Homework: March 31

Honors English 11 (A)

• Start working on the revision of your Figurative Language essay. To do so, check out the comments I made, and see if you can take a few minutes to deal with those revisions. Additionally, look for a passage or two that you might use to revise your response. What will your thesis say now? The final draft of that essay is due Friday.
• Also, start reading the article titled "A Whole Heap of Ashes." We'll discuss this article at the end of this week, or the beginning of next. Keep an eye on the main CLAIM (what is the article saying about the book), and your thoughts about this claim--is it supported well? 
• This week, we'll start watching The Great Gatsby film! Make sure you bring your book with you each day, because I'll be checking annotations and work. You should bring in: 
• The book itself, with notes.
• "The pursued/pursing/busy/tired" handout (ch. 4)
• The chapter 5 "scavenger hunt" handout
• Chapter 7 close reading organizer (with the four boxes and the prompt on the back--we did this in class)
• Your opinionnaire (unless I already have yours...a couple of you have passed them in. If you didn't yet, that's fine!)
• The Beginnings and Endings homework analysis assignment
• Read your independent book!

English 12 (B)

• Read and mark up Frankenstein, chapters 23 and 24. You can stop at the part on page 259, where it says "Walton, in continuation."
• Keep an eye on a couple of things--first, because we're getting to the end, we expect a lot of things to happen, right? So, think about what's going on. Are there loose ends to tie up? How will Victor deal with the events of this chapter?
• There are some pretty awesome "horror movie" elements. Keep in mind that Shelley wrote this in 1818...some of the things that freaked her out are the same things that freak us out today!
• Victor tries to go to the cops. How do you think that's going to go for him?
• The creation is not messing around. He's mad, and he's taunting Victor to undertake "a journey where your sufferings will satisfy my everlasting hatred." Yikes.
• Read your independent book!

Honors English 11 (D)

• Start working on the revision of your Figurative Language essay. To do so, check out the comments I made, and see if you can take a few minutes to deal with those revisions. Additionally, look for a passage or two that you might use to revise your response. What will your thesis say now? The final draft of that essay is due Friday.
• This week, we'll start watching The Great Gatsby film! Make sure you bring your book with you each day, because I'll be checking annotations and work. You should bring in: 
• The book itself, with notes.
• "The pursued/pursing/busy/tired" handout (ch. 4)
• The chapter 5 "scavenger hunt" handout
• Chapter 7 close reading organizer (with the four boxes and the prompt on the back--we did this in class)
• Your opinionnaire (unless I already have yours...a couple of you have passed them in. If you didn't yet, that's fine!)
• The Beginnings and Endings homework analysis assignment
• Read your independent book!