**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1102: IN-CLASS J#14 RDG/CLASS-GROUPWORK/ TO COMPLETE, DUE FRI. 1/31 and MON. 2/3**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

**IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT DUE FRI. 1/31 and MON. 2/3:**

1) FIRST: With the HARD/PAPER COPY from The Language of Composition (LOC) anthology given to you WED. 1/29, THOROUGHLY READ ALL OF:

 

George Orwell's still-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 essay, EVERYONE WILL BE GIVEN TIME THURS. 1/30 TO WORK IN CLASS IN GROUPS/INDIVIDUALLY, and BY CLASS FRI. 1/31 and into MON. 2/3, COMPLETE for 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 

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3) ADDITIONALLY: 

• By/on FRI. 1/31 in class, you each will get into small groups to SUMMARIZE AND DISCUSS a section of Orwell's essay that each of you will be  assigned INDIVIDUALLY in class--YOU WILL BE GRADED ON YOUR SUMMARY THOROUGHNESS AND ABILITY TO CONVINCE ME THAT YOU READ THURS. 1/30, FRI. 1/31, and MON. 2/3 as we discuss these sections!

• ^^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 FRI. 1/31 and MON. 2/3 to have the following completed:

• MAKE SURE you COMPLETELY READ ORWELL'S **ENTIRE** ESSAY
• MAKE SURE you complete and PRINT OUT/WRITE OUT the JOURNAL #14 LOC MARKED QU'S RESPONSES BEFORE CLASS 

5) **THEN, THURS. 1/30 or FRI. 1/31 TBA in class...

• AFTER I ASSIGN THEM TO YOU, MAKE SURE you read (*post-it note-annotated would help!) your INDIVIDUALLY-ASSIGNED SECTION OF ORWELL'S ESSAY to summarize for the in-class GRADED DISCUSSION FRI. 1/31 and MON. 2/3 and onward through the upcoming 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!