Thursday, April 4, 2019

English 12 Block 1: Homework for Friday
  • The editing exam is coming next Wednesday, and we're getting close to our in-class personal essay!
  • The Friday before spring break was test day! If you still need to write the short story exam, study your Powerpoint notes on irony, conflict, plot, characters, point of view, didactic writing, theme and symbolism. Missing any notes? Try my old online notes here.
    • Review the basic plot and characters of “Say Yes”, “How Much Land Does A Man Need?", “Boys and Girls”, “Hills Like White Elephants” and "The Story of an Hour".

English 9 Block 2: Homework for Friday
  • Finish the following questions for "Grandmother" (p. 26):
    • 1. What do you think the poet means by “silent” in line 8 of the poem? Respond with one or two full sentences. (2)
    • 2. What kinds of changes might have happened during her lifetime to make her feel alienated (i.e. cut off from the modern world)? (2)
    • 3. What is the grandmother’s idea of a better world? Explain in full sentences. (2)
  • The verb test is coming Monday!
  • Finish the newspaper project for next Monday.
    • Finish typing all four paragraphs for the newspaper project. Print them out using the format rules of the project handout. Using that same handout, create a newspaper with the four paragraphs, a headline, a major graphic, and other graphical elements.
  • Did you complete your essay on the following essay question: "What is courage?"?

English 11 Block 3: Homework for Friday
  • Please re-read Macbeth up to and including 1.4.
  • The confused test is coming next Tuesday! Have you missed any handouts?
  • If you didn't write the in-class comparison essay, remember that it cannot be written at home. That's what in-class means! Prepare two different outlines for 1) "Wordsmith" and "The Gold Mountain Coat" (contrast the relationships of the fathers with their children) AND 2) "The Painted Door" and "The Sound of Hollyhocks" (compare and contrast the characters of John and Bill Ranson). We'll flip a coin!

English 9 Linear: Homework for Monday
  • Read Chp. 16 of Tomorrow, When The War Began. 
  • Did you miss the Part 3 test? See me soon!
  • Did you miss the sentence error test on before the spring break?
Posted by C. Welch at 3:35 PM