English 11 American Literature 2021-Period 2 Assignments

Read the last "chapter" 17 pages 315-326

Read "chapters" 15-16 pages 285-314

Read "chapter" 14 pages 262-284

Read "chapters" 12-13 pages 224-261

Read "chapters" 10-11 pages 208-223

Read "chapter" 9 pages 187-207

Read "chapter" 8 pages 174-186

Read "chapter" 7 pages 142-173 for Friday

Read "chapter" 6 pages 108-141

Read "chapter" 5 pages 86-107

Read "Chapter" 4 pages 75-85

Read "Chapter" 3 pages 35-74

Complete the final draft of your short story and submit it to turnitin.com.  Details about the story have been provided in class. 

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close "Chapter" 2 pages 16-34

A rough draft of your short story is due. We will do peer editing in class. Details about the story have been provided during class. 

Complete "The Leap" page 802 questions 1-4, page 803 #1-4, page 805 #1-2. Do not copy the questions. Submit your analysis to turnitin.com.

For the story "Everything Stuck to Him" answer the analyze the text questions on page 788 questions 1-5, and the craft and structure questions page 789 questions 1-4. Do not copy the questions. Submit your work to turnitin.com. 

Answer the analysis questions on page 774 #1-5, 775 #1-3. Do not copy the questions. Answer thoroughly and completely. Submit your work to turnitin.com.

Type a revised, edited draft of your essay about The Great Gatsby. Submit this to turnitin.com.

Read the document about Contemporary History as well as pages 760-763 in the textbook. 

Prepare for your test on The Great Gatsby

Read chapter 9 of "Gatsby"

Read chapter 8 of "Gatsby"

Type responses to questions 5-9 of chapter 7. Do NOT copy the questions, but write in complete sentences with evidence and plenty of commentary. Submit your responses to turnitin.com. 

Read chapter 7 of "Gatsby"

Complete the "Gatsby" chapter 7 passage analysis. The hardcopy was received in class and it is attached here. However, Do NOT have the passages or the questions attached to your submission because it will interfere with turnitin.com.  The passage is about 6-7 pages in to chapter 7, so you will want to read up to this part.  Answer in complete sentences.  Submit your work (12 responses total) to turnitin.com.

Read chapter 6 of "Gatsby"

Complete the two passage analysis sheets for the quotes from chapter 5. These were passed out in class and are to be done by hand. 

Read chapter 5 of "Gatsby"

Type answers to questions 6-10 about chapter 4.  Do not copy the questions. Be sure to use textual evidence, quotes and plenty of commentary in your answers. Submit this to turnitin.com.  Print these responses and bring to class for discussion.

Read chapter 4 of "Gatsby" 

Read chapter 3 of "Gatsby"

Complete the color-coding analysis/questions for the passage from chapter 3

Read chapter 2 of "Gatsby" for Friday. 

Finish reading and rereading The Great Gatsby chapter 1

Reread pages 5-6. Bring your completed color coding analysis to class. Have questions two and three thoroughly completed. You are only doing the passage for chapter 1. 

WARNING: This video will give away the plot of the novel.  When it gets to 21:10, twenty-one minutes and ten seconds, pause the video and move it along to 22:50, twenty-two minutes and 50 seconds.  Otherwise it will RUIN the book's plot for you.  Watch the rest of the video and take 20 notes about Fitzgerald.  If you were in class when I showed the video, then you have already done this.

Read the document about literary Modernism so that you know about the historical context for The Great Gatsby.  You received a hard copy of this in class too. The slides posted here are optional and help to supplement the text.

