HW Mr. Padilla 8.15.16

Dear parents/guardians, thank you and your child for a wonderful 2016 Summer School experience.

I have provided your child with a homework packet to be completed over the next 3 weeks.  Please assist them with their homework.

Also, it is highly recommended that they read a book or more if possible during the break so they are ready to go. You may also read the book aloud with your child.

Below are some recommendations that are available on PDF on line for free. See links below:

Of Mice and Men

 http://www.penguin.com/static/pdf/teachersguides/ofmiceandmen.pdf

The Outsiders

http://nisbah.com/summer_reading/the-outsiders_se_hinton.pdf



To Kill a Mockingbird (abridged version)

http://www.marsd.org/cms/lib7/NJ01000603/Centricity/Domain/761/%20To%20Kill%20a%20Mockingbird-Abridged%20Version.pdf


Enjoy the rest of the summer

Mr. Padilla

HW Mr. Padilla 8.12.16

Homework: Dear parents/students, please assist your child with today's homework.

Option 1: Base response on what you read and learned about West Side Story this month.

Write a review on West Side Story based on the questions below. Give examples.

1.  What was West Side Story about? 

2. What did you like or dislike about the book? Why?

3. Who was your favorite character? Why?

4. Who was your least favorite character? Why?

5. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why?

6. What would be another good title for this book?


Option 2: Base response on what you read and learned about West Side Story this month.

Write a review on West Side Story based on the questions below. Give examples.

1.  What was West Side Story about? 

2. What did you like or dislike about the book? Why?


3 Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why?

4.What would be another good title for this book?


Option 3: Base response on what you read and learned about West Side Story this month.

Write a review on West Side Story based on the questions below. Give examples.

1.  What was West Side Story about? 

2. What did you like or dislike about the book? Why?


3 Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why?


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HW Mr. Padilla 8.11.16

Homework: Dear parents/students, please assist your child with today's homework.

Option 1: Base response on what you read and learned about Romeo and Juliet this month.

Write a review on Romeo and Juliet based on the questions below. Give examples.

1.  What was Romeo and Juliet about? 

2. What did you like or dislike about the book? Why?

3. Who was your favorite character? Why?

4. Who was your least favorite character? Why?

5. Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why?

6. What would be another good title for this book?


Option 2: Base response on what you read and learned about Romeo and Juliet this month.

Write a review on Romeo and Juliet based on the questions below. Give examples.

1.  What was Romeo and Juliet about? 

2. What did you like or dislike about the book? Why?


3 Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why?

4.What would be another good title for this book?


Option 3: Base response on what you read and learned about Romeo and Juliet this month.

Write a review on Romeo and Juliet based on the questions below. Give examples.

1.  What was Romeo and Juliet about? 

2. What did you like or dislike about the book? Why?


3 Would you recommend this book to a friend? Why or why?



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HW Mr. Padilla 8.10.16

Homework; Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework.


 Option 1: connect Romeo and Juliet and/or West Side Story Theme of love and hate to at least 3 other novels. Use evidence from the tex as you discuss how. 


Option 2: What othe novels that we read were about love and hate? Make a list of 5. Only discuss one. 


Option 3: Mention 1 Novel that was about Love and Hate other than Romeo and Juliet or West Side Story.  Who was in love with who? And who hated who? 

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HW Mr. Padilla 8.9.16

Homework: Parent/guardian, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Quilt of a Nation-Can we all get along? 

Option 1: Base response on today’s class discussion and reading.

What is the point of this splintered whole? What is the point of a nation in which Arab cabbies chauffeur Jewish passengers through the streets of New York--and in which Jewish cabbies chauffeur Arab passengers, too, and yet speak in theory of hatred, one for the other? What is the point of a nation in which one part seems to be always on the verge of fisticuffs with another, blacks and whites, gays and straights, left and right, Pole and Chinese and Puerto Rican and Slovenian? Other countries with such divisions have in fact divided into new nations with new names, but not this one, impossibly interwoven even in its hostilities.

Vocabulary:

Splintered- broken into pieces                         Fisticuffs- a fist fight

Chauffeur- a person whose job is to drive      Interwoven- connected

Theory- ideas that are not proven                               Hostilities- showing feelings of anger      

Task: Based on what you have read and discussed, how can you connect this passage to the theme of love and hate in Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story.  Give at least 2 examples from each novel.

Option 2:  Base response on today’s class discussion and reading.

Task: Do you believe that people have more in common than they do differences?  State what you believe and then give one example from Romeo and Juliet, West Side Story and real life.  Write at least 4-6 sentences.

Option 3: Think about what we discussed today as you plan your sentences.

Task: Write one sentence for each word below.

Vocabulary:

Splintered- broken into pieces                         Fisticuffs- a fist fight

Chauffeur- a person whose job is to drive      Interwoven- connected

Theory- ideas that are not proven                               Hostilities- showing feelings of anger      Fisticuffs- a fist fight

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HW Mr. Padilla 8.8.16

Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist you child with today’s homework.

Option 1: Base response on today’s lesson and reading.

Do you believe the love that Romeo had for Juliet and the love that Tony feels for Maria is unconditional?   Write a paragraph discussing whether or not you agree that the characters of these two stories have unconditional love for each other.

Make sure to mention at least two examples from the story to prove your point.

Option 2: Base response on today’s lesson and reading.

