Homework for 2/4 and 2/5

Students - Here are your assignments or reminders for tonight.  Be aware that I will not be in on Thursday due to the fact that I'll be at the North Carolina State Swimming Championship.  You'll have a substitute who will take you through your assignments for the day.

AP English IV

Tonight for homework you've got a good amount of reading to do, let me outline that for you here.  First, you need to finish reading Graham Greene's "The Destructors" - you have chapters two, three, and four left.  When you finish the story, consider questions three, four, five, six and eight.  I'm hoping that these will be discussion questions for us to work through in class on Wednesday.  Furthermore, I would like for you to also read Hopkins' "Spring" and Heaney's "Digging" available in the Perrine book.

Finally, as a spot check, I will be looking at vocabulary logs on Wednesday.  Please make sure that you have a few words from each of the texts that has been assigned so far and that you have defined or marked synonyms for all of those words.  Be sure that your finished log is with you on Wednesday to be checked.

AP English III

Tonight I would like for you to read George Orwell's "Shooting an Elephant" which is available in 50 Essays or at the following link. When you read this piece I want you to think about the ideas of conformity, free will, and power which Orwell works through pretty thoroughly in this text.  We'll do some analysis, multiple choice work, and some connection building between this text and The Crucible.  Any connections you can make in advance would be welcome. 

Furthermore, you should review Act III so that you are clear with that content.  We will study this act next class by looking at the film - lots to do there.  Lastly, please make sure that you are working on your papers/outlines.  This week should be the week for outlines, by the end of next week, you will want to be to drafting.  Please let me know if you need help or if you would like to conference.

English IV

Next class you have a test on Act I of Shakespeare's Twelfth Night.  Here is a rundown of what you will need to do in each section of the test:

• Section One:  Character identifications - know characteristics, behaviors, and names of characters, know their conflicts, understand their importance.
• Section Two:  Translation - be able to put Shakespeare's language into your own words so that you can show me you know what he's saying.
• Section Three:  Reading Comprehension - you'll get a bit of text from Act I, Scene 5 and I will ask you several reading comprehension questions based on that text.
• Section Four:  Grammar Corrections
• Section Five:  Short Answer - the topics will be comedy and love - you will need to use textual evidence to make your answer clear.