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English II
Important Note for Periods 2, 3, and 8 (All English II students):
Summer Reading Essay - Friday, September 16
Title of book: A Long Way Gone: Memoirs of a Boy Soldier by Ishmael Beah
Due on Friday, September 9
Periods 2 and 3
1. Expectations and Introduction
2. Read Rules and Procedures with parent/guardian, sign the document, have your parent/guardian sign it, and return it to me, please. I will provide you with a copy.
Period 8
1. Read Rules and Procedures with parent/guardian, sign the document, have your parent/guardian sign it, and return it to me, please. I will provide you with a copy.
Due on Monday, September 12
Answer the questions abut the poem we read in class. You may organize your writing as you see it fit.
Due on Tuesday, September 13
(Period 8 Only)
Expectations and introduction
Due on Monday, September 19
Read poem and answer the questions.
Email me if you have questions.
Note: Do not lose your notes on A Long Way Gone
Due on Tuesday, September 20
What is the tone of the poem "The Unknown Citizen"?
You must have two supporting ideas to prove your claim.
Organize your piece as you see it fit.
No homework due on Wednesday, September 21
Those who left early need to answer the following question to complete the notes:
How does the speaker's attitude help you argue the tone (the author's attitude) of "The Unknown Citizen"?
Please hand in your answer on Wednesday, September 21.
Due on Friday, September 23
Personal response - Write a journal entry or poem.
Due on Monday, September 26
Write a second/final draft of your journal entry or poem
Focus: Show, don't tell
I will collect both drafts.
Due on Wednesday, September 28
Choose the most striking images in "Dulce Et Decorum Est . . ." and argue their effect.
Due on Monday, October 3
I have asked you to research one of the following:
1. Strategies and weapons used during WWI
2. Countries involved and reasons for starting WWI
3. Which writers were concerned with WWI? What messages did they convey?
4. Erich Maria Remarque's life and work
If you were absent, please choose one, do some research about it, and take some notes. Please do not print out everything you find.
Periods 2 and 8 Due on Wednesday, October 5
Finish the essay reflection
Period 3 Due on Thursday, October 6
Finish the essay reflection
Periods 2 and 8 Due on Friday, October 8
Revision of Summer Reading Essay
Period 3 Due on Monday, October 10
Revision of Summer Reading Essay
Due on Tuesday,October 11
All English II students: Read Chapter 1 of All Quiet on the Western Front
Wednesday, October 12 and Thursday, October 13
In-class essay
Thursday, October 13
Bring in the answers to the questions for Chapter 1
(If you did not hand in your work on the 13th, please make sure you finish the homework and bring it in on Friday for class discussion.)
All Quiet:Study Guide for Chapter 1.doc
Due on Friday, October 14
Read Chapter 2 of All Quiet on the Western Front
(There is no study guide for Chapter 2.)
Due on Monday, October 17
Read Chapter 3 and make an outline of the chapter
Thursday, October 20
Chapter 4
Quiz on Chapters 1-4
Monday, October 24
Read Chapter 5 and complete the study guide
CH.5 Study Guide
Thursday, October 27
Read Chapter 6 and answer the questions.
Chapter 6 Questions.doc
Monday, October 31
Read Chapter 7
In class, you will answer a few questions about Chapter 7.
Do the reading, please.
Tuesday, November 1
Pre-write for Creative Writing
prep. for creative assignment
Wednesday, November 2 - Friday, November 4
Creative assignment: A Letter
Letter:AQ.doc
Chapter 8
Here are the directions and rubric for the character project:
Rubric for group work.doc
Monday, November 7
Chapter 9
Tuesday, November 8
Period 2
Answer the question below, please.
What does the word "poppy" reveal about the condition of the soldiers?
Use at least two definitions. Write one paragraph to explain the implications of each definition.
(Make sure to apply each definition to both instances where the word "poppy" appears.
Period 3
Answer one of the questions below, please.
1. What does the word "poppy" reveal about the condition of the soldiers?
Use at least two definitions. Explain the implications of each definition in separate paragraphs.
(Make sure to apply each definition to both instances where the word "poppy" appears.)