1.       Define the word unconditional.

2.       What is unconditional love?

3.       What are 2 examples of unconditional love in Rome and Juliet and West Side Story? Provide details. Explain why and how.

Option 3: Base response on today’s lesson and reading.

Look up the words unconditional love in the dictionary or internet.

What is an example of unconditional love in West Side Story or Romeo and Juliet? Write a complete sentence.  Give details.

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HW Mr. Padilla 8.5.16

Homework: Dear parents/tutors, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 1: Base response on today’s reading and class discussion.

Explain how the deaths of Mercutio and Tybalt could have been avoided. Mention what led to their death. Identify the root cause. Use examples from the story to support your points.

Option 2: Base response on today’s reading and class discussion.

Why did Mercutio and Tybalt fight?

Why did no one believe that Mercutio was really hurt?

Why did Romeo go after Tybalt?

What did the Prince do to Romeo?

Option 3: Base response on today’s reading and class discussion.

Determine if the statements are true, false or an opinion. If the statement is False you must fix it by making it true.

1.       Mercutio asked Romeo to kill Tybalt____________

2.       The Prince said Romeo had to die.__________

3.       Romeo is the nicest guy in the story.____________

4.       Tybalt and Romeo fought to the death.___________

5.       Juliet asked the Prince to forgive Romeo. _________

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HW Mr. Padilla 8.4.16

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Today we learned about how social theme is a common theme in fiction and real life.

Option 1: Base response on today’s lesson, reading and class discussion.

Mention a real life example of social divide in real life. The example can be from your observation or something you have seen in the news.  Describe your example in detail. Then think of an example from any of the books we have read or discussed. Compare the real life example to an example from the books.

Option 2: Base response on today’s lesson, reading and class discussion.

Make a list of at least 5 types of social divide in real life. Explain what the cause of the divide is due to and why (give examples):

A. economics=rich and poor; B. Age difference: young vs old; C. Race: one race vs another; D. Religion: people of different beliefs clash; E. Politics: Democrats vs Republicans; F. Geographic: fighting for territory  etc. G. Cultural: between people who do things differently or think differently, etc. H. Historic rivalry:  2 groups have been fighting for a long time

Option 3: Base response on today’s lesson, reading and class discussion.
Match the novel to the conflict.

The Outsiders Persepolis Romeo and Juliet Westside Story

Conflict is between rich and poor and religious views. Conflict is based on geography. Conflict between rich and poor. Conflict is due to historic rivalry

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HW Mr. Padilla 8.3.16

Homework:  Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.  

Option 1:  Compare yourself to any of the characters from West Side Story or Romeo and Juliet.

Which character do you identify yourself with most?

Why do you identify yourself with this character?  

What traits from this character remind you of yourself?

How does this character behave when he or she is mad, sad, or happy?

What do you admire most from this character?  What do you like least about this character?

Option 2: Compare and contrast any 2 characters from Romeo and Juliet or West Side Story.

	Character 1	Character 2
Character traits
How does character behave
What is this character’s conflict
How does this character solve problems.

Option 3: Answer the questions below using complete sentences.

Who is your favorite character in Romeo and Juliet and why?

Who is your favorite character in West Side Story and why?

Who is your least favorite character in Romeo and Juliet and why?

Who is your least  favorite character in West Side Story and why?

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HW Mr. Padilla 8.2.16

Homework: Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework:

Option 1: Base response on today’s reading and class discussion.

1.         What are Tony, Maria, the Jets and Sharks waiting for? Where are they?

2.         Who is Anita singing about? How do you know?

3.         Who is Tony singing about? How do you know?

4.         How are the Jets and Shark song different to Tony and Anita’s song?

Option 2: Base response on today’s reading and class discussion.

1.         Anita, Tony, The Sharks and Jets are all singing to the same tune.  But how are their songs different?

2.         What is each group of person singing about?

3.         The word JUXTAPOSITION refers to 2 opposite things shown side by side. How is this reading a juxtaposition?

Option 3: Read the scene and answer questions that follow. Use complete sentences.

The Jets, the Sharks, Anita, Maria and Tony are waiting for the night but for very different reasons.

1.      Who is waiting for the night?

                                                                                                               

2.      Why are they for the night?

The Sharks: We’re gonna hand ‘em a surpise tonight.

The Jets: Were gonna cut ‘em down to size tonight.

3.      What are the Jets and Sharks getting ready for?

Anita: We’ll have our private little mix tonight.

4.      Who do you think Anita is waiting for?

Tony: Tonight, tonight, won’t be just any night.  

5.      Why do you think Tony says this won’t be just any night?

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HW Mr. Padilla 8.1.16

Homework: Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today’s homework.

Option 1:  Base response on today’s lesson, reading and class discussion.

Give one example of social divide in each of the books below.

Romeo and Juliet:

West Side Story:

The Outsiders:

How these examples of social divide different to each other?

Option 2: Base response on today’s lesson, reading and class discussion.

Use the graphic organizer below to compare Social Divide in 2 books.

Book choices: The Outsiders, Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story

Choose 2 books: What are examples of Social divide in them
Book 1:	Book 2:

Option 3:  Below are the names of some of the characters from Romeo and Juliet and West Side Story. Your job is to match each character to the one it resembles most from the other novel.  Explain your choices.

Tybalt                                                            Jets

Capulets                                                     Sharks

Paris                                                                Montague

Chino                                                                    Paris

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