English IV- 1 Assignments
Assignment Calendar
April 2026
| Su | Mo | Tu | We | Th | Fr | Sa |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 2 events •• | 1 event • | |||||
Upcoming Assignments
Due:
Study Guide
Due:
"Living" Test
Due:
EXTRA CREDIT - Computer Fun Survey
Go to your email. Fill out the Computer Fun Survey. Take a photo and attach it to show that you have filled it out. Your name has to be shown.
Due:
P1 gatsby vocab flashcards ch. 1-5
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
Unlying Quote Analysis
Past Assignments
Due:
"Living" short Response
Due:
"After" Test
Due:
P1 After Test Review
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
Common Lit : "Surgeon General: We Have Become a Lonely Nation. It's Time to Fix That"
This seems to got lost on GC. I'm not taking off for being late.
Due:
"After" Short Response Questions
Due:
CommonLit: Why Do We Judge Parents For Putting Kids At Perceived — But Unreal — Risk?
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
"Dying" Test
Due:
Building Introductory Paragraphs
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
"Dying" Short Response Questions
Hard copy pages 102-155 total. Please read 10 pages at home each night. There will be reading quizzes for each section on a Google Form. If we miss a class, you will take the quiz the next time we meet. Take post-it notes on characters, changes, setting, tone, imagery, plot, conflict, structure, and figurative language. Interpret and analyze how specific literary devices contribute to themes, character development, and/or the overall message of the work.
Pages 102-112 due Monday, 3/9
Pages 112-122 due Wednesday, 3/11
Pages 122-132 due Thursday, 3/12
Pages 132-142 due Friday, 3/13
pages 142- 155 due Tuesday, 3/17
Test on section Thursday, 3/19
Pages 102-112 due Monday, 3/9
Pages 112-122 due Wednesday, 3/11
Pages 122-132 due Thursday, 3/12
Pages 132-142 due Friday, 3/13
pages 142- 155 due Tuesday, 3/17
Test on section Thursday, 3/19
Due:
CommonLit: Think Mothering Young Kids Is Hard? Get Ready For Even Tougher Times
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
"Dying" Test
Due:
CommonLit: The Science of Solitary Confinement
This assignment is due 3/10/2026. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
Intro paragraphs quiz
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
CommonLit: On Broadway
This assignment is due 3/9/2026. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
HOMEWORK -What AI Executives Tell Their Own Kids About the Jobs of the Future
Due:
2/25/26- Intro Paragraphs
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
Lying Journal
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
"Unlying" - Room Short Response Questions
pages 54-97
Due:
Acitve and Passive Extend HOMEWORK
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
"Presents" test
Due:
Presents Short Response
Due:
Room Workbook HOMEWORK
Complete "presents" section.
Due:
Active and Passive Voice Core Practice-HOMEWORK
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
First 15 pages
Read the first 15 pages of Presents. Use a sticky note to identify the following: theme, vocabulary, allusion, something you don't understand, personification, identify a lie for Jack's benefit, identify Jack's schedule, his feelings, the setting, examples of abuse, characterization, conflict, metaphors, idioms, symbolism, and anything you feel is notable.
Due:
Grade Calculator 1
Make a copy and attach it here.
DO NOT DELETE THE 50s!!!
Type the percentages you have earned for marking period 1, marking period 2, and the mid-term.
Leave the 50% for marking periods 3, 4 and the final exam.
DO NOT DELETE THE 50s!!!
Type the percentages you have earned for marking period 1, marking period 2, and the mid-term.
Leave the 50% for marking periods 3, 4 and the final exam.
Due:
Stockholm Syndrome
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
Verbal and Emotional Abuse
Due:
Anticipation Guide
Due:
Stockholm Syndrome
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
Parental Codependency
As you read, highlight the information that gives examples of parental codependency and the effects on the child.
Due:
The Josef Fritzl Case
Please attach a doc here and take notes.
Due:
Amanda Berry and Gina DeJesust
Create a doc and attach.
Take notes as we watch the true story.
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Resolution?
Take notes as we watch the true story.
Who? What? When? Where? Why? How?
Resolution?
