You should have read the first ten pages of Chapter 17 on Monday in class and answered the questions on the board.  If you have not done that, please do so for partial credit.

HW #4 Finish reading Chapter 17 (due Wednesday May 21.)
1) Why are the “page sixteens” “illegal”?  Why are people so fascinated?  Consider what you know about Catholicism in your answer.

2) What job does Angela take on?  How does Frank feel about this job?

3) What job does Malachy Jr take on?  How is his subsequent firing an example of class discrimination?

HW #2 Chapter XV (15) (due Friday)
Read the chapter.  Identify the three most important events in this chapter.

HW #3 Chapter XVI (16) (due Tuesday 5/20)

1) Describe the scene with Mr. Harrington.  How does this scene add to our understanding of class discrimination in this text?  

2)  What does Frank agree to do for Mrs. Finucane?  Based on what you read, decide if he was justified in taking this job.  

3)   Why does Frank decide to work for Mr. McCaffrey?

HW #1 Chapter XIV- 14

1.  Where does Frank go after the fight with Laman?  What is it like there?

2.  What does Frank have to do to survive?  Be specific.

3. Why is Frank sorry that the deaf Dominican priest has died?

4.  What does Frank do that gets him in trouble at the library?

5.  What does Frank do to prepare for this “big job”?  

6.  How does he become the laughingstock of the neighborhood?

Reminders and Links for the Vacation

Memoir Project; due April 23.

Link to the memoir rubric.

Link to my sample memoir.

Link to the literary technique worksheet we completed in class.

Teaching Project; due April 24.

Please note that you will only get one more day to work on your projects in class before the presentations are required to be submitted.  You should definitely try to finish the presentation over the vacation.

Link to the teaching project rubric, which includes the calendar.

Use the Homework links through May 8, 2014

Homework for the chapters is due on the day indicated on the sheet.  Be sure to click on the link for your particular class.  Included on this sheet are also dates for upcoming quizzes or tests.

Period 5 Homework Questions

Period 7 Homework Questions

Period 9 Homework Questions

Period 10 Homework Questions

HW #4
Write a sample lesson plan for your chapter.  It doesn't have to be fully thought out, but your notes should include at least an aim, do now, and a suggestion for a textual focus.

Also, please have the foreman of your group send me a quick email identifying which period class you are in, which chapter you are in charge of and who your classmates are.  I'll be opening a document for you to copy and paste your homework questions into.

HW #3
Read the two sample memoirs provided in class today.  Answer the questions that follow each memoir.

Also, don't forget to study for the vocabulary quiz on Friday on the mal- and manu- words.

 Click on the image to choose your partners for the Angela's Ashes Teaching Project.