Pds 5 & 7

HW #4 Choose a song that you feel is a song of protest. Choose a stanza or two that you wish to explore. Include the lyrics in your two paragraph explanation of what makes this song a song of protest that appeals to you. (If you are missing a homework from this marking period already, you will be asked to present the song and your explanation)

Pd 9 & 10

Write an autobiography for your character.  Include information about their childhood, their hopes and dreams, their education. (one page)

Pd 5 & 7
Read Chapters 2 & 3
If you'd like to answer these questions using the online form, please click here.

1. What is the point that Douglass is making about the slave songs?
2. What is somewhat surprising about the arguments that slaves sometimes had regarding their masters, according to Douglass?

Pd 9 & 10 pg 20-41

1. Describe Eddie and Beatrice’s relationship.
2. How does Eddie and Beatrice’s conversation(29-32) influence Beatrice and Catherine’s conversation (39-41)?
3. How do the men on the docks feel about Rodolpho?  
4. What does Eddie try to convince Catherine to believe about Rodolpho?

Pds 5 & 7
Finish answering the Qs on the sheet "Incidents in the Life of a Slave Girl" provided in class.  It's here if you lost it somehow.

Pd 9 & 10

HW #3 Read pages 29-41

1. Describe Eddie and Beatrice’s relationship.
2. How does Eddie and Beatrice’s conversation(29-32) influence Beatrice and Catherine’s conversation (39-41)?
3. How do the men on the docks feel about Rodolpho?  
4. What does Eddie try to convince Catherine to believe about Rodolpho?

New Marking Period, New Books!

Pds 5 & 7
The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass
HW #1 Read Chapter 1
Also BETA TEST:  You can have the option of answering the homework questions on this form.
Period 5 only  
Period 7 only
Answer

1.  What is symbolic about the fact that Frederick Douglass does not know his birthday?

2.  Describe Frederick Douglass’ relationship with his mother.

3.  Why do the mistresses mistreat the children with lighter skin?

4.  Describe what happened to Frederick’s Aunt Hester.



Pds 9 & 10
A View From the Bridge
HW #1 Read the beginning of Act I, from pages 3-15
Describe the relationship between Eddie, Catherine, and Beatrice.
Also include a description of Alfieri, the narrator. Explain what makes it clear that he is different from the other main characters.

Periods 5 & 7:
Fill out this survey for extra credit!

Anticipation guide for The Narrative of the Life of Frederick Douglass.  Earn five points on our first quiz for the third marking period!

HW #7/9 Read and answer for "The Midday"
HW #8/10 Read and answer first half of "The Afternoon"
HW #9/1 Finish "The Afternoon"
HW #10/12 Read and answer "The Evening" (the end) DUE MONDAY

Final exam 12/5

PD 5 & 7

HW # 6 Finish your outline for your essay.

Prompt: How are misconceptions about bravery and cowardice depicted in “The Morning” in April Morning? 
You may use my sample essay as a model for ideas to write about.  

Pd 9 & 10

HW # 7 was to complete the qs for Ch 5 "The Forenoon" by Friday
HW # 8 Finish your outline for your essay.

Prompt: How are misconceptions about bravery and cowardice depicted in “The Morning” in April Morning? 
You may use my sample essay as a model for ideas to write about.  

Pd 5 & 7

No homework for the weekend.
HW # 5 Ch 5 "The Forenoon" due Tuesday

Pd 9 & 10

Test rescheduled for Monday
HW #5 Reread all four of the conversations on pgs 72-78.  Explain briefly what each has to do with either the coming of war, or Adam’s coming of age.  
Pg. 72-73 Ruth and Adam, 
Pg. 73-75 Moses and Sarah, 
Pg. 76-78 Two topics, between Adam and Moses 
“Ruth” or “Gun”

All Classes

Reminder: Vocabulary Test on belli- and bene- words as well as on April Morning on Friday 11/1.
Pds 5&7 Chs1-4
Pds 9 &10 Chs 1-3

Pd 5 & 7

HW #4 (due 10/31) You have chosen one of the following conversations from Ch 3 to focus on.  Describe the conversation and explain how it connects with the process of Adam's coming-of-age in the novel.

Pd 9 & 10

HW #4 (due 10/31) Read Ch 3 "The Night" and answer the questions on the HW sheet.

Sorry I fell off the wagon for a little while there folks.  If you need to make up some homework, please check your class first and then check to see if you have completed the homework assigned.  If you owe me anything, make sure to turn it in by Friday.