2. How does the imagery that Remarque creates using the word "poppy" convey one of the themes we identified in class?
(Look at your notes, please.)
Use at least two definitions. Explain the implications of each definition in separate paragraphs.
(Make sure to apply each definition to both instances where the word "poppy" appears.)
Period 8
We have not had the class discussion yet, so you are not ready to complete the writing assignment.
In order to get ready for your class discussion, answer the following question in writing:
What does the word "poppy" reveal if you apply any definition of it (the word "poppy") to any of the instances where the word appears?
If you want to complete the extra credit assignment, please speak to me in person.
I will have hard copies of the assignment with me tomorrow, Wednesday, November 9.
As always, you can find me in room 146 @ break.
Important:
Monday, November 14
The two paragraphs are due.
You will lose one letter grade/day if your assignment is handed in late.
Extra credit is due.
Tuesday, November 15
Period 8, please revise the two paragraphs to fulfill the requirements:
Answer the question below, please.
What does the word "poppy" reveal about the condition of the soldiers?
Use at least two definitions. Write one paragraph to explain the implications of each definition.
(Make sure to apply each definition to both instances where the word "poppy" appears.
Periods 2 and 4, please complete the portion of the chart that was assigned to you. Look at Chapter 7 to find the necessary information.
Wednesday, November 16
Period 8,please complete the portion of the chart that was assigned to you. Look at Chapter 7 to find the necessary information.
Friday, November 18
Finish the last chapters of All Quiet.
Check the website again for study guides to help you keep track of the story.
Monday, November 21
Reread Ch. 7
Prepare for a quiz
The questions will be on chapters 7, and 9 - end.
Just in case you need help with the last chapters of the text . . .
The last part of the study guideAQ.doc
Tuesday, November 29
Thesis statement due (See due date and prompt below.)
Wednesday, November 30 - Friday, December 2
Essay "A Soldier on Leave"
If you have not handed in your thesis statement, make sure to email it to me today.
Wednesday, November 30
Reread Chapter 8.
Quiz
Friday, December 9
Finish "Seeing a complete picture"
We have almost finished discussing All Quiet on the Western Front.
Now you will start working on the final essay.
All Quiet final essay due on Tuesday, December 20 - Thursday, December 22
Here are your options.
All Quiet Final Essay1.doc
Revision of Ch. 7 essay - due on Friday, December 23
Directions for Revision of Ch. 7 essay.doc
Reading Schedule for Night by Elie Wiesel
(Assigned on Wednesday, December 14)
Chapter 1 (pgs. 3-22) reading and study guide - Friday, December 16
Chapter 2 (pgs. 23-28) reading and study guide - Monday, December 19
Chapter 3 (pgs. 29-46) reading and study guide - Friday, December 23
Finish Night by Wednesday, January 4
(read pgs. 47-115 and complete the study guide)
Please plan accordingly to finish the reading on time.
Night:Study guide:student copy.doc
Due on Tuesday, January 10
Make a list of acts of violence that happen among the prisoners.
(To clarify, identify acts of violence that are performed by prisoners.)
Indicate the people involved and, of course, write down page numbers. You will need this information for a writing assignment.
Due on Tuesday, January 17
Complete the steps for the explication of the passage on page 65. Remember that I have assigned the last part of the original passage.
Due on Wednesday, January 18 - Friday, January 20
Explication of the passage on page 65.
Due on Monday, February 13
Juxtaposition in Maus II
If you were absent on Friday, February 10, you will have to see me on Monday to get the assignment.
Due on Tuesday, February 21 - Thursday, February 23
Final essay on Maus II and Night
(Assigned on Tuesday, February 14)
The first draft is due on Tuesday, February 21. Bring in the essay. We will do some work with it.
Final of MausII and Night.doc
Due on Wednesday, February 22
Make modifications to your first draft and bring in the new draft.
Do not forget to attach the first one to it.
The draft needs to be a complete essay.
If you missed the quiz on Tuesday, February 28, see me on Wednesday, February 29
at break in Room 146.
Due on Wednesday, February 29
Men of Magnitude
Period 8, here is the handout.
Men of magnitude for Sam and Hally.doc
Due on Friday, March 2
My "man/Woman of Magnitude"
I have removed the document because some of you have detected a virus, but the questions are below.
