1st/2nd AP LANG/ENG 1102
HW DUE **WED. 2/16:
1) FIRST: With the HARD/PAPER COPY from The Language of Composition (LOC) anthology given to you MON. 2/14, 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 (**and also linked as a PDF on the Classroom):
2) THEN: for this important reading, EVERYONE BY CLASS WED. 2/16, COMPLETE JOURNAL #13:
- 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 MON. 2/14--YOU WILL BE GRADED ON YOUR SUMMARY THOROUGHNESS AND ABILITY TO CONVINCE ME THAT YOU READ WED. 2/16!
- ^^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) SO, IN CONCLUSION, here's the simple breakdown to make sure you use your time WISELY between now and class WED. 2/16 to have the following completed:
- MAKE SURE you COMPLETELY READ ORWELL'S ESSAY
- MAKE SURE you complete and PRINT OUT/WRITE OUT THE JOURNAL #13 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 WED. 2/16!
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- 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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