English 11 American Literature 2024-Period 1 Assignments

ONE person from each group submit to turnitin.com ONE document that includes the analysis of your character from your slides, whatever elaboration about him/her you have beyond the slides, and the questions and analysis of your passage. Do NOT include the passage from the book. Be sure that EVERYONE'S name is on the document.

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 315-326

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 285-314

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 262-284

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 224-261

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 208-223

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 187-207

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 174-186

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 142-173

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 108-141

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 86-107

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 75-85

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 35-74

Read pages 16-34 of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close

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.

During and after reading the story "Everyday Use" answer the analysis questions on page 774 #1-5, 775 #1-3. We will go over a lot of this together in class. Do not copy the questions. Answer thoroughly and completely. Submit your work to turnitin.com.

Read the handout and read pages 760-763 in the textbook about Contemporary and Postmodern Literature

Type a revision of your essay about the ending/funeral scene of The Great Gatsby.  Submit your typed revision to turnitin.com.

Prepare for test on The Great Gatsby. Details about this were provided in class.

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 9 - finish the book!

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 8

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 7

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 The Great Gatsby

Analyze the passages from chapter 5

Read chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby

Type answers to questions 6-10 about chapter 4. Do not copy the questions. Submit your answers to turnitin.com. 

Read chapter 4 of The Great Gatsby

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 3

Complete the chapter 3 color coding analysis questions. Do this by hand.

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 2

Reread chapter 1 of "Gatsby" - what we read in class.

Finish the color coding analysis of the passage from chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby. You received this in class. You are only doing the passage from chapter 1.  Be sure to answer the questions with a couple of complete paragraphs of analysis.

You'll want to get a jump start on learning the vocabulary that is in the novel

Read the handout that you received in class, which is attached here, about Modern Literature and the Modern Age.

Prepare for your final essay, which will be an analysis of a poem by Walt Whitman. You will write the essay in class the day of the final.  You will not see this poem until the day of the final.  The rubric is the same as your previous essays.  Review the poems that we covered, the background and context of Romanticism, 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.

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.

Read and reread pages 148-153 and 154-162.

Type answers to the Analyze the Text questions 1-3 on page 713, The Analyze Craft and Structure Questions 1-3 on page 714 and the Author's Style Read It Segment numbers 1-2 on page 715.  It is in the small group section of the book but you will be doing this individually.  Do not copy the questions. We will read and go over a lot of this in class together. Submit your work to turnitin.com.

Finish reading and reread pages 705-712

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 Wednesday before leaving for Thanksgiving Break.

Type a couple of paragraphs describing and analyzing an example of "cancel culture".  Do a google search and read about some people and things that have been cancelled.  Choose 2. Give some context of the situation: Who or what is being cancelled? 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 canceling or not? You must have an original opinion and analysis of the situation. Submit your paragraphs to turnitin.com.

Be prepared for your essay about The Crucible.  Reread the play and review the document about Tragedy as you finish preparing. Other details about the essay have been provided in class.

Read Act 4 of The Crucible and prepare for the essay on the play.

Be prepared for a quiz on Act 3 of The Crucible.

Using your Chromebook complete the Interim on Illuminate, which you can locate on rowlandhs.org under Students - Student Login - Illuminate is in the blue box on the right.  Login using your google account.  You are taking the Grade 11 Fall ELA Common Assess #1.  Once you begin you have 50 minutes to finish, and you cannot pause. It should be easy and fast; there is just a constructed response. No, this will not count for a class grade, but everyone must do this and try your best. I will grade your response. 

As a group answer the 4 analyze the text questions on page 657, the 4 analyze craft and structure questions on page 658, and all of the author's style analysis on page 659.  Put your groups' responses on to one document, with everyone's name, and submit this to turnitin.com.  Do not copy any of the questions.  In addition, you individually answer the close read questions in the margins of Act 4 by hand, in your book, with pen or pencil.

Have Act 3 of The Crucible read.