All Classes

Study for your vocabulary quiz on Friday 11/1 on the belli- and bene- words.  There may also be questions regarding April Morning on this quiz.

Pd 5 & 7

HW #1 (due 10/21) Read Ch 3 "The Night" and answer the questions on the HW sheet
HW #2 (due 10/23) Compare the information in the poem "Paul Revere's Ride" to the nameless "man on a horse" in Chapter 3
Classwork Assignment that was completed at home: Write a paragraph about a poetic device found in "Paul Revere's Ride."  Be sure to explain HOW and WHY it is effective.
HW #3 (due Mon 10/28) Read Ch 4 "The Morning" and answer the questions on the HW sheet

Pds 9 & 10

 HW #1 (due 10/24)  Read Ch 1 "The Afternoon" and answer the questions on the HW sheet
HW #2 (due Mon 10/28) Read Ch 2 "The Evening" and answer the questions on the HW sheet
HW #3 (due Tues 10/29) Read the poem "Paul Revere's Ride"  On the poem itself, indicate the sequence of events that occur by numbering each event in order.  There are 9-10 things that happen.  Remember, description does not count as an event.
HW #4 (due Thursday 10/31) Read Ch 3 “The Night” and answer the corresponding questions on the sheet.

Pds 5&7 HW #9 Available on HW Sheet

Pds 9 & 10  HW #8  Print out and describe (or only describe) an image that you think captures the setting described in the beginning of “The Devil and Tom Walker.”

The Speech
Pd 5 & 7
HW #8
Prepare your paragraph for your group essay.  I recommend that you type it so that you can easily edit, and also so that you can conveniently share your work with one another.

Pd 9 & 10
HW #6 & 7 (respectively)
Write a paragraph explaining what makes your selection of "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" persuasive, based on the use of rhetorical devices (pathos, ethos, logos).  My suggestion would be to focus on one device in particular and find multiple examples of that one device.

Pd 5, 7
HW #6 was to finish paraphrasing the speech "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death!" (sorry I didn't update)
HW #7 is to write a paragraph explaining what makes the speech "Give Me Liberty or Give Me Death" persuasive, based on the use of rhetorical devices (pathos, ethos, logos).  My suggestion would be to focus on one device in particular and find multiple examples of that one device.

HW #5: Using SOAPSTone, evaluate the same ad you already chose.  Try to identify biases in the piece.
Remember!
Speaker
Occasion
Audience
Purpose
Subject
Tone

Congratulations!  You finished your first essay for English class this year!
Remember, periods 3+9, your essay is due Monday.

Pds 2, 5, 7, 9, 10 HW #4 Choose an ad (either from TV or a print ad) and describe it.  Then, explain what makes the ad effective or ineffective.

Pd 3:  Choose an ad (either from TV or a print ad) and describe it.  Then, apply SOAPSTone to it, to show the point of view of the advertiser.

Vocabulary Quiz #1 on Friday 9/20
Final Draft of Persuasive Essay due Friday 9/20

HW #2 All Classes** Except ESL
Using the peer editing rubric as a guide, please edit and comment on the two sample essays.  Please do not write on the actual sheet though.  We will need that for tomorrow.

Set up your looseleaf paper as follows:
Sample A- Short Essay
Meaning 14/20-- because...
Development 13/20-- because...
Organization __/20
Language Use __/20
Conventions  __/20

Then do the same for the long essay.

You may print copies of the peer editing rubric and a copy of the two sample essays if you need to.

HW #2 ESL- Edit and comment on the short essay.

Vocab Quiz #1 on Friday 9/20
HW #3- Submit rewritten essay by Friday 9/20 (typed is nice, but not required.)

Welcome Back!

For all Students:
HW #1 (Due Monday, 9/16) Write a 1-2 paragraph summary of your summer reading book. Then, write a 1-2 paragraph critique of the book, explaining what you liked or did not like about the book.
 
Remember, homework (or any assignments) that are copied from an outside source will receive a grade of zero.

For Those Attending the AIDS Walk NYC on Sunday May 19...

We will be meeting at the General Team Meeting Area.  Look for a table that says:
Queens Voc R=AIN /Aviation High School GSA

Enter Central Park at 59th St and 5th Ave-- from there, follow signs for AIDS Walk Team sign up.

I will wait for people to show up on 59th and 5th Ave from 8:30-9:00.  After that, we will be in the Team Info area.

See you there!

