American Lit 5/6 Period 4 2020 Zoom class-Period 4 Assignments

You can turn in your final notebook for dates 3/14 to 5/14 for extra credit. Must have the dates and topics clearly stated for each day. : )

6 bubbles, evidence in red, adjective in blue, and frame question: Why does this matter?

Read and annotate pages 583-595 and upload your annotation here. Be ready to take a Test on ACT I. 


Thank you. 

Please complete all of the work on all pages: 


1. P 596 Q 1-6 and the two research assignments
2. P 597 Analyze the Text Q 1-4 and Concept Vocabulary All of it
3. P 598 Analyze the Craft and Structure Q 1-4

Please complete the survey soon. Be kind, thoughtful and honest.

Double Bubble Map with 6 bubbles for each section 
(use what you read for homework; 560-561 and the videos we watched in class. Also, use any information on pages 563-566 or your own background knowledge)


Compare Salem Witch Trials with the “Red Scare”/McCarthyism ( Frame question for the map: Why does this matter?) 


Make sure to include dates, places, events at the time, key people, outcomes etc. Also, make it beautiful and clear. 


You can create your map on paper or a doc.

1. What mentor or helper do you have on your journey to guide you? 2. What skills or talents does this person possess that you would like to acquire for yourself?

This QW must be at least 5 sentences and completed on a Doc. This is all about YOU.

Short video-- QW: (in notebook)What do you notice? What do you wonder about? What is the song/video about? Your response? 

Read and annotate "The Story of an Hour" by Kate Chopin. Remember to ask questions,  summarize, clarify, and predict.
Upload all annotation and QSCP here. Thanks for doing an amazing job. 
You are loved.


Support: Audio attached

Your will create an ORIGINAL t-shirt design which can be digital art or art on paper. 
The t-shirt design will embody a strong message which you feel comes across from reading the novel. 
Your shirt design will allude to or give a hint about the message from the novel. 


Ideally, someone who has read the book would know what idea or message you are conveying with your creation. 


Thanks

We read "The Notorious Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" by Mark Twain (pages 418 to 424) in class. Please upload your annotation and the textbook work.


1. Annotation should include examples of : Comic Metaphor, Hyperbole, and Understatement plus the usual
2. P 425 Q 1-7 and both Research prompts
3. P 426 Close Read the Text Q1-3 and Analyze the Text Q 1-5 
 
I added the Slides as a PDF..thanks Henry Huang for the idea haha


thanks.

Choose one of the prompts:

1. Is Nick Carraway a reliable character? Why or why not?
2.In what way is "Gatsby" great?
3. Compare the character of Daisy and Myrtel Wilson.
4. Discuss the use of Fitzgerald's use of the automobile in the novel.
5. Contrast the setting of the valley of ashes with that of East Egg and West Egg.
6. Choose a symbol in the novel and discuss its significance? ( the green light, one of the colors, a house, a car, valley of the ashes, one of the characters, Eye of Dr. Eckelberg, etc)
7. What is "The Great Gatsby" message about the American Dream? 
8. Did Gatsby choose the wrong dream (Daisy)? 


Must have evidence from the text.


ALSO, IF YOU WANT TO WRITE A FULL 5 PARAGRAPH ESSAY FOR EXTRA CREDIT ( 15 PTS) YOU CAN. I WILL READ IT.

When one comes by wealth illegally, he or she is very likely to pay for it in the end.
Please answer in complete sentences. ( 3 to 5 sentences)

Chapter 8 (read in class): Please have a response/connection for each task: All work needs citations (page numbers).

1.Question
2.Clarify
3.Summarize
4.Predict

Always use textual evidence with citation to support your answers. : )

finish reading Chapter 7 (read1/2 in class): Please have a response/connection for each task: All work needs citations (page numbers).

1.Question
2.Clarify
3.Summarize
4.Predict

Always use textual evidence with citation to support your answers. : )

Use a document to analyze the passages. Thank you.

Please answer in complete sentences. ( 3 to 5 sentences)

Please create a slide(s) about your assigned character.

