HW Mr. Padilla 10.31.16

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

Option 3:  Read the passage and answer questions that follow. Write complete sentences and uss exampes from the reading to support your responses.

WHEN I STEPPED OUT into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman--- he looks tough and I don't--- but I guess my own looks aren't so bad. I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes, but I have to be content with what I have. My hair is longer than a lot of boys wear theirs, squared off in back and long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut. Besides, I look better with long hair.

1.      What was Ponyboy thinking and wishing when he stepped into the bright sunlight?

2        What did he wish?

1.      How did he feel about his own looks?

2.      How does Ponyboy describe himself?

3.      How does he feel about green eyes?

Option 2: Read the passage and answer questions that follow. Write complete sentences and uss exampes from the reading to support your responses.

WHEN I STEPPED OUT into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home. I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman… but I guess my own looks aren't so bad. I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. I wish they were more gray, because I hate most guys that have green eyes… My hair is longer than a lot of boys … long at the front and sides, but I am a greaser and most of my neighborhood rarely bothers to get a haircut. Besides, I look better with long hair.

1.      Where was Ponyboy when he stepped into the bright sunlight?

2.      What was he thinking and wishing?

3.      What does Ponyboy look like?

4.      What does he feel about guys with green eyes?

Option 1 : Read the passage and answer questions that follow. Write complete sentences and uss exampes from the reading to support your responses.

Ponyboy says:

WHEN I STEPPED OUT into the bright sunlight from the darkness of the movie house, I had only two things on my mind: Paul Newman and a ride home.

1. Where was Ponyboy when he stepped out?

2.What did he have in his mind?

I was wishing I looked like Paul Newman… but I guess my own looks aren't so bad.

3. What did he wish?

I have light-brown, almost-red hair and greenish-gray eyes. … My hair is longer than a lot of boys … long at the front and sides,

4. What does Pony boy look like?

Espanol: : Lea el pasaje y responder a las preguntas que siguen. Escribir oraciones completas y exampes uss de la lectura para apoyar sus respuestas.

Cuando salí a la luz del sol brillante de la oscuridad de la sala de cine, que tenía sólo dos cosas en la cabeza: Paul Newman y un viaje a casa. Estaba deseando que me parecía a Paul Newman ... pero supongo que mis miradas no son tan malas. Tengo de color marrón claro, cabello casi-rojo y los ojos de color verde grisáceo. Me gustaría que fueran más gris, porque no me gusta la mayoría de los chicos que tienen ojos verdes ... Mi pelo es más largo que un montón de chicos ... siempre en la parte frontal y los lados, pero yo soy un engrasador y la mayor parte de mi barrio rara vez se molesta en conseguir un corte de pelo . Además, me veo mejor con el pelo largo.

1. Cuando era Ponyboy cuando entró en la luz del sol?
2. ¿Qué estaba pensando y deseando?
3. ¿Qué Ponyboy parece?
4. ¿Cómo se siente acerca de los chicos con los ojos verdes?

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HW Mr. Padilla 10.28.16

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

Option 1: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Today we introduced one of next months texts: Quilt of a Country. We will learn much about diversity in America, how we are enriched by diversity, how it makes us stronger, but also how it leads to conflict. 

America is an… idea. A …nation built of ever-changing… parts,

1.    What is America?

2.    What is it built of?

it is held together …by a notion (idea) that all men are created equal,

3.    What holds America together?

"Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image,"

4. What image was the United States built on?

Option 2: Read the passage and answer the questions. Write complete sentences and use examples from the text to support your answer.

America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together …by a notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone.

"Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," ... That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem … like the crazy quilts…Out of many, one. That is the ideal.

1.     What is America?

2.     What is America made of? How was it built?

3.     What is the notion?

4.     Under whose image was America built?

5.     How was America built? Out of what?

Option 1:  Read the passage and answer the questions. Write complete sentences and use examples from the text to support your answer.

America is an improbable idea. A mongrel nation built of ever-changing disparate parts, it is held together …by a notion that all men are created equal, though everyone knows that most men consider themselves better than someone. "Of all the nations in the world, the United States was built in nobody's image," ... That's because it was built of bits and pieces that seem discordant, like the crazy quilts that have been one of its great folk-art forms, velvet and calico and checks and brocades. Out of many, one. That is the ideal.

