English 11 Journal Assignments Spring 2013
JA #1 – SAT Vocabulary Week #3 – 01/07/13 Complete the three steps of the SAT Week 3 assignment available online under Assignment Links.
JA #2 – Realism in “AOAOCB” – 01/08-09/13 a) Define realism according to your literature book. b) Identify THREE examples of realism in your reading so far. c) Describe Peyton Farquhar, using THREE adjectives.
JA #3 – “TPB” – 01/08-09/13 Take notes during the movie of THREE of the elements discussed in class (make sure to label these and provide specific examples of each). Also, identify the multiple plotlines in the story (there are at least three).
JA #4 - SAT Vocabulary Week #4 – 01/14/13 Complete the three steps of the SAT Week 4 assignment available online under Assignment Links.
JA #5 – “AMOH” – 1/15/13 Using complete sentences, answer the following questions on p.602: #3, 4, 6, 7 [give TWO examples from the story], 9 and complete the Literary Analysis for Naturalism and Irony.
JA #6 – Vocab Story – 1/16/13 Using SIX words appropriately from JA #1 or JA #4, write a short story that is at least ¾ page in length. Your story can be about anything, but it must be in first person POV and occur in outer space with aliens. Please underline each vocabulary word that you use.
JA #7 – SAT Vocabulary Week #5 – 01/07/13 Complete the three steps of the SAT Week 5 assignment available online under Assignment Links.
JA #8 – “TSOAH” – 1/29/13 Using complete sentences, answer the following questions on p.786: Comprehension Check (all three questions), #3, 4, 5 & 6.
JA #9 - SAT Vocabulary Week #6 – 02/04/13 Complete the three steps of the SAT Week 6 assignment available online under Assignment Links. Due this Friday. JA #10 – “AaI” – 02/08/13 Using complete sentences, answer questions 2, 3, 4, 5 & 8 on p.873.
JA #11 – Drafted – 2/19/13 Imagine yourself in the following situation: The U.S. has just declared war in the Middle East. In order to fully prosecute the war, a mandatory draft has been instituted. All citizens of sound mind and body between the ages of 18 and 24, male and female, will be required to report to duty according to their draft notice. You know that at the end of your senior year, you will be drafted into the service. What are your feelings about this? What actions will you take to prepare for your mandatory military service? Will you take any other actions other than submit to the draft? Explain.
JA #12 - PS, Chapter 5 – 2/28/13 In a 1/3 – ½ page paragraph, write a plot summary of chapter 5. No books on this one, but I will begin for you: The chapter begins back at rest camp. The comrades are musing about what they might do after the war is over.
JA #13 – War! What is good for? – 3/01/13 In chapter 6, we see Paul and his comrades back at the front and in the thick of war. It is a pretty gruesome chapter, with the shelling, hand to hand combat, lack of medical assistance and food supplies. It’s important to remember that trench warfare was considered “state of the art” at the time. Thank goodness, it no longer exists. Today, we have much more “antiseptic” ways of killing our enemy, with drones, laser-guided missile systems, satellite communications, etc. In fact, much of our warfare today is done, or at least guided by experts from the safety of cubicles on military bases within the United States. Thinking of our advances in modern warfare, respond to the following statement. Do you agree or disagree? Explain.
Today, war is fought much more humanely
JA #14 – Ch’s 6 & 7 - 3/05/13 Select THREE statements from chapter 6 and THREE from chapter 7. In 4-6 sentences, interpret the significance of each. The statements might be examples of characterization, symbol, theme, foreshadowing, figurative language, or it might emphasize and important turning point in the story or in Paul’s character. Please identify each statement you select as one of the above. You could also relate the statement to contemporary life, but you must use a specific example if you do. CH 6 1. The front is a cage (101) 2. Over us, Chance hovers (101) 3. the hollow, furious blast is like a blow from the paw of a raging beast (106) 4. We have become wild beasts (113) 5. We have lost all feeling for one another (116) 6. Night comes, out of the craters rise the mists (118) 7. We are forlorn like children, and experienced like old men (123) 8. One morning two butterflies…settle on the teeth of a skull (127) 9. the little piece of convulsed earth in which we lie is held (135) (over) CH 7 10. the front line days…sink down in us like a stone (138) 11. fear, we do not know much about (139) 12. The days, the weeks, the years out here shall come back again (140) 13. A man dreams of a miracle and wakes up to loaves of bread (153) 14. far away, in a long line one behind the other, stand the poplars…(155) 15. I can go no further – mother, mother, Paul is here (157) 16. There is a distance, a veil between us (160) 17. I cannot find my way back, I am shut out (172) 18. I will never be able to be so again (185)
JA #15 – The Letter – 3/11/13 Using a letter format, write a ½ page letter to your chosen subject. Keep your character's POV, voice and tone in mind as you write. Choose one of the pairs below: 1. Paul writing to his mother 2. Paul writing to his father 3. Paul writing to his sister 4. Paul writing to his mother’s surgeon 5. Paul writing to Gerard Duvall’s wife 6. Paul writing to Kantorek (school master) 7. Kat writing to his wife 8. Kat writing to the Kaiser 9. Kemmerich’s mother writing to Paul 10. Kantorek writing to Paul
JA #16 – The End – 3/13/13 1) Write a ½ page plot summary of chapter 11 2) In a 2-4 sentences, explain why this book would have been banned and burned by Hitler during WWII.
