Honors English 10AB and English 10 AB (Period 3) Assignments
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- 2010-2011 School Year
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- English
- Location
- B223
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Welcome to my English Honors Web Page. The is a unique class combining the honors and the college prep curricula. Students are enrolled in the honors section or the college prep section. Lessons are modified by the teacher to accommodate the accelerated learning needs of the honors students. District created concept lessons, enrichment activities, and group work allow students to reach their potential in a creative learning environment. All students are expected to work at the same pace, and students in the honors section are held to a higher standard in terms of classroom leadership, work habits, and professional dress requirements. Students follow daily routines and procedures such as sentence correction, silent reading, author's craft and writing sessions, inquiry based discussions, and vocabulary activities Each week, school-wide, students receive five academic vocabulary words. Please review the words. I have assembled them in the links below. Please click on the link to view the course syllabus.
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Your photo collage is due on Tuesday. Here are some approved websites you can use for your photos:
National Archives Photo Collction
http://www.archives.gov/75th/photos/1930s/17.html
Library of Congress Prints and Photo Collections
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?st=grid&co=fsac
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?st=grid&co=fsa
I recommend that you browse through the entire collection whenever you get the opportunity. It's fascinating: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collections
National Archives Photo Collction
http://www.archives.gov/75th/photos/1930s/17.html
Library of Congress Prints and Photo Collections
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?st=grid&co=fsac
http://www.loc.gov/pictures/search/?st=grid&co=fsa
I recommend that you browse through the entire collection whenever you get the opportunity. It's fascinating: http://www.loc.gov/pictures/collections
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Finish writing the short constructed response for the courtroom scene.
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Cover your text book. Bring it in covered on Friday.
Prepare for book talks by tomorow. Bring the book and the notecard.
In the literature book, read pages 225-232. You are responisible for knowing the meanings of all subheadings and bold words.
Read the "Preparing to Read" section, the two poems, and the "Literary Analysis" section. Complete all activities and answer all questions within these pages in your Reader/Writer notebooks.
Bring your completed work along with your covered textbook to class on Friday.
Prepare for book talks by tomorow. Bring the book and the notecard.
In the literature book, read pages 225-232. You are responisible for knowing the meanings of all subheadings and bold words.
Read the "Preparing to Read" section, the two poems, and the "Literary Analysis" section. Complete all activities and answer all questions within these pages in your Reader/Writer notebooks.
Bring your completed work along with your covered textbook to class on Friday.
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Write an essay on a topic of your choice. The essay should be about 45 minutes long (5 paragraphs), and you may NOT use any of the "to be" verbs: am are was is were be being been in your essay.
Find a partner to read your essay for the purpose of sniffing out any of the offensive be verbs. Rewrite any of sentences to excise the dreaded be verb.
Finally, make a list of the first words for each sentence.
Have fun!
Find a partner to read your essay for the purpose of sniffing out any of the offensive be verbs. Rewrite any of sentences to excise the dreaded be verb.
Finally, make a list of the first words for each sentence.
Have fun!
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Book: Multicultural Reader
Read pages 72-77. Complete the exercised in the workbook on pages 78 and 79. You may write your responses in the workbook.
Have a great weekend.
Read pages 72-77. Complete the exercised in the workbook on pages 78 and 79. You may write your responses in the workbook.
Have a great weekend.
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Please bring to class a draft of your literacy narrative.
We will be reading the narratives in class on Monday. Final, typed or neatly written, drafts are due on Tuesday.
We will be reading the narratives in class on Monday. Final, typed or neatly written, drafts are due on Tuesday.
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Interview Questions for your literacy narratives are due on Monday. You will have until Wednesday afternoon to submit any makeup work. Please take advantage and earn a higher grade!
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Write one original showing sentence for each vocabulary word.
Study for the vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.
Study for the vocabulary quiz on Tuesday.
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I'm letting you know of a new website that will help you now, and in the future, to hone your writing skills. Please take a look and let me know what you think.
I recommend that you try some of the interactive exercises in areas where you have little knowledge or where you feel that you are weak.