Make sure that you have answered all the questions and are ready to present your findings to the class. Cite all quotes. Provide a key with the different font colors that represent each group members' work. Also, only use chapters 1 - 6 for this slide presentation.

1.Look up the first and last name of the character.
2.What colors are associated with this character?-(include quotes)
3.What motivates your character? -(include quote)
4.What would be a good symbol for your character? -draw/illustrate
5.What do other characters think of him/her? -(include quote)
6.List some of his/her actions.
7.Include a significant line he/she said.
8. Include physical description of character.

1-Tom
2-Jordan
3-Daisy
4-Myrtle
5- Gatsby
6-Nick
7-George Wilsom

Chapter 5 (read in class): Please have a response/connection for each task: All work needs citations (page numbers).

1.Question
2.Clarify
3.Summarize
4.Predict

Always use textual evidence with citation to support your answers. : )

Please answer the question in complete sentences. You must have at least 5 sentences. Thanks.

List all the colors, distorted, and decaying things you notice in these chapters.
What do you see in chapter 1?
What do you see in chapter 2?
What do you see in chapter 3?

You can choose to use slides or a document, however make sure the format is interesting and engaging.

What significance can you see in Fitzgerald’s use of color or distorted images?

Chapter 4: Please have a response/connection for each task: All work needs citations (page numbers).

1.Question
2.Clarify
3.Summarize
4.Predict

5 In chapter 1, Nick says that he reserves all judgements. Is that true?
6. Describe Gatsby’s car.
7. Do you believe Gatsby’s story? Why, why not?

Always use textual evidence with citation to support your answers. : )

Please answer the question in complete sentences. You must have at least 5 sentences. Thanks.

Complete the essay on page 270. Also, review the rubric on page 271-guide your writing.

Keep in mind that all MLA formatting is necessary. However, Jane Schaffer is not needed for a NARRATIVE essay. Yay!!

Chapter 2: Please have a response/connection for each task: All work needs citations (page numbers).

1.Question
2.Clarify
3.Summarize
4.Predict

5.How does Myrtle treat her husband? Why?
“I was within and without, simultaneously enchanted and repelled by the inexhaustible variety of life.”
Comment.
Write down page #s.

PART 1:
Money
Status
Qualities
Favorite Colors--significance
Name--significance
Vices
Connection to one of the main characters

Draw your character!

PART 2:
Your character bumps into one of the characters in Chapter 1:
Put him/her in one of the scenes of this chapter.
Write about the encounter in a journal.
What happened? What did he/she see?
This is fanfiction so have fun…..but prove to me that you understand the chapter!

Chapter 1: Please have a response/connection for each task: All work needs citations (page numbers).

1.Question
2.Clarify
3.Summarize
4.Predict

5. How are Daisy, Jordan, Tom, and Gatsby first described? Write down your first impressions of them. Write down page #s. ( if you want to use a bubble map to describe the characters, you can). Textual evidence is important either way.

Please answer the question in complete sentences. You must have at least 5 sentences.

Complete all of the work on these pages. Be ready for a quiz during next class.

On these pages you will be analyzing the text, studying Thoreau's style, discussing Author's Point of View, and learning vocabulary.

Thanks for working so hard.

Please read the instructions closely.

1. Re-read the essay and annotate. Upload a single page of annotation. You can choose which page.
2. Write a ¾ page reader response about one passage.
(so that is 2 pieces to upload)

Re-Read and annotate the excerpt from Emerson's essay in the textbook. ( No need to upload a picture this one time! This is done on the Honor system).

1. Write a ¾ page reader response about one passage . Remember MLA format for your paper. (If you already wrote the response turn in what you have).

Of course, read and annotate the seven short poems by Emily Dickinson on pages 172-178.

1. Turn in a sample of your annotation by TURNING IN 2 OF THE POEMS FROM THE TEXT
2. Turn in a paraphrase for each of the SEVEN POEMS. Turn in a single document with the seven paraphrases.

For simplicity, you can write a sentence for each stanza when you paraphrase.

Complete all the questions and assignments on pages 179 -182.

You can answer all the questions on a word document as long as you make sure all questions are clearly labeled with section, page and numbers. Or complete part in the text and part on document. Just make sure everything is clear and easy to read.

