HW Mr. Padilla 4.28.17

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

Write a review of the novel Monster (you are not limited to any of these questions. Feel free to come up with your own questions or mix questions from other Option tasks).

Option 1:  Base response on what you learned about Monster.

Briefly summarize the novel.

What theme stood out for you most: Lies and Conceit; Justice or Fear and why?

After reading the novel, what did you learn about the justice system that you did not know?

Did the novel make you have more faith in the justice system, the same, or did you lose faith? Explain.

Option 2:  Base response on what you learned about Monster.

Name one character that you liked in the novel and why.

Describe the character that you liked (what he/she looked like and how he/she behaved)

Name one character that you disliked and why.

Describe the character that you liked (what he/she looked like and how he/she behaved)

Option 3: Base response on what you learned about Monster.

How did you feel about the novel Monster?

What did you like or dislike about the novel? Why?

What novel that we have read so far this year would you compare Monster to? Why?

Would you recommend this novel to someone? What would you say?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.27.17

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

Option 1: Tell me about the images. What are these people doing? Who are they?

Option 2: Why are these people working with little or no pay? What can we do to help?

Option 3: Do you think having many prisoners is good for corporations? Why or why not?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.26.17

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

Option 3:

 “His crying got to me. Miss O'Brien said the judge could sentence me to 25 years to life. If he did, I would have to serve at least 21 years and 3 months. I can't imagine being in jail for that long. I wanted to cry with the guy.”

(If convicted—Steve would stay in prison until he's a middle- aged man, all for being the lookout.)

Task:

Part of growing up is making mistakes.  How do you think our justice system can teach young people lessons without having to punish them in such a harsh way?

What realistic plan can you come up with that would be strict and teach a lifelong lesson?

Option 2:

“His crying got to me. Miss O'Brien said the judge could sentence me to 25 years to life. If he did, I would have to serve at least 21 years and 3 months. I can't imagine being in jail for that long. I wanted to cry with the guy.”

(If convicted—Steve would stay in prison until he's a middle aged man, all for being the lookout.)

Task:

Would this be a fair indictment (punishment)? Why or why not?

What would be a fair punishment for his crime? And why?

Option 1:

“His crying got to me. Miss O'Brien said the judge could sentence me to 25 years to life. If he did, I would have to serve at least 21 years and 3 months. I can't imagine being in jail for that long. I wanted to cry with the guy.”

As a student, you know a lot about rules and consequences for breaking rules.

1.    Would being grounded a month be a fair punishment for not doing one homework?

2.    If a student doesn’t follow a rule, what would be the best way to teach him/her a lesson?  Explain why?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.25.17

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

Mr. Harmon speaking to Steve Harmon:

Option 3:

When you were first born, I would lie up in the bed thinking about scenes of your life.  You playing football. You going off to college. I used to think of you…doing the same things I did…I never made the football team, but I thought—I dreamed you would.  I even thought of getting mad of you for staying out too late…I never thought of seeing you in a place like this. It just never came to me that you’d ever be in any kind of trouble…

Make a general comment about the relationship and the hopes and dreams that fathers have of their sons based on this passage. 

What feelings do you think must be going through Steve Harmon’s heart and mind as his father talks to him? 

Option 2:

When you were first born, I would lie up in the bed thinking about scenes of your life.  You playing football. You going off to college. I used to think of you…doing the same things I did…I never made the football team…—I dreamed you would.…I never thought of seeing you in a place like this. It just never came to me that you’d ever be in any kind of trouble…

1.        What would Mr. Harmon do when Steve was born?

2.        What did his dad want for Steve?

3.        What dreams did he have for Steve?

4.        How do you think he feels that Steve in prison?

5.        What dreams do your parents have for you?

Option 1:

When you were first born, I would lie up in the bed thinking about scenes of your life.

