Homework Things Fall Apart - 1st Period - Due 10/03 A

Post a thoughtful and considered response to the following (you may also comment on another post for EC by clicking the "reply" button.

 From the "Culture" worksheet you made notes about  FIVE aspects of life and how yours are different from Okonkwo and his extended family. 

In a clear, well written paragraph explain what five features of the lifestyle described in the novel are different from your own. If you don't have the handout, the list is below.

●   Tradition: how important is tradition in the way you live your life and how important is an understanding of the traditions you live in, compared with what is presented in Okonkwo’s lifestyle?
 ●   Respect: for family, chi (personal god), community, friends and enemies.
 ●   Personal goals and ambitions: write down three of yours and three of Okonkwo’s.What are the differences?
●   Relationships: between men and women, adults and children, friends and enemies, black and white.

Homework: Things Fall Apart - 8th Period - Due 10/3 B

Post a thoughtful and considered response to the following (you may also comment on another post for EC by clicking the "reply" button.

 From the "Culture" worksheet you made notes about  FIVE aspects of life and how yours are different from Oknokwo and his extended family. 

In a clear, well written paragraph explain what five features of the lifestyle described in the novel are different from your own. If you don't have the handout, the list is below.

●   Tradition: how important is tradition in the way you live your life and how

important is an understanding of the traditions you live in, compared with what is presented in Okonkwo’s lifestyle?

●   Respect: for family, chi (personal god), community, friends and enemies.

●   Personal goals and ambitions: write down three of yours and three of Okonkwo’s.What are the differences?

●   Relationships: between men and women, adults and children, friends and enemies, black and white.

●   The role of women: in most things subservient, but supreme in matters of life and death.

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Things Fall Apart 9/29 B / 9/30 A

Reading Chapters 1 - 3

8th Period

Please complete the assignment from the "Culture" handout. This will be your entrance ticket to the next assignment.

Come with a character assessment/chart of Okonkwo based on your reading. YES you must have references to page numbers and at least 5 - 7 quotes.

1st Period

Please complete the assignment from the "Culture" handout. This will be your entrance ticket to the next assignment.

Come with a character assessment/chart of Okonkwo based on your reading. YES you must have references to page numbers and at least 5 - 7 quotes.

Bring Journals, post it notes, and make sure your handouts are with you.

"Things Fall Apart" and Vocabulary

Remember: Vocabulary Quiz T 9-27 (B) / W 9-28 (A)

Things Fall Apart by Chinua Achebe

Watch the following video to 8:37 http://www.learner.org/courses/worldlit/things-fall-apart/watch/

Who is Chinua Achibe? Where is he from? How is his novel different from other novels about Africa and/or Africans? 

8th Period

Read: Chapters 1 - 3   before 9/27 

As you read keep a log of chapter questions on a separate sheet of paper (things you are curious about, notice, and/or want to know more about). I will provide guided reading questions in class as well.

1st Period

Read: Chapters 1 - 3   before 9/28

As you read keep a log of chapter questions on a separate sheet of paper (things you are curious about, notice, and/or want to know more about). I will provide guided reading questions in class as well.

8th Period Assignments and updates

Due Beginning of Class 9/23

1. Voice Lesson
2. In proper short answer format (10 lines with a topic sentence/assertion and support w/ commentary) explain the complex idea about heritage Alice Walker conveys in "Everyday Use".
3. a) How would the conflict have been different if the story were about "blankets" and not quilts?  b) How does Dee's new name affect the story?


Please post a response to the following in the comments section below:
How might something that represents your family heritage cause a similar conflict to the one you read about in "Everyday Use"?

Don't Forget your Vocabulary Assignment - Look up the definitions for the words in lesson 1. Remember to find 2nd and 3rd Definitions (synonyms help too). Quiz on Tuesday.

   

1st Period - Due 9/22

Everyday Use

1. What does "Everyday use" mean to Dee in regard to the quilts?

2. How might Maggie view the idea of "everyday use" and the quilts?

3. Create a graphic representation of the Story. Your representation must address character, conflict, and plot and be supported with concrete text evidence (the link to the text is in one of the previous posts).

4. In proper short answer format (10 lines with a topic sentences/assertion and support w/ commentary) explain the complex idea about heritage Alice Walker conveys in "Everyday Use".

English 2 PreAP - 8th Period DUE 9/18/16

"Everyday Use" by Alice Walker - Full Text Here

1. ALL questions from Pt. 1 Assignment (sub handout) are due at the BEGINNING of class.

2. All questions from Pt. 2 Assignment (sub handout) are due at the BEGINNING of class.

3. Make a three column character chart and list the traits of each character. Direct and Indirect characterizations, values, physical appearance, desires, beliefs

4. Create a graphic organizer (your choice of how it looks) of the major conflict and the minor conflicts. YOU MUST CLEARLY SHOW HOW they are/or are not related AND HOW THEY ARE established in the characters first?

5. What TRUTHS does Walker reveal to the reader about heritage, relationships, and life in this short story?

English 2 Pre AP 1st Period - Due 9/20/16

"Everyday Use" -  Full Text Here

1. Thoroughly Answer ALL questions from the reading guide, 

2.  Complete the three column character chart

3. Explain in a well written paragraph how these contrasts create conflict.

4. Come with a statement about what you think Alice Walker is trying to tell the reader about heritage, relationships, and life.

PRE AP 2 Reading for 9/9 or 9/12

1st Period - Read Harrison Bergeron

Identify all the plot elements, conflict, examples of irony with support, and what you you believe Vonnegut is trying to tell the reader about life and being human. Questions to follow

8th Period - Read Everyday Use

(1)  Roughly where and when are we to imagine the action of this story taking place?  What are some of the features of the story that we might find more understandable if we take this context into account?

(2)  How would you characterize the narrative point of view of this story?

(3) What do you take to be the central conflict in the story? 

    Follow-up:  what seem to be the deeper issues at stake in this conflict?

(4) At which precise moment does the title concept come into play?

(5) What moment best qualifies as the story's climax?

    Follow-up (5a):  How does noticing this help us decide whether the author has structured the story so as to cast the older daughter, or her mother, as the story's protagonist?

    Follow-up (5b):  what are some of the deeper issues at stake in this moment?

Homework Due 9/8A and 9/9B

Article of the Week

I will be collecting two grades for this assignment. 

 

1. Complete a thoughtful, annotated reading that asks questions and makes relevant observations and connections in the margins. You should be able to state not only what the article is about, but what makes it an important issue. No proof = 0, some proof = 70, excellent proof = 90 and above

2. Compose a one page (front and back of a page in your college ruled comp book) reflection that addresses the question at the bottom of the page and offers adequate and relevant text support and commentary on this support.

3. YES, SPELLING, GRAMMAR, AND PUNCTUATION COUNT.