English 10 Blocks 1/2: Homework for Thursday
- Finish reading Romeo and Juliet! Be ready for Thursday's Acts 4 and 5 test!
- Complete the Acts 4 and 5 study guide. Careful! The quotes aren't in order!
- Feel free to use the No Fear Shakespeare site for Romeo and Juliet.
- Did you miss the recent punctuation test? See me soon!
- Commas
- Commas 2
- Apostrophes
- Apostrophes 2
- Semicolons
- Colons
- More on colons and semicolons
- Be ready for next Friday's spelling quiz!
- 1. meticulous
- 2. mitigate
- 3. mollify
- 4. moribund
- 5. mundane
- 6. nebulous
- 7. necessary
- 8. noticeable
- 9. obsequious
- 10. obstinate
- 11. occasionally
- 12. occurred
- 13. oligarchy
- 14. onerous
- 15. orthodox
English 12 Block 3: Homework for Thursday
- For Thursday, complete the hand written/printed rough copy AND the typed and edited good copy. Print out the good copy and staple it to the top of the rough copy. The writing process will be complete!
- Topic:
- A) Compare and contrast “Grandmother’s Victory” and “Riding the Hyphen”.
- You can use the following:
English 12 Block 4 Linear: Homework for Thursday
- For Thursday, read William Faulkner's "A Rose for Emily". Be ready for a fill-in-the-blank quiz on Thursday.
- A multiple choice test is coming on Monday for short story concepts.
- Did you miss the quiz for Alice Munro's "Boys and Girls"? Be ready for a 10 mark comprehension quiz.
- Did you miss the quiz on Leo Tolstoy's "How much land does a man need?"? If so, see me soon!
- Review these notes on didactic writing.
- Read (and re-read if necessary) Kate Chopin's "The Story of an Hour". Be ready for a short multiple choice quiz on Tuesday.
- Re-read your notes on irony, or check out my online notes on irony.
- If you missed the original assignment, answer the following alternate assignment for Tobias Wolff's "Say Yes":
- i. What is Tobias Wolff suggesting about racism? [Hint: Is it overt or subtle?] Answer in a full paragraph and explain with examples.
