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English II Homework
You are responsible for reading chapter nine.
Your new vocabulary for next week is preeminently, bane, animosity, precariously, and poignant. These words can be found in your A Separate Peace vocab sheet.
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Remember to read chapter 7 tonight. You will have a mid-novel quiz tomorrow over chapters 1-7. Basic plot questions, character matching, and thought-provoking short answer questions are on the quiz. Read Sparknotes to catch up. However, do not rely solely on this for future chapters! You must read frequently and with complex texts in order to build reading comprehension and speed.
Complete #11-15 on the front side of the PIG sheet tonight. I know it is REALLY easy to forget that this novel unit has a project, so here is yet again, another reminder. We went over this in class on the first day before I read Chapter 1 aloud to you.
PROJECT due SEPTEMBER 18 (TUESDAY) Choose one of the following options: 1. Create a novel cover for this book using one or more important symbols discussed. On the back of the drawing, write an 8-10 sentence explanation for your cover art, its purpose, and what you wished to reflect about the novel. 2. You are a casting director for the new adaptation for A Separate Peace. Create a movie cast for the boys and teachers in this novel. Who would play whom, and what is it about that actor that helps justify your choice for the character he is selected to play? 3. Invite Gene to Dr. Phil’s show. Create a series of questions and answers that forces Gene to discuss and justify his actions during the novel. You may have a special guest, such as Finny’s mother, to come to the set and ask Gene questions about his relationship with Finny and what happened to Finny. 4. Create a word collage that embodies the novel’s settings, characters, and events. You may add additional pictures to help illustrate your words (keep it school appropriate). On the back of your collage, write 8-10 sentences that explain your word choices and picture selections and how the tie in to the novel. Remember to read chapters 5-6 in A Separate Peace tonight.
Also, don't forget that your essay revision for the Selective Service essay are due tomorrow by 3:15. Read chapter 4 this weekend.
Don't forget to edit and revise your Selective Service essay. It is due August 29. Revise and edit your informational essay about the Selective Service Act of 1940. It must be typed, double spaced with Times New Roman 12 font. DUE ON AUGUST 29
Read chapter 3 of A Separate Peace. There will be a pop quiz on the reading and over your 6 vocab words. Finally, answer the review questions about participles and gerunds. We will go over that tomorrow. Tonight, make sure that you read Chapter 2 of A Separate Peace and write your conclusion. Below you will need to start at 27:35 and listen until 50:12. Complete questions 6-15 on lesson 21 Participles worksheet. We will go over it in class.
Tonight, make sure that you write your second body paragraph (this is the 3rd paragraph of your essay). tomorrow, we will go over the final body paragraph. You will write your intro paragraph. Make sure it has all of the following elements. An example paragraph has been provided for you.
Introduction How to write a hook (in red for the example)
Build reference
Thesis is what you are going to prove based on a topic. (in purple in the example)
Example Intro paragraph Drafting is a necessary evil in order to win a war. The notion of drafting prior to World War II was not a novel item. During the Civil War, soldiers were drafted by the military yet sent substitutes. However, in World War I, a draft was needed to fulfill the United States’ armies. When the war was over, people were concerned that if the United States entered another war, a draft would be needed again. Though the U.S. did not officially enter World War II until much later and its involvement as a “peace keeper” and “aid” steadily increased, according to the article “The Road to War,” the public was leery about its future involvement and wanted something in writing. The excerpt from “World War II Conscription” described the Act and fall out from various events that shaped the Act. Finally, in “This Day in History,” once the Selective Service Act was passed, many measures were taken to safeguard the country from having the “wrong” men go into combat or be of service. Based upon these texts, the Selective Service Act was a reflection of what the country called “good” and changed to satisfy the needs and demands of the war. |
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