If you write a summary analysis of the site and give me feedback on the exercises you practiced, telling me what you learned, I will give you extra credit points.
Note to those of you writing your paper at this time: follow Link 2 below.
I recommend that you try some of the interactive exercises in areas where you have little knowledge or where you feel that you are weak.
If you write a summary analysis of the site and give me feedback on the exercises you practiced, telling me what you learned, I will give you extra credit points.
Note to those of you writing your paper at this time: follow Link 2 below.
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Complete the Chapter Reveiw Questions for Chapter 6 by Thursday. Chapters 7 and 8 due Friday.
The document is below.
Chomp Chomp Extra Credit!
Go to the presentations page (2nd link below). Look at the presentation, then print out and complete the handout.
The document is below.
Chomp Chomp Extra Credit!
Go to the presentations page (2nd link below). Look at the presentation, then print out and complete the handout.
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Allusion Homework. See the file below. This homework is due on Tuesday only if I gave you the handout in class on Monday. Otherwise, it is due on Wednesday.
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Here is the work we did in class last week. Review characterization.
We went over the characters presented in the first three chapters of the text. We discussed their traits and how we found out about their traits. Students were to take home notebooks and finish the chart at home. Here is an abbreviated example
Character Traits (include page#) Method of Characterization
Scout 1st grade (p3), ill-mannered(p4) Direct; behavior, what she says. Gem
Dill
Atticus
Ms. Caroline
Calpunia
Walter Cunningham
Study for vocabulary quiz tomorrow
Dill
Atticus
Ms. Caroline
Calpunia
Walter Cunningham
Study for vocabulary quiz tomorrow
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Book Talks will be given in the library today and tomorrow.
Over the break, you must practice.
Read the Frederick Douglas piece in the PML and answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
Over the break, you must practice.
Read the Frederick Douglas piece in the PML and answer the questions on a separate sheet of paper.
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Bring in your brainstorming or rough draft for the literacy narrative. We will work on it in class. Don't forget to interview someone who is familiar with your early literacy development.
Before you begin writing your narrative, you need to make sure that you have read and examined the methods used in creating the following essays:
"Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie
"Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday" by Sandra Cisneros
"Learning to Read and Write" by Frederick Douglas
and, optionally, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Malcolm X (excerpt from Perspectives in Multicultural Reading).
Take a look at the way these authors use parallel structure, anaphora (repetition), simile, metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices to develop their essays. Look at how their essays open and how they close. Examine the transitions from one idea to another. Consider reverse outlining the essays.
Your literacy narratives should be more than five paragraphs. Aim for seven to ten paragraphs. As you create your original work, return to the Alexie,Cisneros, and Douglas essays and use them as your models. What made these good essays? Think about the literary elements of these
Pay close attention to the introductions and the conclusions. Determine how these authors begin their essays. How do their conclusions reflect their introductions?
Examine the transitions. How do the authors move from one idea to another?
Before you begin writing your narrative, you need to make sure that you have read and examined the methods used in creating the following essays:
"Superman and Me" by Sherman Alexie
"Straw into Gold: The Metamorphosis of the Everyday" by Sandra Cisneros
"Learning to Read and Write" by Frederick Douglas
and, optionally, "The Autobiography of Malcolm X" by Malcolm X (excerpt from Perspectives in Multicultural Reading).
Take a look at the way these authors use parallel structure, anaphora (repetition), simile, metaphor, allusion, and other rhetorical devices to develop their essays. Look at how their essays open and how they close. Examine the transitions from one idea to another. Consider reverse outlining the essays.
Your literacy narratives should be more than five paragraphs. Aim for seven to ten paragraphs. As you create your original work, return to the Alexie,Cisneros, and Douglas essays and use them as your models. What made these good essays? Think about the literary elements of these
Pay close attention to the introductions and the conclusions. Determine how these authors begin their essays. How do their conclusions reflect their introductions?
Examine the transitions. How do the authors move from one idea to another?
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Study for the vocabulary quiz on Tuesday:
The words are in your textbook beginning on page 95. Five additional words are on page 102.