Here's Day-of-event information

Inside North Korea. Dir. Peter Yost. Perf. Michael Breen, Brian Green, Il Sung Kim.   National 

Geographic Channel. National Geographic, 27 Feb. 2007. Web. 09 May 2013.
(make sure to indent on second and future lines) 

Pds 3 & 4
HW Finish the Q27 paragraph about "A Psalm of Life" by H. W. Longfellow.

27 Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (e.g., symbolism, irony, figurative language, etc.) used by Longfellow. Using specific details from the poem, in a well-developed paragraph, show how the author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.

Check your paragraph for the following elements:

1) Obvious use of a literary element.  Underline it.

2) Define your literary element-- (if you are writing about theme, be sure to explain what a theme is in general)

3) Use of a direct quote from the poem.  Put quotes around it if you haven't already.

4) Explanation of how and why the literary element is used in the text.  If you have not done this, do it now.

Pds 7 & 9

HW Read the lyrics to the song "I Am a Rock" by Paul Simon and Art Garfunkel. Answer the questions on the sheet provided in class today.

Pd 6

I have given credit for your first drafts of your comparative essays. You will work on the final, typed drafts of your essays in class today and tomorrow.

These essays must be submitted to me via Google Drive with the following title:

Last Name, First Name Human Rights Essay.

Pds 7 & 9:
HW #1 Finish answering the questions referring to "A Psalm of Life" by Henry Wadsworth Longfellow that we started in class.
Essay due Tuesday
Using quotes from both texts, write an essay comparing Martin Luther King's philosophy to Malcolm Xs.  Be sure to reference the elements of SOAPSTone and other literary and rhetorical devices in your essay.

Pd 6:
Test Friday and Monday: Comparative essay on what we have learned about North Korea and Night.

Juniors Pd 3 & 4:  Essay test Wednesday and Thursday-- I've already given you the quotes so that you can plan ahead!

Seniors Pd 6:  Answer Q 7-10 regarding the excerpt of Escape from Camp 14** provided in class.  We finished Qs 1-6 in class.
If you did not complete the classwork questions from Friday regarding the article "U.N. starts inquiry into torture, labor camps in North Korea"  please do so by Friday.
**Disclaimer: this excerpt is being used for educational purposes only.

Juniors Pd 7 & 9
Read and listen to the rest of "The Ballot or The Bullet" speech by Malcolm X.  Write down your impressions of the speech in a paragraph.

You can find the speech on YouTube.

Juniors Pd 3 & 4:

HW #7 pgs. 132-153

1) What was Cholly's life like with Aunt Jimmy?

2) What happened to Cholly during his first sexual encounter?  How does this change him?

3) Why does Cholly decide to go to Macon?

HW #8 pg. 154-163 (due Monday)

1) What happens when Cholly finally finds his father?

2) What does Morrison mean when she says that Cholly was "dangerously free" (159)?

3) What are Cholly's emotions before and after the rape?  Explain.

HW #9 pg. 164-183 (due Tuesday)

Warning: This is a weird chapter. You might want to read an explanation first here.

1) Why does Pecola go to Soaphead Church, even though he is a known pedophile?

2) How does Soaphead Church "grant" Pecola's wish?

HW #10 pg. 187-205 (due Wednesday)

1) How do people react to Pecola's pregnancy?

2) How does Pecola react?

3) How does the story end?

You will have a multiple choice test on Thursday.

Juniors Pds 7 & 9

You will present your rhetorical device paragraphs on the "I Have a Dream" speech on Friday.

Prepare to have a multiple choice test on the speech on Monday or Tuesday.

EXTRA CREDIT OPPORTUNITY!!!! Find the text of an allusion in "I Have a Dream."  Write a short summary of the piece and explain why it was alluded to in the speech.

Seniors Pd 6 (due Friday):

HW # 10

Read pgs 104-115

1. Describe Elie's father's last days.

2. Describe the anti-climax of liberation (an anti-climax is an ending that you would expect to be exciting, but is not).

We will review what we have learned on Monday and Tuesday. Expect a test on Wednesday.

Juniors Pd 3 & 4: HW #6 pgs. 111-131

This chapter is about Pauline Breedlove-- the narrator switches from a third person narrator to a first person narrator throughout.  The first person narration is in italics.  

1.  What is the difference between the information found in the third person narration and the first person narration?  Why do you think that Morrison chose to do this?

2. How did Pauline and Cholly meet?  What do you think of their relationship? Include information found at the end of the chapter.

