English 12 (Period 5) Assignments

1984 - the "Appendix"

- what is "the author" trying to convey to the reader?

- points with passages

1984: prompt 3 - Essay Map

1984: Book Two

- ID Key Plot points

- quote, link, cite

***Orwell's intent!

1984: Book Two Quiz

Essay Map: 1984 - prompt 2

1984 - Key passages:

- Characterization: key figures

- Plot Development: key points or moments

- Tone of the novel: reveals Orwell's intent

1984: finish Book One - Quiz tomorrow

1984:

- Prompt: ID key passages from Book One

1984:

- Read Chapters 1-3 (to p.63)

- Finish Book One for Friday 5/6: Book One Quiz

Orwell's 1984:

- Read Book One, chapter 1

- ID the 4 lands and their peoples

- Offer Swift's intent

 

- ID Swift's thesis

- ID his Claims, Grounds, and CounterArguments

1. Revise Paradise Lost essay

2. Read Gulliver's Travels (in the anthology); explain what's going on.

    (see class notes for specifics)

Paradise Lost - map the story

- For each "section" of the story, offer key passages that portray their "character"

- For each "section," offer Milton's purpose

- Map all "sections"

- ID the Exposition

- ID key passages: Milton's intent

Hamlet:

- Read 1.2.66-132

- Read 1.2 133-164 Assess Hamlet's frame of mind

   - passages that reveal his thoughts and emotions

- Choose TWO prompts: first one from prompts 1-3, second one from 3-6 (you cannot do both prompts 1 and 6).

- Essay Map with:

   - Full Intro

   - Full Body paragraph

   -Claims 2 and 3 along with Grounds; point and cited

The "Epic Poem"

- Key points for all the Epic Poems

- See class notes

Essay Maps:

- Thesis

- Three Claims

- Grounds (link passg. w/point, cited)

- Typed

Essay Map - Prompt 4

- Thesis

- 3 Claims

- Grounds

Oedipus Rex - Essay Prompt:

- Tip and Task

- Thesis

- Three Claim Statements

Oedipus - Essay Map:

- Prompt on Oedipus' character interaction

- Full Intro

- One full Body paragraph

- Claim 2 and 3 with grounds (link passage with point and cited!)

- Typed

 

Oedipus:

Exodos - Key passages (link passage with point)

Oedipus:

- Scene 4/Ode4 Key passages  

- must link passage with point

"Scarlet Ibis" - Essay Map

- Address the prompt

- Multiple grounds

- Brief analysis

- Bullets ok

- Quiz Scenes 3-end - read and study

Oedipus - Scene 3/Ode 3:

- ID Characterization and Significant Plot points

- Passages; link passg./point

- Scene 2/ Ode 2 key passages

- Quiz Scene 3/Ode 3

Oedipus Rex: read Scene 3/Ode 3

Essay Map - Revised!

- Essay Map

- Read and study for Quiz: Scene 2/Ode 2

- continue reading ...through Scene2/Ode2

- Read through Scene 1 and Ode 1 (to page 26)

- Prep for a Quiz

- answer questions with text evidence

- see notes for specifics

Revise: Comparative Analysis paragraph

- typed, formatted

- "final" ready

Project Romanticism:

- Full drafts, typed, all pieces

Project Romanticism:

- Draft revisions

- See class notes for specifics

- Your two poem choices typed and annotated

- Your "personal" Romantic era poem

* Comparison chart of your two poems: similarities/differences with grounds

Find one poem of the Romantic era:

- you must "identify" with its "passion"

- must not be Wordsworth or Blake.

1. All 5 Romantic era poems:

    - ID the speaker's "passion"

    - Offer grounds to support

2. Find and print 3 Romantic poems ...must be meaningful to you

3. Parent Survey!!!

All five of our "Romantic" poems:

- Identify the point of passion

   - Describe the poet's "voice": his purpose through his tone and mood

   - Offer text evidence that substantiates your findings

"The World Is Too Much With Us" - Wordsworth

- Explain the speaker's thoughts (more or less line by line)

- Overall, offer the poet's intent

Wordsworth's "Strange Fits of Passion..."

- stanza by stanza: what's the speaker's POV

- Discuss the poet's intent

According to the "Tyger" and "The Lamb"

Describe the attributes of God, as through Blake's eyes

- must have cited grounds

William Blake's "The Lamb"

Line for line analysis (do not paraphrase ...analyze!): Knowing what the Lamb refers to, discuss the poet's intent throughout the poem.

Read "The Lamb" (William Blake, p650) and "The Tyger" (Blake, 647)

For each poem:

1. Discuss stanza by stanza the speaker's POV

2. Discuss the poet's intent, overall

"Sonnet 130":

- 14-line paraphrase

- Discuss the speaker's POV through the "situation/TP/Resolve' structure

 

- Write a full quatrain in full Iambic Pentameter

   (remember rhyme scheme and be passionate about your subject)

    - typed, double spaced

- subject must be anything you are "passionate" about

- Shakespearean rhyme scheme

- 10 syllables each line

- Typed, double spaced

"Sonnet 55"

- Line by line paraphrase

- Explain the speaker's POV through the sonnet's structure: situation, turning point,resolve

"Sonnet 29":

Discuss the speaker's mindset and how it abides by sonnet structure:

Shakespeare's "Sonnet 29"

- Line by line paraphrase

- "Who" is the speaker?

