Homework
2013 – 2014
UNIT 4
English I
HOMEWORK
Each Week
USE YOUR GLENCOE TEXT!
(Assigned on Monday
DUE on Thursday
of the same week)
 Bio – Summary Sentences
 Preview – Vocabulary /Literary Elements
List the characters /Describe the setting
 Constructed Response Essay
NEED HELP – Come by Wed. For help:
 7:30 - 8: 25 AM
 3:35 – 4:30 PM
English I – A Literary Survey
Beasley
Unit 4– Drama
Homework
4.1– Chekov The Bear pages 758 - 770
4.2- Fletcher The Hitchhiker pages 773 - 786
4.3 - Ionesco The Leader pages 789 - 797
4.4 - Lagerkvist The Princess and All the Kingdom pages 752 – 753
4.5 – A Long-Overdue Encore Pages 744 -747
4.6 – an original 2 stanza poem about one of the previous homework assignments.
Homework 4.1
Biography on Page 758 (25 pts)
Read the Bio on page 758.
On a sheet of paper, reduce each paragraph to one sentence which states the main
idea of that paragraph. USE YOUR OWN WORDS; this is VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
Preview on page 759 (15 pts)
Read all of page 759. Write a sentence with each of the vocabulary words and the
literary element on this page.
Page 759
Mourn
Logic
Pretentious
Monopoly
Farce
Chekhov
Pages 758 -770
Read Carefully : … Chekov’s The Bear pages 758 - 770
Characters /Setting (20 pts) List the characters and describe the setting of this play
Constructed Response (40 pts) In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the
characters. (At least 4 sentences)
Homework 4.2
Biography on page 773 (25 pts)
Read the Bio on page 773. On a sheet of paper, reduce each paragraph to one
sentence which states the main idea of that paragraph. USE YOUR OWN WORDS;
this is VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
Preview on page 774 (15 pts)
Read all of page 774. Write a sentence with each of the vocabulary words and the
literary element on this page.
Ominous
Beckoning
Arid
Prostrated
idiom
Fletcher
Pages 773 - 786
Read Carefully : … Fletcher’s The Hitchhiker pages 773 - 786
Characters /Setting (20 pts) List the characters and describe the setting of the play.
Constructed Response (40 pts) In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the
characters. (At least 4 sentences)
Homework 4.3
Biography on page 789 (25 pts)
Read the Bio on page 789.
On a sheet of paper, reduce each paragraph to one sentence which states the main
idea of that paragraph. USE YOUR OWN WORDS; this is VERY IMPORTANT WORK.
Preview on Page 790 (15 pts)
Read all of page 790. Write a sentence with each of the vocabulary words and the
literary element on this page.
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Ionesco
Pages 789 - 797
Riveted
Itinerary
Exalted
Vanquished
Apparition
Stage Directions
Read Carefully : Ionesco The Leader
pages 789 - 797
Characters /Setting (20 pts) List the characters and describe the setting of this play.
Constructed Response (40 pts) In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the
characters. (At least 4 sentences)
Homework 4.4
Read Carefully : Lagerkvist’s The Princess and All the Kingdom pages 752 –
753
Characters /Setting (40 pts) List the characters and describe
the setting of this story.
Create a Play(60 pts)
Turn the story into a play -
Lagerkvist
Pages 752-753
Homework 4.5
Read Carefully : … – A Long-Overdue Encore
Pages 744 -747
Please answer all of the questions on
page 747.
Pages 744-747
Time Life
Magazine
Homework 4.6
Write an original 2 stanza poem
about one of the previous
homework assignments.
4.1– Chekov The Bear pages 758 - 770
4.2- Fletcher The Hitchhiker pages 773 - 786
4.3 - Ionesco The Leader pages 789 - 797
4.4 - Lagerkvist The Princess and All the Kingdom pages 752 – 753
4.5 – A Long-Overdue Encore Pages 744 -747