**ATTENTION 4th HAMLIT: WKEND HW READING/QU's DUE COMPLETED BY CLASSTIME MON. 3/30!!**

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

**HW DUE MON. 3/30:

Given to you in class FRI. 3/27  (multi-paged packet/NOTES section of binder/also LINKED on Classroom/**NOT A JOURNAL!!**),

1) OVER THE WKEND, CAREFULLY read Vonnegut's short story "Harrison Bergeron" (**take note of author info/background/our brief pre-reading discussion in class) 

2) After closely reading the text, use the story to answer thoroughly (**NOT JUST A ONE-WORD ANSWER, PLEASE!) the SEVEN (7) QUESTIONS at the end; you MAY WRITE YOUR ANSWERS ON THE PAPER PROVIDED, print your own, or SEND EARLY to me to print!

• **also note: THIS HOMEWORK IS ***NOT A JOURNAL!!** (NOTES section of binder w/story, please!**)

**...and, also, just in case, here is a LINK to the short story online:
"Harrison Bergeron" -Vonnegut

**AND FINALLY, PLEASE REMEMBER: you are part of a PRE-COLLEGE/HONORS-level course at the beginning of the 13th week of class--**and I'm now DILIGENTLY assessing whether or not you're prepared for DUAL ENROLLMENT ENGLISH NEXT YEAR.** Be prepared to FULLY DISCUSS the details/plot/themes/insights of this story Monday in class AS WELL AS share your answers to the seven reading check questions at the end! I WILL BE CHECKING TO SEE IF YOU COMPLETED YOUR WORK; ZEROS IF NOT COMPLETED!

**ATTENTION 4th HAMLIT: CLASSWORK TO FINISH/HW RDG/J#10 TEXT ANNOTATIONS DUE TOMORROW WED. 3/25 *FOR A GRADE!!***

4th HONORS American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE WED. 3/25: 

Using the NYTimes Upfront news article given to you MONDAY 3/23 in class and worked on/started reading and ANNOTATING TODAY Tues. 3/24 in class (*and linked as a pdf on the Classroom post!):

1) FIRST, RE-read/FINISH READING the article "China's Cram Schools" pp. 12-15 (WRITING section of your binder)

2) NEXT, AS JOURNAL #10, FINISH and CAREFULLY go back over the TEXT/ARTICLE ANNOTATIONS you made in class today as we read 

--We read and ANNOTATED AT LEAST 30-40% of this ARTICLE TOGETHER IN CLASS Tues. 3/24; BEFORE CLASS WED. 3/25, LOOK OVER/FINISH YOUR ANNOTATIONS and ASK YOURSELF the following:

• Are the HIGHLIGHTS I MADE DONE WITH MEANING and CLEAR what I'm showing, not just randomly-colored lines OR TOO MUCH HIGHLIGHTED?
• Did I use a pen/pencil and ASK QU's or DEFINE TERMS on/in the text
• DID I CITE KEY QUOTES/MAIN IDEAS via HIGHLIGHTS and LABELED, POST-ITS, and/or CIRCLED/STARRED and LABELED? 
• DID I tie the article's points to VISUALS/PICTURES/MAPS within the text
• Have I used comments and underlines/arrows/brackets/stars WITH MEANING/PURPOSE and NOT just randomly that mean nothing??

**CONSIDERING THE QU'S ABOVE and whatever works best for you, MAKE SURE YOU have some substantial observations/ANNOTATIONS to bring to discussion to show me Wednesday!

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**THE KEY: GIVE YOUR BEST EFFORT. MAKE YOUR WORK COUNT. 

**THIS ANNOTATING TASK FOR THIS "China's Cram Schools" article IS FOR A GRADE.

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**Here's also a LINK to an annotated FICTION text to use as a 'guide' if you'd like (although your text is NONFICTION, the end-result is similar):
IMAGE of an ANNOTATED FICTION TEXT 

AND....THERE'S MORE!!! --------->

3) AND FINALLY, after re-reading and 'vamping up' your article/text annotations, be ready to ANSWER A [GRADED] POP QUIZ SHORT-ANSWER/WRITTEN RESPONSE QUESTION ABOUT THIS ARTICLE FOR A GRADE TOMORROW

**ATTN: 4th HAmLit for REMINDERS/INSTRUCTIONS for IN-CLASS WORK WED. 3/18 through FRI. 3/20 J#9 F451/"DOVER BEACH" WRITTEN RESPONSE

4th Honors American Lit./Comp.

**IMPORTANT REMINDERS FOR IN-CLASS WED. 3/18 LESSON and J#9 WRITTEN RESPONSE on THURS. 3/19 and DUE COMPLETED FRI. 3/20:**

1) Today WED. 3/18 we'll complete the introduction into this lesson/assignment and start the following: 

• FIRST we'll start on and go as far as we can in class with our reading/notes/discussion RE: BRADBURY'S INCLUSION OF MATTHEW ARNOLD'S 19th century poem "DOVER BEACH" IN F451 (WRITING section of binder/given to you WED. 3/18)

2) THEN THURS. 3/19 in class we'll FINISH UP and RECAP everything we accomplished/learned and took notes on RE: the poem "Dover Beach" and Bradbury's use of it in F451 

3) FINALLY, the end of class THURS. 3/19 and ALL CLASS FRI. 3/20, you'll start and work on this written response; be ready to COMPLETE and SUBMIT YOUR RESPONSE BY THE END OF CLASS: IN-CLASS (MLA-STYLE/documented formal/graded) **WRITING CHECK-IN** JOURNAL #9 RESPONSE regarding our last 2-3 day's worth of  PRESENTATION and NOTES/DISCUSSION RE: Bradbury's inclusion of the poem "Dover Beach" within his novella F451

• the specific question for you to answer and ALL instructions/requirements for this FORMAL WRITING ASSIGNMENT will be given Thursday in class before you start writing

• **Also, below is the LINK to the F451/"Dover Beach" relationship/tie-in WE WILL BE DISCUSSING/TAKING NOTES ON WED. 3/18 and THURS. 3/19, **especially the last two sections "Common Themes" and "Lost Humanity" (*also linked on the Classroom post for these days/this lesson): 

F451 and "Dover Beach": Why Bradbury Included the Poem in His Novella

• AGAIN, MORE INFO/instructions FOR THIS IN-CLASS WRITING/JOURNAL ASSIGNMENT TBA EACH DAY AS WE BEGIN, WED. 3/18 through FRI. 3/20, but THIS RESPONSE is your BEST CHANCE thus far to show me how much you can incorporate everything we've practiced over the past 10-11 weeks RE: formal analysis writing skills

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• AND IMPORTANT: FOR THIS J#9 RESPONSE, PLEASE HAVE YOUR COPY OF F451 WITH YOU EACH DAY/THROUGH THE END OF THIS WEEK! 
• **you'll need it for this IN-CLASS JOURNAL #9 RESPONSE, and after completion of the journal, we'll remove your post-it notes and [finally!] return the book to the library!