3.  How did the movies change Pauline's outlook on life?

4.  What was Pauline's relationship to her children, even from the beginning?

5.  Why does Pauline love working for the Fishers so much?

Juniors Pd 7 and 9: HW #4

Finish your paragraphs regarding the "I Have a Dream" speech. Some of you may have finished in class. In that case, you have nothing to do tonight! :-)

Seniors Pd 6 (due Friday):

HW # 10

Read pgs 104-115

1. Describe Elie's father's last days.

2. Describe the anti-climax of liberation (an anti-climax is an ending that you would expect to be exciting, but is not).

Juniors Pd 3 & 4
HW # 5

Read Spring (CH 6)

1. What has Mr. Henry done to Frieda?  Explain the direction of Frieda's feelings?

2. Why don't the girls want to be like the Maginot Line?  Why do you think she throws a bottle at them?

3. What is depressingly ironic about Mrs. Breedlove's treatment of Pecola at her employer's house?

Seniors Pd 6

HW # 9 Read Ch 6 & 7 pgs 85-103

Be prepared to answer questions in class

Juniors Pd 7 & 9:

HW #3: Finish reading the "I Have a Dream" speech.  Write down four quotes that you feel have significant content and four quotes that you feel have significant structure.
Also, explain why you got your answers wrong on the practice regents i gave you last week for hw.

Seniors Pd 6:

Ch 5 pgs 66-84

1 Describe the conditions that Elie and the other prisoners faced when they left Buna.

2 Compare and Contrast the relationship between Elie and his father from the beginning of the book until now.

Pds 3&4
HW #4 pgs 81-93 (finish Winter section)

1) Do you think that Morrison respects the kind of woman that she describes in pages 81-86?  Explain how you know.

2) Why do you think Junior becomes violent?

3) How is Geraldine's anger toward Pecola more painful than Junior's violence?  What parts of society does this reflect?

Pd 7

HW #1 was to find the writing elements in the very bad essay

HW #2 Perfect your "best" paragraph that you wrote in class on Angela's Ashes.

Pd 9

HW #1 was to find the writing elements in the very bad essay

HW #2 Perfect the essay you and your partner worked on in class. Make sure that it has all of the elements we look for in a strong essay.

Pd 6 

HW #7

pgs 47-65

1) Why do the "veteran" inmates call Buna a good camp?

2) What work do Elie and his father get assigned to do?

3) Why does Elie say he is nothing but a stomach (52)?

4) Elie manages to keep his gold crown (a filling in his tooth) once and then later loses it. Describe BOTH circumstances.

5) Why does the death of the pipel affect the camp in a way that other deaths no longer affect them?

Pds 3 & 4

Read pgs. 61-80

1.  Who is Maureen Peal?  What does she look like?  Why do Claudia and Frieda hate her?

2.  How does Maureen stand up for Pecola? Based on your reading of the entire chapter, how do you interpret what comes next in the interaction?

3.  Why do the girls decide not to tell their parents about Mr. Henry, China, and the Maginot Line?

Pds 3&4

HW #2: Read pages 23-57 (due Monday)

1) How does Morrison describe the place where the Breedloves live?  Be specific.  Why do you think she takes the time to describe it like this?

2) What is the point that Morrison makes regarding the Breedloves' belief in their own ugliness?  How does Pecola try to keep bad things from happening, in her imagination?

3) Thinking about the answer to the question above, why does Pecola love the Mary Jane candy?

4) What are the three prostitutes in the story like?  Why does Pecola like being with them?

Pd 6

Read Chapter 2 (pg 23-47)

1 How does Ms. Schachters dream of fire foreshadow future events in the book?

Chapter 3

1 Elie is interrogated by an inmate at Auschwitz. Why do you think the inmate tells Elie to lie about his age?

2 Elie is questioned by the "notorious" Dr. Mengele. What makes the doctor notorious? What role did he play in the Holocaust? (Do some research)

3 How does Elie know to lie to the SS officer about his age and profession?  Do you think he made the right decision?

4 Why do you think that the Nazi's shaved all the prisoners body hair? What was their purpose?

Pds 3 & 4
Read pgs 9-23 in The Bluest Eye.
1) How does Claudia characterize children's relationships to adults?
2) Explain the line "when I think of autumn, I think of somebody with hands that don't want me to die" (12).
3) Who is Mr. Henry?  Quote the line with foreshadowing.  Explain it.
4) Why is it shameful to be "outside"?  What do Claudia and Frieda do to keep Pecola from feeling outdoors?
5) Describe and explain the conflict embodied by Shirley Temple and the white baby dolls.