1.     What makes America an improbable idea?

2.     What holds the disparate parts together?

3.     What do most men consider themselves?

4.     What makes the United States unique?

5.     What do quilts have to do with America?

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HW Mr. Padilla 10.27.16

Dear parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework.

Option 1: George is talking to Lennie. Read passage and answer the questions.

Guys like us, that work on ranches, are the loneliest guys in the world.

1. What are guys who work on ranches like?





 They got no family. They don’t belong no place. . . . We got a future. We got somebody to talk...


2.  What does  George they don't have?


3. What does he say they have?

Option 2: Compare and contrast reasons why people from Lennie and George’s time were homeless to why and how people are homeless today.  Explain why you think they are different or the same.  You may use a Venn diagram to organize your ideas. 

Option 3: Draw two squares on a sheet of paper.  Title one square America 1930’s and the other America’s 2010’s. Show example of how people are homeless now vs then. What is different and what has not changed or is the same.

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HW Mr. Padilla 10.26.16

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

Option 1: Read the quotes and answer the questions that follow?

The Great Depression began with the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday.

1.        What is Black Tuesday?

“Lennie can’t swim.  One day, I told Lennie to jump in the lake.  He jumped in just because I said so. He almost drowned and was so nice to me when I pulled him out.”

2.        Why did Lennie jump in the lake?

“Take the pup back to the nest. He’s got to sleep with his mother or else you might kill him.”

3.        Why does Lennie need to take the pup back to his mother?

Option 2:  Base response on your knowledge about the Great Depression and Of Mice and Men.     

1.       Why is it the Great Depression  hard for people like Lennie?

2.       Can Lennie survive without George’s Help? Explain.

3.       How would George be better off without Lennie?

4.       Why does George take care of Lennie?

Option 3: Compare George and Julianne for Deep Survival. Use the graph below to write things they share in common and differences.

	Similarities (what they share in common)		Differences
George		Example:  He takes care of himself.	He takes care of Lennie, too.
Julianne		She takes care of herself.	She only takes care of herself.

Espanol:

Opción 2: base su  respuesta sobre la gran depresión y De ratones y hombres en tu conocimiento.

1. ¿Por qué es la gran depresión difícil para gente como Lennie?

2. ¿Puede Lennie sobrevivir sin la ayuda de George? Explique.

3. ¿Cómo George estaria mejor sin Lennie?

4. ¿Por qué George cuida a Lennie?

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HW. Mr. Padilla 10.25.16

Homework: Dear Parents/guardians, please assist your child with today's homework: 

 Option 1: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow. 

Workers like Lennie and George have no family, no home, and very little control over their lives. 

1.   What do Lennie and George not have?

Candy said, “I’m not much good with only one hand.  I lost my hand right here on this ranch.  How about I go in with you guys? I’ll put in 350 dollars.”

2.   What happened to Candy? 

3. What does Candy want?

“They’ll fire me as soon as I can’t clean the bunkhouses. You seen what they did to my dog? They said he wasn’t no good to himself or nobody else.”

4.   Why does Candy want to share their dream?

Option 2: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.

Workers like Lennie and George have no family, no home, and very little control over their lives.  Their perfect world is where they can be independent.

Candy said, “I’m not much good with only one hand.  I lost my hand right here on this ranch.  How about I go in with you guys? I’ll put in 350 dollars.”

“They’ll fire me as soon as I can’t clean the bunkhouses. You seen what they did to my dog? They said he wasn’t no good to himself or nobody else.”

 

“I should have shot that dog, myself George.  I shouldn’t have let a stranger shoot my own dog.”

1.   Describe George and Lennie’s dream. (In complete sentences and with details from the text)

2.   How much money do they need to save?

3.   Who wants to share their dream?

4.   Why does this person want to share the dream?

 Option 3:

   Short answer: In a five sentence paragraph, answer the following question. 

Is the American Dream possible in the context of this novel?  Why or why not?
What is YOUR American Dream? What will you need to do to make this happen? How can others close to you support you? 

Espanol: Lea el pasaje y contestar las preguntas que siguen.

Trabajadores como Lennie y George están sin familia, sin hogar, y muy poco control sobre sus vidas. Su mundo perfecto es donde pueden ser independientes.





Caramelo dijo: "No soy muy bueno con una sola mano. He perdido mi mano derecha aquí en este rancho. ¿Qué tal voy con ustedes? Voy a poner en 350 dólares ".



"Me van a disparar tan pronto como no puedo limpiar los barracones. ¿Has visto lo que le hicieron a mi perro? Se dijo que no era nada bueno para él o para nadie más ".



"Debería haber disparado al perro, yo George. No debería haber dejado que un extraño tiro a mi propio perro ".







1. Describir George y Lennie sueño. (En oraciones completas y con detalles del texto)







2. ¿Cuánto dinero se necesita para ahorrar?



3. ¿Quién quiere compartir su sueño?





4. ¿Por qué esta persona quiere compartir el sueño?

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HW Mr. Padilla 10.24.16

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

Option 1:  Read the passage and answer the questions that follow:

George: "O.K. Someday—we're … gonna have a little house and a couple of acres an' a cow and some pigs…”

1.    What does George say he and Lennie will have some day?

Lennie shouted. "An' have rabbits. Go on, George! Tell about what we're gonna have in the garden and about the rabbits in the cages…

2.    What animal is Lennie really excited about?

 Lennie continues:  “and about the rain in the winter and the stove, and how thick the cream is on the milk like you can hardly cut it. Tell about that George."

3.    Mention 2 more things Lennie is excited about.

A,

B.

Option 2: Compare and contrast Arnold’s dream to George and Lennie’s.  Draw a t chart . Draw Arnold  and his dream on one side and Lennie and George’s dream  on the other.  On the bottom write down your conclusion: _______________’s dream is more realistic because_____________________.

Option3; People dream of many things: some big and some small, some realistic and others not realistic.  Do you think Goerge and Lennie’s dream are realistic? Explain how?’

Opción 1: Lea el pasaje y contestar las preguntas que siguen:

George: "¡está bien Algún día-estamos ... a tener una pequeña casa y un par de acres de un 'una vaca y algunos cerdos ..."

1. ¿Qué George decir que él y Lennie tendrá algún día?

gritó Lennie. "Un 'tienen conejos. Vamos, George! Dile acerca de lo que vamos a tener en el jardín y sobre los conejos en las jaulas ...

2. ¿Qué animal es Lennie realmente entusiasmados?

  Lennie sigue: "y de la lluvia en el invierno y la estufa, y el grosor de la crema se encuentra en la leche como casi no se puede cortar. Decir acerca de que George ".

3. Mención 2 cosas más Lennie está muy entusiasmado.

A.

B.

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HW Mr. Padilla 10.21.16

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

Option 1: Read passages and answer questions that follow.

The Great Depression began with the stock market crash on October 29, 1929, also known as Black Tuesday.

1.      What is Black Tuesday?

“Lennie can’t swim.  One day, I told Lennie to jump in the lake.  He jumped in just because I said so. He almost drowned and was so nice to me when I pulled him out.”

2.      Why did Lennie jump in the lake?

“Take the pup back to the nest. He’s got to sleep with his mother or else you might kill him.”

3.      Why does Lennie need to take the pup back to his mother?

Option 2: Base on today’s discussion

1.     Describe life during the Great Depression

2.     How does Lennie put George in survival situations?

3.     Describe what happened in Weed.

4.     Compare Julianne Koepcke’s situation to Lennie and George’s sitatuion? How are they similar and different?

Option 3: Who had it more difficult? Use the graph below to list the challenges Lennie and George went through vs Julianne. After you gather the facts make draw decision make a conclusion.

George and Lennie’s challenges	Julianne Koepcke’ Challenges

Your conclusion:

_______________________had a more difficult challenge because_______________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________

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HW Mr. Padilla 10.20.16

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

Congratulations to Andrew Figueroa You have completed every single homework, and done extra homework in top of that. Keep up the excellent work!

Today we learned how there are different situations in which people are put in positions where they need to survive. For Juliane and the victims of 9/11 it was a matter of life and death. For Lennie and George is was a matter of finding work and a place to sleep. Crook, who was an African American, had a place to stay and a job, but he was all alone because no one wanted to talk to him.  His challenge was loneliness.  Read the passage below and answer the questions using full sentences.

Option 1:

"I seen it over an' over — a guy talkin' to another guy and it don't make no difference…

1. What has Crook seen all over?

"Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books.

2. What happens after he plays horseshoes?

Books ain't no good… . A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody.

3. Why are books no good?

Don't make no difference who the guy is... I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."

4. What makes no difference?

5. What happens if someone gets too lonely?

Option 2:

"I seen it over an' over — a guy talkin' to another guy and it don't make no difference…The thing is, they're talkin', or they're settin' still not talkin' … It's just bein' with another guy. That's all…

"Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody … . A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you … . I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."

            1. What is Crook saying  that he’s seen over again?  

2. . How does Crook feel?  Give examples for the text.

3.  Why do you think  Crook is all alone? Explain.

4.. Do you believe it is better to be alone than in the company of people who don’t like you?  What would be the problem? Explain

Option 3:

"I seen it over an' over — a guy talkin' to another guy and it don't make no difference if he don't hear or understand. The thing is, they're talkin', or they're settin' still not talkin' … It's just bein' with another guy. That's all…

"Sure you could play horseshoes till it got dark, but then you got to read books. Books ain't no good. A guy needs somebody — to be near him … . A guy goes nuts if he ain't got nobody. Don't make no difference who the guy is, long's he's with you … . I tell ya a guy gets too lonely an' he gets sick."

1. What is Crook saying  that he’s seen over again?  

2. What do people get tired of when they are alone?

3. What can happen to people when they are always alone?

4. Why do you think Crook is always alone? Explain

5. Do you believe it is better to be alone than in the company of people who don’t like you?  What would be the problem? Explain

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HW Mr. Padilla 10.18.16

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

Option 1:  Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.  Write complete sentences and cite evidence from the text to support your answers.

…this teenage girl, who had lost her shoes …on the first day, saved herself; the other survivors took the same eleven days to sit down and die…

1.   What did the girl do?

2.   What did the other survivors do?

The … mystery of survival is how one… seventeen- year old girl gets out alive and a dozen adults … do not…

3. What is the mystery of survival?

Option 2: Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.  Write complete sentences and cite evidence from the text to support your answers.

Tough and clearheaded, this teenage girl, who had lost her shoes …on the first day, saved herself; the other survivors took the same eleven days to sit down and die…

The knottiest mystery of survival is how one unequipped, ill-prepared seventeen- year old girl gets out alive and a dozen adults … better equipped, do not…

Although we cannot know what the others who survived the fall were thinking and deciding…they knew they were supposed to stay put and await rescue. They were rule followers, and it killed them.

1.     How is Julianne described?

2.     What happened to the other survivals while Julianne saved herself?

3.     What is the knottiest mystery of survival?

4.     According to the author, what killed the other survivors?

Option 3:  Read the passage and answer the questions that follow.  Write complete sentences and cite evidence from the text to support your answers.

Tough and clearheaded, this teenage girl, who had lost her shoes (not to mention her mother) on the first day, saved herself; the other survivors took the same eleven days to sit down and die…

The knottiest mystery of survival is how one unequipped, ill-prepared seventeen year old girl gets out alive and a dozen adults in similar circumstances, better equipped, do not…

Although we cannot know what the others who survived the fall were thinking and deciding…they knew they were supposed to stay put and await rescue. They were rule followers, and it killed them.

1.     From the beginning of Julianne’s story, how were the odds against her?

2.     While Julianne followed the river for eleven days, what did the others do?

3.     How badly prepared was Julianne to survive?

4.     What is the knottiest mystery?

5.     What led to the others death?

Opción 2: Lea el pasaje y conteste las preguntas que siguen. Escribe oraciones completas y cite evidencia del texto para apoyar tus respuestas.

Resistente y lúcida, esta adolescente, que había perdido sus zapatos ... en el primer día, se salvó; los otros supervivientes tomaron los mismos once días para sentarse y morir ...
El misterio de supervivencia es cómo una nina no equipada, mal preparada y  de diecisiete años sale viva y una docena de adultos ... mejor equipados, no ...
Aunque no podemos saber lo que los otros que sobrevivieron la caída estaban pensando y decidiendo ... sabían que tenían que quedarse quietos y esperar el rescate. Eran seguidores de reglas, y eso los mato.

1. ¿Cómo se describe a Julianne?
2. ¿Qué pasó con los otros supervivientes, mientras que Julianne se salvó?
3. ¿Cuál es el misterio de la supervivencia?
4. ¿Qué sabían los otros sobrevivientes?

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