English 12 (2020-2021) Assignments

For your final exam, 50 points will be distributed into the Essay Category and 50 points will be distributed into the Test/Quiz Category.

Act V Analyze the Text #1-4 on page 348 and Analyze Craft and Structure #1 on page 349 - Due Tuesday

Directions:
In a two-chunk paragraph (TS, CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS), compare and contrast the witches’ scene in Act I with the witches’ scene in Act IV. Consider the following questions in composing your paragraph:How has Macbeth’s attitude toward the witches changed from Act I to Act IV? How has the language of the witches and their chants changed?Has the witches’ power over Macbeth increased/decreased? Explain your reasoning.What accounts for these changes from Act I to Act IV? What does it say  about Macbeth and his relationship with the witches?

Directions: Complete Comprehension Check questions #1-2 on page 310 and Analyze the Text questions on page 311.

Directions:
Follow the directions on the PDF document to create a Shakespearean insult. On a Google Slide, type out your insult using the sentence frame and add graphics/images to enhance your insult.

Directions:
Read pages 246-257 and page 259 in your textbook. Take Cornell Notes.

Directions:
Select one of the texts (“Masks,” "The Rose That Grew From Concrete," “Eleven,” “Girl,” "Names/Nombres," “Greasy Lake,” “Two Kinds,” or “Jabari Unmasked”) and write a 150 word response. How does the work address the motif of identity?

Directions:
Write a one-chunk paragraph (TS, CD #1, CD #2, CM, CS) summarizing “Better Never to Have Met At All.” Remember that a summary is a concise, objective synopsis of a text.

"Jabari Unmasked": https://drive.google.com/file/d/18fONsEb64DTDNtZDgq0jV3B4K-zXEWT7/view?usp=sharing

Directions:
A pastiche is an imitation of an artist’s style. In this case, you will be asked to write a pastiche of Jamaica Kincaid’s short story “Girl” in the form of an original short story. Jamaica Kincaid’s short story is an example of stream of consciousness where a mother rapidly advises her daughter about how to act and behave. Her main focus is to make sure that her daughter doesn’t become “the kind of woman” she doesn’t want her to be.
Your assignment is to compose a short story in the style of Jamaica Kincaid. Since most of you are probably 18, you have experienced different things in life. What advice would you give to a younger sibling or even to a future child? Write it to your specific gender and incorporate lessons and/or advice that you have learned and gained throughout the years.
Your short story should be one page in length.

Directions:
Independently read "Greasy Lake." Create a Two Page Spread for the short story.

Directions:
After reading the responses submitted to Modern Love, you will write something similar in 150 words. The subject matter can be about love and/or friendship, but also consider that it should have some reflective elements to it.

Similar to the submissions, include a picture or image that relates to your response.

Directions:
Now that we have finished reading The Art of Courtly Love, I want you to consider some of the unwritten rules when it comes to love. What are unwritten rules? They are the ideas and the things we know without explicitly stating them. These ideas and how we view things are shaped from a variety of influences - parents/family, literature, movies/tv, etc.

Working in groups (up to four people), come up with a list of at least four rules for each of the following categories: Courtship/Dating, Gender: Expectations of Men, Gender: Expectations of Women, and Modern Relationships/Marriage.

Use Google Doc/Slide/Draw to create your unwritten rules.

Only one person needs to submit the assignment. The other group members just need to list who they worked with in a private comment. Please make sure that your assignment also has everyone's names on it.

The Canterbury Tales Analyze the Text #1-3, 5 on page 154, Analyze Craft and Structure #1-4 on page 155, and Conventions and Style: Read It #1on page 157

In “A Modest Proposal,” Jonathan Swift addresses a problem in society and provides a solution, although quite satirical, for it. Your assignment is to do something similar. Consider what problem exists or plagues society today. You will then create a Google Slide to address the problem and provide a solution. Keep in mind that the product that you create should be satirical. In other words, it should be filled with irony, sarcasm, ridicule, or the like. In addition, you want to create Google Slide that is creative, colorful, and attractive. The goal is to catch a person’s attention with the layout and format and then surprise him/her with your unique solution to a problem.

Make sure to clearly address the problem in society. Similar to Jonathan Swift, you want to include a variety of information to show that this is a serious problem. Include data (factual information, statistics), but also consider how Swift quoted others, although they remained anonymous, to support his proposal on using children as a food source. You can find real quotes and/or activists that support your cause and you can also mix in fictional elements as well (ex. Sallmanaazor from “A Modest Proposal”).

