CP English 12
4.28.14 – 5.5.14
Reading Assignment: Death of a Salesman: Read Act I and complete Study Questions found below by Monday, May 5:
Questions must be typed or written NEATLY in black ink. If I can’t read your response, it is incorrect! EssayTest
Senior Final Project will be given out on Monday, May 5
Monday, April 28
Poem Presentations
Poetry Presentation Guides due
Grade will be based on the following:
Poet presentation with a PowerPoint (NO WORDS ARE ALLOWED ON POWER POINTS)
Introduction to the poem you selected
A reading of selected poem (Power Point slide(s) with poem
A second reading of the poem
Class discussion
Tuesday, April 29
Complete poem presentations
Wednesday, April 30
Understanding techniques of tone and humor: how does one create humor? How can humor be used effectively to make a
political statement?
Article from The Onion
Assignment
Political cartoon based on in-class article
Thursday, May 1
“Double Take” Looking at political cartoons from two points of view
Work with POD
Friday, May 2
Complete “Double Take” cartoon
Assignment (Due Monday, May 5)
Death of a Salesman Act I Study Questions: Answer each question with complete sentences: -10 if not done in black ink or
typed.
Study Questions: Death of a Salesman
1. Why is Linda alarmed that Willy is home?
2. Why is Willy annoyed at Biff? How does he describe Biff? What does this tell us about Willy?
3. How has the neighborhood changed?
4. Why does Biff come home in the spring?
5. Why won’t Happy go out West with Biff, and why won’t Biff stay?
6. How does Willy act toward the boys when they are young and how do they act toward him?
7. How does Willy feel about Charley and Bernard?
8. What is Willy’s reaction to Biff ’s theft of the football, and what does this tell us about Willy?
9. Willy praises and then curses the Chevrolet; he tells Linda that he’s very well liked, and then says that people don’t seem
to take to him. What do these inconsistencies tell us about Willy?
10. Why does Willy make a fuss about Linda’s mending stockings, and why is this important to the play?
11. Why does Charley visit and how does he feel about Willy?
12. Who is Ben and why does Ben appear?
13. What does Linda think is the trouble with Willy’s life?
14. Linda puts the rubber hose back. What is the purpose of the hose, and why does she find it upsetting?
13. Why is Willy interested when Biff mentions Bill Oliver?