Assignment:
Who is your "man/woman of magnitude," what impact has this person had on your life, and what does this choice show about you as a person?
Directions for organization:
Identify the "man/woman of magnitude"
Give some background (The background information needs to be relevant. Think of the connections you can make between this information and the impact this person has had on you.)
Tell the story that shows the impact this person has had on your life (To be successful, you will need to be creative here. Show, don't tell.)
What does this choice show about you as a person?
Rubric:
The response should be about one page long (single spaced)
The piece includes creative elements
The answer responds to all the questions
Your answers are thoughtful
I will collect the work on Friday, March 2
Due on Monday, March 12
Pre-reading activity for Macbeth.
If you are absent today, Friday, March 9, see the handout below. Print it out and respond to the questions.
Macbeth -Prereading activity0.docx
Due on Monday, March 19
Read Act 1.3 and 1.4 and complete the study guide for each scene
Due on Tuesday, March 20
Read Act 1.5 and 1.6 and complete the study guide for each scene
Due on Thursday, March 22
Tragic hero - Part I
Read the list of the characteristics of a tragic hero (It is on one side of the handout I gave you)
Answer Part I (It is on the other side of the list)
Due on Friday, March 23
Tragic hero - Part II
Read the list of the characteristics of a tragic hero (It is on one side of the handout I gave you)
Answer Part II
I know I assigned the vocabulary from Macbeth's soliloquy on page 23 for Monday, March 26, but I have changed the plans around for next week, so now the assignment is due on Tuesday, March 27.
Due on Thursday, March 29
Read Act II
Period 2 - In addition you have to finish the paraphrase of Macbeth's speech in Act 1, Scene 3, lines 143 - 155 and take marginal notes on act 1, scene 3, lines 145 - 151. Follow the sample I provided for lines 143-144. These notes are necessary for an explication, which you have done in the past. Refresh that skill.
Period 3 - You have finished the paraphrase and we will continue to review it tomorrow. Besides the reading, you have to take marginal notes on act 1, scene 3, lines 145 - 151. Follow the sample I provided for lines 143-144. These notes are necessary for an explication, which you have done in the past. Refresh that skill.
Period 8 - In addition to reading, you have to finish the paraphrase of Macbeth's speech in Act 1, Scene 3, lines 143 - 155 and take marginal notes on act 1, scene 3, lines 145 - 151. Follow the sample I provided for lines 143-144. These notes are necessary for an explication, which you have done in the past. Refresh that skill.
Friday, March 30
In-class writing
Materials you need for the in-class writing:
1. The paraphrase of the speech 1.3.143-155
2. This is a must - the OED definitions for the 19 words I assigned to you
3. Notes on the margins for Macbeth's speech in 1.3. 143-155 (Complete these notes, please. Review the packet with the steps for explicating. If you cannot find it, see below.)
Steps to Complete an Explication.docx
4. List of qualities for the tragic hero ( I gave you this list)
5. A detailed outline of 1.3 (Make the outline of the whole scene.)
In addition, periods 2 and 3, please collect all the work you have done for Macbeth and have it organized in your binder/folder.
Here is a list to help you get organized:
a. Study guide for 1.2 and the paragraph on what the word "blood" says about the values of Macbeth's society.
b. Packet with study guides: 1.3 - 1.5
c. 1.6 and 1.7 and paragraph on the disorder that is present in Act 1
d. Paragraphs about tragic heroes - one of your choice and Macbeth (You will need these for your in-class writing anyway)
View this sample explication of one of the lines of Macbeth's speech. The approach and attention to detail is good.
Sample.doc
Finish reading Macbeth by Monday, April 16
There will be a test on the whole text that day or soon after the deadline.
In addition, complete the worksheet for Macbeth's soliloquy in Act 2, Scene 1, lines 44-74.
Due on Friday, April 20
Answer questions C, D, and the final question of Part III
The answer to question C must be a well written paragraph.
The answers to the other two questions can be notes.
