Spring Assignments 4/12-5/7
Mon 4/12—No homework; in class, review clauses.
Tues 4/13— Read and take notes on "Someone Kept Saying Powwow" and do quotations assignment.
Weds 4/14—Read and take notes on “Witnesses, Secret or Not” and do quotations assignment.
Thurs 4/15— Read and take notes on "Because My Father Always Said He Was the Only Indian . . ." and “Blankets.”
Fri 4/16—Quiz on Chapt. 8 of VEII; read pink Workbook on case, p. 80 and do exercises on p. 81.
Mon 4/19—Read and take notes on “The Trial of Thomas Builds-the-Fire” and “Indian Education.”
Tues 4/20—No homework.
Weds 4/21— Read and take notes on "When Mr. Pirzada Came to Dine" in Interpreter of Maladies.
Thurs 4/22— Read and take notes on "Mrs. Sen's" (111-135) in IOM.
Fri 4/23—Quiz on Chapt. 9 of VEII; read about mood and voice in pink Workbook, pp. 84 & 85.
Mon 4/26—no homework—Writing workshop day.
Tues 4/27— Read and take notes on "This Blessed House" in IOM.
Weds 4/28—CPS Day.
Thurs 4/29—Read and take notes on "The Third and Final Continent" in IOM.
Fri 4/30—Work on essay: freewrite 1 1/2 pages (500 words) on your topic.
Mon 5/3—Bring in an introductory paragraph with thesis as well as a tentative outline of the rest of the essay. Your outline should include 2-3 quotations per body paragraph.
Tues 5/4—Draft due of essay.
Weds 5/5—Essay due.
Thurs 5/6—Introduction to The Ramayana. Read and take notes on The Ramayana, pp. 3-21 (up to “thousand-eyed god”).
Fri 5/7— Quiz on Chapt. 10 of VEII; do exs. on agreement in Workbook, pp. 89-90.