**ATTENTION 1st/2nd AP/1102: WKEND HW INTRO READING & J#16 QU's DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME MON. 2/23**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

WKEND HW DUE MON. 2/23: 

**FIRST: After our intro/background/overview in class today FRI. 2/20, MAKE SURE you've all read the following introductory parts/sections in Arthur Miller's play The Crucible:

• "A NOTE ON THE HISTORICAL ACCURACY OF THIS PLAY" (short first page)

• ACT ONE: An Overture (**NOTE: READ JUST 'An Overture'--ends at the BOTTOM OF pp. 7 **OR** TOP OF pp. 8 with "..and did burst out in general revenge.")
• **AGAIN, in BOTH the paperback copy you either got from the library or got from me in class FRI. 2/20 and the linked PDF version below (and on the Classroom), you'll be reading through EITHER the bottom of pp. 7 OR the top of pp. 8!!!

•  **LINK HERE TO THE PDF FULL TEXT OF THE CRUCIBLE if you were absent to get a copy (*this is the SAME TEXT AS THE PAPERBACK COPIES)**

**NEXT: on POST-ITS and/or PAPER/TYPED UP ANSWER AS JOURNAL #16 PART I the following five (5) qu's while/after you read (NOTE: post-its, paper notes, pg. # references, typed/printed/LABELED J#16 PART I, jotting down the answer(s) for each is fine, so long as you have THOROUGH responses & GIVE ME YOUR BEST EFFORT); these qu's will guide our PLAY INTRO DISCUSSION MONDAY 2/23 and beyond in class!

ACT ONE, AN OVERTURE Qu's TO ANSWER for J#16 PART I

• FIRST THING, look up the definitionS (<< there are several) of CRUCIBLE and be ready share and connect these to this play, even considering what little (or much!) you may know now about its context.

• Describe with the text and your own words Reverend Parris' beliefs about himself (spiritual, moral, societal, etc.)

• After reading pp. 3-4 of the Overture, describe what seems to be most important to the townspeople of Salem. What text evidence validates your assessment?

• What is a THEOCRACY, and why did the town of Salem essentially create one?

• Based on the final pages (pp. 7-8) of the Overture, why were so many people accusing others of witchcraft? In other words, what were the accusers' motives?

**ATTENTION 4th HAmLit: F451 LIT. ANALYSIS EXTENDED PARA. *COMPLETED* ROUGH DRAFT DUE THURS. 2/19**

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

*CLASSWORK/HW* DUE THURS. 2/19:

By 1:30pm classtime THIS THURS. 2/19, complete a TYPED/GOOGLE DOCS shared w/me 'WORKING' [yet complete!] ROUGH DRAFT' for your Fahrenheit 451 LITERARY ANALYSIS EXTENDED PARAGRAPH you received instructions/prompt/models for on WED. 2/18 and again THURS. 2/19 

• to help guide you as you formulate/compose your ext. para. analysis response, use the PINK INSTRUCTIONS/PROMPT/GUIDE SHEET with the response question given to you TUES. 2/17 (*hard copy in your binder WRITING SECTION/also attached the Classroom posts NOW and THROUGH the THURS. 2/19 due date!)
• ALSO!!! ---> you'll had TIME IN CLASS BOTH 2/18 and 2/19 to begin and work on this draft as well, so **NO EXCUSES!**

**REMEMBER: for this GRADED ROUGH DRAFT, 

• you can have a TYPED/PRINTED to present to me in class, BUT!!! ---> 
• I STILL NEED YOU TO EMAIL/SHARE THE DOCUMENT draft to me NOW/BEFORE CLASS BEGINS THURSDAY 2/19, PLEASE!!
• **make sure to have the settings on the share document to "EDITING"

**ALSO, FYI: we will be spending a good amount of class time the next two class blocks PLUS BLOCKS NEXT WEEK using MANY writing tips/resources/MLA notes/discussion, etc. I've given you/will give you to REVISE AND EDIT these drafts into a FINAL COPY for a major grade (*FINAL DRAFT DUE DATE TBA/within next two weeks*)

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**AND, FINALLY: SOME USEFUL, "GRADE-SAVING" FINAL THOUGHTS TO REMEMBER AS WE FINISH THE SIXTH WEEK (!!!) OF THE SEMESTER/ENTER WEEK #7: 

• CHECK THE CLASSROOM/REMIND FROM ME EACH NIGHT!
• HAVE YOUR COURSE BINDER WITH YOU DAILY--and BE ORGANIZED!!!
• BRING YOUR COPY OF F451 TO CLASS EVERY DAY; **you need it to complete your extended paragraph writing assignment!

**ATTN: 1st/2nd AP/1102 HW RDG DUE COMPLETED WED. 2/11 *as well as J#15 IN-CLASS WORK REMINDERS BY THURS. 2/12**

1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102

**IN-CLASS ASSIGNMENT DUE TOMORROW WED. 2/11:**

1) FIRST: With the HARD/PAPER COPY from The Language of Composition (LOC) anthology given to you today TUES. 2/10 and we started reading together, THOROUGHLY READ ALL OF:

 

George Orwell's still-SUPER-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 WED. 2/11 TO WORK IN CLASS IN GROUPS/INDIVIDUALLY TO COMPLETE these for part of JOURNAL #15: 

• 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 (#4,5,6 and #8,9,10) from "Questions for Discussion" & "Questions on Rhetoric and Style" at the end of ORWELL's essay 

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3) ADDITIONALLY: 

• By/on THURS. 2/12 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 WED. 2/11, THURS. 2/12, and MON. 2/17 (*after the long wkend) 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 tomorrow WED. 2/11 and THURS. 2/12 to have the following completed:

• MAKE SURE you COMPLETELY READ ORWELL'S **ENTIRE** ESSAY
• MAKE SURE you complete and PRINT OUT/WRITE OUT/post-its your JOURNAL #15 LOC MARKED QU'S RESPONSES BEFORE CLASS 

5) **THEN, THURS. 2/12 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 THURS. 2/12 and MON. 2/17 AFTER THE LONG WKEND 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!