Due:
Mid Terms January 20-23, 2026
More to come
Due:
Senior Midterm
Due:
Review Sheets
Due:
Why do we make New Year's resolutions? A brief history of a long tradition
Due:
Ch. 6-9 test
Due:
P1 gatsby ch. 9
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
Ch. 8
Due:
Do Now - "Young Daters Confront a Relationship Killer: The 'Swag Gap'"D
Due:
ch. 7 vocabulary and questions
Due:
Classwork- Car Build
One of the themes in The Great Gatsby is the conflict between "old money" and "new money." With this theme in mind, choose one character from the novel and build a modern car for them based on their characterization and place in society. Attach a link to your build here along with a Google Doc. that lists the choices you made and why.
Due:
P1 ch. 6
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
Ch. 6 Vocabulary & Questions- Be ready for a reading/vocab quiz
Due:
P1 ch 1-5 vocab
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
The Great Gatsby ch. 1-5 Study Guide
Due:
Chapters 1-5 TEST
Due:
P1 ch 5
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
Chapter 4 - Vocabulary and Discussion Questions
Due:
P1 ch 4
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
P1 Gatsby 3
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
Ch. 3 Vocabulary and Discussion Questions- Quiz next class
Due:
Do Now- Figurative Language
Due:
Ch. 2 Questions and Vocabulary
Complete vocabulary.
Read ch. 2 and complete the discussion questions.
Be ready for a reading vocabulary quiz.
Read ch. 2 and complete the discussion questions.
Be ready for a reading vocabulary quiz.
Due:
Do you want to participate in the Teen Center's Ugly Holiday Sweater Contest?
Due:
Chapter 1
Due:
Ch. 1 Vocabulary & Figurative Language- Quiz
Due:
Do Now- East Egg vs. West Egg
Due:
Ch. 1 Character Review
Due:
P1 Great Gatsby Ch. 1 & Vocabulary Test
Due:
Embedding Quotes Part 1
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
Do Now- Join Khan Academy
Due:
The 1920s
Video and questions
Due:
The Yellow Wallpaper digital copy
Due:
Personal Narrative Draft- Draft 2 Homework
Please have an updated draft to submit by 10/22. You need to work on these outside of class. I am happy to review them for you as long as you are completing class work.
Please post your personal narrative draft here. We are still going through examples. Many of you may not have started yet and that's ok. This is in case anyone is ahead.
Please post your personal narrative draft here. We are still going through examples. Many of you may not have started yet and that's ok. This is in case anyone is ahead.
Due:
Why I Wrote The Yellow Wallpaper
Due:
Formatting Titles Quiz 1 (elementary)
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
CommonLit: Writing Lesson: Choice Board: Using Humor
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
Picture Prompt: 1-3 paragraphs- Hand written
View the picture attached.
Write the story that accompanies this picture.
Write the story that accompanies this picture.
Due:
CommonLit: Writing Lesson: Choice Board: Connecting to a Specific Program
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
CommonLit: Reading Lesson: "Model Application Essay 2"
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
P1 College Vocab
Click on the link below to start the game
Due:
Do Now- Sentence Study: Opening with a Participial Phrase
Due:
Elite Colleges Where Students Can't Cope with Strain of Reading an Entire Book: 'My jaw dropped'
Due:
Do Now- Sentence Study: Opening with a Participial Phrase
Due:
CommonLit: Reading Lesson: "Model Application Essay 1"
This assignment is due 10/8/2025. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
HOMEWORK- Formatting Titles (NRI)
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
Do Now - Formatting titles
Attach a Google Doc here.
Google the following questions:
1. When is formatting titles taught in school?
2. Why is it important?
3. List the rules for formatting titles for novels, poems, songs, movies, tv shows, newspaper articles, short stories, and plays. Give an example of each.
4. What do you think a professor will think of a student who doesn't apply these rules when they write a paper in class and are not allowed to use a computer to fix it before handing it in?
Google the following questions:
1. When is formatting titles taught in school?
2. Why is it important?
3. List the rules for formatting titles for novels, poems, songs, movies, tv shows, newspaper articles, short stories, and plays. Give an example of each.
4. What do you think a professor will think of a student who doesn't apply these rules when they write a paper in class and are not allowed to use a computer to fix it before handing it in?
Due:
Do Now- Register for Yearbook Google Classroom
Code= i z w m e s j I
Take a screenshot showing me that you have joined and attach here.
Take a screenshot showing me that you have joined and attach here.
Due:
CommonLit: Writing Lesson: Alternating Between Action and Reflection
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
Do Now- Vocabulary 2- Quiz on Vocabulary 1 & 2 Wed., 10/8
Also know Vocabulary from 1-1,2 posted 9/12 and 3 vocabulary activities posted 9/15 under essay preparation.
