Winter Break Assignment 2015-2016

1. Peer Edit and review another student’s Hamlet Soliloquy Essay.
2. Then revise your Hamlet Soliloquy Essay and turn it into a college-level paper, using the Revision directions handout.
3. Read Song of Solomon chapters 4-9, complete the journals and the questions.
4. Review your literary device flashcards and prepare for an abundance of quizzes and multiple choice practice upon your return.

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Weekly Poem Revisions- Turnitin.com

Please check Turnitin.com for the revision assignments for the weekly poems. They are all almost posted for all classes. I am still working on the two most recent poems for 1b and 2a.

Pay attention to the deadlines – they are either Dec. 21 or Dec. 22.

You only need to complete these revision assignments if you received a zero for not writing in complete paragraphs. 

Parent Letter to Student – Hamlet

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For those students who need another copy. Please ask your parents to complete this before winter break.

Weekly Poem – Paragraph Revisions

If you received a notation in SchoolMax and Turnitin.com that you need to redo your one page analysis due to lack of paragraphs, then pay attention.

You will submit your revision through the Turnitin.com revision assignment that is attached to the original version. Look in Turnitin.com and you will see what I mean. Only complete this revision if you received a zero for your original submission due to not writing in paragraph format. This is not for those who did not do the assignment in the first place.

Now that you have been warned, any future analyses that you turn in without paragraphs are at risk of a permanent zero or massive point deduction.

Weekly Poem: excerpt from Henry VII

No Write-Alike due this week, but pay attention to the instructions provided.

Annotations due in class on Dec. 18/ A, Dec. 21/B.

No analysis is due for this one…yet.

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Song of Solomon Reading Schedules

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Song of Solomon Journal Entry Directions

I am currently working on the reading schedule for Song of Solomon, but here are the directions for the type of journal you will complete for this novel. You will also answer questions for each chapter. I have provided the questions for chapter one below for you.

Journal Instructions

You must complete one of the following options for each chapter assigned. In the end, you will have 15 journal entries.

1. Comment in 3 sentences what you think is the significance of an event in the chapter. What implications does it have on further or past events in the book? Does it reveal or explain something previously overlooked or hidden?
2. Ask 3 questions about an event or chapter that confused you. Push yourself and try to answer your questions after reviewing.
3. Comment in 3 sentences on a quote you think held a deeper meaning.
4. Describe your reactions to a character, event, action or idea in the chapter.
5. Talk about the relationships characters have with one another, use textual evidence to support your opinion.
6. Get inside one of the characters heads. Tell how the character feels about themselves, about other characters, situations.
7. Discuss a theme or motif that you recognize in the chapter. Think about why it is occurring or reappearing when it does. What is the significance of it in that chapter?

Chapter One

1. Consider the following important elements of this chapter: Robert Smith’s attempt to fly; Not Doctor Street; the song “O Sugarman done fly away;” Milkman’s birth; the water mark on the Deads’ dining room table; Porter’s drunken actions.
2. Why does Ruth Dead continue to breastfeed Milkman?
3. How are names chosen for the dead family?
4. Why is Dr. Foster relieved to have a suitor for Ruth?
5. Why does Macon enjoy hearing Pilate and her family sing as he listens outside?

Hamlet Soliloquy Essay

Change of plans from what was told to you in class. You will turn this assignment into Turnitin.com.

Deadline: Dec. 18, 2015 -All Classes

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Song of Solomon Contest

Which of her novels does Toni Morrison consider to be her best work?

The first eight students to email me with the correct answer will win a copy of Song of Solomon that they can annotate. The rest of you need to get thee to a Barnes and Noble.

I only have 8 copies.

Song of Solomon By Toni Morrision

Time to purchase the next novel, Song of Solomon by Toni Morrison. 

I will announce the book contest shortly. Sonia and Blessing have automatic claim to two of the books due to the error in the last contest.

I will also have books for loan, but you cannot write in them. If you lose them there will be a fine.

Weekly Poem – “Woman Work” By Maya Angelou

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Homework

• Annotate Claudius’ soliloquy.
• Complete your “Ozymandias” analysis
• “O What a Rogue” Questions (now due Saturday for A Day students)
• Revise your Wuthering Heights AP essay

Wuthering Heights AP Essay Revision Directions

A-Day students received their essays back this morning. B Day students will receive their essays back on Monday morning. 

Part 1 – Questions to ask as your edit and revise your paper. This is in addition to correcting common errors:

• Is there a thesis?
• Is the thesis clear?
• Does the essay address the entire prompt?
• What is missing? What can be added to make the essay more powerful?
• Does the essay make sense?

Part 2 – 

• Add one quote/textual evidence to each of your body paragraphs. Include it in your analysis in how that quote supports your argument.
• Underline your Thesis Statement.
• If you add a section/sentence/word, then bold it.
• If you subtract anything, type that part up in parenthesis and do a strikethrough of it.
• I want to see all of your changes & edits, this will be a part of your grade.
• Complete your revisions of your Wuthering Heights Essay and submit to Turnitin.com by Dec. 14(A)/15(B)

Homework

• Read Act 5 of Hamlet and complete your logs.
• Complete any revisions of your Weekly Poem analysis.
• Answer the Piercing Questions for “O What a Rogue” (Submit on Google Classroom)

1. It is obvious to the audience or reader that Hamlet is alone onstage. What else, then, could he mean when he begins, “Now I am alone”?
2. Why is the Prince calling himself a “rogue” and a “peasant slave”?
3. Hamlet compares himself to the player. What does this comparison reveal about Hamlet’s self-perception?
4. Throughout Hamlet, much violence is done to ears. How does Hamlet’s “cleave the general ear” relate to other “ear” references? Shakespeare uses the word ear 27 times in this play. Do any of these resonate with you?
5. Hamlet uses a lot of theatrical terminology in his speech. Find some examples (“cue,” “stage,” “play”). Why might Hamlet be thinking in theatrical terms?
6. Find lines or phrases that explain why Hamlet thinks himself a coward. Do you think he is a coward. Do you think he is a coward, or is he acting cautiously by looking for external evidence to prove Claudius’s guilt?

Homework

• Annotate the weekly poem – “Ozymandias” and bring it to class.
• Read Act 4 and complete The Log for each scene.
• Complete an annotation on Hypothes.is for each scene of Act 4.
• Address the questions for Polonius’ speech from the PPT slide. (Find it on Google Classroom)
• Groups 2 and 3 volunteers need to prepare their scenes. (Sign up on Google Classroom)