American Literature - 11th (Period 2) Assignments

 Final:

 

Socratic Seminar:  Group1: Be prepared to discuss the following themes:  society and class, memory and the past, isolation, marriage, lies and deceipt,compassion and forgiveness

 

Group 2:  Be prepared to discuss the following themes:  love, wealth, mortality, gender, education, the title of the book:  THE GREAT GATSBY

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

 

Great Gatsby Name/Character Quiz

midnight in paris

 

"Goals" essay due (Gatsby)

Gatsby Quiz:  ch 7/8

 

Will be read ch 8/9

Have chapter 7 read by now

Autism Research Paper Due

Autism paper due Monday or Tuesday (odd or even)  Gatsby paper due Wednesday or Thursday.

Finish Reading Ch5.  

Do vocabulary for Ch5-6

We will read Ch 6 in class

Quiz Ch5-6

Gatsby:   Ch 3-4 Quiz

Great Gatsby:  quiz:  Chapters 1/2

Five Paragraph Essay on Midnight in Paris.  Follow guidelines handed out in class.

Classwork:  Internet:  10 Interesting Facts about screenwriter Woody Allen, 5 about Earnest Hemingway, 5 about Gertrude Stein, 5 about F. Scott Fitzgerald

 

People who missed recent test on Jefferson/Paine:  please see me

People who missed 18 question test on Enlightenment:  please see me

Franklin Short Quiz - Part ii

Finish reading "Declaration of Independence" Answer questions on Pg 159 (1-5)

Literature Text

Brief Ben Franklin Multiple Choice Quiz (6 questions) 

Review the Literature Text

Brief Multiple Choice Quiz:  Benjamin Franklin 

Review Literature Text Book

Benjamin Franklin:

Review and Assess:  Pages 148 - Page 149

American Lit:  Final

"The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time"

Multiple choice/short answer Test

50 questions

Quiz :  The Curious Incident of the Dog in the Night-time

Hard copy of journal entry:  Choose one of the following sentences, and write a paragraph developing the idea:  "When it comes to navigating life's problems, I tend to be more logical" or "When it comes to navigating life's problems, I tend to be more intuitive."

Curious Dog Incident:  Pages 65-99 Handout

Watch 3rd Presidential Debate:  Write a journal entry on:

 

Who won

Why

Give Examples

7-8 sentence paragraph

Test:  A Separate Peace:  Sentence Errors, Improving Sentences, Improving Paragraphs

Improving Paragraphs 2

Improving Sentences 2

 

Angelou Journal Entry

Homework:  Identifying Sentence Errors #2

Complete "Identifying Sentences Errors 1

Complete Voc 8-10 Worksheet -- both sides

A Separate Peace :  Read/listen to Chapters 5-7

Bring Vocabulary Sheet Chapters 1 - 4

 

Due Next Class:  A Separate Peace Warm Up

Please print out Journal Entry #2:  Advantages/Disadvantages of live in South Pas.

Complete vocabulary for A Separate Peace (Chapters 1 - 4)

The Earth on the Turtle's Back:  Pages 16-18

Answer questions on Page 18

Summer Reading Sheet with parent signature due.

Jamestown:  Pg 77 (1-6)