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English 332 Homework For the week of October 16:

Plans are subject to change.

Objectives: Students will be able to read prose and poetry for comprehension, relate the prose or poetry to historical events, and analyze the style of writing. Students will be able to identify the parts of speech, phrases, clauses and parts of a sentence in a sentence.

Activities:

Monday: B2

Activity

  • Sentence Study Practice instead of journal
  • Vocabulary Unit 4 Day 2
  • Franklin's Virtues
  • Discuss Franklin's Virtues - Rationalism/Deism
  • Meetings with Mr. Langley
  • comment on student reflections: four students whose first names come alphabetically after yours:
    • Identify one thing that the student did well regarding support, writing style, or ideas.
    • Identify one thing that the student could do to improve support, writing style, or ideas.

Assignment

Sentence Study. Watch the video (bottom of this page) if you need a "how to" refresher.

Tuesday: A1

Activity

  • Sentence Study Practice instead of journal
  • Vocabulary Unit 4 Day 2
  • Franklin's Virtues
  • Discuss Franklin's Virtues - Rationalism/Deism
  • comment on student reflections: four students whose first names come alphabetically after yours:
    • Identify one thing that the student did well regarding support, writing style, or ideas.
    • Identify one thing that the student could do to improve support, writing style, or ideas.

Assignment

Sentence Study. Watch the video (bottom of this page) if you need a "how to" refresher.

Wednesday: B2

Activity

  • Journal 13: What is today's American Dream? Describe what it means to be successful today.
  • Review Sentence Study assignment
  • Review J.A. Leo Lemay's critical review titled "Franklin's Autobiography and the American Dream."
  • Discussion
  • Meetings with Mr. Langley (if not completed)

Assignment

Sentence Study assignment.

Thursday: A1

Activity

  • Journal 13: What is today's American Dream? Describe what it means to be successful today.
  • Review Sentence Study assignment
  • Review J.A. Leo Lemay's critical review titled "Franklin's Autobiography and the American Dream."
  • Discussion

Assignment

Sentence Study assignment..

Friday: B2

Activity

  • Review Sentence Study assignment
  • Review Henry T. Tuckerman's critical review titled "The Character of Franklin."
  • Discussion
  • Begin working on reflection assignment

Assignment

Reflection: Write a reflection blog analyzing Franklin's system of virtues and determine if Franklin was successful in becoming a better person by implementing his system of virtues (500 words minimum). Be sure to include support from both Franklin's My Autobiography and Tuckerman's criticism. Proper MLA parenthetical citations and bibliography citations must be used.

Last A1 Class of Last Week:

Activity

  • Journal #12: if you were to make up your own rules about right and wrong, what would they be and why?
  • Vocabulary Unit 4 Day 1
  • Discuss Franklin's writing style
  • Read Oloudah Equiano's "from The Life of Oloudah Equiano" on pages 69-76
  • http://todaysmeet.com/pphs-eng332-a1
  • Today's Meet Discussion: what style does Equiano's writing more closely match, the Puritan/Pilgrim style or the Rationalism style?
    • each person must post at least one original contribution with a specific example to validate the post.
    • each person must post at least two comments to classmates' original contributions.
    • each person must respond to at least two comments posted by classmates
  • Begin assignment

Assignment

Research about Benjamin Franklin, his virtues, and how Rationalists determined right and wrong.

Last B2 Class of Last Week:

Activity

  • Journal #12: if you were to make up your own rules about right and wrong, what would they be and why?
  • Vocabulary Unit 4 Day 1
  • Discuss Franklin's writing style
  • Read Oloudah Equiano's "from The Life of Oloudah Equiano" on pages 69-76
  • Today's Meet Discussion: what style does Equiano's writing more closely match, the Puritan/Pilgrim style or the Rationalism style?
    • each person must post at least one original contribution with a specific example to validate the post.
    • each person must post at least two comments to classmates' original contributions.
    • each person must respond to at least two comments posted by classmates
  • Begin assignment

Assignment

Research about Benjamin Franklin, his virtues, and how Rationalists determined right and wrong.