American Literature (Mrs. Cox and Mrs. Holley)-3rd Period Assignments

Read the following articles and view the attached video. Answer the questions below for additional credit quiz grade.

Attached is the assignment for Raisin in the Sun. Please complete and be prepared to discuss on Wednesday. I have attached both a word document and a pdf.

Read the following paired passages and complete the work attached. We will work through this assignment together today.

Read the following article "America as a Woman" and the poem, "Columbia" by Thomas Paine and complete the questions and narrative writing assignment in review for the EOC.

Read the following quiz and answer the 5 questions. The test will be open for 45 minutes between the hours of 8:00am until 3:00pm today. Please do your very best. If you have any questions please let me know.

Read the two documents and complete a venn diagram on each of the documents points. Then develop a thesis statement to guide your writing. We will work through this assignment together in class prior to independent practice today.
If you have any questions please let me know.

Read: I will Fight No More Forever by Chief Joseph and I Am the Last of My Family by Cochise (441-444)
• Complete the Questions pg 445 1a,1b,2a,2b,3a,3b
• Then write a short constructed response paragraph from the POV of one of the female Indians and her response to their situation.

Read the following poem and answer the 2 questions that follow. The first question is a short constructed response. The second question prompts you to write a narrative.
This is a similar question that will be on on the EOC exam. Please review the video from today's lesson in class.

Constructed Response Essay
Pick one of the choices below and respond to the question using the R.A.C.E. method to answer. You must have a minimum of four examples of textual evidence to support your views. (Two from each selection) Must use your Textbook to provide the page number with the quote as your in-text citation. You do not need to have a works cited page.

Choice #1:
How does the physical disintegration of the House of Usher parallel the condition of Roderick and Madeline in the short story, “The Fall of the House of Usher” by Edgar Allan Poe? Explain your analysis with strong textual evidence to support your view.


Choice #2:
In the poem, “The Raven” by Edgar Allan Poe, how did the author use figurative language to reflect a theme?
Explain your analysis with strong textual evidence to support your view.

Choice #3:
In the story, “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving, how are strong religious views illustrated to the reader by showing the “ill-chosen route and choices” made by the character, Tom Walker? Explain your analysis with strong textual evidence to support your view.

Choice #4
In the story, “The Minister’s Black Veil” by Nathaniel Hawthorne, and the poem, “The Dead” by Jones Very, compare themes related to Gothic Literature. Explain your analysis with strong textual evidence to support your view.

Choice #5
Based on the poetry of Walt Whitman or Emily Dickinson, pick two poems, one from Walt Whitman and one from Emily Dickinson and discuss a shared theme. Explain the theme and provide textual evidence to support your analysis.

Free Verse Poem
Pick 15 words from Whitman’s poems pgs 322-338 or Dickinson’s poems pgs 350-354 and 358-359. From the list of 15 words, use 3 to 5. Write a Free Verse poem to include three types of figurative language of your choice
(metaphor, strong imagery, enjambment, personification, simile,or other type of figurative langugae)
Poem must be between 8 and 20 lines
Poem must be about Life or Death and reflect either Romanticism or Gothic Literature Characteristics

Highlight the words used and highlight the figurative languge terms used
If your poem incudes all of the above requirements, you will receive a 100% for a quiz grade. Happy writing :)

Read the following poems and complete the TPFASTT analysis of each. Remember to completely answer the question related to Theme in a complete, thoughtful paragraph. Remember to number each section of the TPFASTT

Read each of the five excerpt and identify theme in each. Follow the R.A.C.E. method to answer each question. Remember to write in complete sentence, with correct spelling and punctuatuion.

Quiz: Read the following poem and complete a poetry analysis of this poem by following the tasks below. Follow each step and provide textual evidence to support your analysis.

Complete the following tasks:
1. The Title explained:
2. Number the lines
3. Define the following terms: Mirth, rudeness, unclad, sap, doth, clattering, expectant, livid
4. Paraphrase each line of the poem
5. Mark examples of Figurative Language and how it is effective in the poem, to include rhyme patterns if applicable.
6. Attitude what is the attitude of the speaker of the poem?
7. What is the attitude of the reader of the poem?
8. Identify any changes in time/mood/tone/attitude referred to as a Shift in the poem
9. Determine an overall Theme and explain why.
10. How does this poem reflect Gothic or Romanticism characteristics?

Read The Minister's Black Veil by Nathaniel Hawthorne, pg 244-253. Complete the attached graphic organizer in order.
Pre-Reading
During Reading
After Reading

Complete the following TPFASTT poetry analysis of the poem, "Lenore" by Edgar Allan Poe. Remember to identify the unusual terms by defining their meaning. Identify all of the figurative language, to include end rhyme pattern, internal rhyme and other.
Remember to follow all the steps in the assignment. YOu may complete the graphic organizer and take a picture and upload that to this assignment section if that is easier to do.

