Archived E319 Homework (2008-2009)

August-September-October (1Q)

Reminder:  This schedule is tentative. 

It is designed to help you plan your academic time wisely. 

Please complete the assigned work for the assigned day unless told otherwise by me during class.

for Thursday (8/21)  This update posted 8/21/08

• respond to Star Power reflection prompt
• download, print, and bring in syllabus
• Annotation and Literary Analysis of Summer Reading Project DUE Wednesday (8/27)
• Rhetorical Analysis of Summer Reading Project DUE Friday (8/29)

for Friday (8/22)  This update posted 8/21/08

• work on Summer Reading Project
• review syllabus with parent/guardian

for Monday (8/25)  This update posted 8/21/08

• download, print, read, and annotate "Good Readers and Good Writers" (Nabokov)
• work on Summer Reading Project

for Tuesday (8/26)  This update posted 8/21/08

• work on Summer Reading Project

for Wednesday (8/27)  This update posted 8/21/08

• Annotation and Literary Analysis of Summer Reading Project DUE

for Thursday (8/28)  This update posted 8/21/08

• work on Rhetorical Analysis

for Friday (8/29)  This update posted 8/21/08

• Rhetorical Analysis of Summer Reading Project DUE
• signed Syllabus Acknowledgment form DUE

for Tuesday (9/2)  This update posted 8/21/08

• NONE (please enjoy your Labor Day Weekend)

for Wednesday (9/3)  This update posted 8/21/08

• download, print, read, and annotate "Soldier's Home" (Hemingway)
• write two questions of each kind for "Soldier's Home"- literal, interpretive, and evaluative
• this means you will have a total of 6 questions (you do not have to answer them, just ask them)

for Thursday (9/4)  This update posted 8/21/08

• start reading Everyday Use (Chapter 1) - finish by Thursday (9/13)
• Portfolio Prompt:  Why does Hemingway repeat lines and phrases if his effort is to be terse in his writing style?

for Friday (9/5)  This update posted 8/21/08

• NONE

As you may know, the Schaumburg High School Website could not be updated recently.

Please contact me if you have any questions/concerns over homework assigned between 9/5 and 9/17. 

Every assignment was written on the board during this time and each student was asked to write down these assignments.

for Thursday (9/18)  This update posted 9/17/08

• start to read/annotate Everyday Use (Chapter 2, Packet A) for Monday

for Friday (9/19)  This update posted 9/17/08

• start to read/annotate "How to Tell a True War Story" for Monday
• please annotate for all new devices (paradox, sublime, juxtaposition, proximity, pity, sympathy, empathy) as well as the ones we've already studied (concrete/abstract, catalog, logos/pathos/ethos, repetition, vocabulary, periodic sentences)

for Monday (9/22)  This update posted 9/17/08

• read/annotate Everyday Use (Chapter 2, Packet A)
• read/annotate "How to Tell a True War Story"

for Tuesday AND Wednesday   This update posted on 9/23/08

• NONE

for Thursday (9/26)  This update posted on 9/23/08

• read/annotate "The Dentist"
• download/print the assignment for the war essay on the "Projects" page
• write down any questions you might have regarding this essay

for Friday (9/26)  This update posted on 9/23/08

• Portfolio Prompts:  Everyday Use (Chapter 1) Activities will each count as one prompt (up to a total of 8)

for Monday (9/29)  This update posted on 9/23/08

• read/annotate "Sweetheart of Song Tra Bong," "Stockings," and "Church" (pgs. 89-121)
• read/annotate Everyday Use (Chapter 2, Packet B)
• ask two interpretive and two evaluative questions for "Sweetheart" (total 4 - no need to answer them)

for Tuesday (9/30)  This update posted on 9/23/08

• work on rough draft of war story (DUE Friday)

for Wednesday (10/1)  This update posted 9/25/08

• work on rough draft of war essay
• read/annotate "The Man I Killed," "Ambush," and "Style" (pgs. 124- 136)
• write two questions of interp./eval. for each (total 6)

for Thursday (10/2)  This update posted 9/25/08

• Portfolio Prompt:  Why is a vignette an effective device for O'Brien (focus specifically on how this device affects theme)?
• work on rough draft of war essay

for Friday (10/3)  This update posted 9/25/08

• rough draft of war essay DUE

for Monday (10/6)  This update posted 9/25/08

• Portfolio Prompts:  all of Part II  from "Goodnight Saigon" counts as three prompts (choose any number you please up to three or none)

for Tuesday (10/7)  This update posted 9/25/08

• NONE!

FRIENDLY REMINDER - PORTFOLIO DUE 10/20 (Monday)

for Wednesday (10/8)  This update posted 9/25/08

• read/annotate "Speaking of Courage" (pgs. 137-154)
• work on final draft of war story

for Thursday (10/9)  This update posted 9/25/08

• TODAY - open note in-class essay (very similar to final exam):  Juxtapose Norman Bowker to Harold Krebs.  Do O'Brien's and Hemingway's writing styles support each individual character's experience with war?
• work on final draft of war story

for Friday (10/10)  This update posted 9/25/08

• final draft of war story DUE

MONDAY (10/13)  This update posted 9/25/08

• NO SCHOOL - COLUMBUS DAY!!!

for Tuesday (10/14)

• read/annotate "Notes," "In the Field," "Good Form," and "Field Trip" (pgs. 155-188)
• finish TTC ("The Ghost Soldiers," "Night Life," "The Lives of the Dead" - pgs. 189-246) for Wednesday (10/22)

for Wednesday (10/15)

• work on portfolio

FRIENDLY REMINDER - PORTFOLIO DUE 10/20 (Monday)

for Thursday (10/16)

• work on portfolio
• Portfolio Prompts:  all of Part II  from "The General" counts as three prompts (do none, one, two or three)

for Friday (10/17)  This update posted 9/25/08

• Portfolio Prompts:  from "The Wasteland" - you may choose one from Part I, one from Part II, and one from Part III (for a total of three prompts - please do not exceed three prompts or pick more than one from a specific Part)

FRIENDLY REMINDER - PORTFOLIO DUE 10/20 (Monday)