Starting on P. 157-162

Read and annotate the poems ( "from Song of Myself", "I Hear America Singing", "On the Beach at Night Alone", and "America"). You can use the "Bounce Page" App to scan the poems and listen to the audio. OR, you can listen to them here. I included the audio for each poem and each section.

For just TWO of the poems:

Question
Clarify
Summarize
Then……

Find the elements of Free Verse for just TWO of the poems:

Alliteration
Catalogue-list
Anaphora-repetition of a word or group of words at the beginning of successive phrases
Assonance
Parallel structure
Onomatopoeia
Repetition

Don't forget your key for the elements. You can either annotate in the book or find a pdf and annotate on that somehow.


SUPPORT:

"from Song of Myself" by sections.
Section 1: http://podcast.uiowa.edu/iwp/ww_audio/SOM_1_english.mp3
Section 6: http://podcast.uiowa.edu/iwp/ww_audio/SOM_6_english.mp3
Section 9:http://podcast.uiowa.edu/iwp/ww_audio/SOM_9_english.mp3
Section 14: http://podcast.uiowa.edu/iwp/ww_audio/SOM_14_english.mp3
Section 17: http://podcast.uiowa.edu/iwp/ww_audio/SOM_17_english.mp3
Section 51:http://podcast.uiowa.edu/iwp/ww_audio/SOM_51_english.mp3
Section 52: http://podcast.uiowa.edu/iwp/ww_audio/SOM_52_english.mp3

" I Hear American Singing" Walt Whitman
https://youtu.be/6eNQqCmXLxA

"On the Beach at Night Alone" by Walt Whitman
https://youtu.be/eE8ZWY6kczY

Write an essay describing the development of Young Goodman Brown’s character. How does he change? How does his view of people change? Why?
Make sure to have an introduction and a conclusion.

MLA format
5 paragraphs
Jane Schaffer format with color coded sentences
Clear Thesis

SUPPORT:

Write your own Bells.
Take a stanza from the poem.
Pick a sound that haunts you.
Follow Poe’s structure and rhyme scheme and go!

just write one stanza

1. We read the poem in class together and you annotated some of the poem. In addition to your own annotation...

2. Pick ONE of the STANZAS (group of several lines in a poem) and find the following poetic devices. Create a key and label the devices (see the devices below). You must have an easy to read key for the poetic devices. Thank you.

You can print it and annotate or figure out a way to do it electronically.

ATTENTION: You will upload your own annotations and the labeled poetic devices with the key.

Find these devices in one of the STANZAS in "The Bells" by Edgar Allan Poe

1.Assonance-same vowel sound
2.Consonance-same consonant sound
3.Onomatopoeia-words that sound like what they mean
4.Repetition
5.Alliteration-First sound repeated in a series of words
6.Meter- rhythm
7.Rhyme scheme-pattern of end rhymes
8. Internal rhyme -rhymes in a line

Support: Additional information for poetic devices found with earlier assignment.

Notebook check. Must have date, topic (usually in red on the slide), summarized agenda and any work for that day (including maps, notes, quick writes etc.) .

In your notebook complete the following tasks: Thanks

1. Watch the mini-bio video on Edgar Allan Poe and take notes.

2. Also, take notes on the following Poetic Devices:
-Assonance-same vowel sound
-Consonance-same consonant sound
-Onomatopoeia-words that sound like what they mean
-Repetition
-Alliteration-First sound repeated in a series Of words
-Meter- rhythm
-Rhyme scheme-pattern of end rhymes
-Internal rhyme -rhymes in a line

Support: https://examples.yourdictionary.com/20-essential-poetry-terms-to-know.html

Write at least three bullet-point notes for each page. Make sure to add clarifying, questioning and summarizing comments. Feel free to write more if you'd like. And then answer the following questions on your own.

What is the significance of the title?
When was it written?
What is the setting of the story (time, date and location)?
What are some features of the author's style?
What do we learn about Goodman Brown's wife at the beginning of the story?
What symbolism is associated with nature and the forest?

Upload a picture of annotation and answers to the questions.

