Summer Academy 2021
Semester 2
July 1 - July 17
Contact Information:
Ms. Cvejic
email: [email protected]
mobile: 310-529-6458
Course Syllabus
Required novel: Funny in Farsi, by Firoozeh Dumas
Mandatory summer reading for all ESHS students: Flyer (students taking this course will fulfill the summer reading requirement)
Link to El Segundo Public Library: Click Here (This is where you will register for the summer reading program: go to Services, chose Summer Reading Program, click on "Beanstack website" to complete registration)
English 9, 10, 11 & 12: Regardless of the English class for which you seek credit, all students complete the same course work ( see below).
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Week 1: July 1 - June 3 (Week 1 assignments due by midnight, Sun., July 5)
Wednesday (7/3)
1. Read the course syllabus carefully. Send me an email confirming that you have read and understand the syllabus. Make sure to contact me if you have any questions.
2. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #1b words and write a sentence for each one (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
3. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. The Sentence, Subject and Predicate, pg. 28-29 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 1, pg. 29 (underline the subject; highlight the predicate)
c. The Simple Predicate and the Complete Predicate, pg. 29-30
d. The Verb Phrase, pg. 30-31 (read carefully)
e. Complete Ex. 2, pg. 31
4. Read pages 3-16 (Text)
5. Write journal entry #1 (directions for journals)
Thursday (7/4)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #2b words and write a sentence for each one (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. The Simple Subject and the Complete Subject, pg. 31-32 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 3, pg. 32-33
c. Complete Ex. 4, pg. 33
d. Complete Ex. 5, pg. 33-34
3. Read pages 17-30 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #2 (directions for journals)
Friday (7/5)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #3b sentences and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. The Subject in an Unusual Position, pg. 34 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 6, pg. 34-35
c. Sentences in Which the Subject is Understood, pg. 35 (read carefully)
d. Compound Subjects and Verbs, pg. 35-36 (read carefully)
d. The subject is never in a prepositional phrase, pg. 36 (read carefully)
e. Complete Ex. 7, pg. 36
3. Read pages 31-49 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #3 (directions for journals)
Week 2: July 6 - July 10 (Week 2 assignments due by midnight, Sat., July 11)
Monday (7/6)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #4b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Complete Ex. 8, pg. 36-37
b. Fragments, pg. 37 (read carefully)
c. Complete Ex. 9, pg. 37-38
d. The Sentence Base, pg. 38-39 (read carefully)
e. Compliments, pg. 39 (read carefully)
f. Complete Ex. 10, pg. 39-40
3. Read pages 50-67 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #4 (directions for journals)
Tuesday (7/9)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #5b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Note (immediately following Ex. 10), pg. 40
b. Complete Ex. 11, pg. 40-41
c. The Subject Complement, pg. 41-42
d. Complete Ex. 12, pg. 42
e. Distinguishing Between Subject and Complement, pg. 42-43
f. Complete Ex. 13, pg. 43
3. Read pages 68-81 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #5 (directions for journals)
Wednesday (7/10)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #6b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Direct Objects and Indirect Objects, pg. 43-44
b. Complete Ex. 14, pg. 44
c. 2k, (immediately following Ex. 14), pg. 44-45 (read carefully)
d. Compound Complements, pg. 45
e. Complete Ex. 15, pg. 45-46
f. Complete Ex. 16, pg. 46
3. Read pages 82-102 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #6 (directions for journals)
Thursday (7/11)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #7b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Sentences Classified by Purpose, pg. 46-47 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 17, pg. 47-48
(Skip section about diagraming sentences)
c. Complete Review Ex. C, pg. 56-57
3. Read pages 104-121 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #7 (directions for journals)
Friday (7/12)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #8b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar
a. Look up the meaning and usage of "to", "too", and "two"
b. Complete Ex. 11 (Do not write out complete sentence; only provide the correct word choice for each number)
c. Look up the meaning and usage of "its" and "it's"
d. Complete Ex. 14 (Do not write out complete sentence; only provide the correct word choice for each number)
e. Look up meaning and usage of "their", "there", and they're"
f. Complete Ex. 1
3. Read pages 122-140 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #8 (directions for journals)
5. Essay (CLICK HERE for essay requirements)
Prompt: Look up the meaning of bias. Think about it's function and effect on society, and analyze its role in Dumas' memoir. (Advice: Do not provide the definition of bias in your essay—I know what it means. Second, choose one aspect of bias to analyze--this is a broad subject so as to give you freedom within the direction you wish to go).
