Quarter 1
 Toward the end of Fahrenheit 451,
readers learn that the railroad men
have each memorized a book. The
men will recite the books when the
world is ready for them. If books
were illegal, what book would you
memorize and why?
 Descriptive writing can be used by itself, but many
times it is found in the other three types of writing. It
uses details attained from the five senses to give the
reader a "word picture" of a setting, an object, a
person, or whatever it is that is being described.
 Prompt: Pretend that you were asked to deliver a pizza,
in the desert, on a camel. What was your trip
like? Use at least 1o Unit 1 vocabulary words in this
descriptive piece. Underline or circle the vocab words
you use. THIS ENTRY DOES NOT NEED TO BE A
FULL PAGE.
 Write a formal introduction and
conclusion for an essay about _____ (you
choose). Be sure to include and label the
four parts of the introduction and 3 parts
of the conclusion. This entry does not
need to be a full page.
 In “The Scarlet Ibis,” the narrator
states, “…Pride is a wonderful,
terrible thing, a seed that bears two
vines, life and death” (354). What is
pride? What does the statement
mean in reference to the story? Is it
valid outside the context of the
story? Explain.
Quarter 2
Saki (author of “The
Interlopers”) is known for
employing surprise endings.
Write a one-page fictional story
that uses a cliff-hanger/surprise
ending.
 Connect Martin Luther King
Jr.’s “I Have a Dream Speech,”
FDR’s “First Inaugural
Address” and To Kill a
Mockingbird. Explore the
common thread that ties them
together. (This entry does not
need to fill a full page, but
should be precise and provide
examples from each source.)
Journal #3
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Choose an image below and analyze it.
Write a story about the person who wears
these shoes. (Put yourself in his/her shoes.)
Quarter 3
 Now that you have begun reading Great
Expectations, what is your impression of it?
 What characters have you met? What do
you think of them?
 Characterize Pip. What’s
his personality like?
What are some if his
dreams? Use examples
from the story to support
your opinion.
 Reflect on your Metaphorical Mockingbirds
in History Research Essay. In which areas
did you excel? In which areas do you need
improvement? Compare your writing in this
essay to your writing in your Thematic
Connections Research essay. How did you
improve? What did you do differently for
the Metaphorical Mockingbirds
assignment?
Read over the characteristics of
Gothic and Romantic literature.
Write about how you have seen
these specific characteristics
within books that you have read
and/or movies you have seen.
Journal #4
 Look through your
Shakespeare
packets. Write
about Shakespeare,
Shakespearean
theatre, the actor of
Shakespeare’s time,
and Elizabethan
London.
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