1.    What would Mr. Harmon do when Steve was born?

  You playing football. You going off to college. I used to think of you…doing the same things I did…

2.    What did his dad want for Steve?

I never made the football team…—I dreamed you would.…

3.    What dreams did he have for Steve?

I never thought of seeing you in a place like this… that you’d ever be in any kind of trouble…

4.    How do you think he feels that Steve in prison?

5.    What dreams do your parents have for you?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.24.17

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

Option 1:

"If you make a noise they don’t like, they say they’ll mess you up.  One guy has a knife.  It’s not really a knife, but a blade glued onto a toothbrush handle."

1. What does Steve mean when he says “mess you up”?

"Wendell Bolden is average height but heavily built with large, ashy hands.  He acts like he’s mad and wants everybody to know it."

 2. Describe Wendell Bolden:

Option 2:

If you make a noise they don’t like, they say they’ll mess you up.  One guy has a knife.  It’s not really a knife, but a blade glued onto a toothbrush handle.

What does Steve mean when he says “mess you up”?

Option 3:

Wendell Bolden is average height but heavily built with large, ashy hands.  He acts like he’s mad and wants everybody to know it.

 Describe Wendell Bolden:

A. What does he look like?

B. How does he act?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.21.17

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

Option 3: 

*In a way he (the preacher, p61) was right, at least about me. I want to look like a good person. I want to feel like a good person because I believe I am. But being in here with these guys makes it hard to think about yourself as being different. We look about the same, and even though I’m younger than they are, it’s hard not to notice that they are all pretty young. I see what Miss O’Brien meant when she said part of her job was to make me look human in the eyes of the jury.

What do you believe is important to Steve at this point? Give evidence from the reading

Option 2: 

**In a way he (the preacher, p61) was right…. I want to look like a good person. I want to feel like a good person because I believe I am. But being in here with these guys makes it hard to think about yourself as being different. We look about the same….it’s hard not to notice that they are all pretty young. I see what Miss O’Brien meant when she said part of her job was to make me look human in the eyes of the jury.

What do you believe is important to Steve at this point? Give evidence from the reading.

What was on Steve’s mind when he wrote this, and why?

Explain how you believe he feels and give evidence

Option 1:

In a way he (the preacher, p61) was right…. I want to look like a good person. I want to feel like a good person because I believe I am. But being in here … makes it hard to think about yourself as being different. We look about the same….I see what Miss O’Brien meant when she said part of her job was to make me look human in the eyes of the jury.

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. What does Steve want to look like? 

         What is hard to think about while he is in prison?

What does he suddenly see or understand?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.20.17

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

OPTION 1:

*     “As Mr. Harmon’s attorney all I ask of you, the jury, is that you look at Steve Harmon now and remember that at this moment the American system of justice demands that you consider him innocent.  He is innocent until proven guilty. If you consider him innocent now, and by law you must, if you have not prejudiced him, then I don’t believe we will have a problem convincing you that nothing the state will produce will challenge that innocence” pg 26.

Paraphrase the paragraph above. Right at least 2 sentences in which you tell me what is happening.

Option 2:

**     “As Mr. Harmon’s attorney all I ask of you, the jury, is that you look at Steve Harmon now and remember that at this moment the American system of justice demands that you consider him innocent.  He is innocent until proven guilty. If you consider him innocent now… then I don’t believe we will have a problem convincing you that nothing the state will produce will challenge that innocence” pg 26.

Answer the Questions:

•1. What is the first thing that the attorney asks the jury?

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•2. How should the jury consider Steve Harmon at this moment?

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•3. Why is it important to the attorney that  the jury Steve Harmon innocent until proven guilty?

•Option 1:

 “As Mr. Harmon’s attorney (lawyer)all I ask of you, the jury, is that you look at Steve Harmon now

1.       What Steve’s attorney asking?

and remember that ….the …system of justice demands that you consider him innocent.

2.       What does the attorney ask the jury to remember?

 He is innocent until proven guilty.

3.       How can Steve stop being innocent?

If you consider him innocent now… I don’t believe we will have a problem convincing you …”pg 26.