You may work in pairs or individually for this assignment. You will present your final product to the class.

Please complete the questions on the Google Form for the poem "Puerto Rican Obituary."

Complete Analyze the Text #1-3, 5 on page 194 and Analyze Craft and Structure on page 195.

Consider class discussions, presentations, the video, and the Launch Text as you think about the following prompt: What factors lead people to criticize their society, rather than simply accept it? Write a two-chunk paragraph responding to the above prompt.

4th Period Padlet: https://padlet.com/achu10/p9lvjzwzae5v8bz1
5th Period Padlet: https://padlet.com/achu10/a7324lbiz0b4mrig

4th Period Padlet: https://padlet.com/achu10/jz0hxedn9clzf9o6
5th Period Padlet: https://padlet.com/achu10/lsqkawghjjaa2608

Take notes on Slides 10-18 in Nearpod.

“The Song of the Mud” and “Dulce et Decorum Est” Analyze the Text #1,3 on Page 91 and Analyze Craft and Structure on Page 92

Complete Analyze the Text #1-3 on page 81 and Analyze Craft and Structure page 82.

In a well-organized two-chunk paragraph (TS, CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS) response, discuss the effectiveness/ineffectiveness of Gareth Hinds’ Beowulf as a graphic novel compared with the original Anglo-Saxon epic poem.

Beowulf: Analyze the Text #1-6 on page 44, Analyze Craft and Structure #1-4 on page 45, and Conventions and Style: Read It #1 on page 47

In a well-organized, 150 word response, analyze and discuss how Beowulf can be characterized as a hero. Include textual support and commentary in your response.

The text, Grendel, provides a different perspective on Beowulf, specifically with Hrothgar and his men and Grendel himself.

Working in groups of four, create a Bubble Map for Grendel. Include at least three adjectives/adjective phrases to describe how Grendel is characterized in Beowulf. Using a different color, also include at least three adjectives/adjective phrases to describe how Grendel is characterized in Grendel. For each bubble, include textual evidence. In total your "poster" should include six adjectives/adjective phrases and six examples of textual evidence.

After your group completes the Bubble Map, complete this sentence frame on your "poster":
There are several major similarities/differences between ___________ and ___________. The most notable is….

You may complete this assignment using Google Doc, Slide, or Draw (whatever your preference is as a group).

Please create a Google Doc and complete all activities for the week on it.

Working in pairs, write a Rhetorical Precis for The Rooster Who Would Not Be Quiet. Use the frame to complete the Rhetorical Precis. You may submit your work on a Google Doc, but please make sure to include both names on the Doc. Since only one person needs to submit the Doc, the partner who does not submit just needs to write in a private comment who s/he worked with.

Consider class discussions, videos, and the Launch Text as you think about the prompt: Which contributes more to heroism - sacrifice or success?

Write a Two-Chunk Paragraph (TS, CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS) responding to the above prompt.

Read pages 12-15 and 17-18 in your textbook. Take AVID-style Cornell Notes. What does that mean? As you are reading, highlight/note/mark key information in your textbook. Then organize the highlighted material in a note format, grouping key info together.

Please create a Google Doc and complete all activities for the week on it.

Read "The Monkey Garden," an excerpt from The House on Mango Street. Write a two-chunk paragraph (TS, CD, CM, CM, CD, CM, CM, CS) showing how the author dramatizes the protagonist's maturation through the image of the garden. Consider such literary elements such as diction, imagery, symbolism, and point of view.

Please upload a Google Doc with your shared paragraph that you wrote with your partner(s). Remember that you are focusing on how Alberto feels in the second half of the paragraph and you are writing, together, a one-chunk paragraph: topic sentence, concrete detail, commentary #1, commentary #2, and concluding sentence.

Only one person needs to submit the Google Doc. The other person just needs to write, in a private comment, who s/he worked with.

In order for me and your classmates to get to know you better, create an Identity Slide on this shared Google Slide.
1. Select an empty, available slide for your Identity Slide. Put your name on the slide to claim it; you can modify the design of your name later. Keep in mind that others in your class may be simultaneously working so make sure you are on your own slide and do not add or delete other slides.
2. This slide is all about you! Make sure your name is visibly clear and consider including any of the following things:
picture(s)
text/words that describe you
favorite book/poem
favorite movie/tv show
favorite quote/phrase
favorite thing(s) to do
traditions or customs
family
pet(s)
3. Add an audio file to your Identity Slide. Make sure you state your name and one positive thing you experienced since March.

Please create a Google Doc and complete all activities for the week on it.