Invisible Man - Prologue Due 4/20 beginning of class

1. Completely answer the questions from the handout on a separate sheet of paper.

2. Answer this as well: What DID he do to be so Blue?

3. To what extent is he correct about "invisibility"?

Here's a link to the text. Your reading is from 1 -12 Invisible Man

Six Weeks Exam Assignments

PLEASE READ ONLY THE ASSIGNMENT/S FOR YOUR CLASS AS THEY ARE DIFFERENT. ALL SUBMISSIONS ARE SENT TO jessupsenglish@gmail.com and should have a proper heading with name and period.

1ST PERIOD

1. Compose typed found poems from "Chicago 1893" and an analysis of what you were trying to accomplish with your found poem.  Use the Attitude Handout to facilitate your explanation. Submit by 11:59 tonight 4/14 with proper subject email.

2. TEST (See rubric at the bottom of the page of pick one up)

Submit by 10:00 pm  4/15/16.

Compose Found Poem with analysis for the passage from Under the Feet of Jesus. Your poem should capture the development of Estrella's character, reflect the importance of a symbol, and connect to the meaning of the text as a whole. You analysis MUST include: 1. Statement of Purpose (mood and attitude), 2. An explanation of your word choices, imagery, phrases, and organization, 3. An explanation of the symbol in your poem and how it connects to Estrella and to the text as a whole, 4. A so what statement that expresses how your poem relates to an important idea in the novel as a whole. Your poem can be "treated" or "untreated", it may be one poem or a series of smaller poems that gather meaning, be careful and intentional in your choices.

 

2ND PERIOD - POST BY  11:59 TONIGHT 4/14/16

jessupsenglish@gmail.com

  (See rubric at the bottom of the page of pick one up)

1. Compose Found Poem with analysis for the passage from Under the Feet of Jesus. Your poem should capture the development of Estrella's character, reflect the importance of a symbol, and connect to the meaning of the text as a whole. You analysis MUST include: 1. Statement of Purpose (mood and attitude), 2. An explanation of your word choices, imagery, phrases, and organization, 3. An explanation of the symbol in your poem and how it connects to Estrella and to the text as a whole, 4. A so what statement that expresses how your poem relates to an important idea in the novel as a whole. Your poem can be "treated" or "untreated", it may be one poem or a series of smaller poems that gather meaning, be careful and intentional in your choices.

3RD PERIOD - POST BY  11:59 TONIGHT 4/14/16

jessupsenglish@gmail.com

 

1. Compose Found Poem with analysis for the passage from Under the Feet of Jesus. Your poem should capture the development of Estrella's character, reflect the importance of a symbol, and connect to the meaning of the text as a whole. You analysis MUST include: 1. Statement of Purpose (mood and attitude), 2. An explanation of your word choices, imagery, phrases, and organization, 3. An explanation of the symbol in your poem and how it connects to Estrella and to the text as a whole, 4. A so what statement that expresses how your poem relates to an important idea in the novel as a whole. Your poem can be "treated" or "untreated", it may be one poem or a series of smaller poems that gather meaning, be careful and intentional in your choices. 

T OR F - ESTRELLA'S CHARACTER IS SIGNIFICANTLY DEVELOPED IN THE PASSAGE?  

 

Test UTFOJ and Homeworks (Plural)

Remember - If you are going to RETAKE the test you must do so before Friday Morning. I will be here every day after school and on Thursday morning. READ Chapter 5!

All Periods - 

Assessing the Past

1) Find one historical event in the last two hundred years that has been rewritten at least twice and be prepared to explain how. You must support your claim with hard evidence and be able to explain what you think was gained each time it was rewritten.

2) Do you think we honestly assess the past? Why or why not? Be prepared to discuss in a Socratic seminar

Found Poetry

The following is a definition of "found poetry"

Please read the handout from class and then: 

1st Period - Due 4/14 Please read the found poetry handout in dropbox. There are many examples of what found poetry is. Please self select a passage from UTFOJ that you think is extremely important to the development of a character and then compose a found poem from those pages. Type the poem and on a separate page type an explanation of what you were trying to capture and why it's important (just like the model from the handout or from the larger handout in the DROPBOX )

Please try to do your best
 

2nd Period Due 4/14

Please come with typed found poems from "Chicago 1893" and typed explanations of what you were trying to accomplish. Try to use the Attitude Handout to facilitate your explanation.

3rd Period Due 4/14

Please come with typed found poems from "Black Boy" and "Chicago 1893" and explanations of what you were trying to accomplish in "Chicago". Try to use the Attitude Handout to facilitate your explanation.

 

James Baldwin "Autobiographical Notes"

Reading Questions with complete responses are due at the beginning of class. As this will be structured as a class discussion you will need thorough, insightful answers to the "text to self" and "text to world" questions from the handout. 

Here's a link to the reading https://www.nytimes.com/books/first/b/baldwin-essays.html

Under The Feet Of Jesus READING and QUIZ/TEST

There will be a TEST/QUIZ over Chapters 1 - 3 of UTFOJ on 4/7. Possible questions may include:

1. Read the first paragraph very closely. What does it describe and what does it suggest?

2. Estrella says, "It was always a question of work, and work depended on the harvest, the car running, their health the condition of the road, how long the money held out, and the weather, which meant they could depend on nothing" (4).  How might this foreshadowing affect the novel?