- What is his intent

Shakespeare's "Sonnet 18"

- Translate to contemporary language, line by line

- Brief paragraph:

     - What's going on?

     - "Who" is the speaker?

- Comments and Scores

- Done well and what to improve?

Morality and Didactic purpose:

- Both Beowulf and Canterbury Tales

- Charts

- Oxford Cleric

- Sergeant at Law

- The Merchant

Canterbury Tales - Nun, Monk, Friar

- Chart: expected norms vs the Speaker's observations

- Must quote/cite

- Discuss the Monk and Friar's tales

- ID key passages that convey their character (link passage w/point)

- with each passage, discuss the speaker's implication, and ultimately, the author's intent

- Nun's Tale

- Squire and Yeoman

- Passage/Point; cite

Canterbury Tales - Knight's Tale:

- explain; offer text evidence

- offer Chaucer's intent

Project Hero - Critical Commentary:

- One of the three prompts only

- Full Draft - "final" draft

- Typed, formatted

Project Hero - Paragraph Maps:

- Paragraph Map for each of the three prompts

- Claim, Grounds, cited where applicable

- Typed, formatted

 

Project Hero:

- All passages for your Heroic Tale

- In grand, epic language

- Abide by project parameters

Hero Project:

 Two Mockups of the project.

- Exposition Passages: minimum 4

- Rising Action Passages: minimum 5

- these are your movie passages

- Heroic "epic" language; use Beowulf as your template

- more dialogue than narrative

 

*** Print two model essays

"Beowulf Moral Commentary 1,2"

Beowulf - Essay Map

- Full Intro

- One full Body

- Two Claims and Grounds

- Typed, formatted

Paragraph Map

Model Essays

- Print two models: Beowulf RA 1 and 2

Beowulf - the "problem"

- Paragraph Map

Beowulf - Essay Map

- Full Intro

- One full Body

- Two Supp.Claims

- Grounds per claim: 2 min; link pass/point and cited

- Typed

***Print Model Essay: "Beowulf RisAction"

Beowulf - ID the Climax of the story

- Quote passage

- Support your assertion

 

Beowulf - Revise Body Paragraph:

- Thesis + one body paragraph

- Abide by Prompt

- Typed, formatted

Beowulf and the Hero Tradition:

- Body paragraph Map

- All paragraph components separated in bullets

Beowulf - - Rising Action:

- Key passages

- Auth's intent

Beowulf Exposition:

Essay Map:

- Thesis

- One Full body paragraph

- Two Paragraph claims with grounds

 

 

Beowulf - the Exposition

ID passages that illustrate key facets of the Exposition

- Link passage with point

- Offer the author's intent

Beowulf - ID the Exposition

- ID passages that characterize the three facets of the Exposition

- Link passage with point; cite properly

- Offer the author's intent

UC Prompt: choose one

- Write an Opener

- Typed

- Final Draft: 3 paragraphs; adhere to the structure

- 2 Appositives, 1 Adverbial, Dialogue, Anecdote: Vivid language

- Typed, formatted, word count

- Focus on "Finish" - the introspection and positive close

- typed with word count

Revise Personal Essay:

- Appositives/Verbals: strengthen your "voice"

- Full Narrative: Opener, Middle, Finish

- Abide by Structure for each paragraph

- Narrative Tools + Anecdote, Dialogue required

- Word Count

- Opener: build to a clear Controlling Idea

- Middle: "zoom in" to vividly depict your purpose

- Note Word Count

- Typed, formatted

- Prompt #5

- "Opener" only

- Use Narrative Tools

- Typed

Personal Essay: Final Draft

- see class notes

Revise Personal Narrative

- Use your Narrative Tools

- "Finish" paragraph: introspective and positive

- Model Essays: Print two

- Revise Personal Narrative: Strengthen Opener and Middle paragraph

- Third paragraph: the Finish (see notes)

- Opener and Middle paragraphs

- Use Narrative Tools: Descript Language, Anecdote, Dialogue

- Typed

- The Opener (build up to your controlling idea)

- The Middle - "Zoom In" (get specific; use your tools)

* Typed

- Employ your Narrative Tools: Descriptive Language, Anecdote, and Dialogue

- Personal, impactful, and significant today

- Typed

- Full Intro paragraph

- One full body paragraph

- Two other paragraph claims

- Typed

Essay Map:

- Thesis (focus on your one anecdote you chose)

- Paragraph Claim

- Grounds:

   - at least two

   - link passage with point

   - cite properly

"Journal...Year"

- Passages that reveal the author's intent

"Journal...Plague Year"

Discuss the author's intent:

   - ID passages and how they reveal Defoe's purpose for the piece

"Journal of the Plague Year" - Holt Lit Text

- Read

- Questions: brief paragraph response for each question