1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1101
HW DUE MON. 11/16:
1) FIRST: With the HARD/PAPER COPY from The Language of Composition (LOC) anthology given to you Thurs. 11/12, 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:
2) THEN: for this important reading, EVERYONE BY CLASS MON. 11/16, COMPLETE JOURNAL #9:
- ON 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. 11/12--YOU WILL BE GRADED ON YOUR SUMMARY THOROUGHNESS AND ABILITY TO CONVINCE ME THAT YOU READ MON. 11/16!
- ^^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) IN CONCLUSION, here's the simple breakdown to make sure you use your time WISELY between now and class Monday to have the following completed BY THURS. 10/10:
- MAKE SURE you COMPLETELY READ ORWELL'S ESSAY
- MAKE SURE you complete and PRINT OUT/WRITE OUT THE JOURNAL #9 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. 11/16!
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**AS ALWAYS, A QUICK REMEMBER: - 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!
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