HOMEWORK
Each Week
USE YOUR GLENCO TEXT!
(Assigned on Monday
DUE on Thursday
of the same week)
 Bio – 3 Facts
 Preview – 3 facts
 Vocabulary & Literary Elements
 Describe the characters and the setting
 Constructed Response Essay
NEED HELP – Come by Wed. For help:
 7:30 - 8: 25 AM
 3:35 – 4:30 PM
Unit One – North America
Mon
Tues
Wed
19
Thurs
HW 1.1
Q1.1
25
HW 1.2
Q1.2
1
HW 1.3
Labor Day
TEST 1.1
22
LAB F237
Port 1.1
LAB F237
Port 1.2
LAB F237
Assignment
HW 1.4
8
15
Fri
Q1.3
HW 1.5
1/2 day
Q1.4
Grammar Unit 1
LAB F237
Port 1.3
LAB F237
Port 1.4
HW 1.6
TEST 1.2
LAB F237
1 Portfolio DUE
North America
1.1– Short Story
•
Twain The Californian's Tale Page 17
1.2- Essay/Memoir
•
Sandra Cisneros Straw into Gold Page 382
1.3 - Drama
•
Josephina Niggli The Ring of General Macias Page 846
1.4- Poetry (Choose One Poet)
•
Jimmy Santiago Baca I am Offering this Poem Page 554
•
N. Scott Momaday The Print of the Paw and To An Aged Bear Page 510
•
Robert Frost – After Apple Picking and Fire and Ice Page 599
•
Emily Dickinson – After Great Pain, A Formal Feeling Comes ; Heart! We Will Forget Him! Page 534
•
Rita Dove The Parlor Page 568
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Langston Hughes – Dream Boogie and Motto Page 618
1.5- Letter
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Wynton Marsalis Playing Jazz Page 627
Homework 1.1
Pages
17 - 25
Biography : (20 pts)Read the Bio on page 17. 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.
Vocabulary : (20 pts)
Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 18
1.
2.
3.
4.
5.
6.
Predecessor
Solace
Sedate
Imploring
Boding
Foreshadowing
Mark Twain
Read Carefully : … The Californian's Tale by Twain Pages 19-25
Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting (20 pts)
Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the characters.
(At least 4 sentences) (40 pts)
Pages
382 - 387
Homework 1.2
Biography:
Read the Bio on page 382– Reduce each paragraph to one summary sentence.
Vocabulary :
Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 383
1. Intuitively
2. Taboo
3. Thesis
Sandra Cisneros
Read Carefully : … Straw into Gold by Cisneros Pages 384 - 387
Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting
Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about how Cisneros uses
metaphor to make her point.
(At least 6 sentences)
Homework 1.3
Biography :
…the Bio on page 846– Write a summary sentence for each paragraph.
Vocabulary
Copy and define the vocabulary and the literary element on page 847:
Pages
846-865
1. Regally
2. Ostentatiously
Josephina Niggli
3. Notorious
4. Repressed
5. impertinent
6. Characterization
_________Read Carefully : … The Ring of General Macias by Niggli Pages 848 - 865
Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting
Constructed Response:In a constructed paragraph, write about one of the characters.
(At least 7 sentences)
Homework 1.4
Biography and Preview: CHOOSE ONE POET
Read the bio and write a summary sentence for each paragraph.
Vocabulary :
Copy and Define the vocabulary and the literary element on page ____
1. …
Read Carefully :Poems ______________ by_______Pages _______
Summary: Summarize the poem
Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about how a literary element
is used in the poem.
(At least 7 sentences)
Homework 1.5
Biography and Preview:
Pages
627 -630
Read Playing Jazz on page 627 - 630– List 3 Facts about the writer
and 3 facts about his subject, Jazz
Vocabulary :
Copy and Define the vocabulary- copy all of the meanings of the
Word below – go online or use a dictionary. Underline the
definition that corresponds to how the word is used in this letter.
Wynton Marsalis
1. Swing
Reread Carefully : … Playing Jazz by Marsalis Pages 627 - 630
Characters and Setting : List and describe the characters and the setting
Constructed Response : In a constructed paragraph, write about Marsalis.
(At least 7 sentences)