English 11 American Literature 2020-Period 3 Assignments

Read through all of the other groups' slides with analysis of the characters from Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close on the Stream of the google classroom.

Work on your assigned slides for the group character project. 

It is highly recommended that you free write, outline and draft your story, as well as have it edited by others before completion. Again, refer to pages 754-763, 808-815, and 866-867 in your myPerspectives book (or pages 153-156, 160 and 174 on the online platform). This will consist of introductory material to unit, the launch text (which is a short story called "Old Man at the Bridge" by Ernest Hemingway about the Spanish Civil War, and serves as an example), information and strategies about the short story you will write, and the rubric for this narrative.  You will read and do some assignments on the stories "Everyday Use" and "Everything Stuck to Him" in unit 6, and I encourage you to read the other stories in unit 6, and any others you can find online, for inspiration and modeling.  Your short story must be between 1,000 words (about the same length as Hemingway's story) and 4,000 words ("The Fall of the House of Usher" is 7,000 words, so if you are going to write something that long it better be worth it for me to read!) in MLA format. You must have an original title.  Abide by the expectations of the rubric, as well as this: your story may have irony or ambiguity to it - even in the ending (not required), your story must use some kind of literary device(s) such as metaphor, symbolism, irony, etc., and your story must have a theme. Submit your story to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Finish reading the last chapters of Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close so that you are ready to help your group with the character analysis slides.

Read the story "Everything Stuck to Him" pages 780-787 (page 158 on the digital platform) and then complete the analyze the text questions on page 788 #1-5 and the analyze craft and the structure questions on page 789 #1-4. Do not copy the questions. Submit your work to turnitin.com and the google classroom.

Read the short story "Everyday Use" pages 764-775 (page 157 on the digital platform).  Complete the Analyze the Text questions 1-5 on page 774 and the Analyze the Craft and Structure questions 1-3 on page 775. Do not copy the questions. Submit your work to turnitin.com and the google classroom.

Read over the attached document about the character project for the novel, and be prepared to make a group of about 4-6 students to complete this project later in the month of May.

Finish the questions from Monday, April 26th. Read the information, passage, and questions on the attached document. On a separate document, answer the 4 "says" questions, the 4 "does" questions, and the 4 "means" questions completely and thoroughly. Do not copy the questions or the entire passage on to your document, but do imbed quotes into your answers as part of your evidence, like usual.  Submit your work to turnitin.com and the google classroom.

Edit and revise your Gatsby essay based on the feedback I gave you and the discussions about the book that we had.

Read over these slides and this information for the upcoming state testing. State testing will happen in April. It will take about 2 weeks. You will test for English and Math. You must have a secure browser to login, so you must use a district assigned chrome book. You cannot use a personal chrome book, or a personal PC or MAC. You will need your SSID number just like you did for the Interims. Your camera must work and be turned on during the testing. The audio on your device must work because some of the testing will involve listening and speaking skills. I will stay on the zoom during the testing; while you are logging on, if you encounter a problem, you can come back to join me on the zoom for help. But once you are logged into the test you will not be able to zoom with me and test simultaneously; rather, I will be monitoring your testing remotely and available through other means of communication. There is a feature where you "raise a hand" (sort of like during a zoom) if you need assistance, but the hand is small and I may not see it right away.

Read pages 754-763, 808-815, and 866-867 in your myPerspectives book (or pages 153-156, 160 and 174 on the online platform). This will consist of introductory material to unit, the launch text (which is a short story by Ernest Hemingway about the Spanish Civil War, and serves as an example), information and strategies about the short story you will write, and the rubric for this narrative. Also, go to the school to return The Great Gatsby, check out Extremely Loud and Incredibly Close, and read the attached handout about Contemporary Literature.

Finish the novel. Review all of the handouts for writing, which include the rubric and sample writing, under the reference materials for the google classroom. Be prepared for your essay on the book.

Review the following materials in order to help prepare you for your upcoming essay on The Great Gatsby.

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 8. Be mindful of the reading guide questions and vocabulary.

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 7. Type answers to questions 5-9 and submit your responses to turnitin.com and the google classroom. Do not copy the questions.

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 6. Be mindful of the reading guide questions and vocabulary.

Read chapter 5 of The Great Gatsby. Be mindful of the vocabulary and reading guide questions for the chapter. Then complete the analysis of the passages on pages 3-4 of the attached document. Complete your work on a separate, fresh document. Do not copy the passages or questions onto your document; only put your analysis or else you will be penalized. Submit your document to turntin.com and the google classroom.

