English 10: American Literature
Right Now
The Rubic and scoring decision guide
Huck Finn Resources
The Novel, in PDF
Huck Finn Homepage
Huck Finn Sparknotes
Concise overview of Huck Finn, one of the most important books of the millenium
We get Huck Wrong, Essay from Salon
10 minute Animated Huck from Sparknotes
The Novel, in PDF
Huck Finn Homepage
Huck Finn Sparknotes
Concise overview of Huck Finn, one of the most important books of the millenium
We get Huck Wrong, Essay from Salon
10 minute Animated Huck from Sparknotes
Participate in G's Prezi, Life is a Journey, and answer the following questions, in complete sentences:
1. What is the thesis of G's Life is a Journey?
2. How are journey stories "embedded into our DNA"?
3. Define archetype
4. Name ten"journey stories."
5. What are the five characteristics of "Quest narratives," and using Huckleberry Finn, write what these characteristics are.
6. Write this sentence, and fill in the blank: "Literature is the study of _____."
1. What is the thesis of G's Life is a Journey?
2. How are journey stories "embedded into our DNA"?
3. Define archetype
4. Name ten"journey stories."
5. What are the five characteristics of "Quest narratives," and using Huckleberry Finn, write what these characteristics are.
6. Write this sentence, and fill in the blank: "Literature is the study of _____."
WATCH the Above and answer these questions, Due Monday on G Classroom
POETRY
Quiz EC: for MC, find a poem and write 4 multiple choice terminology questions, including one on tone.
Mr. G's Lecture Corner
Composition Closet
12 components of the Hero's journey
1st Quarter:
To Kill a Mockingbird
SECOND QUARTER: POETRY AND DRAMA
The 20 Poetry Projects Poem Writing Assignment. This is the final part of The Poem of the Day Project
3rd Quarter: the Shift in the 20th century
THE GREAT GATSBY
GUINAN'S GATSBY READING GUIDE
GUINAN'S GATSBY READING GUIDE
Of mice and Men
Read The Cask of Amantillato(10-21), and answer these questions!
Read The Tell Tale Heart (pp 3-9)and answer these questions!
Read The Tell Tale Heart (pp 3-9)and answer these questions!
Walt Whitman's Song of Myself
4th Quarter:
Catcher in the rye
JWatch John Green, JD, and the Red Cap. Then do #5 below, basically summarizing, using direct quotes, the symbolism of the red hunting hat.
Writing about symbolism!
1. Pick a number between 1-20.
2. Click on the above CITR PDF.
3. Control-F(find) "hunting hat"
4. Go to the "hunting hat" number you chose(it's between 1-20. If your number doesn't work, pick another.
5. Write an 8 Sentence paragraph that analyzes the Salinger's use of the red hunting hat as a symbol. If you want, you can use the below training wheels
Part I: Sentence 1, 2, and 3. "Salinger uses the red hunting hat as a symbol of Holden's crisis of identity as he journeys though-out New York. At key moments in the novel, the hat symbolizes Holden's confident self in a world that he struggles to enter.
Part II: Sentence 4, 5, and 6: INCORPORATE YOUR EXAMPLE HERE. AGAIN, IF YOUR RANDOM EXAMPLE DOESN'T WORK, FIND ANOTHER.
Part III: Sentence 7 and 8: Write two sentences of COMMENTARY that connects I and II
1. Pick a number between 1-20.
2. Click on the above CITR PDF.
3. Control-F(find) "hunting hat"
4. Go to the "hunting hat" number you chose(it's between 1-20. If your number doesn't work, pick another.
5. Write an 8 Sentence paragraph that analyzes the Salinger's use of the red hunting hat as a symbol. If you want, you can use the below training wheels
Part I: Sentence 1, 2, and 3. "Salinger uses the red hunting hat as a symbol of Holden's crisis of identity as he journeys though-out New York. At key moments in the novel, the hat symbolizes Holden's confident self in a world that he struggles to enter.
Part II: Sentence 4, 5, and 6: INCORPORATE YOUR EXAMPLE HERE. AGAIN, IF YOUR RANDOM EXAMPLE DOESN'T WORK, FIND ANOTHER.
Part III: Sentence 7 and 8: Write two sentences of COMMENTARY that connects I and II
READING AND RESEARCH
Read the THIS essay by Lisa Privitera and answer the below questions. (35 minutes)
1. Paraphrase the opening paragraph in your own words. Then write the THESIS of the essay.
2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph? Provide two pieces of specific evidence for that claim.
3. In at least 60 words, write the fourth paragraph in your own words.
4. Read the quote attributed to Pinkster on p. 205. "Catcher in the Rye 'is a generation's ettiqutte..."Use that quote as the topic sentence, then complete the paragraph. i.e. provide support for Pinkster's claim.
5. On p.205, how does Privitera extend Jack Salzman's observations about Holden? That is, explain Pritivera's analysis/put in your own words her observations about Holden searching for answers and not finding them.
1. Paraphrase the opening paragraph in your own words. Then write the THESIS of the essay.
2. What is the main idea of the third paragraph? Provide two pieces of specific evidence for that claim.
3. In at least 60 words, write the fourth paragraph in your own words.
4. Read the quote attributed to Pinkster on p. 205. "Catcher in the Rye 'is a generation's ettiqutte..."Use that quote as the topic sentence, then complete the paragraph. i.e. provide support for Pinkster's claim.
5. On p.205, how does Privitera extend Jack Salzman's observations about Holden? That is, explain Pritivera's analysis/put in your own words her observations about Holden searching for answers and not finding them.
