-I will be here, after school today, until 345, should you need help/feedback-
-Report Cards go home TOMORROW-
English 12
Short Stories
1. Feedback ("Disillusionment" questions and WAQ), updated marks.
*Tomorrow is the last day to hand in these assignments (LATE).*
2. Create theme and thesis statements for "A Perfect Day for Bananafish" and find/cite 5 quotations that support your thesis.
Examples for theme and thesis:
Even the redemptive innocence of youth cannot erase the cycism of adult experience. In "A Perfect Day for Bananafish," Salinger explores the outsider status of a man scarred by the war, unable to assimilate back into society.
3. Read "The Rockinghorse Winner" by D.H. Lawrence. Try to identify theme and literary devices throughout the story. Read/analyze tomorrow in-class.
4. You will be writing a compare/contrast paragraph, comparing two stories of your choice ("Disillusionment", "A Perfect Day for Bananafish", or "The Rockinghorse Winner") in terms of similar theme(s), plot/characterization, literary devices. --> Tentative due date: Friday @ 950am.
Socials 10
Review
1. Review quiz (you have all class to complete).
2. Brainstorm and jot down notes to the following questions:
- Think of cartoons (i.e. "Disney" movies):
VISUALS:
- How are men portrayed? How are women portrayed?
- Is there a difference, visually, between "bad" and "good" people?
- Are films based on history completely factual? Why or why not? Explain, using specific examples, if you can.
3. Tomorrow: The real Pocahontas... (assignment due Friday, February 12th).
English 11
Short Stories
1. Feedback on "Harrison Bergeron" WAQs.
2. TODAY- DRAFT of WAQ (theme, thesis, quotations/page #s point-form explanations).
TOMORROW- In-Class Assignment: "The Lamp at Noon" WAQ (Due at the end of tomorrow's class).
Topic: Citing examples of characterization, setting, and atmosphere, identify theme in "The Lamp at Noon."
*Format reminders:
- Begin with a theme statement and thesis statement - transition sentence to introduce context for examples - 4-7 quotations (introduced, integrated, cited, and explained) - transition/summarize - concluding sentence(s) --> conclusion can/should be your theme and/or thesis restated in different words. - double-space - analyze in present tense - write objectively - 7-12 complete sentences