Create a flow map of Mr. Goodman's major changes in the story. Create a flow map with at least 6 boxes and their 6 sub-boxes. The main box will have the actual quote and the sub-box will have explanation. Flow Maps are in chronological order from left to right. Include page and paragraph where the evidence can be found. ( yes, cite your findings).

Frame question: " Why is this important" or "What is the author trying to say"

Make it clear and beautiful.

Read and annotate the poem. Along with your own ideas and connections to the poem, label the poetic elements and poetic devices like symbol, simile, and metaphor. If you have a printer, print it out and annotate. If you don't, please annotate on a separate sheet of paper.

Closely read and annotate and then complete the close read chart.

Upload a google doc or handwritten notes from these two sources. If you choose a google doc you must paste a copy of the notes in the notebook. : )

I asked you to keep your annotation as we read "Narrative of a Slave...". Please turn in a sample of what you have been doing to keep up with reading and annotation.
It must be easy to read and ORGANIZED AND LABELED BY CHAPTER.

For time sake, simply turn in a "sample" or your current annotation. 2- 4 pages will be ok for this assignment. Thank you.

Use a full page to create a Circle Map for New Bedford. Use colors, pictures, words, sentences, passages, direct quotes, connections etc. for the circle map.

If you don't remember what a Circle Map is or how it is used, please see the resources below.

Find 4 different literary devices used anywhere in the narrative. Provide the passage, the page, what device is being used, and an explanation.

possible literary devices: irony, imagery, simile, personification, metaphor, synedoche, Biblical Allusion and more.

Write a Jane Schaffer paragraph for one of the Multi-flow maps
( the fight with Covey or Slavery and Christmas). Type it and use the correct colors. MLA format is needed for this paragraph
Upload the document here. (1: 2 chunk with 2 chunks per paragraph=8 sentences)

Choose just ONE of the prompts: ONLY CHOOSE ONE PROMPT:
1. Describe Douglass after the fight with Covey.
2. What encourages Douglass to fight Covey?
3. How is Christmas used to keep slaves oppressed?
4. your own idea

REMINDER: JS paragraph:
Topic Sentence-Blue- topic and claim
Concrete detail/evidence- Red- emebed
Commentary-Green- elaboration "This matters because..."( no summary)
Commentary-Green further explanation (no summary)
Concrete detail/evidence- Red
Commentary-Green-elaboration
Commentary-Green- further explanation
Conclusion-Blue

SUPPORT: Jane Schaffer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDTez8H9hu8
watch this video from time stamp 1:26 for body paragraph instruction.

MLA format: Review MLA formatting- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22CPQoLE4U0

You will have your own graphic interpretation of chapter 10. It may be very literal or concrete or it may be a symbolic representation of the chapter. It helps you as a reader to visualize what you are reading, whether abstract or concrete. Use a full page. You can draw or use a collage of pictures.

Find 10 pieces of evidence for the Multi-Flow map. You must have textual evidence with page numbers for each box. Make sure to add the frame.

Find 10 pieces of evidence for the Multi-Flow map. You must have textual evidence with page numbers for each box. Make sure to add the frame.

Write a Jane Schaffer paragraph describing Mrs. Sophia Auld. Type it and use the correct colors. MLA format is needed for this paragraph
Upload the document here. (1: 2 chunk with 2 chunks per paragraph=8 sentences)

Choose just ONE of the prompts: ONLY CHOOSE ONE PROMPT:
1. Describe Sophia Auld (choose ONE bubble and elaborate on that bubble (adjective). Do not choose multiple bubbles for this SINGLE paragraph but do have two reds ( details))
2. What does Sophia Auld symbolize?
3. How does Frederick Douglass use Sophia Auld to emphasize the theme of: "slavery destroys a civil society" ?

REMINDER: JS paragraph:
Topic Sentence-Blue- topic and claim
Concrete detail/evidence- Red- emebed
Commentary-Green- elaboration "This matters because..."( no summary)
Commentary-Green further explanation (no summary)
Concrete detail/evidence- Red
Commentary-Green-elaboration
Commentary-Green- further explanation
Conclusion-Blue

SUPPORT: Jane Schaffer : https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lDTez8H9hu8
watch this video from time stamp 1:26 for body paragraph instruction.

