 3. employ 4. exploit 5. labor  

Option 3: You write for the New York Post. You want to warn people not to go to California: write a paragraph in which you tell people WHAT is Goin’ ON!!!!!

Global HW Mr. Padilla 10-16-13

• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.

• Option one: In one paragraph, describe how life was like for the Okies in the California camps. Use examples from what you have learned in class and the book Grapes of Wrath, chapter 20.

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• Option 2: Write a sentence for each of the following words:  Scarce, doubt, resources, hostile, harsh
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Option 3: In a short sentence, describe what you saw in today’s scene from Grapes of Wrath: Thnik of, the conditions people lived in, children, Ma and her decision.

Global HW Mr. Padilla 10-11-13

• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.

• Option 1: Write a poem or rap song about adversity and endurance. Include details from the story

• Option 2: Draw a picture story in which a group of people face adversity. Show them facing this challenge.

• Option 3: write a summary of today;s lesson. 3+5 sentences.

Global HW Mr. Padilla 10-10-13

—Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.

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—Option 1: The Oakies are heading to California in search of a better life: They imagine California as a paradise: Draw a picture of the land they are expecting to find. Include the details learned in class today.

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—Option 2: Write a poem or a rap song in which you tell the story of the Oakies selling and gathering their things to head out to California. Include the details learned in class today. Think of the comparrison to the Bible, too.

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—Option 3: In a paragraph, explain how the Oakies prepared to go to California and why they chose California. How is their story similar to the Isrealites?

Global Mr. Padilla Oct. 7th, 2013

™Option 1: In a paragraph explain why land owners were evicting tenants from their farms? Were the owners bad men? Why or why not? Use example from reading, class and film.

™Option 2: Write a rap song or poem about tenants and landowners. You can talk about what you know from the book or real life. Mention characters and examples form the book or film.

™Option 3: Write one sentence for each of the following words: eviction, tenant farming, profit, finance company

Global HW 10-4-13 Padilla

• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option.

• Option 1: make a list of characters that have been introduced in the bok thus far. At least 3: and for each a description.

• Option 2: same as option 1, only you can draw each character as you imagine him or her. Label each character.

         Option 3: In a paragraph 4-5  sentences long, explain how the banks evicted farmers. Use examples from today’s lesson and the book.

Global HW-Padilla 10-3-13

• Please review these questions with your child. They were discussed in class today. They need to choose one option. Please encourage your child to write complete sentences.

• Option 1: Who is Tom Joad. Where does he tell the driver he was? What else does he tell the driver?Why does Tom Joad get upset with the driver?
• Option 2: Why did farmers not do too well during the 20’s and early 30’s? List as many examples as you can. You can also draw and label drawings. 
• Option 3: During the film, Tom Joad has a conversation with a man. Who is this man? What did this man use to do? What did the man do that made him change? 

Global HW 10-2-13 Padilla

 Suggestions and instructions for parents: Please read the questions aloud with your child. They should choose one option. Tomorrow we will review their responses.

nOption 1: During the drought, when there was dust everywhere, what were the children doing? What were the men and women doing? Page 3 & 4

nOption 2: Based on today’s lesson: What caused the dust bowl? You can draw the answer and label them or write a paragraph explaining how this happened. 

Option 3: What did you know about the causes of the dust bowl before today's class? What did you learn about this topic today? What more would you like to know?

Global HW Mr. PAdilla 10-1-13

§Option 1: Define the terms: Great Depression, Historical Context and dust Bowl.

§Option 2: draw the following events and label them. Great Depression, Dust Bowl storm, Dust bowl migration

§Option 3: write a paragraph in which you explain the historical context of the Grapes of Wrath. (2-5 sentences)