English 11 Homework for Tuesday, Nov. 1st:

1. Personal Edit Checklist: Please come with 2 copies, following my instructions for setting it up.

2. Glossary: I will check your completed Glossary tomorrow.

3.  Tomorrow you will be developing your synthesis of the two stories.

4. You should also be identifying important imagery.

English 10 Homework for Tues. Nov. 1st:

1. "Allegory of the Cave" Revisions: Sentence by Sentence Revisions are due on Tuesday, in my basket at the beginning of the Block.

Please use the Revision style that we put on the board.  

2.I have already done these for you. You do not need to do them again. Plato/Babylon Synthesis Presentation documents are due in my Basket at the beginning of the Block. Each person in the group must have a photocopy to put in your Portfolio by tomorrow. 

3. In Class work Tuesday: a) Define Satire and  Irony b) List important human values we all believe are important c) Corporate Culture: define and examples d) Dehumanization: definition and examples e) Science Fiction: definition-example.

English 11 Homework for Monday, Oct. 31st:

1. Read the two short stories: "The Pedestrian" and "The Huxley Satellite Dish." Read them both, two times.  (Do not read under the line in "The Huxley Satellite Dish.")

2. Look up words you don't know. Make a list of them in your Glossary section of your Binder.

3. Bring your Handout of the Personal Edit Checklist. Monday you will create your own Personal Edit Checklist from the work you have done that is in your Portfolios. 

English 11 Homework for Wednesday the 26th:

1. Be ready to present your Synthesis Presentation of "The Lottery" and "Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police."

All your organized notes will come in to me at the end of your Presentation.

All Revisions are due no later than 8:15 am tomorrow.

 

Make sure I have 

English 10 Homework for Tues., Wed., Thursday:

1. You are in groups to work on a synthesis presentation. On Monday you should be practicing your presentation, finalizing your ideas and practicing your oral delivery. 

This is an organized, intelligent, illuminating examination of human nature that is revealed in these two texts: The Allegory of the Cave and "By the Waters of Babylon." 

**In this synthesis you are to bring in a variety of examples from the real world, from literature, from contemporary events, etc. 

These two texts teach us important things about human nature, and how we should live. Be prepared to discuss them and show them.  

You should use also use some of the Elements of Literature to help you organize your presentation, such as - Theme, plot, character, imagery, fore-shadowing, irony, point of view, and tone.

Every one in your group must contribute and present.  

**You will hand in your organized notes etc. from the Presentation.

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, to Monday -  Oct. Monday the 24th

**Hand in Essay Revisions on Monday, 24th at the beginning of class.

1. Your Essay Revisions follow the Sentence-by-Sentence Revision Structure handout I gave you. 

2. Also, improve by rewriting, one of your Body Paragraphs -  the one that needs the most revising. These two revisions are due Monday the 24th.

3. Oral presentation of the Synthesis of "The Lottery" and "Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police": Read both of these stories carefully and more than once, and do the questions I have assigned, below.

**Read "Who Saw Murder Didn't Call the Police" by Martin Gansberg. Read it a couple of times.  Then work on the questions 3a, 2a, 4a + b, 5, 7a, 8a +b

 Make sure you have done the Lottery Questions I assigned, earlier.

** Prepare a presentation of synthesis for these two stories. Part of Monday is to practice your presentation; then we can begin one or two of them later in the block. We will complete the presentations on Tuesday, Oct. 25.

You must know the short story and the article well; and you must be able to show what they tell us about human nature.  Don't hesitate to bring in the contemporary world to help you make your important points.

You will hand in your organized notes to me after your presentation.

 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 18:

Your completed Essay, "Plato and Me" is due on Tuesday at the beginning of the class, in my IN Basket.

The Essay is word-processed. 

Please Underline the Thesis, each Topic Sentence of your Body Paragraphs, each Concluding Paragraph of your Body Paragraphs, and your Thesis Reworded in your Concluding Paragraph. 

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday: 

**On Thursday you may work on you essays after school until 4:30pm. 

**I will be in class at 7:30am on Friday.

**The fully completed essay is due at 3PM on Friday. Please hand in the novel before you leave.

1. The Jade Peony Essay: You need to be working on the content of your essay - your ideas, integration of quotes, etc. for your In-Class Essay. 

You should have a copy of your Outline at home, and you must have your novel, so you can be thinking about, and developing the content of your paragraphs. Take the time to develop and improve while you have the time. 

Many of you need to rewrite your Thesis Statements, as they do not answer the question.

English 11 Homework for Wednesday, Thursday and Friday:

1. The Jade Peony Essay: You need to be working on the content of your essay - your ideas, integration of quotes, etc. for your In-Class Essay. 

