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Short Fiction Unit-Homework
Sept. 19 - Read "The Lottery" by Shirley Jackson-p. 144-147
Complete questions 1, 2, 3, 4, 5.
See criteria below:
Criteria:
-typed or neatly written in ink.
-50-150 wds. each question
-uses question/answer format
-answers all of the question
-all answers supported by the text
Sept. 21 - Read "Just Lather That's All", pp. 191-195, and do Questions 1,2,3,4,5 using the criteria above.
Sept. 26 - Read "The Guest" by Lord Dunsany and complete the questions assigned in class. A copy of the short story will be given to you in class, Sept. 19. Sept. 28 - Film Study Stand and Deliver and quiz to follow.
Oct.5 - Read "The Destructors" by Graham Greene pp. 157-172. - Complete Questions 1,2,3,4,5 on page 173. Same criteria as before. See above for details. Oct. 5 - Complete two practice literary paragraphs as outlined in class.
Oct. 12 - Short Fiction Unit Exam
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Novel Unit: All Quiet On The Western Front
"War...what is it good for...absolutely Noth'n!!!"
Assignments
Oct. 17 - Introduction to novel unit: All Quiet On The
Western Front-Novel Package to be handed out in class -Lottery Movie Quiz and submit movie study chart. Oct. 19 - Complete a Reader's Log for Chapters 1-4
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Oct. 24 - Complete a Reader's Log for Chapters 5-8
Oct. 26 - Complete a Reader's Log for Chapters 9-12
Oct. 31- The Patriot Film Study/Synthesis Essay
Nov. 2 - The Patriot Film Study/Synthesis Essay #1
Nov. 7 - The Patriot Film quiz /Synthesis Essay #2(English 12 Sample Exam 2010/2011 - Form A -All Quiet Movie Nov. 9- All Quiet Movie Nov. 14 - No class. Nov. 16 - Novel Unit Exam. 50 obj. and one synthesis essay.Click on this link and enter All Quiet on the Western Front for a complete novel study guide. http://www.cliffsnotes.com -All Quiet Movie Quiz and submit Movie Guide. -Bring your copy of The Taming of the Shrew. Readers Log Criteria: 500-600 words, typed.
1. Plot: 4 - 6 events (50-75 wds, and a 100 word personal connection.
2. Character: 50 words on one character, and 100 words on a personal connection.
3. Author: 50 words on the author's style as compared to another writer, or compare what you have read to a movie of similar content.
4. Theme: 50-75 words describing two themes and 100 words connecting one of them to your life, the life of others, or the world.
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Taming of the Shrew Unit-Homework
Complete an analysis for each scene in the play.
Click on the pdf file for a copy if you were away.
Nov. 21 -Induction: Sc 1 & 2/Act 1: Sc 1 & 2
Nov. 23 - Act 2: Sc 1 Nov. 28 - Act 3: Sc 1 & 2/Shakespeare in Love Part One
Nov. 30 - Act 4: Sc 1, 2, 3./Shakespeare in Love Part Two Dec. 5- Act 4: Sc 4 & 5/Shakespeare in Love quiz. Dec. 7 - Act 5: Sc 1 & 2/The Taming of the Shrew Part One/Composition Workshop #1 Dec. 12 - The Taming of the Shrew Part Two/Composition Workshop #2. Dec. 14 - The Taming of the Shrew Unit Test: -Obj. section = 50 marks on scene analysis and cliff notes information(see link below)
-Subj. section = 48 marks for a personal essay on related themes from the play. To prepare for this essay, practice writing essays from the personal essay topics below:
1. Beauty is in the eye of the beholder.
2. There is no such thing as true love.
3. A time in my life when I thought I was in love.
4. Money can buy you love.
5. You can always trust your sister.
7. Compare your life now with the life of Kate, Petruchio, Bianca, or Lucentio.
8. I agree with Kate that wives should be "servants to their lords and masters", i.e. their husbands.
Consult the Provincial Examination Web Site/Student Samples/ for other sample of personal compositions.
Jan.4 -Submit "Shrew" movie study guide -"Shrew" movie quiz - Bring poetry and grammar text. |
Poetry Unit Assignments-Theme & Image 2
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Click on this link and download as many of these as you need for your poetry analysis of the poems assigned.
PDF File: poetry analysis Size: 21.0 K
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Click on the web site below to write hundreds of "formula" poems. Have fun.
http://ettcweb.lr.k12.nj.us/forms/newpoem.htm |
A: Poetry Analysis - Download the Poem Analysis sheet by clicking on the pdf file. Print as many as you need, and complete them by the assigned date below. Download the poems by googling them if you do not have a text.
Jan 11 - Death Poems - Because I Could Not Stop for Death/Death be Not Proud/Do Not Go Gentle... -Poetry Philosophy -see package for details.
Jan 16 - War Poems - Do not Weep Maiden For War is Kind, The Man he Killed /An Elementary Classroom in a slum -Original Poem - see package for details
Jan 18 - Love Poems - Let Me Not to the Marriage of True Minds.../The Passionate Shepherd to His Love-due. Download "The Nymphs Reply" but no need to analyze it. -Knox Overstreet Love Poem-see package for details.
-That Reminds Me/Bredon Hill/To the Virgins-due
- Review all 11 poems for Unit Test.
- Dead Poet's Society Film quiz.---------------- Jan 23 - Poetry Unit Exam -Provincial Exam prep.(Exam Jan. 26) -Last class is a full class.
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Additional forms for various units:
Print four of these and complete one for each short story assigned.
PDF File: lit analysis Size: 47.6 K
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The Nymph's Reply by Sir Walter Raleigh
http://www.poetry-online.org/raleigh_nymphs_reply.htm |
Click on this pdf and print as many of these as you need.
PDF File: shakespeare template Size: 41.1 K
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Click on this pdf for a guideline to understanding Elizabethan language needed when studying The Taming of The Shrew.
PDF File: understanding shakespeare Size: 99.3 K
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Elizabeth Taylor as Kate Minola: the shrew. |
Click on this site for examples of student samples of literary essays and compositions.
http://www.bced.gov.bc.ca/exams/exemplars/welcome.htm#1 |