Your Midterm Exam will be an in class essay. You will choose one of four essay prompts on which to base your essay. The exam is open book and open note, so be sure to prepare accordingly. The four prompts will be based upon one of the following works of literature that you should have already read:
--"The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin
--The Poems of Laurence Dunbar
--"Winter Dreams" by F. Scott Fitzgerald
--"A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty
--The Poems of Carl Sandburg
--"The Jilting of Granny Weatherall" by Katherine Anne Porter
--The Works of William Faulkner
--The Poems of Robert Frost
Monday, March 29, 2010
Homework for the Week of March 29th-April 2nd
Due Monday
--Follow Reading Schedule
Due Wednesday
--Midterm Exam
--Follow Reading Schedule
Due Friday
--Follow Reading Schedule
--Follow Reading Schedule
Due Wednesday
--Midterm Exam
--Follow Reading Schedule
Due Friday
--Follow Reading Schedule
Homework for the Week of March 22nd-26th
--Follow Reading Schedule from the Syllabus
--Work on Student Presenatations
--Study for Midterm Exam
--Work on Student Presenatations
--Study for Midterm Exam
Wednesday, March 10, 2010
Homework for the Week of March 8th012th
DUE MONDAY
--See Reading Schedule Handout
DUE WEDENSDAY
--Precis #1
--Book Report #1
--Review and Assess Questions: "The Turtle" from The Grapes of Wrath
--See Reading Schedule Handout
DUE FRIDAY
--See Reading Schedule Handout
--See Reading Schedule Handout
DUE WEDENSDAY
--Precis #1
--Book Report #1
--Review and Assess Questions: "The Turtle" from The Grapes of Wrath
--See Reading Schedule Handout
DUE FRIDAY
--See Reading Schedule Handout
Thursday, March 4, 2010
Book Report Questions
1. Your Name, class period, and date.
2. Title of the book and number of pages.
3. Author
4. Identify the theme of the book and explain how the author supports this particular message.
5. Identify the main characters, give a brief description of each and identify whether they are the protagonist, antagonist, foil, static, or dynamic character. Explain how they receive this title.
6. Describe the setting of the story.
7. Identify five examples of figurative language from a fiction story (e.g. metaphor, symbol, ironic statement, foreshadowing, etc.) or five examples of objective writing (facts) and subjective writing (opinions) from a nonfiction text.
8. Give a brief summary of the beginning of the story.
9. Give a brief summary of the middle of the story.
10. Give a brief summary of the ending of the story.
11. My favorite part of the story was. . .
12. My favorite character was _____ because. . .
13. Write four memorable quotes from the story (be sure to include page numbers).
14. I do/do not recommend this story because. . .
15. Draw a picture to illustrate a favorite part. Write one sentence to explain the picture.
2. Title of the book and number of pages.
3. Author
4. Identify the theme of the book and explain how the author supports this particular message.
5. Identify the main characters, give a brief description of each and identify whether they are the protagonist, antagonist, foil, static, or dynamic character. Explain how they receive this title.
6. Describe the setting of the story.
7. Identify five examples of figurative language from a fiction story (e.g. metaphor, symbol, ironic statement, foreshadowing, etc.) or five examples of objective writing (facts) and subjective writing (opinions) from a nonfiction text.
8. Give a brief summary of the beginning of the story.
9. Give a brief summary of the middle of the story.
10. Give a brief summary of the ending of the story.
11. My favorite part of the story was. . .
12. My favorite character was _____ because. . .
13. Write four memorable quotes from the story (be sure to include page numbers).
14. I do/do not recommend this story because. . .
15. Draw a picture to illustrate a favorite part. Write one sentence to explain the picture.
Wednesday, March 3, 2010
Precis
Directions: You will write three (3) short (one page) critiques of the articles or chapters you read for your research, one of which must relate to your report topic and two of which must relate to your research paper topic (you will submit the one for your report topic on the day of the report). Each of these must contain a full MLA style reference and an analysis of the strengths and weaknesses of the piece you read. You may include enough summary for readers to understand the main thrust of the article, but keep summary to a minimum and focus on your analysis. No more than a third of the page should be summary.
A precis should include the following:
• Name of author, genre, and title of work, date in parentheses; a rhetorically accurate verb (such as “claims,” “argues,” “asserts,” “suggests”) and a THAT clause containing the major assertion or thesis statement in the work.
• An explanation of how the author develops and supports the thesis, usually in chronological order.
• A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an “in order to” phrase.
• A description of the intended audience and/or the relationship the author establishes with the audience.
* Note: Typically, a precis is made up of three paragraphs and should fill an entire page , single spaced (including source citation at the bottom). The first paragraph should include the information from the previous slide and may include some summary information. The next may include the strengths of the article. The last may include the weaknesses of the article.
A precis should include the following:
• Name of author, genre, and title of work, date in parentheses; a rhetorically accurate verb (such as “claims,” “argues,” “asserts,” “suggests”) and a THAT clause containing the major assertion or thesis statement in the work.
• An explanation of how the author develops and supports the thesis, usually in chronological order.
• A statement of the author’s apparent purpose, followed by an “in order to” phrase.
• A description of the intended audience and/or the relationship the author establishes with the audience.
* Note: Typically, a precis is made up of three paragraphs and should fill an entire page , single spaced (including source citation at the bottom). The first paragraph should include the information from the previous slide and may include some summary information. The next may include the strengths of the article. The last may include the weaknesses of the article.
Homework for the Week of March 1st-March 5th
DUE TUESDAY
• Read The Poems of Laurence Dunbar
• OMAM Foreshadowing Handout
DUE WEDNESDAY
• Read The Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson and Edgar Lee Masters
• Of Mice and Men Exam
DUE THURSDAY
• Read “A Wagner Matinee”
DUE FRIDAY
• Read “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
• Read the Poems of Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams
• Read “Winter Dreams”
* Sign Up for Literary Periods Poster Project and Student Presentations by next week. If you do not sign up by next week, then I will sign up for you.
• Read The Poems of Laurence Dunbar
• OMAM Foreshadowing Handout
DUE WEDNESDAY
• Read The Poems of Edwin Arlington Robinson and Edgar Lee Masters
• Of Mice and Men Exam
DUE THURSDAY
• Read “A Wagner Matinee”
DUE FRIDAY
• Read “The Love Song of J. Alfred Prufrock”
• Read the Poems of Ezra Pound and William Carlos Williams
• Read “Winter Dreams”
* Sign Up for Literary Periods Poster Project and Student Presentations by next week. If you do not sign up by next week, then I will sign up for you.
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