Assignment: After reading “The Devil and Tom Walker” by Washington Irving (pp 199-208) answer the following questions in complete sentences using the R.A.C.E. method.

1. How is Tom’s home described in the beginning?
2. How is Tom’s relationship described with his wife?
3. Why does the narrator describe the outdoor setting in such detail? (the swamp and the fort)
4. How is Tom’s home described after he made an agreement with the devil?
5. Provide two examples of juxtaposition.
6. Provide two examples of hypocritical behavior.
7. Describe the relationship between the trees and Mr. Crowninshield. (How are the trees described?)
8. Infer why the last meeting between Tom and devil takes place in the counting house?
9. Identify the overall theme of this story and provide textual evidence to support your analysis.

Read the attached excerpts and complete Central Idea and Detail graphic organizer.

Read the "Fall of the House of Usher" by Edgar Allan Poe and complete the comprehension and analysis questions on a google document. Provide a MLA heading and a title to your work.

Read and annotate, “The Raven” pp 212-215 and complete the questions.
Turn in the questions on a google document. Remember to have a MLA Heading and title on your assignment. Remember to use textual evidence to support your answers. Remember to write in complete sentences.

Please re-read the speech from Susan B. Anthony, answer the questions and then complete the short constructed response narrative.

Read the attached directions for the Mini-Research Project. You may choose between a slide presentation or a short essay to complete this assignment so read the directions carefully.

If you would like to improve your test grade or if you did not complete the test initially, you may complete the Remeidation Work prior to the retesting opportunity. (RETEST OPPORTUNITY WILL BE AN ESSAY DUE FRIDAY, OCTOBER 2ND at 3:00PM)
First, You must read each Act of the Crucible and write you own summary of each Act. Do not plagiarize your summaries. If you plagiarize your summaries you will not be able to assess your Re-test of The Crucible. You must type each summary in one google document LABEL Act I, Act II, Act III, Act IV, and summit it into this assignment section by Wednesday, September 30, at 3:00pm. No Exceptions.
If you have any questions please contact me personally through email. Email subject line should read: Last Name, Class Period,The Crucible Remediation Examle: Cox, 3rd, The Crucible Remediation.

Part 1: Read the attached article and complete 10 notes over this article: Must include paraphrasing examples, summarization examples, and direct quote examples.
I would write
3 paraphrases
3 summarization
4 direct quotes

Add 2 more example citations from you notes that you would use from the article if you did research on this topic.

example of an intext citation:
“The phrase ‘separation of church and state’ does not appear in the First Amendment,” but was made popular by Thomas Jefferson (“How First Amendment rights have evolved”). This meaning was added in the First Amendment to ensure that the church did not dictate a belief to the people.

Answer the following questions using your notes from classroom instruction:
1. What is research?
2.What does MLA stand for?
3.Why is it important to use MLA Formatting?
4.What is Galileo?
5.What is plagiarism?
6.How do I avoid plagiarism?
7.What is a parenthetical citation?
8.What should every quote include?
9.What is a Works Cited page?
10.What are characteristics that a source must meet?

Read Thomas Paine from Common Sense pgs 87 and from Crisis No. 1 pgs. 88-89 and complete the graphic organizer and the constructed response questions for each selection.
Take a picture and upload into this assignment section or complete in document and upload into this assignment section.

Read "Women's Right to Suffrage" (vote) by Susan B. Anthony on page 473-474 and then complete the speech analysis part I and Part II.

1. Read the following speech and then complete the analysis.
2. Complete a well-established paragraph-remember to use textual evidence and follow the R.A.C.E. method to write your paragraph.
3. Read The Gettysburg Address by Abraham Lincoln pg. 298
4. Complete the comparting two text form for "Abraham Lincoln's 200th Birthday Celebration Address" and "The Gettysburg Address"
5. Complete the writing assignment. Following the directions that are attached.

Review the following questions and graphic organizer in order to analyze the Declaration of Independence. I will provide copies for A students and B students next week. However, you may begin to analyze online or you may make your own copy and bring to class if you are able to do so.

Read the attached Preamble to the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights. Refer to the video clip for the Bill of Rights and then answer the following question in a well thought out essay. Follow the R.A.C.E method to complete your essay. (minimum of 75 words and two quotes)
What does the phrase, "We the People..." mean to you?
Use the Preamble to the US Constitution and the Bill of Rights as textual evidence to support your view.

Directions: Definition of the following terms using the textbook. Use Miram Webster.com for the part of speech, an antonym, a synonym, and sentence.
Formidable
Effectual
Insidious
Remonstrate
Transient
Assent
Abdicate
Insurrection
Redress
Acquiesce

Review the following questions from Patrick Henry's speech to the Virginia Convention. Complete in Google classroom as preparation for Summative Assessments next week. Answer these questions in a google document and submit accordingly.

