Eng 10 – World Lit. 2nd sem. The Lang. Of Lit. Book – 5/10 credits – 6/15/00 pp. # 1
WEEK
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2
3
4
5
6
Begin the Reading and Writing assignments in the textbook.
Continue the Reading and Writing assignments in the textbook.
Continue the Reading and Writing assignments in the textbook.
Continue the Reading and Writing assignments in the textbook.
Complete Movie Review. Complete the Reading and Writing assignments in the textbook. Call the
schedule Oral Reading
Complete A Modern Arthur and Oral Presentation.
**** Pick up next class.
READ
515-521
523-541
542
544
546-553
555
562-565
566
567-578
580-583
584-585
588-589
590-591
594-605
TEST
607
609-613
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614
616-617
619
618 & 620
622-629
630
631
632-633
633
634-635
638
639-649
651
651
ASSIGNMENT
Responding Options 3 & 4, Quickwrite 2 or 3 (complete only one for credit)
Reading Connection (complete your chart as you read)
Responding Options 2, 4 & 5
Words to Know A & B
Responding Options 1, 3 & 5
Words to know. Match each word to its synonym
Responding Options 1, 3 – 5, Quickwrite 2 or 3 (complete only one for credit)
Words to Know 1 – 5
Responding Options 4 – 6, Quickwrite 2
Describe the irony at the end of the story. How is Ram responsible for his own situation?
SkillBuilder 1 – 3
SkillBuilder 1 – 3
View, Interpret
Responding Options 7 & 8, Quickwrite 4
Review the material. Call to schedule a time with OIS. Allow about half an hour to take the test.
Words to Know A
Responding Options 2 – 4
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF WEEK 1
Words to Know 1 – 5, Across the Curriculum
Personal Response 3 & 4
Write a paragraph describing what this girl is thinking about. Hopes, dreams, ambitions, fears?
Responding Options 2 & 4
Responding Options 2, 4 & 6
Literary Concepts
Words to Know A & B
Scientific Connection – Why is the iris a good metaphor for hope? What would you use instead?
Personal Response 4
Responding Options 2 & 3, Quickwrite 1 or 2 (complete only one for credit)
Cultural Connection: Why are parents willing to send their children to foreign countries to learn?
Responding Options 2, 5 & 6.
Words to Know 1-10
Read about Abioseh Nicol. Write a short paragraph describing how his personal life influenced
the story he wrote. Explain using details from both the story and his life.
652-657
1 page. Describe what you think Yevgeny’s like would have been like if he’d pursued soccer
instead of poetry as a career.
673
Write 2-3 pages. Write a short story based on this painting. Use details from the painting to
enhance your story.
*********** TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF WEEK 2
Eng 10 – World Lit. 2nd sem. The Lang. Of Lit. Book – 5/10 credits – 6/15/00 pp. # 2
673-680
681
682
683-693
695
TEST
702-710
705-711
712
715-724
734
739
740
744-752
753
754
755-759
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761
762-769
772
773-778
780
781-786
TEST
788
789
790-792
810
811-820
821
822
823-827
828
830-839, 841
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842
843
845-852
854
856-867
869
870-884
885
Responding Options 3 - 6
Words to Know 1 - 5
Writing Connection
Responding Options 3 – 5.
Words to Know 1 - 10
Review the material. Call to schedule a time with OIS. Allow about half an hour to take the test.
Reading Connection – Respond to each of the questions asked in the personal essay
Responding Options 2, 4
Words to Know 1 - 5
Responding Options 3, 6 & 7, Quickwrite 2
Implied Main Idea, Stated main Idea
Grammar in Context – Try Your Hand
View & Interpret
Responding Options 2 – 4
Words to Know 1-5
Writing Connection
Responding Options 2 - 4 & 6
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF WEEK 3
Reading Connection
Responding Options 1, 4 - 6
Personal Connection – Discuss this idea with others and complete the cluster map
Responding Options 2 – 4, Quickwrite 2
Personal Connection
Responding Options 2 & 6
Review the material. Call to schedule a time with OIS. Allow about half an hour to take the test.
Words to Know A & B
Reading Connection
Responding Options 2 - 4
Personal Connection
Responding Options 2, 4 & 5
Art Connection
Words to Know 1 – 5
Responding Options 2 - 4
Words to Know 1 - 5
Responding Options 1, 6, 7
TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF WEEK 4
Art Connection
Words to Know A
Responding Options 2 & 5
Words to Know 1 – 5
Responding Options 3 – 5
Personal Connection – Develop your own map about honor
Responding Options 2, 4 – 7
Words to Know
Eng 10 – World Lit. 2nd sem. The Lang. Of Lit. Book – 5/10 credits – 6/15/00 pp. # 3
MOVIE REVIEW
Write a 3 - 4 pages review of a movie.
1. Typed, double spaced, no bigger than 12 pt. Plain font
2. Watch any version of one of the following movies:
Persuasion (or any works of Jane Austen), Taming of the Shrew (or any works of William Shakespeare),
Lord of the Rings, Jane Eyre, The Color Purple, Gone with the Wind, The Invisible Man, Dr. Zhivago,
Wuthering Heights, My Antonia, A Room with a View, The Wizard of OZ, Dracula, The Time Machine,
Ran, Willie Wonka and the Chocolate Factory, Little Women, For Whom the Bell Tolls, or Moby Dick
3. Answer the following questions in your review
a. What is the rating for this movie? Why did it receive this rating?
b. Did the movie (themes) develop logically?
c. Did the movie have good cinematic presentation? Was it well filmed? Did the setting, special effects,
lighting, actor direction, and other aspects of effective film making work?
3. Be sure to include descriptions of the following:
a. The main characters
b. The main themes
c. The main conflicts
4. Write your opinion of the movie. Was it good? Bad? Why? Would this movie appeal to other people?
Explain.
*********** TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF WEEK 5
A MODERN ARTHUR
Write a 5 - 6 pages modern tale including characteristics/elements from the legends of King Arthur.
1. Typed, double spaced, no bigger than 12 pt. Plain font
2. Read pages 904-932 about some of the legends of King Arthur.
3. Use other stories that you may know about the time and life of King Arthur and Camelot. Look up King
Arthur at the library or you might want to do some research on-line.
4. Include a bibliography at the end of your paper; including the sources you used in your story. You should
have a minimum of three resources.
5. Your story should be set in modern or futuristic times. You should include the characters, settings and/or
basic tales about King Arthur. But your final work must be original.
6. Remember that most of the King Arthur’s legends have a moral tone and are filled with descriptions of
pageantry (ceremony, rituals, acts of goodness, faith, loyalty and royal behavior.) Your story, though
modern or futuristic, should include these themes.
7. The final page of your story will be a description of why you selected these characters, setting or tale for
your story and specific examples from your story showing how you used them.
ORAL READING
Prepare an oral reading 3 - 4 minutes long
1. Select any reading or readings from the textbook between pages 515 – 885
a. You will read 2 – 3 minutes of your selection aloud to the class.
b. At the end of your reading you will give a brief explanation of why you chose your selection. Why did
it appeal to you? What did it mean to you?
c. You will make your presentation with feeling. Your goal is to draw in and interest the audience with
your voice, inflection, and tone. Make the audience feel why you like this particular piece so much.
2. Make an appointment to present your material at the Outside Independent Study program.
*********** TO BE COMPLETED BY THE END OF WEEK 6