English 11 IB Assignments
- Instructor
- Mr. Matthew Falk
- Term
- 2018-19 School Year
- Department
- English
- Description
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This is the third course in Rowland High School's English honors series, and it builds on the skills taught in the two prior classes. Language A: Literature is a two-year, International Baccalaureate English class that emphasizes critical reading and interpretive writing. Students will also be required to plan and deliver formal and informal oral presentations. Works of core literature include: The Tragedy of Macbeth, Miss Julie, Blood Wedding, The Sound of Waves, The House of the Spirits, and Teaching a Stone to Talk. Additional works of shorter length are also studied.I use Turnitin.com for some essays completed at home.The first letter in the enrollment key is capitalized.Class ID: 18874769Enrollment key: FromeNote: I recommend that students earn a grade of "C" (75%) or higher in English 10 Honors prior to enrolling in this class. Students who do not meet this recommended prerequisite may struggle with the expectations of this course.
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Final Project due (see handout for details and rubric)
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Movie Poster due (one per group).
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- Movie title
- Tagline or slogan
- Image(s) or illustration(s)
- Minimum size: 12x18 (but may be larger)
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- 30-27: Excellent quality; highly effective use of image and text to build anticipation; no errors in grammar
- 26-24: Good quality; effective use of image and text to build anticipation; no errors in grammar
- 23-21: Acceptable quality; use of image and text; very minor (if any) errors in grammar
- 20-1: Poster fails to meet minimum standards regarding content and quality
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IOP: Justin L and Michelle
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IOP: Ida and Louise
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Complete rough draft of Final Project script due.
- Must meet time requirement (roughly two minutes per page of dialogue)
- Include creative title and all group members’ names
- See Macbeth for dialogue structure
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IOP: Deeya and Siyu
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IOP: Eunice and Ashley
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IOP: Isabell and Lena
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IOP: Sean
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Essay #4 (The House of the Spirits)
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IOP: Ethan and Milo
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Finish the novel (405-433).
Final Project group sign-ups begin.
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Read "The Terror" (366-404). Prepare for Quiz #5, our last reading quiz of the year.
IOP: Luis
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IOP: Justin H and Angela
Final Project assigned (due Wednesday, 5/29)
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Read "The Conspiracy" (339-365).
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Read "The Epoch of Decline" and "The Awakening" (292-338). There will be a quiz.
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Individual Oral Presentation (IOP) sign-ups (topic and date).
See attached schedule for available dates.
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Read "Little Alba" (262-291). There will be a quiz.
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Read “The Lovers” (142-175), “Revenge” (176-208), and “The Brothers” (209-245) by Monday, 4/15. While you read, write a five-question reading quiz for each chapter (questions and answers), adhering to the same type of questions I use (proper nouns, pronoun antecedent, and details).
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Written Assignment due to Turnitin.com by the start of 4th period (9:50), even if you are absent to class today.
If you miss the deadline, the standard homework policy takes effect: you have up to 24 hours to upload your paper to the "Late Work" box on Turnitin.com for half-credit.
Class ID: 18874769
Enrollment key: Frome
*Note: The first letter of the enrollment key is uppercase.
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Read "The Time of the Spirits" (103-141).
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Read "The Time of the Spirits" (103-141). There will be a discussion, but not a detailed quiz.
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Read "Clara the Clairvoyant" (73-102). Prepare for a quiz.
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Reading assessment regarding The House of the Spirits (details provided in class)
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Read "The Three Marias" (40-72). Prepare for a quiz.
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Aspect statement for the Written Assignment due (including the title of the essay and title of the work of literature you plan to interpret).
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Read "Rosa the Beautiful" (1-39).
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Bring ID to check-out The House of the Spirits.
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Essay #3
Reflective Statement for the Interactive Oral on Blood Wedding due.
- The purpose of the reflective statement is to provide a reflection on the interactive oral you just experienced.
- The reflective statement must be based on this question:
- How was your understanding of the cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral?
- The reflective statement must meet the following requirements:
- 300-400 words (if limit is exceeded, assessment will be based on only the first 400 words)
- 5 or double spacing
- The title should include the phrase “Reflective Statement,” plus the title of the work (for example Reflective Statement: The Sound of Waves)
- The reflective statement must be typed and include an accurate word count at the end
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Interactive Oral: Blood Wedding
1.In what ways do time and place matter to this work?
2.What was easy to understand and what was difficult in relation to social and cultural context and issues?
3.What connections did you find between issues in the work and your own culture(s) and experience?
4.What aspects of technique are interesting in the work?
1.Louise, Luis, Nicholas, Deeya, Justin L
2.Sean, Ethan, Ida, Isabell
3.Lena, Siyu, Justin H, Angela
4.Milo, Ashley, Michelle, Eunice
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Blood Wedding exam (same format as MJ).
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Finish the play (71-79).
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Read 59-70.
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Interim Assessment. Bring earbuds.
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Read 45-56.
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Read 33-44 and answer the five reading questions.
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Read 25-30 and answer the five reading questions.
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Read 18-24.
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Read pages 11-17 and answer the five reading questions.
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Bring ID to check-out Blood Wedding.
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Essay #2
Reflective Statement for the Interactive Oral on Miss Julie due.
- The purpose of the reflective statement is to provide a reflection on the interactive oral you just experienced.
- The reflective statement must be based on this question:
- How was your understanding of the cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral?
- The reflective statement must meet the following requirements:
- 300-400 words (if limit is exceeded, assessment will be based on only the first 400 words)
- 5 or double spacing
- The title should include the phrase “Reflective Statement,” plus the title of the work (for example Reflective Statement: The Sound of Waves)
- The reflective statement must be typed and include an accurate word count at the end
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Interactive Oral: Miss Julie
1.In what ways do time and place matter to this work?
2.What was easy to understand and what was difficult in relation to social and cultural context and issues?
3.What connections did you find between issues in the work and your own culture(s) and experience?
4.What aspects of technique are interesting in the work?
1.Sean, Ethan, Ida, Isabell
2.Lena, Siyu, Justin H, Angela
3.Milo, Ashley, Michelle, Eunice
4.Louise, Luis, Nicholas, Deeya, Justin L
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Miss Julie unit exam (details provided in class)
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Finish reading the play (55-62).
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Read 43-54.
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Read 34-42.
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Read 22-33 and answer the five reading questions.
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Read pages 14-21 and answer the five reading questions.
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Read pages 11-13 and answer the five reading questions. Pop quizzes are active again.
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Bring ID to check out Miss Julie.
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Essay #1 (Supervised Writing for The Sound of Waves).
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Reflective Statement for The Sound of Waves Interactive Oral due.
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- The purpose of the reflective statement is to provide a reflection on the interactive oral you just experienced.
- The reflective statement must be based on this question:
- How was your understanding of the cultural and contextual considerations of the work developed through the interactive oral?
- The reflective statement must meet the following requirements:
- 300-400 words (if limit is exceeded, assessment will be based on only the first 400 words)
- 5 or double spacing
- The title should include the phrase “Reflective Statement,” plus the title of the work (for example Reflective Statement: The Sound of Waves)
- The reflective statement must be typed and include an accurate word count at the end
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Prepare for today's Interactive Oral on The Sound of Waves. The discussion questions and groups can be found below.
1.In what ways do time and place matter to this work?
2.What was easy to understand and what was difficult in relation to social and cultural context and issues?
3.What connections did you find between issues in the work and your own culture(s) and experience?
4.What aspects of technique are interesting in the work?
1.Lena, Siyu, Justin H, Angela
2.Milo, Ashley, Michelle, Eunice
3.Louise, Luis, Nicholas, Deeya, Justin L
4.Sean, Ethan, Ida, Isabell
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Five-Minute Novel presentations (details provided in class).
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Read 135-183 and be prepared for a quiz.
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Read 95-134 and be prepared for a reading quiz.
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Read 55-94 and be prepared for a reading quiz.
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Read 26-54 and be prepared for a reading quiz.
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Read 3-25 in The Sound of Waves and be prepared for a reading quiz.
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Bring ID to check-out The Sound of Waves.
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Macbeth Performances (details provided in class)
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Essay #4 (details provided in class)
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Act V Quiz
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Act IV Quiz
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Essay #3 (Write a commentary on a previously unseen Shakespearean passage).
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Act III Quiz
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Act II Quiz (same format as Act I)
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Macbeth Act I Quiz (details provided in class).
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Spooky Cover due (details provided in class).
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Bring ID to check out Macbeth (or bring your own copy of the play).
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Spooky Tale due. Must be uploaded to Turnitin.com by the start of the class period.
Late assignments should be submitted to the "Late Spooky Tale" box on Turnitin for half-credit. Students who are absent to class must still upload their papers prior to the deadline.
Class ID: 18874769
Enrollment key: Frome
*The first letter in the enrollment key is uppercase.
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Complete the setting worksheet (details provided in class).
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Complete the narrator worksheet (details provided in class).
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Essay #2 (details provided in class)
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Dillard Exam (details provided in class)
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Dillard Chapter Cover assignment due.
- Create cover art for one of the five chapters in Teaching a Stone to Talk.
- Choose one of the five essays
- Design and create an illustration that covers 90% of the paper
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- The title of the essay
- The author’s name (Annie Dillard)
- A brief quote from the chapter that captures its “essence” or main idea and acts as a tagline or teaser that alludes to the content or theme of the chapter
- On the back of the paper, provide a brief, two to three sentence rationale explaining why you chose to create the cover art you did
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Read "Sojourner" (146-150).
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Read "Life on the Rocks" (108-129).
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Read "In the Jungle" (71-77).
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Read "Total Eclipse" (9-28).
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Read "Living Like Weasels" (65-70).
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Snippets begin
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Essay #1: Ethan Frome
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Ethan Frome Unit Exam
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Finish reading the novel (114-140).
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Read 103-113.
Character Poster presentations in class.
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Read 87-101.
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Read 73-86.
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Read 49-71 and answer the five questions.
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Read pages 27-47.
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Read pages 11-26 ("The Prologue") in Ethan Frome and answer the five reading guide questions.
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Quiz on literary terms (be sure to review your notes).
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You will need paper and a pen/pencil daily. Although a formal notebook is not required for my class, you will need a place to store handouts, notes, and returned work throughout the school year.
Signed parent slip due by Wednesday, 8/22.
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Go to http://plagiarism.arts.cornell.edu/tutorial/index.cfm (or simply Google "Cornell plagiarism") and complete the tutorial and exercises. You do not need to submit your results. There will be a quiz on Tuesday, 8/21.
*You can stop doing the exercises when you see the painting of Michelangelo.