English 10 Homework for Friday to Tuesday, February 7:

Have your Binder Dividers by Thursday so we can set up our Portfolios.

On Monday continue the work on "The Loons" to as far as you can, preferably by Tuesday.

On Tuesday we will continue on the essay. 

1. "The Loons": Read the short story, "The Loons" by Margaret Laurence. Read it carefully and more than once, so that you understand it and can work with it.

2. After reading, go back and do a Vocabulary list of all the words you do not know and organize your Vocabulary list in the following  way for each word:

Word: Metis: a person of both French-Canadian and Native heritage.  

Allusions: these are references to historical figures,  famous events, literary works, or  literary persons. "The Loons" has several historical figures. Find them and write down who they are.

**Please have the following questions completed by Monday.  Develop your answers so that a stranger would understand them.

Questions:

1. Describe the "settlement" where the Tonnerre family lived.

2. Explain the racial and ethnic origins of the Tonnerres and their place in the society of Manawaka.

3. Explain why Dr. and Mrs. MacLeod decide to take Piquette to Diamond Lake.

4. Why does Piquette react in a hostile way when Vanessa suggest that she must know "a lot about the woods"?

On Tuesday we will finish the Personal Essay.

5. Describe Piquette's appearance when Vanessa meets her in the cafe.

6. How has Piquette spent her time during the four years since they visited the lake?

7. Throughout the story, Vanessa never seems to know what to say to Piquette. What is the reason for this problem?

8. Describe how Piquette dies.

9. In what way is Piquette like the loons?