Welcome to Mr. Hampton's English II Homework Page

Assignments are subject to change as class progress necessitates. In-class assignments take precedence over Web-site assignments.

Write the answers to q’s 1-13 on p. 780 in Elements of Literature: “Theseus.” Study for test over this week's 7 stories and 26 vocabulary words.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 24 test Friday.

Write the answers to q’s 1-6 on p. 740 in Elements of Literature: “Where Have You Gone, Charming Billy?” Begin a vocabulary word study list with the 7 words on p. 730.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 24, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

For 10 bonus points on the next English II test, submit a one-page written summary of this episode of Grammar Girl. (You need your speakers on to listen to the episode or download it to your MP3 player.) Due Thursday, May 15, by 3:00 p.m.; no credit if it is late.

Read and understand Unit 13 in Buckle Down on Tennessee Reading Skills; answer questions 1-13 on pp. 123-125.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 23 test and Billy Budd chapters 5-11 on Friday.

Redo the answers to questions 1-15 on pp. 75-77 in Buckle Down on Tennessee Reading Skills.

Read and understand Unit 9 in Buckle Down on Tennessee Reading Skills; answer questions 1-13 on pp. 84-87.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 23, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

For 10 bonus points on the next English II test, submit a one-page written summary of this episode of Grammar Girl. (You need your speakers on to listen to the episode or download it to your MP3 player.) Due Thursday, May 1, by 3:00 p.m.; no credit if it is late.

Read and understand Unit 7 in Buckle Down on Tennessee Reading Skills; answer questions 1-5 on pp. 58-59 and 1-11 on pp. 64-66.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 22 test on Friday.

Read and understand Unit 4 in Buckle Down on Tennessee Reading Skills; answer questions 1-14 on pp.32-34.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 22, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

Read and complete hand-out assignment on sequencing.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 21 test on Friday.

Study correct answers to pp. TN-1 through TN-12 in Tennessee Test Preparation Workbook.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 21, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

Read and complete assignment on organizing and critiquing spoken text (handout.)

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 20 test on Friday.

Study for Tennessee Test Preparation Workbook test.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 20, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

For 10 bonus points on Tuesday's test, submit a short written summary of this episode of Grammar Girl. (You need your speakers on to listen to the episode or download it to your MP3 player.) Due Wednesday, April 9, by 3:00 p.m.; no credit if it is late.

Read and complete pp. 41-44 in Tennessee Test Preparation Workbook.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 19 test on Friday.

No homework.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 19, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

No school. No homework.

Last 1/2 day of 3rd term. No homework.

No homework.

Bonus points available for 3rd term average. Details here and MP3 files here: 3 Bonus Points - 10 Bonus Points - 7 Bonus Points

Begin reading acts 4 and 5 from Julius Caesar in Elements of Literature, pp. 962-999.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 18 test on Thursday.

Study for 9-weeks exams.

Study for 9-weeks exams.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 18, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

Write the answers to questions 1-12 in Elements of Literature, p. 960.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 17 test on Friday.

Write the answers to questions 1-10 in Elements of Literature, p. 932.

Finish reading act 2, scenes 1, 2, 3, and 4 from Julius Caesar in Elements of Literature, pp. 910-931.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 17, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

Study for test on Shakespeare’s language, the synopsis of Julius Caesar, and the characters in Julius Caesar. All test questions will come from the following handouts: From Cliffs Notes.pdf and Shakespeare's Language List.pdf

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 16 test on Friday.

Read act 1, scenes 1, 2, and 3 from Julius Caesar in Elements of Literature, pp. 886-906.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 16, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

Study for test on the 27 vocabulary words from pp. 378, 411, 428, and 436 in Elements of Literature.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 15 test on Friday.

Write a sentence with the first 14 of the 27 vocabulary words from pp. 378, 411, 428, and 436 in Elements of Literature.

Write a one-page summary on Symbolism and Allegory from today's lecture and the essay on pp. 460-461 in Elements of Literature.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 15, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

For 10 bonus points on Friday's test, submit a short written summary of this episode of Grammar Girl. (You need your speakers on to listen to the episode or download it to your MP3 player.) Due Wednesday, February 13, by 3:00 p.m.; no credit if it is late.

No homework.

Write the answers to q’s 1-8 on p. 426 in Elements of Literature: "Into Thin Air." Continue the vocabulary word study list with the 10 words on p. 411.

Write the answers to q’s 1-10 on p. 388 in Elements of Literature: “Lamb to the Slaughter.” Continue the vocabulary word study list with the 7 words on p. 378.

Snow day. No school.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 14 test on Friday.

Read "The Possibility of Evil" in Elements of Literature, pp. 365-376.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 14, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

Study for test Friday on Collection 4 plus the 41 vocabulary words from pp. 281, 291, 304, 320, and 333 in Elements of Literature.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 13 test on Friday.

