Due 9/1- Diction and Article of the Week

For nearly a year, I sopped around the house, the Store, the school, and the church, like an old biscuit, dirty and inedible. Then I met, or rather got to know, the lady who threw me my first lifeline.

                                                            Maya Angelou, I Know Why the Caged Bird Sings

Assignment: Write a sentence using the verb ring in a fresh new way to capture your behavior around the house.

Article of the Week:  Please begin a new section 1/2 through your composition book and entitle it: AotW. Here you will compose your informal responses to questions at the end of each article and respond to on part of the article.

• Should the US respond to Russia's propaganda war? Explain
• How do you find unbiased news in today's world? Explain.
• Select any passage and respond to it.
• Explain how the term "Orwellian" is uniquely appropriate in this context.

Due Friday 8/28

Voice Lesson Extension

1. In your composition book - Think about how you would paint a self-portrait. What colors would you use? What expression would you have on your face? How would you be dressed? What kind of background would you have? Would you have anything else in the portrait besides yourself? What would these things say about you? Make a simple sketch of yourself and write a few sentences describing what your self-portrait would look like.

2. Please complete the voice lesson from class, then on the back of the handout: Write a sentence describing a small boy making a mess in a restaurant. Choose words that are clear, concrete, and exact.

 1984

3. Think about the concrete details and specific diction of Chapter 1 in 1984 –

A) What do we learn about Winston Smith (what kind of a man is he?). Be specific in your analysis and use concrete details to support your answer,

B) What do the details of Chapter 1 communicate about the society Smith lives in? Again, be specific in your support.

1984 Details assignment For 8/26

1. Read and annotate all relevant concrete details pp. 1 - 7. (mark them in your text and make a list of the details that establish the setting).

2. Explain how the concrete details in pp 1 - 7 establish the mood/tone of the novel. 

3. What do you believe Orwell is trying to tell the reader in the opening pages? Use details (quotes from the text) to support your answer.