Due:
Find a College Essay
Post a links from 5 college essays you found to be exemplary online. Use tiktok, youtube, etc.
Google College Essays that worked
Google College Essays that worked
Due:
Do Now- Titles- Italics vs. Quotes Practice
Due:
Do Now- Complete Selecting Topic and creating scenes for "The Monster of King's Island"
Parts 3 & 4
Due:
AI's Biggest Threat
Due:
HOMEWORK - Vague Language
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
CommonLit: Reading lesson: "The Monster of Kings Island"
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
CLASSWORK - Identity Brainstorm
Due:
Do Now- Chameleon short response model
Create a Google Doc and attach here. Copy the exemplary short response that is being projected.
Due:
My Name
Please include 2 similes and 2 metaphors in your narrative. Please highlight or bold them in your narrative.
Due:
CommonLit: Reading Lesson: "Chameleon"
Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
Written Assignment Quote Book
The in class essay will be administered on Monday, 9/22. Please print your quote book ahead of time as you will be able to reference it to incorporate textual evidence in your writing. It will be due at the end of class.
50 points for the Quote Book
50 points for the in class essay which will be hand written
Total = 100% Major grade for marking period 1.
Bring your quote book with you. If you typed it, it's your responsibility to print it out ahead of time. You will not be allowed to use your Chromebook for this assignment.
50 points for the Quote Book
50 points for the in class essay which will be hand written
Total = 100% Major grade for marking period 1.
Bring your quote book with you. If you typed it, it's your responsibility to print it out ahead of time. You will not be allowed to use your Chromebook for this assignment.
Due:
Do Now/Classwork- The Missing Ingredient
With a partner, read and highlight the words and phrases that convey emotions in purple. Highlight the words that are relatable in yellow. Bold descriptive words and imagery.
Due:
CommonLit: Reading Lesson: "Crying in H Mart"
This assignment is due 9/17/2025. Click the attached link to access the assignment; on the CommonLit login page, click Log In With Google.
Due:
Never Forget- 9/11/01- Due end of class
Today, we will remember 9/11. The 24th Anniversary is today. .
Due:
Post PV Research Project
Working on your own or with a partner, create a Google Slides or Canva presentation that contains the following:
1. Name of a college, logo, and mascot you plan to apply to (or military branch, or trade, or job, etc.)
2. The url of the homepage, application page, tuition page, and financial aid inserted as a link.
3. Tuition (flat rate vs. credit rate) Screen Shot. What's the most economic way to complete your education?
4. What are the application requirements? List them. List the application due dates.
5. Find the major you plan to pursue. What is the GPA requirement for admission? How many credits need to be completed to earn a diploma? How long do you think this should take you? List 3 classes that look interesting that are required.
6. What is the outlook for the field you plan on pursuing? Will there be jobs available in the field of your choice? Will robots or AI take it over? use the links attached to find out the prediction.
7. What income can one expect to earn in your field of interest? Does this vary? Look up how much is earned if working in NYC vs. NJ vs. PA
8. Please add visuals to each slide.
1. Name of a college, logo, and mascot you plan to apply to (or military branch, or trade, or job, etc.)
2. The url of the homepage, application page, tuition page, and financial aid inserted as a link.
3. Tuition (flat rate vs. credit rate) Screen Shot. What's the most economic way to complete your education?
4. What are the application requirements? List them. List the application due dates.
5. Find the major you plan to pursue. What is the GPA requirement for admission? How many credits need to be completed to earn a diploma? How long do you think this should take you? List 3 classes that look interesting that are required.
6. What is the outlook for the field you plan on pursuing? Will there be jobs available in the field of your choice? Will robots or AI take it over? use the links attached to find out the prediction.
7. What income can one expect to earn in your field of interest? Does this vary? Look up how much is earned if working in NYC vs. NJ vs. PA
8. Please add visuals to each slide.
Due:
Class Syllabus
Please return signed by parent/guardian by Tuesday, 9/
Due:
All About Me Poster- Corrections due at midnight. I will update grades beginning approximately 7am tomorrow.
Due:
Grades 11–12 Diagnostic
Click the link to complete this assignment on NoRedInk! Remember to sign in to NoRedInk with your Google account if you haven’t already.
Due:
Letter to Self
Due: