English 10 (2019-2020) Assignments

Read "Why Do Some Brains Enjoy Fear?" by Allegra Ringo. Refer to Slide 61 for background information on Phineas Taylor Barnum. I also included the trailer for The Greatest Showman (Slide 62), which is loosely based off of Barnum's character.

In order to better understand why we may enjoy the feeling of fear, watch the trailers on Slides 63-65.

Your final for the class will be a Digital Presentation Google Slide. You can add to the Google Slide with the directions on it and submit it as your final. Please make sure to follow directions completely. Your final will go into multiple categories - Essay (25 points), Test/Quiz (25 points), Project (25 points), and Participation (25 points). Look at this as an opportunity to secure or raise your current grade.

Read "Where is Here?" by Joyce Carol Oates. Complete the attached file.

Directions:
Create a One-Pager for “The Lady or the Tiger?.” Your poster (you can use printer paper) will include the following:
Title and author
At least three excerpts from the text (passages that are especially important)
A response to each passage selected (one personal response, one summary, and one interpretation)
Characterization of the king or lady with three characteristics
Two or more graphic representations (illustrations are related to the text and/or passages you selected)
Add a border to your poster. Consider symbols, objects, etc. that connect with characters, theme, etc.

Refer to Slide 57 or see attached directions.

Expand, develop, or rework Writing Assignment #1 in order to tell a story using sensory details to help readers imagine and experience fearfulness. Remember to balance show and tell to establish the pace of the story. Incorporate dialogue and consider voice as you craft your scene. Please refer to Slide 55.

Read "House Taken Over" and the Magical Realism Notes (slide 52). Complete Jump Start Journal #2 (slide 51), Analyze the Text and Language Development (slide 53), and Analyzing Craft and Structure (slide 54).

Read “The Demon Lover.” As you are reading, complete the graphic organizer with both paraphrased and textual support to address how a writer creates fearfulness in his/her readers. Refer to Slide 49 in the Google Slide.

As you read “The Landlady,” keep a Two-Page Spread of the short story (slide 45). Make sure to label it with the title of the short story and the author’s name. In addition, you may want to include the following:
- Plot elements
- Literary elements and devices
- Setting and atmosphere
- Details
- Character(s) and believability
- Commentary - analysis and interpretation
- Pacing of the short story
- Illustrations - to provide a visual
- Threat and false sense of security
- Connection to Essential Question

Please take a photo of your Two-Page Spread and submit it.

In addition to reading the short story, I posted the movie version of "The Landlady" for you to watch (slide 46). If you enjoy Roald Dahl's short stories, you can also watch "Mrs. Bixby and the Colonel's Coat" (slide 47).

For this unit, you will be creating a fictional piece - a scary story, to go along with the texts we are reading. Each time you write, you will develop the story more, working at it a piece at a time.

Consider all the elements you learned in narrative writing and carry it over to this writing assignment.

1. How can you slow down time to be more descriptive?
2. How can you use sensory details to describe people, places, and events?
3. How can you balance show and tell?
4. How can you incorporate dialogue in order to develop your voice as a writer?

Your assignment is to craft an intense moment in 150 words. Think of this as your starting point to your longer piece. In addition, remember that our Essential Craft Question is the following: How do writers create fearfulness in their readers? Poe used the setting and mysteriousness of his characters in “The Fall of the House of Usher.” You may want to consider doing the same.

Watch the biography video on Edgar Allan Poe (slide 38). Then watch the two videos for the short story, "The Fall of the House of Usher" (slides 41-42). While you are watching the two versions of the short story, complete the graphic organizer (slide 40). Please take a picture of your graphic organizer and submit.

Watch the trailers for The Innocents, Sleepy Hollow, and Dracula, which are all considered to be Gothic movies (slides 23-25). Then review the slides for "How to Tell You Are Reading a Gothic Novel" (slides 26-36).

Complete Jump Start Journal #1.

Complete the introduction journal (reference: slide 19) available on the attached Google Doc. Afterwards, please read "My Introduction to Gothic Literature," which is available on Pearson online (and also in your Pearson textbook). Write a one-chunk summary paragraph for the launch text (reference: slide 21) on the same attached Google Doc.

Review Slides 2-18 from the Inside the Nightmare Unit Google Slide. Take notes on the attached handout. Please take a picture of your notes and upload your assignment.

Please watch the Pearson video that introduces the next unit we will be studying, which is Inside the Nightmare. No need to complete any assignments related to the video.

Prompt: In a well-organized essay, compare the relationship Elie Wiesel had with his father to Art Spiegelman’s relationship with his father. Use textual evidence from Night and Maus to support your analysis and commentary. Your essay should be at least four paragraphs (introduction, two body paragraphs, and conclusion). Avoid summarizing the two texts.

While reading Maus, you will be responsible for keeping a Two-Page Spread. Refer to the Two-Page Spread Handout that you received for suggestions on what you can include on it. Keep in mind that you might want to make connections with Elie Wiesel’s Night.

You have two options for your Two-Page Spread:
1) Complete in your notebook, take a picture of it, and upload your work.
2) Complete it on a Google Doc (or the like) and submit your work.

Please complete the anticipation questions on the attached copy of the document.

As you watch One Day in Auschwitz, complete a Twitter Feed. Once you complete the assignment, please take a photo of your work and upload it to this folder. Thank you!

As you watch the Oprah interview with Elie Wiesel, complete a Twitter Feed. Once you complete the assignment, please take a photo of your work and upload it to this folder. Thank you!

Hi English 10! When you are done with your Two-Page Spread for Night: Chapters 7-9, please take a picture of it and upload it to this folder. Thank you!

Night: Vocabulary Quiz

Night: Vocabulary List #2

Night: Chapters 1-2 Night: Chapters 1-2 Two Page Spread

Directions: One of the strongest human drives seems to be a desire for power. Write a two paragraph response in which you discuss how a character in The Tempest struggles to free him/herself from the power of others or seeks to gain power over others. Be sure to demonstrate in your response how Shakespeare uses this power struggle to enhance the meaning of the work (theme).

The Tempest: Essay The Tempest: Two Page Spread Check 

The Tempest: Act V Test

Turn in The Tempest: Act V Vocabulary List  Vocabulary Quiz

The Tempest: Act V Vocabulary List 

The Tempest: Act IV Vocabulary Quiz

In a well-organized response, analyze and discuss the presentation of Caliban’s character. How does Caliban’s character compare to Prospero’s character? Include textual support and commentary in your response.

The Tempest: Vocabulary List Study for Vocabulary Quiz

The Tempest: Vocabulary Quiz

Create a Shakespearean Insult

"The Thrill of the Chase" Test

The Tempest: Vocabulary List #1

Notebook Due

Submit assignment using Google Docs.

All That Glitters: Writing Assignment #3 (see instructions in Google Classroom)

Study for "Avarice," "The Good Life," and "Money" Test

The Pearl: In-Class Essay

In a well-organized essay, compare the two short stories, “The Necklace” and “The Jewels.” Your essay will include an introduction and thesis statement. The thesis statement should connect to both stories and address theme - what message is Guy De Maupassant conveying? After your introduction, write one body paragraph comparing the stories. Keep in mind your thesis statement; your topic sentence should relate to it. Make sure to incorporate textual support from both works and include in-depth commentary. Avoid plot summary.

All That Glitters Unit: Vocabulary Quiz #3

All That Glitters Unit: Vocabulary List #3

Read Chapter 6 in The Pearl

Read "The Jewels" by Guy de Maupassant Complete Two-Page Spread for "The Jewels"

All That Glitters: Vocabulary Quiz #2

Read Chapters 4-5 in The Pearl

All That Glitters: Vocabulary List #2

In a well-organized, 100 word response, analyze and discuss a value a character possesses in “Civil Peace.” What does this value reveal about the character? Include textual support and commentary in your response.

Read Chapter 3 in The Pearl

The Necklace: Vocabulary Quiz

Read Chapters 1-2 in The Pearl

The Necklace: Vocabulary List 

Finish "I Came, I Saw, I Shopped" Summary and Quick Write

Please bring your ID to class to check out the textbook and novels.

Introduction Assignment

Parent Letter