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 4. Be mindful of the reading guide questions and vocabulary.

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 3. Be mindful of the reading guide questions and vocabulary.

Read chapter 3, at least to page 53, and complete the color coding analysis of the passage from chapter 3 (the second page of the attached document). Complete your analysis on a separate document; do not copy the passage or questions on to your document. Submit your analysis to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

In your small group choose a speaker of your analysis, an identifier and speaker of relevant passages from the text, writer, and leader/time keeper. Put everyone's name and role on the document. Answer your question thoroughly with analysis and evidence from the novel; do not copy your question. Submit your document to turnitin.com and the google classroom.

Read The Great Gatsby chapter 2. Be mindful of the reading guide questions and vocabulary.

Finish reading the The Great Gatsby chapter 1. Be mindful of the reading guide questions and vocabulary.

Color code the passage from chapter 1 of The Great Gatsby (DO NOT move on to other passages). Use blue for positive words, red for negative words, and purple for words that you deem positive and negative. Then answer the analysis questions thoroughly on a separate document; do not copy the questions or the passage. See the attached document for further details; you are only doing the first page of the document . Submit your analysis to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Complete one page of Cornell Notes about F. Scott Fitzgerald based off the video we watch. Submit your notes to turnitin.com and to the google classroom. Essential Question: What elements of Fitzgerald's life are relevant and came to affect his novel The Great Gatsby? Objective: Students will know the significant events of Fitzgerald's life and how they impacted his greatest novel.

Read the first 6 pages of this document about the Modern Era and Modern Literature, which will transition us into The Great Gatsby. Take one page of Cornel Notes on the reading and submit your notes to turnitin.com and the google classroom. The objective is "Students will know the effects of the Modern Era on the literature of the time." The Essential Question is "What effects did the events of the Modern Era have on the literature of this time?"

Write a practice introductory paragraph (3-6 sentences) and body paragraph (6-12 sentences) about Thoreau's essay "Resistance to Civil Government" (also known as "Civil Disobedience") . In your introduction be sure to include a little background on Thoreau's essay, 2-3 literary topics (for example - diction, figurative language, paradox, irony, parallelism, etc.), and a thesis statement. In the body paragraph analyze ONE of these topics thoroughly, and frame the body paragraph with a topic sentence and a transition. Make use of the study guide questions that follow the essay and the discussions we are currently having about them. Make up your own prompt/approach to the essay or research a prompt online. Submit your writing to turnitin.com and google classroom.

The final draft of your narrative essay is due to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Submit the narrative prewriting to turnitin.com and the google classroom. Details for this were explained during the zoom and are available on the google classroom.

Read the attached document, which is Henry David Thoreau's essay "Resistance to Civil Government", which is also known as "Civil Disobedience". Also read the attached biography about Thoreau. Keep in mind what you read about Romanticism at the end of last semester. There are study guide questions at the end of the document to think about when you read the text, but you do not have to type any answers to them just yet.

Read pages 192-199 (page 42 on the digital platform) and pages 270-271 (page 58 digitally) about writing a personal narrative. See the materials section of the google classroom regarding the personal narrative and the specifics of the writing.

Please read over all of the feedback on your essay about The Crucible and revise your essay as best as you can. Submit your revision to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Here was your prompt: The Crucible 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.

Read pages 152-167 and utilize the attached document for suggested strategies for how to analyze the poetry. There is no writing due with this reading, but you should read carefully, make use of the close read activities, and the questions that follow the reading. Your final will connect with this reading.

Read pages 148-152 in the book. Read the attached document about American Romanticism. On one, separate document take 2 pages of Cornell Notes. Submit your notes to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Answer questions 1-3 on page 714, and on page 715 complete the "Read It" #1 chart and the "Connect to Style" questions. Submit your document to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Read about the Japanese Internment Camps in the excerpt from Farewell to Manzanar on pages 704-715.

Read the document about Tragedy, what it means, how it developed, and some terms that accompany it.

Finish reading Act 4 and read and review all of the information on pages 680-685. On a separate document complete the tasks about each of the four allusions listed on page 682. Additionally, on the same document, complete the Read It and Write It activities on page 683. Do NOT copy any of the allusions or questions; only put your analytical answers. Submit your document to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Read The Crucible Act 3, do all of the analysis activities, and listen to the audio on the slides provided. There will be a quiz on Act 3 on Thursday.

