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Archived Homework
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Assignments for May 2019
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Class
Work |
Homework |
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Week 13 (32) |
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Mon
04/29 |
Minimum Day
Vocab 7b deno/conno
What is
Realism? |
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Please print
or download into Notability:
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Answer questions in the Homework
packet (Word/PDF) as we move through the work. Remember to use
the packet as practice for completing the essays (answer
prompt, precise diction and syntax, fill in the space
provided, tense, no taboos, gerunds, passive voice)
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Please buy
(for 5 Gangstuh points) or borrow (for break even
points) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
for book check Friday 05/03.
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Tues
04/30 |
What factors
would motivate a rejection of the fantastic, the optimistic,
the academic?
Compare excerpt
from The Jungle with "Annabel Lee."
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Weds
05/01 |
he linchpin
between two movements: Walt Whitman
Review Voice -
the way in which an author establishes a unique identity.
Voice consist of:
1. Style -
syntax, form, meter
2. Diction - word
choice, dialect, vernacular, colloquialisms.
3. Tone - the
author's attitude toward the work
4. Point of View
- the perspective from which a story is told. Consider
bias.
-First person
-Second person
-Third person
objective
-Third person
limited
-Third person
omniscient
"O Captain! My
Captain"
vs
- ""I Hear
America Singing" (packet 5).
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Thurs
05/02 |
“When I Heard
the Learn’d Astronomer…” (text 312)
“Sparkles from the Wheel” (text 312)
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Please print
or download into Notability:
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Answer questions in the Homework
packet (Word/PDF) as we move through the work. Remember to use
the packet as practice for completing the essays (answer
prompt, precise diction and syntax, fill in the space
provided, tense, no taboos, gerunds, passive voice)
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Please buy
(for 5 Gangstuh points) or borrow (for break even
points) The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
for book check Friday 05/03.
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Study for
Vocabulary 7b Quiz (See
Quizlet)
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The
Harrison Hays version of
Quizlet (thank you, sir):
https://quizlet.com/397317062/11h-vocab-7b-flash-cards/
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Fri
05/03 |
Vocabulary 7b
Quiz
What is Regionalism
Regionalism/The Tall Tale
Read from Life
on the Mississippi pg 324
-How does Twain's
reflection on the Romantic ambitions of childhood contrast
with the realities of adulthood, as revealed through
experiences of disappointment and failure? -How does Twain
use comedy in his chapter? What role does comedy seem
to play?
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The Great Gatsby by F. Scott Fitzgerald
for book check |
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Week 14 (33) |
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Mon
05/06 |
Read from Life
on the Mississippi (1883) pg 324
-Reflect on the way Twain's
reflection on the Romantic ambitions of childhood contrast
with the realities of adulthood, as revealed through
experiences of disappointment and failure? -How does Twain
use comedy in his chapter? What role does comedy seem
to play?
Vocab 8b Deno/Conno.
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Read The
Great Gatsby by Monday, May 13. The Great
Gatsby Homework Packet (Word
or
PDF)
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Please print
or download into Notability:
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Answer questions in the Homework
packet (Word/PDF) as we move through the work. Remember to use
the packet as practice for completing the essays (answer
prompt, precise diction and syntax, fill in the space
provided, tense, no taboos, gerunds, passive voice)
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Reader's
Response:
-From Read from Life
on the Mississippi (1883) pg 324 in textbook.
Reflect on the way the author's
reflection on the Romantic ambitions of childhood contrast
with the realities of adulthood, as revealed through
experiences of disappointment and failure. Due
Wednesday 5/08.
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Tues
05/07 |
Naturalism
Author Background:
Occurence at Owl Creek Bridge/Background: Ambrose Bierce
(txt pg. 344)
Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce
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Read The
Great Gatsby by Monday, May 13. The Great
Gatsby Homework Packet (Word
or
PDF)
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Please print
or download into Notability:
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Answer questions in the Homework
packet (Word/PDF) as we move through the work. Remember to use
the packet as practice for completing the essays (answer
prompt, precise diction and syntax, fill in the space
provided, tense, no taboos, gerunds, passive voice)
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Reader's
Response:
-From Read from Life
on the Mississippi (1883) pg 324 in textbook.
Reflect on the way the author's reflection on the Romantic ambitions of childhood contrast
with the realities of adulthood, as revealed through
experiences of disappointment and failure. Due
Wednesday 5/08.
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Weds
05/08 |
Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce |
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Read The
Great Gatsby by Monday, May 13. The Great
Gatsby Homework Packet (Word
or
PDF)
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TONIGHT. Read
Mark Twain's "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras
County" (p319 in your textbook).
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Please print
or download into Notability:
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Answer questions in the Homework
packet (Word/PDF) as we move through the work. Remember to use
the packet as practice for completing the essays (answer
prompt, precise diction and syntax, fill in the space
provided, tense, no taboos, gerunds, passive voice)
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Reader's Response:
-From Read from Life
on the Mississippi (1883) pg 324 |
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Thurs
05/09 |
Read "An Occurrence at Owl Creek
Bridge" by Ambrose Bierce |
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Read The
Great Gatsby by Monday, May 13. The Great
Gatsby Homework Packet (Word
or
PDF)
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Study for
Vocab 8b Quiz (See
Quizlet).