Summative Assessment The Crucible

Complete a socio-gram of the characters that reflect the overall theme of the drama, The Crucible.
Illustrate the characters with symbols or picture, and textual evidence.
Show their relationship with solid or dashed lines.
Provide an overall theme and textual evidence to support theme.
Must label and color your socio-gram. You may complete your work on one 8 1/2 x 11 sheet of printer paper provided or you may complete this electronically in a google document.
This is your opportunity to be creative in your analysis of the drama.

Patrick Henry’s Speech in the Virginia Convention (pg. 81-83)
Directions: Identify the emotional appeal: Ethos, Pathos, Logos used in each textual example. Also identify the type of Rhetorical Strategy used: Rhetorical Question, parallelism, allusion. Finally identify why the portion of the speech was effective toward the audience.

Rationalism Warm-up Quiz:
Define Rhetoric and provide one example of a Rhetorical Device in persuasive writing.
What was Deism?
Describe the Rationalism time period and how the beliefs changed from Puritan beliefs to Rationalism beliefs.
What prompted the Colonist to declare their independence from Great Britain?
How long it take for the Colonist to have Independence from Great Britain? From when to when?

Answer the following questions in a google document and then upload it to this assignment
Remember to type your first and last name and title this assignment on the document. Answer in complete sentences and provide textual quotations and/or quotes to support your analysis.
Act IV Questions
1. Why is Reverend Parris afraid a riot will break out over the recent executions in Salem?
2. What does Judge Danforth do in an attempt to obtain John Proctor's confession?
3. Describe John and Elizabeth's conversation in this Act. How does it reveal their relationship? How has their relationship changed since the start of this story?
4. Why does John struggle with his confession? What does John say about the importance of his name that changes his confession? Why is this significant to the story?

Answer the following questions in complete sentences and provide textual evidence to support your answer.
Complete these questions in a google document. Include your name and title of this assignment.
1. What charge does Giles Corey make against Thomas Putnam? What evidence does he cite? What problem does the court have with this evidence?
2. What does John Proctor break down and confess in open court? What does he say is Abigails motive for accusing his wife (Elizabeth) of witchcraft?
3. Describe the events between Mary Warren and Abigail Williams in court. What can you infer about this interaction?
4. Why does Mary Warren denounce John Proctor?

Answer the following questions in complete sentences and provide textual evidence to support your answer.
Complete these questions in a google document. Include your name and title of this assignment
1. What are the first topics John and Elizabeth Proctor discuss when John comes home?
2. What does their conversation reveal about their relationship?
3. According to Mary Warren, how did Goody Osburn “condemn herself” in court?
4. Infer what the people of Salem might think about John Proctor.
5. What does Mary Warren say when John Proctor questions her about the poppet on the mantel?

The Crucible Vocabulary: Define the following terms using your textbook or Miriam Webster dictionary. Define the term, identify the part of speech (noun,verb, adjective,adverb), write an example sentence, illustrate the tterm in some manner. Attached is the explanation video. You may complete this assignment on a google document or slide share.

1. conjured
2. faction
3. abominations
4. inert
5. hypocrites
6. partisan
7. calumny
8. prodigious
9. quail
10. anarchy

Complete the following questions in a google document and then upload it to this assignment section. Write you first and last name at the left side and then title this assignment: Act I The Crucible Questions
Answer the following questions in complete sentences and provide textual evidence to support your answers.
1. Describe the characters Reverend Parris, Betty, and Abigail. Who are they and what are they known for?
2. Describe the characters Mr. and Mrs. Putnam and their relationships with other members of the village. Who are they and what are they known for?
3. Describe Francis Nurse and his wife Rebecca Nurse. Who are they and what are they known for?
4. Describe the activities that Abigail and the girls have been involved in.
5. Why do you personally believe that Betty is unconscious?

Complete the following note quiz. You may use your notes.

Please write a personal narrative about an event in your life that has caused you to become a better person. Please have a beginning, a middle, and an end to your story. Type in a google document and then submit it to this assignment.

Complete the TPFASTT analysis for the poem, "Captivity"

Determine the theme of this poem and then write out a short paragraph explaining it. Provide textual evidence to support your analysis of the theme. Write this on a google document and then upload it into this assignment.

Download the following poem and begin to analyze it using the TPFASTT model and complete the steps/questions #1-4 for Wednesday's Discussion

Introduce yourself to the class using Flipgrid. If you cannot get into flipgrid, provide a paragraph introducing yourself, your goals for this school year and for your future. Type this up into a google document and submit it into this section.