Type up a practice introductory paragraph and one body paragraph about Thoreau's essay. You are typing two paragraphs total. This is literary analysis, different than autobiographical narrative writing - you are back to textual analysis.  Practice timing yourself - see what you can come up with in 30 minutes. There is no specific prompt - you can take any approach to it that you prefer.  You might analyze what argument or arguments of Thoreau's are most convincing, what is a theme of the essay and how does Thoreau develop that theme throughout the essay, or what relevance the speech has to today's social and political climate.  Or you might find a prompt about it online. Either way, be sure to base it all around analysis of literary topics (diction, paradox, metaphor, etc.). The first paragraph should include your thesis. The second paragraph, your body paragraph, should focus on one literary topic, provide examples of it, and analyze what meaning it creates in relation to your thesis. 

When you cite passages refer to the paragraph number. Be sure to include an introduction, two-three topics, a thesis, a topic sentence, evidence, commentary, and finish with a transition. 

Submit this to turnitin.com.

Submit a final draft of your narrative to turnitin.com. Like the rough draft, this must be 1,000-1,500 words in length and MLA format. Remember that turnitin.com is time sensitive.

Produce a rough draft of your Autobiographical Narrative at the beginning of class Tuesday. This should be 1,000-1,500 words in length and MLA formatted. See the attached link for information about how to format your paper properly by MLA guidelines.  There is no set page length or paragraph count, but obviously it ought to be more than a one or a couple of paragraphs. See the prompt on page 270, the rubric on 271, the guiding/planning materials on pages 192-199, and the sample document on page 142 for clarification. Submit your rough draft to the google classroom (only the final draft will go on turnitin.com), and have it available in class to be edited by your peers. Printing it is optional, but your classmates must have access to it to edit it for you. 

Fill out the graphic organizer on page 194.  This is a rough skeleton/outline for your paper, so it can be brief and concise.  Type this information and submit it to the google classroom (only the final draft of the paper will go on turnitin.com).  See pages 142, the prompt on page 270, the rubric on page 271 and the other writing information on pages 192-199 for information about the paper. 

Read the attached documents (you received hard copies in class). Be prepared to discuss and analyze the content of Thoreau's essay.

Read (or reread) pages 142-143, 192-199, and 270-271 in the book. This is information about the Autobiographical narrative paper that you will write. Please note that your prompt is on page 270, NOT on page 192.  

Prepare for your final essay, which will be about a poem by Walt Whitman. You will write the essay in class the day of the final.  The rubric is the same as your essay about The Crucible.  Review the poems that we covered, and look at other poems by him that you can find online. 

Type a revised, edited version of your essay about The Crucible. Submit your revision to turnitin.com.  This was your prompt: It has often been said that what we value can be determined only by what we sacrifice. Consider how this statement applies to a character from a novel or play (The Crucible). Select a character that has deliberately sacrificed, surrendered, or forfeited something in a way that highlights that character’s values. Then write a well-organized essay in which you analyze how the particular sacrifice illuminates the character’s values and provides a deeper understanding of the meaning of the work as a whole. Do not merely summarize the plot or the character’s biography.

Answer the Analyze the Text questions 1-6 on page 164, The Craft and Structure questions 1-3 on page 165, and the Conventions and Style questions 1-3 on page 167. Do not type the questions. Submit your responses to turnitin.com. 

Turn both of your sets of notes into one complete document of Cornell Notes.  You should have a total of at least 2 pages.  This means that you must have the Essential Question: What are the major beliefs, influences, and contributions of the Romantics?  The Objective: Students will know the context of the Romantic Era by taking notes on slides and a video.  You must add some questions to your notes - questions you had before, during and after the information was presented to you.  And you must put together a paragraph summary of the notes.  These notes and this work should be handwritten.  

Read pages 153-167 to do an initial first read of the poems.

Read pages 148-150 and the document about American Romanticism

Read pages 704-715. Answer questions 1-3 on page 714, and on page 715 complete the Read It section and the Notebook Connect to Style questions. Do not copy the questions. Submit your work to turnitin.com. 

Write a couple of paragraphs about the film version of the play. You may consider the following questions: What did you think about the film? How was seeing it in film different than you imagine seeing it on stage? How was the acting, lighting, costuming, music, etc? What differences between it and the play did you notice? How did it add to your understanding of the play? Turn this in Friday in class before leaving for Thanksgiving Break. 