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Please print
or download into Notability:
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Answer questions in the Homework
packet (Word/PDF) as we move through the work. Remember to use
the packet as practice for completing the essays (answer
prompt, precise diction and syntax, fill in the space
provided, tense, no taboos, gerunds, passive voice)
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"The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" |
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Fri
05/10 |
Read "An Episode
of War" by Stephen Crane (textbook, pg. 352) |
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Read The
Great Gatsby by Monday, May 13. The Great
Gatsby Homework Packet (Word
or
PDF)
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Please print
or download into Notability:
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Answer questions in the Homework
packet (Word/PDF) as we move through the work. Remember to use
the packet as practice for completing the essays (answer
prompt, precise diction and syntax, fill in the space
provided, tense, no taboos, gerunds, passive voice)
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Read "The Story of An Hour" by
Kate Chopin (pg. 11 in Reading Packet). Complete a
Reader's
Response: How does Kate Chopin communicate the main
message? (hint: you should identify that main message as
well as address the HOW). Due
Tuesday, 5/14.
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Week 15 (34) |
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Mon
05/13 |
Complete an
"Episode of War" (pg. 352)
The Other
Author
Background:
W.E.B. Du Bois
Read "Of the
Meaning of Progress" (txt pg. 362)
Chart the
narrative arc and identify the narrator's conclusion at the
end of the piece.
What is innately
Naturalistic about the piece?
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Realism Packet due Friday.
No late work and no redemptions
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Answer questions in the Homework
packet (Word/PDF) as we move through the work. Remember to use
the packet as practice for completing the essays (answer
prompt, precise diction and syntax, fill in the space
provided, tense, no taboos, gerunds, passive voice)
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Read "The Story of An Hour" by
Kate Chopin (pg. 11 in Reading Packet). Complete a
Reader's
Response: How does Kate Chopin communicate the main
message? (hint: you should identify that main message as
well as address the HOW). Due
Tuesday, 5/14.
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The Great Gatsby reading. |
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Tues
05/14 |
The Other
Read "My Heart Feels Like Bursting" by
Chief Satanta and "I Will Fight No More Forever" by Chief
Joseph of the Nez Perce.
How do these
speeches by Native American leaders reflect the literary
movements at work during this period?
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Reader's Response:
How does Kate Chopin communicate the main message? |
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Wed
05/15 |
Pass back past unit test essays and review, if time allows. |
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Thurs
05/16 |
In-class Writing
Prompt
Please watch this
video, and respond to the
following question:
Emilie Wapnick
Why some of us don't have one true calling.
What is the
author's main message?
Identify and
explain at least one rhetorical strategy (such as mood,
tone, etc.) the speaker uses to achieve this message.
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Fri
05/17 |
Realism/Naturalism Unit Test |
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Realism Packet |
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Week 16 (35) |
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Mon
05/20 |
Review
Term Paper
Vocab 9b Deno/Conno (Last one guys) |
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Bring
materials so that you can work on your term paper next
week.
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Term Paper
due on Thursday 5/20
at the start of class. No late work, no
Redemption. If you are not at school that day,
send the work as an attachment before the start of your
class.
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Tues
05/21 |
Work on
Term Paper in class - due
on Thursday 5/30. |
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Bring
materials so that you can work on your term paper next
week.
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Term Paper
due on Thursday 5/20
at the start of class. No late work, no
Redemption. If you are not at school that day,
send the work as an attachment before the start of your
class.
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Weds
05/22 |
Work on
Term Paper in class - due
on Thursday 5/30. |
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Bring
materials so that you can work on your term paper next
week.
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Term Paper
due on Thursday 5/20
at the start of class. No late work, no
Redemption. If you are not at school that day,
send the work as an attachment before the start of your
class.
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Thurs
05/23 |
If you missed the
Realism Unit Test, go to Ms. Burns' office any time starting
at lunch.
Work on
Term Paper in class - due
on Thursday 5/30. |
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Study for
Vocab 8b Quiz (See
Quizlet).
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Bring
materials so that you can work on your term paper next
week.
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Term Paper
due on Thursday 5/20
at the start of class. No late work, no
Redemption. If you are not at school that day,
send the work as an attachment before the start of your
class.
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Fri
05/24
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Vocab 9b Quiz Work on
Term Paper in class - due
on Thursday 5/30. |
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Term Paper
due on Thursday 5/20
at the start of class. No late work, no
Redemption. If you are not at school that day,
send the work as an attachment before the start of your
class.
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Study for
Semester 2 Vocab Final on Friday (see
Quizlet)
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Week 17 (36) |
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Mon
05/27 |
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Study for
Semester 2 Vocab Final on Friday (see
Quizlet)
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Term Paper
due on Thursday 5/20
at the start of class. No late work, no
Redemption. If you are not at school that day,
send the work as an attachment before the start of your
class.
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Tues
05/28 |
Review questions
for Term Paper
The Great
Gatsby |
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Study for
Semester 2 Vocab Final on Friday (see
Quizlet)
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Term Paper
due on Thursday 5/20
at the start of class. No late work, no
Redemption. If you are not at school that day,
send the work as an attachment before the start of your
class.
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Weds
05/29
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The Great
Gatsby |
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Study for
Semester 2 Vocab Final on Friday (see
Quizlet). CHANGED TO MONDAY
6/3
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Term Paper
due on Thursday 5/20
at the start of class. No late work, no
Redemption. If you are not at school that day,
send the work as an attachment before the start of your
class.
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Thurs
05/30 |
1920's
Context |
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Study for
Semester 2 Vocab Final on Friday (see
Quizlet). CHANGED TO MONDAY
6/3
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As we move
through the work, edit your answers in The Great
Gatsby Homework Packet (Word
or
PDF).
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Term Paper due |
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Fri
05/31 |
The Great
Gatsby |
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Study for
Semester 2 Vocab Final on Friday (see
Quizlet). CHANGED TO MONDAY
6/3
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As we move
through the work, edit your answers in The Great
Gatsby Homework Packet (Word
or
PDF).
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