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Juniors: Read Chapter 8 "Identifying Central Idea" in the Review Book.
Rather than answering their questions identify
1) The central idea
2) Author's purpose
3) How the text is developed
4) Explicit/Implicit Meaning
5) Tone

Sophomores: Read Chapter 7 in Outliers by Tuesday 5/17
Listen the the Freakonomics podcast about "How to Become Great At Anything."  The podcast is 51 minutes long.  Write down what information you gain from this podcast and how it connects to Malcolm Gladwell's "10,000 Hours" chapter.

For those of you interested in finding out more about Peggy Orenstein's book Girls and Sex: Navigating the Complicated New Landscape, you can listen to a podcast from NPR's Fresh Air, where the author discusses the content of the book.  You can also get the book yourself.

HW #10 due 4/5

pg. 186- 192

1. What do Claudia and Frieda think about until they hear that Pecola is pregnant?

2. How do Claudia and Frieda realize that Pecola is pregnant?  What do they notice about the way people talk about it?

3.  What do they intend to do about it?

HW #11 due 4/6

Pg. 192-206

1. Who do you think Pecola is talking to? Why?

2. Based on the conversation, do you think that Pecola is happier than she was?  Explain.

3.  How do you interpret Claudia’s final narrative?

HW #9 pgs. 163-183 due Monday 4/4

Read the whole chapter, but this chapter is also super weird.  Focus on the parts about Soaphead Church’s interaction with Pecola.  It is okay if you feel a little confused by it.

1. What does it mean that Soaphead Church is a “clean old man”?  
2. Why does Soaphead Church say that his business is “dread”?
3. What does Pecola ask Soaphead Church for?  How does he “get” them for her?
4. How does Soaphead Church justify what he has done to/for Pecola?

HW #7 pg. 132-153 due Tuesday 3/29

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 Wednesday 3/30

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.

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

HW #6 pgs 110-131 due Thursday March 24

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?

HW #5 pg. 97-109 due 3/17

1. What has Mr. Henry done to Frieda?  Explain 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?

Juniors

Test on Autumn (pgs. 9-57) on Wednesday 3/2

HW #3 Read pgs. 61-80 due Friday 3/4

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?

HW #4 pg. 81-93 due Monday 3/7

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

Juniors
Try taking the Implicit Perception Test.  Write about your results and your reaction to the test itself for 5 points extra credit on your ideal project

Juniors
HW #2 pg. 23-57

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?

Ideal Project due 2/23
Review Book Ch 3 due 2/26

Sophomores
Complete Child Labor Essay-Final draft due 2/23

Juniors

Ideal Project- due Tuesday, February 23.

Completed Review Book pages due Friday, 2/5. Book will be collected on Tuesday.

HW# 1- Due Tuesday 2/9

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.

Sophomores

As you read the article by Kailash Satyarthi....

1. Circle examples that indicate the problem.
2. Underline Satyarthi’s attempts to fix the problem.
3. Star *attempts to stop Satyarthi*
4. Circle Satyarthi’s goal.

How does the 30 for 30 film Broke use anecdotals to inform the viewer about the impact of sports on wealth?

2 paragraphs

Juniors:  Complete the classwork from today.  Use the link to see the suggested quotes