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English 2 Reg. (Period 4) Assignments

Instructor
Mrs. Grace Lim-Hays
Term
Fall 2018
Department
English
Description

            Throughout the year, the students will develop professional and college preparatory skills that emphasize critical thinking, collaboration, creativity and communication.  Students will practice Common Core Standards for listening, speaking, reading and writing as they solve problems that people in any community would face. 

Students will analyze what they have read (fiction and nonfiction), and conduct research to support their views of an issue. The writing process will utilize technology to evaluate, revise, collaborate and publish.  Students will develop editing skills as they move from rough drafts to final drafts.  Speaking skills will emphasize formal well-supported presentations as well as informal discussions as part of a community of learners. Students will learn to analyze and apply vocabulary in context and will receive instruction on essential grammatical concepts to improve fluency and clarity.

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Julius Caesar Act IV-V.

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Plan and Proposal for Project due.  Please download file and share with your team and me.  Assign writing tasks to team.  Print your team's proposal.

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Final Essay Brutus vs. Antony Speech due.  Submit to turnitin.com, print doc and receipt.   Attach your checklist, draft and chart to your packet.

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Draft Essay Comparison of Brutus and Antony's Speech. Follow the attached outline.  

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Test Julius Caesar (includes vocabulary, Act I-II, logical fallacies, terms for Shakespeare).

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Read Act II sc.i:  How is Brutus' perception different from reality?  Find logical fallacies.  
 
Use NO FEAR to clarify your understanding of the play.
 

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Typed Draft Lit Device.  Please print and bring to class.  

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Prep for Seminar 7-12 LFlies due (3 Open, 1 Core.)  Submit to turnitin, print doc and receipt.  Attach drafts to packet.  

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Do an open question for Ch. 9-10
 

Ch. 9-10:  Choose 1

  1. What does Simon’s death signify? How is it ironic?  What does the way he dies imply about the beast and the boys?
  2. Compare and contrast the way Ralph and Piggy deal with Simon’s death to Jack and his tribe? What does this prove about them?
  3. Discuss the imagery surrounding Simon’s death (before, during and after). What effect do they have on the mood and meaning of Simon’s death?

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Do an Open Question Ch. 7-8  Please type and bring to class.
 

Ch. 7-8: Choose 1

  1. What is the significance of the Lord of the Flies?  Why is it the dead pig’s head with flies on it?  What does it foreshadow?  Consider its origins, what it tells Simon, and its connotations. 
  2. How is Simon a Christ-like figure? Consider his relationship with the Lord of the Flies and his purpose.
  3. How does the way the boys hunt and play relate to the beast? How are their actions connected to the scene with the littluns in Ch. 4? What do their actions foreshadow?
  4. Why don’t the boys vote for Jack, but still follow him? What does this suggest about them?    About Jack’s type of leadership?  

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Prep for Seminar Ch. 1-6 L of Flies due.  Upload to turnitin.com and print document with receipt.
 
Be ready to participate in the intellectual conversation.

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Ch. 3-4:  Choose one question below to develop a well-supported paragraph.  Please type and bring to class.

  1. How are Jack and Simon foils to each other?  Compare how they perceive the island and how they react to its mysteries.
  2. What does the face painting symbolize? What effect does it have, especially on Jack? 
  3. Compare Jack and Ralph’s leadership style. How are they foils in the way they gain and use power?How do they view their priorities and purpose on the island differently?
  4. What does the scene in which Roger throws rocks at a littlun, Henry, signify?  What does if foreshadow? How does it relate to the end of Ch.4?
  5. How has Ralph changed as a result of his leadership and experiences? What does he value and understand more deeply than before?  How has his perception of the island changed?

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Write a response to one of the Open/Analysis Questions for Ch.1-2 .  Print and bring to class.

A well-supported response will have a clear TS referencing the question and 2 or more chunks.  At least one evidence should be an integrated quote (cite page number). 

Ch. 1-2 

  1. What does the imagery of the island foreshadow? Discuss and explain the connotation of at least sensory details?
  2. Evaluate the government system set-up by the boys. Did the boys make the best decision when choosing a leader?  How effective is the way they meet and discuss ideas?  What would you have them do differently? Explain. 
  3. How is the fire that engulfs the forest at the end of Ch.2 ironic? What could it foreshadow? How does it relate to the meeting’s discussion of the beast?  Who could be most to blame for this disaster?
  4. What does the conch shell symbolize? What aspect of a society does it represent?  Make possible? 
  5. How is Piggy characterized? What does he value and promote? Why do some of the kids like to bully him? 

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Vocab Log Animal Farm due.

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Completed Prep for Seminar AFarm due.  Submit to turnitin.com, print document with receipt. 
(Choose from attached list of questions.  Avoid doing a redundant topic to get a broader perspective of the novel.)
 
 

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Write a response to one of the Open/Critical Thinking Questions below.  Print a bring to class next time. 
 
Ch. 1-3
1. What is the significance of the Seven Commandments? What does it symbolize? What could be its flaws?
2. What does Mr. Jones symbolize? Why?
3. What do the animals symbolize in society? Why?
4. How does Orwell foreshadow that Animal Farm will fail to achieve its dream of equality?
5. What does Old Major signify/symbolize? Who does he represent in the Russian Revolution? What role does he play in any society?
6. What is the significance of the song Beast of England? What does it symbolize?
7. What does man symbolize? Why?
8. What is the allegorical significance of Moses the Raven? Why?
9. How could the unequal levels of literacy pose a threat to Animal Farm’s society? Why? (Theme)
10. What do the pigs to symbolize? Type of leaders? What is he suggesting? Consider the connotation evoked by using pigs.

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Read Ch. 1-2 AFarm
Complete the Vocabulary Log.  Circle your conjunctions.

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Final Essay "Success:  typed, submit to turnitin.com, print document and receipt from turnitin.com

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Final Essay "Success" due.  Submit to turnitin.com, print document and receipt.  Attach your "process" (drafts, outline) to your packet. 

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Full typed draft of Essay "Success" due.  Print and bring to class.

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Outline Essay "Success".  Download attached and save in Drive.

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Read "Occupation Conductorette" (79). 

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Vocab Log for Magdalena and Conductorette due. 

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Review Types of Sentences.
Vocab Log:  Magdalena Looking (underline conjunctions for your sentences).
Read Magdalena Looking (10):  Summarize and Respond
  1. What happened in the story? (5 sentences)
  2. How did it make you feel? What did it make you realize?  (5 sentences)
  3. What aspect of the story can you relate to?  Why?
 

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Bring covered textbook.
Read and sign course description.
Vocab Log:  "Truth vs. Reality" (p.3)