English 12 Homework for Tuesday/Wednesday, Thursday, October 12th: and beyond........

You will be creating your Outline for your Synthesis that you will begin Tuesday and finish on Thursday at the end of class.

1. Read carefully and more than once, "The Lesson" by Toni Cade Bambara and "Repent, Harlequin" Said the Ticktockman.":  Look up words, places, etc. that you don't know.

2. Do the Questions 1-5 on the back page.

3. Start working on the Elements of Literature in this story: Character, Antagonist, Atmosphere, Conflict (internal and external), Contrast, Description, the Foil, Foreshadowing, Irony, Mood, and any others that you can add. You are not using all of these elements, but you need to know what ones you will be developing by Monday.

You are developing your understanding of the elements in this story, in all aspects, then deciding on the essential elements for your essay.

4. These become your Bullets of Synthesis, the most important ideas in each story: both differences and similarities.  

I will give you time to do this. You will have from the 13th to the 19th. The essay will be taken in on Thursday at the end of the block. 

You may work together until Monday, then be working on your own on this Synthesis Essay.

You have an Outline format: you will be integrating some quotes into your paragraphs, ones that are worthy of helping develop important ideas and understanding. You will use transitions between paragraphs and build a Concluding Paragraph. 

Your Concluding Paragraph will be approximately 5 sentences in total, and will make an inspired conclusion about these stories that are true about life.