For Friday's afternoon session, read paragraphs 1-143 of The Crucible Act 3. Answer questions 1-4 about this section, which are on the first slides of the attached document. Do NOT copy the questions. Submit this work to turnitin.com and to the google classroom by Friday afternoon at 5:00 PM. This will also count for attendance on Friday.

Read The Crucible Act 2 and use the accompanying slides and audio to analyze it. You must be in the present mode to hear the audio. Be prepared for a quiz on Act 2 on Thursday. There is no written work to submit for Act 2.

Finish reading and analyzing Act 1. Answer all of the questions on a separate document. Be sure to label what slide you are on and answer each question with complete sentences. But, do NOT copy the questions. Submit your work to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Read the article about the Salem Witch Trials. Take a page of Cornel Notes. Your topic is the Salem Witch Trials. Your objective is, "Students will know more about the history of the Salem Witch Trials and their relevance to the modern world." Your essential question is, "What is the legacy of the Salem Witch Trials"? Be sure to record questions before, during, and after you read, and put a summary at the end. Submit your notes to turnitin.com and to the google classroom before the time is up. This assignment will count for attendance on Friday, October 16th.

Submit the final draft of your paper, including your Works Cited page, to turnitin.com and to google classroom.

You must now turn your outline into a complete rough draft. You must have multiple body paragraphs, as well as an introduction and conclusion. Do not ask me how many - there is no set number. But you should definitely have more than 2 or 3. Your paragraphs can vary in length - they do not need to be the same length. Your paragraphs ought to have various quotes and citations from your 5 texts, as well as topic sentences, transitions, counter-arguments, and commentary (I attached a few specific cites from the OWL for you to look at, but you also need to spend additional time on other parts of the OWL). Your rough draft should pretty well look like a final draft. It should be in MLA format now, so proper heading, titling, font, spacing, margins, and page numbering. You should have your Works Cited page put together now, and it should go at the back end of your paper on the last page. Be sure to look at the prompt, rubric, the OWL, and all other directions for the paper as you put this together. Your rough draft needs to be about 1,500-2,500 words long, and about 4-6 pages long.

Do NOT turn in a draft as your outline, and it should NOT be just a version of your free write with indentations for paragraphs.
Read the document attached here about what is required for the outline of your paper, as well as a Flee Map, which is a thinking map/graphic organizer. In addition to what the document says, as far as the format, amount and length of your outline, it should be about 1-3 pages in length, a word count of roughly 400-1600 words , and MLA format (double spaced, 12-point font, Times New Roman style, a proper heading, title, page numbering, etc.). Special circumstance for this: ONLY submit your outline to google classroom, not to turnitin.com.

You are now starting the writing process for the essay. Read over the first half of the attached document about free writing (hopefully you read it at the beginning of the year and have been doing free writing all along!). With your 5 texts from the unit in heart and mind, do a free write of no less than 2000 words. Do NOT have any direct quotations in the free write, unless one just happens to come to you as you type, such as, "We hold these truths to be self evident: that all men are created equal" or some other memorable quote. With your five texts read and comprehended, you should write your free write about your feelings, reactions, impressions, criticisms, etc. etc. to all five texts simultaneously. If possible try to do your free write in one sitting - it should not take you more than an hour or two! This is NOT an essay - it is a free write. You will gradually edit, rearrange and morph it into your essay, as you go through the process of outlining and drafting. The free write should be one big paragraph, single or double spaced, 12-point font, one inch margins, and have a heading at the top.

After reading pages 102-112 Answer the Analyze the Text questions 1-3 on page 114, for Analyze Craft and Structure fill out the Practice chart on page 115 (but you do not have to do the Notebook questions at the bottom), and Author's Style fill out the chart on page 116 under Read It (but you do not have to do the Write It section at the bottom).

Read the letters from Abigail Adams to John Adams, and the excerpt from the book The Intimate Lives and Revolutionary Ideas of Abigail Adams and Her Two Remarkable Sisters by Diane Jacobs. You will then have group work to do about them.

On one group document answer the Analyze the Text questions 1-3 on page 98, fill out answers to the Analyze the Craft and Structure chart on page 99, and answer the Read It questions about Conventions and Style on page 100. Do NOT copy the questions. Submit your one group document to turnitin.com with everyone's name

Please read and listen to these slides which will walk you through a practice analysis and essay completion about a passage from Romeo and Juliet, which you have all read. The audio on slide #17 does not work, but the rest should.

Read pages 92-100 (17 on the digital platform). This will be the next text and set of questions that you will work on with your small group.

