English 11 Composition
- Grammar:
- We're having a sentence test on Thursday!
- Review the parts of the sentence from your opening day notes.
- Review run-ons here and here.
- Review sentence fragments here and here.
- Review simple, compound and complex sentences.
- Finish the questions to "Behind the Headlines":
- 1. What is the central conflict or problem in this story? Be specific and use your notes on conflict. (2)
- 2. What is the point of view of “Behind the Headlines”? Why is this effective for this story? (2)
- 3. Is Lakshmi in an abusive marriage? Explain! (2)
- 4. Why is it ironic at the end, given that Lakshmi volunteers at a Women’s Crisis Centre? (2)
- 5. We don’t really meet Lakshmi’s husband, Hariharan, but we get to know him regardless. Explain and describe the character of Hariharan. (2)
- Read Chps. 21 and 22 of October Sky for Thursday (and to p. 428 of October Sky for Tuesday, Feb. 23).
- On Tuesday, Feb. 23, we will write our final October Sky test. It will examine the main characters and events from Part 4 (Chapters 21 to the Epilogue), test your understanding of the Part 4 vocabulary words, and assess your understanding of the key themes in the last half of the novel.
- Work on the point form notes for Part 4 in the study guide.
- If you're interested, you can read an epub version of October Sky:
- Right-click here and choose Save Link As...
- Load the epub file into a free epub reader app. There are free apps on all platforms. These apps should have a Read Aloud function.
- Did you complete the good copy of one of your previous three rough copy paragraphs?
- Add the following [highlighted] elements:
- one appositive phrase;
- one subordinate clause;
- 2 to 4 introductory transitions;
- [bonus] add up to two vocabulary words from October Sky for two marks total;
- The paragraph will be marked out of /36 using the 6 point-scale.
- Next Monday we'll complete our 2nd spelling quiz:
- 1. desperate
- 2. disappointment
- 3. doesn’t
- 4. drastically
- 5. emphasize
- 6. environment
- 7. exaggerate
- 8. existence
- 9. extremely
- 10. guarantee
- 11. hoping
- 12. hypocrisy
- 13. inevitable
- 14. influential
- 15. led
- On Tuesday we wrote a small quiz on "Always a Motive". Please see me if you missed it.