Type a revision of your first essay and submit it to turnitin.com

Individually answer all of the close read questions, and help each other with these as a group.  In your group document, answer all 4 analyze the text questions, the 4 craft/structure questions, and any predictions of what may happen in acts 3 and 4 or any general thoughts or observations about act 2.  Only submit one document for the group to turnitin.com.  Put everyone's name on the document.

Do not copy the questions; just type the answers

But label everything

Practice using quotes and textbook evidence; cite passages with line numbers

Finish reading and reread The Crucible Act 2

Review all of Act 1, the 4 vocabulary words (licentious is the 4th word), the analyze the text and analyze craft and structure questions, and the pronoun information in order to prepare for the quiz on Act 1

Type answers to the Analyze the Text questions 1-4 on page 597 and the Analyze Craft and Structure Questions 1-4 on page 598. Do not copy the questions. Answer in complete sentences. We should cover most/all of this as we read Act 1 together in class.

Read and reread The Crucible Act 1

Finish reading these slides about the Puritans and finish the Cornell Notes, both sides of the page and with a summary

Review the texts that we have read so far and the handouts that you have received in class about writing

Use the prompt on slide #26 to write a practice thesis statement and topic sentences about "The Gettysburg Address". You may want to practice with writing an introductory paragraph and body paragraphs as well. Submit these sentences to turnitin.com.

Read "The Gettysburg Address", a speech by Abraham Lincoln, and the historical context/commentary as well.

Type up a practice introductory paragraph and one body paragraph about Thoreau's essay. You are typing two paragraphs total, not an entire essay.  And it is for practice, not an actual essay, but put your best foot forward. This is literary 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 beginning with a topic sentence, provide examples of it, and analyze what meaning it creates in relation to your thesis. 

When you cite passages refer to the page 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.

Read the handout and the slides about Romanticism and complete the graphic organizer that you received in class

On the attached slides you are going to do the 5 terms on the very last slide: irony, symbolism, metaphor, allusion, and simile. You are also going to do paradox, antithesis and rhetorical question.  8 terms total. On a google document put the name of each term, a paraphrased definition of each term, and an example of each term (hopefully a creative one!). Submit the document to turnitin.com. 

Review the speech and its vocabulary for a quiz. 

Complete the Analyze the Text Questions 1-5 on page 46 and the Analyze the Craft and Structure Questions 1-3 on page 47. Do not copy the questions. Submit your responses to turnitin.com.  

Reread pages 40-47.

Read through the slides about the 3 modes of rhetoric

Prepare for your quiz on The Declaration of Independence. Details about this were provided in class.

Type answers to the analysis questions 6-10. Do NOT copy the questions. Use complete sentences and practice citing words/passages from the text to support your answers. Submit your answers to turnitin.com.

Type answers to the analysis questions 2-5. Do NOT copy the questions. Use complete sentences and practice citing words/passages from the text to support your answers. Submit your answers to turnitin.com.

Type a free write of at least 500 words in reaction to your first read/listening of The Declaration of Independence pages 18-22. Submit your free write to turnitin.com.

Read and reread The Declaration of Independence pages 16-24. Work with the vocabulary that is in it, consider the context of The Enlightenment and Thomas Jefferson, and think about the questions that come after it, and the questions that are on the document posted here.

Write a 1-2 sentence summary of your Cornell Notes about the video covering The Enlightenment.  Write this by hand on the bottom of the document. The video is posted here if you need to rewatch it.

Read pages 10-15. Bring your textbook, Volume 1, to class every day from now on.

Read and sign the class syllabus, and have your parent/guardian sign it as well as the movie permission letter. Return them to class. You received them in class. Please note that on the attached document yours is the syllabus and movie letter for English 11 only.

Read through the slides about terminology and the examples. Complete the assignment on the second to last slide.  Submit your writing/document about the 5 terms to www.turnitin.com.  Here is the information for turnitin.com:

Class ID Number is 44493788
Class Enrollment Key is Jefferson

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 142-173

Read Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close Pages 86-107

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.

Type a revision of your essay about the ending/funeral scene of The Great Gatsby.  Submit your typed revision to turnitin.com.

Read chapter 6 of The Great Gatsby

Read through the other sample texts of Unit 2 pages 170-222.  

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