English 12 B (Period 1) Assignments

Last day to turn in your own topic research paper.


Portfolios also due on this day.

2nd draft of your Cambodian Holocaust research paper due.

Extra Credit assignment for "Journey of the Sparrows"

Assignment A-Personal Narrative
Write a 2-page narrative essay which describes a time in which you have dealt with a sitation similar to one experienced by a character or characters in the play. Staple your stamped ticket stub to your paper.

Assignment B-Comparison/Contrast
Write a 2-page essay in which you compare and contrast one or more of the characters or situations from the play with a character or situation that you have studied in your literature studies in English or foreign language class. Staple you stamped ticket stub to your paper

Last source due for your research paper. Bring in an annotated hard copy, write (type) a summary for it.

Give me the signed letter to your parents about the research papers and other due dates coming up.

Another source for your research paper due--annotate the source and write (type) a summary on it.


Your last 2 sources must include 1 primary source and 1 book source.

Vocab quiz on Thursday---words from "Killing Fields casts dark shadow over Cambodia"--first article in the packet you got on Tuesday.

Find a source, print it out, annotate it and write (TYPE) a summary:
1. The first sentence should include the author's name and the title of the reading that you're summarizing
2. The title of the reading should be in quotation marks "Killing Fields Confession"
3. The first sentence should include the main idea (thesis) of the reading (The WHO and WHAT THEY DID)
The remainder of the summary should include the following:
1. All the important points that support the main idea of the reading
2. The important points should be stated in your own words
Your summary SHOULD NOT include the following:
1. exact quotes from the reading
2. Your opinions about anything in the reading

Find a source, print it out, annotate it and write (TYPE) a summary:
1. The first sentence should include the author's name and the title of the reading that you're summarizing
2. The title of the reading should be in quotation marks "Killing Fields Confession"
3. The first sentence should include the main idea (thesis) of the reading (The WHO and WHAT THEY DID)
The remainder of the summary should include the following:
1. All the important points that support the main idea of the reading
2. The important points should be stated in your own words
Your summary SHOULD NOT include the following:
1. exact quotes from the reading
2. Your opinions about anything in the reading

A. Vocab quiz-words from "Killing Fields Confession"
B. Decide which topic you're going to do for your research paper:
Genocide in:
Rwanda
Bosnia
China during the cultural revolution
Russia under Stalin
Congo-Rubber trade
Darfur

Find a source, print it out, annotate it and write a summary:
1. The first sentence should include the author's name and the title of the reading that you're summarizing
2. The title of the reading should be in quotation marks "Killing Fields Confession"
3. The first sentence should include the main idea (thesis) of the reading (The WHO and WHAT THEY DID)
The remainder of the summary should include the following:
1. All the important points that support the main idea of the reading
2. The important points should be stated in your own words
Your summary SHOULD NOT include the following:
1. exact quotes from the reading
2. Your opinions about anything in the reading

Read pages 217-240 and do one reading accountability writing assignment

Read to the end of the book and do another reading accountability writing assignment.

Both due Monday the 21st.

Grammar quiz-Creating sentence openers. Study your class notes and page 1183 in the purple book

Read pages 153-216 (Chapters 11-15) in Brave New World and do a (only) 4-paragraph reading accountability writing assignment to go with it.

Also, you will have a test on Allende & Pinochet (historical reading "The Allende Regime"), essay "Writing As an Act of Hope", and author's style.

Re-read the essay "Writing as..." and "The Allende Regime" and study your notes on author's style. Study the questions and other materials on those readings.

Read Brave New World pages 123-152. Do the four paragraph reading accountability.

Grammar quiz subject-verb split. Make sure you know what these things are and how to make them--appositives, participial phrases, adjective clauses, prepositional phrases

Do the first four questions from "Writing as an Act of Hope"--Type. 3 part answer format.

Do the say/mean/matter chart on 6 of the 10 sentences in the essay (purple book) that have underlined words in them.

Say-write down the quote (the sentence with the underlined word in it)
Mean-explain what that quote means in your own words
Matter-what's the larger significance of this word. What does it matter? How does it connect with the theme of the essay?

Also, read 87-122 in Brave New World and do a h.w. accountability writing assignment on it.

Power point presentation (at least 8 slides) plus accompanying 2 pages paper on the topic you got in class.

Don't forget to have 3 sources for your paper, in-text citations, and a works cited list.

Read next section in Brave New World--pages 57-86. Do the writing, 4 paragraph homework assignment.

1. Vocab quiz on the words from the Allende essay "Writing as an...." pages 1302-1307 in the purple book.

2. Read pages 30-56 in Brave New World and do another 4-paragraph writing assignment. Type it, blend quotes and use transitions.

Read pages 3-29 in Brave New World

Do the 4 paragraph assignment we went over in class.
Type! Remember to use transitions and blend quotes.

Finish worksheet from Churchill speech.

Read & annotate the Churchill speech:

analyze
connect
question
define
clarify
predict

-at least one entry for every 10 lines
-use each one of the above at least once
-everything you write down needs to be in your own words

-vocab quiz on five words from Winston Churchill speech

-quiz on content of Winston Churchill speech--open note. Bring in notes to use on the quiz, I will collect notes along with the quiz

Write Your Own Political Speech
2 pages long, typed, double spaced

Guidelines
1. Pick a topic you care about, but not an extremely sensitive topic like gay rights or abortion. It could be the same topic you used for your free-write, but it doesn’t have to be.
2. Start your speech out with a hook—a good hook is where you describe an individual’s situation, like Obama did in his speech with the injured soldier.
3. End you speech talking about the same individual situation, like Obama does in his speech.
4. Include an allusion, to the Bible, or to some other work of literature you know, that is relevant to the issue you are discussing.
5. Use 3 or more instances of repetition.
6. Use at least 3 parallelisms.
7. Use appeals to logic and appeals to emotion.
8. Include a counterargument and a refutation.

Be prepared to deliver your speech to the class!

Test on political speeches/rhetoric. Appeals to logic/emotion, parallelism, repetition, allusion, purpose, audience, counterargument & refutation.

vocab quiz-words from Barack Obama's speech

Test on Macbeth Acts 4&5

Writing assignment on witches--

You are one of the witches from "Macbeth". Imagine that you are on trial for witchcraft. You are also on trial for the murders that occurred in the play. The authorities want to hold someone accountable for all these crimes, and since the Macbeths are both dead at the end of the play, they have only the witches left to accuse.

Describe the situation from your own point of view as the witch. Include many details from the play, and try to defend yourself against these accusations.
Write at least a page, typed, double spaced.

Rubric

Follows instructions
Makes use of legal concepts we discussed in class
Long enough, enough details from play
Creativity and critical thinking
Spelling, grammar

Test on Acts 4 & 5 of Macbeth

Turn in the packet for Acts 4 & 5

Extended definition essay on a Macbeth word. Double spaced, 2 pages long.

Writing task-the one you didn't due for Thursday's homework.

Use the paragraph format I gave you. Blend quotes, use transitions, Type it up.

Do the writing assignment I gave you in class-choose 1, don't do them both. Remember to use evidence from the play.