**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1102 IMPORTANT HW DUE COMPLETED MON. 1/30**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

HW DUE MON. 1/30:

1) FIRST: With the HARD/PAPER COPY from The Language of Composition (LOC) anthology given to you THURS. 1/26 and FRI. 1/27, THOROUGHLY READ ALL OF:

 

George Orwell's important essay "Politics and the English Language" (pp. 707-718)

**ALSO, here is a LINK to the essay FULL TEXT (**and also linked as a PDF on the Classroom):

 ORWELL "POLITICS AND THE ENGLISH LANGUAGE" 

2) THEN: for this important reading, EVERYONE BY CLASS MON. 1/30, COMPLETE JOURNAL #14: 

• ON POST-ITS or WRITTEN ON THE TEXT and DONE WITH CARE ON THE ACTUAL ASSIGNMENT, or PAPER, typed or written, ANSWER **THE MARKED QU'S from "Questions for Discussion" & "Questions on Rhetoric and Style" at the end of ORWELL's essay 

3) ADDITIONALLY: 

• make sure you each are ready to SUMMARIZE AND DISCUSS the section of Orwell's essay that each of you were assigned INDIVIDUALLY in class THURS. 1/26 and FRI. 1/27--YOU WILL BE GRADED ON YOUR SUMMARY THOROUGHNESS AND ABILITY TO CONVINCE ME THAT YOU READ MON. 1/30 and through the week as we discuss!

• ^^TO MAKE THIS PART EASIER FOR YOU, TRY ANNOTATING THE MAIN IDEAS OF THE SECTION(S) YOU ARE ASSIGNED, and think about the following qu's as you read your section

--Why is Orwell so concerned over the state of the English language in this section/what I'm reading? 

--What does he say/use examples of in this section that shows how he thinks it [English] has degenerated so/become so muddled? 

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4) SO, IN CONCLUSION, here's the simple breakdown to make sure you use your time WISELY between now and class MON. 1/30 to have the following completed:

• MAKE SURE you COMPLETELY READ ORWELL'S ESSAY
• MAKE SURE you complete and PRINT OUT/WRITE OUT THE JOURNAL #14 LOC MARKED QU'S RESPONSES BEFORE CLASS 
• MAKE SURE you've read (*post-it note-annotated would help!) your INDIVIDUALLY-ASSIGNED SECTION OF ORWELL'S ESSAY to summarize for the in-class GRADED DISCUSSION MON. 1/30 and onward through the week!

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**AS ALWAYS, QUICK REMINDERS: 

• CHECK THE CLASSROOM/BLOG EACH NIGHT TO KNOW WHAT YOU NEED TO HAVE COMPLETED/BE PREPARED FOR EACH CLASS!

• HAVE YOUR COURSE BINDER/REQUIRED READING WITH YOU DAILY!