JA #17 – Renaissance – 3/25/13 1) Define, as best you can, “renaissance” 2) For each of the three images a) describe them in detail (use adjectives about shapes, colors, design and content) b) briefly explain how the image could be linked to the idea of renaissance Image 1:
Image 2:
Image 3:
JA #18 – “Race Man” – 3/26/13 Take notes on the following topics from the video, “Jazz” Episode 3: 1) The Cotton Club 2) Duke Ellington [bio info] 3) Ellington’s music and career 4) The “firsts” of his career 5) How he was a “race man” 6) Artie Shaw 7) Bix B. 8) Louis Armstrong [bio info] 9) Armstrong’s music and career
JA #19 – Hughes’ Poems – 3/28/13 Using complete sentences, answer the following questions about the poems: p.925 – 1, 2 & 3; p.926 – 1, 2 & 3; p.928 – 2, 4 & 6.
JA #20 – WTNWIV – 3/29/13 Using complete sentences, answer the following questions on p.937: 1, 2, 3, 4 & 7
JA #21 – SAT Week 7 – 4/2/13 Follow the instructions on the file [see website, my]
JA #22 – My Sonnet – 4/4/13 Following the sonnet structure of “My City” write a sonnet in iambic pentameter about what YOU would miss once you assume room temperature. JA #23 - McKay/Bontemps – 4/4/13 Complete the Reader’s Notebook (see p.945) as you read through the poems. Then, answer the following on p.948: #2, 3, 4 & 7.
JA #24 – SAT Week 8 – 04/08/13 Follow the instructions on the assignment. [see Assignment Links]
JA #25 – An Event – 4/08/13 A. Choose an important event from your life. It should be something that scared you in a fundamental way, or something that happened that changed your view of people or yourself or the world.
B. Write a narrative of the event in a ½ page paragraph.
C. Convert the narrative paragraph to a narrative poem. Minimum of 10 lines, free verse but you must use assonance, consonance or alliteration to create imagery in the poem. Assonance is the repetition of vowel sounds to create internal rhyming e.g. “And murmuring of innumerable bees”
Consonance is a poetic device characterized by the repetition of the same consonant two or more times in short succession e.g. pitter patter" or in "all mammals named Sam are clammy"
Alliteration is the repetition of a particular sound in the prominent lifts (or stressed syllables) of a series of words or phrases e.g. “the bold beating of beautiful butterfly wings.”
JA #26 – SAT Week 9 – 04/15/13 Follow the instructions on the assignment. [see Assignment Links]
JA #27 – “TCITR” opening – 4/16 – 4/17/13 Answer the following questions using complete sentences:
1) Describe Holden (the narrator). At this point, do you like/dislike him? Explain. 2) What is the setting of the novel? (note: there might be two) 3) In general, Holden has a firm opinion about people. What is it? Support your opinion with a specific quote from chapter 1. 4) Holden seems to have lots of conflicts. Identify two ( Holden vs. ______about ______). 5) Why is Holden being kicked out of school? Has this happened to him before? How do you know (use a quote). 6) What is Holden’s opinion of his parents? Explain.
JA #28 – The Letter – 4/18/13 By the end of chapter 3, we know that Holden has been kicked out of school (at least he’s been told not to return next semester), and we know that he has yet to inform his parents. Assume the character of Holden and, at Dr. Spencer’s urging, write a letter to your parents informing them of the situation and explain the plans you have next. Remember to write in the voice and style of Holden [½ page minimum and don’t forget to sign off].
JA #29 – SAT Week 9 Quiz – 4/19/13 With a partner, develop a 15 pt quiz with Week 9 words. Place the answers at the bottom of your JA. You need 6 matching; 5 fill in the blank sentences and 4 Parts of speech. Use your returned Week 8 Quiz as an outline. JA #30 – Holden’s Troubles – 4/24/13 In a brief paragraph (1/3 page), explain the source of Holden’s “problem.” Why is he so angry, bitter, sarcastic, cynical, etc.? Find a quote from the novel for support AND explain how the quote supports your opinion.