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?

Teaching Project Rubric

Pd 3 Juniors:
HW # 5: Read Chapter 4.  What are the two main images used in this chapter?  Explain what makes them unforgettable.

UPDATED MEMOIR EXAMPLES, ALONG WITH EXPLANATIONS.

Pd 4 Juniors: Work on lesson.

Character Study Memoir due Friday.

Pd 7 & 9 Juniors: Character Study Memoir due Friday. Many of you owe me most of your memoirs. Spend this long weekend fixing your problem.

Pd 6 Seniors: HW #6 & 7 Read Chs 11-14

Write a paragraph-long reaction to each chapter as you read it.  A reaction includes (but is not limited to) your feelings about what happens in the chapter, your changing feelings about a character, a discussion of the setting and its influence on a character, and/or a personal connection you may have to the events that take place in the chapter.

Pd 3 Juniors: 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. You may also present for extra credit

Pd 4, 7, 9 Juniors: Your non-traditional narrator memoir is due on Friday.
Pd 4: HW #7 Read the chapter you have been assigned. Come prepared with an aim and do now tomorrow.
Pd 7: You are up to Chapter Five. The master list of homework is here. Your test is on Thursday.
Pd 9: You should have finished chapter five already. Your test is on Thursday.

Pd 3 Juniors:
HW #3  Read Chapters II and III.  

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?

Pds 4,7,9 Juniors:
Here is the master list of Angela's Ashes homework.    If you know what chapter you are up to, you can easily find the homework.
Pd 9, your test is postponed until Wednesday.

Seniors:
Test tomorrow on chapters 1-8.  Good luck!

Classwork and Homework and Tests coming up!

TESTS FOR ALL
Pd 3- expect a project assigned on Monday for TBAF

Pds 4- expect a test on Angela's Ashes on Tuesday for Chapters 1-5
Pd 6- expect a test on The Color of Water on Tuesday for Chapters 1-8
Pd 7- expect a test on Angela's Ashes on Thursday for Chapters 1-5
Pd 9- expect a test on Angela's Ashes on Tuesday for Chapters 1-5

Pd 3 Juniors
CW: Rubric! 

Pd 4, 7, 9 Juniors
CW: It seems like some of you are having trouble with your memoirs.  You must speak to me about them if you are stuck!  These will greatly impact your grade!
For examples, please see what I wrote.  It might help!
Today you should be working on your non-traditional narrator memoir.  This is due next Friday. Enjoy!

Pd 7 Juniors
HW #4 Read Ch 3
1. The McCourts move once more after Eugene’s death. They are just getting settled in their new house when they get some unpleasant news about it. What is this news?
2. What is ironic about Dad’s attitude toward work and begging?
3. To whom does Frank try to confide his troubles and worries?
4. What literary device does McCourt employ in the paragraph on women’s and men’s roles on page 107? Explain.
5. How do Malachy and Frank show Dad their unhappiness that he spent the wages of his new job at the pub?

Pd 4 Juniors
HW #6 Chapter 5
1. What do Mam and Dad tell their children about smoking? Why is this ironic?
2. The McCourts moved back to Ireland when Frankie was four. Why does Mr. McCourt still not have a steady job when Frankie is nine?
3. What is the Arch Confraternity? Why does Question Quigley tell Frankie he has to join?
4. Dad decides Frankie is old enough to be an altar boy. Why does Mam not want Frankie to
be an altar boy?

Pd 9 Juniors: 
HW #5 Chapter 4
1) How does McCourt capture the literal-mindedness of children when Frankie learns he must
prepare for his First Communion?
2) Does Mr. Benson, the schoolmaster, encourage curiosity among his students? How does he expect his pupils to learn?
3) Who gets the raisin from Frankie’s bun?
4) What makes Frankie start to worry about his First Communion?  
5) Why does Frankie almost miss his First Communion?
6) What is ironic about Grandma’s telling Frankie on page 128 that “a little spit won’t kill you”?

Seniors
HW # 3: Read CH 7 (due Thursday)
1) What do you think Ruth's statement, "It seemed to me death was always around Suffolk" indicates?
2) How did Mr. Shilsky treat Sam?  

HW #4: Read Chapter 8 (due Friday)
1) What was contradictory about Dennis?
2) Describe Helen's "rebellion."   List at least four actions she takes.

Pd 4 Juniors
HW #5 Read Ch 4
1) How does McCourt capture the literal-mindedness of children when Frankie learns he must
prepare for his First Communion?
2) Does Mr. Benson, the schoolmaster, encourage curiosity among his students? How does he expect his pupils to learn?
3) Who gets the raisin from Frankie’s bun?
4) What makes Frankie start to worry about his First Communion?  
5) Why does Frankie almost miss his First Communion?
6) What is ironic about Grandma’s telling Frankie on page 128 that “a little spit won’t kill you”?

Pd 9 Juniors
HW #4 Read Ch 3
1. The McCourts move once more after Eugene’s death. They are just getting settled in their new house when they get some unpleasant news about it. What is this news?
2. What is ironic about Dad’s attitude toward work and begging?
3. To whom does Frank try to confide his troubles and worries?
4. What literary device does McCourt employ in the paragraph on women’s and men’s roles on page 107? Explain.
5. How do Malachy and Frank show Dad their unhappiness that he spent the wages of his new job at the pub?

Pd 6 Seniors
HW #2: Read Chs 5 &6
1) Why did the Shilsky family move to the south?  What were their lives like down there?  Be specific.
2) What does Ruth teach her children about religion?  Be specific.

Pd 3 Juniors: If necessary, complete today's classwork.

Pd 4, 7, 9 Juniors:
Classwork: Read your buddy's memoir.  You can put comments directly on the doc, but when you are done,  fill out this form.
The second memoir (developed by dialogue) is due next Friday.

HW #4: Read Chapter 3 of Angela's Ashes.
1. The McCourts move once more after Eugene’s death. They are just getting settled in their
new house when they get some unpleasant news about it. What is this news?
2. What is ironic about Dad’s attitude toward work and begging?
3. To whom does Frank try to confide his troubles and worries?
4. What literary device does McCourt employ in the paragraph on women’s and men’s roles
on page 107? Explain.
5. How do Malachy and Frank show Dad their unhappiness that he spent the wages of his new
job at the pub?

Seniors:
HW #2
Read Chs 3 and 4
1.  Discuss Ruth's memories of her childhood and the events that transformed her life.
2.  Why is James so confused  by who his mother is?  What is the effect of this confusion on him?
3.  In what ways is Ruth contradictory?