Homework: January 31

Honors English 11 (A) AND Honors English 11 (D)

• D block folks only, you need to prepare for your vocabulary story performances. The guidelines/jobs are:
• One person takes the story home and types it up. Responsible for spelling and grammar “clean up.” Print on one page, font as big as possible to fit on one page. All vocab words in bold. Make sure you title the story, and put all of your names on it.
• One person creates an illustration to accompany it (to be shown in class and displayed with the story).
• One person (two, if there are 4 people in your group) prepares a dramatic reading of the story for Friday’s class. Costume suggested. Pronunciation of vocab words must be accurate (use vocabulary.com to hear them!)
• A block AND D block folks...all of the rest of this stuff is for all of you!
• Start studying that vocabulary! Make some flashcards, have your folks quiz you, teach the words to your dog...whatever you can do to learn them!
• Here are the words you'll be tested on:

visceral, vestiges, cavalier, placate, bleak, sordid, denounce, capricious, 

extol, banal, ostentatious, remonstrate, pretense, zeal

• Remember, you'll need to know the definitions, as well as how to use the words in a sentence. Additionally, review the ones from the last set--they might reappear!!!
• Additionally, start working on your article of the week assignment. Here's the updated template to use to organize your response (adapted from They Say/I Say):

In recent discussions of . . , a controversial issue has been whether_______________________. On the one hand, Author B argues that_______________________, in his article ___________________. From this perspective, _______________________. On the other hand, Author B argues _______________________ in his article ______________________. In the words of one of this view’s main proponents, _______________________. According to this view, _______________________.
In sum, then, the issue is whether ________________ or ____________. My own view is that_______________________. Though I concede that_______________________, I still maintain that _______________________. For example, _______________________. Although some might object that_______________________, I reply that _______________________. The issue is important because_______________________.

• Read your independent book!

English 12 (B)

• Start reading the Arthur Biddle article. You should read the first 3 sections, annotating the article to note your OBSERVATIONS, CONNECTIONS and QUESTIONS.
• For each section, after you've read an annotated, please write a 2-3 sentence summary, in which you note the MAIN IDEA of the section.
• Read your independent book!