Weeks 3-4

Mon 9/8--

Quotation assignment on "Man of the House." Please click here: "Man of the House" quotation assignment

Tuesday 9/9--Topic Sentence Writing Exercise on "Man of the House." Please click here: "Man of the House" topic sentence assignment

Wednesday 9/10--Read and take notes on "Cell One" in your reader. Additional copy of the story to be found here: "Cell One"

Some questions to consider as you do the reading:

*** What are the themes or topics of this story?

  • What is the narrator's relationship with her brother like before, during, and after his incarceration?

  • Contrast Nnamabia's attitude in prison before and after he begins to witness the guards' treatment of the old man.

  • Despite his faults, how is Nnamabia a sympathetic character?

  • Whose story is this, Nnamabia's or his sister's? Explain your response?

Thursday 9/11--Paragraph assignment due on "Cell One." Please PRINT OUT this assignment AND post on Canvas. Click below for assignment:

"Cell One" paragraph instructions

*** I will post a sample paragraph on "MOH" for you to look at on Wednesday.

Friday 9/12--Vocab quiz on Chap. 3 of Vocabulary Energizers.

  • Also, read about adjectives and adverbs in How Grammar Works,pp. 41-45 and 47-53.

    • Click here

    • Or see link to the left under English 1/Grammar Info/PDFs on How Grammar Works

  • Do examples on pp. 45 and 53; bring pink workbook to class.

Mon 9/15—Read and take notes on "On the Rainy River” (short story READER).

Tues, 9/16—Writing assignment on “On the Rainy River." Please click on instructions here: Rainy River Assignment

Wednesday 9/17--Read and take notes on "For Esme with Love and Squalor" to page 199 ("ends of her hair for dryness").

Thurs, 9/18—Finish reading "For Esme" (E) and brief writing assignment (S). Look under "Assignments" on Canvas.

    • Please re-type the last two paragraphs of the story (from "It was a long time" to "intact").

    • Pick TWO key words OR short phrases (no more than six words)

    • Analyze each of these words or phrases in detail

      • explain why they're important to the passage and/or the story

Fri, 9/19—Vocab Quiz on Chap. 4 of Vocabulary Energizers.

  • Also, read about prepositions in How Grammar Works (pp. 54-56 & 60-61)

    • Remember, the link to the PDFs is under "Grammar Info" on the course website

  • Memorize list of prepositions on page 23 in pink workbook.

  • Bring pink workbook to class.