4.       What happens if the jury considers him innocent now?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.19.17

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

Topic:  Is justice always just?

Cathy O’Brien is speaking to Steve Harmon before the case begins>

Option 3:

*  O’Brien: Let me make sure you understand what’s going on. Both you and this King character are on trial for felony murder. Felony murder is as serious as it gets. Sandra Petrocelli is the prosecutor, and she’s good…The jury might think they’re doing you a big favor by giving you life in prison. So you’d better take this trial very, very seriously.  When you’re in court, you sit there and you pay attention.  You let the jury know that you think the case is as serious as they do. You don’t turn and wave to any of your friends.

Steve: Do you think we are going to win?

O’Brien:  It probably depends on what you mean by “win.”

  Read the following 2 lines. Explain what you think these 2 quotes say about Justice in your own words. (remember there is no right or wrong answer).

Option 2: Base response on today’s reading.

** O’Brien: Let me make sure you understand what’s going on. Both you and this King character are on trial for felony murder. Felony murder is as serious as it gets. Sandra Petrocelli is the prosecutor…The jury might think they’re doing you a big favor by giving you life in prison. So you’d better take this trial very, very seriously.  When you’re in court…. you pay attention.  You let the jury know that you think the case is as serious…. You don’t turn and wave to any of your friends.

Steve: Do you think we are going to win?

O’Brien:  It probably depends on what you mean by “win.”

Task: 

Who  else is on trial and why?

What might the jury give them?

What advice does O Brien give Steve?

How do you think Steve feels?

5. When O' Brien says: "It…. depends on what you mean by “win.” Does this sound like a good thing or bad thing? Why?

*** O’Brien: Let me make sure you understand what’s going on. Both you and this King character are on trial for felony murder.

1. Who  else is on trial and why?

 Felony murder is…. Serious…Sandra Petrocelli is the prosecutor…
2. Who is the prosecutor?

The jury might think they’re doing you a big favor by giving you life in prison.
3.What might the jury think?

So you’d better take this …. very seriously.  When you’re in court…. you pay attention…. You don’t turn and wave to any of your friends.

4.What does Steve have to do when he is in court? 

Steve: Do you think we are going to win?

O’Brien:  It…. depends on what you mean by “win.”

5. When O' Brien says: "It…. depends on what you mean by “win.” Does this sound like a good thing or bad thing? Why?

Option 1: Base response on today’s reading.

Who  else is on trial and why?

What might the jury give them?

What advice does O Brien give Steve?

How do you think Steve feels?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.7.17

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

Focus: Today we learned about dreamers. Some dream of a better world, others for freedom, yet others to conquer and do evil deeds.

Option 1: Chose one image below and answer the following questions:
Who is this person?
What did this person dream of?
What happened to this person?
Share 1 fact about this person?

Option 2: Compare 2 of the individuals in the images below.
Who are they?
What did they dream of?
Where are they from?
What do they have in common?
How are they different?
Share 1 fact about each 1.

Option 3: Research any individual that you believe was a dreamer. It can be someone we reviewed in class, or one of the individuals below.
Identify the individual. Discuss in one paragraph how thus person made an impact in the world: Whether for good or evil.

HW Mr. Padilla 4.6.17

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

Option 3:

Lies and deceit riddle Steve's court case in Monster. From the witnesses, to the detectives, to Steve himself—it's hard to tell who to trust. Some folks lie to save their own skin, while others lie to hurt people, and a few more lie to protect those they love. So it goes in real life, too—we may not be testifying on a stand every day, but lies and deceit surround us. In the end, we've all got to figure out which voices to listen to… and hopefully we'll figure out correctly which ones to trust.

Why do liars lie? Are the reasons in the novel different than reasons for real-life liars? Write a small paragraph response using real life examples (3-5 sentences).

