Adjust Your Journal Due Date

Nancy Ramirez came by and asked and I confirmed - TEWWG Timed Writing TEWWG Final Journal WITH Reflection are NOT due tomorrow (10/27)!!!!!!!!!! These will be on 10/29 (No exceptions, even if you have carnival you can make it to this class). 

Additionally, your reflections in your journal need to reflect a depth of reading over the WHOLE novel and consist of a long paragraph or two!!! 

Thanks,

Mr. J

PS - please don't consider plagiarizing this assignment.

Assignments Due 10/23

STEAL Indirect Characterization Charts

Three COMPLETE 3 column charts that identify, explain, and support the indirect characterization of Three Characters from TEWWG. These should be in your TEWWG Journal.

Tone Vocabulary - Language Words that describe WHOLE Text

Create a Three Column Chart on Notebook Paper: Column 1 - The Word, Column 2 - The Simple Webster's Definition, Column 3 - How you understand/define the word

Complete Artificial > Learned

Socratic Seminar Preparation - Come with your journal, your book, and a plan. Focus on themes, types of conflict, characterization, and Resolution. Additionally: What do you suppose Hurston is trying to tell us? How is this book still relevant? Why?

Come with plenty of questions AND answers.

Rubric to follow

Dates to Remember

10/21 - TEWWG Journals

10/23 - TEWWG Socratic Seminar - Have something to say!!

10/27 - TEWWG Timed Writing

10/27 - TEWWG Final Journal WITH Reflection

Poetry Journal Check on 10/21

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Journal

Their Eyes Were Watching God - Journal

You will need a new composition book for this and I will be checking for follow through:

Close Reading

For each reading section you will need to select two passages for analysis -

Explain: Who, What, Significance, Relation of passage to work as a whole, Why you chose the passage. Include a discussion of how the passage is representative of the author's style.

Character Log by Chapter - 

Document Major life experiences, her reactions, her expectations, your expectations. Use quotes and passages to support your observations.

Reading Sections - 

Ch 1 - 4 (Fri 10/09)

Ch 5 - 10 (Tues 10/13)

Ch 11 - 15 (Th 10/15)

Ch 16 - 20 (W 10/21)

Seminar Discussion Friday 10/23

Exam Tues 10/27

Homework and Prep for 10/7

1. Their Eyes Were Watching God (TWEEG) Chapters 1 - 4

     a. Pay attention to the motifs in these chapters and be prepared to discuss them.

     b. How do the 1st lines of each chapter lead the reader?

     c. explain the contrast of the 1st two paragraphs in the novel.

2. AP MC exam reflection: Place in binder behind exam.

     a. Which passages were most difficult and why?

     b. Which specific questions and question stems troubled you?

3. Poem - After Apple Picking

 This poem isn't necessarily about death (though this is certainly one way to read it), because things in lit are rarely as simple as that; but it is about sleep and dreams and  . . . . Try to unpack the sleep motif in this poem. What does sleep represent? 

  The apple / apple picking motif represents something far different from the apple motif in the Bible. How is it manifested here and what are the possible meanings of its various representations?

    

A Reminder

If you are intent on improving your "A Worn Path" Thematic Statement/analysis grade, you will need to turn in your responses to the 25 questions by 8:30am October 2, 2015! You know who you are.

Homework Due 10/05

1. In Poetry Journal Respond to the Following – What is poetry? Use evidence from at least three poems to support your answer.

2. Due Monday – Re-Write the introductions and body paragraphs for “The Street” on Binder Paper.

3. Purchase Their Eyes Were Watching God and Begin Reading: Chapters 1 – 4.

4. Read: “How It Feels To Be Colored Me” by Zora Neale Hurston

    Here's the link to the Hurston essay: http://xroads.virginia.edu/~ma01/grand-jean/hurston/chapters/how.html