Be prepared for your in-class essay about The Crucible. 

Have Act 4 of The Crucible and the document about Tragedy read.

By the end of the period submit a couple of paragraphs describing and analyzing a modern day "witch hunt". This could be an example of "cancel culture". Give some context of the situation: Who is being persecuted? By whom? For what reason? What possible punishment may the accused face? Then, give your opinion and analysis of the situation. Do you believe it is a valid persecution or not? Is it a modern day witch hunt or not? You must have an original opinion and analysis of the situation.  Make use of some online research, give credit to your sources by citing the name of the website and writer, if their name is available. Submit your paragraphs to turnitin.com by the end of class on Friday.

Review Act 3 of The Crucible for a quiz.

Read Act 3 of The Crucible and answer the analyze the text questions #1-4 on page 657, the analyze the craft and structure questions on page 658, and the author's style "Read It" and "Write It" sections on page 659.

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Read Act 2 of The Crucible. Answer the analyze the text questions #1-4 on page 625 and the analyze the craft and structure questions on page 626. Do NOT copy the questions.  Submit your responses to turnitin.com. 

Be sure to have reread over all of the context about the Puritans, the Salem Witch Trials, pages 555-556 in the book about the Face Off with Communism, page 561 about Arthur Miller and the background for The Crucible, and Act 1 pages 562-596. Be prepared for a quiz on Act 1.

Submit a rough draft of your essay to google classroom only. The paper must be 1500-2500 words, utilize all five texts with citations and commentary, make use of counterarguments, have a lot of paragraphs, and look like a draft.

Choose one of the six texts from the independent section to read and then use in your next essay. 

As a group answer the Analyze the Text questions 1-3 on page 114; on page 115 the Analyze the Craft and Structure Practice section for paragraphs 1, 6, 10 and 17; and the Author's Style Read It section on two passages from Letter to John Adams and two passages from Dear Abigail.  

Read pages 102-116 for Tuesday.

As a group do the Analyze the Text questions 1-3 on page 98 and the Analyze the Craft and Structure on page 99

Read pages 92-100

On one document with everyone's name, answer the Analyze the Text questions 1-3 on page 79, the Analyze the Craft and Structure Practice on page 80, and the Author's Style Read It on page 81.

Read pages 72-81 and be prepared to analyze this text with your small group. 

Submit the final draft of your final paper to turnitin.com and to the google classroom by Friday morning. 

Read the speech and the commentary about the Civil War. 

Produce a rough draft for the first paper. This should be 4-5 paragraphs, and about 1000-1500 words

Read the slides and listen to the audio about writing an essay about a passage for Romeo and Juliet. Also, look at the sample writing about the novel The Lord of the Flies.  These are to give you ideas, strategies, and information about essay writing.  

Review the Preamble to the Constitution, the Preamble to the Bill of Rights and the Bill of Rights for a quiz

Read pages 30-37.  Answer questions 1-5 on page 34 and questions 1-4 on page 35 (for question number 4 you do not have to create a chart, unless you want to).  Do not copy the questions. Use evidence to support your answers.  Submit your work to turnitin.com.

Prepare for your quiz on The Declaration of Independence.

Choose any five of the ten questions to answer. Be sure to answer every part of the question, properly label which questions you are doing, answer in complete sentences but do NOT copy the questions, use citations from the text, and submit your document to turnitin.com.  

After reading and hearing the Declaration of Independence in class, write a 500 word free write of your initial feelings and reactions to the text. 

Read through the slides about terminology and the examples. Complete the assignment on the last slide. 

Read all of the documents that you received in class, make a turnitin.com account, and check that you can access the digital platform of the textbook if you are going to use it. 

Turn in signed copy of the syllabus and movie permission letter that you received a hardcopy of in class.

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