Assignments for Nov. 10-14

For Tuesday:Read and Annotate Highet (433) and do #s 3 & 6 on p. 438
For Thursday:Read and Annotate Stanton (439) and do #s 1 & 3 on pgs. 442-443
For Friday: Vocabulary Quiz, Read and Annotate Hall(452) and do #s 2 & 4 on p. 459

I will be giving a BIG 8 WEEK packet. If you want to try and get your work done before BIG 8, then let me know and I will get it to you by Tuesday. (There is no homework for Wednesday since it is double evens...)

New Vocabulary Words

parenthetical expression – an expression that is inserted into the flow of thought. It may be in the middle of a sentence or between sentences, but it does not deal directly with the topic at hand. These are set off by dashes or parentheses.

picaresque novel – an episodic, often autobiographical novel about a rogue or picaro (a person of low social status) wandering and living off his wits. The wandering hero provides the author with the opportunity to connect widely different pieces of plot; these novels tend to be satiric and filled with petty detail.

Symbols

http://teacherweb.com/CA/BullardHighSchool/MJohnson/NewsFlash6.stm

This site has a great list of common symbols that are found in literature. I think it would be good for you (especially those seniors who are thinking of taking the AP Lit test this year) to look over these lists.
C.

Vestibular-GV

http://vestibular.uol.com.br/ultnot/2008/11/02/ult798u23701.jhtm

Those of you who are planning to stay in Brazil for college, take a look at the three tests on this site. I think this course is preparing you for that test. What do you think?

C.

New Vocabulary Words

Polysyndeton: the repetition of conjunctions in a series of coordinate words, phrases, or clauses.
*I said, "Who killed him?" and he said, "I don't know who killed him but he's dead all right," and it was dark and there was water standing in the street and no lights and windows broke and boats all up in the town and trees blown down and everything all blown and I got a skiff and went out and found my boat where I had her inside Mango Bay and she was all right only she was full of water. Hemingway, After the Storm
Cacophony: harsh joining of sounds.
*We want no parlay with you and your grisly gang who work your wicked will. W. Churchill

Assignments for Nov. 3-7

For Tuesday: "Delusions of Grandeur", Q3
Wednesday we will have a practice exam. :)
For Wednesday: Clean copy of Poker Essay (Bring hard copy to class because I will be correcting them during your exam.)
For Thursday: "The End of Play", Q4
For Friday: "The Unknown Citizen", Q3 (Extra Credit: Q6)

PROMPT FOR SYNTHESIS ESSAY ON POKER

Read the following sources including any introductory information carefully. Then, in an essay that synthesizes the three sources for support, take a position that defends, challenges, or qualifies the claim that Poker is an unhealthy past time.


***If you have already written your essay by the time that you see this prompt...do not stress...it is okay...this prompt is for students that are having a hard time taking a stand...