Monday: No School
Tuesday 5/27: Debate work
Wednesday 5/28: Read "The Party" and "The Heroes." No journal entry.
Thursday 5/29: Debate work in C-lab
Friday 5/30: Read "Moscow," "The Sheep," and "The Trip." Journal Entry #4.
Wednesday, May 28, 2014
Wednesday, May 21, 2014
Classwork and Homework Week of 5/19-5/23
Monday: Introduction to Persepolis by Marjane Satrapi; Read Introduction and "The Veil"
Tuesday: Persepolis: Read "The Bicycle"; Journal Entry for "The Veil" and "The Bicycle" (Click here for instructions - One entry for BOTH chapters).
Wednesday: Debates group work in library.
Thursday: Persepolis: Read the chapters entitled "The Water Cell" and "Persepolis". Journal Entry for "The Water Cell" and "Persepolis" (one entry for both chapters); Homework: Read "The Letter." Journal Entry for "The Letter."
Tuesday: Persepolis: Read "The Bicycle"; Journal Entry for "The Veil" and "The Bicycle" (Click here for instructions - One entry for BOTH chapters).
Wednesday: Debates group work in library.
Thursday: Persepolis: Read the chapters entitled "The Water Cell" and "Persepolis". Journal Entry for "The Water Cell" and "Persepolis" (one entry for both chapters); Homework: Read "The Letter." Journal Entry for "The Letter."
Monday, May 12, 2014
Thursday, May 1, 2014
Assignment for 5/1/14
Hi Students,
If you were not here today (Thursday, 5/1), then be sure to read through page 90 for tomorrow in Night.
Friday: Reading Assignment #4
If you were not here today (Thursday, 5/1), then be sure to read through page 90 for tomorrow in Night.
Friday: Reading Assignment #4
Monday, April 14, 2014
If you've been absent, check in here.
Friday, 4/11: Night through page 37. "Reading Assignment 1" Study Guide questions in paragraph form. In "Connections" on page 175 read "A Cambodian Nightmare" and complete questions on last page of Study Guide (omit second half of question #1).
Monday, 4/14: Night through page 42. Please remember to complete blogs as well.
By Friday: Night through page 58. SPLC Website Assignment due.
Over break: Complete Study Guide Assignment 2.
Monday, 4/14: Night through page 42. Please remember to complete blogs as well.
By Friday: Night through page 58. SPLC Website Assignment due.
Over break: Complete Study Guide Assignment 2.
Friday, April 4, 2014
Wednesday, March 19, 2014
Wednesday, March 5, 2014
Animal Farm Journal Entries Week of 3/3
Journal #23: See "Journal Topics after Chapter 3" in Study Guide. Select one.
Journal #24: See "Journal Topics after Chapter 4" in Study Guide.
Journal #25: See "Animal Far Pre-Reading Journal Topics" in Study Guide and respond to the second one. "What freedoms do we have in the United States that people sometimes take for granted? Do you think we have too much freedom? Is there such a thing?
Journal #26: See Study Guide Ch. 5.
As of Wednesday afternoon, we will have read through Chapter 4.
Journal #24: See "Journal Topics after Chapter 4" in Study Guide.
Journal #25: See "Animal Far Pre-Reading Journal Topics" in Study Guide and respond to the second one. "What freedoms do we have in the United States that people sometimes take for granted? Do you think we have too much freedom? Is there such a thing?
Journal #26: See Study Guide Ch. 5.
As of Wednesday afternoon, we will have read through Chapter 4.
Tuesday, February 25, 2014
Monday, January 27, 2014
Journal 20: Mr Brown and the Unraveling of Umuofia
Please answer the following in your journal following Chapter 21.
1. In what ways is Mr. Brown more enlightened than other white colonists, and why might this make him more effective as a missionary?
2. How does the story of Nnama and the white man's court illustrate the unraveling of Igbo culture?
1. In what ways is Mr. Brown more enlightened than other white colonists, and why might this make him more effective as a missionary?
2. How does the story of Nnama and the white man's court illustrate the unraveling of Igbo culture?
Journal #19: Changes in Umuofia
Read through Chapter 21. Describe the changes in Umuofia upon Okonkwo's return. Which phrases, sentences, or passages of Achebe's are the most vivid in the description of these changes?
Thursday, January 23, 2014
Journals 17 and 18: Things Fall Apart
Journal 17: Nwoye's Conversion
After reading Chapter 16, explain why Nwoye joins the missionaries (1 paragraph.
Journal #18: Sympathizing with Okonkwo?
After reading Chapter 17, answer the following:
1. What is happening to Okonkwo's family?
2. Do we sympathize with him? Why or why not? (1 paragraph total)
After reading Chapter 16, explain why Nwoye joins the missionaries (1 paragraph.
Journal #18: Sympathizing with Okonkwo?
After reading Chapter 17, answer the following:
1. What is happening to Okonkwo's family?
2. Do we sympathize with him? Why or why not? (1 paragraph total)
Monday, January 13, 2014
Final, Short Essay Question Options
Short Essay Question: Two Choices
1.
How is this piece of African literature different than literature that
you have read previously? Based on what
you have experienced from this novel so far, what are some unique characteristics
of African literature that appear in Things
Fall Apart, and please give examples to support your ideas. (3 paragraphs)
2.
In what ways does Achebe use this novel to confront and disprove false European colonial assumptions
of African society and culture. Use concrete
examples from the novel in your response. (3 paragraphs)
Journal #16: The Tortoise and the Birds
Describe what the folk tale, The Tortoise and the Birds, is about. Why does Ekwefi tell Ezinma this story? What is the moral lesson, and the lesson about nature?
Wednesday, January 8, 2014
Journal #15: Ezinma's Ogbanje
What does the story of Ezinma tell us about the customs and beliefs of this society?
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