Friday, September 27, 2013

Homework for B-Day Students - 9/27/2013

Honors English II

I want to start this post with a reminder that you have to be responsible for your learning and for what you are accomplishing in this class.  It is unacceptable that when given two days to pick up a reading assignment that some of you did not do this.  It's especially troubling that not completing homework assignments is developing into a very dangerous trend for some of you.  Keep up with all of your assignments.  Every single day.  Here's what you need to accomplish over the weekend - your study guide for your first test.  You should look at each of the texts that we have studied so far in this unit and consider the following information on each:

  1. What is the theme (are the themes) that the author is presenting in the piece?  How?
  2. Who are the major characters?  Do these characters undergo significant changes?  Why is this change significant to the overall text or to the author's theme?
  3. Are there significant literary devices at play such as irony, tone, or others?
  4. What is the main plot of the story?
  5. How is the author using language and specifically word choice to further his/her ideas.
  6. How does this piece reflect the idea of culture?
  7. Do you have any questions about this piece?
We will start class by doing our review and from there we may begin work on our first major text of the year.  Remember that your test will fall on Thursday, October 3rd.

ESL English III

Over the weekend you should take the drafts of the assignments you did and apply my feedback.  Try to follow the suggestions that I've made for you so that you can revise what you've done and then move on to the next phase of the assignment.  Please come and ask if you need any help with this.

1 comment:

Unknown said...

What are the Texts we should include in our Study Guides?

- Makenzie Elam