3. Why does Viramontes use so many Spanish phrases and sentences in the novel? How does the presence of so much Spanish affect a reader's experience of the text?

4. What are cousins Alejo and Gumicendo doing as the novel opens?

5. Describe the "home" where they will stay--and where Petra has been before. What does Perfecto do when he enters the house, and what does it signify about his and perhaps the family's values? (8) Describe Petra and what she has been through.

6. Describe Estrella--does this appear to be a "coming of age" story?

7. On page 24, Estrella makes a connection between the tools in Perfecto's toolbox and letters of the alphabets. Explain. How is treated by the teachers and what does she think of this treatment?

8. Why do you think Viramontes put the Devridges, the white migrant family, in the novel?

Part Two

1. Explain Estrella's thoughts about the woman on the red raisin box (p.49-).  What is the significance of the woman on the raisin box?

2. Look closely at the scene beginning on page 58 as Estrella walks from the fields toward the labor camp and comes across the ball field. Explain her fear. 3. Read closely on page 52 the paragraph that begins, "Alejo struggled with a piece of newsprint paper . . . " Describe Alejo, his hopes and dreams-and current situation. When he is later sprayed with poison why does he think of sinking into tar (p76-78).

4. What does Perfecto want? What do we learn about him that helps us to understand him (p. 78-)?

5. Explain the joke the dj tells on page 84.

6. What do you make of the many references to oil and to Ajelo's story about the tar pits beginning on page 85?


7. At the end of Part Two (p. 90) Estrella is again drawn to the barn (which she has refused to help Perfecto dismantle). Any ideas about what the barn might mean to Estrella?

Part Three

1. What is Alejo's illness? Why has Petra agreed to take him in and care for him?

2. What themes of love arise in this section?

3. What is the significance of the woman on the raisin box?

4. Do you think Estrella was justified in the actions she took at the doctor's office? Was the nurse to blame?

5. What does the statue of Jesuscristo represent or symbolize for Petra? What happens to the statue? What might this signify?

6. At the center of Under the Feet of Jesus are two women who must endure enormous suffering and hardship. How does having women as protagonists make this work different from similar works with male protagonists?

7. What will happen between Petra and Perfecto? Look closely at Perfecto as he leans against the car trying to decide what to do

8. What is the significance of Estrella's climb to the top of the barn?

Read through Chapter 4.

STAAR Resources - Last Minute RX

STAAR 911 RX

ALL of you have worked hard to excel tomorrow. Personally, I think you will all perform much better than last year. I HAVE complete FAITH in each of you and what we've learned.

I know some of you are still probably worried about the essay tomorrow, so I've put some resources for you in the DROPBOX

STAAR HELP

Included are prompts and scoring guides/writing samples for 2014 and 2013 (today's prompt was 2013). Read the high scoring essays and the commentary by the graders. Make note of what they do and use it.

I've also included the 2014 and 2015 Reading Exams with answer keys if you'd like a last minute prep. Choose a passage of two, answer the questions, and check your answers.

Finally - Here's a link to that Prep Video we watched - Remember the strategy:

 BOX your Prompt: Underline Read, Think, Write

     T-Chart: Pro/Con 3 Pros, 2 Cons (choose 2 pro/1 con)

    1. State your position clearly! (Thesis)

    2. Reason #1 (also the topic sentence for 1st Body Paragraph)

    3.Reason #2 (also the topic sentence for 2nd Body Paragraph)

    4. Combine for FINAL Thesis (3 in 1)

Stop! Answer Reading Passage #1

Go Back to Essay and DRAFT!

Write Intro with Hook and Thesis

 FEED Reason #1 and write paragraph

 FEED Reason #2 and write paragraph with counter

Restate your Thesis without saying "in conclusion" and remember to have a call to action (why it's important)

STOP!!!! TAKE 5!

Go Back to the Reading Questions, preview the Short Answers AND Preview Questions before you read each Passage. Answer all questions and bubble as you go. Pre-write short answers before writing in the BOXES  APES: ANSWER! PROVIDE EVIDENCE, EXPLAIN, SUMMARIZE.

GO Back to your PERSUASIVE ESSAY Draft and Read it. Add words, correct grammar, check transitions, and spelling.

Write ESSAY IN COMPOSITION BOX.

Now finish strong with "Editing and Revising"

YOU GOT THIS!!

    

 

Essay Assignment Due Tuesday 3/29

Persuasive Essay

The Following Two links are to provide you with food for thought on a question that may be unfamiliar to you. 

Music historians, critics, fans, and even recording artists have divergent opinions as to the state of Hip Hop in 2016. Russell Simmons sees it one way Hip Hop is Alive   while Oakland Historian and Professor Davey D. Believes Quite the Opposite

After examining both perspectives compose a persuasive essay (26 lines and yes I understand this is ridiculously limiting) that defends or challenges the following: Hip Hop is Dead.