Due on Monday, April 23
Stage directions for 2.2
Due on Friday, April 27
Proposal for Oral History Project
Due on Tuesday, April 24
Finish the worksheet on the painting that interprets part of 2.2
Here is the link for the painting
Due on Wednesday, April 25
1. I am asking volunteers to bring in a creative piece you have written. I will explain why I need it. Of course, I will need your permission to use it. Thank you.
2. Use OED.COM to look up these words: know, deed, and myself
You will paraphrase a line in class.
Due on Thursday, April 26
Reread scenes 2, 3 and 4 of Act II
Due on Monday, April 30
Reread Act 3
Provide stage directions for 3.4 (I provided you with a copy of this scene) and on the back of the copy I gave you, in a drawing show where the props and people should be located. With arrows indicate the way which the characters exit.
Due on Tuesday, May (Revised)
Reread Act 4
Due on Wednesday, May 2
Complete chart for apparitions and answer the final question
Act4.1.doc
IMPORTANT:
Dates for quiz and in-class writing make-up
If you were absent on Thursday and/or Friday, see me.
Location: Room 146
Time: @ break
on Wednesday, May 2 to take the quiz on Act 3
on Thursday, May 3 and Friday, May 4 to complete the in-class writing
(you have 45 minutes for the in-class essay)
Links for the banquet scene (3.4)
Due on Monday, May
Reread Act 5
Due on Thursday, May 10
I have divided you in four groups. These are the words for each group:
Group 1: Creep(s), light(ed), signify(ing)
Group 2: Dusty, poor, strut(s)
Group 3: Fret(s), idiot, tell and told
Group 4: Nothing, fury, sound
The words are from Macbeth's soliloquy in 5.5. Your job is to get all the available definitions. Remember that you have to apply restrictions in terms of when the definitions were in use.
You must read the soliloquy to figure out the part of speech of each word. Is the word used as a noun or a verb? Is it an adjective or adverb? That way you can select the correct form of the word.
Find the definitions, select, copy, paste them into a word document, and print four (4) copies. Remember that you are doing only part of the homework, which means that you have to complete each other's homework.
To those who were absent on Monday and/or Tuesday
The worsheet on Macbeth's soliloquy in 5.5 needs to be completed.Here is the worksheet if you do not have it:
English II Act5 Scene 5.docx
Due on Monday, May 14 - Thursday, May 17 (Revised)
Final assignment for Macbeth
Final Macbeth Assignment0.doc
There are two options. I have collected some materials you will need for both options.
Materials for option 1:
The tragic hero's qualities
The Tragic Hero.docx
Materials for option 2:
The tragic hero's qualities
The Tragic Hero.docx
Copy of "Tomorrow and tomorrow . . . "
Use it to take notes on the margins.
Copy of Tomorrow and tomorrow.docx
Steps to complete an explication
Steps to Explicate for Macbeth.docx
How to organize an explication
How to organize an explication.doc
If you decide to stay at home on Thursday and you are not in class on Friday, please find some time to see me, so you can get your copy of Jane Eyre. There is some reading you have to do for Monday, May 14.
For those who would like to use a study guide while reading Jane Eyre, here it is:
Jane Eyre Study Guide.doc
Possible quiz on Monday, May 14
Chapters 1 and 2
Oral History Project is due on Friday, June
Notice: If your grade on the one-question quiz (Macbeth quiz) is poor, you will have a chance to retake the quiz on Thursday, May 17. See me @ break in rm. 146.
If you were not in class on Tusday or Wednesday, here is what you missed:
Jane Eyre Chapter 1.docx
Complete it and show it to me on Thursday.
Announcement:
I left a note on the door of R. 146. I am not available today at break, so please come in tomorrow at break to take the make-up quiz for Macbeth.
If you are not in school on THursday, you must complete the following worksheet to be able to participate and get credit on Friday:
Jane Eyre Chapter 2.docx
Continue reading Jane Eyre. Follow the schedule I have provided for you.
If you do not attend class on Friday, May 18, please take notes from your classmates.
Read chapters 11-16 for Monday, May 21
Those absent on Friday, May 18 missed a quiz. Remember you have two days after you come back to make up for the quiz. Make sure to verify your absences.
If you were absent on Monday, May 21, please complete the following assignment and bring it in on Tuesday, May 22.
Jane in Lowood.docx
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