Write the answers to q’s 1-9 p. 329 in Elements of Literature.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 13, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

For 10 bonus points on Friday's Collection 4 test, submit a short written summary of this episode of Grammar Girl. (You need your speakers on to listen to the episode or download it to your MP3 player.) Due Thursday, January 24, by 3:00 p.m.; no credit if it is late.

Write the answers to q’s 1-8 on p. 279 in Elements of Literature: “The First Seven Years.”

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 12 test on Friday.

Write the answers to q’s 1-9 on p. 300 in Elements of Literature: “The Bass, the River, and Sheila Mant.”

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 12, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

Study for test Friday on “By the Waters of Babylon,” “The Storyteller,” and “Typhoid Fever” plus the 13 vocabulary words from pp. 188 and 227 in Elements of Literature.

Honors Class only: Study for Vocabulary Workshop lesson 11 test on Friday.

Write the answers to q’s 1-9 on p. 186 in Elements of Literature: “By the Waters of Babylon.”

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 11, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

For 10 bonus points on Friday's test, submit a short written summary of the "Went Missing" episode of Grammar Girl at http://grammar.qdnow.com/ . Due Thursday, January 9, by 3:00 p.m.; no credit if it is late.

Complete memorization of the definition of an adverb, and be prepared to write the exact definition of a verb, a pronoun, an adjective, and an adverb in class on Friday. Evaluate, revise, and finalize the biographical narrative according to the rubric on p. 153.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 9 test on Friday.

Begin memorization of the definition of an adverb. Following the guidelines on p. 1, and the example on p. 2, complete p. 3 of the Biographical Narrative Planner. Click here for a copy of the Biographical Narrative Planner.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 9, parts 2 and 3 (due Wednesday.)

Complete remaining reading of, and questions for "Two Kinds" (pp. 125-134 in Elements of Literature) and "By Any Other Name" (pp. 139-144 in Elements of Literature.) Study for test over these two stories on Friday and be prepared to write the exact definition of a a noun, a verb, a pronoun, and an adjective in class on Friday.

Begin memorization of the definition of an adjective. (Due to standardized testing other homework will vary by period; get assignments in class.)

Complete memorization of the definition of a pronoun, and be prepared to write the exact definition of a preposition, a noun, a verb, and a pronoun in class on Friday. Write a one-page summary on Characterization from today's lecture and the essay on pp. 84-85 in Elements of Literature.

Continue memorization of the definition of a pronoun. Write a one-page summary on Setting from today's lecture and the essay on pp. 54-55 in Elements of Literature.

Continue memorization of the definition of a pronoun. Write a one-page summary on Plot from today's lecture and the essay on pp. 2-3 in Elements of Literature.

Begin memorization of the definition of a pronoun. Start a study list of vocabulary words from Elements of Literature: 10 words on p. 14, 10 words on p. 31, 8 words on p. 41, 5 words on p. 56, 6 words on p. 102, and 10 words from p. 124. The completed list of 49 words is due on Friday.

Complete memorization of the definition of a verb, and be prepared to write the exact definition of an interjection, a preposition, a noun, and a verb in class on Friday.

Study for G.U.M. Chapter 13 test on Friday.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 8 test on Friday.

Pages 35-40 of the Developmental Language Skills handout. Continue memorization of the definition of a verb.

Pages 31-34 of the Developmental Language Skills handout. Continue memorization of the definition of a verb.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 8, parts 2 and 3.

Pages 27-30 of the Developmental Language Skills handout. Begin memorization of the definition of a verb.

For 10 bonus points on your G.U.M. Chapter 12 test, submit a short written summary of the Misusing "So" and "Very" episode of Grammar Girl at http://grammar.qdnow.com/ . Due Thursday, November 8, 2007, by 3:00 p.m.; no credit if it is late.

Complete pp. 35-38 in G.U.M. workbook. Complete memorization of the definition of a noun, and be prepared to write the exact definition of an interjection, a preposition, and a noun in class on Friday.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 7 test on Friday.

Complete pp. 32-34 in G.U.M. workbook.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 7, parts 2 and 3.

Complete 50 question G.U.M Chapter 12 test review.

Begin memorization of the definition of a noun.

For 10 bonus points on your G.U.M. Chapter 12 test, submit a short written summary of the "It is I" versus "It is me" episode of Grammar Girl at http://grammar.qdnow.com/ . Due Wednesday, October 31, 2007, by 3:00 p.m.; no credit if it is late.

In grammar handout begun in class, complete page 19 and numbers 1-18 on page 20. Complete memorization of the definition of an interjection, and be prepared to write the exact definition of an interjection and a preposition in class on Friday.

Honors Class only: Vocabulary Workshop lesson 6 test on Friday.