English 11 American Literature (Period Per. 6) Assignments

Finish character maps for the six characters assigned in The Great Gatsby

Descriptive paragraph due Monday

Vocabulary test Monday: sequel-solitaire

Read through chapter six in The Great Gatsby

Vocabulary homework: portable-seniority

 

Quiz Act I The Crucible on Tuesday

Vocabulary homework: generation-elucidate

Vocabulary homework: suicide-fortitude (Due Monday)

Read and annotate chapters 38-41 Huck Finn

Read and annotate chapters 36-37

Quiz Friday chapters 30-37 Huck Finn

Finish quiz chapters 22-29

Finish journal entries

Study for vocabulary quiz

Read chapters 30-35 in Huck Finn

Read chapters 22-27 in Huck Finn

Finish journal entry

Study for vocabulary quiz

Read chapters 22-24 in Huck Finn

Finish journal #4

Quiz: Huck Finn chapters 16-21

Vocabulary quiz: antagonist-hypercritical

Vocabulary quiz on Tuesday: semiquaver-polymorphous

Read chapters 10-15 in Huck Finn

Read chapters 1=9 in Huck Finn

Vocabulary homework:semiquaver-polymorphous

Bring your scarlet letters on Thursday for our court scene

Vocab homework:interstate-extrovert

Finish Journal #9: What is the difference between how adultry is viewed now and how it was viewed by Puritian society? In other words, where does the blame lie?

Read chapters 21-24 in The Scarlet Letter

Journal #8: Does Pearl have a right to know who her father is? Why or why not?What can Hester do to make things right for Pearl, Dimmesdale and herself? (1 page/25points)

Study for quiz on chapters 8-16

Read chapters 17-20

Vocabulary quiz: contradict-segregate

Make sure you work on your scarlet letters and wear them to school on Friday

Vocabulary homework:contradict-segregate (due Wed.)

Read chapters 11-16 Scarlet letter (quiz on chapters 8-16 on Wed.)

Journal #8: If you were living in Salem and the town knew about your shortcomings or mistakes, what letter would they brand you with?What would the letter stand for? Would you feel that you deserve the letter?

Read chapters 5-7 in The Scarlet Letter

There will be a quiz on Tuesday on chapters 1-7

Study for vocabulary test: benefit- mal de mer (quiz is on Tues.)

Complete journal #4: What do you think of the relationship between Hester and her husband? Why do you think he wants to destroy her? Do you think he ever loved her?

Complete vocabulary homework: benefit-mal de mer (due Fri.)

Read chapters 3-4 and annotate The Scarlet Letter

Complete journal #3 (due Fri.) What are your views on love? Is love forever? Can there be circumstances that lead to a distortion or misunderstanding of one's interpretation of love?

Finish the Introductory in The Scarlet Letter

Finish journal #2: If you were forced to wear a scarlet "A"  everyday, would you move somewhere else and start over or would you stay in the community and not worry about what others thought (due Wed) minimum 3/4 of a page.

Study for vocabulary test: ante meridian-postwar

Finish journal entry #1: Can sinfulness (mistakes) lead to personal growth, sympathy, and the understanding of others? (Due Thurs. Worth 20 points, must be at least 3/4 of a page in length)

Finish vocabulary homework: ante meridian-postwar (due Tuesday)

Study for quiz on My Kinsman Major Molineux and Good Country People

Make sure you have finished reading A Good Man is hard to Find

Study for vocabulary quiz: trilogy-multimillionaire

Study for quiz on My Kinsman Major Molineux and Good Country People

 

Read and annotate A Good Man is Hard to Find

Study literary terms. There will be a literary terms test on Thursday. Finish reading and annotating Good Country People. There will be a text on Thursday on Young Goodman Brown and Good Country People.

Study for vocabulary test on Tuesday: unicellular-ambiguous

Finish reading and annotating Nathaniel Hawthorne's Young Goodman Brown (due Tuesday)