Make It New: G's Lecture on Moderism
Edgar Allen Poe
Non Fiction Close Reading
Read the excerpts from Nature and Self Reliance, p. 274-7 and answer these questions.
The Solution: A double or nothing assignment. Read the passage from Thoreau's Walden (pp. 288-294) and answer these close reading questions. For those who want, I'll count it in place of the Emerson Score
The Whitman Assignment
Read a section from Song of Myself and complete and present the following. 1 Copy/Paste the section on to 1 column of a table on Google docs. Shrink to fit on a page if necessary. in the Right hand column, complete/annotate the following.
T: Title Song of Myself section___
P: Paraphrase or summarize the section in your own words. Maximum 100 words
C: Connotation: Find 5 CONNOTATIVE meanings of things, i.e. devices, and explain what they mean.
A: Analyze: Read the forward and afterward, and present to the class the main idea or themes of the section.
S: Style. You don't have to do anything for this.
T: Title again. Only now elaborate on the concept of Song of Myself vis-a-vis the section you presented. Write a summing up of the section. For example: "In this section, Whitman is ..... and he ....."
T: Title Song of Myself section___
P: Paraphrase or summarize the section in your own words. Maximum 100 words
C: Connotation: Find 5 CONNOTATIVE meanings of things, i.e. devices, and explain what they mean.
A: Analyze: Read the forward and afterward, and present to the class the main idea or themes of the section.
S: Style. You don't have to do anything for this.
T: Title again. Only now elaborate on the concept of Song of Myself vis-a-vis the section you presented. Write a summing up of the section. For example: "In this section, Whitman is ..... and he ....."
Hiroshima Reading
Death of A Salesman:
Read this intro paragraph and answer these six questions.
Go to INFOHIO GATEWAY
Go to Academic Search Premier: search "Terry Thompson Death of a Salesman"
Read Thompson's three page analysis and answer the following:
1. Define "PALISADED"
2. According to the author, what does the wire recorder symbolize?
3. 3rd Paragraph, p.245. What does Ben represent?
4. In no more than 4 sentences, Summarize the claim Thompson argues on the second paragraph on p.246.
5. In the paragraph on p. 247, Thompson uses four words to decribe the Loman dreams. Are these words appropriate descriptors of the dreams we imagined for ourselves before we read the play? Why or why not?
6. In a sentence, describe this writer's method of composition.
Read this intro paragraph and answer these six questions.
Go to INFOHIO GATEWAY
Go to Academic Search Premier: search "Terry Thompson Death of a Salesman"
Read Thompson's three page analysis and answer the following:
1. Define "PALISADED"
2. According to the author, what does the wire recorder symbolize?
3. 3rd Paragraph, p.245. What does Ben represent?
4. In no more than 4 sentences, Summarize the claim Thompson argues on the second paragraph on p.246.
5. In the paragraph on p. 247, Thompson uses four words to decribe the Loman dreams. Are these words appropriate descriptors of the dreams we imagined for ourselves before we read the play? Why or why not?
6. In a sentence, describe this writer's method of composition.
What kind of lunatic would write this:
And this fall — this rushing annihilation — for the very reason that it involves that one most ghastly and loathsome of all the most ghastly and loathsome images of death and suffering which have ever presented themselves to our imagination — for this very cause do we now the most impetuously desire it.
Poe, The Imp of the Perverse
And this fall — this rushing annihilation — for the very reason that it involves that one most ghastly and loathsome of all the most ghastly and loathsome images of death and suffering which have ever presented themselves to our imagination — for this very cause do we now the most impetuously desire it.
Poe, The Imp of the Perverse
Read The Black Cat (19-32)and answer the questions!
Course Paperwork
Reading rhetoric
Journalism
JOURNALISM! Check out the right hand column for journalism assignments
Get to Know the ACT/SAT
How to write the ACT Essay
The New ACT ESSAY
Strategies for the New ACT ESSAY
How to get a 36 on the ACT Writing
Planning and writing the New ACT Step by Step
Sample mock outline of 5 paragraph ACT essay
The Journalism ACT Prompt
SAT practice--take a 5 minute sentence completion drill!
15 minutes a day SAT prep from Kahn Academy
The New ACT ESSAY
Strategies for the New ACT ESSAY
How to get a 36 on the ACT Writing
Planning and writing the New ACT Step by Step
Sample mock outline of 5 paragraph ACT essay
The Journalism ACT Prompt
SAT practice--take a 5 minute sentence completion drill!
15 minutes a day SAT prep from Kahn Academy
SAT WRITING: RHETORICAL ANALYIS
BELOW: Informative intro to the SAT style rhetorical analysis essay, even though the guy is a little creepy. 4:29 starts key tips.
BELOW: Mrs. Brooke takes you through the Docterman essay.
quick rhetorical strategy
Start on G's Home Page. Find an interesting article. Provide the following:
1. The Title and subtitle
2. The byline
3. A 1-2 sentence overview of the article
4. Provide one rhetorical device the author uses. I.e. transcribe the sentence in which it appears.
5. Copy and paste the picture or graphic that accompanies the article.
1. The Title and subtitle
2. The byline
3. A 1-2 sentence overview of the article
4. Provide one rhetorical device the author uses. I.e. transcribe the sentence in which it appears.
5. Copy and paste the picture or graphic that accompanies the article.
Terminology Corner
In the Classroom
Try these Book Break writing ideas.
Try one of these Literature Group Duties
Recommended Classics from Good Reads
SHORT STORY TERMINOLOGY
Try one of these Literature Group Duties
Recommended Classics from Good Reads
SHORT STORY TERMINOLOGY