MLA format: Review MLA formatting- https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=22CPQoLE4U0

Create a Bubble Map for Mrs. Sophia Auld Use 5 Bubbles and the right colors. Blue for your own adjectives or adjective phrases (red adjectives -if from the book) and Red for textual evidence supporting your adjectives(claims) with chapter and paragraphs.

Add a frame to this Bubble Map. Why does this Matter?

Create a Bubble Map for Mr. Gore Use 5 Bubbles and the right colors. Blue for your own adjectives or adjective phrases (red adjectives -if from the book) and Red for textual evidence supporting your adjectives(claims) with chapter and paragraphs.

Upload a picture of your annotation for pages 284-286.

Closely read chapter 1 and keep your notes and annotation for the novel in your notebook. After read and annotate you can upload the annotation here.

Make a T-chart to contrast romanticism and realism. Focus on the “spirit” of each literary period by considering their subjects and style.

We delved into "some" Rationalism and the "Age of Reason", but we did not study Romanticism because of time, however, I still want you to know the differences.

Create a Multi Flow map " Douglass is Born a Slave" and JS paragraph.

It is time to write another essay. Follow the prompt and complete the brainstorming prompts before writing the essay. The actual essay is Due November 9- no late essays.

ESSAY PROMPT FROM THE TEXTBOOK:
WHICH STATEMENT DO YOU FIND MOST COMPELLING FOR AMERICANS TODAY: THE PREAMBLE TO THE CONSTITUTION OR THE FIRST SENTENCE OF PARAGRAPH THREE OF THE DECLARATION OF INDEPENDENCE?

Essay must be in the Jane Schaffer format and color-coded; at least 5 paragraphs; MLA formatted; and with very few mechanical errors.

Follow the prompt and complete the brainstorming prompts before writing the essay. You will turn in the process/pre-writing pages 61-67. You will annotate this section and fill in the blanks as directed.

In your group you will write a Declaration of Independence in the STYLE of Jefferson. Keep in mind that it is a legal document, the sentences are longer than today's sentences, and. the language is advanced etc. Definitely MODEL the first part of the Dec. of Ind. and your group must have examples of ALL the persuasive devices listed below:
-Logos -Parallel structure
-Pathos -Repetition
-Ethos -Loaded words
-Concession
-Metaphor
- Use a key to label ALL the persuasive devices ( Yes, label all of them)
For example: logos -purple, ethos- red etc.
-All names must be listed on the group declaration

Each person will turn in his/her own COPY of the GROUP Declaration of Independence. Simply make a copy for yourself and turn it in.

Read and annotate the" Preamble to the Constitution" and the "Bill of Rights" on pages 31-33. Make sure to annotate in the margins of the text AND ANSWER THE CLOSE READ PROMPTS IN THE MARGINS. Then answer p 33 Q 1-3 p.34 Analyze the text Q 1- 5. Be ready to share out.

Complete the hand out to grade your group members. Please use red ink to make the document easier for me to read. Thank you.

Please upload pictures or doc of notes for this class. Make sure dates are give.

Picture of your work for today.

Read and annotate pages 12-15 and page 17 in the textbook by highlighting main ideas/ key phrases and taking notes in the margins. Remember to annotate the time-line as well. Upload your a picture of the annotated pages. Thank you.

SUPPORT: If you are having a hard time remembering the details of this section you can use the chart below. (optional)

1. Upload the completed bubble Map describing Abigail Adams. Use blue font for the adjectives and red for the evidence supporting 3 of your blue adjectives (claim).

2. Then write a JS paragraph (two 1:2 chunks) : Remember to just choose ONE bubble and elaborate.

PROMPT: What makes Abigail Adams ________ (revolutionary, industrious, heroic, exceptional etc...choose your own claim)?

SUPPORT: https://youtu.be/yfUbMpKzn7U
Jane Schaffer body paragraph starts at time stamp 8:17 min. on the video.

Read and annotate the "Declaration of Independence" by Thomas Jefferson. Ask questions in the margins, note unfamiliar words or phrases, and of course note any Rhetorical devices.