You should have a copy of your Outline at home, and your novel, so you can be thinking about, and developing the content of your paragraphs. Take the time to develop and improve while you have the time. 

Many of you need to rewrite your Thesis Statements, as they do not answer the question.

English 10 Homework for Wednesday, Oct. 12:

1. "Plato and Me"Essay: a) You are completing the Introductory Paragraph. Your Thesis Statement, the last sentence of your Introduction, must declare who you are in the Allegory - and why. It is the Main Idea of the essay. It must be thoughtful, truthful, and well-written.

2. Also, in bullet form, please create the Topic Sentence for each of your three Body Paragraphs. This will require you to know how you are going to develop the rest of the essay.

If you have the time, you can start creating bullets for the ideas of your Body Paragraphs. 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 11:

1. Plato and Me: You are working to complete your Introductory Paragraph this weekend. This means that you must have your Introduction, including the Thesis, completed. I will be looking at these on Tuesday.

You should also have the Three Body Paragraphs developed in point form, at least.

You may also, if you want, start developing your ideas for the Conclusion.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday,  Oct. 11:

1. Jade Peony Essay: You are to build your Essay Outline by Tuesday and bring it to class. You must decide the two characters you will be analyzing: comparing, contrasting and connecting.

You must understand the Question before you start writing - because the Answer to the question is your Thesis Statement. You need to take time to make your decisions about the essay before you start arranging it on your Acceptable outline. 

The format for an analytical essay is to create a Introductory Paragraph that introduces the novel and author and then develops the topic that leads to the Thesis Statement - which is the answer to the the question and the main idea of the entire essay that you will develop. This, alone, will require rereading, analyzing, and making important decisions, before you start the rest of the essay. Make it clearly asserted, and make sure it makes an argument. The Thesis is the argument you will develop in your essay.

The three Body Paragraphs are where the analysis is developed, where the discussion and examples are. You are to integrate some quotes in each of your Body Paragraphs that help you in your analysis. These body paragraphs are well-developed.  Remember, you are to write so that a stranger can understand it.  The story line, characters etc must be applied to anyone can understand the essay.

The Concluding Paragraph (4-6) sentences, restates the Thesis, with clarity, and the last few sentences connect the discussion to the real world  - and what we learn from it all.  It should be an important understanding of what the story shows that applies to us all  (Theme).

**You are to come on Tuesday with a full Acceptable Outline of your essay following the Outline handout I give you. You will be writing the essay from that outline in class over two or three days.

English 10 Homework for Friday, Oct. 7:

1. You are working on your assignment, Plato and Me: Who Am I in the Allegory. You need to bring the work that you have begun, and continue working on it in class.  

It is best that you do not start writing the essay right away, except for the Introduction. You can introduce the Allegory and declare who you are in it and why, if you are ready to do it.

What you need to be doing is reflecting on who you really are in the Allegory, why you are, and have a number of examples that you can develop in your essay.

Think about it all carefully, write down your ideas carefully and truthfully, to really understand who you are in the Allegory - then start writing in the proper structure of an essay.  

I will be advising you as you are developing the essay.

English 10 Homework for Thursday, Oct. 6:

1. "By the Waters of Babylon": Finish all the questions for this short story. Develop your answers so they make sense to our neighbour, Paul.  Due tomorrow.

2. Research where and when the phrase "by the waters of Babylon" came from. 

3. What is a theme? What is the theme of "By the Waters of Babylon?" Go online and bring your answers tomorrow.

English 11 Homework for Wednesday the 5th to Tuesday the 11th:

1. The Jade Peony: Read, carefully, the last section of the novel over the next few days, as you will be preparing for an In-Class Essay next Tuesday. 

You should be taking notes/and jotting down page numbers as you read, for the important aspects of the story that you will need to come back to. You should also be writing down direct references from the text that you may want to integrate into your essay.  I expect you to use integrated references - important ones.  

I will be giving you a number of handouts for Essay structure, Outline, etc. for the weekend. 

English 10 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 4:

A. Integrate each of the following quotes for Paul: this requires you to create a sentence and integrate the quote into it so that it is a proper sentence. 

ie. After Paul jumps in front of the train, he realizes "with merciless clearness" everything he has lost.

1."to live his dream"  

2. "Dissatisfied and unhappy" 

3. "Horrible yellow wallpaper"  

4. "Colourless mass of everyday existence"

Also for tomorrow:

B. Do the first 10 questions for "By the Waters of Babylon." Bring these to tomorrows class.

C. Try to get some work done for your "Plato and Me."Bring what you have with you tomorrow.

English 11 Homework for Tuesday, Oct. 4:

1. The Jade Peony: You are to finalize your roles for tomorrow's Literature Circle Groups.  You must have 2 copies: one for you and one for me.