Homework due Thursday the 23rd/Friday the 24th
Assignment 1 of 5:
Add to your annotations for pp. 38-56. You should focus in your annotations on examples of imagery, symbolism, repetition and foreshadowing.
Period 6: Read pp. 54-56 on your own. Stop before the line beginning, "Lennie drummed on the table ..."
Assignment 2 of 5:
Answer these comprehension questions for Section 3 in your notebook. You should have answers for #1-3 by Thursday/Friday.
1) What does George confess to doing to Lennie when they were younger? Why is George's story on p. 40 important?
2) How are Curley's Wife and the girl in Weed alike?
3) Why is the shooting of Candy’s dog so important?
4) What new information do we get in Section 3 about George and Lennie’s dream ranch?
5) How does Steinbeck characterize Curley during the fight sequence with Lennie? Why is this important?
Assignment 3 of 5:
Finish the introduction to your literary analysis essay on Of Mice and Men by Wednesday. Instructions and sentence starters for the four sentences you need to write for your introduction are on the outline given out in class.
This essay is part of your final grade. It is therefore ridiculously dangerous NOT to do this essay. Your typed final draft, completed rough draft, peer editing and completed outline will all be due Monday the 3rd or Tuesday the 4th.
Assignment 4 of 5 (ongoing):
Study for your final!! You will be given a study guide on Google Classroom by the end of the week but you should already be reviewing the texts we've read in class since January. There will be 60 multiple-choice questions on Of Mice and Men and 25 multiple-choice questions on ALL of the texts listed below:
Act 1 scene 2 of Hamlet by William Shakespeare
Act 3 scene 1 of Romeo and Juliet by William Shakespeare
Elizabeth Cady Stanton's Seneca Falls Convention Keynote Address
Lucy Stone's "The Progress of Fifty Years" speech
"The Work You Do, the Person You Are" by Toni Morrison
"What to Do with the Kids This Summer? Put 'Em to Work" by Ben Sasse
"The Decline of the American Teenager's Summer Job" by Lexington
"Teenagers Have Stopped Getting Summer Jobs--Why?" by Derek Thompson
Excerpt from The Sound and the Fury by William Faulkner
Excerpt from 1984 by George Orwell
Excerpt from The Night Circus by Erin Morgenstern
Assignment 5 of 5 (ongoing):
Complete all late assignments below by Monday 6/3 to make sure your 0s and NPs are fixed by the end of the semester:
Illuminate Quick Check for the Seneca Falls Keynote Address + "The Progress of Fifty Years"
Reading Questions for the Ben Sasse text, Lexington text, and Thompson text
Descriptive Outlines for the Ben Sasse Text (Handout 2.1), Lexington text (Handout 2.3b), and Thompson text (Handout 3.2b)
Handout 3.1 entitled "Predicting Claims"
Ben Sasse Parenting Public Service Announcement (P.S.A.)
Argumentative Research Project: Google Slides Presentation
Argument Analysis CEL Paragraph (redo)
“Personal Insight Questions” paragraph
Setting Webs + Cloze Paragraphs for 1984 and The Night Circus
Original Novel Opening/Scene Description