American Literature (Periods 1,2,3,4, and 6) Assignments

1) Composition Book (to be left in class)

2) MLA insert (place in your binder)

2) Binder (labeled English) organized with 6 tabs

6 TABS FOR YOUR BINDER:

• Lit.
• Vocab.
• W. (writing)
  
• Gram.
  
• Projects
• Misc.
  

1) Syllabus (signed and returned)

2) Red Literature Book Prentice Hall Literature: The American Experience
*Please write your name in your book. If you would like to leave this book in my classroom, it must be covered with your name clearly written on the front and the spine of the book. You are responsible for taking your book home as needed. The teacher is not responsible for any lost books left in the classroom.

• OMS LIT. PACKETS COMPLETED (ESSAY QUESTIONS COMPLETED IN CLASS)
• READING AND WRITING JOURNALS

OMS LIT. PACKETS COMPLETED (ESSAY QUESTIONS COMPLETED IN CLASS)

READING AND WRITING JOURNALS

• FINISH SECTION 2 QUESTIONS IN LIT. PACKET
• READ OMS PP. 61-90
• ANSWER LIT. PACKET QUESTIONS SEC. 3 (ALL)

OMS LIT. PACKET QUESTION SECTION 2 Q's #1-5

• BRING YOUR OMS BOOKS & PACKETS EVERY DAY

Bring THE OLD MAN AND THE SEA every day until the end of the semester. 

VOCAB QUIZ UNIT 9

 

1.     indigenous- (noun) native, original

2.     gregarious (adj.) outgoing, sociable, expressive

3.     habitat- (noun) natural environment, home, territory

4.     cursory- (adj.) not thorough, passing, brief

5.     interloper- (noun)intruder, imposter, an unauthorized person

6.     prolific-(adj.) productive, creative, fertile

7.     bulwark (noun)-protection, defense, safeguard

8.     sedentary (adj.)- inactive, accustomed to sitting

9.     frugal (adj.)- thrifty, economical, prudent

10.                         antithesis (noun)- exact opposite, contrast

If you did not finish your work in class, you must complete the following:
Lit. Book p. 1083 CYC #1-3 CT #1-2

If you did not finish your work in class, you must complete the following:
Lit. Book p. 1083 CYC #1-3 CT #1-2

Answer questions CYC & CT p. 1009 (all)
*Cisneros

GRAMMAR QUIZ (30points)

You should know the rules for the following punctuation marks:

• Semicolons
• Commas
• Colons

GRAMMAR QUIZ (30points)

You should know the rules for the following punctuation marks:

• Semicolons
• Commas
• Colons

BRING YOUR LITERATURE BOOKS ALL WEEK!!

• READ from "Dust Tracks on a Road" by Zora Neale Hurston P. 830-835
• Answer CYC Questions p. 835 #1-4

• READ from "Dust Tracks on a Road" by Zora Neale HurstonP. 830-835
• Answer CYC Questions p. 835 #1-4

If you were absent Tuesday, April 21st, complete the following assignment:

• Read Faulkner's "Nobel Prize Acceptance Speech" (pp. 798-799)

• Answer CYC #1-4 & CT #1-5 (p. 799)

Book Project Presentations (alphabetical order)

-10 points if you do not have flashcards

-Don’t forget your visual aid

QUIZ: COMMAS
20PTS. 10 MULTIPLE CHOICE QUESTIONS
REFER TO GRAMMAR HANDOUT

Read Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" pp. 670-683 (Lit. Book)
Answer CYC Questions  #1-5 p.683
QUIZ THURS./FRI.

Read Fitzgerald's "Winter Dreams" pp. 670-683 (Lit. Book)
Answer CYC Questions  #1-5 p.683
QUIZ THURS./FRI.

VOCAB QUIZ-UNIT 8

VOCABULARY UNIT 8

1. flagrant-(ADJ.)-outrageous, glaringly bad

2. admonish- (V.)-to warn; caution

3. duress (N.)-pressure, force

4. culprit (N.)- offender, guilty person

5. inexorable (ADJ.)- unstoppable, inflexible, unrelenting

6. egregious-(ADJ.)- remarkably bad or offensive

7. distraught- (ADJ.)-upset, distressed

8. duplicity- (N.) deceit, trickery

9. acrimonious- (ADJ.) bitter, spiteful

STORY OF THE TIMES 1914-1946 (Literature Book pp. 634-641)
GUIDED QUESTIONS
1. In what way could you support the assertion that, between 1914 and 1939 , the mood of Americans alternated between optimism and pessimism?2. Do the historical events suggest that 1914-1946 would be a time of experimentation in literature? Why or why not?3. What purpose was shared by Modernist writers? 4. What qualities of the modern world are reflected in the literary movement known as Modernism? 5. Name three qualities favored by Imagist poets. 6. What was the Harlem Renaissance? 7. What factors might have brought on the Harlem Renaissance?

