Friday, April 21, 2017

HW DUE MON. 4/24

1st/3rd AP LANG 

HW DUE MON. 4/24:

1) In One Hundred Great Essays (OGE), FIRST read BOTH:

--the 'quintessential satire' proposal/essay model: Swift's "A Modest Proposal" (pp. 669-677)

--the 'modern satire' essay: Brady's "I Want a Wife" (pp. 108-110)  

2) After reading BOTH TEXTS, complete JOURNAL #14 BEFORE YOU COME TO CLASS MONDAY
***NOTE: YOU HAVE A CHOICE FOR THIS LAST JOURNAL #14; CHOOSE EITHER:

A) Swift's biting/objective/classic English satire, "A Modest Proposal"
**ANSWER Q#3 at the end of the text (your own "modest" proposal)

...OR...

B) Brady's modern/humorous/sardonic satire piece, "I Want A Wife"
**ANSWER BRADY Q#3 at the end of the text (your own "I Want a ---")

**REMEMBER: use the TEXT MODEL you choose to be creative and BE SATIRICAL in this journal!
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**NOTE FOR SWIFT'S TEXT: Monday in class, each assigned 'group' will be EXPLAINING/EXPLICATING/SUMMARIZING the specific points/claims/ARGUMENTS that Swift makes within his satirical proposal, so BE READY TO SPEAK, because you ALL/EACH will contribute by 'teaching' us (the AUDIENCE) about this texts PURPOSE/CONTEXT tomorrow!!!

***IF NEEDED ASAP THIS WEEK: we will finish our discussion of Plato and Machiavelli's, and texts from the readings you completed over the break. I WANT TO HEAR FROM EVERYONE!




2nd Pre-AP American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE MON. 4/24:

1) Given to you in class Fri. 2/21, MAKE SURE THE FOLLOWING ASSIGNMENT IS COMPLETE:

**ACT/SAT 'ENGLISH/CRITICAL READING' PRACTICE Multiple Choice section 
--22 TOTAL Qu's
--this practice covered writing conventions basic rules, grammatical errors, sentence structure errors, etc.

--AND PLEASE NOTE: THIS ASSIGNMENT WILL BE CHECKED IN CLASS FOR A GRADE  MON. 4/24!!!
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2) IF you have a copy of the book over the weekend, in Jon Krakauer's travel essay/book INTO THE WILD, make sure you've read:
--*CHAPTERS 3 and 4 (*catch up!)
--CHAPTERS 5 and 6

**NOTE BECAUSE OF THE CURRENT 'SHORTAGE' OF COPIES OF INTO THE WILD, I will keep you updated on any changes to the reading schedule on here and in class!

**ALWAYS BE READY FOR GRADED DISCUSSION AND SOME SORT OF POSSIBLE READING QUIZ/CHECK FOR THESE READING ASSIGNMENTS! 
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**ALSO, don't forget the following opportunity for EXTRA CREDIT to complete by TUES. 5/2 (*your American Lit./Comp. EOC DAY 1)  
--USATESTPREP American Lit./Comp. EOC practices
***ONE (1) EXTRA CREDIT POINT EARNED FOR EACH AND EVERY 'PRACTICE' YOU COMPLETE THOROUGHLY ON USATESTPREP!!!
--DIRECTIONS were shown/given in class on how/where to complete these--SEE ME if you have qu's

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