Comm 12

1. In your book review (due next Friday!), include a detailed character sketch of either the protagonist or antagonist. Include details like:
- background - character foil - motivations - themes illuminated by character - personality traits
2. Review of ads/commercials containing bias...
- cultural - racial - gender - class - age -
3. Discussion: are all biases bad? Is there such a thing as a good bias?
*Homework: Bring an article or commercial/ad that displays bias*

English 11 Block 2

1. Hand in ARRTI/A Separate Peace comparison
2. Watch documentary on Salem Witch Trials (take notes)
We watched up to 57:00. If you weren't in class today, follow the following link
*Homework: Research 10 facts (two facts per category):
A. Senator Joseph McCarthy
B. The "red-scare" of the 1950s
C. Arther Miller, Communist?
D. Puritans in Europe
E. Puritans in North America
Key words from documentary: spectral, maleficarum, misogyny

English 11 Blocks 3 and 4

1. Quiz on "Half-Hanged Mary"
A. Form of poem? (/2)
B. Point of view? (/1)
C. Find an example of the following terms (/5):
- synecdoche
- apostrophe
- simile
- verbal irony
- situational or dramatic irony
D. Describe the significance of the following sections: (/6)
- midnight
- later
E. Paragraph (/6):
- What is Mary Webster's message? [cite examples from the text]
(You may want to include ideas regarding:
- FEAR - REPUTATION - SOCIETY - EPIPHANY - SELF-DISCOVERY - SURVIVAL -
And/Or the following quote as inspiration:
"Only when we are no longer afraid do we truly begin to live." - Dorothy Thompson
*Homework for block 3: 10 Facts about:
- anarchy
- conformity
- military draft
- atonement
- prep school (1930s-1950s)
*Homework for block 4: 10 Facts about:
- utopia
- dystopia
- William Golding
- Viktor Frankl
- Sigmund Freud