(You will find them in the margins of the textbook under the heading Vocabulary)
Literary terms you are responsible for knowing and being able to identify in text include the following:
Anaphora (repetition) - repetition of words at the beginning of sentences.
I read books. I read signs. I read the backs of cereal boxes. I read to save my life.
Simile - using words of comparison (as, like,) to create a relationship between to different ideas.
A good simile is like a window into the poet's soul.
Metaphor - saying that one thing is another thing to imply a visual comparison.
A metaphor is a mirror reflecting the sun into a dark space.
Allusion - reference to a well known person, place or event.
Alexie uses the allusion of Superman to show that learning to read is a super power: the power to save lives. Superman taught Alexie to read. Reading saved Alexie's life. Alexie teaches Indian students to read. He teaches them to save their lives. Superman saves lives. Alexie saves lives.
Parallelism - using the same grammatical structure in parts of sentences or in multiple sentences to show unity, coherence, logic, and organization.
To communicate well is to speak well, to write well, and to read well. To speak well is to communicate well.
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I'm providing a link to a British website that provides excellent information about To Kill a Mockingbird. No answers to the review questions are provided, but you will find fascinating information about the literary qualities of the text along with important background details.
Chapter Review Questions Chapters 9 - 14
Chapter 9
• How well does Atticus feel he should defend Tom Robinson? Is it usual for (white) lawyers to do their best for black clients in Alabama at this time?
• Scout and Jem have “mixed feelings” about Christmas? What are these feelings and why?
• Uncle Jack Finch tells Scout that she is growing out of her pants. What does this mean and why might he say it?
• When Francis talks to Scout he reveals an unpleasant feature of Aunt Alexandra. What is this?
• Does Scout learn anything from overhearing Atticus's conversation with Uncle Jack? What might this be?
• Read the final sentence of this chapter. Explain in your own words what it means and why it might be important in the story.
Chapter 10
• Scout says that “Atticus was feeble”. Do you think that this is her view as she tells the story or her view when she was younger? Does she still think this after the events recorded in this chapter?
• In this chapter Atticus tells his children that “it's a sin to kill a mockingbird”. What reason does he give for saying this?
• Why does Heck Tate not want to shoot Tim Johnson?
• Near the end of this chapter Atticus cuts off Heck Tate as he is speaking to Jem. What might Heck have been about to say, and why would Atticus want to stop him from saying it?
• Jem and Scout have different views about telling people at school how well Atticus can shoot. Explain this difference. Which view is closer to your own?
Chapter 11
• How does Atticus advise Jem to react to Mrs. Dubose's taunts?
• What does Mrs. Dubose say about the children's mother? How does Jem feel about this?
• What request does Mrs. Dubose make of Jem? Is this a fair punishment for his “crime”?
• Explain in your own words what Atticus thinks of insults like “nigger-lover”. How far do you agree with him?
• Why, in Atticus's view, was Mrs. Dubose “a great lady”?
• Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose is a model of real courage rather than “a man with a gun in his hand”. What does he mean? Do you think he is right?
• Chapters ten and eleven are the last two chapters in the first part of the book. Explain why Harper Lee chooses to end the first part here.
Chapter 12
• Comment on Jem's and Scout's visit to First Purchase church.
• What new things does Scout learn here about how the black people live?
• What does Scout learn from Calpurnia's account of Zeebo's education?
• Explain why Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch household, and among her neighbors at church.
Chapter 13
• Why does Aunt Alexandra come to stay with Atticus and his family? What is she like?
• Read the first two things Alexandra says when she comes to the Finch house. Are these typical of her or not?
• Alexandra thinks Scout is “dull” (not clever). Why does she think this, and is she right? Are all adults good at knowing how clever young people are?
• How does Aunt Alexandra involve herself in Maycomb's social life?
• Comment on Aunt Alexandra's ideas about breeding and family. Why does Atticus tell them to forget it? Who is right, do you think?
Chapter 14
• Comment on Atticus's explanation of rape. How suitable is this as an answer to Scout.
• Why does Alexandra think Atticus should dismiss Calpurnia? How does Atticus respond to the suggestion?
