**ATTENTION 4th HONORS AMLIT: LONG WEEKEND HW ASSIGNMENT DUE COMPLETED BEFORE CLASS TUES. 3/16**

4th HONORS American Lit./Comp.

HW DUE TUES. 3/16: 

Using the NYTimes Upfront news article given to you THURSDAY 3/11 in class (*and linked as a pdf on the Classroom!):

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

2) NEXT, FINISH and CAREFULLY go back over the TEXT/ARTICLE ANNOTATIONS you made in class Thursday as we read 

--We read and ANNOTATED 85% of this ARTICLE TOGETHER IN CLASS Thurs. 3/11; 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 Tuesday!

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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 

3) AND FINALLY, after re-reading and 'vamping up' your article/text annotations, ANSWER THE RESPONSE QUESTION BELOW for this article as JOURNAL #8 (in the WRITING SECTION of your binder):

Journal #8: Upfront  “China’s Cram Schools” 

EVALUATION/PERSONAL Response

IN A WELL-WRITTEN/TYPED, ORGANIZED 7-10 sentence **EVALUATORY/PERSONAL RESPONSE (“I”/“we” are fine) PARAGRAPH, RESPOND TO THE FOLLOWING QUESTION:

According to Larmer’s article “China’s Cram Schools,” the Chinese government is pushing for reforms in their college-admissions process and the rigorous gaokao testing process, but these efforts have met resistance from some parents.  Based on the article **AND USING TWO examples of “text evidence to back up your thoughts,” WHY do YOU believe this parent resistance to reform of the system is happening (Larmer #)? **THINK CRITICALLY ABOUT THIS.

**For example: Consider the article and our discussion about how much some Chinese families sacrifice for their children and how much is riding on this high-stakes exam.

**ALSO BELOW: INCLUDE THIS CORRECTLY-WRITTEN TEXT CITATION AT THE BOTTOM OF YOUR RESPONSE, PLEASE

Work Cited

Larmer, Brook. "China’s Cram Schools." Upfront, 30 March 2015, pp. 12-15.