READ CH. 27 TKAM-QUIZ (I'M NOT KIDDING THIS TIME)

READ CHAPTERS 24, 25, AND 26 (TKAM) 

READ CHAPTERS 24, 25, AND 26 (TKAM) 

Read Ch. 23 (TKAM)-QUIZ
BRING OUTSIDE-READING BOOK

Read Ch. 19-22 (TKAM)  Quiz

Finish reading TKAM ch. 18
Unit 7 Vocab Quiz

1.    Pugnacious-adj. quarrelsome; ready for a fight

2.    Promulgate v. to make known officially

3.    brash – adj. tactless; hasty; impudent the brash young man

4.    scoff -v. to sneer at; mock; ridicule

5.    belittle-v. to make seem less important

6.    rampant-adj. widespread, going unchecked

7.    inane-adj. foolish

8.    ethics-n. code of principles

9.    concur-v. agree

10.                      clandestine-adj. secret; undercover

 

BRING YOUR OUTSIDE READING BOOK 

Read Ch. 16-Quiz
Bring your Outside-Reading Book

• ANSWER LIT. PACK QUESTIONS FOR. CH. 14
• FINISH READING CH. 15
• ANSWER LIT. PACK CH. 15 QUESTIONS

Read CH. 14 TKAM-QUIZ 

Lit Packet Questions for CH.11 (skip #2, but don't cross it out)

vocab quiz-20pts.
loathe
reprimand
lackluster
caustic
wrest
infamous
jostle
dupe
incipient
inadvertent

BRING OUTSIDE READING BOOK

Finish reading TKAM ch. 3
Quiz TKAM ch. 1-3
Answer Questions TKAM LIT. PACKET PP.6-7 (ONLY CHAPTERS 2-3)

Read Ch. 1 TKAM
Answer TKAM Lit. Pack Questions on p. 6 (ch.1 #1-4)

Bring your outside-reading book !!!

Outside Reading Book (150 pages or more)
Biography or Autobiography

BRING LIT. BOOK & INHERIT THE WIND FOR REVIEW!!!

Read "The Devil and Tom Walker" pp.236-245 (included in final exam)
Answer Lit. Book Questions (p. 245):
Check Your Comprehension #1-4
Critical Thinking #1-4
(Take notes on answers during class discussions)

Read "The Fall of The House of Usher" pp. 25-43 (Poe book)
Quiz Monday

"The Black Cat" Study Questions (yellow paper)

List and Describe 4 symbols from "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Add 1 direct quote (exactly from text) that contains the symbol.
Examples: the old man's eye and the beating heart

List and Describe 4 symbols from "The Tell-Tale Heart"
Add 1 direct quote (exactly from text) that contains the symbol.
Examples: the old man's eye and the beating heart

Puritan Lifestyle Project (and rubric)

Directions:

Choose one of the following assignments:
1. Advertisement: Create an advertising package about life at Plymouth Plantation. Encourage others to journey to America to join the Pilgrim settlers. Include information about weather, job opportunities, schools, local attractions, and other things you would want to know about a new community.
2. Puritan Handbook: Gather information about Puritan beliefs and the famous “work ethic.” Create a handbook that includes guidelines and rules for living and worshiping as a proper puritan (use your Alemany handbook as a guide).
HAND ILLUSTRATE it in COLOR (it may be a mosaic, a collage, a drawing, or any other form of hand-assembled artwork)--DO NOT just print out a picture and paste it to your project. Your work should show that you put effort into it. You will be graded on effort and accuracy.
*Projects do not need to be typed, but handwriting must be legible, neat, and in black or blue pen.

Directions:

Choose one of the following assignments:
1. Advertisement: Create an advertising package about life at Plymouth Plantation. Encourage others to journey to America to join the Pilgrim settlers. Include information about weather, job opportunities, schools, local attractions, and other things you would want to know about a new community.
2. Puritan Handbook: Gather information about Puritan beliefs and the famous “work ethic.” Create a handbook that includes guidelines and rules for living and worshiping as a proper puritan (use your Alemany handbook as a guide).
HAND ILLUSTRATE it in COLOR (it may be a mosaic, a collage, a drawing, or any other form of hand-assembled artwork)--DO NOT just print out a picture and paste it to your project. Your work should show that you put effort into it. You will be graded on effort and accuracy.
*Projects do not need to be typed, but handwriting must be legible, neat, and in black or blue pen.

Puritan Life Chart 6 bullets
Bring Lit. books Wed.

Puritan Life Chart 6 bullets
Bring Lit. books Wed.

Lit. Book p. 75 "Check Your Comprehension" #1-3 & "Critical Thinking" #1-2

Vocab Unit 2 Quiz

Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards
Words:
1. paradox
2. realm
3. annals
4. compound
5. tinge
6. badger
7. implore
8. drudgery
9. interminable
10. perceive

Unit 2 Vocab Flashcards
Words:
1. paradox
2. realm
3. annals
4. compound
5. tinge
6. badger
7. implore
8. drudgery
9. interminable
10. perceive

plagiarism contracts (signed by parent)

Lit. Book (summary) p. 48 "Reading Strategy" (green) 1 paragraph 5-10 sentences

Outside reading book (work of fiction, at least 130pages)

Vocab Unit 1 Quiz

Words:
Voracious
Indiscriminate
eminent
steeped
replete
abound
technology
prognosticate
automaton
matron

Periods 1 & 3 Unit 1 Vocabulary Flashcards (10 flashcards total)

Directions:
Front (or blank side) = Word & Part of Speech

Back (or lined side)=Definition, synonyms, and antonyms

Bring to class: English dictionary and thesaurus (any size is fine, but a pocket dictionary is easy to carry around)

Periods 2,4, & 6 -"The Story of the Times" pp. 4-9 Reading Guide Questions #1-13

Periods 1& 3 -"The Story of the Times" pp. 4-9 Reading Guide Questions #1-13

All materials for this class. This includes:

1. Literature book
2. 3-ring binder marked "English"
3. Blue or black pen
4. red pen
5. lined paper

Journal Notebook: New 3-ring lined paper notebook or composition book to be kept in class for daily writing assignments.