English 12 (S2) Blocks 2/4: Homework for Tuesday

• Read Chapter 7. Your Chapter question 7 notes for The Great Gatsby are due on Wednesday.
• Interested in an epub version of The Great Gatsby? Right click here and choose Save Link As. Then import it into any epub reader or epub phone app.
• Missed today? Be ready for the Part 2 exam.
• Finish your Chp. 6 notes and review your own notes from Chps. 4 and 5. 
• Study the Powerpoint notes on the American Dream and colour symbolism.
• Ask yourself the following questions:
• Which characters embody the American Dream? Do they really?
• How are women portrayed in the novel?
• How does wealth corrupt the human condition in the novel?

English 10 Block 3: Homework for Tuesday

• Your essay is due on Tuesday on the following essay topic:
• Should 16 year-olds be treated like children or adults (or something in-between)?
• Read Chps. 3 and 4 of Maus. Start the study guide! It's due, along with the Maus test, on Thursday.
• Did you write the 3rd vocabulary test on Friday? No? Then study your words from Lists #9-12.

English 12 Linear Block 1: Homework for Wednesday

• If you were away, come see me for a collection of poems that I handed out Monday. I want you to identify at least four examples of figurative language and/or sound play for each poem.
• If not done, finish your second poetry paragraph, "Beyond the Snowbelt".
• Include two to four properly blended quotations.
• Cite each quotation using the simple MLA system: "..." (line 5).