Read pages 72-81 and be prepared to discuss the text and answer the questions on pages 79-81 with your small group on Monday.

Hopefully everyone in your group has read pages 72-78. In your group choose a couple of typists, a couple of speakers, and a group leader. On one document put a heading with everyone's name and what their assigned role is. Do NOT copy any of the questions; only put your answers on the document. Be sure to cite evidence from the text and have plenty of commentary. Answer the "Analyze the Text" questions 1-3 on page 79, the "Analyze Craft and Structure" chart on page 80 (you can make a chart or just type up what you would fill the chart in with), and the "Author's Style" chart on page 81.

There are no study guide questions about the speech, but rather a mini practice essay writing. Prompt: Analyze how “The Gettysburg Address” uses diction and parallelism and/or other uses of syntax to create a memorable message for all people, for all time. Write a practice thesis sentence and two-three practice topic sentences. That is it, just 3-4 sentences total!

Read and analyze the usages of diction, syntax and imagery in Abraham Lincoln's speech. Also, read the comments that follow the speech by famed Civil War historian Shelby Foote.

Be prepared for a quiz on both The Declaration of Independence and the Bill of Rights including their usages of language, rhetoric, organization, vocabulary, parallelism, and syntax. Use all of the work that you have done and the slides I provided you to study.

Answer the "Analyze the Text" questions 1-5 on page 34, the "Analyze Craft and Structure" questions 1-4 on page 35, and the "Conventions and Style" questions 1-2 and "Write It" questions 1-2 on page 37. Do NOT copy any of the questions. For "Analyze Craft and Structure" question #4 on page 35 you do not have to make a chart on your answer document (unless you know how to do this); just answer - list out - what the major idea of amendments II, III, IV, VI, VII, and X are (and answer the question about amendment IX). Be sure to answer all parts of all of the questions. Be sure to answer everything in complete sentences. Submit your answer document to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Please note that completion of this assignment is for attendance on Friday afternoon too. Answer the "Analyze the Text" questions 1-5 on page 34, the "Analyze Craft and Structure" questions 1-4 on page 35, and the "Conventions and Style" questions 1-2 and "Write It" questions 1-2 on page 37. For "Analyze Craft and Structure" question #4 on page 35 you do not have to make a chart on your answer document (unless you know how to do this); just answer - list out - what the major idea of amendments II, III, IV, VI, VII, and X are (and answer the question about amendment IX). DO NOT copy the questions. Be sure to answer all parts of all of the questions. Be sure to answer everything in complete sentences. Submit your answer document to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Please read through the slides about The Declaration of Independence and listen to the audio recordings with my analysis for you. You have to put the slides in "Present" mode to hear the audio. There are also slides about the Preamble to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights as well.

Read the Preamble to the Constitution and the Bill of Rights, pages 30-35 in the textbook (page 9 on the digital platform). Read only. There is no writing due yet.

Complete the following work about The Declaration of Independence on a google or word doc: "Analyze the Text" questions 1-5 on page 24, "Analyze Craft and Structure" questions 1-4 on page 25, and "Conventions of Style" questions 1-3 on page 27. This work MUST be submitted to www.turnitin.com, and please submit it to the google classroom too. You will have a chance to ask questions on Tuesday, and get some small group support Thursday before it is due.
Do NOT copy the questions in any of your answers. Be sure to clearly label the section that you are in ("Analyze the Text", "Analyze Craft and Structure", etc.), the page number you are on, and the question number. Answer all of the questions in complete sentences, with depth and insight, and with textbook information. When you cite the text use the specific line number of the passage in the parenthetical citation. For example, Jefferson writes, "We hold these truths to be self evident" (3). Below is an editable version of the text if you want to use it; the questions at the end of this document are NOT part of this assignment, but we may discuss them as well, so please have a look at them.

Attached is an editable version of The Declaration of Independence for you to make a copy of and edit. You can also, of course, use the version in your textbook and on the online platform. Read and reread it, and also read the biography about Thomas Jefferson.

Watch the video about The Enlightenment. Read pages 6-15 (pages 4-7 online) in the book. Take a page of Cornell Notes and submit your notes to turnitin.com and to the google classroom.

Read through the slides about terminology, including a definition and example of each term. After reading the slides, complete the assignment at the end.

Read over these slides and documents so that you have this information as we go on

Read these texts of information and skill awareness; prepare any questions that you may have about them.

Please read the syllabus for your class and prepare any questions or concerns that you may have.