Pd 6

Read Chapter 1 for Friday

(I also encourage you to read the introduction)

1. Describe Elie Wisel's life in 1941.

2. How does Elie characterize his father? Use examples from the text.

4 Why is Elie attracted to cabbalah?  What does Moche the Beadle teach him about it?

5 What happens to Moche the Beadle when he is taken away?  What happens to him when he comes back? EXPLAIN WHAT MAKES THIS SIGNIFICANT.

6 Describe life in the ghetto.

Pd 3&4: VACATION ASSIGNMENT FOR PD 3&4 JUNIORS
Pd 7&9: No Vacation HW! :-)
Pd 6:
HW #4 Read the epilogue.  Describe what happens. Explain why McBride included this in his story.
~Multiple Choice Test on Friday.  If you know you are going to be out (and you have brought me a note) you can take the test on Thursday.
~ VACATION ASSIGNMENT FOR SENIORS

Pd 3: Tomorrow we will finish the essay.  If you are using a second book for extra credit, you might want to review it tonight.

Pd 4, 7, 9: Multiple Choice test tomorrow.  Sorry for jumping it around so much, I just wanted to make sure we had a chance to review.

Pd 6:
HW # 2 Read Chapter 24
1. Summarize what you read.
2. Explain why McBride included this chapter to follow the chapter on Dennis.
HW #3 Read Chapter 25 (due Wednesday-- this is a long chapter-- you might want to start it tonight!)
1. Why does Ruth bring up the subject of her burial/death? 2. How does James deal with the color boundary? 3. What affect does talking about her past have on Ruth? 4. How has Ruth stayed the same and her children changed? 5. How does Ruth act when she goes to visit Frances? Why do you think she acts like this?

Parent Teacher Conferences Coming Up :-)

Pd 3
Multiple Choice Test Today!
Essay Test next Monday!

Pd 4 Finish reading Angela's Ashes by Monday.  You will have a multiple choice test on Tuesday.
Pd 7, 9
HW #1 Finish Reading Chapter 15 in Angela's Ashes.
Quiz on Chs 6-15 postponed til Monday- we have Career Day tomorrow :-)

Pd 6
Read chapters 21-22 in The Color of Water.  Expect a short reading quiz to follow.

Pd 6 Seniors: HW # 10 Read Ch 18
1) Why does James really want the family to move to Delaware?
2) Name and describe three opportunities that James gained while living in Delaware.
3) What college did James get into?  What was Ruth's reaction?

Juniors Pd 3: HW #9 Write down:
A-  Two questions you have about the book.
B- Two possible themes of the book, with short explanations.
C- Two important literary devices or techniques found in the book, with short explanations.

Seniors Pd 6:
HW #9 You can find the text of "The Weary Blues" here.
Rewrite: Choose a specific literary element (e.g., theme, characterization, structure, point of view, etc.) or literary technique (e.g., symbolism, irony, figurative language, etc.)  used in "The Weary Blues". Using specific details from that passage, in a well-developed paragraph, show how the author uses that element or technique to develop the passage.
Write: Write a well-developed paragraph in which you use ideas from both Passage I ("The Weary Blues") and Passage II (Chapter 17) to establish a controlling idea about sadness. Develop your controlling idea using specific examples and
details from both Passage I and Passage II.

Pd 3:
HW #7: Finish reading Chapter X.  Describe the plan to run away, explain how it failed, and tell what happened next. (Due Tuesday)
HW #8 Read Chapter 11.  Summarize the chapter. (Due Wednesday)
Pd 4 Teaching Project Homeworks
Pd 7 and 9 Teaching Project Homeworks

PD 3: HW #6:  Read Chapter 9- Chapter 10 (up to the middle of page 83)
1)  What is hypocritical about Master Thomas Auld’s religion?   Be specific.
2)Who is Mr. Covey and why does Frederick Douglass get sent to live with him?
3)  What is Mr. Covey like?
4)  What occurs at Mr. Covey’s that changes Douglass forever?Pd 4 Teaching Project Homeworks
Pd 7 and 9 Teaching Project Homeworks

Pd 6: Test Monday

Pd 4 Teaching Project Homeworks
Pd 7 and 9 Teaching Project Homeworks

Pd 3 Juniors: #5 Type your short story.

Pd 4, 7, 9 Juniors: Teaching Project Rubric-- lesson due Monday.

Pd 6 Seniors:
HW #8  Read Chapters 15 and 16
1.  Why was Ruth so conflicted about entering the church?  (Make sure to include concepts from the text as a whole)
2.  Why was "teaching Mommy to drive" important enough to merit its own chapter?