• Why is Scout pleased when Jem fights her back? Why is she less pleased when he tells Atticus about Dill?
• What do we learn from Dill's account of his running away?
Chapter Review Questions Chapters 9 - 14
Chapter 9
• How well does Atticus feel he should defend Tom Robinson? Is it usual for (white) lawyers to do their best for black clients in Alabama at this time?
• Scout and Jem have “mixed feelings” about Christmas? What are these feelings and why?
• Uncle Jack Finch tells Scout that she is growing out of her pants. What does this mean and why might he say it?
• When Francis talks to Scout he reveals an unpleasant feature of Aunt Alexandra. What is this?
• Does Scout learn anything from overhearing Atticus's conversation with Uncle Jack? What might this be?
• Read the final sentence of this chapter. Explain in your own words what it means and why it might be important in the story.
Chapter 10
• Scout says that “Atticus was feeble”. Do you think that this is her view as she tells the story or her view when she was younger? Does she still think this after the events recorded in this chapter?
• In this chapter Atticus tells his children that “it's a sin to kill a mockingbird”. What reason does he give for saying this?
• Why does Heck Tate not want to shoot Tim Johnson?
• Near the end of this chapter Atticus cuts off Heck Tate as he is speaking to Jem. What might Heck have been about to say, and why would Atticus want to stop him from saying it?
• Jem and Scout have different views about telling people at school how well Atticus can shoot. Explain this difference. Which view is closer to your own?
Chapter 11
• How does Atticus advise Jem to react to Mrs. Dubose's taunts?
• What does Mrs. Dubose say about the children's mother? How does Jem feel about this?
• What request does Mrs. Dubose make of Jem? Is this a fair punishment for his “crime”?
• Explain in your own words what Atticus thinks of insults like “nigger-lover”. How far do you agree with him?
• Why, in Atticus's view, was Mrs. Dubose “a great lady”?
• Atticus says that Mrs. Dubose is a model of real courage rather than “a man with a gun in his hand”. What does he mean? Do you think he is right?
• Chapters ten and eleven are the last two chapters in the first part of the book. Explain why Harper Lee chooses to end the first part here.
Chapter 12
• Comment on Jem's and Scout's visit to First Purchase church.
• What new things does Scout learn here about how the black people live?
• What does Scout learn from Calpurnia's account of Zeebo's education?
• Explain why Calpurnia speaks differently in the Finch household, and among her neighbors at church.
Chapter 13
• Why does Aunt Alexandra come to stay with Atticus and his family? What is she like?
• Read the first two things Alexandra says when she comes to the Finch house. Are these typical of her or not?
• Alexandra thinks Scout is “dull” (not clever). Why does she think this, and is she right? Are all adults good at knowing how clever young people are?
• How does Aunt Alexandra involve herself in Maycomb's social life?
• Comment on Aunt Alexandra's ideas about breeding and family. Why does Atticus tell them to forget it? Who is right, do you think?
Chapter 14
• Comment on Atticus's explanation of rape. How suitable is this as an answer to Scout.
• Why does Alexandra think Atticus should dismiss Calpurnia? How does Atticus respond to the suggestion?
• Why is Scout pleased when Jem fights her back? Why is she less pleased when he tells Atticus about Dill?
• What do we learn from Dill's account of his running away?
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I am providing you with an informative website offered through LAUSD to help you with your reading of To Kill a Mockingbird. Please review the website this week and let me know what you think of it.
You may type and send an email to me at [email protected], or you may turn in a typed copy of your review in class.
Rubric
Provides a thoughtful review of the website with at least two comments about why you liked or did not like the website
1 2 3 4
Employs standard English grammar, punctuation, and spelling
1 2 3 4
You may type and send an email to me at [email protected], or you may turn in a typed copy of your review in class.
Rubric
Provides a thoughtful review of the website with at least two comments about why you liked or did not like the website
1 2 3 4
Employs standard English grammar, punctuation, and spelling
1 2 3 4
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Here's a website about school not far from here (Newberry Park) that will show you the evolution of a school since the 1930s. Looking at the photo, see what you can figure out about how schools operated in the time of To Kill a Mockingbird.