Week 3: July 13 - July 17 (Week 3 assignments due by midnight, Fri., July 17)
Monday (7/13)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #9b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar
a. Look up meaning and usage of "lose" and "loose"
b. Complete Ex. 3
c. Look up meaning and usage of "whose" and "who's"
d. Complete Ex. 9
Complete the following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
e. The Phrase, pg. 58-59 (read carefully)
f. Prepositional Phrases, pg. 59-60 (read carefully)
g. Complete Ex. 1, pg. 60
3. Read pages 141-160 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #9 (directions for journals)
Tuesday (7/14)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #10b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Adjective Phrases, pg. 60 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 1, pg. 60
c. Adverb Phrases, pg. 61 (read carefully)
d. Complete Ex. 2, pg. 61-62
e. Diagraming Prepositional Phrases, pg. 62-63 (read carefully)
f. Complete Ex. 4, pg. 63-64
3. Read pages 161-179 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #10 (directions for journals)
Wednesday (7/15)
1. Vocabulary: None
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Complete Ex. 5, pg. 64
b. Verbals and Verbal Phrases, pg. 64-66 (read carefully)
c. Complete Ex. 6, pg. 66
d. Complete Ex. 7, pg. 66-67
e. Complete Ex. 8, pg. 67-68
3. Read pages 180-198 (Text)
4. Write - no journal
Thursday (7/18)
1. Vocabulary: None
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. The Participial Phrase, pg. 68-69 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 9, pg. 69
c. Complete Ex. 10, pg. 69-70
d. The Gerund, pg. 70 (read carefully)
e. Complete Ex. 11, pg. 71
f. Complete Ex. 12, pg. 71
3. Read - None
4. Write - no journal
Friday (7/19) (Week 3 assignments due by midnight tonight., Friday, 7/17)
1. Vocabulary: None
2. Grammar - None
3. Read - None
4. Write - no journal
5. Essay (CLICK HERE for essay requirements)
Prompt: TBD
End of Semester 2
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Wednesday (7/3)
1. Read the course syllabus carefully. Send me an email confirming that you have read and understand the syllabus. Make sure to contact me if you have any questions.
2. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #1b words and write a sentence for each one (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
3. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. The Sentence, Subject and Predicate, pg. 28-29 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 1, pg. 29 (underline the subject; highlight the predicate)
c. The Simple Predicate and the Complete Predicate, pg. 29-30
d. The Verb Phrase, pg. 30-31 (read carefully)
e. Complete Ex. 2, pg. 31
4. Read pages 3-16 (Text)
5. Write journal entry #1 (directions for journals)
Thursday (7/4)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #2b words and write a sentence for each one (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. The Simple Subject and the Complete Subject, pg. 31-32 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 3, pg. 32-33
c. Complete Ex. 4, pg. 33
d. Complete Ex. 5, pg. 33-34
3. Read pages 17-30 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #2 (directions for journals)
Friday (7/5)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #3b sentences and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. The Subject in an Unusual Position, pg. 34 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 6, pg. 34-35
c. Sentences in Which the Subject is Understood, pg. 35 (read carefully)
d. Compound Subjects and Verbs, pg. 35-36 (read carefully)
d. The subject is never in a prepositional phrase, pg. 36 (read carefully)
e. Complete Ex. 7, pg. 36
3. Read pages 31-49 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #3 (directions for journals)
Week 2: July 6 - July 10 (Week 2 assignments due by midnight, Sat., July 11)
Monday (7/6)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #4b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Complete Ex. 8, pg. 36-37
b. Fragments, pg. 37 (read carefully)
c. Complete Ex. 9, pg. 37-38
d. The Sentence Base, pg. 38-39 (read carefully)
e. Compliments, pg. 39 (read carefully)
f. Complete Ex. 10, pg. 39-40
3. Read pages 50-67 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #4 (directions for journals)