Option 2:

From the witnesses, to the detectives, to Steve himself—it's hard to tell who to trust. Some folks lie to save their own skin, while others lie to hurt people, and a few more lie to protect those they love. So it goes in real life, too—we may not be testifying on a stand every day, but lies and deceit surround us. In the end, we've all got to figure out which voices to listen to… and hopefully we'll figure out correctly which ones to trust.

1.        Who is it hard to trust?

2.        Why do people lie?

3.        What happens in rea life?

4.        What do we need to learn?

Option 1:

From the witnesses, to the detectives, to Steve himself—it's hard to tell who to trust.

1.    Who is it hard to trust?

Some … lie to save their own skin… others lie to hurt people, and a few more lie to protect those they love.

2.    Why do people lie?

 So it goes in real life, too—we may not be testifying on a stand every day, but lies…surround us.

3.    What happens in rea life?

In the end, we've all got to figure out which voices to listen to… hopefully we'll figure out correctly which ones to trust.

4.    What do we need to learn?

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HW Mr Padilla 4.5.17

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

Option 3

Focus: What inspired Walter Dean Myers to write Monster? Part 1

In the beginning, there was a boy. A distracted, disruptive boy — a bad boy, his teachers said. A tall, athletic boy who fought with other kids and threw books around the classroom and talked when he wasn’t supposed to. A boy who stumbled over his words but moved with perfect grace on the basketball court. A boy who read voraciously — Mark Twain, Elizabeth Barrett Browning, Samuel Coleridge, Charles Dickens, Dylan Thomas, Honoré de Balzac, James Joyce — even after he dropped out of Stuyvesant High School in New York. A boy whose questing intelligence was engaged in a long and complicated conversation with the books he read, books that made him feel more real than his real life did but that were also silent about black boys like him.

Why do you think Walter Dean Myers wrote Monster?  Do you think his personal life had something to with him writing the novel?  Do you think people turn out the way they do because of how they grew up? Explain

Option 2:

Focus: What inspired Walter Dean Myers to write Monster? Part 1

In the beginning, there was a boy. A distracted, disruptive boy — a bad boy, his teachers said. A tall, athletic boy who fought with other kids and threw books around the classroom and talked when he wasn’t supposed to. A boy who stumbled over his words but moved with perfect grace on the basketball court. A boy who read voraciously — Mark Twain,…Charles Dickens… — even after he dropped out of Stuyvesant High School in New York. A boy whose…intelligence was engaged in …conversation with the books he read, books that made him feel more real than his real life did but that were also silent about black boys like him.

1.     Explain how Walter Dean Myers used to be when he was in school. How did he behave?

2.     What was one strength and one weakness he had?

3.Even though he loved to read, what was one problem he had with books?

4.     Why do you think he wrote Monster? No right or wrong answer.

Option 1:

In the beginning, there was a boy. A distracted,..bad boy, his teachers said.

1.    How did Walter behave in school in the beginning?

A tall, athletic boy who fought with other kids and threw books around the classroom and talked when he wasn’t supposed to.

2.    List 2 examples of bad behavior in the classroom.

A.     

B.     

A boy who stumbled (stuttered) over his words but moved with…grace on the basketball court.

3.    How did he play basketball?

 A boy who read voraciously (a lot)— even after he dropped out of….High School…

4.    What good habit did he keep after school?

A boy whose…was engaged in …conversation with the books he read, books that made him feel more real than his real life did but that were also silent about black boys like him. 

5.    How did books make him feel?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.4.17

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

 Topic: Fear is a theme in Monster.

Option 3:
* Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. It is a strange movie with no plot and no beginning.  The movie is in black and white, and grainy. Sometimes the camera moves in so close that you can’t tell what is going on and you just listen to the sound and guess. I have seen movies of prisons but never one like this. This is not a movie about bars and locked doors. It is about being alone when you are not really alone and about being scared all the time.

Task: Explain the meaning of this quote using your own words. “It is about being alone when you are not really alone and about being scared all the time.”  