Choose a book appropriate for high school. I have attached some links- you can choose a classic novel or a more contemporary novel. Also, ask your peers. But it must be appropriate for high school. Thank you.

1. Choose a book and upload a picture of the cover.
2. Create a reading schedule for the following due dates with page numbers and upload here. ( see example below)

What pages will you read by each deadline?
Oct 26
Nov 9
Nov 20
Dec 14

On a google doc, list the title and author of the book you have chosen. Once you choose a book you must keep that book.

Divide the total number of chapters or pages into 4 parts. List your four sections and the due dates.

FOR EXAMPLE:

Due date 1 October 26 1st Ch. 1-5 or pgs. 1-100 (this will depend on how long your book is)
Due date 2 November 9 Ch.6-10 or pgs. 101-199
Due date 3 November 20 Ch. 11-13 or pgs. 200-250
Due Date 4 December 14 Ch 14-18 or pgs. 251-300

**Upload the title author and dates with reading assignments on the google doc and upload it by October 18.

FYI
You will be required to do 4 assignments related to this independent reading book. You have time to complete each assignment. I will post each assignment as a separate entry into google classroom. You may read/do the assignments as fast or slowly as you'd like but you must meet all the deadlines.

You have read and annotated the two letters. You annotated and took notes on their use of Parallel Structure, Rhetorical Question, Concession, ethos, pathos and logos.Then you completed the work on pages 113-116.

for best practices create a Key for yourself..for example all pathos is underlined in red, all ethos is highlighted in green, RQ have a question mark by the sentice, etc.

Take careful pictures of your work. Make sure it is clearly labeled and easy to read.

1.Upload annotated letters pages 103 to 112
2. Upload work on pages 113 to 116

Remember to take the quizziz using your correct information ( name etc) and then upload a screen shot or picture of the final summary page with your score. Thank you.

You will upload 2 items here and you can do it at the end of our project( 10/9).

A .Virtue Chart Assignment ( this will start Monday 9/28 and end on 10/12)
1.Circle your 3 virtues
2.Each day, place a check in the day’s box every time you mess up!
You may have multiple checks in one box!
3. Every evening, spend some writing a very short reflection on how well you did
that day.
Link to the worksheet:
http://www.knowledgehouse.info/Ben%20Franklin's%2013%20Virtues%20Chart.p
df

B. UIpload notes for this section.

Read and annotate "The Crisis" . You will upload three items for this assignment.

1. Your notes and annotation for "The Crisis" with elements of ethos , pathos , logos etc. from your group ( include names of group members in your notes)
2. notes on Thomas Paine
3 notes on ethos, pathos, logos

You have read and annotated Mr. Franklin's speech. You annotated and took notes on his use of Parallel Structure, Rhetorical Question, and Concession.Then you completed the work on pages 41-49.

Take careful pictures of your work. Make sure it is clearly labeled and easy to read.

1.Upload annotated speech p 43 and 44
2. Upload work on pages 45 to 49

Write a quick write.
Pick your favorite.
1.Explain it and 2.give an example from your own life that shows how it is true.

Write your own abstract/concrete poem.
Decorate/shape it with concrete images.
Be creative!

Take a picture of your Puritan notes from today's class (9/18).

Upload a pic or document addressing the following:
1. 2 questions
2. 2 observations
3. 2 similes and 2 metaphors
4.picture

For this FIRST notebook check I will give a max of 5 pts per Zoom day for every day that you have kept notes. I will be flexible with grading for this FIRST ONE.

Just turn in pictures of what you have. (40 pts MAX)

Notes must include the DATE OF THE ZOOM and the MAIN TOPIC (USUALLY IN RED ON MY SLIDE) and any notes or activities for the Zoom class (circle maps, group work, lecture notes etc.)

Also, the range is flexible too because some of you may have had notes before 8/17. (Just turn in what you have even if it is minimal)

I will give a lecture on how to keep a notebook for the next notebook check. Thank you.

Each week I will add 10 new words to your Quizlet vocabulary list. You should be reviewing the words a few times a week by playing the Quizlet games or using the flashcards.

