Due Monday, March 4, 2013

Post a thesis for "A Rose for Emily."

Read "How it Feels to be Colored Me," located in your textbook and online.

Post a sentence for each vocabulary word from "How it Feels to be Colored Me."

Due Thursday, February 28, 2013

Post a thesis for a paper topic related to The Great Gatsby as comment to this post.

You can also start reading "How it Feels to be Colored Me" by Zora Neale Hurston for Monday's class. It is located in your textbook. You can also read it here.

Due Thursday, February 21, 2013

Your poem for the Poetry Contest is due by the end of Thursday. Please indicate which poem you would like to submit and revise it.

Finish reading To Kill a Mockingbird by Monday.

Read "A Worn Path" by Eudora Welty by Monday. It can also be found in your textbook.

Post a sentence for each vocabulary word from "A Worn Path" by Monday.

There will be a literature circle for To Kill a Mockingbird due Wednesday. You may choose what to write your role sheet on, as long as no two people do the same role sheet.

Due Wednesday, February 20, 2013

Post three questions for the Socratic Seminar on To Kill a Mockingbird.

• The analysis question should discuss the portrayal or lack of portrayal of black characters.
• The evaluation question should address what is or is not racist/an accurate portrayal.
• For the creation question, post a question addressing possible solutions for portrayals of minorities (i.e. Should writers be required to incorporate diversity?)

Revise one of your poems. The final draft for the poetry contest is due by the end of class on Thursday. The final draft should be at least 20 lines, and should show progress from the rough draft. Remember to incorporate at least two poetic elements.

Due Monday, February 18, 2013

Be sure that your rough draft of your 2nd free verse is shared with me by 8am on Monday. Write at least 20 lines. The final, revised version of one of your free verse poems is due Thursday, February 21st. It should include at least two poetic elements, which include:

• parallelism
• descriptive imagery
• rhyme
• rhythm
• alliteration
• assonance
• consonance
• refrain
• figurative language

Read up to Chapter 25 of To Kill a Mockingbird.

Due Thursday, February 7, 2013

A rough draft of your "I Hear America Singing" homage (a catalog of at list 7 things).

For after Chinese New Year Break:

Reread the Langston Hughes poems, "Harlem," "The Negro Speaks of Rivers," "I, too," and "The Weary Blues" from the textbook (we will go over these on Thursday).

Finish a rough draft of a 2nd free-verse poem

Read To Kill a Mockingbird to Chapter 25.

Due Wednesday, February 6, 2013

Read the selection from Life on the Mississippi that is in your textbook. If you are missing your username, be sure to email me. There will be a short-answer quiz on Wednesday. Two of the questions should be easy to answer if you have read the selection. The third is an evaluation question that must be supported by evidence from the text.

Post an analysis question, an evaluation question, and a creation question for To Kill a Mockingbird, based on what you have read so far (Chapters 1-15).