Homework

--Vocab Lesson 8 note cards
--Start reading The Bluest Eye

Homework 12/12

Write a 2 1/2 -3 page paper on The Old Man and the Sea
This will count as a TEST grade.
Topic choices:
1. Prove the theme: (choose pride or perseverence). If there is another theme you wish to explore, please see me.
2. Why/Why isn't Manolin important to the story?
3. What effect does religious imagery/allusions have on the novel?

Homework 12/9

--Finish the Old Man and the Sea
--Study for Lesson 7 Vocabulary Quiz

Back to School! Homework 12/2/08

-Lesson Seven vocabulary note cards
-Read The Old Man and the Sea to page 39
-Complete the study guide for the reading

***Note***
I will not be at school on Friday. Please leave your study guide in the bin, and I will check your note cards on Tuesday of next week.

Homework

--The final draft of your play is due FRIDAY
--Vocabulary note cards for lesson 6 due Tuesday

Homework 10/7

-Study for the Lesson 5 Vocabulary Quiz
-Write those plays! Due on Turnitin.com on Friday!

Homework

--Draft Two of your "Young Goodman Brown" paper is due on Turnitin.com on Friday
--Due Tuesday... Halloween play plot

Homework 9/23

--Submit Draft two of your "Young Goodman Brown" paper on Turnitin.com by FRIDAY.
--Study for your vocabulary quiz (Lesson 4)

Homework 9/19

Using the questions from class (Character name, age, favorite song, favorite tv show, where s/he lives, car s/he drives, where s/he hangs out, children (ages, names), what makes him happy, cry, etc), create character bios for three characters. Please bring pictures (if possible) for these characters. After you create these characters, create a setting and a plot summary (very brief).

Finish Act II of The Crucible.

Homework

-Read pages 52-72 of The Crucible (and come prepared to ACT)
-Complete vocabulary note cards for lesson 4
-Complete the peer review on Turnitin.com

Homework 9/12

- One page literature response paper due Tuesday September 16 on Turnitin.com before class.
Topic - What is the theme of "Young Goodman Brown". Prove it. Use three quotes, and the paper cannot be in 5 paragraph essay form because it will only be ONE page double spaced.

Homework!

-Read "Young Goodman Brown" (pg. 182)
-Write the theme of "Young Goodman Brown" with THREE examples from the text (that prove its theme)
-Study for the lesson 3 Vocabulary Quiz!

Homework 9/5

-Finish "The Great Fear"
- Journal (one page) - Recall a time when you told a lie to keep from getting in trouble. What happened? Why did you lie? Were you caught? What happened?

Homework 9/3

-Lesson 3 Vocabulary Note Cards
-Journal entry - 1 page - Will people sell out their friends in order to save themselves? What about YOU? What would you do if you were implicated in a cheating scandal, and the only way to save yourself was to point the finger at someone else?

Weekend Homework

Lots of testing when you return!
The Things I Carried test has been postponed until Wednesday (September 3)
Vocabulary will also be tested on the same day!

5th Period only... you have a 7 question worksheet due on Wednesday

Homework 8/22/08

Study for your test on The Things They Carried.
Study for Toss Around!

For 8th Period
-Answer in your journals - Is it possible that the man Tim O'Brien killed was a part of himself? Explain (1 paragraph minimum)
-Take home quiz on "Lives of the Dead"

Homework 8/19

-Complete the Lesson Two vocabulary note cards
- Prepare to teach your lesson FRIDAY!

Homework- August 15

-"The Things I Carry" paper is due August 19.
- Review the chapter you were assigned in class today, and work on the lesson you will present to the class in order to teach that story.

Homework 8/12/08

--Vocabulary Quiz Friday! Study!
--The Things I Carry assignment due August 19 (draft one)
--Re-read "On the Rainy River" and "Sweetheart of the Song Tra Bong" and write TEN discussion questions for them.

Homework

--Complete your vocabulary note cards (5th period)
--Study your vocabulary for toss around
--Re-read the chapters "The Things They Carried" and "How to Tell a True War Story." Be prepared to discuss these in class on Tuesday.

First Homework Assignment - 8/5/08

--Have your English Department Contract signed (easy points!)
--Complete the vocabulary note cards for Lesson One on your vocabulary list
--Write your own "One Truth, Two Lies, Five Sentences" and be ready to fool your classmates (and me!)

I'm teaching American Lit

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