Tuesday (7/9)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #5b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Note (immediately following Ex. 10), pg. 40
b. Complete Ex. 11, pg. 40-41
c. The Subject Complement, pg. 41-42
d. Complete Ex. 12, pg. 42
e. Distinguishing Between Subject and Complement, pg. 42-43
f. Complete Ex. 13, pg. 43
3. Read pages 68-81 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #5 (directions for journals)
Wednesday (7/10)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #6b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Direct Objects and Indirect Objects, pg. 43-44
b. Complete Ex. 14, pg. 44
c. 2k, (immediately following Ex. 14), pg. 44-45 (read carefully)
d. Compound Complements, pg. 45
e. Complete Ex. 15, pg. 45-46
f. Complete Ex. 16, pg. 46
3. Read pages 82-102 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #6 (directions for journals)
Thursday (7/11)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #7b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Sentences Classified by Purpose, pg. 46-47 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 17, pg. 47-48
(Skip section about diagraming sentences)
c. Complete Review Ex. C, pg. 56-57
3. Read pages 104-121 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #7 (directions for journals)
Friday (7/12)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #8b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar
a. Look up the meaning and usage of "to", "too", and "two"
b. Complete Ex. 11 (Do not write out complete sentence; only provide the correct word choice for each number)
c. Look up the meaning and usage of "its" and "it's"
d. Complete Ex. 14 (Do not write out complete sentence; only provide the correct word choice for each number)
e. Look up meaning and usage of "their", "there", and they're"
f. Complete Ex. 1
3. Read pages 122-140 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #8 (directions for journals)
5. Essay (CLICK HERE for essay requirements)
Prompt: Look up the meaning of bias. Think about it's function and effect on society, and analyze its role in Dumas' memoir. (Advice: Do not provide the definition of bias in your essay—I know what it means. Second, choose one aspect of bias to analyze--this is a broad subject so as to give you freedom within the direction you wish to go).
Week 3: July 13 - July 17 (Week 3 assignments due by midnight, Fri., July 17)
Monday (7/13)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #9b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar
a. Look up meaning and usage of "lose" and "loose"
b. Complete Ex. 3
c. Look up meaning and usage of "whose" and "who's"
d. Complete Ex. 9
Complete the following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
e. The Phrase, pg. 58-59 (read carefully)
f. Prepositional Phrases, pg. 59-60 (read carefully)
g. Complete Ex. 1, pg. 60
3. Read pages 141-160 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #9 (directions for journals)
Tuesday (7/14)
1. Vocabulary: Read Vocabulary #10b words and write a sentence for each word (Directions for vocabulary sentences)
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Adjective Phrases, pg. 60 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 1, pg. 60
c. Adverb Phrases, pg. 61 (read carefully)
d. Complete Ex. 2, pg. 61-62
e. Diagraming Prepositional Phrases, pg. 62-63 (read carefully)
f. Complete Ex. 4, pg. 63-64
3. Read pages 161-179 (Text)
4. Write journal entry #10 (directions for journals)
Wednesday (7/15)
1. Vocabulary: None
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. Complete Ex. 5, pg. 64
b. Verbals and Verbal Phrases, pg. 64-66 (read carefully)
c. Complete Ex. 6, pg. 66
d. Complete Ex. 7, pg. 66-67
e. Complete Ex. 8, pg. 67-68
3. Read pages 180-198 (Text)
4. Write - no journal
Thursday (7/18)
1. Vocabulary: None
2. Grammar - complete following reading and practice assignments from GRAMMAR PACKET:
(Directions for grammar assignments)
a. The Participial Phrase, pg. 68-69 (read carefully)
b. Complete Ex. 9, pg. 69
c. Complete Ex. 10, pg. 69-70
d. The Gerund, pg. 70 (read carefully)
e. Complete Ex. 11, pg. 71
f. Complete Ex. 12, pg. 71
3. Read - None
4. Write - no journal
Friday (7/19) (Week 3 assignments due by midnight tonight., Friday, 7/17)
1. Vocabulary: None
2. Grammar - None
3. Read - None
4. Write - no journal
5. Essay (CLICK HERE for essay requirements)
Prompt: TBD
End of Semester 2
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