As a weekly assignment you only have to post one picture showing that you studied the words on Quizlet.

Always annotate either with notes or on the doc.
Do the following 3 assignments/tasks for each poem (choose 3) and for "Chief Seattle’s Letter" ( link is below and we read this in class)

1.Write a ½ page response. In what way does it relate to your life?
2. Explain how it connects to your notes.
3.Write 2 questions for each reading to share with your group next week.




Here is a sample of Native American poetry. Choose only 3 of these poems.

https://ahttps://www.poemhunter.com/poem/ceremony-6/
merinda.org/newsletter/10-2/burns.htm

https://www.communitynewscommons.org/wp-content/uploads/2016/08/Chrystos.jpg

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/149802/the-knife-wearer

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/50885/the-eight-o-five

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53906/tal-s-go-gal-quo-gi-di-del-qua-s-do-di-tsa-la-gi-di-go-whe-li-beginning-cherokee

https://www.poetryfoundation.org/poems/53170/combing

Take the test on Quizlet and upload a picture of your score. Be honest. : ) We will have different formats for the vocabulary test so keep studying.

Write an essay in where you explore the idea of the American Dream, Use examples from your life, your family's experience, the three poems discussed in class, and your group's discussion.

Support:

Read the poem. Annotate by summarizing, questioning, and clarifying each stanza.

What do you now know?

Each week I will add 10 new words to your Quizlet vocabulary list. You should be reviewing the words a few times a week by playing the Quizlet games. As a weekly assignment you only have to post one picture showing that you studied the words on Quizlet.

Read and take notes on the article. Upload at least 1 1/2 page of notes (oops) (please use 12 pt font or write them).

You will create a tree map with 4 branches- one with your own ideas about the American Dream, and then a branch for each Poem. For each branch you will need 3 items of ideas/direct quotes. You will use direct quotes for the poems. : )

You can draw or create your own Tree map,or use the one here.

Remember that your ideas and direct quotes are chunked between each line. You do not have to use the lines as you would "lined paper" because they are used to separate ideas and quotes.

Make it neat and clear.

SUPPORT: https://youtu.be/3KwV0C3NS18

Each week I will add 10 new words to your Quizlet vocabulary list. You should be reviewing the words a few times a week by playing the Quizlet games. As a weekly assignment you only have to post one picture showing that you studied the words on Quizlet.

Upload your answers to the questions from today's class discussion. Thanks.

Reflect and respond to your quickwrite and the 3 poems.
1. How has your understanding of the American Dream changed after reading the three Inaugural poems?
2. Argue with any of the poems. Choose one to discuss and disagree with.
3. What 2- 3 lines resonate with you? Why? Give a personal, detailed response.
4.Which poem is your favorite? Why?

Read the following poem. Annotate by summarizing, questioning, and clarifying each stanza.

Then discuss what the poem reveals about the American Dream?

Re-watch the entire video and write down three comments about the video. Write in full sentences.

Upload the three comments.

You will create your own Bitmoji locker that reflects your personality, interests, hobbies, family and more. See Instructions below. Make a COPY of the slides and use it to create your own. Be ready to share you locker next week. : )Good luck.

This project is due on Wednesday.

Re-watch the entire video and write down three comments about the video. Write in full sentences.

Upload the three comments.

Read the following poem. Annotate by summarizing, questioning, and clarifying EACH STANZA. (the link to the poem is below)

Then discuss what the poem reveals about the American Dream?

Don't forget to do all parts of this assignment.

The items labeled "Support" are available if you need additional help.

Support: Maya Angelou's background videohttps://www.biography.com/video/maya-angelou-mini-biography-2126702348
Support: Audio of the Poem read by Ms. Angelouhttps://www.youtube.com/watch?v=59xGmHzxtZ4
Support: What is Clarifying? While reading, be aware of when something is hard to understand and then stop to think and take notice. For our purposes you can take note and then connect this part of the reading to something else. : )

Read the following poem. Annotate by summarizing, questioning, and clarify each stanza.

Then discuss what the poem reveals about the American Dream?

Support:

Please answer the following questions.