Option 2:
Sometimes I feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie. It is a strange movie with no plot and no beginning.  The movie is in black and white…Sometimes the camera moves in so close that you can’t tell what is going on and you just listen to the sound and guess…. This is not a movie about bars and locked doors. It is about being alone when you are not really alone and about being scared all the time.

How does Steve feel when he walks into the middle of a movie?
What does he do when he can’t tell what is going on?
What Steve’s movie about? What is it not about?

Option 1:
Sometimes I (Steve) feel like I have walked into the middle of a movie.

1.     What does Steve feel sometimes? 

 It is a strange movie with no plot and no beginning.  The movie is in black and white…

2.     What is the movie like? 

Sometimes…. you can’t tell what is going on and you just listen to the sound and guess

3.     What do you do when you can’t tell what’s going on?

…. This is not a movie about bars and locked doors. It is about being alone …. and about being scared all the time.

4.     What is the movie not about? 

5.     What is the movie about?

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HW Mr. Padilla 4.3.17

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

Collections: About Walter Dean Myers, Author of Monster

Option 1: “I was born on a Thursday, the 12th of August, 1937, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. My name at birth was Walter Milton Myers. I was about two years old when my mother died and then I was inexplicably given to Florence and Herbert Dean. I was raised in Harlem by Herbert, who was African-American and Florence, who was German and Native American and wonderful. They loved me very much and I grew to love Harlem.

As a child, my life revolved around my neighborhood and church. The neighborhood protected me and the church guided me. I resisted as much as I could. I was smart (all kids are smart) but didn’t do that well in school. I had a speech impediment and often found myself leading with my fists when teased.

I found solace in books. My mother read to me from a very young age. From my comfortable perch on her lap, I would watch as she moved her finger slowly across the page and I’d imagine the characters. Reading pushed me to discover worlds beyond my landscape, especially during dark times when my uncle was murdered and my family became dysfunctional with alcohol and grief.

1.       What are some important events in Myer’s life?

2.       Why do you think Walter resisted as much as he could? There is no right or wrong answers—just explain your thoughts.

3.       Do you think he had a happy childhood or not? Explain. Use evidence. 

Option 2:  “I was born on a Thursday, the 12th of August, 1937, in Martinsburg, West Virginia. My name at birth was Walter Milton Myers. I was about two years old when my mother died and then I was … given to Florence and Herbert Dean. I was raised in Harlem by Herbert, who was African-American and Florence, who was German and Native American and wonderful. They loved me very much…

As a child, my life revolved around my neighborhood and church. The neighborhood protected me and the church guided me. …. I was smart (all kids are smart) but didn’t do that well in school. I had a speech impediment and often found myself leading with my fists when teased.

I found solace in books. My mother read to me from a very young age. …on her lap, I would watch as she moved her finger slowly across the page and I’d imagine the characters. Reading pushed me to discover worlds beyond my landscape, especially during dark times when my uncle was murdered…

1.         Where was the author born?

2.         What happened when Walter was 2 years old?

3.         Where did Walter grow up? Who raised him?

4.         How did Walter do in school?

5.         Why did Walter fight when he was a kid?

6.         Why did Walter love books?

Option 1:  “I was born on…12th of August, 1937, in Martinsburg, West Virginia.

1.    Where was the author born?

My name at birth was Walter Milton Myers. I was about two years old when my mother died …

2.    What happened when Walter was 2 years old?

I was raised in Harlem by Herbert, who was African-American and Florence, who was German and Native American and wonderful. They loved me very much…

3.    Where did Walter grow up? Who raised him?

As a child…. I was smart (all kids are smart) but didn’t do that well in school.

4.    How did Walter do in school?

 I had a speech impediment (problem) and often found myself leading (fighting)  with my fists when teased.

5.    Why did Walter fight when he was a kid?

I found solace (peace) in books. My mother read to me from a very young age. …on her lap….

6.    Why did Walter love books?

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