Harte, Bud - Junior Calendar - English 11

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1 February 2011 Harte, Bud - Junior Calendar - English 11 1 Grammar review Today in class, complete pages in 2 Day today! 3 Language, Gender, Culture Objective Complements 30 Grammar sentences: 10: (pronoun) wants (noun). 10: The class is (noun). 10: The class is (adjective) (prep) (noun). Language, Gender, and Culture 8 The Woman Warrior by Maxine Hong Kingston As you read through the article, highlight passages that answer the following questions. 1. According to Kingston, what characterizes traditional Chinese speech, and what kind of talking is valued? 2. In the first three pages, the narrator describes the differences between American and Chinese schools. How were the rules different in these schools? Why was it easier for the narrator at the Chinese school? 3. What did the narrator learn regarding the American idea of feminine speech? How did she alter her speech in order to be accepted in the classroom and by her peers? As you highlight these passages, annotate the story. Explain how the passages you identified provide the needed info. Language, Gender, and Culture 9 "About Men" by Greta Ehrlich Quickwrite: When you think of the phrase "American Cowboy", what personal traits, images, items, and associations come to mind? (Write this response at the end of the article) Read the first paragraph. Highlight each Cowboy stereotype the author identifies. Read the quote at the end of paragraph one. On the margin, explain how it confirms or contradicts the ideas raised in your quickwrite above. 1

2 7 Language, Gender, Culture ERWC Language, Gender, and Culture 10 "About Men" by Greta Ehrlich Logos, Ethos, Pathos (Answer on the back of the packet) 1. Why does Ehrlich talk about being in New York but missing Wyoming? (Pathos) 2. What is the author trying to prove to the readers? (Logos) 3. Cite/highlight examples to show how Ehrlich represents herself to readers. Explain these in the margin. (Ethos) 4. Who are her sources? (whom does she quote?) 5. How does she use these sources to build authority and gain credibility? (Ethos Language, Gender, Culture ERWC Writing Topic Language, Gender, and Culture 11 Writing assignment: In a well-organized Reflective essay, answer the following questions: Tannen, Kingston and Ehrlich describe communities or groups with which you may be somewhat unfamiliar. These writers invite you to see the "inside story" with fresh eyes. They complete stories which may be only partially understood by outsiders. Do you know of another community or group that needs to be better understood? (such as teens or some sub-group of teens?) Does the group have a distinctive language style, use specific culturally valued objects or dress in particular ways that communicate their feelings about one another or beliefs about the social world? Use specific details and examples drawn from your own experience or your observations of others. 5+ paragraph response due to turnitin.com by 10:00 p.m. Friday, 2/ Writing Applications (Genres and Their Characteristics) Students combine the rhetorical strategies of narration, exposition, persuasion, and description to produce texts of at least 1,500 words each. Student writing demonstrates a command of standard American English and the research, organizational, and drafting strategies outlined in Writing Standard Write reflective compositions: a. Explore the significance of personal experiences, events, conditions, or concerns by using rhetorical strategies (e.g., narration, description, exposition, persuasion). b. Draw comparisons between specific incidents and broader themes that illustrate the writer's important beliefs or generalizations about life. c. Maintain a balance in describing individual incidents and relate those incidents to more general and abstract ideas. 2

3 8 Language, Gender, Culture ERWC Language, Gender, and Culture 13 "The Celebrated Jumping Frog of Calaveras County" 1. Read Twain's story: textbook p Answer on p. 644: questions 1-3 and any 3 from Writing: How is Twain similar to Tannen, Kingston, and Ehrlich? Citing examples of styles, topic, or vernacular, explain in a paragraph how Twain relates to at least 2 of these authors. 9 Day today! 14 Lincoln's Birthday Holiday. Spend the day contemplating the impact of the Great Emancipator. 15 Benchmark Testing Benchmarks! Don't forget, scores above 75% are recorded as extra creit points! 16 Day today! 17 Student Portal Going to the Computer Lab to set up Student Portal accounts today 3

4 Please have a working address 21 Holiday Washington's Birthday Join in the celebration of the Father of our country Essay outlining Twain's Humor One of America's most celebrated storytellers, Mark Twain, uses several types of humor in "The Celebrated Jumping Frog " and "Life on the Mississippi". Take an opportunity to outline an essay comparing his use of humorous devices, such as irony, hyperbole, understatement, and comic metaphors. For this assignment, write a double-spaced introductory paragraph that ends in a thesis statement. The intro should identify the two works, with a brief description of each, and explain 2 types of humor used in both stories. The thesis should explain the importance of understanding Twain's use of humor. Something like "Twain's humor is multi-faceted, because he employs many different techniques to make fun of himself and the other characters in his stories." Yes, you may use this thesis. No, do not put it in quotes. Each body paragraph should be about one comic device, with an CD (quote) from each story. Begin with a topic sentence in blue, lead-in to your CD (black), then the CD (red) and the commentary (green). Use the outlines, and the pens. Day today! Poetry introduction Poetry introduction 1. Read pages , , in the textbook. 2. Write Multiple Choice Benchmark- style questions about the information in each section ("Poetry" , "Walt Whitman" , "Emily Dickinson" ) Details: Individual work: 5 questions per section (15 total) Pairs: 8 questions per section (24 total) Poetry Walt Whitman 1. Complete The following sections in the Interactive Reader: "Song of Myself" part 33 (p ) "Song of Myself" part 52 (p ) 4

5 2. After completing these assignments independently, join with a partner and complete one of the six-scene charts, showing 3 significant images from each poem. Provide a quote for each image. Cite quotes by line number 5